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Immediately after Eurbank's nomination, Goodrich concentrated upon nominating Jude Simpson. He had three weeks, and he worked hard and well. I think be ovrdtd it in the editorials in oar party organs under, his Influence In New York, Boston and other eastern cities never & day without lugubrious screeds on Tie dismal outlook for Burbank if the other party should put up Simpson. But his Simpson editorials In big opposition papers undoubtedly produced effect. I set for De Milt and his bureau of underground publicity the task of showing up, as far as it was prudent to expose intimate politics to the public, Goodrich and his crowd and their conspiracy with Beckett and his crowd to secure the opposition nomination for a man of the same offensive type as Cromwell. And I directed Woodruff to supply Silliman and Merriweather and that department of "blpartizan" machine with all the money they wanted. "They can't spend much to advantage at this late day except for traveling expenses," said I "Our best plan, however. Is good honest missionary work with the honest men of the other party who wish to see its best man nominated." While Goodrich's apenls and Beckett's agents were industriously arranging the eastern machinery of the opposition party for Simpson. Merriweather had Silliroan's men toiling in the west and south to Get Rundle delegates or uninstructed delegations. And. after our conversation, he was reinforced by Woodruff and such men of his staff as could bo used without suspicion. Woodruff himself could permeate like an odorless gas: you knew he was there only by the results. Nothing could be done for Rundle in his own state; but the farther away from his home our men got, , the easier it was to induce by purchase and otherwise the politicians of bfs party to think well of him. This the more because they regarded Simpson as a "stuff" and a "stiff and they weren't" far wrong. "It may not be Scarborough, and it probably won't be Rundle," Woodruff said in his final report to me, "but it certainly won't be Simpson. He's th dead one. no matter how well he goes on the first ballot." But I would not let him give me the details the story of shrewd and slippery plots, stratagems, surprises. "I am worn out, mind and body," said I fin apology for my obvious weariness and indifference. For six months I had been Incessantly at work. - The tax upon memory alone to say. nothing of the other faculties, had been crushing. Easy as political facts always were for me, I could not lightly bear the strain of keeping in mind not merely the outlines, but also hundreds of the details, of the political organizations of 40-odd states with all their counties. And the tax on memory was probably the least. Then added to all my political work was business care; for while I was absorbed In politics, Ed Ramsay had badly muddled the business. Nor had I, like Burbank and Woodruff, the power to empty my mind as I touched the pillow, and so get eight hours of unbroken rest each night. Woodruff began asking me for Instructions. But my judgment was uncertain, and my Imagination barren. "Do as you think best" said I. "I must rest. Tre reached my limit" my limit of endurance of the sights and odors and befoulings of these sewers of politic I must ra person adventure in order to reach, my goal. I must pause and rise to the surface for a breath ef decent air or I should not bare the strength to finish these menial and even rile tasks which no man can escape If he la a practical leader In the practical activities of practical life. CHAPTER XVITT. A Dangerous Pause. f took train for my friend Sandys' country place near Cleveland, forbidding Woodruff of Bnrbank or my secretaries to communicate with me. Sandys had no interest in politics his fortune was in real estate, and, therefore, did not tempt or force him Into relations with political machines. Early in the morning after my arrival I got away from the others and, with a stag-hound who remembered xn with favor from my past visit, at ruck into woods that had never been despoiled man. As I tramped on and on, my mind seemed to revive, and I tried to take up the plots and schemes that had been alUmportant yesterday. But I could not, Instead, as any sane man must when he and nature are alone and face to face, I fell to marveling that I could burn up myself, the best of me, the best years of my one life, in such a fever of folly and fraud as this political career f mine. I seemed to be- in a lucid Interval between paroxysms of insanity. 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mare. I shrank from passing from this mood of wakefulness and reason back into the unreal realities of what bad for years been my all-in-all. I wandered hour after hour, sometimes imagining that I was flying from the life I loathed, again that somewhere in those cool, green, golden-lighted mazes I should find my lost youth, and her. For, how could I think of it without thinking ot her also? It had been lighted by her; it had gone with her; it lived in memory, illumined by her. The beautiful, beautiful world-that-ought-to-be! The hideous! the horrible world that is! I did not return to the house until almost dinner-time. "I have to go away to-morrow morning," I announced after dinner. For I felt that, if I did not fly at 'once, I should lose all heart for the task which must be finished. "Why," protested Sandys, "you came to stay until we all started with you for St. Louis." . "I must go," I repeated. I did not care to invent an excuse; I could not give the reason. Had I followed my Impulse, I should have gone at once, that night. By noon the next day" I had again thrown myself into the vexed political ocean whose incessant buffetings give the swimmers small chance to think of anything beyond the next oncoming wave.

CHAPTER XIX. David Sent Out Against Goliath. I was almost master of myself again when, a week later, I got aboard the car in which Carlotta and I were taking our friends to look on at the oppo sition's convention at St. Louis. When we arrived. I went at once to confer with Merriweather in a room at the Southern hotel which no one knew he had. "Simpson has under, rather than over, 500 delegates." was his first item of good news. "It takes 650 to nominate. As his sort of boom always musters its greatest strength on the first ballot, I'm putting my "money two to one against him." "And Scarborough?" I asked, wondering at my indifference to this foreshadowing of triumph. "My men talk him to every incoming delegation. It'swell known that he don't want the nomination and has forbidden his friends to vote for him and has pledged them to work against him. Then, too, the bosses and the boys don't like him to put it mildly. But I think we're making every one feel he's the only man' they can put up, with a chance to beat Burbank." My wife and our friends and I dined at the Southern that night. As we were about to leave, the streets began to fill. And presently through the close-packed masses came at a walk an open carriage the stormcenter of a roar that almost drowned the music of the four or five bands. The electric lights made the scene bright as day. 'Who is he?" asked the woman at my side Mrs. Sandys. She was looking at the man in that carriage there were four, but there was no mistaking him. He was seated, was giving not the slightest heed la the cheering throng. His soft black hat was pulled well down oter his brows; his handsome profile wo? stern, his face pale. If that crowd had been hurling curses at him and preparing to tear him limb from limb he wduld not have looked different. He was smooth-shaven, which made him seem younger than I knew him to bo. And over him was the glamour of the world-that-ought-to-be in which he lived and had the power to compel others to live as long as they were under the spell of his personality. "That," I replied to Mrs. Sandys, "Is Senator Scarborough of Indiana. "What's he so stern about?." j "I'm sure I don't know perhaps to i hide his Joy." But I did know, and my remark wae the impulsive fling of envy. He had found out, several weeks before, what a strong undercurrent was running toward him. He was faced by a dilemma if he did not go to the con vention It would be said that he har' 3tayed away deliberately, and h would be nominated; if he went, tr try to prevent his nomination, th' 3nthnslaem of his admirers and to' owers would give the excuse for fore ng the nomination upon him- An xs he sat there, with that, emincu umult about him, he was reallz'n iow hard his task was to be. His companions pushed him a pas ige through the crowds on the sid valk and in the lobby, and he s'av iim3elf away in the upper part of tfc iOtel. When we left, half an hou !ater, the people were packed befcr that face of the hotel which displayed the banner of the Indiana delegation were cheering Scarborough, were clamoring in vain for him to show himself. "But won't he offend them?" asked my wife. "A crowd loves like a woman. said I. "Indifference only excites it." "Oh, I never loved that way," protested Mrs. Sandys. "Then," said my wife, rather sourly I thought, "yon and Mr. Sandys have something to live for. And bo we talked no more politic. There may be American women who really like to talk politics, but I never happened to know one with so little sense. It's a pity we men do not imitate our women more closely ia one respect. In season and out of season, they neter talk anything hot businesswoman's one business. When other things are being discussed, they listen, or rather, pretend to listen; in

lucwcas, ua now they suait0 concrivt to bring it back into the conversation with advanfrge to themselves. Xext day Jhe convention adopted a wishy-washy platform much like Burbank's if anything, weaker. I saw Goodrich's biight upon It But the victory cost him dear. That night the delegates realized what a blander they had made or thought they realized it after Merriweather and his staff had circulated among them. Few of them had been trusted by Beckett with the secret that, with that platform and with Simpson as the nominee their party would have the interests behind it, would almost certainly win. They only saw ahead a dull campaign, and no real issue between the parties, and their candidate, if he was Simpson, much the less attractive personality of the two. The following morning the voting began; and after seven balots Simpson had 39 votes less than on the first ballot. "It was like a funeral." was the verdict of my disappointed guests that evening., A night of debate and gloom among the politicians and other delegates, and on the opening ballot Merriweather sprung his trap. The first big doubtful state in the alphabetical list of states is Illinois. When the Secretary of the convention called for Illinois vote, it was cast solidly for Scarborough. There was straightway pandemonium. It was half an hour before any one could get a hearing. Then Indiana was called, and Pierson, attorney general of that state and chairman of its delegation, cast its vote as in the other ballots, for Hltchens, its governor. From my box I was watching Scarborough and his immediate friends going from delegation to del

egation, and I knsw what he was about. When Iowa was called and cast its vote solidly for him, I knew he had failed. "How white he Is!" said Mrs. Sandys, who was looking at him through opera-glasses. I borrowed them and saw that his gaze was fixed on a box on the other side of the huge auditorium, on a woman in that box I had only to look at her to see which woman. She was beautiful of that type of charm which the French sum up in the phrase "the woman of 30." I have heard crowds bellow too often to be moved by it though the 20.000 or 30,000 gathered under that roof were outdoing the cannonade of any thunderstorm. But that woman's look in response to Scar borough's there was sympathy and understanding it it, and more, infi nitely more. He had been crushed for the moment and I understand enough of his situation to understand what a blow to all his plans this untimely apparent triumph was. She was showing that she, too, felt the blow. but she was also sending a message of courage to him one of those messages that transcend words, like music, like the perfumes of flowers and fields, like that which fills us as we look straight up into a clear night sky. I lowered the glasses and looked away I could not bear it. For the moment I hated him hated myself for it. I heard Carlotta asking a woman in the box next ours the name' of "the woman with the white plume in the big black hat in the 'seventh box on the other side." "Airs. Scarborough," r was the answer. "Oh, is that she?" exclaimed Mrs. Sandys, almost snatching her glasses from me in her eagerness. "You know who she was John Dumont'a widow you remember him? She must bar been an uncommon person to have attracted two such men." Bat Scarborough was nominated now. Ho wared as!da those who tried to take him up and bear him to the platform. He walked down the aisle alone and ascended amid a tense silence; he stood looking calmly out HI face had lost its whiteness of a few minutes before. Aa he stood there, big and still, a sort of embodi ment of fearlessness, I wondered and I fancy many others were won dering whether he was about to re fuse the nomination. But an in stant's thought drove the wild notion from my mind. He could not strike that deadly blow at his party. "Fellow delegates," said he a clear er, more musical voice than his I have never heard "I thank you for this honor. As you know, I opposed the platform you saw fit to adopt. I have nothing to retract. I do not like it. But after all, a candidate must be Lis own platform. And I bring my public record as proof of ray pledge that " he paused and the silence was tremendous. He went on, each word distinct and by itself "if I am elected a long pause "I shall obey the constitution" another pause "I shall enforce the laws!" He was descending the aisle before the silence was broken a feeble, rippling applanse, significant of disappointment at what seemed an anticlimax. He had merely repeated in condensed form the oath of office which a president takes at his inauguration. But somehow- no doubt, it was the magic of his voice and his manner and superb presence those simple words kept on ringing; and all at once full half a minute must have elapsed, a long time in euch circumstances all at once the enormous meaning of the two phrases boomed into the brains of those thousands: If this man Is elected, there will be a president without fear or favor, and he will really obey the constitution, will really enforce the laws! That little speech, though only a repetition of an oath embodied in our enturyold supreme law, was a firebrand to light the torch of revolution, of revolution back toward what the republic used to be before differences of wealth divided its people into upper middle and lower classes before enthroned corporate combinations made equality before the law a mockery, before the development of our vast material resources restored to the Intelligent and energetic few their power over the careless and purposeless many. CTo Be Ctiitinuod.) It virtues have been established fuT many years, Mil thousands of people have been ltfade happy by talcing HoIIister's Rocky Mountain Tea. cents. Tea or Tablets. A. G. Luken & Co.

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Theatrical Calendar. GENNETT, Week of April 1 Repertoire. April 11 "The time, the Place and the Girl.' PHILLIPS. Week of April 1 Repertoire. THE THEATOR1UM. Entire Week Motion pictures and illustrated Songs. Repertoire at the Gennett. Tonight the North Brothers company will conclude a highly successful engagement at the Gennett. The final offering will be "The Girl Detective' Repertoire at the Phillips. One week as an experiment has convinced Manager Murray of the Xew Phillips that his innovation in the way of a stock company, playing two bills a week with vaudeville feature's attached, at popular prices, is a popular one and he has determined to continue the same plan the coming week. Ethel Desmond and her company have demonstrated their ability as clever entertainers. On Monday, Tuesday ,-fnd Wednesday, both afternoon and night, they will present "A Life for a Life" and on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, "What a Girl Will do." Prices remain the same as for vaudeville except that in the evenings a few seats are sold at twenty cents. The box office opens every day at 10 o'clock to accommodate those who

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NEW PARIS ORGANIZES PROGRESSIVE LEAGUE First Work Is to Provide for a New Depot. PETITION TO PANHANDLE. New Paris, O., April G. The New Paris Progressive association wa3 organized at a citizen's meeting in the township house Friday evening.. There were twenty-one present. C. W. Bloom was made president; C. E. Samuels, clerk and Dr. Lyne treasurer of the association. The important ob ject of this association is to work for an erection of a new passenger station. A memorial was prepared and sent to the superintendent of the Pennsylva nia R. R. The sum and substance of the petition was a plea for a new depot. The old station has stood for a half century and is in a dilapidated condi tion. A reply to this memorial will be anx iously awaited for by the cftlzens of the town, and it is very much hoped that it will be favorable. GOOD NEWS TO WOMEN. FATHER WIIXIAM'S INDIAN TEA Nature's Remedy, is becoming the nost popular Female Remedy in use Pale, Weak, Nervous, Delicate omen suffering from those weak lesses and diseases peculiar to their sex, will find in Father William's In dian Tea a wonderful TONIC and REGULATOR. It quiets the Nerves puts on flesh, gives strength and elasticity to the step, brightens the yes, clears the complexion and makes ytru veil and strong again. Tea or Tablets, 20 cents. A. G. Luken & Co., Richmond.

wish to secure reserved seats. Changes will be made in the" specialties next week. Tonight the final ierformance pi "A Broken Heart" will be presented. Bankers and Brokers. "Bankers & Brokers," the rollicking comedy which will hold the boards at the Gennett, April 16, is said to be as bright and attractive as the lithographs which herald its appearance at this cozy theatre. It is one of those clever devices of humorous complications which keeps the audience iu continuous roars of laughter and the busy people on the stage do not lose a single moment in contributing good clean fun. The comedy serves to introduce Yorke and Adams iu their drolleries and they are supported by a big company of sterling merit, including Jack Vincent, Bertha Darel, Eibert Hall, Dorothy Brenner, Eva Mull. Joseph Milton, Lanier DeWolff, Frank Bassett, Carrie Cooper, The Colonial Quartet, The famous Pony Ballet and the singing and dancing chorus of twenty all from beautyland. "The Time, the Place and the Girl." "The Time, the Place and the Girl," the newest creation of Will H. Hough. Frank R. Adams and Jos. E. Howard, will make its first appearance in this city at the Gennett on Thursday night. April 11. Xed Wayburn, who staged the piece, has introduced many novelties, and the "Dixie" number is an eye-opener. The scene is laid in the mountains of Virginia. There are three acts of refined comedy with numerous popular musical numbers.

NEARLY ft MONTH EARLY Fruit Trees Have Bloomed Away Ahead of Time. A LOCAL RECORD KEPT. Walter RatlifL who is voluntary observer for the United States department of pomology in this city, and who keeps an accurate record of the bloomings, maturings and the keeping quali fies of the different fruits, stated that j the fruit trees have bloomed twentyeight days earlier this year than last jyear and just eighteen days earlier than in lfMX". The vegetation this year is advanced at least three weeks over that of either of the two years. The record is a very interesting one. Yellow Clothes Are Unsightly. Keep them white with Red Cross Ball Blue. All grocers sell large 2 oz. package, only 5 cents. CROSS COUNTRY RUNS. Orvil Brunson Gives the Garfield Boys Some Exercise. Orvil Brunson, teacher at the Garj field school, took Use boys of the gym'nastic class on cross country runs this week. All enjoyed the experience very much, even if some sore muscles were reported the following day. Hartsor Water. A Scotch port has an ingenious station for signaling to incoming and outgoing vessels the depth of water in the fairway. A mast on top of a small rectangular building ha3 a vertical cable on either side, one carrying four large balls at specific distances, the other three. Each ball represents a foot of water, and it is raised and lowered on the cable by a float in the harbor connected to gearing in the signal hoane. At Wgh tide all seven balls are visible, but as the tide falls one by one the balls disappear. At night a system of powerful lights in the face of tbe- building is used- These light are automatically turned on and off at the correct time. LMmdee Advertiser.

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