The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-03-13

Neither gentleman smiled.
When the Honorable Jenkins re
turned to Washington, he reluctantly
admitted to an interrogative reporter:
mo. I'm afraid the senator Is in
bad way. don't think he'll ever e"
back into politics"
of John Heath you have never
heard. Unhonored and unsung until
this hour. he has remained in that
shadowy obscnrty for which he was
designed. Aud no man ever saw
him.
It was at crucial time for those
whom this chronicle concerns when
Jerry Brent and John Dunmeade were
marching from Dan to Beersheba and
back and laborlng. with a patience
worthy of larger results, to rally the
slender hosts Of reform; when stephen
Hampden was risking his all In one
wild throw for vast fortune and War,
rem Blake was following that daring
example: when the Consolidated Coal
company was making many happy by
declaring a dividend of per cent.
In the kingdom things were awry.
The rival monarch was laundering ut
he gates Worse still. there was dis.
affection In the very source Of
dominion. in the army. And the min
lister In power chose this hour-to get
drunk: Anxious glances were being
cast toward the deposed minister In
bis self exacted exile Royal messen.
gers were being sent galloping post.
haste to him to urge him. with fine.
unconscious irony. for the sake Of past
favor. to speak the word that would ~
store concord among the murn0
regiments But the ominous silence
continued unhroken.
At such a juncture. we say. John
Heath stepped in to defect the course
of history.
Came to the exile. not many days aft
er Miss Roberta. Il messenger not I'm
der royal seal Secretary, we may call
him. to the new minister. having cur
ried favor by deSertion of the old.
He was visibly perturhed aud would
not desist from his opportunities IN
til admitted to the presence of the
exile. Even then. such was his fever
host. as Miss Roberta had done, q
vigor inconsistent with certain rtlmors
rife He plunged at once Into the mat
ter In hand
We've got Sherrod locked up In a
room ut the hotel He's drunk as a
lord and threatens to throw himself
into the river"'
"WeII let him" said MurchelI, grim.
" heartless
But" cried the messenger. ut may
be something to bring on revolution
that will sweep us ail-Sherrod Par
rott. me-you--off the face of the
earth
| H." responded Murcheii calmly. IAN
out Of politics and don't care. What
do you want me to do?"
Come with the to the capital. find
what's wrong and straighten it out"
"GO to PARROT"
"Parrotts fourtlusher This is
critical"
II won't do it. It's trouble of your
own making Get yourselves out Of it.
The messenger sprang to his feet
and began to pace the floor swiftly
He assumed to instruct masteS
With wild gesticulation and passion
ate phrase he sketched the Impending
calamity The times were ripe for a
revolution. These unutterable fools.
Dunmeade and Brent with their inces.
SAINT clack about bosses and graft.
were getting the people stirred mp
There was trouble in the air-he. the
speaker. could feel 1t. The organiza-
ton was falling to pieces.
do you think" Murchell inquired
calmly. ''Sherrod'a short In his nc.
eounts?''
" don't know There are books !
can't see without exciting suspicion.
And can't get nothing out Of him."
The swift pacing ceased abruptly.
The messenger confronted Murcheil.
"Who." he demanded. rs John
HeathT'
II don't KNOW" answered Murchei!
truthfully.
"Within less than two years be has
received from the state more'n nine
hundred thousand dollars for special
sefvices!'
mine hundred thousand dollars!
What is John HeathT
II don't know. But think he may
be-h-l"
The messenger Topped into his chair.
helping himself. unlimited. to cigar.
Murchell. as though taking up task
that the other had left unfinished. rose
and in his turn began to pace the door
After a few minutes he went out Of
the room. still without speaking. He
did not reappear for almost quarter
Of an hour But then he wore hat
and an overcoat and was carrying
light leather grip.
"Come along" he commanded. 1.-THE
hacks waiting"
The guest went along with aIacrity.
When they had reached the Steel City
and had changed cars for the capital
kro}n NurchoJJ uont RI fho}r StatoroOm