The Dolores star., 1913-09-26

loved BY Tom Blake, son Of the political
ooss OF me house He proposes marriage
CHAPTER III-she gives a. one Of the
On jim slshs ee for inmate to e, rsvsnse
gresham Frank f. Kelly. Conrrsssman
s,andlsh, turned insursent. is fixntinx the
Of the railroads. The machine IL seeking
means 20 diacredt Standish In the hope
OF pushing the bill through.
CHAPTER vI-Tom Blake and his faith
political rim jim o Blake The ..n as;At e:
8tandish.
the name Of the woman. He tells Mis-
s,andish and that ., Il i,s H eonclasion the
phone 10 warn he Woman Woman 'f He sh' o Mere
Miss Kelly 500 for that number.
CHAPTER Iv-Robertson, son-in-law of
jim Blake and the latter's candidate for
psseksr OF the house. tries to win Stan
INTO his past
CHAPTER v-Jim Blake nnds out
the northern New York hotel He se-
curss all the facts except the name Of
ne " cInn - ana ,d propose to use The story
Mullins bill to pass.
Before I tell you" evaded Tom. I'd
like TO get your views on the PROPOSE.
ton In general"
In gsnsral." repeated Blake. "Son.
marriage 10 never . proposition In
general! Because every woman IL an
exception that proves no rule. You
can't classify EN- any more than you
can classify . nest Of hornets that
you happen to step into. Hell's full Of
D women. Sos Heaven, l guess. But
neither class got to either place BY
following any proposition In general.
Tell me-" he demanded. his philosoph
ical mood changing in . fash to one
Of almost savage intentness. lis thia
girl the sort who can help you In get.
ting where want to put your"
How can I tell? You've never told
me Just where you intended to put
me-"
Then I'll tell you now. There's no
real need In your sailing any farthe:
under sealed orders. I've made you .
pretty fair lawyer You'll have one
more term a. assistant district attor
hey. Then one As district attorney
n pen a. attorney-general. After that
al Term or two In the cabinet-just to
% the run Of things"
There's only one thing left" said
Tom. almost In awe. a. bis father hes
itated.
"Yes!" replied Blake Erimly. well.
maybe that won't be left when We get
through. Now you can see why the
~. must be Of good family and have
bcili position and breeding and all
hat kind OF thing. Those are the
Ninss I'm shy on. And my children
must make II up for me. This girl
you want to marry-can she help you?
Can you take her with you-risht up
to the White House!"
Il don't know" returned Tom.
you see, I've never thought Of her as
Q political asset. Happiness means >
good deal more to me than position.
I've already told her SO. i"
Told her so7 Then-then. you've
asked her to marry your"
a. She's refused me-so far"
WELL" .grinned Blake. vastly re-
lieved. That's far enough. ! guess.
Don't 90 oyerplaying your luck"
I'm going to stick at II till I win
OUT" declared Tom. And I'm"
mo, no! Don't do crazy thing like
that, son." pleaded Blake. Take your
medicine like . man. Don't keep on
FOSTERING the poor girl. BY the way.
ron haven't told me who she IT,"
"she's-" faltered Tom: then. TAX.
ing the plunge. he blurted out: shes
Miss Kelly"
"Keliy," repeated Blake. mystified.
YES. Wanda Kelly, the phone op-
orator downstairs"
"What?" exploded Blake.
Then he collapsed In the nearest
chair and stared In blank helplessness
ct his son.
WELL" demanded Tom. instantly on
the defensive.
"Its-it's Q bum Joke" growled
Blake. Maybe it'd 90 better with the
banjo. Stop guyins me. boy. and tell
me who the girl really To-"
Il told you" repeated Tim. she
10 Wanda Kelly"
There was . dead pause. Blake at
last broke II.
There's about forty.hve million
women In the United States" he NUT.
tered dssediy. and out Of that whole
lot. you had to 20 and-and fall In love
with"
"What's your objection" bristled
Tom. you don't even know her. yet
n don't, heyi" retortsd Blake. :.
Then, checking the impulse to tell
his son the story Of his verbal tit
with Wanda. he added:
MAYBE I don't. But know heF
tind. she's after . rich mans son
she's an sasy.mark hunter. And shes
found one al right. oil right"
That's absurd. You don't know
Absurd or not" snapped Blake, Its
rot 10 stop short! I'm not going %
let you throw yourself away on . Cir