Table Grove High School - Fad Yearbook (Table Grove, IL)

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And then--this was his first vote-would he actually want to sell his vote? His right as an American citizen? Did he want to cast his vote for an inferior candidate? And what would Bess think of him? She waspquite a little politician, herself. I . I Perhaps for an instant the scales balanced- No, Mr. Nelson, I cannot accept your offer. Good 'eveningf' I He walked out of the office in a dream. He had worked so hard for that little home and now when he might have it, he cast it from him. He knew he had done the wisest thing. For a long time after John had left, Eli Nelson sat staring out of the window at the sun, slipping below the horizon-a glowing ball. At length he arose and addressing the empty room, There is a man. tWouldn't the world be benefited if there were more like him ? The next morning as Nelson was opening his mail he came across a short note signed, Respectfully, john Armstrong. It was his resignation, to take effect immediately. Nelson smiled as he read it and then tossed it into the waste basket. He wrote an acceptance of the resignation as foreman and at the same time an offer of the junior partnership of the firm. He added in a post-script, You have had your trial and I guess you are the man for the place, and it is yours if you will accept it. He also said that he, too, believed in voting for the man and he did think Mack was the best man. M. A. B., '09. r , JOKELETS I CNewton's third lawj- Every body keeps everybody else in motion by rotation. -Daisy. I think we will have a fine time in the Spoon. -Clarence H ammond. ' A curtain lecture is when a man is delivering a lecture and the curtain falls down. -Walter. I don't know what a fly wheel is. -Maurgarett B. Must I make sense in my Caesar translation ? -Isabelle. Where is the singer ? -Mr. Dyar. Daisy fprovokedj- I can't remember that word. Marguerite-Speech ! Speech !

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A close observer might have noticed Nelson's eyes twinkle and his lips twitch. He continued: If you have paid any attention at all to the party tickets you know that the Republicans have Holt and the Democrats have Mack up for Governor. If you remember, the last election went very close, and the Dem- ocrats Won by a small majority. Mack is a very good man, and represents a pretty good party, but Holt is pretty favorable to us companies. He has made a general offer of good freight rates. If Armstrong had thot for one moment, he would have known that the freight rates were all that could be desired. But he did not think, at least about this one fact. . This man Mack is putting up a good iight, but we want Holt to put up a better one. You know if you would cast a vote in Holt's favor and a 'few choice words to these 890 men, it would have some weight in the matter. John was silent. He could not have spoken had he wished to do so. It was too much for him to grasp, coming as it did from Nelson. .A vision of the two candidates flashed before him. Mack, big, generous-hearted, loyal to his party and always Willing to defend the right. Then Holt-the contrast was great. Holt had dol- lar signs all over his greedy countenanceg no one ever remembered of his doing anything to better his country, and every one was afraid to delve too deep into his past to find out, and, besides, he guarded carefully against anything of this kind happening. . Armstrong parried a reply: f'Excuse me, Mr. Nelson, I don't quite catch your meaning. Well, Armstrong, I have to do a great deal for policy's sake. I don't believe an adventure of this kind would be safe for my trade. Now, if you will talk to these men, I will make it worth your while. John's eyes blazed with anger and amazement. Who would have thot such a thing from N elson? But what do these poor devils get out of it? Less wages? Higher taxes P No, Armstrong, I can sayfthewage rate will remain the sameg I cannot testify as to the tax rate. I'll tell you what I will do, I'll incizese your wages S600 more per year 5 how's that for a deal ? john started to' answer Iliiegatively, but he hesitated and was almost lost. A vision of a tiny white cot- tage,-with vines running over it,-came to him, and yes, there was some one at the gate waving 'her hand in greeting. It was Bess. She seemed to belong to the place and this little cottage just suited her.

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