The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-31
HIS RISE
 TO POWER
By He qry Russell Miller,
 Axsf6or Q "Thie Man Higher Up"
copyrigh t, 1911, by the Bobbs-Merrill
 cOmpany CContinuad.)
CHAPTER <. Apples Of Eden.

CHAPTER x.
 Apples Of Eden.
 0V1F the summer before had been kXf gay, what shall we say of is<5<ssE that which now opened? The k center of gayety was East rfd9e- The Italian villa was the scene of one continuous house party.
 It was inevitable that John and Katherine should meet It happened one morning a few days after the Sheshan trial when John was leaving the poseDface with his daily mail. A trap drsw up in which sat Katherine and a young man. John remembered a saying of hers concerning one whom people were apt to sheer at as a spec ulatnr,~ but whom she thought ''splen- afd becnuse he had had the brains and cgmra@0 to make his own fight and wfn-~ He had no diEncuIty in fdenti- eyanR that man with Gregg, of whom he hAa heard mora than once. Gregg wes an attractive fellow. a few years elder than John. of athletic build and paeasana manner He joined Rather xno In ccnerzfulsffng John on his re- psuzy acQufrea fameEr aiFEe
 We expect t0 see you often on the Ks9ge. There will be tennis He will make you play" she said to Gregg, w7e responded pleasantly.
 ~ra Hhe tD have the chance, Mir Dunmeade. TvN been hearing about yuur game"
 But, althcugh Gregg spent nearly every week end on the ridge, John @Ha not keep hes promise. Indeed. he had uf11e finne for recreation, and that Hte7e was put in with Ea1G, with whom he was rapidly csmenting friendship. The June primaries were at hand. John felt less pride than responsibility when he found that he was expected to lead the campaign to capture the county nominations from the machine and that, by tactt consent of friends and enemies alike, upon him devofved the task Of choosing the reform ticket. Hs gave much thought to this tzsk. It was not simple There were many un- worthy gentlemen, he discovered, will ing to be swept Into of1ce by the wave of popular protest And he could have learned here, had he been so minded, that even q ree0rnser must employ the wisdom of the serpent. He achieved results at which, a politician might have sneersd, but which were on the whole very promising in, the light of hls fnexperience-
 In Haig John found an unexpected bat invaluabae aid. The nove1ist had once been 6 political reporter. The reform ticket was nominated. Mur chell, cynically willing to let the re- form wave run it's brief course, with held his hand. Bereft of it's familiar weapon. fraud, the machine was easily conquered by q people thoroughly an- eersd. Even P1umville gave the re- formers a small majority. Haig hail. cd John as s1ittle boss.''
 John indignantly rejected the title. 'Ady work Is done, or, at least, will be when they're elected I can't interfere with them then.''
 'sSay, aren't you afraid the cows viii take you for a bunch of nice, green, succulent clover7 Just wait" Haig grinned, until they're in o11ce. Make no mistake, sonny; you'll need to keep a tight rein on them. About a year from now expect to see some pretty little, homemade illusions badly busted
 The promised journey to the ridge had not yet been made
 One afternoon Haig found him busy
  a shave today? Feeling conversation al2 You and are going out for little drive this afternoon"
 Were not I hope you are. I've got things to do"
 'aThis American habit of industry is becoming q positive mania Are you coming Peaceably 7or will you go any, howY' ss &s Y sfs
 .T'ii do neither John continued his writing.
 "An right Haig seated himself, deposited his feet on the desk beside John and commenced an apparently interminable monologue on the apocry phal cleverness of dog he once had owned
 John threw down his pen in disgust "I surrender he groaned. ''In go to get rid of you-''
 .'Thought I could persuade you. Come right along I've got buggy Dutside.'
 Jehn put his papers away and meek ly followed to the waiting vehicle. Haig drove, chattering volubly of whatever came into his mind. But when Haig turned into the ridge road John stirred uneasily.
 Going anywhere in particular" ?"
 s.Anywhere you'd like to go?"
 .sNo-o, I guess not.''
 sThen we'll go to the Hampdens. -here's always somebody there.''
 .fOh, no, we won't! Let's go back he other direction. I like the south road better
 sOh, you do! Why not HampdensT .svell, you see,'' John began to ex- plain lamely, 'Hampden and l aren't on very good terms and''-
 .-Lords Don't I know that? He spends most of his time enumerati