Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1912-02-29
The MAN
HIGHER UP
By HENRY RUSSELL
MILLER
cepyrisht. 1910. by Bobbs Mer-
rill Co.

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Toward morning his heart action be-
came perceptibly stronger and his tenn
perature began TO rise gradually. Two
of the doctors left. first shaking hands
with all in the room and congratulate
ing them with an air that said. Con
graduate us.' The morning newspa-
pers carried the good news out to the
city.
It was Kathleen who went in to tell
Eleanor. saying simply, He will live"
And Eleanor smiled. ~ have known
it,
you put us, to shame" Kathleen
said 1--WE have had too little faith
Won't you lie down and get some rest :?
You are tired
Eleanor pointed to the window. mo.
it is morning now. and can go home.
You should rest yourself. And" she
added simply. Il can never forget your
generosity to me"
Kathleen pressed her hand gently.
when he has recovered want you to
come to him and tell him what you
told me-"
'.Yes. But" she added in fright
ened tone. please never tell him that
was here tonight The crisis past.
the woman in her reasserted itself.
IT understand-dear."
Walking YEARLY homeward in the
gray morning. Eleanor thought:
81 will make my acknowledgment to
him and then will go away forever"
And forever seemed long. dreary
time indeed.
One day when his strength was be-
ginning to creep back into his body
Kathleen came to his bedside.
You haven't asked how the election
came out" she said
He. smiled YEARLY. sd forgotten.
/ lost. didn'tFI?"
Lost" Kathleen laughed proudly.
"No indeed. You won-and by nearly
10000. Aren't they the dear. good peo-
pie2"
And it was true. Sanger had mis-
calculated. Paurs declaration had
been received by many with the skep
ticism with which eleventh hour
charges generally are received 9th
ers had seen only the treachery i'll
Paul's deed and had become even
more set in their determination to vote
for McAdoo. Thousands had defantly
said that they did not care and had
been ready to find excuses for the
bribing of the delegates And the
news of his collapse and his critical
condition had been an unanswerable
appeal to sympathy.
But Bob heard the news apatheti-
cally.
II don't seem to care. | almost wish
! had lost Then shouldn't have to
20 on with the fighting. / wonder
why they did it,"
Don't you known
what they charged was true. The
delegates were bribed. They ought to
have repudiated me"
.'Ah." Kathleen answered proudly.
~but they love you!"
He shook bis head YEARLY. 1T was
because they didn't realize"
Another day-it was the first time he
was allowed to sit up in bed-when
the nurse had gone out of the room
!. for few minutes he began the con-
versation himself.
.sKathleen'- he began abruptly,
then stopped. IL talked good
deal?'
almost continuously
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about Mrs. GilbertY
"Yes.''
'sEven what a cowardIy brute was
to her at the Dunmeades ~ A faint
flush came to his sunken cheeks.
Eyes, even that" she answered.
His next question came after a long
pause.
"A woman couldn't forgive that.
could she. Kathleen?''
mot many women, l think
His voice became husky. 'sI've been
thinking of that good deal. lid
, like to make that up to her If could,
Kathleen"
i "You may have the chance some
day.. Long afterward, thinking over
this scene. he seemed to remember
that her voice was very tired; he sup
posed it was because the strain of the
watching had been too much for her.
And he thought Of many things be-
sides his relation to Eleanor Gilbert.
When Tom Haggin, in his rough way.
told him Of the sorrow the people had
shown for his sickness Bob felt his
heart suddenly expand in deep.
strong affection for them. They were
his people-his not because his ma
chine had whipped them into submits
sion, but because he. though unworthy.
lived in their hearts
He knew that over the land were a
hundred million others ike those OF
his cify-all struggling always, ,produc-
ing always. giving to humanity the
equivalent for the right and means to