| Show AT Alj GUiTA U A con v ilia candidates pin w clr J i I 1 lalann Ya LAnn I 1 strict justice arrived aua on a hot morning ng on one of hia his occasional expeditions expedit ioas from the land of or the tile unmentionable lie Iler read redd the news papers attentively walked thea street stroe tsi to the conversation athe pop tha cam cami i P I 1 I 1 banners hanners with ath cu curious briqus interest 1 all then oried ne d ant who promptly himself hither on oil the saddle of a tornado strict brict Just justice iod said bald little 1 I have been too long away he fie remar remark kd di tho rhe assistant distant mod nodded ded the tit n ms 4 of things ingris is all away awaya again gaui the assis assistant tant nodded again and und iv A 04 the ith lash or oflus ii is whip while e hia countenance took on a ii itric cApr easlon scarcely anything else parsed passed between the pair peete pie in ille he middle atlantic ccase ates slates thought that the wild rush rushi i ing dg noise over their heads wash wa edlu caused sed by a limited area ara of high pressure travel traveling with extraordinary velocity in tt the u upper atmosphere here they ayere mistaken it was iho the faithful Assist assistant antof of strict justice liz proceeding to the national capital to look up bp the tail of the ticket meanwhile lu bl i principal that most interesting of moral entities on the scene of pf human activity are as unexpected as they arc are and as beneficial as they are welcome took the fastest express rain irain for the east the tile afternoon sun was distributing its raya rays very impartially between the granite slate slite capitol and the lunatic asylum on the oilier side of the kennebec when a person of unassuming demeanor quietly rang the door bell at af the tile hous 0 next north of the scat of the maine 1 I see that you do not remember me said the visitor as the candidate advanced from behind his library table tho the most edgag edg t afi on his face and his right forearm aaita atita at its friendliest angle 1 I thought it unlikely that you would recognize yet I 1 have ventured to pay my respects adov you are very good to pu put t i it t tb that at Y way lyp rep replied I 1 ie the visitor but kind ant exactly the word ah ab pai eaid d the candidate it if is ii perhaps campaign business 11 in a sense yes yest 3 replied tho the other although I 1 have never before had the honor of meeting you jaco to tofake face there ia no american tates maiT whose career 1 I have followed with greater curiosity or with the details of whose record I 1 ani more intimately tely familiar do not yawn mr air candidate I 1 am not going to make a speech and I 1 do not propose to bore you with compliments to come straight to the point 0 nt I 1 happen to have in my pocket a it number of documents of uncommon interest interests 7 the candidate colored isyou if you lave business of any sort to discuss sir he be said after a slight pause ebu had belter better see elkins or joe manley if I 1 am to understand your remarks as a threat oran or an ON overture in the direction of blacks black mail 1811 X shall all promptly refer you to the city Al marshal arshal of augusta the visitor smiled faintly 1 I hope lie said to have the pleas please ure of a personal interview with mr alkins Kl kins arroo J at abw As for foi the i police mir ife we will vill not v call them in at present then from a bundle of letters he produced 0 one ne at and held it before the candidate 0 looking fixedly into his face at the same time every trace of color fled from the candidates features the puffy ridges about hia his cyca looked more than that ever like imperfectly kneaded dough he staggered passed ilia hits band hand over hia his forehead and caught at the back of a chair 1 r good godl he gasped 1 I thought it had been burneal bur you recognize the chiro chirography gr 21 said the other calmly calm lyas as he ha folded VIT d up the letter and returned the bun dlo die to his pocket you think of making an ago ag 9 gre saive caay campaign laign eh he continued keep the other bellows on the defensive defenzi ve from the start well that is an able idea Ws I 1 tid advise you by all means to cn carry it out no denials no explanations no apologies non no notice otice of charges affecting your personal character that is about the idea is ihnot dou let anything I 1 havo shown you yo u interfere with veur for an easy easy harmonious harmou ious one sided cati canvass vass free fice from the person alithea and scandal that we all BO so earnestly deplore the other documents continued the catching at some half balf articulated words from the miserable man inan before him would like to look them over 7 I 1 the least doubt of it it you yott prom promise ise falth faithfully fully on your honor to restore them tome to mca ahl cydear my dear air I 1 am not mulligan I 1 his simple faith in the cledge pledge of a desperate statesman what is in the bundle I 1 assure you that is a very interesting question one of of respond enco is that you vou never naver know when coming perhaps the bundle contains the whole eirv ot the paper bounty perhaps the there rear aro e letters to tom scott there who knows perhaps it is wallace rolv rowell qt 1 whites coni fe bession fes sion perhaps er aps the e trying eying crow crowd 4 hava told fold some gome of their secrets perhaps e the true tru of ap there are hurlbutt Hurl buta little outside of li ako tko 1 lipp of ordinary diplomacy who i knows who whet knows T herease so many mimy inheres in teres ting jOBS canti consent sell it to divert attention fraini the I 1 fix fixed eq program naf af pf A a purely ag 91 W campal campaign and anto the in 1 hiim realm of ampro unprofitable tab aa conjecture this much maichl hoer apu dont know hat bilt is is coming AIN M C candidate a d I 1 dt q e v end there wit a wrench wretch ed 5 acin jim tha asylum tu in yonder whose peace of t mind it n settled delusion you may not envy for hr the up apt kt four ouk months s ll 11 aad bolh can aia dida teare s AI aly name is strict justice rc PI led t ie and c h 3 ro erey a call allt I 1 U v think that j hai flam forgotten your ouy i cag chg visitor macd at the abject leL candidate didi wilb u contempt us rather tather thail nig jig i you act up 01 H your knees ile lie went on t 1 I it t is 13 no not t a graceful I 1 at attitude ti for a candidate for Pres president ideue of the united stages bo be good enough tor to release clease chesk the skirls r L 0 of f my y coat I 1 am not gorog to lako take you yop yet yel t I 1 propose to do nothing g now that wi will I 1 dis disturb turi your arrangements for tho the campaign count my visit as a dream choose it is a very hot afternoon n and you have beai been doing perhaps your head has not noi been bein quite right sinco since the sunstroke perhaps this incident is purely an hallucination tempers anly escaped from froin the asylum accost the river ilver wipe it out of recollects lion ion an and d by all ull means proceed with your aggressive campaign 10 the visitor was gone the can didato returned to hi his s library tible abac but it was some i aing bebry ji he brought his mind ba back ck to the corn com 1 I thou thought glit jt it had been burneal bur he be said to himself q and jand oyer again |
