New Ulm review., 1913-03-05

he went out OF the room. Greene ana
the reporters followed him, leaving
Sherrod and Parrott alone to get what
comfort they could out Of their plight
and to settle certain accounts, q scene
upon which we considerably draw the
curtain.
A man around whom q battle had
been fought leaned on q rail fence,
gazing off at the undulating line where
the azure Of sky curved down to meet
the green Of hills. He had been there
most of the afternoon. in fight from
the kindly but obtrusve interest of
his neiglbors.
A state was acclaiming him. and he
was not upifted. He had read the
news OF the morning and knew that at
that very hour several hundred of his
fellow citizens in convention assem-
bled We're naming him to a high honor.
and he took no Joy in 1t. For the ac-
clamation was but the schooled chorus
of q tractable stage mob And the
victory was not for him. nor for the
principle he had served. but for man
whom he had condemned, for an in
st1tution he believed to be wrong. He
was big enough-or small enough II
you prefer-to resent being catapulted
into power by the strength of another's
arm, and he was honest enough to
hate the means he knew must have
been used He could not exult. The
advancement had come too late. The
fiery eagerness of youth was gone.
He lonsed not for sword, but for
peace-the peace Of the hills, Of the
growing things. of the commonplace
from which once he had fed.
A sound. strange for that hour and
place. slowly pierced his abstraction.
He raised his head. startled, listening
1t was the courthouse bell. Another
joined in. and another. until all the
bells of the town were ringing. The
iron choral was for him! "
He walked slowly on.
AS he rounded the foot Of the knob,
he heard another sound rising to min
gle with the clamor of the bells
cheering voices. He had a strong de-
sire to turn back and fee to some hid
ing place in the hills. but he forced
himself to march forward.
At the northernmost edge of the
town he perceived rapidly limping
figure. 1t was Jeremy Applegate.
"Heard you came out this way"
Jeremy gasped. IAN l wanted to be
first to tell YOU Nominated by accla-
nation at 3:45 this afternoon! l
hain't felt so good since. AppOmattox.'
John. beholding the tears shining in
honest Jeremy's eyes. felt the moisture
rise to his own. His heart leaped
sharply: it was something to receive.
oyen if one has not earned, such
loyalty!
Down Main street came team
irawing a double seated spring wagon.
From the wagon descended silent
trio whose handclasp eloquently told
what awkward lips could not phrase.
"Druv into town to git the news Of
the convention" Ri explained. They
said ye'd gone out the pike, so we
druv out to fetch We in. They're wait
In for We, considerable excited"
They've found out" said Dan Girls
we'll dryly. "all at oncet that ye're a
great man."
"Low l damned the Amurrican peo-
pie a mite too sOOn," confessed Sykes.
which caused Cranshawe and Criswell
to laugh.
"Git in," commanded Ri. "Come
right along. Jeremy" .
They all climbed into the wagon.
John with lips compressed as If he
faced an ordeal. And indeed he did.
Ri was quick to perceive what Jeremy
in the hysteria of his JOY had over
looked. His great. hairy hand fell Oh
Johns knee in tight grip.
II want to say something while I got
the chancet. guess there's more to
this than appears to be. But ] have
faith in We. John Dunmeade. have
faith that yell govern this state In
the fear of God and the love Of your
fellow men," -D
"Whatever We do," supplemented
Sykes, "1'll believe that
can so long as we got faith in ye
ye needn't lose faith in yourself" Girls
well concluded
John did not answer. He was past
speaking just then and later when his
townsfolk acclaimed him.
At home took place wonder. Judge
Dunmeade, almost forgetting the judi
cia dignity. slapped John on the back
and exclaimed: "Aly son, this is a hap |
py hour l always knew you would
make your mark
At which Miss Roberta shifted. But
when she tried to convey her feiicita-
tions her tongue refused the unaccus
toned Office. and she broke away to
prepare a supper that should do justice
to the occasion. ... F..
That evening Benton county made
holiday. with torches and bonfires and