Show I Defeated but Winners By II IRVING i KING ING t JT IT WAS W. election time and there wasu wa was u 11 triangular contest on Thre e sep sex aratt- aratt nominations had hall he been n ramie made lou foi r o of tire time Jc legislature frt in in th S Sixty ninth t d district Tine The machine hall hail nominated lIon Hon Juelson to succeed Tire Tine other othel party l had d nominated Kosco Varnum an and th tIne the Citizens Citizens' party party party-a art a a reform move move- m mint nt haI had nominated Miss Lauru Laura When Roscoe Posco Varnum heard that Latin Eldr Eldred d was us going to run ruu for office f lie He- was shocked Laura Lanra and amid he lie mad hall been Intimate Intimate- f for some time Rut nut wa was as decidedly mid mid- VI Victorian irm II his lila Ideas Ideas- for 11 the woman In politics I he he- Im had imd m my I He e put on oa his hat lint and md hurried right oe over to th the 1 Eldred house bursting In In- Inon on en Laura In both sorrow 1 and ami anger He begged he lie commanded her to withdraw her aniline nama from flOm the the- thet t ticket ticket- u Laura cried Withdraw at this st stage e of ot tine the game ame and leave the party parry in Ih the run lurch No No- Indeed I Int intend nd to go through with this 18 tiring and and what's more r I Intern Intend to tobe be be- elected Perhaps Perhaps' you yoa- think my withdrawal withdrawal with with- would make tJUI ur own election more mOle probable probable tb ib that Hint the the- l Well Well Im I'm not flat In ln a self sac mood today B Beside sl r I am aIX embarked in iii a ii holy cause the d 4 dold old parties ought to be defeated be d atel and you know It IL Bosh said Roscoe most impolitely impolite impolite- ly They Tiney nrc only use ot you to catch the tine woman vote ote hAnd Anti they tiney only nominated dl yoU because be because cause you OU are rich and amid they want t tuse to- to use your our mone money retorted retorted- Laura Laura- And with these few kind words the they parted each tach one determined to g p through h with the tine matter in spite of ot 1 everything But they cooled of ore off pretty pretty pretty pret pret- ty rapidly i when they came to think things over o Oh thought Laura Eaura f r wish I had hall never meddled with pot pot- I cant can't run un against Roscoe Roscoe-ami and aud defeat him him him-as as I know ow I shall um ami spoil poll all aU his political prospects He lit HeIs Is much better fitted for tor the l legislature legisla 1 ture than titan I am ann And Roscoe thought How Ii In the name of all aU the furies C can 1 I nm run against Laura The Time machine Is is- isalt alt all cracked to pieces The Tine contest will wiit I he be between Laura and nd m myself and anel there is not tho the slightest doubt but that I 1 w will ll defeat her But sh she would never forgive me and I 1 think more of or Laura Eldred titan than of ot all nil the time la the seu seats in existence So Roscoe Hoscoe sat down and wrote a aletter aletter aletter letter to Laura withdraw withdraw- offering to and ana Laura Lama sat down down and wrote a letter let let- tar ter to Roscoe of ot like tenor And tIme the messen messenger el boy bearing Roscoe's letter to Laura Lauru met the tine messenger boy bearIng bearing bear bear- ing lag Lauras Laura's letter to Roscoe anti and stopped tto to to shoot craps with him hun before before before be be- fore resuming his march murch How dear she sine is thought Roscoe Roscoe- when he lie read Lauras Laura's note Of or course I 1 wont won't think of ot his sacrificing ing lag himself How dear ulear she is thought Roscoe I when he be read Lauras Laura's note Of course course I wont won't let the tine dear lIcar girl do anything of the sort The managers of oe the tine Citizens' Citizens party nn and the tine other party got wind of what was going on to arms One set of or managers descended Roscoe and the other set of ot managers descended upon Laura Laura and and the way the they the talked was withering and aind a When Roscoe's managers had mad departed de de- he- he parted he went over ove to see Laura and found her lien in inn tears teals Her managers had Just gone Oh dear sobbed d Laura I am afraid we will have to see I It t through I am ann afraid we will wm replied Roscoe Roscoe Roscoe Ros Ros- hasn't coe dolefully The machine the ghost of ot a show one onne one o of us L Is 11 bound to be elected elected and and what does It matter an anyway you or I we w we both are fighting for tor civic righteousness And Arid wen well make It a campaign added Laura with a 11 laugh The rhe scene o of this story Is Is- Isa a small town On election night the tine returns were Vere read In un the tine town ball hall Roscoe and Laura and the tine lIon Hon Ju Judson son were there to hear henr them theta They came In Ia slowly at first from the voting dis dIs- FI First t Laura would be ahead and then Roscoe Roscoe- the machine votes votes- were scattering At last Jast however the returns returns returns' reull really began to arrive And when they the did lid Laura Lauro and Roscoe disappeared as factors In the election Never In Its history had bad the machine machine- ha had such an overwhelming o victory Roscoe gave hl his arm ann to Laura and they tIley went up Ul to where the Hon llon Judon Judson Jud- Jud son on stood surrounded by His satellites arid and congratulated him Jalm upon his el elec elee- tion Thanks said the non lIon Jud Jud- son Rather expected It rather er- er it It IL Then Laura Lauro and Roscoe left the boll bull nn Roscoe nosco walked home with Laura There Thero was silence for tor a a. while and then ns as they approached the Jie Eldred house mouse Roscoe said suld H I Iam 1 am afraid I 1 am urn not cut out for tor a n politician And I have come como h to the same conclusion conclusion con con- elusion wila viLi regard l' l to myself said suId Laurl aura Still tIlI It If we 1111 run yun on the ticket ticket- Suppose Suppo e we do tie said Roscoe front from now on fin until death do us part J I II 1 think we would b be he winners replied re re- plied Laura with an hysterical little h jiggle giggle which smothered with a i u kiss 1 |