The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-01-12

And then when there was nothing else
to do but wait, and nothing with which
to beguile her waiting, she had taken
her post at the window to watch for
his cab.
The day waned, the Sunday drew wear
| lily toward its close. as IL 1t sighed for
Monday, and the resumption Of active
! life. The street grew stiller and stiller.
She heard the voice of a newsboy, far
out of his usual haunts, crying an extra.
She could not distinguish the words in
| which he bawled his tidings. and she
thought nothing Of It. One OF Jimmy's
few rules was that she was not to read
the papers. But when the heavy voice
was gone. she found that II had had a
| strange, depressing effect upon her; she
| longed for Jimmy to come; the day had
dragged itself by so slowly, and some
thing of its somberness had stolen into
her soul. She sighed. and leaned her
| chin on her arm: her back was growing
tired, and beginning to ache. Then sud-
| denly she heard horses hoofs and the
| roll of a carriage in the street She rose
and leaned far out of the window to
| welcome him. The cab drew up: II stop
ped: the door opened. But the man who
| got out was not Jimmy. 1t was Father
| Daugherty. She knew him the instant
she saw the fuzzy old high hat thrust
out of the cab. and caught the greenish
sheen of the shabby cassock that stood
| away from the fringe of white hair on
/, his neck in such an ill-fitting. ill-becom-
ing fashion. The old man did not look
up. but tottered across the sidewalk.
Annie gasped, and scarce could move.
| In a moment more she heard the old
| steps on the stairs. the steps that for
| forty years had gone on so many err
rands for others, kind and merciful err
rands. all of them. though for the most
part sad. He was soon beside her, and
| she looked up into the gentle face that
| was so full OF the woes of humanity.
He had driven at once from the hos
pital in the cab they had sent to fetch
him. Jimmy's last words had been:
What will become OF Annie?'
The death OF Alderman Jimmy Tiernan
at any time would have been a shock.
When death came to him by a pistol
ball ii created what the newspapers, in
the columns they were so glad to fill
! that Monday morning. defined as a pro-
found sensation. This sensation was
most profound in two circles in the city,
! outwardly unconnected, though bound by
ties which 1t was the constant and ear
nest effort of both to keep secret and
unknown.
The city council had had a special ses-
the new gas franchise. Alderman Tier
nan had had charge OF the fight. Ma
! lachi Nolan was away. and Baldwin had
! picked out Herman as the most trust
worthy and able of those OF the gang
who We're left behind. Jimmy had felt
the compliment. and gloried in it. 1t
was the biggest thing that had fallen
! to him in his political life, and he was
determined that he would make all there
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| Not in any base or sordid sense-that Is
not wholly so: that would come. Of
course. but he felt beyond this JOY in
his work: the satisfaction OF mere sue
cess would he his chief reward. the glory
and the professional pride he would feel.
He relished the fight against the news
papers. against public opinion" what
ever that was: against the element that
called itself the better" element
He was fully determined that no step
should he misplaced: he counted his men
over and over again; he checked them
off mentally. and it all turned out as he
| had said. Every one was present. every
one voted. and voted right" when the
roll was called: the new gas franchise
was granted; Jimmy had delivered the
goods.
It was natural that such a glorious
victory should be celebrated. and the
gang. when IT was assembled in Jimmy's
place. Immediately after the session was
over. could not restrain its impotence
The boys longed to have the fruits Of
the days work: with their wages they
could celebrate with glad. carefree
hearts But Jimmy was OF a Gaelic cum
ming He would not jeopardiZe the vic
tory at that stage by any indiscretion.
He saw at n glance the mood the gang
was in. He smiled. as he always smiled