Show the professors ward the professor had bad been inveigled into becoming A it political candidate for it was known that he be had hall written beveral several able works on the science of 0 government the ethics of politics the beatitudes of the ballot and other subjects and the faction taking him up felt the need of some good man to go before the convention with the professor cr was innocent of any crime bad never seen any boodle was of clean private record and there was nothing in his whole life that the newspapers could find to hing fling mud at so the professor was w inveigled into the scheme and on the day 0 of f the convention a reporter approached him 1 I believe insinuated the wily reporter that your ward has instructed for you professor sir exclaimed the guileless professor r BO 0 o indignant that even the reporter was at aboss a loss to account for it 1 I beg your pardon he said 1 I meant no offense I 1 merely desired to know if your ward had instructed tor for you sir 11 dut but the professor fired up this time more fiercely than before my ward chovit nothing whatever er about it sir air he protested vigorously she la is ft a young lady who has absolutely nothing to do with politics and has never said anything to me on the subject of my candidacy sir ir except to dissuade me from entering the political field held and I 1 sincerely hope that you will not get her name in the papers in any manner whatever air detroit free press I 1 |