The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-01-25

there are no Sucn mules III the world
as this state produces. They are send
ing a man owe! here to try to make a
deal with the state of Harpeth to pur-
chase the mules from private breeders.
Craze them on the government lands
and ieliver them in a lot for shipment
the LIST of August at Savannah. There
is no authority on the statute book
for the state to make su q deal, but
JEFF Whitworth has fixed up a sort of
contract, that wouldn't hold water in
the courts, by which the governor Of
the state, Williamson Faulkner. grants
the grazing rights on the states lands
to private company, of which he IS
to be a member, which il a way
guarantees the deal. They've made
him believe it to be a good financial
thing for the state, and he can't see
that they are going to buy cheap stock.
fatten it On low rate from the state
and hand it over to the French gov
eminent at q fancy rakeoh, and then
leave him with the bag to hold when
the time for settlement and complaint
comes. There is strong Republican
party in this state, and they're keep
ing quiet, but year after next. when
Bill Faulkner comes up for re-elec-
ton, downright illegality will be al
legged. and he will be defeated in dis
honor and with dishonor to the state.
l am his secretary of state, and In
going to save him if can. And you
are going to help me. sir.' And as
he spoke my uncle, tie General Rob
ert. gave to me a distinguished shake
of the hand that made nay pride to rise
in my throat, which gave to my speak
ing great huskiness.
i viii help in the rescue of the bon
or of THAT Gouveneur Bill Faulkner,
my Uncle Robert, with the last breath
il my body, and l will also assist to
feed mule to that MI Jefferson Whit
worth, though not to his beautiful wife.
whom | do 50 much admire
'That's just it; she'll have to eat
mule the first one. She's at the gov
ernor day ana night with her wiles,
and in my mind it's her dim;ty intlu-
euce that is making him see things
with his slant. They say she put her
brand on him in early youth. Hes the
soul Of honor, but what chance has a
mans soul honor got when a woman
wants to cash it in for a fortune with
which TO lead gay life? None! None,
SIR And the countenance of my
uncle, the General Robert became 50
fierce that it was difficult to find words
to answer.
ooh, my Uncle Robert. is it that a
woman would make q cheat in giving
the mule animal Of not sufficient
strength to carry food to poor boys Of
France in the trenches when there is
too much mud for gasoline" l eX-
claimed with a great horror from
knowledge given me by my capitaine,
the Count de Lasselles.
Just exactly what she is trying TO
do, boy. Let those poor chaps with
guns in their hands to defend her civ
iliZation as well as theirs die for want
of a supply train hauled by reliable
mules when unrc liable gasoline fails.
That's what women are like And as
he spoke perceived the depth of dis
like that was in the heart of my uncle
the General Robert, for all of woman
kind.
There are some women who would
not so cOmport themselves. my Uncle
Robert. l give you my word as one
Then as l hesitated in terror at the
revelation of nay woman's estate l had
been about to make, my uncle, the
General Robert, made this remark to
me:
"Women are like crows-all black
and the exceptional white one only
makes the rest look blackeE The only
way to stop them in their depredations
is to trap them since the law forbids