Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-01-01

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/ lose what be had himself put into it.
so anxious was he to escape from Bel
mont in search of that magical flower,
/ heart's-ease
| Having made up his mind, Wright
went to bed, but not to sleep. The few
! remaining hours of darkness he rolled
/ and tossed. 1t was not the bruises he
had received in the fight at Noonan' s
that kept him awake, annoying as they
! were. It was always the one thought
/ Gloria, Gloria, Gloria
! Morning brought diversions which
/ slightly relieved the tension There
were two editorials to be written upon
! the political situation. This was fol
I lowed by conferences with men on
/ the paper, and then came the letter to
/ the newspaper broker announcing
! that the News was for sale. He did
not dictate this to his secretary, but
wrote it out laboTiously in long-hand.
The morning was more than half
over when he began to pack. Il was
Wright's intention TO leave Belmont
/ that night, ostensibly on a vacation
/ for the purpose of recuperation after
/ the hard campaign. The owner of the
/ News felt, however, that he would new
! er return.
The many steps necessitated in
packing taught him how weak he was,
and after lunch he called in Patty, the
! little daughter Of his landlady, to help
/ him. They had always been the best
! friends, and her sorrow when she
! learned he was going away on a long
! vacation was genuine. The child was
/ of much assistance, bringing all the
| smaller things from the living room
/ into the bedroom where the real work
/ of packing was being done.
When the packing was about com
/ pIeted the little girl remembered that
/ she had brought q doll with her In
! searching for it in a pile of clothing
| beside Wrights trunk she felt some
thing hard. To satisfy her curiosity
she drew it forth. to discover, instead
| of her doll, that it was a framed pic
ture of young woman. 1t was pic
! ture of Gloria which had appeared in
weekly society paper.
Patty had helped wrap the framed
! pictures in old newspapers, and as she
| brought Gloria picture, she exclaimed
! triumphantly. Here's another picture,
Mr. Joey"
/ Wright had put it aside surrepti-
tiously when packing the things he
/ had planned to take with him for i'm
mediate use. For the fraction OF a
minute there had been a debate in his
mind as to whether or not he would
| be weak enough to carry her picture
with him. He had finally placed it I'M
| der a pile of clothing beside his
! steamer trunk.
It's extremely good of you to find
that picture the man remarked with
! the gravity he sometimes assumed in
treating Patty as one OF equal years
and understanding; Il doubt If
should have found it."
II was hunting for my dolly, and
! looked under a pile OF things anG
found the pretty picture lady" She
gazed at the picture of Gloria admir-
ingly.
Really, Patty, you astonish me!
Your perspicacity is exceeded only by
your perseverance. l don't think
should ever have found that picture
Just leave it on the table there, and
| don't-if you love me-lose your dolly
any more, please: at least not until
all my things are securely packed"
Patty was just on the point of ask
ing the name of the young woman who
had so taken her fancy, when the door
bell rang With the announcement
that no one was at home and she had
to answer the bell. she scampered off
Wright picked up the picture and
gazed at it intently. He was sacrific
ing all for her Was the sacrifice
worth while? The question would
have been an idle one. He loved her
had never loved anyone else and never
would love anyone else. No sacrifice
was too great which would mean any
| increased happiness for her. The
sound of some one being brought to
his rooms by Patty caused him TO put
the picture hastily face downward on
the table The door opened to ADMIT
! DR. Hayes.
Good afternoon, Mr. Wright" he ex
claimed cordially as he came forward
| with hand outStretched Il hope you'll
let an opponent drop in to congratu
late you on winning the election"
The editors face lit up with pleas
ure as they clasped hands.
Thank you, old man. It's awfully
good of you to stop by before start
ed on a little vacation. The News woT
its fight: but of course we can't expect
this to be the end of the contest, cal
we?"
The coroner shook his head dole
| fully.
Don't ask me- I've ceased to be s
political prophet. DO you think it'll
be a boy, doc?' they ask. I dom
know says l. shaking my head solemn
like. I'm going to get that wise abou
politics. | don't prophesy anything
now until after it happens. But
never thought I'd live to see the day
that Belmont would go against us. In
out OF politics.
Wright smiled. Isn't that what they
all say-the day after?"
Its the truth this time, Ny wife
has done nothing but read the riot &C
to me for the last two days"
u imagine Mrs. Hayes is purist il
politics"
Well, | can't blame her" the doctoi
admitted She's been poking arount
down in the river wards, and tina
surely was raw frame-up they hand
ed you. She got onto it. and shes
dead sore"
Wright had discussed the affal
with Dr. Norton and had also told Ar
. thur Morrison what little he knew
. This was the first intimation comm!
, from the ring that they even knew o
the occurrence. The newspaper mai
was curious to know the ring version
of it Dr. Hayes remark afforded hin
: the opportunity to approach the mat