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"Ranlett is mistaken about twenty minutes mistaken," was Gantry's reply. "Mr. McVickar passed through here a few minutes ago on his way to Twin Canyons City. His special has been gone some little time." "When is he coming back?" "I don't know." "Did you see him?" "I did."
"What was your 'decent way, Senator?" he asked, fixing his gaze upon the shrewd old eyes of the other, which, for the first time in the conference, seemed to be losing a little of their grimly good-natured aggressiveness. "I don't mind telling you, though you will likely call it an old man's foolishness. I have a grown son, McVickar. Did you know that?"
"Well," Hammie McVickar explained, "when any one enters this balcony every man down there begins pounding with his knife and fork, or anything that's handy, and raising such a din, that guests usually depart quickly." "I think that's very rude," Blue Bonnet said, and the men agreed with her politely. "Wasn't it just like Billy to pick out the biggest bouquet for Mrs. White?"
If we want to push this fight hard enough, it is not impossible that you might find yourself in a hard row of stumps at the end of it, David." "I'm taking all those chances," was the even-toned rejoinder of the man who was to be shown up. "But there is one chance I'm sure you haven't considered," McVickar went on aggressively.
The vice-president caught an elevator at the end of his leisurely progress down the corridor, and had himself lowered to the lobby. The electric lights were glowing, and the great gathering-place was beginning to take on its evening stir. Mr. Hardwick McVickar pushed his way to the desk, and a row of lately arrived guests waited while he asked his question.
Sue and Annabel kept up a chatter, and Billy and Hammie were entertaining in the extreme. "Isn't Billy a dear?" Sue said, running into Blue Bonnet's room to say good night. "And isn't Hammie McVickar splendid? I think he's the best-looking man I know. Billy says he's a prince the fellows at college all swear by him. So glad you could meet them. Good night. Sleep well."
McVickar made me an offer, I accepted in good faith, believing that I could really do something toward bringing about a better understanding." "And now you believe you can't? that it is impossible?" "Not wholly impossible, I suppose. But the 'great game' seems to be everything in this benighted commonwealth, and everybody plays it my father, his wife, the railroad officials, and the politicians.
The matter of the original journal is indicated by inverted commas, and where portions of it embracing minute and uninteresting particulars, have been omitted, the leading facts have been briefly stated by the editor, Archibald McVickar, in his own words, so that the connection of the narrative is preserved unbroken and nothing of importance is lost to the reader.
"Well, the Honorable Dave has got McVickar dead to rights this time," remarked the older of the two, a hard-featured, round-bodied real-estate promoter to whom Blount had been introduced on his first day in the capital, but whose name he could not now recall.
"I know you did; and I said and I say it again he isn't going to be not if we can help it," declared the railway magnate, with emphatic determination. "The methods you will take to defeat him will insure his election, McVickar. You fellows are mighty slow to learn your lesson; mighty slow and obstinate, Hardwick. You don't know anything but wire-pulling and crookedness and bribery.
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