The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-02-25

After time tne falirodu COTpOia-
lions decided to consolidate. Jethro,
he feared that they would be-
come too large for the state, or for
him, did not approve Of consolidation.
they decided to overthrow
him. The fight began over his home
post Office. He was known to favor an
old soldier named Eph Prescott who
had been badly wounded in the Will
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 q
modesty which furnished another In
stance that the noisiest patriots are
not always the greatest. Grant ap-
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 young wom-
an of high spirit she was not happy
there. The fact that she came from
a remote country place and OF an I'M
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
~ safe for democracy. One day a pa
per controlled by Isaac Worthington,
the head Of the corporation party,
made a savage attack upon Jethro as
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 I done
It In the MAN," His manly comics.
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 a ferment. Would
the corporations be able to down Jeth
no? For the first time in nearly AZ
years Jethro did not appear at the
Coniston town meeting. The enemy
won by default. The news heartenet
the corporations everywhere Worth
ington had always been an enemy o.
Jethro's, although he had accepted hi
help more than once, and while In
dulging in very virtuous speeches, hat
practiced essentially the same meth
DDS. His son, Bob. was madly In love
with Cynthia, but she subordinatet
her own love for Bob completely t
her fidelity to Jethro. Bob proposed
to her and she refused. He declares
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 latte
received the letter he few into a rage
Learning that Cynthia was a teache
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 BATH
again against the corporation magnat
responsible for the outrage. FL
swooped down upon the capitol lik
an eagle. His genius for political ger
eralshlp flashed out with Its old-tim
brightness. Messages went to the va
ley towns and to the north countr,
The ''throne room" was open again
and although the battle had been az
parently lost through Jethro's with
drawal, 1t became evident that til
corporations were destined to defea
Finally Worthineton was willing
surrender and asked Jethro's term
Jethro said, Consent to the marriag
of Cynthia and Bob" worthington con
piled In some high flown letters an
the marriage took place. Jethro witt
drew from the fight and from polite
and passed his old age near Cynthii
blessed by her love and that Of he
children. with apologies to Mr.. VIII
ston ChurchilD.
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Co. CThe Boston Post). Copyright In a
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onies and dependencies. under the cop,
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Boston, Mass. u. g. A. All rights r
served. Condensed from 'Coniston."
: Winston Churchill. copyright, 1906, I
II The Macmillan Company. Used by pc
mission Of author and publisher.
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