New Ulm review., 1913-01-08

eFsduloua. He went 10 the window. .atar-
lng ont wOnderingly.. He saw HtranRe
thing Jeremy AppleaAte .tuml,ing
acroas tIt. square and IMusing unls.r
the dag. looking mp. The veterans
hand rose. IN though In xllnte: then.
arrested midway. It fell Imply. ard Jer.
envy mnrcllpd on.
John pointed. ..Thpre. senator. In one
who entered the service of your lnsti-
| tuition. Now ile Ii Il broken spirited
old man with just enough soul left to
b. ashamed II became part Of your
machine IN the pnd I'd lH'cnilp like
that different In size perhaps. hut the
! same In kind. H. he said. quietly. ''pre-
fer your pDmity: its safer. YOn repre-
sent an ins' tuition. stand for a
principle. II fundamental principle. Yon
can smash John Dnnnleadt.-Oil. very
easily. no 1oubt. Rnt. Senator Muir
chell. yOn can't smash the prine.iple::"
The senator did not often permit
himself the luxury Of losing his tenn
per. bnt HI. was exceedingly close tO It
Just then. The friendship he had Of
ferpd to u young nlnn whom he liked
strangely well fi.i l,een cO,itemptuOus-
~ rejected. nnd thu. hurt was all the
dppIMr ips,,,ls.. h. had broken the rule
Of a lifetime tO make the offer. He
carefully waited until the emotion hnd
sulsi,lpd lsafDre sl,taking.
"It'x Il good deal simpler to state a
principle. tllan tn follow 1t IN practice.
And you can't Judge politics by one
year's experience. However,
He stopped long enough to put Cd
his hat.
..You went ont Of your wny to de
nouncp me- You took time wher
In, needing friends tO de- II. too. In
spite Of that made you nil OFFER In
good faith. II there's ANYTHING IN you
Id have given you the chance tc
prOvpit.
''I.' Ea concluded. and he spoke as Of
some divine tslict. fixed and immutable
81 rarely offer friendship to those
who fight me never twice.
He went ont.
The East ridge colony was gone.
scattering its charms brnad..ast from
I.akpw.sh to Rar Harl,or. Only the
Ham, ,dpns wprt. left. and they were
mon to depart. Katherine and her
mOther tO y, abroad for the lattpr'a
health which. to ~. snre. wns No gond
as to be worth preserving. John and
HaiR hnd arranged to make together
one September evening their farewell
pilgrimage 10 thu. ridge. @
That evening John spent great deal
Of care over his toilet.
He drove to the hOme Of Silas Hicks.
where Haig. wisely avoiding the hos
pitnlity of the hotel. hnd his rooms.
Somewhat to his li~may. he was in
formed thnt Haig had discovered some
mysterious arrand requiring his ntipn-
tiOn. Ind departed II lInlf hour earlier
and had left word that he would later
meet John ut their Mp,r.a.
"'That's funny" muttprpd John ~ he
drove away. Hp strongly suspected
the validity nf Ilais's prrand and de-
batp,i seriously the ndvisability Of turn.
Ing ;lmck and sending his fhrew.'lls by
note. blending az excuse for his non.
appearances some unexpected business
matter. He sOipninlv assured himself
that lle was u fcNl. both for having
dallitsi with unharpiness all summer
and for going now on Journey that
could only Intensity futile longings.
He sustained the indictment by con-
tinuing his Journey. When hp found
Katherine. they xtr,lIpd. Katherine
chatting uncOncernedly. tO seat in 4
retired corner of the gronnds- only the
fact would not have l,een Significant tn
John where xhe had rat 10 hung after
Der talk With Warren Rlake. it g5
She leaned back In one end of the
seat. He sat ut the either. a. far away
from her N he .vuid. half facing her.
She waa not rraily beautiful II her fea.
tures were tos' tirm for that-yet even
an''ti,er than John might have been
excused for thinking her No In the
s0ftening light nf the rising moon.
Only her eyps. xOftlv IlstrUns In the
pale light. marked her suppressed ex-
element.
''DO yOu realize" She said. this IL
the first time we've lHAen alone this
summer: You have really managed II
very awkwarlIy" Az though she had !
not done nli thu. managing!
He had nothing tO say.
IAN | such an ogress. or have you
been afraid that Id propose to you
lgain"'
II haven't been fool enough to take
hat seriously" hp said quickly. And
I'm old enough to know the danger Of
playing with fire. At least" he added.
Il ought tO have known 1t"
He could not help thinking Of the
months to come when. with less EN-.
crossing tasks tO take his mind from
he ache. hp must renew the loneliness.
'rOwn more poignant. of the last win
er. He wondered now mt his weak
less in letting himself. despite his
Of her and Of what she