The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-07-07

resentment in his dry drawing voice.
"Blackmall?" he said once more.
How. about the way Standsh dragged
uA that franchise affair of mine Jast
yeaga Whatewas That but blackmail?"
well de1fhded Tom. in tlM stark
mercilessness OF youth, YOU were
.stealihg othe franchise. weren't you,
Sdad?"
!. YES 'asgStted Blake with. a de-
lishtfIl ssnces q all false modesty.
Il sure:Gas.' And IowasSdsing it neat,
ly, too. Not a $ipple mot a kick till
refofmers ana .qdeereds the w$pfe job
land cost: us a half million dollars,
Son, every tine tfinls 'o'thsst, I.Ssant
"t1 chasessom9'oQe |ith:an. ak. f.do9'c
'iie awake nights. thiS%lng .how Gun
ming QUIZ friend standish' wofld look
with 'seaweed IN hls' hsie and sand IN
der hs' nails, BUT Keep that ffah.
,chise' memory aid a few others III sh
: on the Ice. AND it sure doesn't bgeaS
my heart TO haye a crahce':n69 Of
getting back at blnG''
=. .:But," PERSISTED TON, 'tIfat: was a
public. matter. 1T doesn't justify y8u
in DRAGGING. his private. life. into the
lime-light%.s -,
: ~r6ss DEUCE it dOesn:tii who told
you thst?"
MY self-respect:: a.
''ohs. Istho6ght maybe. YOU. might
have got the tip: from sonic reliable
.aou!ce:: Go: ahead; son, ,.pOssh!.t j9sti.
: fy me. hey?" ="
mo dad If you. want. truth. it
id6eslft. .It'isi't -clean!" ''
."Clean'?' SAY, son, this is politics,
Not. a. prayer, injecting. You've got in
the wrongspew,"
'4f.sthe right pew jlstiaes dirty
|. work like that. flashed the 'boSi I'm
glad j. have, AndsI WANT to.stay there
This business Of making. political cap
ital Of a mans .dead-and.bhrled sins
is enough to turn the stonq ach.:of d
.camel.: "A. thousand times more SC
when .one considers the 'Wonian.".
). SWeeiES daeried Blake, is: lfigf.gooq
!. humor. es. he. always vas when: hS
could. stir up a: quarGel between his
adorsd only son and. himself. WHAT
sD EVERYTHING as: She made a fool a,
herself. Presumably when She was
young. she' has .ps66ably .repented
it bitterly. ten thodsand times. She
may have .atoned. for. what she did.
sfs"may eyenss :. Iafe and.uother,
F.now. Respected ioSed. Alp the world
and HeaVe9, besides, TO her hsbapd
:a!pd children. And, Just. 70 pass rot
ten railroad bill. you are going to drag
her out into the glare of the newspa-
PET world apd cruelty her. Yop are
going to strip fffm her her husband
loves you are going toe make her
friends .shun. her as an outcast; you're
throwing black shame on hy innocent
chIldrens name You are"
Excuse me, son, interrupted Blake
"But I'm not doing a single one OF
those terribly dramatic things
Standish is doing tor, rather, he
has done it. Not I. Catch the idea
II Standlsh committed murder and
| found the body, would you call me
a murderer? Hey? Well, that's what
has happened this time. When Stand
ish took the lady on that little left
handed wedding trip, five years age
| in March, he rendered her liable to al
that and worse A man doesn't thini
Of such things at the time. Neither
does a woman, guess. This one
| sure didn't, or she'd never have
thrown over her one hope of safety
by fitting him."
Listen, dad" returned Tom, chok
| ing hack a hot answer. Ever since
you brought me here into the thick o
the fight, you and i haven't agreed
about politics. But I've stood Will
you, through and through. I've work
ed hard for the party. because fel
was working for you. But-well-
this time I'd rather be working for thi
other side. Because | believe they'r'
right and we are wrong"
well, them" blazed his father, In
dry gust of unwonted wrath. "wh,
don't you work for the other sideg q