The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-21

there. The fact that she came from a
remote country place and of an un-
known family. very likely had some
thing to do with the treatment she
received in those primitive days be-
fore finishing schools had been made
wholly safe for democracy. One day
a paper controlled by Isaac Worth
ington, >the head of the corporation
party, made savage attack upon
Jethro as lobbyist and a BOSS
The paper found its way into Cyn-
thia's hands and gave her tie great
est distress. She went to JeIAro and
asked him if the story was true. He
said: They hain't put it just as they
ought to be perhaps, but that's the
way | done it in the main" His man.
ly confession caused her to love him,
even more than before She with
drew from the finishing school and
went to teach in Brampton. the town
in which Worthington lived Jethro.
shaken by the effect on Cynthia, de-
termined to withdraw from politics
The State was in a ferment. Would
the corporations be able to down Jeth--
70? For the first time in nearly forty
years Jethro did not appear at the
Coniston town meeting. The enemy
won by default. The news heartened
the corporations everywhere. Worth
ington had always been an enemy of
Jethro's, although he had accepted his
help more than once, and while in
practiced essentially the same me-
Dol S,,
love with Cynthia, but she subordin-
ated her own love for Bob complete
ly to her fidelity to Jethro. Bob pro-
posed to her and she refused. He de-
clared that he would leave his father
and earn his own living and then
claim her on account of what he had
himself done. He wrote his father
telling him his purpose. When the
latter received the letter he flew into
a rage. Learning that Cynthia was a
teacher in his own town, he called
the committee together, the majority
Of whom he controlled, and had them
pass vote ignominiously dismissIng
her from the school. This action a
reused Jethro and he straightway
took up the battle against the cor
poration magnate responsible for the
outrage. He swooped down up on the
Capitol like an eagle. His genius for
political generalship flashed out with
it's old time brightness. Messages
went to the valley towns and to the
north country. The throne room"
was open again, and although the bat
tie had been apparently lost through
Jethro's withdrawal, it became evil
dent that the corporations were des-
tined to defeat. Finally Worthington
was willing to surrender and asked
Jethros terms. Jethro said, Consent
to the marriage of Cynthia and Bob"
Worthington complied in some high
flown letters and the marriage took
place. Jethro withdrew from the fight
and from politics and passed his old
age near Cynthia, blessed by her love
and that of her children. with apollo
gies to Mr. Winston ChurchilD.
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