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Show EIDER NEWS, PAGE SIX. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31 M8reai Riajesnc ' ' each man calling cut his name as ce handed In his ballot, and Tow Weed-owho shot aa escaping prisoner when he was deputy sheriff repeating the name in a loud voice, : Each oncoming voter in that curiously regout ular and compact file his right arm stiff so that the hand was about a foot clear of the thigh: and in every one cf those spicuous hands was a cons of white yaper a ballot, man reached tho polling gave his name, he swung round with a s'iff armed, c lien that kept it clear of and in fail view until the per disappeared In the slit wgggBg 3MOyv 56e PLUM TREE By DAVID ' GRAHAM PHILLIPS Auifcor ol "The 1006, by Cost" Eic. "The Deluge, Copyrighted was-holdin- box. Compact. Bobds-Mrrri- ' So another wished to ask i,lj' father what this strange spectacle medut; but, as- 1 glanced up at him to begih my question, I knew I must not, (of I felt that I was seeing something Which shocked him so profoundly that be would take me away If I reminded aim of my presence. I know now that I was witnessing the crude in polof the itics the beginnings of the downfall of parties the beginnings of the overthrow of the people as the political men were Those power. the floating voters of that ward ot Pulaski. They had been bought up by a rich candidate of the opposition party, which was less scrupulous than our party, then la the flush of devotion to principles and led by men as my father such with ncllons of honor and honesty. Those "floaters had to keep the ballot In full view from the time they got it of the agent of their purchaser until they had deposited it beyond the possibility of substitution ha must see them "deliver the I (Contlued from last Issue.) Then, year passed. came hard times real hard times. 1 had some clients enough to insure mother and myself a living, with the Interest on mortgage and note kept down. Rut my clients were poor, and poor pay, and slow pay. Nobody wqs I doing well but the How mother foughf.to keej the front brave and bright! not her front, for that was brlghf by nature,, like the Bky beyond the clouds: but our front, my front the front of our affair . note-shaver- money-machin- e stiff-arme- goods. My father Youd Better Let Furniture Me Bargain for the and the Big Sign. No one must see that we were pinching so I must be the most obviously prosperous young lawyer la Pulaski. What that struggle cost her I did not then realize; no, could not realize until I looked at her face for the last time, lookod and turned away and thought on the meaning of the lines and the hollows over which Death had spread his proclamation of eternal peace. I have heard it said of those markings In human faces: How But It seems to me that, to ugly! gpy one with eyes and Imagination, line and wrinkle and hollow always Slave the somber grandeur of tragedy, il remember my mother when her face was smooth and had the shallow dote shallow that the beauty n. But her face whereon was written the story of fearlessness, sacrl--fleand love that is the face beautiful of my mother for me. In the midst of thos9 times of trial, when she had ceased to smile for ehe had none of that hypocritical cheerfulness which depresses and Is a mere " jauity to1 rca'i? silly onlooker! a t1. there u no true ,j Brave! when bravery just when wo were at our lowest ebb, came an offer front Bill Dominick to put me Into politics. I had been Interested in politics ever since I was seven years old. I recall distinctly the beginning: 4On a November afternoon it must, hive" Seen November, though I re member that It was summer-warm- , with all the windows open and many s men la the strecs in fit any rate, I was on my way home front school. As I neared the court house i saw a crowd In the yard, and was reminded that it was election day, and that my father was running lor Teeksction to the state senate; so. 1 bolted for his law office In the second story of the Masonic templ9, across the street from the court house. k He was at the window and was Jopklng at the polling place so Intently that he took no notice of me as I stood beside him. I know now why hs was absorbed and why his face was stern and sad. I shut my eyes and see that court house yard, the Ions line of men going to vote, single file, e - shirt-sleeve- was defeated. He saw that, la politics, the day of the public servant of public Interests was over, vnd that the night of the private servant of private interests had beHe resigned his leadership into gun. the dextrous hands of a politician Soon afterward he died, muttering: "Prosperity has ruined my country. Fnora that election day my Interest In politics grew, and but for my mothers bitter prejudice I should have been an active politician, perhaps before I was out of college. Pule ski, Indeed all that section of my state, was strong of my party. Therefore Dominick, Its local boS3 was absolute. At the last county election, four years before the time of which I am writing, there had been a spasmodic attempt to oust him. He had grown so insolent, and had put his prices for political and l .favors" to our leading citizens so high, that the best element" In our party reluctantly broke from its allegiance. To save himself he had been forced to order flagrant cheating on the (ally sheets; hU ally and fellow conspirator, M'Coskrey, the opposition boss, was caught and a3 indicted by the grand Jury. The reformers made such a stir that Ben Casa, the county prosecutor, though a Dominick toan, disobeyed hia master and, tried and convicted MCosk-rery- . Of course, following the custom In cases of yielding to pressure froyi public sentiment, he made the s necessary to Insure re- Vei'okl id the Court; j,e finally gave DoiiilAicky jud'ge the opportunity to quash the' indictment. But the boss wa3 relentless Cass had been disobedient, and lin'd put upon my friend M'Coskrey the disgrace of Slaking a sorry figure in Bou can look io his swell court. reform friend for a renomination, said he; hell not get it from me. Thus it came to pass that Dominick's lieutenant. Buck Fessenden, appeared la my office one aiftornoon in July, and, afteixa brief parley, asked me how I'd like to- be prosecuting attorney of Jackson county. Four' thousand a year for four years, and a reelection if I should give satisfaction; and afterward, the bench or a seat in congress! I could pay off everything; I could marry! It was my first distinct vision of the plum tree. To how many thousands of our brightest, most promising young Americans it is shown each year In just such circumstances! apoeaced As soon as I Fessenden nodded to ..me, rose, and said to th- - ofho:s centrally: io the "Come .a:, b os. lets next table. M:. Dominies talk tr this young feihr..." ok I knew something of J wa- - vit prop ai'.d to guislmd ro:oi dry rlss, - lib Coles adj-ur- we.. v fiir a lev-- minutes, and their glasses When I kew Dorv-- i ottier b.rs-.- 3 ip thl.J kne" that the bess-Ikuiiti;ri'33 of the rr a rigid an servile court etiquette. My own lack of this ha3 boon a mistake which weaknes-have been serious had ir.y poniighr litical power beon based upon men. It is a blunder to treat men without an if they were your expect to cringe; if they They equal. are not compelled to do so, they are At the to forget theft place. court of a boss are Set'll only those and those who have lost who never had it. The first are the lower though they rank thediftcrives, and are ranked above the "just naturally low." Rut Dominick was alone, hi3 eternal glass of sarsaparilla before him. He used the left corner of his mouth both for his cigar and for speech. To bid me draw near and seat myself, he had lo shift his cigar. When the wete few words necessary half grunted, he rolled his cigar back to the corner which it He nodded condescendrarely left. ingly, and,, as I took the indicated chair at his right, gave me a hand that was fat and firm, not unlike the flabby yet tenacious sucker of a moist healthy, over-indul- THE ORIGINAL LAXATIVE COUGH SYRUP KENNEDYS LAXATIVE H08EYTAB BUt It! CloTr BUima sal ftiur Am lw Uria-'p1es unti they We unu btahnj: j down. YOU WANT Wavs it ' women in tho 1 United States are raised on good, old- , fashioned Arbuckles ARIOSA Co Sec. self-respe- Never mind what the others drink, you" want to be weiL wfi5 tries Say things to the man self-respe- half-spoke- to switch you from Arbucklds to coffee that pays him big profits at the expense of your stomach. Compile, with tfl requirement, of the Natioiul Pune Food Lew. GuotbUb No, 2041, tied at Wneglee, dosent happen to do everything cording to Will PAY- - YOU TO BUY FROM US ac- notions. right. said Dominick, falling naturally into the role or political schoolmaster. There ain't no government without responsibility, and there , aint no responsibility without no there and organizaaint tion without men willing to sine; their my 'That's 1600 boxes i about 400 bush to 75c a bushel young aud has bearing. YOURS FOR A SQUARE DEAL- - TreMton Furniture trees ou about 'Has and nen I ... Cp, Since the a' .learn that Stac have paid M jlfor the apples orchard.' Buggies? err, ' nd at present onld have be( ,ont Times. ai w rtShaaa tfdaeymij Dewey Yes, we havte tfr&m; and can sell at very Call fn and look over our low prices. John clay-mixin- Sommi g ,nd we Sffit under a clay bed ree or four X and try h r drainage p Came time pies of Ch kers in th me tile of It ;:or quality the pieces supply. ; 18 grain. ;iary obsei orgrn-ization- MERRELL y terra-co- t rous and a iuiaiavict tU t He wras a huge, tall man, enormous- differences. He paused. ' 'ere, "We ly muscular, with a high head like a he continued.) (To block, straight in front, behind and on lay he sucet either side: keen, shifty, pig eyes, rre, as it w pompous cheeks, a raw, wide mouth; A Criminal- Attack 7al,ley f' slovenly dress, with a big diamond Corinne as a collar button, and another on on' dif inoffensive citizen is frequently here made 1 Evans. . his puffy little finger. He was about made in that apparently useless little 40 years old, had thf Tremm from graduated Its tube called tlie appendix. blacksmith too lazy to work into Garland or idtjb the result of protracted1 constithence Into saloon keeper. It was ;is saloon-keepe- r that he pation, following liver torpor. Dr. founded and built his power, made Life Pills regulate the i:;iice Pbrtag.. himself the local middleman between Kings New A Sfalad .... es3D YOUR' SHOES ALS1 HIT, and' We are pi our two great political factors, those liver, prevent appendicitis,, Honi who buy aud break laws and those tablish bowels. the of habits regular lui and ttds who aid and abet the lawlessness by 25c. at the Eddy Drug store.. 1 the selling themselves as voters or as ofby Tnr,? fice holders, law as W- A Delicate' Distinction: Dominick had fixed his eyes upon lormful dm his sarsaparilla. Manager I thought you' wrote1 me He frowned savNorthlxHod j, a safe agely into its pale brown foam when you had a full house at Bad! Dog- - In -P- ROPRIETOR FNorthbound ifilts. Th Ohe realized that I purposed to force Arizona. ;Nortbound,Lx Business Manager So him to speak first. His voice was our tellsstar Ufts of p Why, Manager me' as shifted hi he ominously surly 25 Southbound about '?. man were there in the only people dgar t say: Welt, young fellow, place and every man Jack was drunk. Southbound His what tau I de for you? Business Manager (gently) Well? 8 Air. Fessenden told me yon wantSouthbound, I didnt say we had the house full; I UP-- DATE K1GS ed to sea me, said I. Cacftep we had a full house. Se. The He didnt say nothing of the sort," said AT ALL HOURS.... g Tfl growled Dominick. Ive knowed Fhom south Buck IT years, and he aint no gtatil Fifty Years a Blacksmith. From south Soli liar. Samuel R. Worley of Hixburg., Va., From south U; . I flushed and glanced at the distin- has been shoeing horse3 for more than Valley,. Sa Nothing guished company silently waiting to north Jinj fesclf.' From He "Chamber says: Utah. return to the royal presence. Surely, fifty years. Brigham City No.'l Fbom narth, If these eminent fellow citizens of lains Pain Balm has given me great Jr. From North, Hard mine endured this insulting monarch, relief from lame hack and rheumaSo. Valley, I could lLhe I tism. is best ever the It the liniment old I, youthful, the obscure, Sore Naples and Chapped Hands Tremont, Garlatit the dependent. For sale by the Eddy drug Are quickly Said I; are Perhaps I used, cured by appdrttnif Chamberlain MALAD Vaporous salve. Try it; it i.s a succvjw irice 35 cent did not express myself quite accuratestore. Fessenden told me you were ly. .ci citizen No.-- . 33 Mrtfcte;. not considering making me your candiye date for county prosecutor, and sugTremont, GarlaLincount I gested that call and see you. HAttitb out a Dominicy gave a gleam and a a Ssuthbicteht 34 No. grunt like a hog that had been flatbill I lsnd, Tremont, tered with a rough scratching of its hide. P. G. opea SuidrilY- - R But he answered; I dont AVAILABLE.) ($65,000 give no nominations. Ofhce hours fros jwuplete Thats the ost re province of the party,- - young man. But you are the party, was my JI3lung a At' the time I was not conreply. fed, scious that I had thus easily dropped store, down among the 1 to free. assured myself that I was simply statV ing the truth and ignored tho fact imiFho ha that telling the truth can be the most though suband the degrading sycophancy, tlest and for that reason the most Krsbclass shameless, lying. Room 22, First National Bank Bldg., Utah Brigham City Well, I guess Ive got a little something to say about the party, he concluded. Us young fellows hat are gBWlWd' WIS,X.imuh.p active In politics like' to see young t fellows pushed to the front. A good CHAPTER II. many of us boys ain't stuck on Ben At the Court of a Sovereign. Customers Cass hes too stuck oa himself. He's That evening after supper I went OF BRIGHAM CITY. out of touch comgetting with the the buiUm? in to see Dominick. i mon people, and is fn Harness Shop In the lower end of Pulaski there with the swells up town. So wliea I was a large beer garden known as heard smith shop os 8a you wanted the nomination for Domintck's headquarters. He re- prosecutor, I told Ruck Utah. to trot you ceived half the profits in return for round and let us look Our Motto: LIBERALITY you over. Good making It his Ioaflng-piace- , tljo seat party manT' COURTESY of the source of all political honor, ' Yes and my father and STAB grandfa and privilege In the ther before me. preferment Third, Sixth and Seventh congressionACCURACY No reform 1 found him al districts. Klhl-- 3 enthroned at the end of a long table In the far- tem?" I laughed I was thest corner of the garden. On one really amused, HKMANE3T. ?SrTH B STEADY side of him sa,t James Spencer, judge such a relief was It to see a gleam of In that pernicious ma33. pleasantry of the circuit court SUPERVISION. Dominicks 5: NO OGLING FOR better than my party," said I, judge; on the other side Henry De Im not ADVERTISING PURPOSES. 1 and dont desert it just because it Foiest, principal owner of the PulasDIRECTORS. ki Ga3 and Street, Railway company. LORENZO N. STOI1L There were several minor celebrities PETER &. HANSEN His Dear Old Mother. LUCIUS A. SNOW In politics, the law and business SI V ERIN N. LEE old dear now JOHN who is My L. EDWARDS mother, down either side ot the table, then ALMA NELSON JAMES NELSON Fessenden, talking with Cowley, our eighty three years old, thrives on JOHN D. PETER3 Electric Bitters, writes W. B. BrunOLEEX N. STOHL For Chronic Diarrhoea. son, of Dublin, Ga. .she has taken ALWAYS ASKING FOR BUSINESS. Whilq in the army in 1853 I was them for about two years and enjoys taken Y'ith ehroniq diarrhoea, says an excellent appetite, feels strong and George M.' Felton of South Gibson, sleeps well. Thats the way Elec1 have since tried remePal many tric Bitters affect the aged, and the THE HEWIOU SMW THE ORIGIKAL LAXATIVE dies but without any permanent re- same happy results follow in COUGH all cases A. lief until Mr. W. Miles of. this of female weakness and general deplace persauded me to try Chamberbility. Weak, puny children too, are lain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea greatly strengthened by them. , Remedy, on bottle of which stopped a.3o for stomach, liver and Moies the Bow b!s It at once,. fFor sale by theiEddy kidney troubles, by the Eddy drug Best for Chilton iWdCkierBlooa .. ihCliTMarA r . ; dfug store. ; tore. 50c. tM9 I LUMBER CO. - gem-erall- y snr prize-fighte- N. L. ciothes . Br4e jtta FOUND si Hansens i Bsrieya H, Glover, . political-commercia- we-did- Uvery and Peed x stables, Hack meets all Trains atDeoot. trial-error- FARM LOANS, INSURANCE. N. CB Joseph N. Stahl, Pressing The First National Bank Does Strictly a Banking Business. boot-lickin- g Thomas A. Edison, the great American inventor, says, Fully eighty per cent of the illness of mankind comes from eating Improper food or to much food; people are Inclined to This is themselves. where Indigestion finds Its beginning In nearly every case. The stomach can do Just so muen work and no more, and when yon overload it, or when you eat the wrong kind of food, the digestive organs caanot possibly do the work demanded of them. It Is at such times that the stomach needs help; it demands help, and warns you by headaches,' belching sour stomach, nausea and indigestion You should attend to this at once by taking something that will actually do tiie work for the stomach. Kodol will do this. It Is a combination of natural digestants and vegetable acids and contains the' same juices found in a healthy stomach. " It is pleasant to take. It digests what you eat.; Fold by Brigham City sea his .tree- - ' IT - Alv gpitzenburg an THE BEST RANGE FOR THE MONEY IF t had;, not' t s -- tf's urchai y v5$w throughlc r- eiifUicr.t a rw-nh- uq; . Luck flanges. Good i Hoilast, and NiO .PJJJ SEEG jylri uni , rir? 1 Gua-fante- . A'- t ed AXATIVE ! Oeitiw. Kinoadj ui THE BRIGHAM r n OBEY Hooy sodT PH ARMACYi Luatitr CITY I |