The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-05-31


his desk - comforting, arranging
directing, assuring himself b,
telephone and telegraph that the
special trains and railroad fare
we're being provided as previously
stipulated with the railroad com.
panies, the banks, and the county
and city managers Of the move
ment-and Waller shouting fran
tically over the telephone or de
vouring With his eyes the i~ncessant
flood of yellow paper on which
were printed the messages of good
cheer from almost everywhere.
At the 6 o'clock meeting with
the newspaper men several showed
kilograms from their papers say
ing that the proofs of the marriage
in Shanghai had not yet material
lied.
When the usual routine of ques-
tons and answers ended, Avery
moved a step nearer to. the agita-
tor. Snappily dressed, alert as
ever, and speaking in frank, terse
sentences, he made an impressive
figure.
Mr.. Smith" he said, eve want
to tell You we are with you. We've
seen your work. We know you.
We know what sort of a man you
are. And, from now on, you'll get,
all the help possible from us. We
wanted You to know that"
Smith bowed to Avery and
swept the semicircle of faces with
a glance that seemed to single out
each man and thank him.
Gentlemen" he said, in a low
tone, Il cannot find words to bear
the burden of my debt to you. 1t
IS you who can win this fight. I
thank you all. 1t is wonderful
lie turned quickly and went in
to his private office.
Waller, arriving at his own Of
fee a few minutes past Z, was told
by the managing editor:
"A crowds gathering in front
OF the agltator's office. They've
got a band. They want to show
their confidence in him"
Yes" he replied, "I knew
about that
IN get somebody else to cover
that, the other went on. What |
want from You tonight is a blank
ct story covering all the other
events Of this kind throughout the
country. We've got bulletins from
nearly every city, saying there
VIII be mass meetings tonight as
expressions of confidence in
Smith. 1t ought to make a big
story"
It'll be a crackerjack," Chol-
lieWollie assented.
All that evening Waller, gath
erlng material for his story, read
the dispatches that came in from
the press associations and the pa
per s correspondents. From every
city came the news that .Jchn
Smith s name had lit the fires OF
enthusiasm. The office boy went
IN and out, piling up the details Of
the story. It seemed to Waller that
the spirit of the agitator rushed
from city to city through that
marvellous winter night. With his |
actual physical eye he could see /
the swaying Of the singing, cheer
crowd as it swept down Mar
ket street in San Francisco. He
could hear the singing, catch the
of the banners under the !!
electric lights, feel the glow of the
peoples ardor. I,
The clicking wires changed the
scenes Of the drama continuously. |
It claimed no n city, no one sec
ton, for its setting. Washington
street in indianapolis, Second ave
nue. in Seattle, and the East Side
IN New York were merely flashing
parts of the wave of feeling that
called men to the streets and made !
them lift their voices to the stars. |
street in Cincinnati, Milk
in Boston, Michigan avenue
in Chicago, the public squares Of
smaller cities-an were places
devoted men and women, ignoring
the Jeers and, at times, the missiles
Of the other side, congregated tojI
snow their scorn Of those who
fought against the cause and its
leader,
And the man whose glowing
and 1n1agging zeal had
klndled an enthusiasm which
swept from coast to coast stood
at his Office window, bowling his
thanks while a member Of CON
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