The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-11-03
oFINNECAN,S PHIL SOPHY
PursTne the Heart

AIcouIu JOOS 6ueuCD AoOAIA Ava sAeASsS
but dishuryin' Dimycrats. He blows
on horn an. ivrythin' falls for ut
II the people call him liver so'"soft,
Little Samuel had no quicker ear. An
for .sacryfcin' what's dear to his heart,
Abraham had nawthin' on him. Sure
he is Dimocricy's shield an exceedin'
great reward.
'sTfsv his Presbyterian bringin' up.
I'm thinkin.' Furst he adopts a policyi
thin he thries to justify It, thin he
sanctifies 1t wild phrase, while choir
.iv Dishurvin Dimmycrats sings
hymn. An there We are. Justification.
Adoption an Sankty-fcashun.
1.-THE choir med great harmony whin
Jim Smith. George Harvey an Bill
Brine was all In ut. But wan be swan
their vices cracked an they passed out
Nv the life Nv the great Idaylist.
Harvey went back to edith an Bill
Brine whit In search Nv the Howly
Kale. McCombs was canned, because
him AN BILLY McAdoo cuddent sing
duet. an Oscar Underwood was weak
on Tariff ragtime. But Wudthrow die
Grated thin all. Wild f'what say ye?
Wild the Order " the Double Cross.
Ohio. mind well the time at the
Manhattan Club, whin he kissed Brine
an kicked Harvey wild wan motion.
Now the choir has what sWudthrow
calls the vital stuffs iv life.' Stone an
McAdoo; Danyiels an Jim Ham Lewis.
wild Redfeld> for the high falsettO.
Wudthrow sits wild his hands crossed
while the stuffs sings songs Nv praise,
an Col. House winds the Victhrola.
"wudthrow is fond iv music, but
Colonel House himself is the quiet
man. Faith av he danced Clog on
a Washbifer ye'd niver hear a sound.
"Well. ivan night In August the
Colonel come tiptoein' in through the
basement dure.
"'How's the game, Colonelr says
Wudthrow. $685. the Colonel says.
Ye might round up few more votes,
says he. a'scratchin' his ear wild an
absent air.
"'Aint i got the full dinner-paifs?'
axes WudthrOw, anxious like. All
that's forgot the first two year and
half says House pleasantly. 'Aint
KEEP ems out o. WARP axes Wudthrow.
Part O. tn time says House rubin
his left shin-w the felt4slipper" on
his right foot. 'Aint, my voice our
greatest liquid assetr axes wilson
earnestly. It's some voice. says House.
but q lot iv suckers can't tell asset
firm an in'bility, the Colonel says.'
"F'what are ye drivin' at says
Wilson. four flushing a'littie.
"'Arre We watchin' the striker says
House. Half q millyun votes might
besuseful,' says House, tiptoein' out
throash the dure, an clOsin' ut behind
him.
"Well, Sir, he left Wudthrow sunk
In profound miditashun. At last he
spakes. I hear, he says In a low.
sweet tone that vice Nv the people,
which Is to me as the vice Of Car
negie Penshun.' Oh he says thrp-
lin in ivry nerve, must indade sacry-
nee wan more IDOL says he, ON the
altar Nv me Country! says Wud-
throw.
i "'Was not the Wan Turn Plank he
says; AN the Sugar Tax he says;
an the Tariff for Rev'noo,' he says;
AM. all me friends, beside says he,
sixteen per'hy good Mexican Policies
was not all thin enoughr he axes
In agony. But I win purge me Heart
" Aivry pers'nal fought says he,
rstartin' for bed. An before he re-
tires, he takes a Heart Purge Nv his
own invinshun the way 1t II wurk
while he sleeps. dinnaw rwhat the
purge Is. Ills q secret.
'Tn the morn he was puzzled. He
wanted o. great sacryfise Of a pur.
'fincfple. dear to his heart, but he'd
used most Nv thin already, an he felt
that this was no time for second hand
or slightly damaged sacryfises. So
he sendscfor House. Colonel says
he, f'Fwhat pur-rinciple d'yr think
wud BET AN acceptable sacryfise in this
great imoref imargincyr he axes
anxiously.
whisper says the Colonel. And
he said wan wurd In Wudthrow's ear,
and faded silently away through the
,dure.
! "For wan instant Wudthrow stud
spellbound. Thin he burst into a
whoop; "The Ram In the Bushes
cries helwid tears " ~.
"Twas an impressive ceremony
within the asasryfise was ssOlemnysised
at the Capitol.
'The PROCESSION started rom the
White House wild the Prisidint waikiki
ahead carryin' the Ram in wan hand :
an box " Safety-F1rst matches n
thSother. He was followed by a coon
lbearin' -four gold pans. and behind
came four Union Chiefs fidin' on milk
white steeds followed be a group Nv
Railroad Prfsidints, Stock Holders. 4
Farmers. Shippers and Consciousness
loaded Wild chains. After a short ser.
mon ito Congress on tPurgin' the
Heart,,' the Prisidint iaid the Ram-un--
tn altar. an imprissively stabbed Il
wild the -four gold pens while the choir
sang sH0ly, Holy. = Holy. The Prfsa.s
dint handed thes gold pens-to the four
chiefs Wild a bow Jfm Ham lit the
wood an wiped upatlies blood, an sthes
sacrynse'was, complete.
:"'What was the Ramr say ye. 'Twas ;
a pet basic Wudthrow used ITO grace
In the White House lawn. Twas -th.s
Idol Nv his heart. He named itsAsbf.s.
trashup. 1t was the Ram, an all the