The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-25


 wen4 to the hotelsyvhres14e hRd stnJed, before and foun6ea big modern lsDuaid- ing in its sRaace. Tho clerk zEnD An cltned, to be rathere curt and. perfume tory at frsR, but when he learned that the scauEaan vgsase not Saz1xfousk concern ing the ,p19ce off accomnc da1ions, but unrezy wanted a "conf tatae NbeTth soznswhsRes on Sthe saloOn& deck" and aupeared Co 5haVe p4antys ef} l1ouey he grew polite. CaptaAn sCyt was shown fo haBsRocua, WheEeklEe 94eft Fh1S fvaafse. Fhen he es&ventsdosVnstOsS1 sS1zEzaE.
 ARserf Szae smealsw1s oEaef. he seated hfraseaf 4n one. oe thes big lsatnercha1rs an fhs hotet lobby, smoked and thought. In &heSsunzmef. beforesB sBossn came and bef1ae 8her sfakaeEs had arisen <6 upsek evergs ca1cz1atfors and wreck aIa hag zp4aMa, aShe cRptafn4 had given serious sfhough6s eoSWhat alfe should do if ConRxessman Atk1nsg faHed,4as even then he seemed 1fkelyyto do, in secur- ing mat aperopx1at1on. Thes obvious thing, of course, w.0u8d have jbeen to hunt up Mr. AtHRass and question him. But this wee a1tog too obvious. In the first xlzce the trtAAneds dsEeaatfcns between them would. make the inter view uncom1orta1,ze. az1d51n che second if there vas anYtfdngl underhand tn HemsussSbacAs11d1n geonF the appropr1a- ton Aekans7 was toe wary a aIo2Rd tosDe snzEed asz1eh sQzsSt3sa1s.
 But Captazn Oy had s another acz quaantatace In skfles city. the son. of st1u older acQ1aan dance; svuAlo had been a wealthy shanpfne merchant and mine owmer Rn c'a1ikexszfa. saThe som was also q conRressmanzfroms cosstas<ate, and the cap4asn had seads o4Ihiman the pa- ppFa. A sketchA of his life had been printed. and .thtsfmade hisf1aeuEEty ab- soEufaRy certain Captains C5es orig 1fsal Idea had beenN to Svx1teseo Ghzs con- ersssman- Now heNdeteEzn4ned4o find and fntexFzeTzs him
 He inquired eOQceFn3ne him of the hotel clerk, who, yhke all sNVashingtcn clerks. was Wazk1ng editfoa of 'swho's Whosat4the-C -Capltal''
 ~Cohgressman EverdeaaTs repeated ahe all ngageneseraas1. "Yess he's in town. Has rooms. aaE the Gloria, second hotel on the rfghtaas you go up the aRenue-onlye d shortsvRaIk. What can do for you. siKT
 The G4orfas was ana evemsbagger hotel than the one where dhegcep pta1n had his s9barths An inquiry at s9hs desk of amogber Important clerk evvass answered with 8 brIsks
 ssMr. E7erdem? Yes, he rooms here. Don't know wf1efher he's in or not. Evening, 3uage. sNtce winter weatheEI we'reshav4nEs" The judge. wlsog was, zponderous person, Taguely asug sk3ng the great Heznan. adTn9eke1a that the weather was fne, spatrogiAzfh 1t$As he d11 so. The clerk confirmed Fthe conversation. Captain Cy waEted- At length he spoke.
 ssE1xcSzss me. scoumodpre. she said sI doust nkeet5 96reak. tna until syou've settled whether tyou shaye 1tssnow or not, but I'm heresacF see Congressman Everdean- .Hadn'e Jou better order one, of your fo'zasEs hands to hunt hixn upT
 The 5uage- eondsscendetf tossmfle. as did several other fmen4wh0-stood near. The c3sEksEsaae1ed.
 ~Do Fou-Mantst tstO- see MT. .Bverdean 2" he snapped.
 asWhy, yps..I did. But [. can,tzsee him from here without straan1n' my eyes1gf1ks's
 The akzaharpIy4 one Of the captains is4t7ngscaras. He didn't get one, fOE. fhe very good reason that there was none 1n, extstsnce.
 'sTeu him. an old afrtends of his sdad's is here son theSmainz deck FwaEt5n for him." sm5dF OapEazns CY. sAThatMe do ars& rzBa. Thank y6u adn1fra1''
 Word came that the ongressnan would be 4osznfE fnS 2feH rnoraents The captain sEpzgu Retzx t11e inter val nya leaning on thes sra1ls and regarding fthe clerk with angawed eurfoaity thAtAan- noyed It's object exceedingly. TheS1n- speetaon was stfn on when a taTlsman of an age somewhere in the early ftf1ir- ties waIkedsbris3xfy up~eozehe desk.
 ssYyF,<S Aera <zoo NBked.
 The clerk waved de4recatory hand fn Captain Cy's direction The new conner turned
 My name is Everdean,~ he said. ~Are you Heyl Great ScottI Is it possible this is Captain Whittatzer2'
 The captain was immensely pleased!
 ssyHe1I, declare, Ed." he exclaimed. ~I didn't believe you'd remember me after all these years. You was nothtn' but boy when saw you out in ETfs- co. Wen, weIll No wonder you're in congress. A man that can remember faces like that ought to be president g
 Everdean laughed as they shook hands.
 Don't suppose I'd forget the chap who used to dine with us and tell me those sea stories, do your he said. 'T'm mighty glad to see you. What are you doing here2 The last father and heard of you you were in South America. Given up the sea, they said, and getting rich fast"
 Captain Cy chuck1ed.
 s'It,s a good thing learned long ago not to believe all hear" he answered, seIse I'd have been so sure was rich that I'd have spent all had and been a permanent boarder at the peorhouse by now. No, thanks; I've had dinner. Why, yes, I'll smoke if you'll help along. How's your father? Smart, is he7''
 F. The congressman insisted that they should adjourn to his rooms. An un- married man. he kept bachelors hall -+ @fss 1,rsfsl A1,rfrfe. fafsf sfav in Wash