Show Be a e IThE i THE WO WOMAN A Novel Nove by ALBERT PAYSON TERHUNE I Founded on the Famous Play by WILLIAM WI C. C Cde d de e MILLE M I LLE X I 1 1912 The Menu Dobbs Co p ti CHAPTER III Continued if- if ii Are Are thiD things s still gome oin as ba badly IY with withe 4 e bill as when YO YOU wired me mc today hc he had bad asked ich an ti Vor cl the Ji latter And lId ien some What are politics coming i to anyhow T In lii the old d days s 's t the tho c game came w A man took his share antI ml no questions 7 1 But But the tUe bill bill biU said Faid Van Dyke I i 1 wen Well we ve tot got ot the tho house adjourned H without ut coming t to a vote otc T That's the ai bf t I can report At that I its it's 8 only t i adjourned till 10 0 o'clock elock toni tonight t. t All All ni night ht be sjon observed Grez And Ad A d 1 I hate at my nY desk The iTic r chairs arc so EO small and so hard hanl they thc If It things S coin goin I are arc so EO struck in Van Dyke Jim Blake Blako o to have bac foreseen tho trouble Ho lie d ought not to ha have havo haJet Jet the Mullins h bill JJ be reported from committee I 1 Oh Oh e returned we vc c had hae t the house cinc cinched when ed hen it W was S reported ti f Wod Vod have ha passed it bands handa down if we weco co J have jammed el i it t through h then thou But B t n now now wo w wo l may a as us well well stand up to were we're wre as good as 39 licked lacked So sneered Van an Dyke you youre ro en girin g up lip the tho ship hip like that thaU I We c o dont don't need to retorted l Noir leI eI Rs n. n The Tho 8 ships ship's ip's J giving Jing us ua up tip i 1 van vani an aG i i the thc salt talt water comin coming over O tho hp I raU If tho d at this prett pretty little liWe 1 bill of c ours Mr Jr Van Dyke w well we'll 11 all around in iii tho the drink 1 A A A. A year rear ago aRO mused Van Dyke I should hav have laughed at tt any man iwho who could IJ have hae prophesied such a I ai thin i i A car ao s-a s cl Gr Gregg t Stand ish eh hadn't got ot his bis insurgents so 10 well w in Hand And nd h what's ts t's a a alot lot more to o the tho point he didn't have the whole sheep i laced public behind him as a u ho has D. D now low lies lie's s 's tho greatest fi lighter fighter over ever And to think when the party elected him bim we c thought ll hed he'd d come in and ancl be he counted as 36 meek mEck as Moses l But But gentlemen urged Van Dyke impatiently f. f i. i this bill has to pass J w V Sure P It h has ll gloomily N Only Only it cant Unless some some- explodes Standish before it comes s. to a vote Oh Ob it its it's t tho people They're reform crazy erny Thoy dont don know what I the they wati want and aud nine 3 years ca s out of ten teni the they dent dout l w went nt anything cx except ept to top ty ule asleep i p 3 an and t 1 let lct let the r ri right ht hl crowd ha handle dle the country But wh when n a man JUke Standish 2 gets ts them thom to listen to him aim the they aU all wake wako up and yell oll for re re- form lormand and anci purity in as polities politics as hard a as asTi I Ti a baby Walla qualls for its ih bottle made raade him hm a Popular idol The people II scoffed M Van Yan Dyke They make nu au idol WoJ one o minute and andi L it the next neiL th tb the i Thata mt right t Gregg Ii but but bill will be cIt defeated before theY hev get et time to overturn o lalie my own n case caRe Im I'm as good an ar I man as an an my one It It'd d bo a lot JoL But to I me inc to Vote ote for lor the Mullins bill bilLS Tho The folks folk Out home aro arc I j Im watching mo mo like Jilt o cats at a nio mouSe o c hole hundreds of letters an and I t le from em over every day 0 o w happen to m me if I dont don't vote 1 with Standle against the tho o hi bill ri f yote for it I 1 l lose sc my job This 11 b be i. i I t ton n. n And of f good c old Wa hin a 3 lot of f the rest aro are in i the th I t tb Same boat They've v cot ot t to voto vote a aPa against t e. e bill or loan loso their i jobs jabs b The Theto arc are c. c h really reay seen seem 1 tob o c an fl I id a o ought to keep Orne sa say After all dd promie t them lot l a of s. s I Did wet u we NeIman V an We I n dt our look a cross cros I on o th the t ten r Ir fringed p ged wit pages paes of ims im's S 1 abt That's the trouble i. i e re f. f I d. d 1 is doing hi hie share bare of lung l D too OOIJ ob tho rv d dra ra Yan Dyke t people f CIU to tim eV CYOn D 3 now i w that Ih thes st to I I you II 1 ic flew new s fi bats bat's 8 wh olk JJ c belio abt ln new i If the Bible Biblo could b pun puno o on em am he nm as ae a 8 a a. twentieth tt nd the tho T century i te tepec l-l' l' 1 Dec pec da day would Standish he here Is 18 tho thi hp he a. a N tl 1 newest man And hes he's honest too top V Weve We've got ot to hand him hint that lb Ho is honest nJ somehow people fall IJ for honesty Its It's the best graft raft in in ln the whole ha hag bag Tha of his has caught the thc crowd What ho he says sas the tho crowd d believes es And And what the thc crowd believes be be- l j ieves tho the pap papers rs print See So the thc aft aft- either citler of y you p 1 Why b when I got Jot through read reading about m myself it was wis a nil all 1 J could do 10 to keep front from yelling Help Catch me and ancl run ruu me mc in in before I tear away from myself and commit a new batch hatch of crimes If If I l t know you yon s said aid Van lyke Dk coldly I I should sa say sax you had hadan nn acute attack of nervousness You VeIL ou Who Me fc rc Nervous Not T. T X Not ot a speck cl nervous Only scared scared ear d to a frazzle that's all Stan Standish ih has lias got ot us running so so fast st that theres there's 5 no stopping to think about bum bunt nerves H Ho He lands on u us everywhere everywhere every every- where till till till- I And A nd youve you've you youe e grown u ro too timid or too peaceful or or too awkward to hit back backi queried Van Is Dyke that it No uNo s said 1 11 not in the least st rual d lJ by th the tho affront in words and voice loice Jt It It isn't a question of that W V We can cant can't 1 find a it place place- to hit him TIc lies He's 8 solid to the thc core Not a soft spot on him bun In In the old days das reminisced Gregg sadly as lff he gorged or eJ a i f truly wondrous quantity of or loose chewing inC tobacco from front froma a t. tarnished nickel box In itt t the c old days it didn didn't t us rl to matter if a 1 aman m man u had a toft spot or not Wo We could lam h hint him m just the annie samo till he ha got ot ond But I dont don't know tow what's como coma over o the tho people people- They used usel to s whole every cry juicy story we weM etl 1 feed em Nowadays the storys story's got cot to he be beso so 80 true that it ti reads like ILko a book nook before they'll believe a word of ot it Every detail details t f got to be proved pro and all IJ garnished d with w-ith affidavits its before the public lI 11 pat eat at it or the thc papers dare print it And theres there's no such lIch story V. V we can get et on Mat Standish In the gool gooI old oM times wo we c could have ha made tho thop p public believe hod bod killed dUed hi hs grandmother grand grand- rand mother for thc the amalgam fillings s in her teeth wo Lo could make em be be- here i c today that thit hed he'd stayed at home from prayer r meeting e one ono rainy night ht when ho had pneumonia Lord LordI To think tic tho day dav has come tome when c campaign stones atones have havo gr cot ot t to bo he true Its It the churches r supplemented I eligan That 8 what's what 8 tucking ina us usall usall all across the tho board hoard Stano Standish Ish has got ot every parson and priest in A America rooting for fur him and t telling lIin their flocks flock what That a 1 splendid fellow he is and arid how bow he he's hes f purifying congress Why in iu a J Jot t of churches I hear they are pray pray- ing jag for him and against u us Say i it sure gets gete m my goat to be he prayed d against Makes mo mi feel kind of shivery cry like those chaps in Richelieu wh when 1 tho the theold old cardinal han hands s out hi his curse curso of Borne Jomn speech II Nonsense N lilU laughed hed Van Tau Dyke in contempt y Your r ol nerves nerves neI Nonsense is it it retorted an Maybe lI tho the the-the th one ouie who nho h ars all those prayers knows it isn't illint nonsense That's i what's l at s 's scaring me Van Dyke looked at him in cra crass s amazement t lu shifted uneasily in hi his seat eat and reddened shamefacedly If I wo o could lo Standish Standish's s 's pull with nith the Jho parsons he blustered to coter cover cot cov er cr his hi momentary weakness wed d h hayo ho yo o him hint against the ropes rope in ono one round n Now Nov you are arp sanity ap ap proved th the lawyer lawer That was wan lR just lust what 1 I wan waif waiting tn to suggest f t. t Well Wel Well we didn't wait ait for or you to suggest it it r retorted cli an Wo o arent aren't corporation l law w contortionists perhaps hut we weve we've 0 got cot ot a few grains of gray matter maUer left That's th the first ti stunt nt ne we tried W V Wo putt put good men men inca on th the ease case to look up Blandish Standish's record to record to find one br break ak that th we could hang hanc a aston astor stor ston oil ou Well Vell Well th their ir h fj seems scorns p to to ha have led Jed a 1 life that Would mako Saint Anthony Anthou and Sir Galahad and the Pil Pilgrim look Jook like a a bunch of Tenderloin You sure your men left nothing uncovered unco f Do think wed we'd overlook you on anything any thing when th the whole game gimo amo hangs on onit onit onit it 1 Do vat vou n suppose sUPPo o we dont don't know what nhat were we're U up 3 against 1 Vh Why Van VanDyke VanDyke Dyke if we lose 1050 this fight if fight if Standish and his crowd once got ot control of the hou house house they'll they e-they they'll II b begin Hin dig digging nJ up some some of the pleasant little ittle deals w we s 's i buried so 50 carefully And then a a. lot of of ofus us us' us will spend the rest of our lives in Eu Eu- rope Yes It'll bo ho first steamer to England n ana for the man higher higher- up p. p And first patrol na wagon on to jail for lor the thc man lower down ri right ht Van Dk Dyk supplemented supplemented supple supple- Gregg I. I Weve Wee We e been over Standish's Standish 5 record with a t. microscope Hes He's cost us enough to make tho the search m mighty careful Even if you dont don't C give Cc c cus us credit for or sense enoD enough h to probe the thc business you'll OU II b have e to allow that I Mark Robertson's no fool And Robertson Rob Rob- ertson moved heaven and ana hell hen to get et something something- on Stan Standish ish But be he cant Robertson's got rot more at stake than any of us If Standish licks him in in this fight and gets tho the hip it'll CORt cost cost- Mark Robertson moro more than mos most t people could understand Self respect and Iud ambition and future and and and- It sure will agreed Letb see see see-it it must bo ho clos cIos on five years now that Standish and aud Robertson Robert son have been heen at each others other's throats Five jears years years-no ears no no six sir Ever since ince Rob Rob- ertson ran for governor and Standish dUI dug up that smell franchise deal a against him Mm Robertson's had lund it in in for him ever since And nd now that Marks Mark's a candidate for the tho and Stan Standish ih is bossing boosing tho the insurgents insurgents- cc gee They'll make tho the Kilkenny cats l look ook like a Methodist ay school Ii PH have havo a pleasant time explaining this business to Wa Wall Vall street muttered Van Dyke They hey still think everything everything every every- thin thing is fixed to rush the bill straight through So everything was declared II till Standish butted in I Gregg sup sup- pose pOlO you understand Land Van Dyke what all of ot us down hero lInd understand if Standish defeats our Mullins railroad hill bill hell he'll have control of tho the house Hell He'll bo ho the next speaker And then goodbye to UR us Wo wont won't bo ho able ablo to toIe todo t do Ie your crowd any more more favors Y Van VanDyke n Dyk Dyke and and and- Slut But OJ the ut protested lawyer H on the strength of Tim Hm Blakes Blake's achi advice c my clients the Hents the N. N Y V. fc k N. N N. and and others too have too have loaded up tip f for r a rise If the tho bill ioe doesn't n t P Oh you needn't t rub it in Dont Don't YOU vou know wo we chaps chaTs have ha a few fow shares share too But Bul what docs does Standish care arc for fora a Ii in Wall street 1 Hes He's out for the tho presidency And he nil knows the the sure sura road to the white whit A house hou II But But the machines machine's strong enough 7 No No No it isa t It was wat But it isn isa it t. t A Jot lot of our best host men arc just lust like poor old Gregg here The The old folks at homo are watching em ern They've got to vote vot against t th the hc bill or ol ole e lo their jo jobs jOS s. s Sa Say with TUh a H weak eak burst t of fury why why in in blaz blazes 1 cant can't a 11 mans inns Jn 8 constituents mind their own n business and not bo ho getting nosy nos II Just when Im I'm all loaded up to the to-the the guards ards with perfectly good gool ool stock that will ill go JO to pieces piE like a when the ti-tA bill lill fails hilI wailed II And And here bore to keep m my constituents froni from snowing me nie under Ive I've got to go so broko broke and got get 1 myself called cancel a quitter by otin vat vot voting in inc ing against t l by own onn interests And theres there's do more of oC us in th the same flame leaks leak boat II Cut out the tho whine hine JI ordered N Neli gao gan II Yon Yap YO 1 arent aren't the only m man mn n who's bought loughl stock that Standish h will turn into inlo waste wate paper Oh Db that man titan Stand ish lIes lIe's got cot th the country running attar af at- tar ter him liko a flock of hens nen after tho the farmer armer at feeding time Th They Thoy y think hi his private lifo life got ot S Saint int Pf Peter ter and Anthony Anthon Comstock lashed to hi the mast malt and ani that his politics are aro so o pure puro they'd make Abraham braham Lincoln f feel ll like a t war wart warU l I heeler lies lie's no man nian lips lies a a. bloodless saint I dont don't dim t believe ho he ever so RO much as squeezed a womans woman's band in his big life or swigged J l anything stronger than sarsaparilla How are arc wo we going o to get the hooks into a n fellow n like that 1 I t dont don't know bow bowl flared Van Dyke Urke But its it's Jim Tim Blakee business to know knost Ho tic was ff supposed to be bA running running run run- nhi ning the thA house and holding our men inert t together r. r What's hate Tim Jim b linen hAen en rl d doing ill ing t to let things get Jet away from him like liko 1 this this' To be be- continued |