The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-03-09
A LOYAL
HELPER
By ALVAH J. GARTH

tee of the mogul of Lyndon handed ne
a lemon"
''You expressed your views clearly"
Pure, simple fraternalism. Ross. l
observed dissatisfaction the moment
! tackled the broad platform of human
Fly. War over. all pitching in for
the higher reconstruction and work
in hand. classes and masses alike. ~.
build up a new and better world and
that line of thought"
/ II see" said Willis Toss mcditativc-
! ~. "BetwecH You and myself, how
ever. think you overdd the thing"
TN what way?"
you see. there's a rock-ribhod
! group OF aristocrats who rule the up-
/ per town here. they are less than
600 while the people in The lower
1 town number something like 1900. Up
i per Lyndon rules the rooSt because ii
Sas influence and money. To attempt
20 stir these bred-inthe-Bone pluto
Gratis to anything like progress is 'to
invade their time-hoHored system as
q yandal A bad move. Buford. You
ought to have preached generaiitics
! and wound Up with a tribute TO tie
sense and power Of the men who hoid
I the bulk of business or something
a like that"
"Well. l guess I've made a mess of
!. g." acknowledged Buford rather rue
7 fully. 81 need the nomination here TO
: carry the county and fear | will
never get it. BY the way. the young
- lady you got to copy my speech for
me-she sent her typewrtten tran
script to the hotel. hut no bill. Where
! viii I find her?"
II "At home, l fancy. just now, for it
II IS after school hours. Miss Gladys
II Earle, 232 West Grove street. It's
II two minutes walk"
II Alison Buford was trife nettled as
II he started out to locate the neat, trim
II little school teacher to whom Ross had
Y introduced him two days previous.
She was at home and plainly told
him the cost Of her labor, and accept
= ed payment in businesslike, matter
of-fact way, but, as Buford arose to
,d leave, bestowed frank look of inter
t. est upon him and said:
"Would you feel | was presumptC-
ne Gus, Mr.. Buford, if l made sugSes-
-. ton as to your business in Lyndon: :"
no "Why no, not at ALL" replied Buford.
q have heard how your speech was
ke received, and perhaps l might have
it told you at the start it would not
ne bring you success. It has occurred
II TO me that you should not give up
s your mission in any faint-hearted way
II. until you have looked over the ground
y little more closely. While the exclu-
ndt sive set has considerable influence,
es. they do not always control the votes
rvE and votes are what you are after, are
awb they not?"
Uni She spoke so clearly, womanly of
tone, yet forcefully, that Buford real
lied that hers was a genuine helpful
. spirit, and that she was going out o.
it her way to do him service.
m "If you would write out a new
ter speech" Gladys Earle went on, "ant
nix along new lines, 1 know you would
% make an impression on the commu
81 z, nifty"
toi You mean 10 appear before thos,
nd high and pompous dictators and be.
/
teh stubborn nature to award?" spoke Blu
Try ford spiritedly. "Well. no."
up Lyndon needs many things the dom
- inant set will never see to. Mr.. Flu
= ford There is a far cry for a MAJ
,r, to represent the real majority in thi
tol district. l do not ask you to appea
again to the magnates of the uppe
,sh town, but TO the people of the lowe
ron town. Shall I suggest a text? The
IND go among them on the basis of
champion of their sanitary needs. Til
Ter lower town needs drainage and waite
as system, long denied them, because O
' its cost and the selfish avarice of me-
who take no heed as to the rights q
. these fellow men lower in the scale
Pledge yourself 10 the improvement
/ indicate, make the fight squarely q
re that issue. Your hearers will realiz
that not only will the movement Civ
,ess them work, but will add to The healt
and welfare of their wives and chi
| dren."
ifr A new inspiration came to Also
cep Buford as he listened to an advise
less every moment more and more cnfor,
r. ing his respect and admiration.
of was three evenings later when he mad
rich the address Of his life. to he checre
L to the echo by brawny, earnest me-
~. ~ who traced in his words the since.i,
i of one looking for the bettermeni ,
arc their environment. More clerishe
of than this ovation. however. was =
illyi discovery that way back in tho ~
sed, dience, following his every word wit
lble glowing eyes. was the little Soho
5lsn teacher who had given counsel az
Lou 3ot sympathy when he needed it mo.
sat- Alison felt it his duty to call up,
,inq her first the morning that the newsn
leu- pers announced his nomination
president of the county board
ism 81 heard" said Gladys brightly. III
four laurels have been given where IN,
pom we're truly deserved"