Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-08

HY lie stopped and stared at her IN
h establishment. katherine!
|sDQ4.y What are you doing here?'
1b8&fD Listening to the speeches,
Of course. wanted dad to come along,
but he said no. his interest in politics
was practical. not sentimental. and he
preferred to take his vaudeville
straight. He was in quite bad
humor because I wanted to come. But
II am here"
IT wish you hadn't come" he said,
still in a daze.
''That's kind, I'm sure" She tossed
her head in burlesque hauteur. I'm
stead. you might offer to drive home
with me- Williams can stay here and
drive back when you return"
He shook his head. "I'd better not"
he muttered He still wanted to get
away by himself to think.
"Pleasew She leaned forward and
urged him softly. TITS our last chance
for a good chat. We 60 away tomor-
row morning"
He tried honestly to resist. feeling
instinctively she spelled danger and
that every hour with her added to the
danger. But he made the mistake Of
looking at her. Always she was re
vealing some new charm for him and.
despite his inner warning. now bred in
him sort Of recklessness. He called
himself a weakling n fool that played
with fire. And. so styling himself, he
assented. Soon they had left the town
behind them and were bowling along
the moonlit road.
John. letting the rally and the prob.
lem 1t presented drift into the back
ground. gave himself up to reckless
enjoyment Of the hour. The white
splendor of the moon. undimmed by
smoky torches. the silent majesty Of
the hills with their shadows and silvery
sheen. alone were real. The crowd Of
faces peering intently at him through
the half gloom. the struggle within
him as he stood before them. his ironic
rejection of the part assigned him.
seemed unreal. creatures of fantastic
dream. And the girl beside him. like
him smitten into silence. was real. very
real.
ut seems" she said. that must
always take the aggressive. But then
you never hunt me out-so what can
do? suppose most people would
call me unwomanly. Do you think me
that?"
II do not" he answered unsteadily.
"You can't expect the beneficiary to be
critical"
do yon mean that. wonder? Or
r. II only your nice way of letting me
down easilyi But am not comforting.
am seeking. "A acknowledgement
as ours-means a great deal to me"
Her voice dwlndled away into silence
He was hard put to it to keep a tight
grip on himself. to fight down the long
ing surging within him. Insistently he
tried tn think vt her as she was. an
Key Plttman, selected by the Demo
Gratis of Nevada for United States
senator, is a descendant of Francis
Scott Key, the Marylander who wrote
1.-The Star Spangled Banner" On his
mothers side he is related to Chic
Justice John Marshall of the suprem,
court of the United States. The new
senator was born 40 years ago ir
Vicksburg, Miss, where his father wa.
a celebrated lawyer. Key Pittman i.
lawyer and mining man and recently
struck 1t rich when the Tonopaf
Merger shaft penetrated rich ore.
Carmi Thompson. the new treasurer
of the United States. Is Al years ole
and a native of West Virginia Sine,
his early youth. however. he has resided
In Ohio, where he began life as Goa
miner. His public career began will
his election to the Ohio legislature II
1909.
The all-important ways and mean,
committee Of the house. which will
shape into bills the tariff policies q
the Wilson administration, wifi under.
90 numerous changes in its member.
ship on March I.
Friends Of John T. McGraw, who Il
Democratic national committeeman fol
West Virginia and close political a..
eoc1ats Of William J. Bryan. would moi
- surprised if he rsceivsd the appoint.
nnsnt Of postmastr general