Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, June 13, 1913, Page 7

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THE EVENING TELEGRAM, LAKELAND, FLA,, JUNK 18, 1918, rAGE WVED NS, WS WATURE | It Is Each Man’s Double and Be- comes Harmless When Conquered. By ALTON EDWARDS, Nobody except the Governor knew that he had a double—not even the Governor's wife, who knew him, per, haps, better than anybcdy else. The two men resemhled each other so com- pletely that it would have been impos- sible for their most intimate acquaint ances to distinguish them. It there was any distinction, it was that the expression of character and sincerity upon the face of the state's chief ex- ecutive was replaced, upon the face of the other man, by a certain furtive cunning. From his earliest years Governor Haines had been engaged in a'con stant fight against this man. He had intruded into his life, had placed him in invidious positions, had, in general, committed actions which had needed all the governor’s ability to nullify. And he had followed him even to the executive chamber, blackmailing him, offering compromises, threatening. The executive mansion was totally unguarded. In that sleepy litle capital town formalities had not come into favor. The double strolled quietly across the lawn, entered the mansion and made his way to the Governor's of- fice. His secretary, nodding at his desk, bowed tc him, unconscious that this could be anybody but the Governor Halines he knew. “Mr. Searles has telephoned that he will be here in half an hour, sir,” sald ififfififflw ‘;tii{;} ;g i Q@{r@x kel “I've Finished With You." the secretary. The doubloe nodded, passed into the executive chamber and sat down at his desk. That he had an intimate knowledge of all the Governor's business was evi. dent, for he began scrutinizing papers and emptying pigeon holes and read- ing memoranda. But he was await ing the arrival of Secarles, the state boss, with {ill-concealed {impatience He knew that the man was' interested in the proposed street railroad fran- chise, that he had been pestering Gov- ernor Haines for weeks to sign the bill now awaiting his decision. And he had not omitted to threaten. It meant the Governor's political future, the de. cision which was impending. The secretary looked {in. “Mr. Searles i3 waiting to see you, sir,” he said. The state boss entered, He was evl. dently ill at ease, for he held his hat tightly and sat down nervously in the chair which the double offered him. The double swung round in his own chair and faced his visitor. “You have called with regard to that railroad franchise bill?" ke asked. Searlee cleared his throat and nod- Ced. Then, placing his hat down on the Governor's desk, he began: “Now, Governor Halnes, we have threshed this matter out, among oth- ers, for a long time. I have tried to ally you with the better interests of the state, but I have failed. I have pointed out to you that—I may speak plainly?" “Surely,” answered the double, smil- ing, and something in the double's ex- | pression sent new hope into Searles’ heart. Hitherto he had always been up against an impermeable barrier of character and rectitude. Now-—this man seemed almost to cringe before him. Searles had not ruled men for thirty years for nothing. He knew that this was the moment to terrorize —to bully. These means would suc- ceed where others had failed. “You got my letter, Governor?” he asked, his lips parting in a wolfish smile. “Well, it amounts to this. If you don’t sign that bill you won't have the renomination next year. That, of course, goes without saying. But I'm going to do more than that. I'm going to drive you out of public life alto- gether. Twenty-five years ago, when volved in a scandal. You know what 1 mean. The people of this state won't stand for anything of that kind lars,” he said. “May I tear this Into pieces and throw them into your waste-basket ?” It was strange, the extraordinary re- vulsion that came over the double. He had his enemy at his mercy, this Governor Haines who had hated him since their boyhood, and on whom he could now take effective revenge. Sud- denly he felt that his whole mental at. titude was changing. He thought of the man, bravely and silently fighting down the scandal of his past life, of his uncompromising battle for purer politics. He stretched out his hand impulsively and took his pen, and in large letters wrote at the bottom of the bill ‘vetoed’ He held it out to- ward Searles. Searles seemed completely mnon plussed. For a whole minute he stared at the vetoed bill. Then he got up and stretched out his hand. “Governor Haines,” he said, “I think the world of you. You have won the fight and I'm man enough to recognize it. You'll have the people on your side now—and I don't kick against the pricks. You've bested me and you'll have the entire Searles organization with you when we offer you the nomi- uation.” He shook Haines by the hand and walked slowly out of the office, shak- {ng his head. The double at the desk, however, was even more disconcerted than Searles. Why had he done this thing, he whose whole life had been dominated by hatred of his enemy? He must have dozed, for some min- utes later, when he looked up, he saw his enemy before him. Governor Haines was looking steadily at him, but he evinced no surprise. “Let’s fight this thing out right now,” he said. “I've finished with you. I shall never temporize with you again. I have compromised and feared you; henceforward it is war be- tween us for ever.” “It you had told me that twenty-five years ago I should never have troubled you at all,” answered the double, hum. bly, rising. Governor Haines did not answer him, but watched him leave the room. The sleepy secretary outside did not notice him pass. Nor would he have seen him even had he looked for him. Each man has his double, his worse nature. But when he has conquered him the double becomes a harmless wraith, transparent as a breath of marsh air that is dispersed in the sun. light, (Copyright, 1913, by W. G. Chapman.) LOVER OF GRACE DARLING Jimmy Giles of Ipswich, Eng, Once Courted Famous Life-Saver—But She “Wouldn't Leave Daddy.” Jimmy Giles of Ipswich, Eng., who for nearly 60 years was dock gate: man and assistant engineer, 18 a link with the past, inasmuch as he was the sweetheart of Grace Darling. Listen to the following conversation with the old seaman and live over again the memories of that brave ex- ploit near Longstone Lighthouse that made immortal history: “When a young man I took a cargo of salt from Ipswich to Sunderland. ‘While there I left my brig and was made coxswain of a coble that sup- plied Longstone Lighthouse with pro- visions. “This was in 1839, and as Grace's great deed took place the previous year I was anxious to meet the famous girl. On my first trip in the coble 1 gaw her stunding at the lighthouse door, but, although I tried to drew her attention, she got behind the door. “The next time I visited the light house I took a silk handkerchief full of grepes aud guve iiie let ic Cructe vwhen I saw her. She thanked me, and we got on well. “Grace was not handsome, but she was passable, with dark eyes and halir, and a face bronzed by the sea air, and conveying @ seuse of purity and inno- cauce that I have never beheld in any other. “She wore very short skirts and a dark blue Scotch cap, which suited her well. She was as good as any sallor, and could set a sail or pull an oar with the best of them. “Her father, an old man, nigh 70, was a very old-fashioned man, and al- ways wore drab knee-breeches and buckled shoes, with a sparrow-tail coat, big walstcoat, and a round skull- cap trimmed with fur. He didn't think much of my carryings-on with her. “She showed me her presents, in- cluding a gold slipped in a scarlet mo- rocco case, which the Czar of Russia sent her. She was often asked to go to London, but she wouldn’t leave ‘Daddy.’ And, although I became her sweetheart, that was the reason she gave me for not marrying, and so we drifted apart.”—Stray Stories. No Damages for Uncaught Fish, A guit for damages for the loss of fish one might have caught was before the courts of Maine in an injunction ac- tion against a canning company for unlawfully dumping into Passemar quoddy bay a lot of decayed sardines in csns. They had been swept by the tides into the plaintiff'’s weir and pre- YOU Were & Young man, you were In- | venveq figh from getting into it until the refuse matter was removed. The svpreme court awarded him damages in | for injury to his nets and for the ex- their chief magistrate. Will you sign pense of hiring men to remove the the bill or will you be exposed?” scandal was not I. It was a double of | mine,” thought the double; but of | course it was not to his interest to be- tray himself. He merely looked at Searles with a faint smile. And Searles understood that smile. “Let us come to the point, Gover| nor,” he said. “It's no use shilly-| shallying or beating about the bush.” | He drew a paper from his pocket bear- | | ing the Governor’s signature. “This is DTSS0S LTS0S SORERNRIIOIOCINORIIIRNF Y | Your obligation for five thousand dol- i 3 dead sardines to permit live fish to en- “The man who was involved Inthat ! on 4y weir, but gave him nothing for the fish he might have caught in the meantime, Bilkins' Flop. .. “Here is Bilkins, a Republican aill his life, as his father and grandfather | were before him, turns Democrat in the hope that he's going to get a post- office apointment.” “Yes; he has sold his birthright for & mess of postage.”—Buffalo Express. ! 1 LU0 ICAOVOIN0TOIVCIRHIO SIOHCBOROBNCHCHOECECSHHCEOHOUOHOSCHO CHORCHCICIO LAKE f"lhe Professions- DR. SAMUEL F. SMITX SPECIALIST. i PHARMACY ex.ZZ' fiénmu;:‘ Preserides Phone: Officy, 141; Residezes, T8 qhe Bryant Bldg., Lakeland, Fls 33 W. 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