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PA Gent prom Mi 3y THOMAS P JVo*Celiz,ed From the 'Play b COPYRIGHT. 1909. BY T ^nKorton an appointment with a lirni at a boring Waving to CaKiliua ami Hope Georgia. who Wstood at a window, he rode away. I "The old man is sure to be all right." I be muttered. "lie leans toward Alta cool a and believes in Stevens. He'll P lean some more until he falls over?into the trap. There's a rortuue id sigrn, within reach. I.augdon has faith in I his frlelids. He won't suspect a I thing." E. Still another thought occurred to the Hod. Charies Norton. "Stevens electEed Langdon out of friendship," he ^^^KkJed gleefully. "That will be well B Bfh telling in Washington." | CHAPTER II. r the wars of peace. I wy^IO BILL" LANGDON was the I terra by which the new sena^B.1 J tor frou3 Mississippi Wid been BL^ affectionately known to his in timates for years. He carried his 230 pounds with ease, bespeaking great E muscular power in spite of his gray Ehairs. His rugged courage, uuswervI tag honesty and ready belief in his friends won him a loyal following. I some of whom frequently repented KVtet was known as -Hill t.anguou s ^Golden Rule:" ^^"Tbere never was a man yet wbo ^^ Ln't hare some good in him, but Bst folks don't know this because I M?wd virtues pop up and blind 'em ^^rhen they look at somebody else." B At the reunions of bis old war comI rades Langdon was always depended Elk to describe once again bow the Third Mississippi charged at Craw ^ordsvllle and defeated the Eighth IlliHdoIs. Bat the stirring events of the Kmst bad served to increase the plantfondness for bis home life and bis Hchildren, whose mother bad died years before. At times be regretted that his unexpected political duties would take away from the old plantation even TOifclk the' enthusiastic approval of Carolina and Hope Georgia proved con alderable compensation. Although not sworn in us senator, Mood Langdon's political duties were ^H*eady pressing. A few days after ^^Eugressman Norton's visit be sat in library conferring with several H^Anisent citizens of his county reHgardlng a plan to ask congress to apmoney to dredge a portion Bof the channel of the Pearl river, Hwhleh would greatly aid a large secHgon of the state. ^^U>uring the deliberations the name ^^^iartin Sanders was announced by I non, the colonel's gravely decoHB "Pgr? bodyguard, who boasted "wuz brung up by Cunel Marse in, suh, a fightin' Mississippi suh, sence long befo' de wab WKway befo' dat, suh." ^B"Show Mr. Sanders right in," com^Bnanded Colonel Langdon. H "Good day, senator," spoke Sanders, ^Bho boss of seven counties, as he enBnd, Glancing around the room, he tending toward the colo^H^B4Q muffling bis now whispering with his hand: "I want to speak alone. I'm here on politics." H^rhat's all right, but these gentle. Emd here are my friends and constituwas the reply in no uncertain Htotce. "When I talk politics they 1 have a perfect right to bear what 1, their senator, say. Out with it Mr. aa Sanders was introduced to the ^Bnembers of the conference be grew in the face and stared at Langdon ^^Bued. At last he bad discovered now tn nnlitirs "Sav." he [1^ blurted, "when I talk business IF ke you in polities as a business?" ikly spoke Colonel Langdon. Why?I?er?no, of course not," the tor stammered. "I am in politics 7/' \\< 1 Carolina Lanqdon had an austere low lor my party's sabe, just like everyI body else," aud Sanders grinned sugI festively at his questioner. leman ssissippi A. WISE y Frederick. Toombs HOMAS A. WISE | "Have you anything further to say?'! asked Langdon in a tone hinting that he 1 * ' ' - ' * J / l:. ?n I WOUkl HKe 1.0 oe ria OI ms cann. ; "Well, since you are so very new ir (his game. M'ii.uor. I'll talk right out j in meet in'. as tley tall it 1 came to ask ainjut ;.:i appointment an to tip J you off on a couple o" propositions. I want Jim Hagiey taken care of? you've heard of Jim?was clerk o' FenI imore county A $*J.o<X) a year job Ml do for him: o' that he give* to the organization." "You're the organization, aren't you?" queried Langdou. j "Why, yes. Are you just gettin* J wise?" cried Sanders. "Haven't I got f fellers, voters, voteks. VOTERS, d? 1 it, bangin' on to me that needs to be . taken care of! An* so I make the fel, lers that work help those that don't Why, Langdon. what 'n h? are you I kickin' an' questionin' about? Didn't you get my twelve votes in the legislature? Did you have a chance for senator without 'em? Answer me that, j will you? Why. with 'em you ouly 1 had two more tliau needed to elect. . an' the opposition crowd was solid for ' ?? .r.vifwi ?iii<rrv boss, nound ' U 1IJ3VU, VHVU * O-^ , . ; Ing the long table before which Langdon sat "I'll answer you almighty quick." retorted the now thoroughly aroused senator elect, rising and shaking bis clinched fist at Sanders. "Those twelve votes you say were yours? yours?" "Yes, mine. Thein noble legislators that cast 'em was an' is mine, mine. ? I tell you, jest ^ ^ like I bad 'em in lCj my pocket an' Xj/ that's where I /Sv'lR. / mostly carry 'em. C'A v,,, so as tbey won't fllr ' liW ' go strayin'aroun' gft'y I careless-like." y / "Youdidn't have $ 1 / to vote those men 7 for me. I told I ?*?? 5"ou at the caplI I '/ to1 ^at * would 11/ jf u?t make you or n hi I / anybody else any y Ji]il //A promises. You A \ voted them for i f\* me of your own ri accord. That's my ? LI answer." w "Them noble legielor At this point the tors tecu mine." gentlemen of the county present when Sanders entered and who had no desire to wltiiess further the unpleasant episode rose to leave, in spite of the urgent request of 1 Colonel Langdon that they remain. The only one reluctant to go was Deacon Amos Smallwood, who, coming to the plantation to seek employment for 1 his son, had not been denied of his desire to join the assemblage of bis 1 neighbors. Last to move toward the door, he stopped in front of Sanders, stretched his five feet three inpbes of stature on tiptoe and shook a withered fist in the boss' firmly set, determined face. ! "Infamous!*' shrieked the deacon. "You're a monster! You're unrighteous! You should have belonged to the political machine of Cataline or Pon! tins Pilate!" 1 "Never heard tell o* them," muttered Sanders, deeply puzzled. "Guess they was never in Mississippi in my time." His accompanying gesture of per! plexity caused the deacon to hasten bis ! exit. Tripping over the leg of a chair, ! he fell headlone into the arms of the ! watchful Jackson, who received the deacon's blessing for "uplifting the i righteous in the hour of their fall." 1 Relieved at the departure of the wit! nesses, Sanders showed increased ag1 gressiveness. "To be sure, senator, ; you were careful not to personally | promise me anything for my support ! at the election, as you say," the leader * sneered, "but you had Jim Stevens to i make promises for you, which was smooth, absolute an* artistic smooth"? "Stop, sir!" Langdon furiously shouted. "You forget, sir, that your insinuation is an iasult to a man elected senator from Mississippi, an insult to my : state and to my friend Senator Ste! vens, who I know would make you no ! promises for me, for he had not my i authority." j "Certainly you're a senator, but what's a senator anyhow? I'll tell you, Mr. Colonel Langdon, a senator is a man who holds out for his own pocket j as much as us fellows that make him j will stand for. When we don't get our 1 rightful share, he's through." , With a sudden start, as though to ; spring at Sanders' throat, Laugdon, ! with compressed Hps aud eyes blaz| ing, grasped the edge of the table ! with a grip that threatened to rend ! the polished boards. With intensest ! effort he slowly regained control of himself. His fury had actually weakt ened him. Ilis knees shook, and he i sank weakly into a chair. When he finally spoke his voice was strained and laborious. "Sanders, you aud I, 1 sir, must never meet again because I might not succeed again in keeping my hands off you. What wonld my old comrades of the Third Mississippi say if they saw me sitting here and you there with a whole body, sir, after , what you have said? They would not believe their eyes, thank God, sir. They would all go over to Stuart City and buy new eyeglasses, sir." A suspicious. moisture appeared on the colo nel'g cheeks which be could not dry too quickly to escape Sanders' observation. "Bnt I had to let you stay, sir, because you, the sole accuser, are the only one who can tell me what I must i know." ] "What do you want to know?" asked : Sanders, who had realized his great ' mistake in losing his temper. Id talk, 3ng as openly and as violently as he had and in dragging the name of SenI ator Stevens into the controversy. He 1 must try to keep Stevens from hearing '.of this day's blunder, for Jim Stevens I knew as well as he, didn't he, that the man who loses his temper, like the mi? wlist talks ton much, is of no use > In politics. ', "I want to know how you formed j your opinion of political matters?of i "Nothing, except that the Evening ! Call printed a picture of his eldest | daughter?says she's the queen daughter of the south, a famous beauty, rich planter for a father, mother left her a : fortune"? "She'll out quite a social caper with this hotel's name on her cards, won't she!" broke in Iiaines as be led Cullen to a-seat to await the expected legisj lator, whose train was late. "I don't know very much about him ; myself." said Iiaines. "All I've been i able to discover is that Stevens said ! the word which elected him, and that j looks bad. Great glory, when I think I what a senator of the right sort ha9 a I chance to do here in Washington?a j nonpartisan, straight out from the i shoulder man!" He paused to shake j his head in disgust. "You know these I fellows here in the senate don't even ' see their chance. Why, if you and I ' fU/in't iio nnv more to hold our jobs than they do we'd be tired by wire the first day. They know just the old po litical game, that's all." "It's a great game, though, Bud," sighed Cullen longingly, for, like many *Iiig Bill" Langdon, "A Gentleman from Mississippi." newspaper men, he had the secret feeling that he was cut out to be a great politician. "Sure, It's a great game, as a game," agreed Haines. "So Is bridge, aud stud poker, and three card monte, and flimflam generally. Take this new man Langdon, for instance. Chosen by Stelens he'll probably be perfectly obedi| ent, perfectly easy going, perfectly blind and?perfectly useless. What's j wanted now is to get the work done, [ not play the game." j Thoroughly a cynic through his j years of experience as a newspaper I u_,l lT,oi,lo ILlll II, >\ li XL'iI UUU puunu iuu workiups of many important phases of the seemingly conventional life of this complex world, Cullen pretended unbounded enthusiasm. "Hear! Hear!" he shouted. "All you earnest citizens come vote for Reformer Haines. I'm for you, Bud. What do I pet in your cabinet? 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