New Ulm review., 1913-03-12

are going to hold great Office. Pub
lie office--I think you've found this ont
already--isn't as simple as 1t seems to
those who haven't held It. The man
4 who would fiji it with unfailing wis
dom and justice. with exact honesty :
and still he nseful-must be as stern
and unyielding as the forces Of nature,
and as strong"
"And / am not that But the bit
terness was lacking now.
| 'NO man is," MurchelI said gently
'I've got you the nomination through
methods you won't consider clean. I've
made promises you won't like. but that
you must keep. or we'll both be de-
stroyed politically
Without excusing or concealing q
single maneuver he narrated the story
Of the campaign and the convention. \
The shutting Of feet In. the outer
room gave John the excuse to leave.
He was heard dismissing the visitor.
But many minutes few by before be
returned.
It was little enough time for what he
had to decide.
A marvel had been wrought. TO
Murchell had been given new pur-
pose. But Murchell, the workman.
could never change; he was too old.
His lack of respect for the people and
popular impulse, the habit of judging
means by the end, fixed through a
lifetime, would persist And he was
the stronger man. his the greater gen.
ius. The instinct for mastery must
be served. Who Joined him did SO as
a follower, to be dominated by the
leaders ideal and philosophy.
III only could answer him. John
cried within himself.
But his experience, silencing inspra
ton, had not taught him that answer
There was but one way for him to
decide. The trap Of circumstance.
sprung by his own weakness. held him
fast. Having accepted advancement
at the hands OF that which he believed
10 bs wrong. he might no longer open
" light against It. As an enemy to
the machine. whose beneficiary he had
become. he would be discredited. un-
convincing. His only hope for useful
ness lay in the pronered alliance. in
Murchell's new purpose.
For little Haig sat In the unwonted
silence of embarrassment Then he
said abruptly: n
Senator Murchell. Id like to apollo
gize IL you will let me-
"For telling the truth: 1t isn't nec-
essary.'
mo, for believing my impertinent,
theatric intervention responsible for
your action
"YOu don't believe that now:"
~ do not And Haig hesitated
In the masculine awkwardness before
'And I know Dunmeade
can trust your OFFER
Soon John returned. He held out his
hand to William Murchell.
II haven't the right to refuse"
He was no longer voice. He had
passed from the wilderness to the
haunts OF men, where action. not
preac ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. not proph-
ecy-are the currency Of life.
Was he weak, the theory Of life and
growth he accepted wrong? TO ,hi-
day John Dunmeade often asks 10.
question. Sometimes he doubts. i:ll:
then, looking back over what I:;S teen
done and foreseeing fuller trinn,Vh. |
he puts away the question. For lh''
that day struck, held. l'nder
tutelage he learned to com,
promise, to substitute craft and i'll |
trigue for the honorable, open methods
he loved. But lie has never lost sight !
Df his purpose and, though there have
been halts and detours and even re,
treats, the general direction has been
When his time came William
hurchell died, not greatly hOnorell by |
l cynical world that looked for no good |
hing from Nazareth. but content in
he belief That the forces by him set |
n motion would in the end undo his
'vtl. As for Dunmeade, he is still n
but still fighting. an able
lieutenant in 4 new movement whose
md is not yet. lie is glad to believe
hat upon his foundation other men
hall be able to build with clean hands.
~%
And he found one source OF happi.
less over which no cloud has hovercd.
When Murchell and Haig left him
hat afternoon, to escape kindly in
ruders he went out into the country.
ie walked for two miles or more ana
hen. turning. went swiftly homcward.
But as he skirted the foot Of the
mob lie was brought to an abrupt
alt. For there, tetliered to bush,
TODD q horse that he recognized-Cru-
ader. less fiery than OF yorc, but
'eek as ever and with many fast
allop left in his sturdy muscles.
For moment John looked, hesltant.
the pathznp which she doubtless had I
tmbed. Then in sudden resolution
e went up. &
She was standing by the big bowlder