The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-12-18

had an idea the Judge was SUFFERING.
His mother shrugged. my dear, the
Pocket In no man land-the river
made It years ago. and it's the natural
bed Of the creek. Those people haven't
ia sign OF titleiS
Il know" the son retorted. wiley
told me-"
Il wish, my boy. you didn't get 10
much OF your knowledge Of county az
fairs through Mr.. Currani" The Judge
watched him c~urtously, did you see
his scandalous editorial on the SUI
.preme courts decision In the labor in
junction case? !" x
Yes; That labor organizer Earlvills,
TMcBride-got Wiley excited about It
It would smash the union movement.
Wiley said"
The Judge sighed. Fer the first time
he had seen a fash of Harlan's old
cheerful eagerness-and 1t took Wiley
Curran's insurgency to bring It. This
man, Mcbride, 10 organizing the soft
those foreigners that were brought in
there. And he denounced Congress-
man Hall last Sunday at the Earlyillo
Turn Verein meeting. ! hear. y
They're after Hall, father-hard.
Old Jake Vance says that Wiley Cur
ran ought to run against him--he says
the governors crowd will get behind
any one to beat Hail." III |
The judge laughed. wiley -Curran
In congress? Harlan, / saw him last
week down on his knees digging up
geraniums for that funny old lady who
keeps house for him-they were throw
ing cupfuls Of earth at each other and
shouting like children!"
Harlan smiled. Il supposed But.
dad, this political move is getting big.
Jake Vance says it's the young mems
movement. Look at the chaps ike his
boy, Arne, who's come back from the
agricultural school chuck-a-block with
what he calls the Wisconsin idea. And
see how Governor Delroy won on it,
he's the young mems governor"
The state" retorted the Judge,
dryly, is in an uproar over nothing.
When this Wisconsin senator got up to
speak at The last session the solid and
representative men simply would not
isten-he talked to their empty seats.
A demagogue, a disturber-and as for
Jake Vance, he has been the county's
original malcontent since granger days
and greenbackism."
The young man listened quietly.
Father, his son Is different, You ought
to see how earnest he is, A student
farmer come back from Wisconsin
whooping 1t up for the initiative and
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fathers locality among the old moss
backs-and showing 'em how to raise
better corn h they yer did beforeI
Pigs and p~olitics-Arne says!" r.
IT," smiled the Judge, am still for
the constitution-and my boy, I'm glad
you went to Harvard instead Of our
western colleges. If you're going into
politics he grimaced, for politics
was distasteful to him, and yet Harlan
had grown UP with the consciousness
that some day he should enter politics.
His mothers ancestry OF Virginia had
given II to him as the milk he drew. II
had been h n grievance Of her
married life that the Judge had not
cared for a more militant public life.
She had an old fashioned ideal for her
boys f~uture-she was not sure Of 1t
all, but IL was to be q career honorsng
the state, reaching UP. perhaps, we'll
one could never tell how far such a
SON might go, one who had the best Of
east and west In him. Despite their
tradition, the Van Harris felt the mid
lands to be the heart and soul OF the
republic, the seat of power and inspira-
ton. Loyal to every inch OF the At
lantic seaboard, they knew the mighty
valley would home the millions, of the
best Americans, here would be the
breed of the soil, the determining
economism, the building and enduring
individualism. ~r 49, a.... -.
The mother glanced brightly at him.
"Of course, Harlan's going into poll
ticsl And he'll never nave the struggle
that Billy Lee will have. Here, among
his OWE people" she dreamed an
instant, he yes going out to the en-
circIing hills-"Harlan, dear-there's
no limit to what 1 see for you. Oh,
we want o to go on, boy-always on
to the best and highesti" She arose In,
her eaRerness and came to him, parted
the fair hair from his brow and kissed
him. Dear boy, won't you thank us q
little bit-dewn In your heart-for
saving you!"
He was still. But his arm stole
about her slender waist. Her smooth
cheek under the silvery hair, which had
gtrlish trick Of coming down before
her ears, was again hts own After all
she was 'the best Of mothers" as he
had told Aurelia. Always about him
this gracious care, this ennobling pres
ence this exalting standard Of life. AL
ways this warm, serene, home-guard-
ing-all that was best.
He kissed her in their old comrade-
ship OF mother n son between whom
nothing could come. Mother, dear"
he answered slowly, 81 knowI Oh, It's
been a battle, but I know!" And he
looked UP to see now his fathers pa
tient yes shining upon them. Yes,
they had lived only for him-they lived
for him now.
When he went out later, they
and down High street In the unbroken
spirit Of youth. q noble sunniness, q
clear freedom about him. They had
given him to the land. the best that the
land could offer. They watched him 20
In a pride that was O gratefulness to