The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-19


 oContinued.l It was Captain Cy who interrupted. He had pushed his way through the .EroEd-
 Knowles,s safd4Captain Cy, turning to At91e moderator, '9et me speak, will !you3 IWonst be but a minute" Brief fly he estDld the true Afacts.
 stAS for the pCopexty," he concluded, nerca1y, "vzhy, darn the property, I say9 It ain't wuth ynnuch anyhow, and If twas anybody eEseas he should have Ut and welcome. But its Bos'n's, and, bean' what he is, he shan't have it. And he shan.t thaze her to cruelize, xsei<he@by the. Almighty, he shan't, 30 long as I've a dollar to fight him 1 wAEhI say thatktO=ynou, Tad Simpson, and to t&he sman-to whoever put you up h0 this Therei I've said my say. Now, gentlemen you can choose your HideP
 He sssrode4 back to his seat / There was silence for a moment Then Jo- ed@h .nimickssprangzup and waved his hat
 -@rha&as the way to +ahzrs he shouted eH9za4as asmanI Ehree.eheers for Cap'n WEdtsakeri Come on, everybodyP'
 But everybody did not -'come on." The cheers were feeble. It was evi- dentsthatsthe majority of those present dad not .Enow1hoEps to meet this unex- pectedscontfngency. It had taken them I by surprise, and they were undecided. sThe uproar of argument and question began again, louder than ever- The bew1lde1ed moderator thumped his desk and shouted feebly for order. Tadj Simpson took the floor and in a few words sand at the top of his lungs nominated .Alonzo Snow. Abel Leon ard seconded the nomination. There kwere yeIls of 'sQnestion! Question:" and 'sWotel Voter
 Eben Saaters was recognized by the chair. Captaln Salters made few speeches, and when he did make one 1t Svas because he had something to say.
 'tNE. Moderator" he said, 'I, for. one, .sgaate to vote just now. It isn't that the school committee is so inn portazzt of itself But do think that Ehe rights of a father with his child is pretty important, and our vote for Cap'n Whittaker-and most of you know T intended votin' for him and have been workfn' for him-might seem Hike an 1ndorsement of his posi- tion- This whole thing is a big sur prise~6o me. don't feel yet that we know. enough of the inside facts to give such an indeEsement I'd like to see this Thomas man before I decide to give sit-or not to give it. either. Fes a-queer thing to come up at town meet1n., buttitss, up. Hadn't we better adjourn next weskP
 He sat down The meeting was dem~an0ed- Some were shouting for md50uxnmenE, others to vote it out. A sHaF would turn the scale, and the gtDasr Er'as forthcoming. While Cap Sa4nsCg sEEas-speaking the door had si- s@1T opened and two men entered the halk and soughtl lseclasion in corner. NowsoneSoft these smenscame- forward the Hon. .Heman Atkins.
 Mfr. Atkins walked solemnly to the front
 The .moderator's gavel descended. ''OE7erF' he rOared ~Order. I sayI CDngEessnan Atkins is goin' to talk to usF
 ThessHo1OrableSHema faced the ex- gifted crowd. One hand was in the bEeast.oG- his. .frock coat; the other was eHnched upon his hip.
 -sFezlow townEmen,'' ne began, t4far besdt from me to Influence your choice in the matter of the school commit tee. Stin farther be it from me to in- daence you against an old boyhood friend, a neighbor, one whom I be- 7be~e-eEhad believed to be all that FTas sincere and true. But, fellow f0sTnsmen, my esteemed friend Cap tain SaAsers has expressed a wish to see AzF. Thomas, the father whose story yoUzh4xe heard today. happen to be dn. azposft1on to -grat1fy that wish. 1Gr. Thomas, will you kindly come for EVardY'
 Then Afrom the rear of the hall Mr. Thomas came. But the drunken roTF1y of the night before had been transformed Gone were the scrubby beard and the'shabby suit Shorn was the unAempt mop. of hair and vanished fhesdmpudent swagger. He was dress ed in clean linen and respectable black, and his manner was modest and sub dued- Only a sdiscoIoration of one eye showed where Captain Cy's blow had left its mark. He steppedsupon- the platform beside the congressman. r7
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