Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-06-25
THE TWICE AMERICAN
By Elea.sr NJ. Iseys~, 1Asther Of ''Frsw The CIR dBsh;sd.

Absolutely"
"Why?" {
mo reason. Pedro-and the servants
last saw him sitting in the library.
writing. Next morning. he was gone.
AS soon as Fgheard. I had every search
When was this7"
"A week ago. Last night, while !
vas IN the city here, the library safe
was broken open"
"Our records"
David, the thieves got nothing, so
far asJ know. When I was able to
>be up and about, / went to the port
folio in my room wheEe ! keep. my
private papers. I found there all the
work, among my things. Bruce must
have taken them from the safe and
hidden them there. where he knew !
would surely find them,N before he
went away
Noel. looked very grave.
"or was taken away. GIL" !
You believer"
Il hardly know. I must learn
more. But he must have anticipated
the attack on the safe. After this
meeting, We will go to the villa"
But Noel did not reach the HOUSE
Of the Little Shoes that evening. The
storm was breaking over their corner
Of the republic.
The, next day, the storm had
broken. David Noel and Jactnto
Meyer faced one another in the open,
their followers behind them. The
before the press and people. fully pre-
Enthusiastically, the press was
EoeIs. The German group possessed
IA journal of their own. Noel posses
sed the journals Of the state; not by
bribery or ownership, but by their
honest convictions. The great dim
Guilty, was with the passivists, the
great unwiedly mass of people who
to take no action, The indolent and
agreed with the principles, but wished
the Indifferent Joined with the timid:
and fundamentally aided the Ger
mans.
A month after Noel's return. the
historic scene in the Senate took
Jacinto Myers speech was a
plea for n~e1exality and a savage
personal attack on Noel; 'the alien
who would sell our republic to his"
as he called him.
When Meyer concluded, the cham.
bers were in a tlmult. Quiet could
The address that followed goes
down among a people Of the speech
Of the two Americas. Noel made
that union his theme. Natural orator,
he forever took his place in history
in an hour Of words that grooved
like chisels into stone. He lifted his
hearers far beyond petty rivalry, and
from the heights made them look
afar. He uncovered his own work OF
years. not in pride: but in example.
He concluded almost in the words
spoken at that dinner in his villa, a
year andIa half before. f
Il have been called an alien today
his voice swept the intent auditors.
my countrynen, I am twice an
American: North American. and South
|American, and as I am loyal to both,
so Judge me that God who taught the
first republican reliEiOn nearly two
thousand, years ago"
No rules Of etiauette or precedent
him, graphing his hand. The.cheertng
lin the Chamber echoed to the street
beyond. ,fNilo Valdez, tSers pouring
down his face came running down
the aisle and sprang upon the steps,
facing the hall. ~,
Long live the two. Americas!" he
shouted above the uproar.- Long live
the Twice-Americsp!"
The cry was caught up. It filled
the hall and flowed into the street
where the crowds in their turn seized
tras were OF the street, and David
Noel was known for all time as the
! Veterinarian.
In two hours the extras were out
anew and the public had "a new Zen.
sation. David Noel offered his resig-
fnation to the senate and announced
his intention Of not voting on the
before the house. He had
been called an alien He left the 9TH
ers to decide that, and the war, with
out his pressure: without even the
pressure of his presence.
He retired to his house in the
mountains, to wait.
It was a daring play: carefully cal.
culated in advance. N6el had fore.
seen that attack. Of Meyers. and
MANNED his. In that speech he hat
reached the climax Of. his power and
his work. Now. asgfigure standing in
solitary prominence on that pinnacle
of achievement, he held himself still
and aloof. He knew that a statue is
not a statue II 1t moves. He left the
AS0S SAb0 UNSIA0 W AAAo ~ = Oh
dec, Milo, :Granados, the host Of his
supporters rallied and toiled.
Alone, Noel drove through the gate
OF the little shoes, as the promise OF
dawn ffared across the5 east. The
silent garden, cool and fresh, breath.
ed on the man who came from the
forum and the streets. His face still
held the heat of action, While his
nerves quivered with its i ement
and pride. His hands ache. pm the
pressure Of ardent hands, his ear.
rang with his name on the lips Of
Thousands. He was no >superman
every fibre Of him answered Ito thai
adulation. He knew the gaze Of the
world would turn upon him for thai
moment which Is fame; the 1ghtins
nations would pause to look toward
the rnap\ whoA fought to range his ma.
ton beside them.
II he won! What IL he lost? Hon.
or. surely, honor would remain his,
Honorable-obscur1ty.
The garden looked dull. The per.
COLA glimnnered ghostly ~ a mauso.
leum through the dust. "A chill set.
tied through lN6el. Was 1t good
omen, this f9nely return to tho house
which exernplihed the building Of hi:
life? He had lost Constance of the
strenuous p-rosecu, time in the P.r4