The Detroit times., 1913-08-11
CHAPTER XVIII.
The SentImentalist.

Two weeks before the September
primary election. Mr.. Curran noted a
curious reserved respect toward MN
from men OF the town who had iohs
| ignored him as a mere disturber. ana
Arne Vance, coming in from last
| tour OF the country on his pigs ana
| politics" campaign, grimly explain
ed it,
The Honorable James Hall came
| home 10 work over his district. as the
old crowd desired. And he got a
| frost Wiley, He knows it-they all
| know IL. They're scared. Tom Pur-
| cell and | have been comparing notes.
| we've showed Hall UP, something
| fierce on his votes in congress, and
| the farmers were glum TO the Honor
| able Jim. And he never had a show
| v it'll the new element-the foreigners
| in Earlville's new factory district.
| Halls licked. Thad Tanner knows II.
| Judge Van Hart knows 1T But"-he
looked grimly at the candidate-"w
want to cinch the fight. We need
| some money for printing and stuff.
/ Got any?'
Mr.. Curran smiled. Good lord.
| Arne. I'm bled dry as a bone, |
A
| at the bank. Cal Rice rubbed his
hands and said, Wait till after cleo
| ton | don't know whether he's try
/ ing to scare me with a threat OF fore
/ closure on the News. or wants to con-
Il ciliate me in case I'm elected. He
Il glanced at Janet ruefully. But
/ money? Our crowd has no money.
4 Money be damned, I'm simply going
A.t M N
\ and | want them to vote for me
i and Why"
II The farmerstudent went away dis
II satisfied The candidate was in Miss
II Vance's Office He had been there. an
\ hour talking lightly OF affairs but con
/ scious of some rift in the old init
\ macy. janet had Deen reserved, I'M
/ personal, businesslike. She looked
\ thoughtfully at him now.
Il Wiley, you must have money. It's
II the crisis of your campaign. Arne's
right. You're winning splendidly. The
4 state press is noticing your fight down
4 here. | should almost say the coun-
4 try Is. for Hall is national figure.
4 It's splendid"
A 1t was the frst touch OF her old en-
thusiasm for his success. For his
4 success was in the air. There was a
4 sense OF change, an undtrcurrent or
i panic on one side, of vivifying unity
II on the other Men were talking OF
new issues, new figures--the control
Il OF q commonwealth was being wrested
Il from accustomed hands, and the OBJ
Il scure group OF malcontents In Win
4 netka county We're acute with this
y feeling of being on the crest OF a
\ wave. The radical papers had taken
4 ND Arne Vances phrase of pigs
and politics campaign among the
4 farmers. II had undoubtedly caught
1 the popular humor.
4 Curran nodded buoyantly. His con.
! straint vanished with Janets. Yet his
j intuition told him Of a change In her.
4 She sat forward now and spoke as
a one turning To a definite point OF bus
Il mess. Wiley, you need money. And
have IL idle in the bank. | want you
Il to use it,
n He stared at her flush came to
y his face. JANET"
u "You can give me your note"
II II could write bushel of them
II but who'd take them?"
4 Il will--for five hundred dollars"
"A TT wouldn't be worth a cent at the
II bank"
A Doubtless not But to me" She
i looked away seriously. Then, with hot
4 impulse breaking through, "Oh, Wiley,
4 I want you TO win--win!" She swept
i ND his hand from the table Your big
/ chance, and | want to help"
He was silent. Then muttered:
Janet, | can't take your money l.
1 I'm not worth 1t, girl. God bless you
I'D not feel right. Our friend
ship so beautiful--so big a thing
he would not finish A damning sense
! of recreance was on him. She loved
him, and he had never been able TO
make such a disaster of himself that
she would not love him. That was the
!. wonderful thing about women And
Janet, with her great horizons, to love
him, Her steady, all-forgiving faith
n In him: Janet the confidante OF men
n like Governor Delroy, the leaders OF
new Ideals. Janet, whose work was
y ever calling her to finer achievements.
!! She had refused advancement, she
II had waited for him No, he would
say no more. A man had best STUN.
| bic on in his own fashion.
. I'm sorry" She looked away i'm
y personally. IL only meant IL for the
II common good--the new democracy
: we're fighting for. Just that-you are
. one Of the leaders now-one OF the