The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-25

Land, yesI Tell few myself when fits necessary. Sometimes I almost be- Heve 'em. We1l?"
 hr "Of course you must remember this is fairy story. Let's suppose that . once on a ttme-that's the way they always beg1n-once on a time there was great man, great in his own country, who was sent abroad by his people to represent them among the rulers of the land, so in order to typ fcally represent them he dressed in glad and expensive raiment, went about in dignity and"-
 And whiskers. Don't leave out the whiskers.''
 "Au right-and wl1iskers. And 1t came to pass that the people whom he represented wished to-er-brfng about a certain needed improvement in their their beautiful and enterprfsing com munity."
 ''Sho, s11o! How natural that soundsi You must be mind reader.'
 ''No, but have to make speeches in my own community occasionally. Well, the people asked their great man to get the money needed for this improve ment from the rulers of the land afore- mentioned. And he was at first all enthusiasm, and upon the-the parch- ment scroll where such matters are 1n- scr1bed were written the name of the beautiful and enterprtsfng community and the sum of money it asked for, and the deal was as good as made. Excuse the modern pl1raseology. My fairy lingo got mixed there"
 Never mind. I can get the drift 4v1Ct
 And the deal was as good as made. But before the vote was taken another chap came to the great man and said: Look here! I want to get an appro- pr1atfon of, say, $50,O00 to deepen and improve q river down in my state'--a southern state we'll say-Tve been to the chairman of the pork bill commit. tee, and he says it's impossible. The bill simply can't be loaded any further. But find that you have an item in there for deepening and improving a harbor back in your own district Why don't you cut that item out shove 1t over until next year? You can easily find a satisfactory explana- lion for your constituents. And you want to remember this: The improve ment of this river means that the-the well, a certain sugar growing com pany can get their stuff to market at q figure which will send it's stock up and up. And you are said to own cons1d- erable amount of that stock. So why not drop the harbor item and substt. tufe my river slice? Then Well, ] euess that's the end of the tale"
 He paused and fe1if his cigar. Gap tain =Cy thoughtfully marked with His fork on the tablecloth.
 "Hung' he grunted. That's very 1nterestin' yarn. Yes, yes; don't knows I ever heard a more interest1n' one. presume likely there atn,t a mite of proof that it's trueT
 'sNot an atom. I told you it was a fairy tale. And mustn't, be quoted in the matter. Honestly, the most of it is guesswork at that. But perhaps seommittee of one dropping a hint at home might at least arouse some un- comfortable questioning of a certain great man. That's about all, though. Proof is quite another tl1ing.s
 The captain pondered. He was fully aware that the unpopularity of the ''committee'' would nuIlify whatever good it's hfnting might do.
 'sHumphY' he grunted again. 'Tt's one thing to smell rat and another to nail its tail to the floor. But I'm y And I'll think it over hard Say, I can see one thing-you don't take a very big shine to Heman yourself!'
 'rNot toe big, no. Do you7''
 "WeH, I don't wake up nights and rry for him"
 Evetdean laughed.
 '"That's characteristic" he said 'You have your own way Of putting ah1ngs, captain, and it's hard to be i'm proved on. Atkins has never done anything to me. I 5ust-I just don't like him, that's all. Father never liked him either in the old days, and yet, and it's odd, too, he was the means of the old gent1ena11's making the most of his money.
 'He7 Who? Not HemanT'
 'sYes. Heman Atkins. But so far as that goes father started him toward wealth, I suppose. At least he was poor enough before the mine was sold.' ''
 What are you taIkin' about7 He- man got his start tfadin oyer m the south seas, sellin' the Kanakas glass beads and calico for pearls and copra- two cupfuls of pearls for every bead Anyhow, that's the way. the yarn goes.''
 T can't help that. He was inst common sailor who had run away from his ship and was gold mining in Cali forn4a- And when he, and his partner struck 1t rich father borrowed money, headed company and bought them out That mine was the Excelsior, and it's just as productive today as 1t ever was. I rather think Atkins must be very sorry he sold. I suppose, by right, should be very grateful to your distinguished representative"
 Well do declareI Sho, sho! Ain't that funny, now7 He's never said a word about 1t at home. I don't be- deve there's soul in Bayport knows l that We all thought twas south sea tradin' that boosted Heman. And your own dad! declare, this is a small Worldv