The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-20

~ CONSIDERABLY to his surprise M and no less to his satisfaction N the newly appointed division counsel" as his title ran, was not required to take over the old Iegal department offices in the second story of the station building, where all the cated. Instead he was directed to fiji up a suit of rooms in Temple court the capitals most pretentious uptown skyscraper, and there was something more than a hint that the item of first cost need not be too closely considered
 It was the vice president himself writing from Chicago, who authorized the new departure and 1oosened the purse strings. He wrote:
 Don't be afraid of spending Q, little money. Make your uptown office as at tractive may be and arrange matters with Ackerton so that you will not be legal work. A successful legal represent attve will be good mixer, as am sure you are, and will extend the circle of. his acquaintance as rapidly and as widely as possible Your appointment will be fully justified when you shall have made your uptown off1oe place where the good cit drop in for cordial word with the com pany's spokesman and for a better mu- tual understanding of the facts.
 Acting upon this suggestion, Blount opened the Temple court headquarters and threw himself energetically into the indicated field. Ackerton, a tech nica1 expert with a needle-like mind and the state code at his fingers ends, was left in charge of the working of- fees in the" railroad building, with in- structions to apply to his chief only when he needed specific advice.
 At the uptown headquarters Blount gave himself wholly to the pleasant task of making friends. With a good store of introductions upon which to make a beginning and with the open handed, whole sou1ed camaraderie of the west to help along. the list of ac- -quaintances grew with amazing rapid ity.
 For the three or four weeks after Mrs. Blount had whisked the Annerses away to Wartrace Hall and the habitat of the megaIosauridae, the newly ap- pointed ''socia1 secretary for the rail road, as Honoria had dubbed him, re fused no invitations, never inquirtng whether they were extended to his fathers son. to the railroad company's legal chief or to Evan Blount in his proper person.
 During this social interval he saw little of his father, though he still oc- cupied his share of the private dining room suit at the Inter-Mountain. Part of the time, as he knew, the sena- tor was at Wartrace Hall, looking aft CT his huge landed estate and help ing to entertain the visitors from Mas sachusetts. But now and again the father came land went, and occasion ally there was a dinner for two in the hotel cafe, with little good natured raillery from the senator's side of the table.
 'tGot you chasing your feet right lively in the social merry y-go-round these days, haven't they, son? Like it as far as you've gone?" asked the ex- cattle king one evening.
 ''It's all in the days york; laughed the younger man. "I'll need all the 'pulP can get a little later on, won't IF"
 q shouldn't wonder if you did, son; I shouldn't wonder if you did. And I reckon you're doing pretty good work. Was it Mcy1ckar's idea or your own-this sudden splash into the social water holeP'
 'FI don't mind telling you that it is part of the new policy" returned the social splasher, still smiling. ''We are out to make friends this time, friends who will know just what we are do- ing and why we are doing it."
 'H'm?' unused the senator. "So pub Iicity's the word, is it?''
 ''Yes, publicity is the word. The Gordon people say they are going to show us up. There won't be anything
 
 are going to beat them to the bill boards"
 ''You can't do the circus act-ride two horses at once and do the same stunt on both, son." the senator re- marked grave1y. eff you're really go- ng to put the saddle and bridle on the nag you've got to turn the other one out of the corra1.''
 ''It is already turned out,'' averred he young man, not affecting to mis- understand. we buy no votes in this 
 The stout assertion was good as far IS it went. The new division counsel made it and believed it. But a little ater he could not help wondering if he 1ad been altogether candid in mak- ng it.
 The offices in the uptown skyscraper were not exclusively railroad social center where the disinterested voter could come and have the facts ladled I put to him without fear or favor on he part of the 1adler. They had come 0 be also a ra1lying point for hetero- yeneous crowd of ward workers, wire DulIers and small politicians, most of whom were anxious to be employed or retained as henchmen.
 Gro be Continued.)
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