The Washington times., 1915-08-03
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the fingers Of his hands. II he followed
her too closely he spoke to deaf and
unsympathetic ears.
THE crime of the ages" said one
rough miner. who was suffering from
too much heart. too much whisky and
too little mind. "you great big. whistlin'.
thunderin. boot. did you ever set eyes
And Tommy to his horror had failed
to find any answer to that question
msred and become tonsue-tied. and been
bored. and had done harm to a cause,
which. so fanatical he had become, at
this time, seemed to mean life and
'ea'n Ia eHalted ,a Rh' moments he felt that h.
had crushed the love Of celestia out OF
once, in a little Northern town, stand
ing on an improvised rostrum OF pack
ing cases, and in the midst Of address
ing a large crowd Of quiet. sensible peo-
pie. who appeared to like him. and to
fortune to have Celestia arrive from
her snow white car and steal his au.
dience away from him: His sea ,tS 2,
ssan Sst the faes,
to try and see what all the excitement
was about further down the street.
and everybody getting more and more
mendous T cheering took the rest Of
Tommy's audience away from him on
the run, with the exception of one
young woman. WHO wore . thick brown
veil and was half concealed by the
For = moment Or two Tommy ala not not
see her; His eyes were on, the backs backs
and twinkinE legs Of Of his thsr. FAST wns u,sap
ton and half amusement. He ala not
notice the woman until she called at
tenon to hs5se, ihs BY ,ss ssy
all go gone. Ut Il isn't fair to me. I've
come a long way to hear you"
With an exclamation Of pleasure
Tommy ea1ea sswp from Msy s Ms4n
Blackstone." Iha ao he '.s exclaimed. what the
dickens are you doing way up hereT'
I told you I came to bear you
Famous. fSnSSi iS% You Know. and / thought It
xas my duty cher eyes sparkled under
the aiD to hear you at least once"
vel" said Tommy, smiling back,
thing tells me that l was going to An
ish very strong, and then the diversion
came. and only you stood your ground;
give you my peroration. Or shall We
see II we can get near to Celestia to
celestia's name fell from his lips
lance, so that Mary Blackstone's heart
ssTed wSeS she o had for Ss s aa from
heayeH nos a1S,ea aaet ins SSmsThss at. ,.,o v.
not try to get nearer to Celestia than
we are now. Indeed. I'd rather walk
in the opposite direction. because see
park, and that would mean q bench
oratory couldn't make me forget that
! had to stand for long time to get
They turned and walked toward the
What are you really doing In this
II missed you at Lynnsburs and
Pies Crossing. and succeeded In con-
You didn't really do all that travel
ing Just to hear mo talk through my
NO. ! didn't really; ana you didn't
as matter Of fact to tell you some
thing think you ought to know"
They reached the little park. chose a
bench, and sat down.
ay,nR m si al saric.,,S. sars ss'a Tommy .nd I'm
Mary; "bpt I'm rather frishtened at
curiosity: iii iii be dead" Then srsvely'
rs 1t serious9'
II think so-very. Tommy. you'll
make whatever you please Of what
I'm going to tell you: but you'll prom
the story from me-"
.,I'll promise that. Of course
'of course" said Mary. "if Mr.. Bar
clay Is the next President It win be
whom he has told me SO many times
TO include myself that have ended
BY believing him. 1t would be q great
thing for me-"
1T would be a sorry thing for the
I'm not so sure Of that. He doesn't
y credit him with the utmost sim
cerity. but with absolute lack Of politi-
stitution, and my father once gets in
the saddle only death will get him out.
His successor would be a man Of his
own choice. and we should have
I'VE should have begun to be an
efficient people"
1T is better to be free"
That Is matter OF opinion. and
anyway .s .ts neither here nor there a.
a great thing for me. won't it7''
You. would have moro position and
power"
We'll, I'm willing to foreso that. In
better to be free than efficient; better
to be poor voluntarily and unwashe6
than rich and clean by force. There
admit all that. What do you think
Of the political prospects?"
~ think" said Tommy. solemnly
that the election depends on Celestia
II she can reach enough people be
fore she breaks down from overworl
she will elect her President and hel
Congress. I've seen this over and over
We send our best men to a place. the,
make good impression. show tn,
people the fallacies of Celestia's gospe
of prosperity and happiness. and then
having laid good foundation o
sanity and honesty, along come
Celestia and sweeps the place off it,
feet. and in twenty minutes undoe
the work of a dozen good men,"
Tiff she breaks, down-now. within
a week or so. has her campaign enough
momentum to succeed by Its owl
weight"
Tommy considered thoughtfuliy.
It's an even bet" he said at length
But people don't really swallow he
assertion that she was sent from
Heaven for the especial purpose Of run
ming a political campaign
MANY swallow 1t. She does herself
you know. And hers is no politica
campaign, It's revolution"
"Of course. she has a wonderful gif
Of appearing sincere. But she can
really believe what she tells peopl
about herself"