Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1920-10-22
CHAPTER xIV.-contInusd.

Daniel Joined In merrily and more
than held his own In the three-cor-
nered melee. Having bought n paper
he was publishing the sort OF yellow
Journalism the mt rses wanted.
Very naturally his ensn,ies attacked
1rst what seemed to them his most
vulnerable spot. "Why did he chnnge
his manner" "Why did he need an
ailas7" "Whnt foul deed had he done
and essnyed TO cover up7" These were
the questions hurled broadcast; these
The ones they fain would answer. In
v%estlgators' were dispatched 10 Mary
land. All went well-or III for them.
because nothing but good could be
found of him-until his nineteenth
year. Then they encountered n blank
wall. There were i've yenrs unaccount-
ed FOR. His family was unlmpenchable.
The Daniels OF Ronnoke county were
of the South's first people. The Fitz-
randolphs OF England and Virginia had
distinguished themselves on more than
several occasions. Plainly, there was
nothing here for their purpose. But
those five yenrsl
When they had given up all hope OF
ever sounding II and we're searching
In despair for n successful plummet.
Dnniel very deliberately laid bare on
the first page OF his newspaper every
thing It contained. With genial can
dor. n not without relish, he mar
rated his five years In trampdom. In
Justice to himself. In justice to his
party, he felt he could do no less. Be-
tween the ages OF nineteen and twen-
ty-four his had been nm eventful life,
n the story thereof was not dull.
The bomb exploded with n deafen-
ing crash, and with n howl and n
shrick his foes were upon him. Rend-
Ing the disclosure MS n pack OF wolves,
they clawed II. gnnshed II. made II
ugly and held It up greedily TO the
public gaze.
And then when the rumble and btm-
hast Ind died away, when the blood
nnd smoke had passed, Hugh Daniel
Fitzmndolph stood before the populace
IA hero. The city which reveres the
memory OF n man who, starting as a
clerk, later snddled with debts, hewed
his way through adversely and became
the Merchant Prince" OF the world,
OF another who struggled from n
butchers apprenticeship nj two dollars
n week 20 the pinnacle OF the Union
Stock Yards, OF scores of others
of ignoble beginnings and vast
nchlevements-such a city was not
slow to erect n pedestal for one who
n once been n %vngabond and was
now become n inulti-mllllonnlre candi-
date for the highest honor the city OF
his adoption could pay him. Thus,
for the hour, Daniel had become an
idol OF the people.
Daniel rushed his campaign onward
with n ~tlreless zeal that outdlstnnced
his rivals n lost them to view. Here.
as In the whent pit, his endurance and
energy were n marvel to all who knew
him. lie Switched only Ave hours from
the twenty-four for sleep, and less
than one hour for meals. Every min.
ute OF the remaining eighteen was n
busy minute.
The campaign came 20 n whirlwlnd
finish. Daniel rose at dayhreak on
election eve and was on the go cease.
lessly for twenty hours.
While smoking n goodnight cigar
with Hunt Mt two o'clock next morning
he remarked
Altogether. Harry, II has cost me a
warm million dollars. But II has been
worth it-eyery cent, I've had a mil.
lion dollars worth OF fun"
Yet an hour later. had one looked In
the front room OF Daniels apartment.
one would have doubted Il. The room
wns quite dark. and before the front
windows overlooking Grant park he
was sitting very silent and %motionless.
A gray FOG was rolling dampiy In from
the take, t%hickenlng the night with Its
clammy embrace.
From the avenue below came sounds
OF an irresponsible quartette. They
were rendering "The Heart Bowed
Down ana even their untutored
throats. cultural with llhntlons. could
not wholly mar the tragic sweetness
OF Bnlfe's sad melody.
The melancholy strains. something
aOftened by the distance, floated dole
FULLY up To him. Muslc--even the
w~orst-alwnys had n singular effect
upon Daniel, Good or bad, he could
never listen 10 II without feeling with
In him II responsiveness trn%nscendlng
the composers note. II was as though,
sounding the keynote, he scared on In