Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-01-25

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who entered me service OF your Insti.
tuition. Now be II q broken spirited
old man with just enough soul left to
be ashamed If became part Of your
machine. in the end I'd become like
that-different in size perhaps. but the
same In kind. L." be said. quietly. pre-.
fer your enmity: it's safer. You repre-
sent an Institution. I stand for q
principle. fundamental principle. You
can smash John Dunmeade--oh. very
easily, no doubt But, Senator Muir.
chell, you can't smash the princlple!'
The senator did not often permit
himself tho luxury of losing his tenn
per, but he was exceedingly close to It
Just then. The friendship he had Of
fered to q young man whom be liked
strangely well had been contemptuous-
~ rejected. and the hurt was all the
deeper because be had broken the rule
Of q lifetime to make the offer. he
carefully waited until the emotion had
sabstdeG before speaking. ~
'Tts q good deal simpler to state .
principle than to follow 1t in practice.
And you can't Judge politics by one
years experience. However,
He stopped long enough to put on
his hat
you went out Of your way to de-
nouncs me. You took time when
I'm needing friends to do It, too. In
spite Of that Imade you an offer In
good faith. II there's anything in Jou
I'd have given you the chance to
prove 1t.
81" he concluded. and he spoke a. Of
some divine edict. fixed and immutable
III. rarely otter friendship TO thoel
who nght me-nsver twice" y 7,
He went out -.
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Tho East ridge colony Wis gone
scattering its charms broadcast sfrom
Lakewood to, Bar Harbor. Only the
Hampdens were left, and they wera
soon to depart. Katherine and hea
mother to go abroad for the latter'a
health-which, to be sure. was 20 good
% to b. worth preserving. John and
Haig lad arranged to make togethel
one September evening their farewell
pilgrimage to the ridge.
That evening John spent q great deal
Of care over his toilet. !,
He drove to the home Of silas Hicks.
where Haig. wisely avoiding the hos.
pitality Of the hotel. had his rooms.
Somewhat to his dismay. be was in.
formed that Haig had discovered some
mysterious errand requiring his atten'
ton. had departed half hour earlier
and had left word that, he would later
meet John at their Mecca. .-,.-.,.-
That's funny muttered John ~ he
drove away. He strongly suspected
the validity Of Raig.s ersand=. and de-
bated seriously the advisability Of turn.
ing back and sending his farewells BY
note. pleading as excuse for his non.
appearance some unexpected business
matter. he solemnly assured himself
dallied with unhappiness all summer
and for going now On { Journey that
could only intensity futile longinSs.
He sustained the Indictment by con.
tinuing his journey. When he found
Katherine. they stroiled, Katherine
chatting unconcernedly, to seat In a
retired corner Of the Erounds-ou the
fact would not have been significant to
John-where she had sat 20 long after
her talk with Warren Blake.
She leaned back In one end of the
seat He sat at the other. as far away
from her as he could. half facing her
She was not really beautiful-her .fea'
lures were too firm for that-yet even
another than John might have been
excused for thinking her 80 in the
softening light of the rising moon
Only her eyes. softly lustrons in the
pale light. marked her suppressed ex.
element.
"Do you realize" she said, this IL
the frst time we've been alone thts
summer? You have really managed 4
very awkwardly" As though she had
not done all the managing!
He had nothing to soy.
IAN such an ogress. or have you
been afraid that I'd propose to you
I againr'
II haven't been fool enough to take
that seriously" be said quickly. And
I'm old enough to know the danger o1
playing with Ore. At least" he added,
II ought to have known it."
He could not help thinking OF the
months to come when, with less en-.
crossing tasks to take his mind from
the ache. he must renew the loneliness
grown more poignant. Of the last win
ter. He wondered now at his weak
ness In letting himself. despite bis
knowledge Of. her and Of what she
meant to him. be drawn again within
the circuit Of her charm.
He became aware that she wal
speaking. with that amazing courage
which WAS .Alway1 hers.
II GmS aesfy.;she said! But 4
haven't been feir 10 you The things
father works 10 Sfs what Appeal to
me. not the things you dream Of.
The prestige. The power. the knowl:
edge that belon& to the men Who mn
eonquering, not dreams o. idells. eegnt
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