Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-03-29
Neither gpntleman smile,l.

Neither gentleman smiled.
When the Honorable Jenkins re-
turned to Washington. be reluctantly
admitted TO an interrogative reporter:
No, I'm afraid the senator Is In a
bad way. don't think he'll ever so
back into politics"
or John Heath ron have never
heard. Unhonorci and unsung until
this hour. he has remained In that
shadowy obscurity for which be was
designed. And No man ever saw
him.
Ii was MT crucial time for those
whom this chronicle concerns when
Jerry Brent and John Dunmeade were
marching from han to Beersheha and
hack and laborin,s with patience
worthy OF larger results. to rally the
slender hosts OF reform. when Stephen
Hamptlen 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 dividend OF I per cent.
In the kingdom things were. awry.
The rival monarch was laundering at
the gates. Worse stu. there was dis
affection In the very source Of
dominion. in the army. And the min
lister IN power chose this hour-to z Z
drunk. Anxious glances were being
cast toward the deposed minister In
his self exacted exile Royal messen-
gers were being sent galloping post
haste to him 10 urge him. with nne.
unconscious irony. for the sake OF past
favor. TO speak the word that would re-
store concord among the mutinous
regiments. But the ominous silence
continued unbroken.
= At such jnncture. we say. John
Heath stepped In to defect the course
of history.
Came to the exile, not many days aft
er Miss Roberta. messenger not un-
der royal seal. Secretary. we may call
him. TO the new minister. having eur.
ried favor By dpsertion OF the old.
He was visil,ly pprtnrljpd and would
not desist from his opportunities IN
I'll admitted to the presence of the
exile Even then. such was his fever
kh haste. he did not notice In his
host. rs Miss Isilpria had done. H.
yigor Inconsistent with certain rnmors
rife. He plunged III once Into the mat
Ter in hand
We've got Sherrod locked MP IN a
room at the hotel He's drunk a.
lord and threatens 10 threw himself
into the river.
well let him. sald AIurchell. grim
y lIeartIess
''Isnt." cried the messenger. 1T may
be- something to>iring ON revolution
that will sweep US all Sherrod. Tar:
NIT. you--off the face Of the
earth
Il !. responded afurchell calmly. -aif
out Of politics and don't care. What
do ron want me- to ,loi-'
Come with ne to the raI,itais fiud
what's wrong and straigifen II out. !"
TO IN l'1rrDu.
"Parrutts fauriushrr This Is
critical
: Il wnn't do IT. It's trntildp Of yovr
own making Get yourselves out of II
The messenger sprang to his fee;
and began to. pace the foor swiftly
He assumed 10 instruct fngstrr
With Wild gcsticulation and passion
ate phrase he Skstrlied The Impending
calamity The tiipes were ripe for 4
revolution Tiiesa ungttPrahle FOOLS.
Dnnmpaae mud Rrpnt With their fi,res
SAINT chick aIpnt l,osSes and graft
were getting the pruple stirred mp
There was trouble in the air lie. the
geakcr. could feel II. The oganiza
tion was falling tn pieces.
..Do yul think. AInr,4ieIl inquired
ralmly. '.Sherrod's short In his Nc
eonnss:"
Il don't knew There are bn,ks I
rant seq without exciting suspicion
And can't get nothing out 81 hin,
The swift pa.in!ss. c,,,.apd3 abruptly
The messenger ron ffffen.estsiurcilelt
..Who.e hs deniapded. s'-is John
Heatht'.
u don't know answered Mnrchen
truthfully. Il
within less fhan two wears he has
received from the state nlore.H nine
hundred thousand dollars for special
services
Nine hundred Thousand dollars:
What Is John Heath 2"
Il don't know. Put ! think he may
be-h-E"
The messenger Topped Intp hts chair.
helping himself. unlimited. 10 D cigar
Murehell. as though taking uhs task
that the other had left unfinisbed rose
and In his turn hegan to, pace taP fioor
After few minutes he wPHt nut Of
the room still without spetkag>N>H e
did not reappear for almost q 5fIarfSr
N an hour But then ne wore IN hat
and an overcoat and was carrying i |