The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-25
HIS RISE
 TO POWER
By He 1ry Russell Miller,
 Auf6or oF "TtIe Man Higher Up"
cepyrigh t, 1911, by the Bobbs-MerriIl
 Company



 But to the judge Caesars wife--that is to say. his party and all things thereto apperfaIuing-wa above suspicfon: not so the motives Of him who raised a question So he took his trouble to 'Ri Cranshawe. the office visitor to whom Johns deference had attracted Sheehan's attention. a big man. kindly ehrewd. With %fsfoin in the raw. He listened sympathetically as John poured out his tale
 Its like what Sykes says. It ain't what we know-it's what we feel When Jim Sheehan gifts a public cons tract. we feel there's snmethin' crook ed about 1t. When man gifts a nomi nation. we feel that he's made some kind O deal with Sheehan When we put up assfnan on osir own hook. an he's nominated which aint often we find he's gone over to Sheehan- An that afn't feel. it's know Jim Shoe han's represented. we ain-t. It ain't rightr'
 Then why don't vol, get together and 6ght?-
 we've got to live.s Cranshawe ms wercd simply We don't lay by money fast enough to keep us without work fn'- We ain't got the time ner the trafnln 10 make good fight against him. We've gnt no leader His eyes through ffle bushy brows. rested with an almost wistful light on the tron bied ecountenance before him An it'd take a large sized man fer the 5ob-s
 John just then felt very small
 He went to PlumvilIe. an ugly. Erimy. busting. growing hive of work erE. with it's drones too He had the key to interpret what he saw. He YVES permitted to go through the mills aud meet the men; he came out with hands bEackened from much contact with their hands and in the smut he felt sort of pride. What he had-read on the farmers brown faces he saN on their red. scorched ones-the dull eyed suspicion of those used to flattery before election and neglect afterw ward Under the careful ciceronage of Since hans ffeutenants be was led into DO. ntical club and saloon, wnere he shook hands with many more men. who guz- zied vast quantities of liquor and sneered openly at his abstinence. He was told that here he would meet 'nen who counted;' he did meet such men-brufish things. moral idiots. chin1ess creatures bound together by the eshesive force of common interest -plunder- This army never slept. eould always be relied upon.
 -What self centef1d beast l have beenr' he cried within himself. ..Afi this r0ttenness under my nose. and have never perceived itis A great fear cane upon him-fear of the responsi bil1ty of that into which he felt him. self being carried
 And there was another thing that deepened those twin creases between his eyes.
 One morning a very sleek. high step ping cob drawing a very elegant trap halted before his office. circumstance of which you may he sure New CheI- eea took prompt and interested notice.
 Hby. hellor' he exclaimed. extend ing his hand to the visitor. This is dneP'
 She observed him hesitatingly "It zn Mir Dunneade. Isn't it? Yet 1 think should have recognized you any where You haven't changed much. though it has been long time since last saw you. Aren't you ashamed of having neglected me so long?s she con eiuded Indignantly.
 Well. you see. Katherine.'' he grin ned. IameIy explanatory, I've been out campaigning
 You might at least have come to re- port your progress to an interested constituent Are you aware that you and 1 are going over to inspect the new house this afternoon? It's com pleted, and you've never seen it yet"
 But ought to see some men''--
 Do you think" she interrupted him again, that I've set all the tongues in New Chelsea clacking for nothing7 Your campaign can wait We shall start at 2"
 hang it alt Pve earned holiday. I'll go-s
 She beamed brightly on him. That's nice of you And we shall ride want to race Crusader against that new steed I've heard so much about"
 .sOh. nof' he protested .'The aristo- cratic Crusader would probably snub him. and Lightning is very sensitive about such things.'
 .sIt Is time." she insisted firmly sthat Crusader acquired more demo cratic spirit At 2, rememberp'
 A few minutes before the appointed hour New Chelsea Saw Lightning curried as never before in his life-am- bic tn his own peculiar fashion up Main street to the opening in Hamp liens hedge. whence he soon emerged In the company of the satiny Crusader They came after q half hours ride tts long, straight avenue. once the rain washed lane to 8 farmhouse. newly graded and graveIed and fanked b, precise rows of towering poplars-
 -It WAS for the trees we took this place.s she told him. ''And for the view. Do you wonderP'
 They stopped and looked down into The valley lying silent before them like some vast. deserted amphitheater of the gods. The town, seen through the 1hfns bluish haze of Septem Der. seem a sleepfer than ever. half hidden by