The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1921-07-08

When little Cynthia appeared at Cor
iston lie at once loved her as he woul
have loved his own daughter. He
father was unable to meet his obiiga
tons at the bank. .Jethro quietl.
bought the mortgage and had it as
signed to himself. Cynthia used t
call him Uncle Jethro and loved hin
as she did her father.
After a time the railroad corpora
tons decided to consolidate. Jethro
whether he feared that they would be
come too large for the state, or fol
him, did not approve of consolidation
Thereupon they decided to overthrow
him. The fight began over his hom'
post office. He was known to favor az
old soldier named Eph Prescott who
had been badly wounded in the VII
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 IT
order to weaken his prestige in the
state, and 1t had the support of man
men who had formerly done his bid
ding and of the congressman fron
the district" the usual autocrat in tn
distribution of offices of hat class.
Jethro went to Washington and con
trived to have an apparently chance
meeting between President Grant and
Eph. Grant was attracted by Eph'
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 a young wOm-
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 a savage attack upon Jethro as
n lobbyist and a BOSS" The paper
found its way into Cynthia's hands
and gave her the greatest distress
She went to Jethro and asked him If
the story was true. He said: "They
hain't put. 1t just as they'd ought to
perhaps, but that's the way / done
( in the MAN," His manly confess
sion caused her to love him even more
han before. She withdrew from the
inishing school and went to teach in
the town in which Worth
ngtOn lived. Jethro, shaken by the
on Cynthia, determined to with
lraw from politics.
The state was in a ferment. Would
he corporations be able to down Jeth
o? For the first time in nearly 40
Jethro did not appear at the
town meeting. The enemy
by default. The news heartened
he corporations everywhere. Worth
ngton had always been an enemy OF
ethro's. although he had accepted his
elp more than once, and while in
ulging in very virtuous speeches, haC
racticed essentially the same meth
DIS. His son, Bob, was madly in love
er own love for Bob completely L
er fidelity to Jethro. Bob propose {
her and she refused. He declare /,
nat he would leave his father anC
arm his own living and then CLAIM
er on account of what he had him S
elf done. He wrote his father tell :
lg him his purpose. When the latter
the letter he flew into a rage '
earning that Cynthia was a teacher l
his W town, he called the commit Il
together, the majority of whom he i.
)ntrolled, and had them pass a vote =
dismissing her from the /
'hool. This action aroused Jethro
nd he straightway took up the battle
,ain against the corporation magnate
sponsible for the outrage. He
vooped down upon the capitol like
eagle. His genius for political gen
flashed out with its old-time II
ightness. Messages went to the val a,
' iOWhS anu ~ lue uOftn country.
ne throne room" was open again, Il
ID although the battle had been APP
rently lost through Jethro's with +
avail, it became evident that the
operations were destined to defeat.
nally Worthington was willing to
rrender and asked Jethro's terms.
thro said, Consent to the marriage
Cynthia and Bob" Worthington COM r
in some high flown letters and
2 marriage took place. Jethro with
ew from the fight and from politics
d passed his old age near Cynthia,
'ssed by her love and that of her
ldren. with apologies to Mr.. Win
N Churchill).
1919. by the Post Publishing
O. CThe Boston POST. Copyright in the
nited Kingdom, the Dominions, its Col
lfes and dependencies. under the copy
act, by the Post Publishing Co,
oston. Mass, u. s. A. All rights re-
rived. Condensed from "Coniston." by
~'inston Churchill. copyright, 1906. by
he Macmillan Company. Used by per-
ission Of author and publisher.
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