Graham guardian., 1911-04-28

to the moderator. ''let me speak, win
| You: went be but minute" Brief
y he told the true facts,
AS for the property" he concluded,
herely. why. darn the property.
ny, II aiut wuth much any how. and
II twas anybody else's he should have
| il aud wacome But IT'S Bos'n's. and.
hein' what he IL. he shant have 1t.
| And hp shan't have her to cruelize,
neither by the Almighty, he shant.
so itns rs I've dollar to fight him
with. say that to you, Tad Simpson,
| aEd 10 the man to whoever put you
| III Ia this. TAere I've said my say
| %Uw Hpnt emea, yen can choose your
Side"
lie strodp back 10 his seat. There
! WAS silence for a moment Then 10.
l&r, ilmick sprans up and waved his
hA,
That's the way to talk" he shouted
That's man Three cheers for Cap'n
Wh,tuker. tome on, every bodyr'
Hu, everybody did not come on :"
, The cheers We're feeble. 1t was evi.
, dent that the majority Of those present
GiG no, know huw to meet this unex-
I rectcd contingency, II had taken them
by surprise. and they were undecided
The upruar of argument and question
began again, louder than ever The
bewildered moderator thumped his
desk and shouted ferbly for order
Tad Simpson took the floor and in a
few words and at the top of his lungs
noninaied Aonzo Snow Abel Leon
ard seconded the nomination There
were yells of Question. Question:"
and Vote, Vote"
Ebpn Matters was recognized by the
chair Captain Saters made few
speeches, and when he did make one
Il was he,'ause ha had something to
say
MIR Moderator" he said Il. for
one. hate To vote jus, now 1t isn't
that the school committee Is so inn
rortan, of itself But do think that
the rights Of father with his child Is
pretty important and our vote for
Capn Whitaker and most of you
know inipnded votin' for him and
have bcap workln' for him might
seem like an Endorsement of his posi-
iion This whole thing Is big sur
prise TO me ! don't feel yet that we
know enough ot the inside facts to
give such an Endorsement I'd like to
Tee this Thomas man before ] decide
~ give ~ or NOT TO give II. either
It's queer thing to come up at town
meetin. but it's up Hadn't We better
adjourn until next week.
He sat down The meeting was
demoralized Some were shouting for
adjournn,enl others to vote 1t out.
A straw would turn the scale. and the
straw was forthcoming. While Cap
tain Cy WIS speaking the door had ST.
Ientiy oIcned and two men entered the
hall and sough, seclusion in u corner
Now one of these men came forward
the Hon uemun Atkins
Mr. Atkins walked solemnly to the
front
The modcrator's gavel descended
Order he reared Order. say!
Congressman Atkins is goin' to talk
to us"
The Honorable Heman faced the ex-
cited crowd One hand was In the
breast of H., frock coat; the other was
ciinclied nlua his hip
"Feilnw t0wusmen.' he began, far
be II from me t. influence your choice
In the matter ot the school commit
tee Sill furlllei lp II from nc to in.
f;ucnce you against m old hoyhood
friend, u neighior one whom ! be
lieye-- or had believed to be all that
townsmcn, my esteemed friend Cap
tain Salters has expressed wish to
see Mr. Thomas. the father whose
story you have heard today | happen
to be In position to crafty that wish
Mr.. Thomas. will you kindly come for
ward?"
Then from the rear of The hall Mr..
Thomas came But the drunken
rowdy Of the night before had been
transformed Gone were the scruhby
beard and the shabby suit shorn was
the unkempt mop of hair and vanished
the impudent swagger He was dress
ed In clean linen and respectable black,
and his manner was modest and sub +,
dued. Only discoioration Of one eye
showed where Captain Cy's blow had
left Its mark.
He stepped upon the plntform beside
the congressman
TO BE Continued
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