The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-08

but the situation was desperate. | didn't waste
words 81 beat about the bash ! told him plainly
that | knew the game. and asked how much h-
wanted to de- Il certain thing proposed He said
$4,000. That evening ! handed him the money
riI~p haukuuir,.
A FEW days later the committee held meeting
~ and my man sand it a shame the bridge bill
had not been acted upon and II must be reported 10
the House al once That was rather facer To the
committee. but the chairman sand he had OBJ jec
ti"n and the bill was sent To the House with
uniavorabe report. my man being the only member
To vote for il. The committee thought they had
>cwcd up. as when bill is objected To by com
mit,ce il seldom passes the House.
AT the Capitol ! had frequently noticed an ex-
tremely pretty young woman talking to members
She was always very quiet and reserved i'll her
manner and her clothes shaved her dres>maker To
be an artist. She was So attractive that asked one
day who she and learned that she was trying
to get a Civil War claim. which was small to
make it worth while for a lobbyist to be engaged
When heard this ! paid no further attention. bu,
the woman was appealing in her youth and
delicate beauty that more than once was tempted
to Il" her good turn by offering my services and
receiving my reward in her thanks. ! knew how
impossible i, for any claim To 20 through
Congress on It's merits AT that time,
But was too worried about my own affairs to
b, able I" lay the squire Ia beauty III distress, |
no, only wanted the SGjOOO tha, was contingent on
is his success. and every day that passed howed
| playing a losing game. The bill was
blocked The mysterious influence that | couldn't
place was always there an! working overtime When
ever an attempt was mao. to bring up the bill
would be sure To ject in other ways delay
action. II the most battling and perpeyng
problem had encountered.
Weeks of the session went by in this way when
one morning sitting IN my office trying Ia scheme
ont move, my clerk brought in Il visiting card
reading Mrs. Watson, and said that Mrs. Watson
wanted to me. The name meant nothing to me-
hut had her shown in. and there stood the beaut
the Capitol.
"Iou're surprised TO me-" she said with Il
laugh. We've been opposite sides of the fence,
but now its time to get together and show gang of
swinders what ours they are" and her beautiful
eyes flashed
In substance this is what she told me- Her father
had been the engineer of the bridge, 1t had been II
difficult and hazardous undertaking. for it was in
the early days of bridge buildings the responsibility
had broken him down and he had died shortly after
the work was finished. victim of his own skill. To
Mrs Watson. who had seen almost every rivet driven
and every girder swung into place. who had com
forted her father during his long days of anxiety
and finally shared with him his brief hour of tri-
umph, the bridge was his monument and the endur-
ing tribute to his genius She was rs Jealous of her
fathers fame a mother is when rival would seek
to dScred her son, and she feared if another bridge
were built it would rob her father of some of hi,
reputation. and instead of being the man VIII,