Evening star., 1921-10-23

after its own heart. His official re-
ports were models Of English; 1uii OF
information, intelligent. valuable wen
observed. !
eff that old mans been feeding
from the public trough ever since the
civil war" protested a "practicai
politician, "it seems to me. Mr.. secre-
tarv- that he's about had his share. |
Some of us that has done the "oiN
that has borne the brunt--
"This place he now holds. inter-
rupted the Secretary of state suass
ly, "is one hardly comme mensurate WIZ
services like yours. 1 can't pronounce
the name of it, and I'm not sure 1us 1.
where it is. but 1 see that. OF tne iasl
six consuls we sent there; here; thsee ths e,per
three died OF yellow fever. still' IL
The practical politician reconsid-
cred hastily.
oF Porto Banos. OF the republic OF
~ Colombia, where as consul Mr.
Marshall was upholding the dignity
q, the United States. little could De
said except that it possessed a sure
harbor.
Each night the consuls. foreign
residents. the wireless operator, tne
manager of the rusty railroad me-
for dinner. There at the neaa Oh INC nc
long table, by virtue of his years.
his courtesy and distinguished man =
ner, of his office. Mr.. MarshalI Pr
sided. For women and chliuren FS
to Banos was. was q Msrshall" aeaoa i Came th.tre
had been no influence to rsmina lne
enforced bachelors OF other q sys
They had grown lax rr,,H sai /! nr,
morose. Their White WHITE auSS We're ~ ansha:ien.
sTha coming of Mr. Marshall cha Stgeo
that His standard of life. his tact,
his worldly wisdom, ms cn5erIul
courtesy. his fastidious personal neat
ness shamed the younger meis: the
desire to please him, to STAND ell IN
his good opinion. brought oacs p1ioe
and self-esteem. ,.-.
AZ second breakfast when tie wire
1sas man came in late to announce
that Red D. boat and the Island OF
Curacao had both reported nurri-
cane coming north: Al Also. of .mat N F'4b 1be
concern was 1elt ior the sanity "a "
yacht Serapis.
been heard from her. Owing TO the
presence on board OF d, senasor ,ha "aw hPr Presi,
dent the man who had made him
President, much concern was felt at
Washington. To try to pick her up
by wireless. the gunboat Eewarh i,sa
cr,siser crs Raleigh. with Admiral Hardy
ON board. from Colon. L: was possible
She would seek shelter at Porto
Banos. The consul Was ordered 10
As Marshall wrote ont his answer
the French consul excl lined with in
tefest: ..,.
SENATOR" he asked. Us 1t that IN
your country ships OF war are at ehe
Servtce of a senator.
Aiken, the wireless operator
Rrinned derisively.
cat the service of t3iis senator: they
are." he answered. They call him
the .king-maker.' the man behind the
"But in your country" protested
the Frenchman, there IS no .haone; td
thought your Pressient was eiee'eo
by the people?"
"In Gods country" Aiken explained.
"the trusts want rich man in the
Senate. with the same interests as
their own. to represent them. They
chose Hanley. He picked out or the
candidates for the presidency the man
he thought would help the interests.
He nominated hina. and the people
voted for him. Hanley is what we
The Frenchman looked inquirinsly
"The position Of the boss is the
.rave1y, @ because it is unofficial. be-
cause there are no laws to curtau
his powers. Men like Senator Han
lev are a menace to good govern
mont: They see sI,n in punlHie p,arHsrs once only
Two hours later the Scraps. show.
ing she had met the hurricane and
had come out second best, steamed
into the harbor.
ingstone. OF Washington. He once
had been in the diplomatic service.
and. as minister to The Hague.
wished to return to 1t. stat
euished persons. was the aLl-power-
full Hanley. The KIDNAPPING OF Han
ley for the cruise. in itself. demon
trated the ability OF Livingstone as
not hinted at his ambition. There
was no need. To statesman OF
Hanley's astuteness the largsness OF
Iivingstone's contribution to the
campaign fund was self-eXplanatory.
After her wrestling match with the
hurricane all those OF board the
Scraps seemed to find in land, even
in the swamp land of Porto Banos. q
shore they made at once for the
consulate. There were many cables
they wished to start on their way
by wireless: cables to friends TO
At Jose's desk the great senator.
rolling his cigar between his teeth.
was using. to Jose's ecstacy. Jose's
own pen to write a reassuring mes
sage to the White House. At the
consul's desk a beautiful creature,
all in lace and pearls, was struggling
To compress the very low opinion she
held of hurricane into ten words.
ON his knee Henry Cairns. the
his wall street office, and upon him.
self livingstone had taken the re-
sponsibility Of replying to the in
ouiries heaped upon Marshalfs desk.
from many newspapers.
TT was Just before sunset. and
L Marshall produced his tea things.
and the young person in pearls and
lace, who was Miss Cairns. made
tea for tho women, and the men
mixed gin and lines with tepid water.
The consul apologized for proposing a
toast In which they could not join.
He begged to drink to those who had
escaped the peris Of the sea. Had
they been his oldest and nearest
friends his little speech could not
have been more heartfelt and sin
cere. To his distress 1t moved one
Of the ladies to tears, and In embar-
xassment hezturned to the men.
I regret there 3s no ice." he said.
"but you know the rule of the tropics.
as soon as a ship enters port the Ice
machine bursts"
"1'li tell the rteward to send you
some. SIR. said Livingstone. "and as
sS~->s St. .on.>rr