The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-03-13

HS supposed to be sulking over
his defeat. Not until after the fact did
the surgeons. unable to refuse the OPP
portunity for self advertisement. All
nOunce that critical operation had
been performed from which there We're
hopes Of partial recovery. Interest in
his condition persisted-eXtraO ordinarily.
considering that he was out of politics.
When his convalescence permitted it
he was removed to New Chelsea. That
community. as you may believe. was
properly excited. intrusively interested
and somewhat apprehensive lest he
pass unseasonaby into the beyond and
rob it of TIE distinction of being his
''legaI residence" John Dunmeade.
as a collaboration in this disaster. was
made to feel a sudden atmospheric
frigidity and was led into further sor-
fowful reflections on the fickleness Of
the public. Murchel In very ungra-
cious fashion kept himself secluded
from his neighbors and the stream of
pilgrims that knocked at his gates.
Their plants were divers. Sherrod
was too arbitrary. he was too lax. he
permitted himself and his friends to
shake the plum trees Of the cities so
vigorously as to court failure OF the
crop, he greedily refused to divide the
plums. From which it will appear that
Sherrod. even thus early in his minis
try, showed an incomplete mastery OF
the subtle science Of suiting the word
to the man Murchell was urged to in
tervene, to resist. to destroy. For one
and all he had only the irritable re-
iteration. II am out of politics" But
the pilgrimages continued.
In the midst Of this uncertainty the
Michigan railroad began secretly to
undermine the Steel City. that hither'
to impregnable fortress of the rival
monarch. And John Dunmeade's an-
nouncement was made that. whether
renominated az district attorney or not.
b would he candidate, anti-Sherrod
and anti-Murchell. for the guberna-
toriai nomination. Jerry Brent was al
ready well into campaign for the op-
position nomination, heretofore re-
garded as an empty honor
We may not go so far as to declare
that Miss Roberta turned the course
e history. But it Is certain that she
vas first to foresee, though not with
her bones. the fork Of the road. So
touching were the pictures presented
10 her of Murchelrs illness that at
length, after a prOtracted struggle with
herself. her heart relented. She filled
Z basket with homemade cOmestibles
designed to tempt the appetite Of the
most jaded invalid. This basket on
her arm, she set out, on day when
the March wind clustered and stung
her face. toward MurchelTs home.
She found Murchell reading before
IN open fire. his cheeks slightly pale
and sunken. but his eyes clear and
bright. He rose. with an ease that
did not betoken approaching dissolu.
ton, to relieve her Of the basket. shak-
ing hands warmly.
"Tm very glad to see you. Roberta.
Take chair"
She seated herself primly. you don't
look as bad as they say" She observ
cd him suspiciously.
Roberta" he said lugubri0usly,
s'the doctors tell me that even with
the best Of care l can live only few
years and that's thanks to my good
constitution
"A few years" she shifted. What
I'D you expect, at your time of life?"
He thought 1t wise to change the
subject and hurriedly leaned over.
raised the napkin and peered into the
basket
"Why! Did you bring all these for
NJ. Roberta? That was very thought
fol OF you"
Il guess you don't need them. Pre-
oDoding to be sick to get peoples sym-
patty because you've been beaten"
He smiled, not in amusement, at her
asp0rity. "It's like you to cover up
Q kind act with sharp words. What
On escape the men had that you
wouldn't marryv'
There weren't any to escape
Yes, there were. remember that.
Yen were whss :::...v r.,.5g" '.- 80