The Candidate: A Political Romance

by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler · language: en

THE CANDIDATE A POLITICAL ROMANCE BY JOSEPH A. ALTSHELER HARPER & BROTHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON Copyright, 1905, by HARPER & BROTHERS.

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA THE CANDIDATE I THE NOMINEE The huge convention-hall still rang with the thunders of applause, and most of the delegates were on their feet shouting or waving their hats, when Harley slipped from his desk and made his way quietly to the little side-door leading from the stage.

It was all over now but the noise; after a long and desperate fight Grayson, a young lawyer, with little more than a local reputation, had been nominated by his party for the Presidency of the United States, and Harley, alert, eager, and fond of dramatic effects, intended to be the first who should tell him the surprising fact.

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