New Ulm review., 1913-02-26
HIS RISE
POWER
By HENRY RUSSELL MILLER
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DUyG0etJ 06GIOeU 10 CVt0Y UuS VI Olp
lAse. he touched Hampden. who fol
0wed him d0ciieIy and fell into .
(bats.
el seem to Be the only one with =
Oore OF sanity left And l." mid HniR
otniy. mOprinR his brow with Y spak
ng hand. II am pretty far gone. God.
I didn't know It c0nid be No awful:
Dus we've got to decide whether we'll
II this-hOw ana why It happened
eoue out. ~ sOme miracle n0tNsdy
eeeuas to have heard II the inck holds
He may be able to keep It quiet" He
0oktd at Murcheil
But . great change seemed to have
eoaae over the politician during the
1acktng hour. His face was ashen: ne
Ooked old as he never had before,
~ tue arm self relianre. the habit Of
onmlpation. justified thrnlgh No many
susses. seemed to have brokrn down in
~ presence Of sudden. violent death.
D. shD0k mis- head In q hopeless mega
ose.
'.There's no use trying" be said wea
~. 'tf you 80 ahead With this inveati
nDtion." He turned to John ''lt'a for
- to decide II thia " kept quiet and
Apu don't 70 on ran aave the hank
0Aybe Bnt II yon do 70 On there'li he
tQeas scandal and can do nothing
Gna-yon've got to underxtand ahe alt.
1ejos-you'lT have to prosscute Hanp
jsSs did NOT answer. He was sta,
- 1t tie face Of Warren Blake.
Haie mOlH,ed hia forehead again
1Let'a get ont OF bere.'' be mutteret
servouaiy. III ] stay much louger witt
-tAat-l'll be q gibherinR idiot."
He took the dead cashler'a keys
4om the desk. turned out the liRh
aDd went to the door. The other
llllOwed. loss So =,
They forgot to close the vault Blu
6 wan we'll guarded.
New Chelsea had been long asleel,
- streets emMied. when Haix an6
1lurchell. accompanied by the d.rto'
4n6 undertaker-stH. holders In ths
tank and frightened into secrecy
1rOve a roundabout course by skl'
stseets and alleys to the rear dop,
e the hank. Like thieves. they entered
md carried what ldy there out to tn
carriage. Then they DRIVE away. pra.
1nR that no untimely passerby hat
0banrtd to observe them.
But the luck held.
Y Later still. with another plcture-a
1ktle. faded old woman t,ecome in ~,
llnAtant a foolishly smiling child burn,
1DtO their memories. Haig and Muir
ehell emerged from the home of War
seo Blake. Haig stopped. looking up.
y wonder what John Dunmeade II
eDtuG through Just now? can Sc.
the end. The good have DO luck
eAere's curse on the man responsible
~ thls night. Old man. do you sa,
sDen? You and will have to discuss
he matter Of payment"
He caught the other BY the shou,
1ess. peered closely into his face and.
6aghing hnrshly. turned away.
Through a night that seemed endless
G.man fought o battle old as sin itself
He had sought the solitude Of the fields
. q blind. vain wish to escape the
4sne and the thing that Oiled his eyes.
he had come % near to greatness
AID Qow. at an hour when be seemed
0Oat to need stimulus and support, he
Was brought face to face with the
tD0ptation to desert. It was one thing
0;a!moment Of dlsheartenment to cry.
: Dshe had cried 10 himself. II have
ep0e to the end" II was far different
when opportunity had come to revive
q oi0klng cause 10 stay his hand. He
knew he had bot to reach out to dis.
eoese not an Excalibur rising ont Of
the waters to lend invincibiiity to
him who would WELD It. but q new
DROa for . calIoused people. one fact
1ho more to add to the knowledge.
yAose cumulative power In the end
Would-must-carry the people for
Uard. upward.
Il was Hampden. Katherine and
Seha Dunmeade against the people.
Add what did he owe the people, the
eolsotaed fools whose knowledge, II
oot complete. was yet full enough to
SooW them WHITTIER they were going
md whittier they must turn. but who
aEudged contentedly on. Indifferent to
~ but the present profit. thinking
snly Of self, repudiat!ng and sneerins
gt those who offered honest service
end counsel? The balance was all
agalast them and In his favor. Let
some Que else now take up the task
% which John Dunmeade had been
Oequai!
He saw Stephen Hampden covering.
. suddenly broken. fear palsied man.
esfore the death agony, looking With
q kind Of wistfulness on the dying
mans face. as though In Warren
Baake's example he saw a way out of
No tangie. A troop of miserable, pitt
able figures marched before him-Slay.
nn. Brown. Parsons, Sheehan, Blake
men whom he had punished. whose
ives he had shattered or taken in his