The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-10-22
With Hamilton at the Turn
A SHORT STORY By SEWELL FORD

eft, as were Wlndln up WnaL paSSe
for a days work at the Corrugated
What about Milton Wilde?"
Not a peep from him." says 1.
"H-m-m-m!" says Mr. Robert, regis
term deep thought by pullin' hi
right ear. 1--WE ought to know be
tween now and tomorrow afternoon
Couldn't you manage to run him dow
somewhere
81 expect So" says I. Hes gen
orally on the 5.13 going out. II
stretch an eye"
1t was nothing more'n little dea
in club politics but that's about the
only kind Mr.. Robert goes in for al
all strong. He doesn't seem to gel
much excited over which Ohio man
gets the job of runnin' the nation
portant affairs of the Roarin Rock
Country Club, though, and appointin'
new entertainment committee, and
decidin' whether to put a tiled floor
in the billiard room or lay down cork
mats, he's right there with the quick
action and the subtle strategy. Uh-huh.
He don't get reused up until the an
nual meetin' is only ten days off, but
inside of a week he's worked up plan
to put the skids under the old fossils
who've been holdin' office so long as
they seem to think they've been
elected for life. And now he has
enough votes pledged to snow 'em
under when the time comes and slip
in an entirely new board. The only
uncertain detail is whether this Milton
will serve as director.
Course, he's only a filler expect
Mr.. Robert picked him mostly on &C
count of his looks. Kind of dignified,
imposin party, Milton; mainly be-
cause of his "A belt measure, his gray
hair and the wise look in his wide
set owl eyes. You know, one of those
guys who get rated sbeing substan-
tial and important without ever open
in their heads. I'll admit that's the
way l sized him up, too, just from
seem him drift in and out with the
other commuters on the way to and
from HaTbor Hills. Not that he'd ever
showed up prominent in any of our
civic or social affairs, but somehow
l always expected he could if he
wanted to. But about all he ever did
was to come to one of the clubs fort
nightly dinner dances now and then,
bob around once or twice in an old
fashioned waltz with that slim, black
eyed wife of his, and fade away early.
He was never put on any committees
and never seemed to have much to say
when stag groups gathered in the
smoking room.
Yet he was sort of counted as havin'
it up his sleeve. So when Mr. Robert
organizes this secret bolt from the
cut and dried lot the old nominatin'
committee has put on the official bal
lot, he states Milton Wilde as one of
the new directors. First off Milton
had agreed, sort of hesitatin' to be one
of the pirate crew. Then he'd sent
word next day that he'd have to think
over the proposition before he finally
decided, and since then he'd simply
been stallin' around.
AS Mr.. Robert had worked me in
IS secretary of the boilers commit
zee it was really part of my job to
rail down any sidesteppers. So in
stead of campin' down comfortable
with a four-star evenin' edition in the
smollin' car | goes scoutin' through
The coaches until I locates this Mr..
Wilde. And not until I'd draped my
self confidential on the seat arm did
/ notice that the female party at the
window was friend wife l hadn't
lutte counted on that complication,
still such things are bound to be
emily affairs more or less, So blazes
head.
Excuse me for crashin' in, Mr..
Wilde" says I. but how about that
natter Mr.. Robert Ellins has put you
Town for?"
"Oh, yes" says he, blinkin' at me,
lind of stupid. "Ah-er-yes."
"Meanin' you will says I, 'or just
.ndicatin' intelligence"
Why" says He, Il really haven't
ute decided"
Times gettin short, you know"
avs I. "We've got to have the ticket
made up by tomorrow noon. It's
merely a case Of you will or you won't.
curse, if you're rootin' for the old
rowd, that settles it."
No" says he. st isn't that ex-
city. II think I am in favor of a
.hange. Decidedly. But whether
should act or not
ooh, it amt any Bolshevik revolt
we're springin'," says I. "Nobody's
Ding to be stood against the wall and
hot, nor We amt going to scuttle the
nip of state Merely going to push
a lot of has-beens overheard and elect
/ few live wires in their place. Mr.
!overts wants to make the club a go
alg concern instead of letting it sos
long as a retreat for sleep walkers
GU know all about that And hi
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