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He says he was astonished. Did the whole delegation go up to Leith, or only a committee?" Mr. Tooting's grin had by this time spread all over his face a flood beyond his control. "Well, there's no use puffin' it on with you, Aust. That was done pretty slick, that twenty-prominent-citizen business, if I do say it myself.
If I can do anything for you, a message will reach me there." "Humph," said the Honourable Hilary, while the others exchanged significant glances. Austen had not gone half the length of the hall when he was overtaken by Mr. Tooting. "Say, Aust, what's up between you and Redbrook?" he asked. "Nothing. Why?" Austen asked, stopping abruptly.
I've been around the State, and I know the sentiment. We've got 'em licked, right now. What have you got against it? You're on our side, Aust." "Ham," said Austen, "are you sure you have the names and addresses of those twenty prominent citizens right, so that any voter may go out and find 'em?" "What are you kidding about, Aust?" retorted Mr. Tooting, biting back the smile again.
Hamilton Tooting became ashy pale. "I haven't done anything to you, Aust. Say you didn't ?" He did not finish. Terrified by something in Austen's eye, which may or may not have been there at the time of the Blodgett incident, Mr. Tooting fled without completing his inquiry.
Tooting, giving Austen a friendly poke with his cigar. "You showed your usual acumen, Mr. Tooting," said Austen, as he rose to put on his coat. Mr. Tooting regarded him uneasily. "You're a deep one, Aust," he declared; "some day you and, me must get together." Mr. Billings' desire for ultimate justice not being any stronger than Austen suspected, in due time Mr. Meader got his money.
Hamilton Tooting, a young man of a sporting appearance and a free vocabulary, made the next attempt. It is a characteristic of Mr. Tooting's kind that, in their efforts to be genial, they often use an awkward diminutive of their friends' names. "Hello, Aust," said Mr. Tooting, "I dropped in to get those witnesses in that Meagre accident, before I forget it."
He says he was astonished. Did the whole delegation go up to Leith, or only a committee?" Mr. Tooting's grin had by this time spread all over his face a flood beyond his control. "Well, there's no use puffin' it on with you, Aust. That was done pretty slick, that twenty-prominent-citizen business, if I do say it myself.
"There's no chance for young men in that system," he said. "Young men write the noble parts of the governor's inaugurals," said Austen. "Yes," said Mr. Tooting, bitterly, "but you never get to be governor and read 'em. You've got to be a 'come on' with thirty thousand dollars to be a Northeastern governor and live next door to the Honourable Hilary in the Pelican. Well, so long, Aust.
"There's no chance for young men in that system," he said. "Young men write the noble parts of the governor's inaugurals," said Austen. "Yes," said Mr. Tooting, bitterly, "but you never get to be governor and read 'em. You've got to be a 'come on' with thirty thousand dollars to be a Northeastern governor and live next door to the Honourable Hilary in the Pelican. Well, so long, Aust.
Wait till you see how the Railroad Commission'll whitewash that case. It makes a man want to be independent. What?" "This sounds like virtue, Ham." "I've often thought, too," said Mr. Tooting, "that a man could make more money if he didn't wear the collar." "But not sleep as well, perhaps," said Austen. "Say, Aust, you're not on the level with me."
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