The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-09
By JOHN PHILIP ORTIZ.
Copyright, 1912, by the Associated
Literary Press.

Copyright, 1912, by the Associated
Literary Press.
state Senator John Andrews, wild
over. with n daughter Dorothy. had
heard things. but had been too busy
starting his campaign for re-elecnon
10 Investigate them. Those things had
been about his daughter and what
they were he finally got around TO
say:
Look here they tell me you have
gone into this nonsensIcal suffragette
business
Yes. father" was the quiet reply.
81 want you to drop IT
Il will just as soon as my commit
tee reports"
Committee
Yes We have committee on
legislative graft, and / am the chair
man of It. We have uncovered some
things 10 astonish the public
En- Eh?" auerted the senator rs
he sat up"
"T think we shall be able to con-
Wet one or two senators,
do, EN- Well you won't, and l
don't want you fooling with such
things All this talk about graft is
pure moonahine, Who has been tell
ing you a lot Of stuff
mt. Rayburn. He's a young man
on the Examiner you KNOW
what YOU are acHoa'ite WIN
any one on that dish-raS OF a shee'-
almost howled the father
Just MT. Rayburh' ana ne a"i''
nice"
Nice, Nice Why the whole pack
Of them on that paper are mars ana
scoundreis' Don't you kho" that they
are pitching into me III almost every
issue ~
Yes. bat rye heard you say that
: your record was so pure that theS
couldn't tarnish 1t.
eOf course they can't" replied the
, senator as he hitched uneasiiy' put
= one doesn't want she ours Il yawytng
/ at his heels all the time. You just
drop that young Rayburn like a hot
potato"
] I think he is thinking of calling
- on YOU"
IF ne does I'm throw him through
urindou1t,,
",phintiue Of calling on Won TO ask
Ear nv; handf".
rrba snnat,,. ea,o three iDnnDs The
q / o,,st ,arrtad bt,, to-, feat from, his
t,,tc ,r',. s.,..,,,,a +,,r,ad min, .ro,,nd
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5 80 .,%ta,..,,, \-s,-o,,, Narpr, war; hin,
-, ra, hir, he.n Ill
'7t l" come leli MN ne u "''',
anu" ms ON" t.Ne ne
j, believe ~ Was ms no ho MA, ,S p'ii,leH
the artlc'e s'anueFlhs ms 'a9l 0unu@y
II you iead II IL shou'a nave ihane
your pIood Don!
On, Don know replisa the i"s
ing daughter GU see We as sut e
, fraBettes. get used to such things.
= Then George cant come and ask fot
my hand ~
No No
"Ail right. father Hen naturally be
y disappointed, but he must put up with
- it. 49,.
, Then you are not gong TO elope
II ION, no. I shall not marry without
your consent"
+, And you'll never get IL TO marry
Rayburn or any one else that has
,, ever worked on the Examiner
That closed the interview for three
days, Then Miss Dorothy made OPP
\ portunity to say
Father dear. | think II is my duty
as an affectionate daughter to say
that Mr. Rayburn has got mold of Il
document that seems TO concern You
+ = 'onoefns oIae, no"
y, eli seems that ne knoWs-~or Nhe"
~ man named Tim Donahue' RE went
II TO the house the other night TO SMOKE
q pipe with hlm, and fo4hd hum aS =
Ing
- ''f'e 49, '''fNN@''''N ''NS
p, claimed the senator
r And poor Inn mao something on
>. his mind TO confess II seems that
he was connected with some senatorial
graft a year or Two ago ana ne le''
O. 1t his dying dHtE TO expose IL, re
p made written eoniessloh' ana Nr
hayhprh mas n IN ms poch~t' tnlHN
your name - fhoh'ioieu' pQt on course
. as your record mas beeh winter IMAM
p sno"
1t haS-lt mas nnt hahG Hui II ne
gave me away AHat ~ y ne ne"
. aoout me want y"" 10 Eet ''"I N"o"-
r Hlell' Tor "ne. a-... ,......
a Il VIII try put~l ooh know.
told MT Rayparn now you ielt 10" ai O
MN ana hatufa'iy ne was MUIR 81.
u hree or TOUR aays passeu' WIN Ite
d senator HSHlS marc 10 dppeaI '""i
tereht' hut really ANXIOUS ana '"en ne