Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-01-23
WAS ED WRIGHT
JUST RIGHT?

1t was Friday morning at about half
after the hour Of nine and Governor
Curtis was corVerslng with Building
Superintendent McFadden in the lat-
ter's Office in the State House. A
building attendant who speaks hem
stitched English and who at the mo-
ment was ostensibly perturbed appear
Cd al the door and exclaimed
'fleze. MIR McFadden, zerc's re
crazy man up re stairs in ze lobby"
III 90 up and investigate" said
McTadden, ana Governor Curtis look
cd Interested.
''Ze man ne want to see " GOV
ernor." warned the attendant, probab-
ly thinking Governor Curtis would
not choose 10 pass through the cor
rider where crazy man was seeking
him
That So" said the Governor, with
a Quizzicai smile teasing the corners
Of his mouth: guess III go up, TOO;
perhaps he wants to shoot me
And The Governor and the building
superintendent went ny one flight and
walked down to the middle Of the
House corridor. a well-formed, not
disappearing SiXfooter was standing
there, the center of group Of Gu
r;ous legislators. He was dressed in
the habit Of a farm hand, with felts
and rubhers on his feet.
Governor Curtis extended his hand
and the mild hammered man Of IT.
regular cerebrations shook il cordially.
They say you want to see me" said
Governor Curtis. after the formal in
production Of the governmental head
Of the State and the then unknown
free-Thinker.
y es, Governor" he began, I've
Nbeen looking for you. You see. he
explained in q pleasant and not un-
usual voice as he held forth brown
mullen stock some Eve feet in length
this mullen and another, two Of en-,
has been growing out back Of my
house, People asked me why ! let il
grow and / told them mullen should
have s chance 10 grow and I wanted
to tell you about it and say that null
len should have q chance to grow if
il wants to-
The Governor was interested and
SO also the spectators Of the unusual
meeting.
And there's another thing. Cover
there all ought to be thrown out"
You mean the men who manage
the institution across the river" ask
ed Governor Curtis.
Yes. there all wrong: they ought to
be thrown out"
Would you like the job OF running
the place."
We'll. w-e-l-l, think could do il
all right, but don't know as I'd want to
try it"
but you don't like ii over there"
well, you see. Governor. it's all
wrong. I've been thee six years with
out a hearing-not even before q JUS
tice"
You ought to have hearing
should think" the Governor encour-
aged with an amused glance at the lit
tie audience.
And there's another thing he fin
ished, I'm the man that threw the
apple through Doc Whites window"
The building superintendent there
upon locked arms with the irregular
one who pied his own case before the
Chief executive of the State and LED
him without dissent on his part or on
the part of the Governor down one
fight into the custody of the hospital
attendants already anxious to claim
the wandering and much missed mem
Der Of the hospital roll.
And his name was Ed Wright, par
adox and a misnomer, it is true, but
that is his name sure enough. He was
working on the hospital farm and like
truant school boy he slipped
quietly away from the institution that
protects and cares for him and start