Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-03-02

important things in the world
her belief in him, and her love fo,
him. She remembered a famou.
evangelist having said to hel
once: "There are only two bis
things in this life, Miss Mallon-
the things VIC do to those who low.
us, and the things that m done t.
us by those whom we love-" Tina,
had expressed her philosophy ex.
actly. She was going now to cal
for John Smith at his office.
AS far as she herself was con.
cerned. her own intentions, her
own trust in the future, nothing
annoyed her. That which did at
tack her happiness was the fear of
what he, through his quixotic
ideas, his conscientious regard for
her, might consider it his duty to
do. Her memory Of the grief that
he had felt in refusing her what
she had asked, the story OF his
life, was vivid before her. She
feared to distress him again.
Edith Mallon was an unusual
woman. Old Senator Watrus
called her "the most wonderful
among women" Washington is a
city famous for it's men. rather
than it's women. The women, sur
rounded by affairs of state, inn
mersed in a food Of political COS
sip, breathing always the atmos-
phere of national affairs, seldom
make an effort to study and un-
derstand the very thing in which
their husband live and move and
have their being. Edith was one
of the two women in Washington
who read the Congressional Rec
ord every morning. Her mornings
she kept to herself. Senators and
representatives charged with the
framing of legislation affecting
the humanities-better working
hours for women, better health
conditions, legislation affecting
food, the betterment of children 8
conditions-found her a valuable
adviser, sought her opinions on de-
tails which many hours of public
hearing had not made clear. She
was far more than a delightful
partner at a dance, a center of
at a dinner, a woman
whom men sought. in marriage.
She was a student. And, like
.holliewollie, she knew Ter Wash
Cholliewollie, who knew
everybody, had told her once, at
the end of an interview with her
for his paper:
You'd better look out for this
woman suffrage stuff. Some day
it will result in defeating your re-
vered father and making a United
senator out of you!"
In addition to the special and
attraction John Smith
had for her, she realized to the
full the greatness of the work he
already had done. His conquest
Of society, as Waller had pointed
out, had been complete. That had
been due entirely to the charm of
his personality and the delightful
ness OF his wit. People had ac-
cepted him at face value. Hewas he
that was enough. And, when the
had started about his mys-
terious past, old Mrs. Grover, who
always suspected any strange man
Of being a chauffeur in disguise.
had said, eff his past is as charm
ing as his present, it has no terrors
for me-a sentiment that was re-
ceived as an accurate description
OF the whole city's attitude to-
ward him.
But the impression he had made
on men, on officialdom, had been
far more remarkable. Congress
like any other large assemblage
OF men. 1t is dominated by q small
group-a little band Of leaders in
the House, another in the Senate.
It must be 30. Unless it were,
nothing ever could be accom-
plished. And the leaders disregard
outside considerations, extraneous
issues, anything other than the
legislative program laid down in
the conferences between them
selves and the president. That is,
they disregard it until the popular
yolce-that vague, powerful, ire
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