The Fairfield Recorder. (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, June 5, 1908 Page: 7 of 8
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BY J. It. GAIKINO
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of rowboat which somewhat resemfc
American craft. It Is, however, of clup-
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table look to him then? The fare was
common. The master of the house
wot a no ooat and ate with his knife.
The mother wore a calico wrapper.
The younger children fought and
threw scraps of food across the table.
When the supper dishes were
washed she read the letter again. In
It she could see but two things; the
lack of any tenderness toward her and
the words; “If Reade should learn ol
the deal.” '
From the letter she cut the curt,
opening words: "Deaf Amx” leaving
JDruaiU’s expiana»ta» of the situation.
Hhe put the mutilated ‘letter Into an
ttn velO|*e, toliliHHsml iMUiBjBtuurt lt..aade
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A SENATORIAL
NOMINATION
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By ANNIB HINRICI1SEN
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by Duiiy Hiofy Pub. Co.)
Amy Metcalf read and reread a let-
ter. It had been written by the man
to whom she was engaged, but it con-
tained no expression of affection. It
was the letter of a mue absorbed,
heart and mind, In an affair in which
there was no time or place for gentle
sentiment.
. "I believe the matter is arranged,”
he wrote. “It has been hard, nerve-
stralulng struggle. But it's done. As
you know, there are five counties In
this district. Allen county has ten
delegates; King, 14; Morton, six; Polk,
nine; White, eight. Each county has
a candidate for the senate and a can-
didate for the house. As there are 47
delegates, 24 are necessary for a
nomination. If I secure the support of
King county I am nominated. By a
series of trades 1 have secured King,
promising among other things to sup-
port King’s candidate for the house.
To do this, ouf delegation will have
to desert Reade, ohr candidate for the
house. If he learns of the deal, I
have every reason to believe that he
can bring such pressure to bear on our
delegation that he, Instead of I, will
make a trade. He can promise King
county to support their candidate for
the senate in return for their support
of him for the house. That will Just
reverse our positions. Or he may be
able to split our delegation and make
a deal with the other counties that
will defeat me. Both of us cannot
win. It is in the great game of poli-
tics that one of us must go down. He
will unless he learus of my plans.
“Or unless the governor takes
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“Do You Think You’ll Make a Good
Wife for a Political Man?”
hand. He has kept out of the legisla-
tive nominations, but If he Bhould de-
cide’that he'“"wants anv particular
man nominated, all he has to do Is to
say the word and the state patronage
will do the rest. It will be over in
two or three days^and 1 shall be at
home,again. As always, Harry.”
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with Joy an<l pride. The second time
there was a little, restless, unsatisfied
feeling. The feeling grew stronger
and stronger as she thought of the let-
ter and of t.he events that had led up
to pYesent conditions
Harry Druslll hail been a poor boy.
He had worked hi* wav through
school and through a law office. After
his admission to the bar he had suc-
ceeded rapidly. He -had worked In
county politics until he had acquired
enough Influence to justify Ills askiug
for the nomination for state senator
of his district.
But at the same tlme^hat a candi-
date for the senate was to be selected,
two candidates for the house of repre-
sentatives were also to be named and
in the same county, Robert Reade, de-
sired to go to the house. The political
leaders of the district would not allow
one county to have two nominees and
either Druslll or Reade would have to
give way at the convention
For several years Druslll and Amy
Metcalf had been engaged. Until his
nomination seemed certain Amy had
never realized all that It might mean
to them .both. She had vaguely thought
It would hasten their marriage, for If
nominated he was sure to be elected.
And yet his letter was not the letter
of a rnan who regarded hts success
as a means to that end.
The general assembly would con-
vene In the winter and he would go
to the capital. He would live among
the great men of the state and be In
daily association with them. And he
would meet their families and go to
their homes. He would know their
daughters, beautiful and brilliant
young women who wore city made
clothes and all tbelr lives had lived
among the people one reads of.
He would see all the dullness and
the provincialism ot the little town of
his home.
And she who had known no broader
life, who made her own clothes and
sometimes clerked In a store during
busy seasons? What chance had she
to hold him? His ambition Was great
and she had heard that many a young
politician succeeds through gn advan-
tageous marriage. ,, '
But It he were not nominated ? Then
he would come back to stay in the lit-
tle town ana to build the little cottage
they had planned. He would never
and stamped It wit!
ery stamp.
It was almoBt time for thd train to
the city where the convention was to
be held and where the politicians were
assembled. She went to the station
and mailed the letter on the train.
She walked home slowly. iThe ex-
hilaration of Jealousy had passed and
reaction was bringing remorse.
When she opened the front door she
was caught In a pair of arms and held
close against a man’s breast.
"Harry,” Bhe cried. "Harry.” She
pulled herself away and stood staring
at him. "Is* the convention over?”
she gasped.
"No, but I wanted to see you so
much that 1 ran away for a little
while. I must go back In a couple of
hours. It’s awful over there. Even the
air i: polluted. I had to brace myself
by a breath of pure
the sight of some one who .really cares
for me.” His voice broke with a lit-
tle, boyish choke.
Amy stepped out of
arms, "Why didn’t you
thing of that sort when
me?” she demanded. “Why didn’t you
tell me that you were at least think-
ing of me over there?”
"Why, I did, didn’t I? you know I
am always thinking of you. Didn’t 1
say somethiug about It In my letter?"
“No, you didn’t, but I don’t care.
Oh. Harry, Harry, we must stop that
train. You must telegraph. Come,
quick. We must get that letter.” She
was Jerking the lapels of his coat up
,and down-and pulling him toward the
door.
“But, Amy, wh—what In the
world—”
"It’s a letter to Mr. Reade,” she
walled, “and he mustn't have It. It
Isn’t too late. Is it? I’ve ruined you,
Harry. I’ve betrayed you.”
With sobs and -broken. Incoherent
words she told him what she hud done.
The light died out of his face and he
looked old and careworn, but when
she dropped down before him and laid
her head on his knees, be picked her
up and held her close and* comforted
her.
"Is It too late?” she asked, after
she had become quiet.
“I fear It Is."
"But the governor?”
"Useless. He won’t Interfere. I’ll I
go back on the ten o'clock train. There j
is still a chance for me, but it’s a slim ■
one.”
The next morning a very pretty,
very frightened young woman was ad-
mitted to the private office of Gov.
O any observing tourist who might
Journey around the globe the various
types of sea and river craft that he
would see on such a trip are as dis-
tinctive as are the costumes of many
of the countries he would travel through.
Few Americans there are who are not famil-
iar with our present styles of water craft, such
as the common rowboat and galling yachts, but
there are many who. If told that these boats set.
down on some foreign stream would excite con-
siderable curiosity, would be greatly surpr^yed.
However, if they would stop to consider that
these boats were evolved from tho primitive
crafts of our forefathers and that the various
conditions In different lands would make these
boats Impracticable, the surprise would be some-
what tempered.
First, let us consider the gondola of Italy, re-
nowned in song and story. The gondola has
probably been drawn oftener than any other
boat, on record. Crank and black and dismal, with
Is swung around, and what was the stern be-
comes the bow. Proas are from 40 to 65 feet
long and six or seven feet wide, and are said
to attain a speed ef 20 piles an hour.
The juDk Is the distinctive type of Chinese
marine architecture, a somewhat uaprogresslwe
science among the celestials. Even before the^
Christian era, Jpjin Chinaman voyaged from
port to port in vessels of this build and rig. The
sails are made of matting and are reefed In
much the same way as a Venetian blind Is >
raised. The Junk 1b built along the lines of an
oriental Bllpper with the curved keel for the
sole and the drop aft for the heel. The com-
mon river boat or sampan Is on the even more
familiar model of the inverted flat Iron. The
modern large junk is a good sea boatwmd will
a type
os our
sy con-
to
The first time she read the letter- Hayes. The governor received her
with a gracious courtesy that opened
her heart, and she told him the story
of her treachery to Harry Druslll.
The governor was a kindly man. and
he had heard many tales of distress
and answered many prayers. For
women whom the storm and stress of
political life had battered and wounded
he had ever had a ready and helpful
sympathy.
“What can I do for you’’” he asked,
gently, after a moment’s silence.
“Nominate him.”
The governor smiled. “My dear,
young lady, what have I to do wttiiT
these local squabbles?”
"Nothing, i suppose, sir,” she said,
dolefully. "But couldn’t you take a
part Just this one time? It means lit-
tle to you and everything to him and
to me."
"Do you think you’ll make a gooil
wife for a political man?" he asked,
abruptly.
The girl shook her head. "No, gov-
ernor. 1 should be a hindrance to his
career. He could never trust me. He
would know that some day I might be-
tray him. I shall not marry him. I’m
not fit to. He forgave me and loved
and she went to help prepare •upper. ^
aba witodnred if mm Of Ih* society
queen* of tier fancy ever peeled pota
his prospects by marrying me.
"You’re right,” snld the governor,
emphatically. "I’ll nominate him on
condition that you promise, swear. In
fact, not to marry him. He’s a bright
young fellow, and I want to him to
succeed. Will you promise?”
"Yes, sir. I ll do anything you say.”
“And he Is not to know that you se-
cured his nomination for him.”
"No, sir."
The governor drew a deep sigh of
satisfaction. "You’re all right, my
child. Marry your sweetheart and
don’t again be Jealous of girls of your
own imagination, i’ll nominate him
for you.”
After the happy and grateful girl
was gone the governor sat musing.
"Well," he said to himself, she will
make Druafll vote for everything E
want. When you do something for a
man tot himself alone, he sometimes
forgets the obligation. But when you
do something for him- for the sake of
his wife, she never allows him to for-
get and keeps him forever frying to
pay the debt.”
And the governor .call*! his sccrc
tary and set In motion the machinery
that was to nominate Harry Druslll
^ OF CMIN*
the bright steel beak on the lofty prow, this
boat does not appeal so successfully to the nau-
me, but I shall not allow him to ruin, tical mind as It would seem to do to the artistic
<£>'OUTH E#3
Would Remove Temptation. - ■ •
Managers of the New York Metro-
polltan street railway system are can-
toes or fried sausages. At supper the side) Sag U>« plan of removing tempta-
thought at Harry, seated, as. of coarse tion from Ita conductor* by - placing
he often would be. at the govoraum boxes In the ckra ia which passengers
dinner table, surroundedhy a general can deposit their fares. The oondun-
mMmltm f ttorn Utm Mdt MIdlrhqUker they wish
■ women and cut glam, Ifinr would this the temptathm removed or nod
and poetical ono. But bn the miles of canals
In the city of Venice this craft Is peculiarly
adaptable. The .gondola was formerly the only
means of getting about the city, but It la now be-
ing displaced In part by small launches. The
ordinary gondola is 30 feet, long and four or tlvo
feet wide, and Is flat-bottomed so that the urart.
Is light. The bottom rises slightly above the
water at the ends, while at the bow and stern
slender ornamental' stem and stern pieces reach
to about the height of a map's breast There is
a covered shelter for passengers In the mlddVi
of the boat which is easily removable. In ac-
cordance With mediaeval regulation gondolas ut«
painted black. The gondolier stands erect with
his faee toward the bow and propels the boat
with a forward stroke, making his wav through
the narrow and often crowded canals with amaz-
ing dexterity.
Throughout the Islands of the Pacific the ca-
noe Is a common sight Strictly speaking the
canoe is a light boat designed to be propelled by
a paddle,held In the hands without auy fixed
support, although in some cases canoes may be
seen that havd an auxiliary sail to be used under
favorable conditions
The caaoee moat commonly seen In the waters
of the Hawaiian islands are bulk from a single
trpe trunk holloVod out with an outrigger as aeon
in the illustration. Wonderful saUbrs, tbo. axe the
natives Who In them often undertake long *•>»
voyages, far out of the sight of land, and passing
from one &feM t« another.
The canoes Of Samoa are built of several
places of wohd of irregular shape fastened to-
gether had cemented with gum "to prevent _ their
leaking. The- coasts of tho mainland of Slam,
fJurtefih apd Ofcttta also’ swarm with canoes.
While the cetamamr. is a typa of .water craft
that may he earn in eererei countries, 'each type
ail i ljlje fc§§ t|» dlttliwOve features. Tho cata-
maran Is a favorite of the Chinese fisherman and
l he larger streams of that oriental country are
well populated with these boats. They are con-
structed of two narrow canoes fastened together
and propelled from the stern with a long, narrow
oar. In Its original form the catamaran consisted of
three logs, the middle one being the longest,
lashed together. It was used by the natives of
thq Coromandel coast, particularly Madras, and
aiso in the West Indies and oti the coast, of
South America.
Tin- Fiji Islanders developed the catamaran
idea In their war canoes, which consist of two
parallel logs Joined together with a platform on
which a mast Is placed. These boats are safe
and also very swift.
The flying proa of. the I Ad rone Islanders is
another type of the catamaran made with two
hulls of unequal size. The larger hull, which car-
ries the rigging, Is perfectly fiat on one side and
rounded on the other. On this are placed bam-
boo poles projecting beyond the rounded aide,
and to their ends is-fastened n boat-shaped log
ohe-half or one-third the size of the larger hull
This prevents capsizing as effectually as Hv- FIJI-
double canoe. Both ends of the proa are made
alike, pud-the boat Is sailed with either end first ;
but the out-rlgger Is always to windward.
Against a head of wind the proa 1» kept away till
the stern approaches the wind, when the yard
wooden uprights fastened to the sides of the
boat, overlap each Other. The natives, however,
are expert In the handling of the craft.
In southeastern India, near the Strait Set-
tlements, an odd sailing craft may he found.
Tnls vessel is tigged with four sails, the larger
one sot slightly to the front of Hu- center, while
two others of still smaller design are set one
at the prow and the other midway between the
two The smallest of the sails Is rigged at the
ft tern and Is Intended to aid In steering the craft.
Oh the rivers of England and Ireland may he
seen several types; of the wherry, which is very
popular In these waters. Oars are used to aid the
single sail in the smaller boats of this type but the
Portsmouth wherry, used In the open sea, has a
mainsail and rejoices In a topmast and a topsail
The Turkish caique Is a familiar object In the
Sea of Marmora aid among the Islands of the
Aegean. She Is distinguished by her peculiar
mainsail, which Is a combination of a foreand
fift sftil apd a wsrh *«ll
Pages of interesting reading might he written
of the mnnv peculiar boats which may be found
the—wofld over. While the essential principle
of boat-hullding must necessarily lie similar, vari
ous nations and tribe* have developed the Idea
along different lines until to-day five-various styles
amd types of water craft can be numbered by the
hundreds
WHY THE BOY WAS BAPTIZED
At a little luncheon given on the day before
his departure for Europe to Joseph Cowell, Hie
English Zionist, the aubjaut of apostasy came up
and due man/to ilfaatrutAJts prevalence, related
that only a few days »ago the first child In the
home pf one of New York's wealthiest Jews had
been baptized because "the parent* hoped by that
means to remove an* obstacle in ihe way of the
boy’s progress.” This recalled to another man
at the table a story told at Basle by tho late
Ur. Theodor Hoi'll. At a dinner party, so went
the story, given by Mr Stocksen Bonds, a preco-
cious child a^ked the father "Do all people turn
Into Jews when they grow old?” "No, my boy,”
answered tho father, who had renounced hta faith
and heroine a Christian before the little fellow
was bora; “no. my hoy, why do you aakf "Well,
father, we children are ail t imsttans, you and
mother nr* Christiana, but grandfather, who Juil
came, from Russia, he’s an awfpl’J*v“
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