Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-03-01


regard that rs promise I'm not
sure that yon ought 10 vote for me-
Another fay lie met one Sykes. Il hin
f:trHler. 4 fitfie. wizciicd fellow who
iookcd ~ though tIe had worn himself
out in the struggle 10 wiring a living
out of the steep slopes j..
Il amt voting" he said H.
Well John laughed cheerfuFly. IF
] can't get a vote I'll be content with
information Will you tell me why
you won't vote:"
.Well. If ye will have II. Jim Sheehan
nominated re. If ye'd been the right
kind o. man he wouldn't "a had notbin'
TO do with We. Anybody he's fer. I'm
against ! reclect when he come to
plumyille. notlin' but drinkin' bum
An now he's got rich. buildin' bad
streets an roads an taxin' me heavy
10 pay fer II while it keeps me scratch.
in TO get the intrust on my mortgage.
How do know he's crooked? don't
KNOW fee! it. An | Know that no
one gets the nomination less'n be says
so. Or Murchell-an' they're tarred
with the same stick"
Johns face was grave, Then you
Ought to vote the opposition ticket I'd
rather you'd do that than not vote at
ALL"
The momentary flicker of passion
died down. whats the user was the
reply. duly given. However vote
some Teller like Sheehan gifts on top"
John sought counsel from his father.
But to the Judge Caesars wife-that Is
to say, his party and all things thereto
appertaining-was above suspicion: not
SO the motives of him who raised
question. So be took his trouble to
ri Cranshawe. the Office visitor to
whom Johns Difference had attracted
Sheehan's attention. a big man. kindly,
shrewd. with wisdom in the raw. He
listened sympathetically as John
poured out his tale.
ats like what Sykes says. 1t amt
what we know-it's what we feel.
When Jim Sheehan gifts public con-
tract. we feel there's somethin' crook
ed about It. When a man gifts nomi-
nation, we feel that he's made some
kind o. deal with Sheehan. When we
put up a man on our own hook. an
he's nominated-which amt often-we
find he's gone over to Sheehan. An
that amt feel. it's know. Jim Shee-
hans represented; we ain't. 1t amt
rightr'
''Then why don't you get together
and fight7'
.We've got to i've" Cranshawe ans
wered simply. I'VE don't lay by money
fast enough to keep us without work
In. We amt got the time ner the
trainin' to make good fight against
him. We've got no leader" His eyes.
through the bushy brows. rested with
an almost wistfuI light Oh the tron-
bled countenance before him. AN
it'd take a large sized man fer the
job
John Just then felt very small
He went to Piumville. an ugly.
grimy. bustling, growing hive of work
ers, with its drones too. He had the
key to interpret what he saw. He
was permitted to 60 through the mills
and meet the men: he came out with
hands blackened from much contact
With their hands and in the smut he
felt a sort of pride. What he had read
on the farmers brown faces be. saw
on their red. scorched ones-the dull
eyed suspicion of those used to fattery
before election aud neglect afterward.
Under the careful ciceronage of Shee-
hans lieutenants he was led into POI
litical club and saloon. where he shook
hands with many more men. who guz-
zled vast quantities Of liquor and
sneered openly at his abstinence. He
was told that here he would meet
men who counted" he did meet such
men british things. moral idiots,
chinless creatures bound together by
the cohesive force of common interest
-piunder This army never slept.
could always be relied upon.
what self conferred beast ! have
beenr' be cried within himself "All
this rottenness under my nose. and |
have never perceived it," A great fear
came upon him-fear Of the response
bility of that into which he felt him.
self being carried
And there was another thing that
deepened those twin creases between
his eyes.
One morning very sleek. high step
ping cob drawing very elegant trap
halted before his office. circumstance
of which you may be sure New Chei-
sea took prompt and interested notice.
why, hellor' he exclaimed. extend
ing his hand to the visitor. This is
6ne.'
She observed him hesitatingly. at
is Mr. Dunmeade. isn't it? Yet think
should have recognized you any
where You haven't changed much,
though it has been a long time since
last saw you. Aren't you ashamed OF
having neglected me so Iong?" she con-
cluded Indignantly.