The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1913-12-18

ways gave N o.I Impression shat they
were fully q thousand years old. Per
haps this Vas why Jim Blake ssIdom
opened them wide.
Hello. boys" repeated Jim Blake.
glancing genially and inexpreesiveiy
from one TO the other. from beneath
his hanging lids Seemed to ne l
smelt something burning. How are
You. Standish! What's up. rom:-
Why" answered Tom vaguely en-
barrassed. nothing very much. just
. little political discussion."
80 ! gathered" yswned Blake.
Mark. you seemed 70 have been sup
plying the fireworks for it. aoat sup
pose 1t occurred to you that the whole
surrounding landscape is fairly crawl
ing with reporters? Nice little story
for the morning papers. hey: High
Words Between Speakership Aspiraats
In keswick Lobby. And . half col
umn more of what you both would
have said II you'd said what the 70
porters thought maybe you might have
said. Fine business. Especially q
ahis time"
"He called ne" burst forth Marx.
And you showed your hsnd?"
hazarded Blake. Good poker. Mark.
But punk politics. Mark, I'm afraid
we're keeping Mr.. Standish from his
dinner"
Good night replied standish. TAX
ing the broad hint With NO show OF
feeling.
at ten o'clock" said Blake. Il suppose
you'll lead your gallant insurgsnt CO.
horts in person this EVENING":
Yea"
Don't want TO call it of and come
into the fold again. s'pose?" suggest
ed Blake quizzically.
mo. thanks smiled the insurgent.
and passed on toward the dining room.
Hello. Van Dyke!" called Blake -
the lawyer. with Neligan and Gregg In
tow. came along the corridor toward
them. from the bar. What brings you
to Washington? What's up?"
That's what I'm trying to ind out"
answered Van Dyke. shaking hands
with Blake and instinctively leading
the way to the adjacent amen corner.
What 10 up? You're supposed to bc
managing this hght. Jim. And here
we find ourselves in the very worst
hole we've been in since ninety-seven.
II you and I hadn't fought shoulder to
shoulder for years and years, I'd be
tempted to say you were lying down.
The crowd down on Broadway"
answered Blake, have handed Us .
raw proposition In this Mullins bill.
The bill smells SO rank that even the
dear. dear public have got q Whit of
It. And when the public gets its sense
Of smell into good working order-Oh.
what's the use. Van Dyke? You can
see what we're up against. You know
the temper of the country. We can't
even defend that bill Of yours. knd
this IL no time to put over such . raw
one. It's like"
STILL" argued Van Dyke, you said
you'd be able to put the deal through.
And there's surely enough in 1t for
us all"
Il said could put 1t through. And
could-when We started. But Stand.
ish wasn't fighting 1t then. This isn't
the Bill versus the People. It's Mat
standish versus the Organization. And
Standish has the people-the waked-up
people-behind him. He's their idol
He's the parsons pet. They look on
him as the Worthy Young Man who
couldn't do wrong II he tried and who
isn't wicked enough to try. In other
words, he's never been found out.
There's only two classes OF men that |
ever met-the sort that have been
found out and the sort that haven't
II We can damage standish in the eyes
of the people-if We can make the
clergy repudiate him"
| That's just the point cried Van
Dyke. why haven't you been able to
do that. instead Of sitting peacefully
to one side and waiting for him to
wreck himself"
We've had detectives on him." put
in .Neligan. 81 told you all that, Van
DYKE
"Detectives:" snorted the lawyer
What good is that? Your detectives
| Will charge you seven dollars q day
and expenses expenses-for
giving you full report of the wa
Standish spends the day and what he
has to eat and the number of cigars he
smokes and the addresses Of some of
| the letters he writes. You'll never get
Standish that way II ever he's broken
| law-and most men have"
oh. not SO many" gently contra.
dicted Blake. Two jails would b.
| plenty large to hold all the folks who
have broken any law. And the two
jaiis could be built real easy-just BY
running high wall around the equa-
tor But you're right in one thing.
Van Dyke. Well never get Standish
In the way these boys have been 70
ing abou. 1t. So. It's lucky happened