Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-11-08

second place, it isn't expected of
you. The papers tomorrow will
record the right names just as
jealousy as if everyone had had
a good time. Suppose you con-
centrate all your efforts on me.
I Come! 1t will be a real work of
charity. For Mr.. Conover mas Jus {
shown me how thoroughly Pm the
the prodigal And he didn't even
hint at the whereabouts of fat
ted calf. Please be merciful and
make me have a good time. It's
months since Pve seen you to talk
to-"
"Then why don't you come here
oftener?" she asked as they made
their way through the press, and
found an unoccuppied alcove be-
tween two of the great rooms.
I'm sure Mrs. ConOVer-."
"My poor aunt? She'd be fright
ened to death that Conole r and
| would quarrel. No, no! To-
night is an exception. The first
and the last. l persuaded myself
| came because of Aunt Lettys
note. But | really came for a
chat with YOU
She looked at him, doubling how
to accept this bald compliment.
But his face was boyish in its sim
! cerity.
] "You and | used TO be such good
/ friends" he went on, land now
We never see any more of each
other.
II think you know as we'll ds /.
You no longer come here-you
have not come, / think, since d
year before | arrived. And | go
almost nowhere since
"Since you gave up all your old
world and the prople who cared
for you and became a drudge in
the ConoVer household? Ii you
were to be found anywhere else
! you would see so mucn of me that
I'd bore you to extinction. But il
would be even unpleasanter for
/ you than for me if | were to call
on you here. 1 miss our old-time
talks more than | can say"
81 miss them too. Do you re-
member how We used to argue
over politics, and how you always
ended by telling me tnaI there
were two things no woman could
understand anu that policies was
enc and finance the other?"
"And you would always make e
Same retort: That woman's COM
Dined ignorance of politics and
same retort: L hat Woman's COM
bined ignorance of politics and
finance were pure knowledge as
compared with che mems ignorance
Oh women. L wasn'C especially
logical repartee, but it always
served to shut me up
III wish We had time for another
political spat. Some day We must.
YOU see, I've learned such lot
about politics and finance too
practical politics and finanoe-since
4 came here"
"Decidedly practical, fancy, if
Mr.. Conover was your teacher. He
doesn go in mucn for idealism.
and your" asked Anice ignor-
ing the slur. Are you still as
rabid as ever in your ideas of re-
form? But, of course, you are
For | read only Task week tndt you
had been elected President of the
Civic League. 1 want to congratu-
late you. It's splendid move
ment even though Mr.. Conover
declares it's hopeless
Good citizenship is never quite
hopeless, even in a boss-ridden
community like Granite, and
boss-riddened commonwealth like
the Mountain State. The people
will wake up some day.
Their shores sound very peace
full and regular Just now" re-
marked Anice, with flippancy
whereof she had the GAGE
to be ashamed.
"Perhaps,7 he smiled, ''the sounds
you and Conover mistake for
snores may possibly be groans.'
"How delightfully."- dramatic!
That would sound splendidIy on
the stump
at may have a chance to-"
what do you mean? Are you
going to-
No. l am going to run for gov
ernor this fall"
"WHAT?"
$40 you know" observed Stand
ish, "when you open your eyes
that way you really look"
"Never mind how l look Tell me
about"
shy campaign? 1t is nothing
yet. But the Civic League is plan
ming one more effort to shake off
Conover's grip on the throat of
the Mountain State-another good
stump line, by the way. And have
been asked to run for governor
But
ooh, yes, / know. Conover holds
the Convention in the hollow of
his hand. He owns the delegates
and the newspapers and the Legis-
islature as we'll as the railroads.
And no sane man would dream of
bucking such a combination. But
maybe I'm not quite sane. For
I'm going to try it. Now laugh
all you like"
Laugh? l feel more like cry
ing. It's-it's knightly and splendid
of you. Give! And-perbaps il
may prove less crazy than you
think"
"You mean?"
81 mean nothing at all. / wish
you luck, though. All the luck in
the world. Tell me more"
"There is no more. Besides, I'd
rather talk about you. Tell me of