The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-01-08

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cont knov.@ sAs answered. laying
aside her wraps With Rsesstsoe's swk-
ward il eager aid The snsine made
too strenuous IN effort 70 set out OF
Baltimore And IL broke aovn- How
are yoa. dad?"
oh" grunted Blake. "as we'll as
man may hops to - vho never can
hope to make himself worthy of such
. wonderful son. -
Tom" cried Grace IN FOLLY reproof
There's been another explosion!
What vas 1t. this tine! Tell me-"
Politics." answered Blaks before
Tom could speak. tn Q wicked. hope
less. corrupt ed ssy. AID Toms Just
discovered it-soe ths thousandth
time. It's hurt his fssaiag something
terrible"
Why do you boys quarrsl 20 fool
ishly? she demanded. Neither Of
you ever quarrels With ne. I'm going
to be an arbitratioa eonmittes and
dove OF peace. all d one. and settle
your grievances get time"
And. speaking of tins." put in
Mark. Il ought = - at the Capitol
this very minute. ConiAg!" he asked.
turning TO Blake and Ten.
In . little whils," oall Blake. you
two run ON. vs1t - speak to
Grace"
Tom led the way from the room
Mark. following. paused An instant on
the threshold.
by the way. Grace" he called, over
his shoulder. we've asked Standish to
come here. It wouldn't do for US to
be seen conferring with him At the
Capitol or anywhere else In public.
II he gets here before we're back, ask
him to wait. won't your"
His wife's back had been turned to-
ward him and she was leaning over
table arranging flowers in vase. Her
voice as she replied was quite indif
fereat.
Certainly" she agreed. Confer
all night II you want to. so long as
you don't do It loudly enough to keep
me awake"
Robertson closed the door, leaving
Grace and her father alone together.
Noting Blake's scowl. she asked:
How is the Mullins fight coming
on?"
"Twenty-fourth round" he replied
Both men groggy."
You'll win. though" she said; and
there was scarce . note Of interroga-
tion in her voice.
IT'S q way I've got" blufYed her IA
ther: loath that the daughter, whose
faith in his powers was SO secure.
should know Of the straits In which he
was laboring. "Standish IL doing his
best to block US. And he thinks he's
done it. A lot of other folks think so.
too. But I'm fixing up mine to
spring under him tonight. And after
the explosion guess the air will clear
for the Mullins bill. But that wasn't
what l wanted to speak to you about
It's Tom"
TOM"
Yes. He's in love"
rs that all? oh. see. The quar-
rel was about that. He came to you
lot sympathy anO-.
Girl. there's four things NO man
can get sympathy for. don't know
why, but he can't: having his umbrella
stolen; getting his best hat sat on; q
toothache; and falling in love. But it
happens. Tom didn't come looking for
sympathy. He just handed me an ul-
timatum. And 1t didn't ultimate.
That's where want you to help me" :"
Who is she? Do know herr"
You've probably seen her here at
the Keswick. though don't suppose
you've noticed her. You wouldn't be
likely to. She's Wanda Kelly"
Not the phone girl?" asked Grace in
dismay.
You win. Real nice, amt It?
Makes an awful hit with me. after all
I've done and planned for that boy, to
have him tumble into an affair like
this"
Don't worry" she reassured him.
There are other ways Of convincing a
man-especially a lover-than by
storming at him. You know all about
politics, dad. and you can whip voters
|
needs different line Of attack. And
he's going to get it. From me-"
SAY" calculated Blake. You've
taken a three-ton load off my mind.
By the way, do you know anything
about this Kelly girl?"
| I've spoken to her once or twice.
What about herr"
She isn't fool. She's rather pref
ty, too. She's got strangle hold on
Tom, with the idea that the same
strangle hold will choke some of my
cash out of my pocket 1t won't. Tell
Tom SO. So long! I've got to chase
over to the Capitol. Well all be back
in little while for our confab with
standish. You'll keep him here If he
comes before we get back"
Yes" she replied a little wearilv.