Gloucester County Democrat., 1912-01-11
The MAN.
HIGHER UP
By HENRY RUSSELL
MILLER
copyrisht. 1910. by Bobbs Mer-
rill Co.

Paul raised his hands and let them
fall in a gesture of utter heiplessness.
"What shall we do?" he groaned.
"What can we do?"
'sNothingr'
''Nothing!" Paul cried In excited re-
proach Are you going to allow them
to carry off the victory without a
fightY'
Il can say nothing Bob explained
calmly. because there's nothing more
to do. 1t has all been done. They
kept it mighty quiet-tney Rad to-Dut
/ got wind of it night before last.
They overreached themselves. as Mac
generally does They made the mistake
of going to Haggin He. led them on.
agreeing to everything they proposed.
pocketing their money hke the old
CRATER he is, and then came and told
me. We got busy at once. We have
the delegates back. and the other crowd
are out barrel of money
Paul leaped to his feet and seized
Bob's hand "You old Roman!' be ex-
claimed in affectionate pride. ''They
can't beat you. can they?"
His face lighted up. but what will
you do for candidate?'
There's only one thing to do" Bob
answered slowly. I'VE must have
man we can count on at every turn
"Yes. yes" Paul interrupted eagerly.
'.Who has good nerve
h. 10, xr-ff hcf0 ul1
their power
"who won't worry over newspaper
attacks"-
with a spirit too strong to be
wounded by their malicious lies"
"And not too much conscience" Bob
concluded dryly. "There's just one
man in the city who fills the bill. And
he is''- He paused, searching Paul's
countenance keenly.
"Yes, yes" Paurs face shone with
anticipation.
Myself"
Bob turned his eyes away quickly
that he might not behold the disap-
pointment which he knew was writ
ten on Paurs face. For several min
utes they sat thus without speaking
while the storm outside howled i'll
fierce glee.
'I'm sorry, Paul. Bob broke the
silence gently for him. Il thought Of
you the first thing, but / think it bet
ter not 1t would hurt more than 1t
could help you The mayor of big
city always goes out of Office with
more enemies than when he goes in.
/. There is the crowd of disappointed
job hunters who are convinced that
they have been unfairly treated and
hate him forever afterward.
Pm planning several things" he
continued quietly, that viii stir up a
big howl. 1t won't hurt me. Pm used
ito it. / have no personal hold on the
gpeople anyway. They yell for me now
because they think what I'm doing is
to their advantage and because I'm on
top. But with you it is different
You're strong with them all over the
state, stronger than you know. You
can't afford to reduce that strength
for mere mayoralty. You go on
building it up and your time will come
for something better You've been
square with me" he added awkward
ly, when you might have bettered
yourself by going over. And l won't
forget it,
At this the nearest approach to af
fectionate demonstration Bob had ever
made the cloud vanished from Rem
ington's face. Impulsively he held out
his hand.
"Forgive me. old man." he said with
fine humility "You make me heartily
ashamed of myself. You are the prince
of friends. and I'm an migrate. But
ask one favor"
"AH right. What is it?'
u must present your name to the
convention. 1t shall be the speech of
my career Cad. what chance! You
say you have no personal hold on the
people, He began to pace the floor
his eyes shining brightly. Il will
compel them to love you. They shall
learn to know you in your true. heroic
proportions. Not man In that con-
yention will dare vote against you.'
sIn the meantime I'll keep an eye
on the delegates. Come down to earth. :