The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-02-25

being built. manufacturing developed.
and he took pride In making himeeif
In what was going g.
When little Cynthia appeared At Coz
lston he az once loved her as he woui<
have loved his own daughter. He.
father was Unable to meet MS obls<z-
tons at the bank. Jethro quietly
bought the mortgage and had II a.
signed to himself. Cynthia used %
call him Uncle Jethro and loved hin
as she did her father.
After n time the railroad corpora
tions decided 10 consolidate. Jethra.
whether he feared that they would be-
come too large for the state. or for
him, did not approve of consolidation
Thereupon they decided TO overthrow
him. The fight began over his home
post Office. He was known to favor Al
old soldier named Eph Prescott who
had been badly wounded In the WIZ
derness and whom he had helped In
his uphill fight as he had helped many
another person. The railroad party de
cided to defeat Jethro's candidate In
order to weaken his prestige In the
state. and 1t had the support of many
men who had formerly done his bid
ding and Of the Congressman from
the district" the usual autocrat in the
distribution Of Offices Of that class.
Jethro went to Washington and con-
trived to have an apparently chance
meeting between President Grant and
Eph. Grant was attracted by Eph's
simplicity. They talked over the bat
tie they had fought together with .
modesty which furnished another In
stance that the noisiest patriots are
not always the greatest. Grant APP
pointed Eph. When the news of the
victory reached home. Jethro's pres
| tige was much increased.
He placed Cynthia in a finishing
school In Boston. Being a young WON
an Of high spirit she was not happy
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 re
ceived in those primitive days before
finishing schools had been made Who'll
ly safe for democracy. One day a pa
per controlled by Isaac Worthington.
the head Of the corporation party.
made savage attack upon Jethro AZ
a lobbyist and boss" The paper
found its way into Cynthia's hands
and gave her the greatest distress
She went to JethrO and asked him II
the story was true. He said: "They
hain't put 1t just as they'd ought to
!, perhaps, but that's the way dons
it in the MAN." His manly confeA
sion caused her to love him even more
than before. She withdrew from the
!. finishing school and went to teach In
Brampton the town In which Worth
; ington lived. Jethro, shaken by the
effect on Cynthia, determined to with
draw from politics.
The state was In ferment. Would
| the corporations be able to down Jeth-
, no? For the first time in nearly A
t years Jethro did not appear at TIN
5 Coniston town meeting. The eneml
0 won by default. The news heartene<
D the corporations everywhere. Worth
: ington had always been an enemy o.
: Jethro's, although he had accepted hill
: help more than once. and while in
E dulging in very virtuous speeches, has
: practiced essentially the same meth
E ods His son, Bob, was madly in low
Q with Cynthia, but she subordinatet
: her own love for Bob completely I.
? her fidelity to Jethro. Bob proposed
to her and she refused. He declared
, that he would leave his father an(
! earn his own living and then claim
= her on account of what he had him
:, self done. He wrote his father tell
: ing him his purpose. When the la-+eI
: received the letter he flew into raAe
Learning that Cynthia was teaches
= in his own town, he called the commit
tee together, the majority Of whom h,
: controlled, and had them pass vOt
: ANONYMOUSLY dismissing her from tn
school. This action aroused Jethr,
= and he straightway took up the battl
again against the corporation magnat
= responsible for the outrage. III
= swooped down upon the capitol lik
= an eagle. His genius for political gen
: eralship flashed out with it's old-tim
!. brightness. Messages went to the val
). ley towns and to the north country
= The throne room" vas open agar
!, and although the battle had been az
= parently lost through Jethro's viii
drawal, it became evident that tn
: corporations were destined to defea
= Finally Worthington was willing I
= surrender and asked Jethro's term
= JethrO said, Consent to the marriar
!. of Cynthia and Bob" Worthington con
:, piled in some high flown letters an
- the marriage took place. Jethro witt
y drew from the fight and from politi,
! and passed his old age near Cynthl
- blessed by her love and that Of HI
- children. with apologies to Mr.. Wi
ston ChurchilD.
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