The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-05-10

his forehead, and slid down his pen
dulous. dewlapt cheeks. lie ha d a
bristlinG mustache. at which he
enawed when he removed his cigar
which he plucked necessarily NTH his
4 fingers. When his cigar was in his
mouth. he role dit about and ground
1 II between his teeth. AZ times he
into the crate. The cigar was burn
| ing unevenly. and tuning so that the
little man winked his little eyes. On
table in the room. Uttered with the
inevitable Chicago papers, and strewn
with poker chips. stood an empty
! pane OF the bed showed that the little
: man had been tossing upon Al. A. he
paced up and down he talked To him
self. and al times swore
Hell" he would say. Why the
/ devil doesn't he come"
The little man was William Grigs-
by, andhe was the encouragement of
the state of Illinois. lie had come
down from the 10 Daviess hills. 10
! serve term I'm the house. and been
nominated for the office he now held
by the governor. John Chatham. John
Chatham was his political creator. and
The NO men had once been friends
| The administration had begun har
monlously enough. but before two of
the four ears OF It's political life had
expired mere was split. and factions
! had formed. There had been fierce
I fight for the control OF the state cen
: tral committee that year. and the
| struggle had been carried into the
STATE convention. which nominated a
state treasurer. superintendent OF
public instruction, and trustees at the
I niVersitN OF Illinois. In one faction
were the governor. the auditor OF pub
lie accounts and OF course. his an
! pointees, the adiutant- general. the
railroad and warehouse commission
ers andthe trustees OF the state inst
buttons. In the other were the at
tcrney-general and the secretary ~
state Jennings IoCkhart. the state
treasurer. had been neutral lie was
every body : friend The lieutenant
governor did not cOunj. ne supcrin-
tendent Of public instruction was NOT
politician. save in teachers insii-
tutes. where he was checred and IN
dorsed in classic resolutions
Md now Grigshv was an avowrl
candidate t"r governor. in opposition
10 his old friend. John chatham. ~"
man VIII" had made him. Two wears
hrin= about great changes in politi 81.
tiricshy. IN that t.n.t. had grown cor
pulent, had hard. ned hts liver and hiz
heart and vas threatened VITA
Iti;.hrs diS"a>".
~, attorn-- general continued 10
r1' j." and pace IN, floor. and swear.
%
AKA u and then h. gave the old lash
toned brass hcil-puil "A vigorous iern.
a PRESENTLY ncero oy came hearing "a
''umptiN" pitcher % water. ~"
t'nkling a. the ice hera.ding his ap-
pTuach. The attorT, v-geueraI would
have welcomed 'cv water ia tn. morn
ing. but nov no seized IL from IN,
black boys hanu. set % down with q
splash on his washstenu. and shouted
-" and tel! Jim t. mis- mo a com
modorc."
just as the hoy reached the dor. u
tail man seeing the boy. looked at
GTigSby.
"WhatU YOU nave. Hank" said tho
atiorn"v- Reusrsl
\ littl" whisky"
Firing Mr.. J"nnincs some whisky"
ordered the attorney-c"ncral.
"f'n"rrof. t.p.. - 4sIcd AR J.nrtncs
The hoy Withdrew.
Tho aii"ru.t general paused hcfor-
th" fire. and iouk.d up into tho "a .
"f the secretary 81 state.
We'll HANK" %, said Z began %
Tear Won hadn't Got my mc.-aRe.
Heard ~. news"
The secretary - 'tato 'aziI- pulled
~ his wet ot'T'oat aic fuug % acres
~" bed. ana then. ahti,'-. 20. water
IRON his broad hriUm,d back vi0uru
''i 900 the r1Tcirss va. they hat-
down IN southern Illinois DO to-..s ~
.t %" ''a,. "r wEi.g it foil UIth
damp slap. ne stood sis t..r d..
900 .-hi and would have been taller
Nf' b." NOT stoouod Til face Was
long. his skin ding and -allor- ar
his inir no. So. BEGINNING ..;wscr deep
ser eyes ~ -terit hlIc stretched down
'' WN'' o. 90 ~ 'i-ie'. end rrct4u4-
ia''d itself over tho blIrs uu-ts,p..
f'.t dropped thiu and moi-' about Dos
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