The Washington herald., 1913-08-10

something, and that was to make ;
1 success of Wiley. Even he, with tn,
trifling blindness of man, might hav,
! known what was behind it all. Sh,
| went on mournfully: "You said some
thing had stirred you at last. Wiley ?
He was looking past her out TIT
window to Harlan and Arne across thu
square. The door was open, and ths
i evening held the first cool stealth o.
autumn. The breeze upon the gra,
| facades of the rock behind the towr
] showered down the red and yellow
leaves. Already from the elevation Of
Curran's shop, one could catch glimpse.
! of the distant river through the de
nuded cottonwoods of the bottom
lands. And his eyes were there witt
| their old DETACHMENT of a man who
dreams Of what he bad found and los
| out BEYOND the circling hills; of wha
the years had given and taken away
and he had stood by empty-handed
! But he. turned to her with sudden new
eagerness.
"Janet, / wonder if it's all as yor
and Arne say? And Mcbride, over ir
Earlville; and Purcell, and these mer
] who have such curious notion that
can beat Hall in the primaries? And
Gov. Delroy, he spoke of me"
"Yes. You know his organization
doesn't amount to much down here. II
needs local leadership. They want q
man out for Congress Assemblymar
Barrett, of Dallas County, was consid-
cred, but they need him where he is
And all the other Progressives are like
father-too-well, they've had theil
fling. The movement wants new men
and young men, =,
But me in Congress. II sure would
be a treat for Congress
'Oh, Wiley! Be serious|
He was stiIl for a long time. Yes
he had been the watcher from afar OF
the fighting men. He had thought his
years of ardor done. He spoke at las,
very gently;
You've been my god angel-always
since w. were kids in school Good
God, how a man filings his youth away
Eth, l thought that was what I'd done,
But Janet, I've awakened-I haveH
Her eyes were sparkling. She
tensed with a new splendid jubilance
She had been the militant; she was OF
that fine modernity that has given to
strong women the fearless vision and
the will TO do, and has taken nothing
from their womanhood. She was alert
with the expression of sex, unacceptable,
undaunted, as free as mans virile
pride. And Curran. with his love for
the modern, his hatred of sham, had
felt at times, the pulsing of her power
and had misunderstood nothing. That
was the bond of their intimacy; this
knowledge unspoken but unafraid.
Wiley" she murmured. You will
come out2 You will go in the pri-
maries? Oh, will you. I've waited so
long, Wiley. For you'll"
Il know, And this very week IL
seemed to see myself aright-to realize
what a miserable failure Id been-a
dreamer Oh, something very wonder
full awakened me-quickened me. I'll
tell you. Janet, the very first thing!"
She looked curiously at him, bu.
with her bright fond faith, her over
flowing happiness. The fine, hard
lines that the years had schooled about
her eyes were gone.
Inc very nrst thillS! Ol, Dut inc
point is that you've done it. Wen
work for you-all my friends who've
stood by me will be with you. But the
first thing-was it today"
No. Last Tuesday. A little thing
such foolish little thing. But it hit
me hard-it appealed to the senti-
mental in me, suppose. But you
know me-all that sense of romance