His Left Eye Wink

"What is the political future of Billy Judson, sheriff of Washtenaw, Pingree pusher and republican bossV" This question is being asked by Washtenaw politicians and by the wily William himself; for Billy has set his heart on being warden of the penitentiary. He has no other visible ambition, and failure will break his heart. But his enemies are leaviiïg no stone unturned to make him unpopular with the governor and prevent his appointment ': Billy Judson began his career as a cattle buyer at Chelsea. Like Cissy Fitzgerald, he had a wink with a fortune in it. lt was a long, lingering wink with the left eye. Accompanied by silence, it placed men under a spell, hypnotised them and made thein helpless. When the future sheriff winked and began to wish, the wishes(ajways came true. Four years ago he said "I want to be sheriff," and, lofit was as he said. Two years later the wish was repeated, and though people bobbed up and said- slanderously, as the sheriff affirms- that he hadn't obtained frqm the governor positions he had promised them, it came true. Last February Editor Moran, oue of Judson's former supporters, announced that he had organized a star republican club. The editor was a postoffice candidate, and people said if he remained at the head of his club Gen. Spaulding would appoint him. But Sherifif Judson wanted something to say about the appointment. He went about winking for a week, and when the club's flrst meeting was oyer the constitution was so twisted as to be unrecognizable, and the editor wasn't anywbere in the procession. The editor was mad, and, with Rep. A. J. Sawyer, Regent H. S. Dean, Aid. Hoiner Cady aud others vowed he'd show the sheriff up so Pingree and the voters would cut him dead. The Register opened with fearful charges of the sheriff's alleged rnalfeasance in office. Bill grew nervoas. Then carne a libel suit against the Register and a suit for f alse imprisonment against the sheriff, and things were very interesting. Then Gen. Spalding appointed the Judson office candidate. Other appointmeuts of Judson men followed, and people said the sheriff had promised the county delegation to Gen. Spalding for the congressional nomination and was leading the youthful Wedemeyer like a sheep to the slaughter. Then carne a struggle to control the county convention. The sheriff's characteristic left-eyed wink, reinforced by a tnysterious shake of his ruddy head, did more than Moran's editorials and Sawyer's phillipics, for the Washtenaw delegation went solid for Pingree and Wedemeyer. while Judson was elected delegate-at-large. Then Billy's silence ended. He clapped his hands, "I told you so," he yelled. "Oíd Saywer's a dead duck, and Moran- oh! he's a h- 1 of a cuss, he is!" But where is Billynow? Will the goyernor appoint a Judson man on the prison boaid, break the deadlock and make the red-headed politician warden as a reward of merit ? Opiuions differ. A delegation of Washtenaw politicians were in town this week. They were inclined to believe that the governor had found Billy Judson an unprofitable load and would throw him off. But The News talked with a rúan who occupies a great big place in the Pingree bosom, and who knows some of the governor's secrets. "Turn him down?"' said he. "Nope; think not; think red-headed Biily's still way up