TL wn --- -- - -- © it has come--wiibout warned guiltless of any tactical binnders, that Tog" Mr. Ellerby said. o Ellerby, despsunk 66 \---- =a knotted keen Llack eyes, wan cininousls gilent. Their son bad jost | informed them of bis engagement toa ¥irl whislly usknown 16 chair on the opposite kide of}. the berth, his whit brows in was running his 'skin' game of policy beja breath taking loveliness that early generation, all tangle over Wisi was as sccire as the mest white souled spring morning She THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1612. BALANCE * wv - > pl bn pe ge me a-- {has newer yeu entrenched bimiself iu a pir in bis|¥ition from which be could be dislodg=i. filled ber. bas never made a move without knowing have acquired' something of the digni'y. was in her. its ultimate end. In all the years he saint in town. wonder that ! Is it any up. his back stairs for advice? The {mouths that comld talk loudest are most them, but possessed, according to his Tr | effectually stopped." vid Insisténce, of the combined virtues avd "Eiht surely there is some way to reach' room as repressed and lofty in tove 88% yloue iviake. graces of any Half dozens young women ot? He had taken for granted their happiness in hiv happiness their acquaintance. and bad gone whistling blithely off to bed. "If she is only half that he believes ker!" his mother anxiously exclaimed. Both she and Ellerby, as well as the! = fife old Dbouse in which they dwelt so pridefully, bore every testimonial to the deliberately fastidious system wherehy they had arranged their lives, That they should be expected thus suddenly to 'de- part from their fixed habits and swing wide all the doots of their beprts and of the old house alike to a complete stranger, whio came 'withont Nepald or credential, was staggefing. Bilerby arose and, leaning against the mantel, looked at his wife as if taking the measures of her invninerability. "Cella Kerr," she murmured, "It isu pleasant enough name." "Does it occur to you to connect her with the notorious 'Policy' Kerr?" he asked, his voice tense, o'She ls bis daughter," The dignifiéd room and the ball, stately woman Seemed to protest together, ln.A moment of violent silence. "Dick doesn't know this," Ellerby bast: etied, "Few do, 'To Kis suburban neigh: bors John Ames Kerr ia, no doubt, a mod- est and exemplary citisen, bearing no con- nection whateyer with the former kingpin gambler, :1 stumbled: upon lis 'secrat by the 'merest chance. He threw over Dis policy shops several years ago--he certaia- iy didn't "need Any more money--and the protection of one administration after an: other 'bas given him a knowledge that makes him an aden fores ina affairs. But'hls downtown life Je"wthunder cover. Diek' oou/d know nothing of that." "To ease make it + thinkable !™ abe breetbed; quivering unde? the severest blow life had yet dealt her, "We will do what we ean," he com- forted, "buf I'm afraid it will be hard to make the boy ste that he ought to give her wp." ' " ) "Give ber up! Did you ever koow an Ellerby to give up the woman be loved? We need not Waste time with Dick. You must deal directly with this man Kerr. Let him anderstand that he must get the girl out the way. If she could go abroad forla year or two it might be weil You will know how to arrange it" she with a boundless faith in his ability to anything she wished, a faith built on the solid foundation of his financial and political success. In cil their years to- gether he had never failed her, and the steaming ease with which he got for her all that she demanded had fostered her belief that no problem of ber patrician life was beyond his power of solution. at expect too much of me, Isabel," "Kerr isg't an easy man tof he riplied, * handle. They say he has been abaglately EMORY for faces! Well, James KE. Wateon, of. Indiana, whe led the Taft forces at the Re: publican Convention in Chicago! © bas a wonderful system that wakes bim automatically salute men; women and children, no. matter how, , fang age he met' them, Hore is the. sey eret of his successful feats of friendly 'Yecellection aid bare. It did't take that army of one thou: sand delegates long to brome atqiininted with the tall, long haired; sweeping fig- ure chosen to Jend the cohorts of the Pros: ident wher he went among them calling 14a night. their Christian names, Es a 1 na ing them with some a sugges-| tive of the State they . moment (his commanding looking ma was "dobitched" and taraed loose that crowded pasture of humanity he began to romp our TR PLATE Tat risky colt. Right and/left shot "his long anes, in " ny red: cee. fiber walk: re mar ures He, saw that ¢ is Lame whe yl) ras sano Not so i morning, ns inp? she cried, moving!y. how hie has kept his tracks covered. Why. | #Alcipal affairs and the men back of them. he had an daughter. He bas kep ahroad most of her life. it seems. -- her! "| ..» www be! "I'l do what 1 can, but you've no iiea; He ini "Mine?" She Repeated Bewilderedlye in at the gate among the birches and the brown bodied maples the charm of it all The whole place seemed to of the great ivees themselves. It was of "He has bad the sense to leave ft all menu who are clear above his world sueak' to a god arc hftect and an equally good grandchild of landscape man." she said to herself. "And an excellent interior decorator." she men- t€lly added as she entered a drawing her own. \ A servant appeared after just am in' stant and asked if she would go alrs that her mistress had suffered a slightly! stairs, Mrs. Ellerhy fol lowed th re maid rather, -- said to idolize her. - If Dick spells happi- ness to her I'm afraid"'---- He stopped with grim significance. ,"Can you let yourself think of.his blood mingling with ours?' she famed, looking at him through an angry mist, "of his breed 'overrunning this house of your fathers?" HS sank deeper than ever into his chair. To him, as to her, such a mar riage seemed monstrous. ° Versed from childhood in all the ways which bear on 'gentle living, anything forbidding was lextromely distasteful to him, and this pro- posed union of his son with the daughter of one of the most notorious men in town burned into his heart and his pride alike. Yet, masterful as be was in all his rela- tionships of life, bis attjtude suggested a curious bhall-helplessness, a conviction of disaster. "I'll see him to-morrow," he sald, wearily. "Suppose," she suggested Sastiligly; "that I go to the girl instead? It way be more essily managed in that way. And if 1 fail, you can deal with him." In the end it was agreed betweey them. She found "Policy" Kerr's residence with some difficulty. It lay a half morn' ing's journey from her own door in a suburb whose quiet but distinctive beauty surprised her almost as much ss the ay of 'his bouse itself. As she weat name and something about this Joaden Mr. James EK, Watson. | "Onir dim" they ell hin in Rushville, ! Ind, from which 'he bails. } 1 "Hello, hire, Buckéye Bill!" he Wtuld {shout over the heads of a delegation. "Look like you didn't have a wink of sicep By George, | conldn't get a wy. Made a dicker with a | chaufieur. (hoRgh, AUT slept in a lasicdh ontside the hotel. Sated mones at that.' even if the dieter did fy around ata two forty clip." - i Immediately be had the atteution of {avery ome in his heaniug., -A8 - tril) | but one of the "aris of Teadershi -- "How are you, Colonel? * he W would ask, hrowing his long arms around the neéek| silver haired and bearded veieran roms Odanecticut." "Saw yoo last night in' the hotel. Remarkad toa iriend how much; you looked like ney friend "Uncle Joe' Can Xou'd make u great pair, ou fel: +iwould." i With. ew wed Tike remarks ie won p and support" glad 'than otherwise of the opportunity} to see the girl in her own room, for, she argued, nothing so faithfully. portrays a! woman as the room in'which she lives, for the most partalene, The band of the decorator cannot obliterate her there. Oelia Kerr lay in a wicker chair by an open French window. * Beyond her on the balcony was a potted oleander; its exact pink repeated in the creamy smooth- vess of her cheeks. white morning gown, and wrists and' hands were without jewels. She was) very, very pretty, but vot at all with, the; hard, cheap prettiness which her visitor | had confidehtly expected. p A sudden throb of pain for her startled Mrs. Ellerby. "My son has told me." she mid, going forward, her hand extended. "I came at once" Celia Kerr met the mowent charming! ly. She was neither restrained nor in the slightest degree awkward, but win- ningly girlish. And what most surprised Mrs. Ellerby was the perfectly natural way in which she took her for granted as if no single minute of anxiety had troubled her as fo Dick's mother's ap) proval of the engagement. Was it possible that she did not know, herself as "Policy" not. She wore a criap | She looked at the superb, clean paitt,! clear eyed young creature in veiled amaze- wea! flow that would go on frem geperation to contamindtingly. Her | monilset resolutely over the ache in per! 'throat. She had no intention that' aay, hers shonid feel that torgid, {Yoinen in its veins. "I wouder," the girl was saying ip softest. preftiest voice, with a little trem: "if you ean have the least ou means to 3 the, 'idea of what the thought of ¥ me? You see. there have only and we. Just ns two--and mother's pict. in 'spite of all my 'acquaintance with mu' te Miss Kerr's sittiog room. explaining jure." stretching out' a band to the minia- Wit {tare on the table beside her. " But there 1 never learned till a short time age that sprained ankle and was forbidden the! has never been mother since 1 can remem: ber. And pow you eowe. You and Dick.| "ip ve alwars had sach a splendid father: I {haven't felt the least need. naturally, for! janother. Rut, of course, I'm going to like {him tremendonsly. Dick has told me so 'ninch about him." Mrs, Ellerby was apparently an entirely serene figure a4 she sat there in her soft i gray gown, 'a sprig of lilge in its folds, bot in reality her heart was doing most {unheard of things in her ordinarily tran- | quil breast. ! "So now you see," Celia went a smile that dug straight inte the soul of "how I lie bere and treasure the idea on, with her, {of you. + Quite without meaning to or knowing, that sbe was going to do it, Isabel Ellerby i found herself reaching for the slim youug band. Aud how could she help it. she de-| manded later of herself, when the child "fixed her with such hungry, Fite 'eyes? | She did not know what else was said nor} { Oh, and of course. Mr. Ellery. too. Only One big band swept his brow for ad instant, and as it lowered he looked at Nature bad hidden the blood that her: not with the anger she bad expected, (pu in Bat it was there, a poljuted 'but with 4 simplicity tbat surprised ber. {bas "Aren't you forgetting the alcbhemy™ of love ¥* he asked, "Love ®lways bas the wos. of It with shame." sie declared unBinchingly. = Noth: Ing but misery colild come of such a vulon. Do you think my sen would cherish yoor| 'daughter once-he kmew she was Four. :idaughter?" "If he's half the man I think him he wonld cherish Lew just that mpch, more. been daddy, 'It, is the afflicted child tbe mother loves, Lest---the one life hasn't played quite fale! b." he reminded her. "You are willing to risk more than L ere is nothing for it, lulleve me, but take ber away until they forget" "Yon make it sound very easy, ma'am," be observed grimly. "T don't pretend they will 20t be hurt. but time will hea! the wounds ape in the end each will be happy with s St mate | There is absolutely no correspondence be- tween them, as you mast recognize. Mar to riage to-day must medn a completeness of union. It must mean uplift---and rmce hetserment," flooded with color. "Marriage nowadays means shout what | it always has and always will, 1 take it-- f home and sheller and a place to rst in" ' He arose and moved over to the window hands thrust into his pockets, eyes deeply grave. bow she finally got away, bup-as-she went .. the sunlight kept making and unmaking | before her harassed eves the picture of the | . girl's face, while bhér heart was whipped | by the wishful melody of the young voice "I must go to her father!" she stam-| {mered to herselt in goaded haste, some i subtle sense teiling her it would be better i for her to see Kerr than: to send her hus-| { band. "1¢ would have been impossible to] | hort her." A strangling feeling of Joatbing for he her as he received her an hour| {man was on later in his private office. periousness which so distinguished her; was marked in her as she faced him. | He was greal bodied, of solid bone and! { muscle, grim about the mouth and gray about the narrow eyes. Li'e had taught] him nothing so impressively as she had| taught him wariness. so that. finding him- self confronted by Mrs. Kllerby, he merely awaited the purpose of her visit | "If your daughter bas informed you of | per engagement to my son, there can be! po doubt in your wind as ro what brings) me Lere, Mr. Kerr," she sald at once, "1! lam sure you agree with we that it were] folly to permit them to conjinue to con template such a marriage." A vein began to beat in his tewple, but! otherwise he showed no sign of agitation! or resentment. Placing ber a chair he! seated himself in the one before his des«| aud resting his elbows on the arms of it be | put the tips of his blunt fingers agains: each other, studying them rather than her face. "You will have to explain fo me whe ou as der it folly, Mrs. Ellerby," he' suggested. "You cannot wish me to put !ate words [an the hateful facts of the case!" she) cried incredulously. "lt is enough (o re Kerr's daughter? Mra! {mind you that there are bloods that win' through lea Ellerby was soon convinced that she did not mix minerals that will not amalga- rious. mate I" All' the im-|. "10%\ better to speak plainly," he said iu his brusque way. "1 am mv doubt as bad as you think we, Mrs. Ellerby. | can't hope to change your opinion of me, por shail 1 try. 1 began life. like most men. with sincere Tntentions. Then J got stirred the pace: abont we, and 1 did j what Sthere: were doing 1 did it mor crudeir. perhaps. At say vate. while ,others no beiter and no worse than 1 come of censure. | became puto it may be | had less taste, doesn't matter now. - The fact 33 loss twet. It James. E. Watson and His Wonderful Animal Memory Hall of § she urged. her delicate face Celia Kerr Lay ina Wicker Chair. thing remains. I'm no! tryieg tel Ska had 1% sepsativii uf havieg heen excuse myself I'm frying to make theispradg «it ! of Bavivd teen gripped t that I am sot the only father who roughly by the rhrost, Br Lor evel cou jeopardized his child's bappiness by tinued to wider kis challengivg ones 'adopting questionable methods of getting, coolly. rich." t-~] paid vonr daughter a vieiti this Her hands sprang spar: ju,a gesture of morning. Mr. Keer That 1 toll her (impatience. * Her eyes were fall of} sobre, g my presihice' here argues, ut 1 "You must hear me out!" he urged, siall certainly do so nbloss ron spare "As 1 was going to say, when it comes hor and me the iftenselr painful of {to the question of blood, I've noticed deal" that, 'whether it be blue or ved. Karel "You weau 01?" he asked slowly, ran i8 If pretty much the sxme ingredi- {if Be thought the thisg hévand her ents. Justice 1s even handed" His oT niean exactly that™ she rehlisd voice broke unexpectedly and-he went] "Then youl force we. to use' brats! on with a gentler tone:-- For instance, | we Aone he bresthed heavily »] there flows in my daughter's veins the' ,vevild have spared vou it you Mad let sound. sweet blood of her mother. Surels ime. it's not my habit to striké a you may trust te hat" woman." He was looking toward bis desk, and] 'She faced Vim with the Ligh cartinge her glance, following. rested- om a dn lof ape whose prides aul prejudices are plicate of the picture she had seen upon of 106 deep root to be' uptore hy ear his daughter's The wholesdme, [passing storm, however Gercely Tt may fresh colored young face seemed 10! rage. jsmile at them reassuringly. the eyes as! "Yon need rot hesitate: she said very "satisfyingly clear and candid as the quietly, "1 am net alwid of any Liew eyes of the girl fon olin dea! me" 7 "You ask too much!" Mrs. Ellerby) He went to a safe in the garner of the cried poighantly. "The hasard is t00froom and. 'opening '8° swath "drawer, great. 1 am pleading for your dnaghter's | brovgi! forth a folded o'ip of paper, bats. happiness as well as my son's." : ing it ia his big Sagers. "Neither you nor I have anything te! "From the momeuvt (hat J Sesh saw do with that," he earuestly made an- your son and my daughter (ogether, Mrs "It lies wholly with them." Ellerby. 1 couldn't degbt haw things she demand-| would end with them. What I have dove was done with the thought of being pre pared for just this interview," he ex plained, moving toward her. a sow re Nictanee 'in his matiner. She. waited, a tewrh of curiosity in hey fine eyes. nothing more "This check which I have here" he be | gan, Yi the missing chapter in ihe trae tion deal now being probed. as you mus! know, by a special grand jury. Jt war written only a few month NEU! 'wher everytling secmed 'fafe"T Fhe oily "WAKE ened suddenly, you remember. with abso lutely .no warning. The men lo whom this is made payable dared not run the visk of getting it cashed snd were aba! to return it, demanding the attoal mones in its stead. - 1 bought i, The nes who sold themselves have received thelr mons the men who bought, (hem have ramchire. 1 hbld the Subek Only hs of whoni T bought if know where the check is. The bribers wonld give sev era] times its face value to gat it lpes The State's prosecutor has learned of ns existence and threatens to pat the man who signed 'it in the pemiténtiary--if he can find ont who he ix. The check iv yours to destroy ou the day that your son and my daughter marry. Mrs. Fllerhy" "Mine? she repeated bewilderediy. "What possible intgrast can | bars in ite fate?" J He opened it and, with that same slow reluctance, as if to the last he would have gpared her, held it bengath lier eyes. Her husband's name Samed up at her. He turned away. his rough hewn face distressed and very red. Unimaginative - as he was, he knew that, smiting her in her intrenched security, he ad wounded her soul, bruised it almost' beyoud the i healing ne In thai sharp moment be spoke simply, | out of lis regre! "and to see that| ygy.po Nagure gate ne alf preiid much thers concerned do exactly the same). the same kind of fathers, md'am." his hing. For twenty years, day and night, | glance touching is wife's plcuare and ! have been vigilant for my girl and her, then seeking her gallant, piteons face, ippiness. I'm pot going to 'fail ber! "pyr she didn't forget to give 53 mothers! ow. way be sure." ¥ So don't fret. There's nothing to feet If refuse 10 act I must," she! ghout. What's in sour boy's veins dnd in did, with a Jong breath. "They shall, the veins of my girl, runs in the blood of ot go blindfolded inte marriage. 1 will! 301i mankind. It's the same mixturg with sa back to sour daughter and tell her! | the same saving ingredients. They're got ie truth {théle chadee for happiness, for making good, and," his face softening inert 'Fm banking ou'them." of the wsiily, i as table. } SWer "What do you propose?" ed with Gnality "1 propose to do mothing whatever," @ To. w answered guielly, you you w "You know ber! wo _oried, You have seen her" Ie {It wus absolutely safe sod conld be de pended upey 10 voll ap the uses) plursi- ie for the ciection returns : Gowdy add Watton had an ides. The 'aext few Gaye nd Wighis found Watson i "brushing up" on his Usrman. He nem: orized a small speech {n [har language and later Tuited Stathe Sesator recalled a few ald German subgy he wag om Indiana. They were rivals at school at school. With a Webettietdian mgke op, suse beth were ackugwledged orators wooden shoes snd all. Weatsory sniernd the In the Es t6¢ Kedrog, -~ ralgliof] and Sezin ap earnest their graduations Watson onmps He condutted rromtuobild mee on out over Betoridge. Although asse- ings . wade speeches in places whete tied In mguy political battles in after they never had a political demonstration ars and both working for the cause of before. He told sheg how. thet saré being fe same party the name lacalii3.thaky-deiiuprasniel . at Wasirorton fwdesd never good friends.agaip of haviog a mag that wood for their Leaving school, Watson went iu for the Fights : bow rmoucy wal being wasied sw. He bad jest passed bis moejority #t the tapital. asd Bow ihe eouniry was Li be was seiocted #s a delegate to going 10 the dewnition bewnowd i gen . Stat Win ai di anapolis. eral. His work bore frait. He was elfcted here le came. under the wolice And won 19 Congress hy a narrow margin. Hefcre admiration of Johs K Gowdy, State the noxi campaign rolled rovd Waman alcfuni. who wis sfierward Consul and Gowdy sere instruments! lo bdving ienerat-to Paris for sight years. Gowdy the Rizth, or "Uid Burnt" distdicr gerry. weed Watson 10 move from Winches. magdered add wade salely "re fillitny r 16 Rushville, where Be promised to Wois:n was seit 0k 10 Léarwen from rishi "right under bis wing." Wat. 1590 to JWR shen be slepped av'lde 0b j om consented. Gowdy was a politicksnicome jie candidate for tioverner The {aif the type now sipost extinct. He be- present igcumbest. Goveroer Thomas, i eved dn such merbads 8 breaking inte! i Marshall, defearsd Bim i 10d) Toc tiom. { sighed, Marching Throvgs Georgia." pri. 48 Costes Warsch woos worms, the Pa like wa-tiel alr. whea teers win. af'! dower" of luge Jur evatidze f exceptions KR Grater a auitity Lie Cour 1 t ! * § h "obaae ase -p a Tass. Wikncrer Metin tiitroduend 10! register you iu his "memwry Ball" afre: : ody ar he la a Shia Shimerion; She Teper is the Howe over wid (his (aslion:-- grounded and. dates back souty years. His was an ardools lol sheowd Sver again in his wibd, iBvery man sug "Thompuon. Than pron, Twowpsou, iw atilf fo bis forties. but as an Of crganiaer resbaroeint, a ies 3 pun te something to hin. He day look: Thompson, Thompson. Tompson-- Chi and isasier has bad wide experi! liameurarian | whi a brillisnt oratef, be like another frivid, spine public man. cage Chicago. Chicagu--ewl, owl 'owl ence. For sore than six years be. wis! wie wall "Hiled for bis dnties. "Adide some: character i Setion or the daa, | owl Thompron: Chicago owl' ask:| the republican "whip" ia ihe lower house, frome (hese Assets Le had another qui or be may havea resemblance 10 some' Aod-iben fur the life of you you would of Congress. In that capacity be led hei Senjion-all lmportaut for leaders: Lu apimal This Way sousd far{eiched. noc be sible 10 uaderstaiid ow He calied republican forces in passing. many meas { politics be is ruadidered the peer of "good but Watson declares {t is so. * Some your same "gaht off rhe bat" when he me! hey were on hand wivera" It was this quality that recom: oven py peculiar lives of their fates 'of you in sold Olher GiLY a year of more lat ter. and In (heir seats voting when important: oreyded him' 10 the Talt foreen, of Ch! {formatibs of tisir beads sugzest to him: "1 sufely made an impression upon kim. on Questions were (v be decided. He was! enge. la for. "parrot, owl cow. deer dog or jy y to yourssll. Thew, i8 frath, the obliged 1 know some (hue in sliviuce' Ww alsou. possesses & remariable wom {what pot. 'To hima some men have eyes nl work" of Sa: ttery hus been dole. 'the wetifiment of the republican costin- ory. He says it is tbe result of experi | like ruts. loug necks like swaas, ears like! Watson Max tad 3 pictoresque career Pour gout on proposed bills. If be could not went 40d training. He seldous forgers|a Bonilla. and Bier "zoologieal atthi-| He was born io Winchester. 194. auld was ily. snvaghi strength in his oww ARP a vame: a face. To a friend beibotes™ If you ever wel this wan Wai: graduated trom De Pasw Usivessits Af Serntuget fou Bouponchesr 58 She, gue go Bow be remembers names son thee ia do ling that ht 438 WF clout Bu id {or ciatsmnte Alben J i eriliomd "Lis wide" was about to jose & point. Wars his ou proved an-apt yupit ander diy ager ships That is wo, be sill em, ars the old fasbinged ideas it presest day poli: ation for » _eouveption ang who w wag then tie Speaker. 4 wha birousn hig ToBednce Bat Te seconde "why of the Hou" Toor Weather fuderinraiic companiots veil toured the Foinlry No igtther in saliequest eempiiums Tot, tics, and by the exiue token they appearitifed rhe wawe polities! sabres < Coe Fao eas as effective sy ever they were. A t time the Sixth Congressional €& A where Mughville is sitoated, an; hopelessly democenties tiowdy bad Wat. | woh nobtinsted ou the republican (leket! for Congress, and they staried out oa » camphign (hat is history in Isdisna.' - Une toral inj the district, 8 German seitiement 'u fhe hills of tws coge-| ties, was "black" with democrats Tie hanilfnl of republicans there were + ellowed to go tv the polls to vere. The, détpecmiic campRiges managers sever thought of ciectivueering wu that see seetion. | v Jef tar off whol. 03 ove vetwsicn Lu i Joe" decicred Wao wis (he wow vie {quent 'man fo Wisbington in either bone, Since Lib de'enr for the Cioverrior ivi, Walston bas divide Bis Haw ory Lins law and Waring the (oumir) as a L apu- augue fectater 'Hé Wy the Wea] « frie: 'folk in Ru<drille and ia' vole | Therenke por oni esi tin a Svery Mw, TOMAS ant ob', Bo the uales of their Gos and © shige 13 13¢ Methodist choiv pu 'on tae "Sddie and plane And be ow sill 8 young gf