The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-03-19

Everything was running an right
around the garden, ana then the snake
came along. It's a twenty to one shot
he'd lust finished q series OF articles
ON The Shame OF Eden for maya
zine. What dye mean? he says to
the woman, by letting well enough
aIone2 Things are all wrong here.
The present administration IS running
everything into the ground. can tell
you a few Things that viii open your
ewes. What's that2 What you don't
know won't hurt you? The old cry
he SAYS. the old cry against which pro-
gTessives got to tight he says. Wake
nm. You need a change here. Try this
nice red apple, and you'll see things
the way do And the woman fell Tor
it. You know Sxhat happened"
s.An original point Of view" said the
dazed professor.
-.sYes. Doc" went on Mr.. Cargan.
evidently on favoffte topic: It's
the reRormers that have cnHsed all the.
trouble, from that snake down. Things
are running smooth, folks MI prosper
GUS and satisfied. then they come along
In their gum shoes and white neckties-
And they knock away at the existing
order until the public begins TO be
hRve 'em and gires lem a chance to
run Things. What's the result? The
worlds in a verse tangle than ever
before"
''You feel deeply on the subject Mr..
Cargan." remarked dagee.
81 ought to- the mayor replied. Il
amt no writer, but If was I'd turn
out a book that would drive this whis-
kered hermtt's argument to the wall.
Woman-bah! The only way women
make trouble is by falling for the re
form gag."
Mr.. Peters here interrupted with the
4 dessert, and through that course Mr..
I Cargan elaborated on his theory. He
I pointed ont how. in many states, re-
| form had interrupted the smooth dow
of life, set reveryt awhirl and cru
1 ely sent ''the boys who had always
/ been faithful out into the cold world
i seeking the stranger. work. While he
i talked the eyes OF Lou Max looked
L out at him from behind the incongru-
! ouss gold trimmed glasses, with the de
| yotion OF the dog to its master clearly
written in them. Watching him now,
Mr.. Magee marveled at this cheap crea-
|, lures evident capacity for loyalty.
Ii 1T was the reformers that got Ma
l poIeon." the mayor finished. Yes;
they sent Napoleon to an island at the
end. And him without an equal since
the world began
"Is your-begging your pardon-is
your history just straight" demurred
Professor Bolton timidly.
els ft?- frowned Cargan. you can
bet it is! know Napoleon from the
cradle to the grave. l amt an educat-
ed man. Doc. cnn hire all the edu-
Gated men want for SIS a week. but
Pm up on Bohaparte-"
s'It seems to me- Miss Norton put
in. II have heard-dfd I read 1t in a
paper2-that picture of Napoleon
hangs above Your desk They shy
that you see in your own career q
similarity to his. May 1 asks It
true3"
mo, miss" replied CaFgan- Thats
a Joking story some newspaper guy
wrote up No. / amt no Napoleon.
There's lots OF differences between Us
-one i'm particular" He raised his
/ voice and glared at the company
around the table. sOne In particular
The reformers got Napoleon at the
end"
'sBut the end Is not yet. = suggested
Mr.. Mugee. smiling.
Mr.. CarRan gave him q sudden and
interested look.
4 II amt worrying he replied ''And
don't you, young fellow
Il fTo ha ennttnnedN