The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-06-07
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CHAPTER NNyHI.

Gardner and Mary Leslie il
Shanghai could not be fond
/ Oholiiewollie, obsessed with tn,
, idea that the man Simpson wa
connected with the whole sehem,
! to discredit the agitator, devoted
the spare time Of himself and lii;
friends among the Washington ae
tectiveS to a search for some elm,
70 his whereabouts, bur made nc
progress. Mary Leslie, keeping Il
her room IL the boarding house
repeated her story to correspond
ents with ulonotonous regularity
and with unfailing fidelity 10 It's
details as she first had given it out,
Edith Iailon, schooling herself to
patience, get from the newspapers
day by day the story OF how the
country. undismayed by the
charges against Smith, rallied to
mis- support. Mannersley. newly
returIed TO Washington. was not
received at The Mallon house. The
week Wore away. the agitator il
q terrific drive of labor, his asst
ants and lieutenants at their desks
until the early morning hours, the
plans for the demonstration work
ing smoothly. In the afternoon Of
The Sth of December the special
trans began TO come into the city.
From then until the morning Of
the 10th the multitude grew. The
union station, built to aecommo
date Inauguration crowds. was
oyertaxed at times, and people
coming from the south We're dis
embarked at Seventh street near
the river. while some, coming from
the north and west, detrained al
lexington, a suburb.
No such throng of civilians ever
had invaded the capital. Bigger
crowds had been present at inau.
gurations of presidents, but on
those occasions the number had
been swelled by the military. II
was calculated by the chamber of
commerce,tile night of the 9Th that
499, 600 visitors had arrived. The
city was a mass of white ribbons.
white bunting and white banners.
The streets were thronged with
the laughing, good natured
crowds Here a band played, there
a group sang a marching song or a
hymn The women and children
together slightly outnumbered the
men. Everywhere wa the convic-
ton that the victory already had
been won.
Smith, having taken counsel of
Waller and several others, includ-
Bishop Rexall, had stuck to
his original intention of heading
the Pennsylvania avenue line Of
march, which formed at the ave-
nue. and Eighteenth street and the
surrounding side streets. Indeed,
Waller pointed out to him. he
could not refuse to take such part
IN the days work. II was de-
manded Of him by everybody.
The 10th daWned, a clear day,
with a slow breeze from the south
that became almost balmy under
the bright sun. By 8 o'clock the
bulk of the people had taken their
appointed stations-near the ave
nue. and Eighteenth street north
west, near NJ and North Capitol
streets, at J. kin park and IN
the streets back of the House of.
office building.
Smith had carried out his plan:
that people from all the state Of
the union should approach the
capitol from the four points Of the
At a few minutes past 10.
o clock a double line Of mounted
police, IA abreast, wheeled out Of
Fifteenth street, their backs to the
treasury and the White House.
their faces to the capitol. The
avenue, clear Of all traffic, with
the people kept to the sidewalks
by rope and the militiamen.
stretched before them like a long
corridor.
They were followed by the agi-
tator, who was on horseback, so
yards behind them. He wore
frock coat and was hatless. His
riding was superb. His horse, a
sorrel. one of the prize mounts of
the army picked his slow way
over the asphalt with steps light
and delicate enough for a dancing
master, swerving to this side o.
that and dancing backward and
forward when he was held III to
keep the proper distance from tile
police. Smiths seat was such that