It was a dreary game.
From time to time she heard of him through the newspapers.

For, in his own State, he was an "Insurgent" making a fight, the outcome of which was expected to show what might follow throughout the entire West.
When he won his fight much more was written about him, and he became a national figure.

In his own State the people hailed him as the next governor, promised him a seat in the Senate.

To Helen this seemed to take him further out of her life.

She wondered if now she held a place even in his thoughts.
At Fair Harbor the two hundred and forty-nine used to joke with her about her politician.