The evening world., 1922-04-22

up. The pail was heaped when the
last man had voted.
Polls is closedr" beloved Roaring
Bill. "And It's unanimous for the
gent called Jiml Men. do your duty
by a popular heroi"
ciamorous. Men raised Jim on their
shoulders and paraded him around ia
a circle. Drivers secured pick poles
and cantdogs and held them stifhy
like lances and rifles and formed
guard Of honor. The cook and cookee
brought tin pans and clubs and added
a tom-tom effect to the din.
Others secured the big canvas wind
break which shielded the cooks Ore.
manned its edges. and began to toss
the hero Of the occasion after he had
been dumped into the canvas trough
They marched UP the slope with him.
pausing every few feet to ning him
high. you're elected" some Of them
yelled. Three cheers for the new
Mayor Of Misery!" called the others
II was the plan hrst adopted by old
Pat Rattigan when he wanted to Ore
an especially Objectionable jrfver.
In the case Of Jim the skylarkers
we're too hilarious and kept the play
UP too long. Either they stumbled or
their cramped hands slipped from the
edges Of the canvas; ahe fell heavily.
rolled down the ledge and lay bleeding
and unconscious.
The girl had come to meet the
parade; she marshalled a group OF
men from the settlement. When the
young man fell she rushed to his side.
kneeled and spread protecting arms
over him. The prosecutors heIdsoff
when she flashed the fires of flkr
righteous anger by eyes and speech
Roaring Bill and the men of the
&c o G" went on, and the folks Of
Misery took in their new Mayor
and lodged him in the best house--the
log house where the Ambrose girl had
dwelt and taught her little ones.
The men ministered to him IN
watches, the women helped, and the
schoolmistress was in complete au-
thority.
CoME days later his brain had
cleared and he was able to talk.
The, girl was sitting beside the
bed.
What is your name?" she asked.
"only jim" sE
mo, that's not it-that's not the
name you have given BEFORE
She smiled when he blinked his
alarm: IT was the first smile. he had
ever seen on her face. "oh. you have
not been babbling in delirium. But
when you gave your name to the
brute you said Just Jim And I be-
lieve that you deserve to be called
just. You stood up for these poor
folk who are prosecuted. They all
understand here in Misery. So we're
ah SuiiihB yOu just JIM.
In the course of n few days he be-
held and experienced that which
stirred his emotions profoundly. Men
tptoed in from :. time TO time and
. gently changed the position Of his
aching body. Women brought food;
children searched among the lodges
for flowers and timldly carried them
2 to the bedside Of the stranger.
Again and again he protested to the
!" girl that he had done nothing to de-
serve all this.
you might call II reward for your
o good thoughts about them. Just Jim"
she said. But they don't mean 1t al
pay for anything. They have taken
you to themselves because you're poor
thrown out OF the driving crew ana
prosecuted"
Sine smiled tenderly and under
;, standngly when ne reached for her
.. hand his face was working with
!, emotion. 81 KNOW" she assured him.
~ NchuCi NhehAibg 10
Jim was soon able to be about again.
lie said that he did not propose to
=. desert true friends in the time of des-
/, porate need, and the time OF need was
approaching with the lapse of every
day of the sixty allowed for quitting
the land.
=. The young man frankly admitted 70
Il the schoolmistress that he had no
~ idea what he could do TO trig the
n Moloch car Of the law.
= But he had some plans for the pres
v ent. then and there. The notice Of
eviction had forty days to go. The
d simple folks OF Misery we're sitting
down and waiting for the Inevitable
~ to happen,
10 They've got 10 be stirred up and
their minds taken off their troubles"
o Jim informed Bessie The ability to be