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We holier :! '\ sum-i dered, sir We
surrendered t?? siivv the country. sir. j
^ but wo \v?>rr> never whipped "
"Did vesi e.-r nn nt Kenynu 11:11 V
taunted Stoueinnn.
Langdon brought down his Gst In
the pnltn of ihe other hand violently.
"Yes. sir: we ran at you I ought to !
remember. 1 got my wound there. '
You remember that long lane"? lie
pulled off his hat and threw It on the
floor, indicating it with one hand?
"Here was the Second Alabama."
xce nar or toe oia reoorai uroppea
I on tlie tloor op_
1 posite tbe hat of 1
jfTl fcviiS ,,lC Confederate.
/wfl'l Rh\ "And here tho
/VvT yjk.\ Eighth Illinois,"
iVXl^t exclaimed Stone7
maupy
jv/?\ V i.angdon exeit\
ri n,ly soizcd a di"
M L4 J5? jJ minutive bellboy
& passing by and i
p- planted him
LI alongside his hat.
"Stay there a
"Ami here thi Li'jhth moment, sonny,"
Illinois!" he cried. "You
are tbe Fourth Virginia."
, The newspaper Stoneman was carrying
came down opposite tbe startled
bellboy, who was trying not to appear
frightened.
"TKld So !*/* ohinin c\f " hf>
exclaimed.
Both, la their eagerness, were bending
down over their Improvised battle
plan, their beads close together.
"And here a farmhouse beside your ,
cedars," cried Langdon.
"That's where the rebels charged
us," echoed the Union man.
Langdon brought down his fist again
with emphatic gesture.
"You bet .we charged youl The Third ;
Mississippi charged you! I charged
you, sirl"
Stoneman uodded.
"I remember a young fool of a Johnnie
reb dashing up the hill fifty yards
ahead of his men, waving his sword
and yelling like a wild Indian."
The southerner straightened up.
"Well, where In thanderation would
you expect me to be, sir?" he exclaimed.
"Behind them? I got my wound
there. Laid me up for three months; ,
like to have killed me."
Then a new idea struck him. "Why, ;
colonel, it must have been a bullet :
from one of your men?from your reg- '
iment, sir!"
The old northerner pushed bis fingers
through his hair and shook his
bead apologetically.
"Why, senator, I'm afraid It was,"
be hesitated.
Langdon's eyes were big with the
afterglow of a fighter discussing the
mighty struggles of the past, those
most precious of all the Jewels in the
treasure 6tore of a soldier's memory.
"Why, It might have been a bullet
flre3 by you, sir," he cried. "It might
be that you were the man who almost
killed me. Why, confound you, sir.
I'm glad to meet you!"
Each old veteran of tragic days gone
by had quite unconsciously awaken- !
ed a responsive chord in the heart of
the other. A senator and a penniless
old "down and outer" are very much
the same in the human scale that
takes note of the inside and not the .
outside of a man. And they fell Into ;
each other's arms then and there, for
what strong fighter does not respect j
another of his kind?
There they stood, arms arouud each
other, clapping each other on the back.
44Here was the Second Alabama
actually chortling In the pure ecstasy
of comradeship, now serious, again
laughing, when on the scene appeared
Bud Haines, the correspondent, who
bad returned to Interview the new senator
from Mississippi
"Great heavens!" ejaculated the
aewspaper man, "A senator, a United
States senator, hugging a broken down
old 'has been I' What is the world coming
to?" Haines suddenly paused. "I
wonder ifjt can be a pose?merely for
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tleman
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to tell what's genuine and what isn't
In this town."
CHAPTER VII.
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AST.
HAINES quickly walked over and
touclieJ the southerner on the
arm.
"Well, my boy, what can 1
do for you :" asked the uew senator. .
turning, with a pleasant smile.
"My name Is IJnines. Senator Ste- ;
vens was to speak to you about me.
I'm the first of the newspaper corre- [
spomlents come to interview you."
Langdon's familiar smile broadened, j
"Well, you don't look as though you'd
bite. Reckon 1 can stand for It. Is it .
very painful?"
"1 hope it won't be, senator," Ilaines
said, feeling instinctively that he was
going to like this big, hearty citizen.
"All right, Mr. Haines, just as soon
as I've said good by to iny old friend.
Colonel Stonenian, I'll be with you."
And to his continued amazement
Haines saw the senator walk away >
with the old Union colonel, slap hint
on the back, cheer him up and finally
bid him good by after extending a cordial
Invitation to coroe around to din- 1
nor. meet it is daughters and talk over
old times.
The antiquated Federal soldier marched
away more erect, more brisk, than
in years, completely restored to favor ,
in the eyes of the hotel people. Langdon
turned to the reporter.
"All right, Mr. Haines; my hands are
up. Do your worst Senator Stevens
spoke to me about you; said you were '
the smartest yocng uewspaper man in j
Washington. You must come from the |
south."
Bud shook his head.
"No, Just New York," be said.
"Well, that's a promising town,"
drawled the southerner. "They tell me ;
that's the Vlcksburg of the north."
"I suppose you haven't been to New
York of late, senator?" suggested the
newspaper man.
"Well, I started up there with General
Lee once," responded Langdon
reminiscently, "but we changed our
minds and came back. You may have
heard about that trip."
Haines admitted that he had.
"Since that time," went on Langdon,
"I've confined my travels to New
Orleans and Vlcksburg. Ever been in
New Orleans about Mardi Gras time, i
Mr. Haines?"
"Sorry, but I don't believe I have,"
confessed the reporter reluctantly.
The senator seemed surprised.
"Well, sir. you have something to
live for. I'll make It my special business
to personally conduct you through (
one Mardi Gras, with a special understanding,
of course, that you don't '
print anything in the paper. I'm a .
vestryman in my church, but since "
misfortune has come upon our 6tate I (
have to be careful."
Haines searched his brain. He knew ^
of no grave calamity that had hap- j
pened recently in Mississippi. ^
"Misfortune?" he questioned.
Senator I.angdon nodded.
"Yes, sir. the great old state of Mis- (
slssippl went prohibition at the last j
election. I don't know bow it happened.
We haven't found anybody in
the state that says he voted for It, but
the fact is a fact I assure you, Mr.
Haines, that prohibition stops at my j 8
frout door, In Mississippi. So I've been j
living a quiet life down on my planta- j
tlon."
"This new life will be u great change t
for you, theu?" suggested the reporter. ]
"Change! It's revolutionary, sir!
When you've expected to spend your i
old days peacefully in the country. |
Mr. Haines, suddenly to find tint your <
atate has called on you"? : ]
A flavor of sarcasm came into <
Haines' reply. t
"The office seeking the man?" He (<
could not help the slight sneer. Was t
a man never to admit that he had j
sought the office? Haines knew only
too well of the arduous work neces- j t
sary to secure nominations for high of- 't
flee in conventions and to win an elec- j
tion to the senate from a state legislature.
In almost every case, he knew, <
the candidate must make a dozen dif- i j
Mnalo'i e/uin? T-At I.a r,l(?ht '
1C1 CUk UCUIO IV ovvwtv * WWW, - I
promise the same office to two or three i
different leaders, force others Into line
by threats, send a trusted agent to another
with a roll of bank bills?the re- ,
clplent of which would immediately
conclude that this candidate was the
only man in the state who could save
the nation from destruction. Had not
Haines seen men who had sold their
unsuspecting delegates for cash to the
highest bidder rise in the convention
hall and hi impassioned, dramatic
voice exclaim in praise of the buyer,
"Gentlemen, it would be a crying
shame, a crime against civilization, if
the chosen representatives of our
grand old state of ? did not go on
record in favor of such a man, such a
true citizen, such an inspired patriot,
as he whose name I am about to mention!"
So the reporter may be forgiven
for the ironical tinge in his hasty
interruption of the new senator's remarks.
Langdon could not suppress a chuckle
at the doubting note In Haines' attitude.
J
"I think the man would be pretty
tmall potatoes who wouldn't seek* the
jfflee of United States senator, Mr.
Flaines," he said, "if he could get It.
When I was a young man, sir, politics
n the south was a career for a gentlenan,
and I still can't see how he could
je better engaged than In the service
>f his state or his country."
"That's right," agreed the reporter,
'urther impressed by the frank sincerly
of the Mlssissipplan.
"The only condition in my mind. Mr.
[laines. Is that the man should ask
almself searchingly whether or not
je's competent to give the service, i
Rut I seem to be talking a good deal. I
Suppose we get to the interview. Ex- j
)ect your time is short. We'd better j
^etrin."
"I thought we were lu the iuter- j
riewr" smiled the correspondent.
"In it!" exclaimed Lanpdon. "Well, I
f this is it. it isn't so bad. I see you !
lse a painless method. When I was
lown In Vicksburg a reporter backed
ue up in a corner, slipped his hand In
lis hip pocket and pulled out a list of
luestiotis just throe feet four inches
ong.
"He wanted to know what I thought
. oncerning the tariff on aluminium hyIrntes
and how I stood about the openng
of the Tento Pu reservation of the .
Comanche Indians, and what were m.v j
deas about the differential rate of i
aauls from the Missouri river.
"He was a wonder, that fellow!
Kinder out of place on a Mississippi
iaper. I started to offer him a job,
.tut be was so proud I was afraid he
wouldn't accept It. However, it gives !
rou my idea of a reporter."
"if you've been against that, 1 ought
:o thank you for talking to me," laugh- i
Hi Haines.
"Then you don't want to know anyhiug
about that sort of stuff?" said
Langdou, with a hugh sigh of relief.
"No, senator," was the amused reily.
"I think generally if I know what
nf n min ! man i* I ran toll a
jreat deal about what he will think j
>n various questions."
Langdon started interestedly.
"You mean. Mr. II.lines, if you know
whether I'm honest or not ?ou can fit
a. '
"My hand* are up. Do your tcoral."
ne up with a set of views. Is that the
dea? Seems ko me you're the sort of
nan I'm looking for."
The other smilingly shook his head.
"I wouldn't dare fix up a United
States senator with a set of views," he
?ald. "I only mean that 1 think what
i man Is is important. I've been dong
Washington for a number of years,
['ve had an exceptional opportunity to
>ee how politics work. I don^ beleve
In party politics. I don't believe
n parties, but I do believe In men."
Langdon nodded approvingly, then a
twinkle shone in his eyes.
"We don't believe In parties in Mississippi,"
he drawied. "We've only
3ne? the Democratic party?and a few
tickers."
Haines grinned broadly at this description
of southern politics.
"What was this you were saying
ibout national politics?'' continued the
dlsslsslpplan. "I'm a beginner, you
enow, and I'm always ready to learn."
"This is a new thing?a reporter
eachlng a senator politics," laughed
laines.
Senator Langdon Joined in the merrinent.
"I reckon reporters could teach United
States senators lots of things, Mr.
laines, if the senators had sense
enough to go to school. Now, I come
jp here on a platform the chief principle
of which is the naval base for
ne gUil. i\ow, bow are we gviug iu
)ut that through? My state wants It"
"You're probably sure It will be a
wonderful thing for the country aDd
he sooth," suggested Haines.
"Of course."
"But why do you think most of the
rongressmen and senators will vote
'or It?'
The southerner took off his bat, leaned
back and gazed across the lobby
ihoughtfully.
"Seems to me the benefit to the south
md country would be sufficient reason,
tfr. Haines," he finally replied.
The newsnaDer man's brain worked
apidly. Going over the entire conversation
with Langdon and what he
lad seen of him, he was certain that
he Mlsslsslppian believed what he
laid?that, moreover, the belief was
leeply rooted. His long newspaper
raining had educated Haines In the
rays of men, their actions and mental
jrocesses ? what naturally to expect
'rora a given set of circumstances. He
'elt a growing regard, an afTectlon, for
bis unassuming old man before him,
vho did not know and probably would
)e slow to understand the hypocrisy,
:he cunning trickery of lawmakers
ivho unmake laws.
"Sufficient reason for you, senator,"
Saines added. "Ton have not been In
Polities very long, bare you?" he
ineried dryly.
A wry smile wrinkled the MIsslssIpMan's
face. _
"Been In long enough to learn some
unpleasant things I didn't know before."
He remembered Martin Sanders.
"Will you allow me to tell you a
few more?" asked Haines.
I.angdon inclined his head in acquiescence.
"Reckon I'd better know
the worst and get through with it."
"Well. then, senator, somebody from
Nebraska will vote for what you want
in the way of the naval base because
he'll think then you'll help hir i demand
money to dredge some mi -'dy
creek that he has an interest in.
"Somebody in Pennsylvania wiil vote
for it because he owes a gruel"? rnd
flm Phllnrlolin'ii .
, ?aun iv iiut i iuw * iiiniuv|7 fpeople.
"You'll cot tlie Democrats because
It's for the south, but If your >Iil was
for the west coast they might fight It
tooth and nail, oven with the Japanese
fleet cruising dangerously near.
"And the ItepublKnns may vote for
It because they see a chance to claim
glory and perhaps break the solid
south in the next preside>-ii~i-~campaign.
You catoli the id'' n
"What!" exclaimed tt
Langdon.
"Well, who in hades wilt- k
because it's f<?r the good c ?d
States?" lie casp<?d.
"1 believe you will, senat? d
Haines, wilh ready con fid*
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