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Then they shook them at each other in friendly salute, and the little group moved away from the river bank. "I'm glad I've seen Bill again," said the sergeant. "Fine feller an' that Mississippian with him was quaint like. Mighty big bragger." "You did some bragging yourself, sergeant," said Dick. "So I did, but it was in answer to Henderson. I'm glad we had that little talk across the river.
"Did you ever see a genuine Yankee?" said my Philadelphia friend to the young Mississippian. "I have shot at a good many of them," he replied, modestly, his woman's mouth stirring a little, with a pleasant, dangerous smile.
Spangler," the Mississippian cried, as he sent a servant for his hat and coat. "I hope that carriage hurries, else I'll try it on the run for the Capitol!" "It's a half hour away on foot," said Mrs. Spangler. "Better wait. You'll save time." But to herself she muttered, as though mystified: "I wonder why Peabody changed his mind so suddenly? Why should he now want the old fool at the Capitol?"
"Unless you got the right kind of a woman," went on Steinert. Senator Stevens choked some more. "The boss of the Senate" sank down in his chair, crossed one knee over the other and drummed his fingers lightly on the table. He gazed thoughtfully at Stevens. "Yes," he observed, slowly, "unless you've got the right sort of a woman." Rising, he led the Mississippian to one side.
"Ha, ha, ha," he laughed; "you had not found that out until I entered. However," he went on, "do you both go out there. I am certain you will do better without than with me." His daughter blushed, but made no reply, and the young man removing two chairs to the balcony, they both left the old gentleman, who, turning up the gas, proceeded to read his evening Mississippian. Dr.
"Stay here and listen to what a hard task your old father has got," said the Mississippian to his daughter, whom he presented to Haines with a picturesque flourish reminiscent of the pride and chivalry of the old South. "He has the idea that those New Yorkers who read his paper would actually like to know something about me."
He was sitting on one side of a study table in the center of the room while the Mississippian was on the other. Thinking that his visitor had now stayed about long enough, the Mississippian stooped down quietly and removed one shoe. He slyly watched Belton's room-mate, chuckling inwardly.
And Ransom heard him add in a lower tone: "There's money for some one in that girl; you see if she don't have quite a run!" As for our Mississippian he kept his agreeable sensation for himself, only wondering whether he might not ask Miss Birdseye to present him to the heroine of the evening.
Th' politicians don't leave their frien's in the cooler very long. Say, Senator Stevens, are you kiddin' me? Is it any different down in your " The Mississippian choked and spluttered over a gulp of unusually hot coffee, and Peabody again decided Steinert to be on the wrong tack. "That proceeding would attract too much attention from the newspapers," he added.
"Excuse me, Senator; Senator Peabody is here," he said, loudly and surprisedly, as though he had just sighted the boss of the Senate. The Mississippian turned. "Oh, good-morning, Senator. I was just talking with my secretary about that hydrate clause." Peabody bowed slightly. "Yes, I knew it was coming up," he said, "so I just dropped over.
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