嗔秤戻幣�哉膵�云利匈嬉蝕湊蛸賜�塋床四衲���萩晦編報炎嘔囚^泡仟 ̄云利匈��
響慕片 卦指云慕朕村 紗秘慕禰 厘議慕尺 厘議慕禰 TXT畠云和墮 〆辺茄欺厘議箝誓匂〇

the vision spendid(胆尚)-及35何蛍

酔楯荷恬: 梓囚徒貧圭�鮗� ○ 賜 ★ 辛酔堀貧和鍬匈 梓囚徒貧議 Enter 囚辛指欺云慕朕村匈 梓囚徒貧圭�鮗� ● 辛指欺云匈競何! 泌惚云慕短嗤堋響頼���誅卒亮茂�俊彭堋響��辛聞喘貧圭 "辺茄欺厘議箝誓匂" 孔嬬 才 "紗秘慕禰" 孔嬬��


    James breathed freer。 ;That might be the best way�察�if it wouldn't put 

you out�察�Jeff。; 

    ;I wouldn't want to be any trouble�察─�the old man explained。 

    ;And you won't be。 I want you。 James wants you�察�too�察�but he can't very 

well arrange it。 I can。 So that's settled。; 

    In his rooms that evening Jeff very gently made clear to his uncle that 

Verden believed him to be his son。 

    ;If you don't mind�察�sir�察�we'll let it go that way in public。 We don't want 

to hurt the political chances of James just now。 And there are other things�察�

too。 He'll tell you about them himself probably。; 

    ;That's all right。 Just as you say。 I don't want to disturb things。; 

    ;I adopted you as a father about a year ago without your permission。 It 

won't do for you to give me away now�察─�the nephew laughed。 

    Robert   Farnum   nodded   without   speaking。 A  lump   choked   his   throat。 

He had found a son after all�察�but not the one he had come to meet。 



                                      PART 2 



    At the ensuing election the progressives swept the state in spite of all 

that the allied corporations could do。 James was returned to the legislature 

with    an  increased   majority    and  was    elected  speaker   of   the  House 



                                        135 


´ Page 136´

                                   THE VISION SPLENDID 



according   to   program。   His   speech   of   acceptance   was   the   most   eloquent 

that had ever been heard in the assembly hall。 The most radical of his party 

felt that the committees appointed by him were in their personnel a little 

too   friendly   to   the   vested   interests   of   Verden�察  �but   the   _World_   took   the 

high ground that he could render his party no higher service than absolute 

fair play�察�that the bills for the rights of the people ought to pass on their 

merits and not by tricky politics。 

     Never before had there been seen at the State House a lobby like the 

one   that   filled   it   now。   The   barrel   was   tapped   so   that   the   glint   of   gold 

flowed through the corridors�察�into committee rooms�察�and to out of the way 

corners   where   legislators   fought   for   their   honor   against   an   attack   that 

never     ceased。    Sometimes      the   corruption     was    bold。   More    often   it  was 

insidious。   To   see   how   one   by   one   men   hitherto   honest   surrendered   to 

bribery was a sight pathetic and tragic。 

     The   Farnum   cousins   were   the   centers   around   whom   the   reformers 

rallied。 James directed their counsels in the House and Jeff pounded away 

in the _World_ with vital trenchant editorials and news stories。 Every day 

that paper carried to the farthest corner of the state bulletins of the battle。 

Farmers and miners and laboring men watched its roll of honor to see if 

the local representatives were standing firm。 As the weeks passed the fight 

grew more bitter。 Now and again men fell by the wayside disgraced。 But 

the pressure from their constituents was so strong that Jeff believed his bill 

would go through。 

     His   friends   forced   it   through   the   committee   and   pushed   it   to   a   vote。 

House   Bill   33�察  �as   the   initiative   and   referendum   amendment   was   called�察�

passed the lower legislative body with a small majority。 The pool rooms 

offered five to four that it would carry in the senate。 

     It   was    on    the   night    of   the   twenty´first     of   December       that   the 

amendment   passed   the   House。   On   the   morning   of   the   twenty´third   the 

_Herald_ sprang   a front  page sensation。  It charged   that the  editor of  the 

_World_ had ruined a girl named Nellie Anderson at a house where he had 

boarded and that she had subsequently disappeared。 It featured also a story 

of how he had been seen to enter his rooms at midnight with a woman of 

the street�察�who remained there until morning reveling with him。 Attached 



                                              136 


´ Page 137´

                                   THE VISION SPLENDID 



to   this   were   the   affidavits   of   two   detectives�察  �a   police   officer�察  �and   the 

druggist who had furnished the liquor。 

     The story exploded like a bomb shell in the camp of the progressives。 

Rawson tried at once without success to get Jeff on the telephone。 He was 

not   at   the   office�察  �nor   had   he   reached   his   rooms   at   all   after   leaving   the 

_World_ building on the previous night。 None of his friends had seen or 

heard of him。 

     The afternoon papers had a sensation of their own。 Jefferson Farnum 

had left Verden secretly without leaving an address。 Evidently he had been 

given   a   hint   of   the   exposure   that   was   to   be   made   of   his   life   and   had 

decamped rather than face the charges。 

     Rumor   had   a   hundred   tales   to   tell。  The   waverers   at   the   State   House 

chose to believe that Jeff had sold them out and fled with his price。 It was 

impossible   to   deny   the   stories   of   his   immorality�察  �since   it   happened   that 

Sam  Miller�察  �the   only  man   who   knew   the   whole story�察  �was   far   up   in   the 

mountains arranging for a shipment of Rocky Mountain sheep to the state 

museum。 Farnum's friends could only affirm their faith in him or surrender。 

Some gave way�察�some stood firm。 The lobbyists and the opposition went 

about     with   confident�察     �I´told´you´so;      smiles    writ   large   on   their  faces。 

Within      a  few   days    it  became     apparent    that   the  reform   bill    would     be 

defeated in the senate。 Its fate had been so long tied up with the people's 

belief in Jeff   that   with  his collapse   the  general   opinion   condemned it   to 

defeat。 Its friends hung back�察�unwilling to risk a vote as yet。 

     The   situation   called   for   a   leader   and   developed   one。   James   Farnum 

stepped into the breach and took command。 In a ringing speech he called 

for a new alignment。 He would yield to none in the devotion he had given 

to House Bill Number 33。 But it needed no prophet to see that now this 

amendment   was   doomed。   Better   half   a   loaf   than   no           bread。   He   was   a 

practical man and wanted to see practical results。 Rather than see the will 

of the people frustrated he felt that House Bill I7 should be passed。 While 

not    an   ideal   bill  it  was   far  better   than   none。    The    principle    of  direct 

legislation at least would be established。 

     H。   B。   No。   I7   was   brought   hurriedly   out   of   committee。   It   had   been 

introduced as a substitute measure to defeat the real reform。 According to 



                                               137 


´ Page 138´

                                  THE VISION SPLENDID 



its   provision   legislation   could   be   initiated   by   the   people�察  �but   to   make   it 

valid as a law the legislature had to approve any bill so passed。 The people 

could advise。 They could not compel。 

     The speech of the speaker of the House precipitated a bitter fight。 The 

more eager friends of H。 B。 No。 33 accused him of treachery�察�but many felt 

that it was the best possible practical politics under the circumstances。 For 

weeks   the   issue   hung   in   doubt�察  �but   gradually   James   gathered   adherents 

among both progressives and conservatives。 It became almost a foregone 

conclusion that H。 B。 No。 I7 would pass。 



                                             138 


´ Page 139´

                                THE VISION SPLENDID 



                             CHAPTER 15 



     ;Old Capting Pink of the Peppermint�察�Though kindly at heart and good�察�

Had a blunt�察�bluff way of a´gittin' 'is say That we all of us understood。 

    When he brained a man with a pingle spike Or plastered a seaman flat�察�

We should 'a' been blowed but we all of us knowed That he didn't mean 

nothin' by that。 

    I was wonderful fond of old Capting Pink�察�And Pink he was fond o' me�察�

As he frequently said when he battered me head Or sousled me into the 

sea。; Wallace Irwin。 

       BULLY      GREEN      PRESERVES         DISCIPLINE       AND     THE    REBEL 

LEARNS TO SAY ;SIR; 



                                        PART 1 



     On the night of the twenty´second of December Jeff left the _World_ 

building   and   moved   down   Powers Avenue   to   the   all   night   restaurant   he 

usually frequented。 The man who was both cook and waiter remembered 

afterwards that Farnum called for coffee�察�sausage�察�and a waffle。 

    Before   the   editor   left   the   waffle   house   it   was   the   morning   of   the 

twenty´third。   He   had   never   felt   less   sleepy。   Nor   did   a   book   and   a   pipe 

before his gas log seem quite what he wanted。 
卦指朕村 貧匯匈 和匯匈 指欺競何 壘��0�� 家��0��
酔楯荷恬: 梓囚徒貧圭�鮗� ○ 賜 ★ 辛酔堀貧和鍬匈 梓囚徒貧議 Enter 囚辛指欺云慕朕村匈 梓囚徒貧圭�鮗� ● 辛指欺云匈競何!
梁椣戻幣�� 梁心弌傍議揖扮窟燕得胎��傍竃徭失議心隈才凪万弌誌育断蛍�輌臆惨軼僑〃�燕慕得珊辛參資誼持蛍才将刮襲潜��範寔亟圻幹慕得 瓜寡追葎娼得辛參資誼寄楚署衛、持蛍才将刮襲潜填��