The Mena weekly star., 1913-10-16

*Tt's good to get "eACOAAS ''s
 .hod Grace. Marks been as cross
 bear" ,
 sEon navel" she insisted. And just
 .anse the train was few minutes
 Ob well-a few hours, then. J or got in you were stamping up $ down the platform surrounded by
 [lne haze; like Ajax defying the |'Iroad Really, l was ashamed of
 If if hadn't been for the lovely zEers you got me-
 &Wbat was the delay?" asked Blake. kI don't know" she answered, laying le her wraps with Robertson's awk- sF Fd if eager aid. "The engine made T strenuous an effort to get out of E5tiuo7e And it broke down. How & you, dad?'
 &Oh." grunted Blake, "as well as a may hope to be who never can
 to make himself worthy of such q #onde~lul son. I- r-..," cried Grace in jolly reproof. Aer4e been another explosion! # was .t this time? Tell mel" Apolit'cs." answered Blake before
 cculd speak. I'm a wicked, hope & corrupt old guy. And Toms just zeoyered it-for the thousandth l'e hurt his feeling something
 a
 9 l9 you boys quarrel so fool vo" .he demanded. Neither of m ever ouarrels with me. I'm going
 r. 5a arbitration committee and a
 e o peace, all in one, and settle
 b er: syances-when l get time." #3a5 sperE king of time," put in *rk. "I ought to be at the Capitol K very minute. Coming?' he asked, fning to Blake and Tom. 4ln a little while" said Blake. You p run on. want to speak to hce"
 fom led the way from the room. Ark, following, paused an instant on |e threshold.
 FBy the way, Grace" he called, over Il shoulder, we've asked Standish to |ne here. It wouldn't do for us to seen conferring with him at the 1pitol or anywhere else in public. he gets here before we're back, ask |n to wait, won't your" His wife's back had been turned to- ard him and she was leaning over a |ble arranging flowers in vase. Her >ice as she replied was quite indif- rent.
 FCertainly," she agreed. Confer night if you want to, so long as >u don't do it loudly enough to keep D awake"
 Robertson closed the door, leaving race and her father alone together. oting Blakes scowl, she asked: Pillow is the Mullins fight coming .?"
 FTwenty-fourth round" he replied. 10th men groggy." FYoull win. thought she said; and ere was scarce a note of interroga- pn in her voice.
 Fits a way I've got" bluffed her fa- Ter; loath that the daughter, whose Eth in his powers was so secure, |ould know of the straits in which he hs laboring. "Standish is doing his Ist to block us. And he thinks he's >ne it. A lot of other folks think so, b, But I'm fixing up a mine to lring under him tonight. And after |e explosion l guess the air will clear r the Mullins bill. But that wasn't bat wanted to speak to you about. 's Tom"
 F'Tom?"
 'Yes. He's in love-" 'Is that all? Oh, I see. The quar- ? was about that. He came to you r sympathy and" F"Girl, there's four things no man |n get sympathy for. I don't know by, but he can't: having his umbrella plen getting his best hat sat on; a pthache; and falling in love. But it lppens. Tom didn't come looking for |mpathy He just handed me an ul- natum. And 1t didn't ultimate. bats where want you to help me. !" FWho is she? Do I know her7" rYou've probably seen her here at |e Keswick. though I don't suppose 'uVe noticed her. You wouldn't be Eely to. She's Wanda Kelly"
 Not the phone girl?" asked Grace in emay.
 You win. Real nice, ain't it? hKes an awful hit with me, after all Fe done and planned for that boy, to I'e nm tumble into an affair like
 Don't worry!" she reassured him. |here are other ways of convincing a especially a lover-than by prmlng at him. You know all about |iucs, dad, and you can whip voters 'o congressman into line. But Tom 'eds different line of attack. And going to get it. From me-"
 say calculated Blake. You've Hen a three-ton load of my mind.
 the way, do you know anything 'out this Kelly girl?"
 Ve spoken to her once or twice. nat about herr"
 she isn't fool. She's rather pret- too She's got a strangle hold on p"' With the idea that the same Fahgle hold will choke some of my Isn out of my pocket. It won't. Tell
 m so' So longl I've got to chase Ier 10 the Capitol. We'll all be back
 little while for our confab with [anuish' You'n keep him here if he neS .,, before we get back?"
 res she replied a little wearily Il Keep him here" CHAPTER XII.