Show Newlands Cams Away Some evidence of Shermans preoccupation preoccu-pation had recent exhibition when Newlands of Nevada called to make a play for a consulship for which it seems a constituent was suffering it was the day Vorhees died Newlands and Sherman shook hands That was sad news quoth Sherman Sher-man with a look full of the sympathetic sympa-thetic yet far away That was very sad about Newlands dying What said Newlands a bit disconcerted dis-concerted to be thus suddenly thrust into Summerland Newlands Newlands repeated Sherman in tones of vague official grief the nevj of Newlands death He was a worthy senator You mean Senator Voorhees corrected cor-rected Newlands No Newlands repeated Sherman still vague yet still tenaslous New lands came away He did not press for a consulship Newlands said that to be thus cut down like a flower was too much for him Nor did he think the administration would heed a cry from the tombs in disposing of consulships So Newlands filed sadly forth and was dumb opening not his mouth further Now of course we all understand how Sherman makes these mistakes touching men and things Sherman has risen high He is like unto a man gone aloft in a balloon Alfred Henry Lewis in New York Journal |