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lr
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i' The Harp ,
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1 lien rd , a IIlIlrllllll'UII sound or ( tllrolJlJllI
satrhlgs
Tint IllIh'el''lI III ! lie tJlIlIlIHllt lW tlt4'
Hlrellll- !
HIIII I IUltp tint fluttered like a 'IIIII1t
, 11fI1I' " hl"IIJdIlH ,
I 1'110 111111 hlllo hollu\\'joJ IIf flit \vuothIand
waking
" 'Ilh sorrows from the slulllo\\ world of
111'1'11111 ,
AIIII IIIIII ! oC HllIUluw hllulIlell qlleol11'1 ' nnll
Icings.
t Over your harp you 1J.lItJut ; when J
l'lIl1H'
You lifted your dark eyes , and ! your song :
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Although : your lingers III the , ( rings ' yet
rurlllA'
' 1'Il1l11cll Ihu hIlHhl'1 woutllnl1dl'l ' with cu-
chllllll'll pluyilgt--
At you arose tocundet ' 11\ ' 111\ ' 'lillI'
, { III OH ' tiling the sweet wU1l1 ' ( that set sly
heart ! 1I1hlllll'
l ' runt IHlP of I'I''HIIII 111141 of IIIl1l'III'l'It
And golden howl ! ! uf ' ' ulnsuer 1 , HUJlIhlrl'
IIp''l'll. '
\Ve dlunit dl'eil IIl'11l1lchl4 of life , 0 J.O\"l .
IOJI'IIIl'I' ;
a. We wlIlIlIl'I'I'1i through din IIhlIts among
hI' ht'ulhs't I ' ,
JII late HeJlIl'llIht'J' wllell the rOl11l1 1110011
' 1 diIilit'(1 ,
Iher ainher horn " III dewy silver mlt
Anil II II\\ ' , when whiter collies . mill \\'oo1 !
111111 foil
Ism oat : while whirl ire hidden from our
r\ ' ec : .
ii Di'n'ning ( together IIr the IIHII'IIII1l Cull -
l hors ,
- You lumen , ogee more , tile harp that' ' still
-t 1'I'I1IPIIIIH'I" + -
'J'hollgll III our heaths ' I 110 1-11111110 of sallow
I I es-
1'110 thnilt , 1'1)11 1oITOthut III Il1'eallllall
dwell .
J hear ogee more the tale of lIueellt nail !
1lnHH
Caught III the nets or love ; sand how they
11111 I :
YIl-lhougll ! for all the sorrow of the
telling I
'J"Ill'g of t'oIllIHllolI 11\ lilY eyes are well-
lug'-
} 1f'I':1UHWI' two have wllutl'red ! stile 11)
side ,
\Iy ; II'llrt ) may HI'It'1I0t with ho I HrID\-
lug HlrlngH
I I - LullIolDally Nl'\\'S
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GRAY S O N
Bv II. 'ERNARD lIILLISON
( Coll'rhhl.I905 , by lIally Story 1'011 , Cn )
Cotton was 10 blame for It all.
' ! 'hero iii no doubt about that in the
mind of anybody \ \ ho knows ttll the
c
details. If the miserable little whifflt
\vho occupies the city edltor's chair
011 the l'alladiuul had not been so
jenlous-nihldcd Milli villdictlvo he
110V01 would llat o scat Grayson with
' 1 all his ignorance and ambition turd in-
ge11uousuess lnto that den of thieves-
(111(1 the scamidal never would have occurred -
curred 1111(1 ( ho party in all probability
\t'ou14 not have been defeated at the
polls ,
of course Cotton lost Ills job amid so
dill Ile'trant , the managing editor , and
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so di4 several others , but that did not
pt event the defeat of alto party and
time loss of hundreds of tilousitllds to
old 1'elhani , the owner of the pnper.
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Grayson was just out of college ,
where he hind/ stood equally high in
studies foul athletics. Ile was a tlhor-
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"No , " said the childlike Grayson.
ough believer In the value of college
p education for men in every day pursuits -
suits and was thoroughly determined
to avoid the rock upon which that
I idea has so often split-assumption of
superior1t So he grabbed hold oC
I the hot end of everything like an oft -
t ( lice toy , saying cherfully : "You fel-
' Jews have four years start of me In
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this sort / of piing , so flit only a
fl'8hlo. hilt I 1'1'1\011 what I got 111
cello lIIar hd)1 ) Some SOllletlmo "
Cotton lint et1 Grayson hera\lllo \ he
had keen forced 1111011 hllll I hr Horl ram
II I t WI\R only ollice IIOIIIIC's , of course ,
and : Cotton wRnlel1 to ho the whole
thing In the city 1'0011I But ho gram
bled nbout "loalIlng his staff down with
dead \ ont , " and : then holdlmig hint rc'
8110n81hlo for results But Bel'tram
WitS a college mlln himself and liked
Gl'llr'oll's looks and exel'cl'wtI ' his
uuthol'lty '
What Ul'I\yson went through for the
1rst ! fl'W'els was something fIerce
111111 It not been for his grim determination -
lion ho would have slllpped Colton's
face and quit II dozen times Ile ( ' trawl
began to notice that Grayson wasn't
getting any decent assignments multi
called Colton down several limes
Then Cotton got mad anti made his
great mistake. One afternoon ho SU1l1-
monetl a half dozen of lie ( best report-
ei' lie hind IIIHI with thel11 GI'IIYEOII
"Do you know these stories lie
Clarion has been Ill'llIlIng ahomit the
: -01 hell work on the michw city hall ! "
he ! saitl.
All nod/lell aCllulescence
" ' ! 'hcl'c may ho somethlll In il , " ho
conlltlllt'tI "l'ow I want some one of
you fellows to get ont anti timid Ollt-
get absolute proof , lion go to lacl\ey
Cs Host'nhelm , the contractors who are '
,
doing the most or their work , amid try
to get them to how Ull a certain
1Il0mOl'antllllll they have from the
niltyor , allthol'i7.ln ; : some of lie suhstl-
luUons or malol'ial ' they are making
and the IIIITercn'o in the character of
the \\'orlc I have ration to bellovo
there Is such a memOl'anllll111 ' in writIng -
Ing , or comso the mayor has got a
string on a. part of the swag , and on
lackey's Inflllonco whit the heelers
for nextspring. , Now this Is a deli :
t'ate asslgn1\lent-antl IJo " .
( 'a \ may tIangel"
OilS , because the man doing It mnst
act Ind'pontion of the IHlJOI' ) Of
course , lie ntnyor could shut old I'd-
ham off In a mlnuto lint If you go to
the contractors anti show that you
have the proofs ) and say rOil have ob'
talnel1 them personally , and not by
direction , of the Palladium , anal pro
pose to give the fads to lie Reform
Alllance unless they can show , some
authority : for their breach of contract ,
they t may give ; ; 1 UJ ) the secret mel11oran-
dum in order to save themselves
financially and let the mayor stand
the hl'\tnt. But they arc desperate
men , and I will send no man on the
aslgnment unless ho VllhllltOCl'S ' "
All six of us older reporters looked
aghast at the itIea Every face reflected -
llectel1 the puzzled state of the mind
above It. It was a fool idea from
every stanl1polnt. Even if i the story ,
could IJe procured , the paper dare not
print it , And the contractors were
Imown to bo liCe , darIng , resolute
anti unscrupulous 111en It would IJo
worth one's life to attempt to force
their lands in such a manner
Grayson ! , however , leap d to the
bait and eagerly voluntoered. There
was an expression of diabolical satis-
faction on Colton's face as Grayson
rushed out 011 his first important as'
slgnment. . Several ! of the older fel-
lows who liked him , warned him , but
to no avail.
I had become particularly fond of
the boy and he tolll me from day to
tiny of his IlI'ogress 110 certainly did
work for it In a. selontlnc and thor-
ough lI1anner , going so far as to get i
a job as a. common laborer in order
to see certain points of the structure
ami lie method of construction. \Vith-
111 week ho hall the most certain and
I'omprehens\'o ! claim of positive ovl-
teneo I ever saw of a. rotten public
swindle , Nothing was taken for grant-
( 'd , All was in black and white and
wholly provable in court
In his youthful exuberance ho took
it to Cotton , who could not withhold
a glance of admiration , hut followed it
with a chuckle of malice as Crayson
went out
And then that blessed infant walked -
ed rIght into the lion's den , It did
not tale him long to get Into the
inner ollleo of 1\Iacley & Hosenhelm ,
after a strong hint of his mission was
sent In. They thought It was black-
mail at first but when he mentioned
HcomCI , rc l1cranC1 _ ofi I a.m. - - .
"
lie mnyor's 1t101t101'allllum , old Hosen- }
helot turned cllallcy white allil 11'iackey !
bcrt l red And tlton when ho opened
Ui > his proofs ! lntl showed thom what
Ito Imew anti could actually prove
Hoscllhelm flushed red amid \lacliCr : ;
went while \\'Jth angel'
.
111\\0 you sold all this pretty story
to anybody ( ? " inquired Hosenhelm ,
mi1l1ly. Doth leaned forward eagerly
"Xo , " replied Craysoh ; , "I tlld not
gather It primarily to convict you fel-
lows. If you will \ show your authority
from the IIH'OI' , which I know you
have , you will go scot free. The
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His famous football tackle
mayor Is the fellow I'm anel' "
The contractors breathed easier mill
: Mackey excused himself for a moment
and went ou t.
"Of course yon have duplicates of
these notes ? " suggested Hosenhelm
"No , " replied the childlike Gra 'son ,
At this moment l\lacl\O returned.
Wilh hint were three of the toughest
looking customers Grayson had ever
laid eyes on The expression on
Jlackey's : face was something fearful
to heholtl. Grayson glanced quickly
at Hoscnhelm The thin face was
alive with venom and lie piercing lit-
tlo eyes held murder In their glance
Grayson was not a. dull person and he
saw the trap at once For an InnnHesl-
mal second ho cursed himself for a
blind Idiot , and Cotton for a. murderm' ,
Then all his splendid facullles , mental -
tal and physical ) , rose to their keenest
pitch lie rose abruptly and turned
naturally back to the \\'all.
"Who are these ) gentlemen ? " he
asked sternly "This intervIew was
to ho private , "
" : : \11' , Grayson ; ' said Hosenhelm ,
rising with livid face , "as friends of
yours wo deem It necessary that : you
take a long trip for your heallh Your I
nervous system is evidently shattered
'l'heso gentlemen are about to depart
for a. . trip to 'Frisco , around the Capo.
They leave this afternoon on a sailing
vessel and have consented to take
you with th0111 You will land In
'FrIsco next July . about three mOllths
after the city election If you have
then recovered your health and forgotten .
ton these delusions you have been
talking to us . you will IJo set ashore
If not- " HUll Rosonhelm indulged In
a. ghastly gestmc.
"And if I refuse ? " asked Grayson ,
"I cannot answer for the result , " replied , :
pIled Rosenltelm
"Detter fix it rIght now , " growled
Mackey.
"No " replied Hosenhelm , "I think
the young man is reasonable In the
meantime I will keep your papers and
go over them carerull ' , "
Grayson though fast , then salll :
"Oh well , I'm up against it , I will
go , I'm not ready to cash In yet , and
you hold the cards "
"It will bo necessary to administer
a. soothing potion , " remarked Rosen-
helm , "to guard against ! : a. possible at-
tack of hysteria on time street. Just
Hit down. It will not hurt you , I prom-
Is < ' . , "
Grayson sank Into a. . chair , facing
tIlO three rnlllans who gathered in
front of him while Rost'l1helm reached
for u drawer in his desI.
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Stllltlollly , without \.al'11lng , Gmyson
dropped out oC the chair on one knee ,
and grabbed the IicaresL : thug with
hits famous football tackle , throwing
him with terrific force against one or
lie others. Both went down in a heap
and before they struck the floor , Gray---
son had given the third thug a kick ] In -
the stomach that sent him gasping
anti Ficreamlng Into the far corner.
Quiche as lightning he landed a blow f
from his fist square all 1\lncl\Cy's neck ,
putting that worthy to the lIoot' Then
turning on Hoscnheil11. who had lied j
barely time to rise from his chait' , he
grahbed him h l ' the throat and liter- t
ally dragged him to where Maclmy "
lay Hosenholm was a. . small hum and . .
\Iacl'y : : a. . large , heavy set OliO Gray-
son placed one foot squarely on . . . . _ .
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Maclwy's throat before he hall recovered - . . . .
covered himself sufficiently to rise ,
anti Hung Hoonhelm ! ' hetween himself -
(
. self : mill the sluggers. l\laclw made .
a. . struggle 01' two , hut It hurd Cl'lIlich
, from Grayson's : foot upon his throat ,
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was sulllclent to silence him. or the
sluggers , the one 1lclwd was perma-
nently out of huslness A glance at I '
the writhing forum showed that. Of
the oilier two t , however , one was already -
ready on his feet anal hall drawn an
ugly knife , while the other was pull
Ing himself together Grayson pressed -
ed hIs thU111hs Into Hosenheim's skinny -
ny throat until lie eyes rolled and
the tongue protrudel1.
"Call off your dogs , " 110 said , sternly -
lr , "or I'll choice you to death , so hell ,
,
mo hea'on ! "
He let up on his grip and Rosen
heim shrlel\Cd : "Stop ! Plovllz. Stop ! - ' , . . . I
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ull\gan \ " ,
'rho man on his feet sprang for- (
ward , knife In hand , and Grayson's 1
fingers again closed on Hosenhelm's t
throat , while his foot crunched down Ion
on Mackey's , who emitted a heart- -
rending groan . . '
Yj'
Advunco one step more and I'll
kill them IJoth ! ' " he said , sharply
.
The fellow recoiled at sight of the . . 1
ghastly face and protruding tongue of ( (
his employer. {
Again Grayson let ] UI and Rosen- If t
helm gasped , "Ple\'it.7. , If you move a. ,
step I'll ha\'o you hanged. " 1,1
The rest was easy Grayson dlctat- 1
ed the terms of peace lie demanded -
the mayor's memorandum which was t /
produced after Hosenhelm had onjoy-
ed one moro choldng Then Plevitz l :
dragged the still squirming third 1'u-
j
nun into the ample vault and was followed - 1
lowed in hy Mulligan \ , after which
Grayson readied down , grasped 1\Iac. "
keyby the collar , lifted him to 1
his feet and shot him like a cannon
ball after them ' 1'hon ho threw the
bhlverlng Rosonhelm in , slammed the . .f1 ,
door and turned the locI.
Then ho carefully brushed his j
clothes and walked out through the
main ofllco as unconcerned as an ordinary - ,
nary bill collector "
If there ever was a. surprised man ,
It was Colton when Grayson brought , \
In the l11a 'or's memorandum. Nor ,
would Grayson let go of It until its .
publication , together with the balance
of hIs story was ordered IJy Polham. 1
Then he went and telephoned
lucliCY ? S Hasenholm s office that I
somrIJudyVollltl bettor open the vault , ' I
And the funny thing about It is that ,
while Cotton and Bertram were fired ,
the old man kept ] Gra 'sol1.
"
t
Constable Aged but Efficient
Constable . D. CIII'l'ence of Valley 1
Head , near ElkinsV. , Ya" , was 82
years and S months old last week , t
when ho went to Elldns to take the ' -
oath of office as constable af I\Ilngo
district for the fourth term , having
already served twelve 'ears. "Uncle
Billy , " as ho Is famIlIarly known ] , still
gets over the mountains of hIs district
as spry as ever and brings the offenders -
fenders of law to justice In short
order.
Still Bitter.
"Sho says site was dying to speak to
you yesterday when wo sass- you , " 1'0-
mal'l\C11 the lIcacemalwl'
" \\'ell'P replied the belligerent girl , _ 1
"why doesn't she then ? " ,
"YOtl mean 'ou'tl be glad to have
her speak to you ? "
"XOi die "
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