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Again he caught himself. He saluted. "I beg your pardon, General Totten. I have no right to put questions to my superior officer." But General Totten was not a military martinet.
"Go down and find out what it all means." "I can save time by telephoning to the watchman's room," demurred Totten. "Incidentally saving your skin!" the Governor rapped back. "But I don't care how you get the information, if only you get it and get it sudden!" Totten went to the house telephone in the private secretary's room and called and waited; he called again and waited.
I do not require the aid of Diogenes' lantern to see an honest man. I am responsible for her welfare. She has been placed under my protection. For twenty years I have adored her. I am not likely to encourage an adventurer." "I must be honest with you, Mrs. Gaston," he said suddenly. "I am not " She held up her hand. "Mr. Totten has informed me that you are a life-long friend of Mrs. Truxton King.
"Not till we're through with ye," Jake told him. "Ye've had ye'r own way in this place long enough, an' it's our turn now." "We'll teach ye a thing or two, ye bloody liar," Tom Totten roared. "Ye'r heart's as black as ink, an' ye'r body'll be jist as black in a few minutes. Bring on the stuff, boys."
Under directions of Captain Totten, of the engineers, work was rapidly advanced in placing the fort in tenable condition; but the work was not completed before October 9th, when, to Scott's surprise, the enemy near him moved down toward Wilkinson. As authorized by his orders, Colonel Scott turned the command of the fort over to Brigadier-General McLure, of the New York militia.
Amos Totten set up the cinch of his sword-belt by a couple of holes and began another tour of inspection of the State House. He considered that the parlous situation in state affairs demanded full dress. During the evening he had been going on his rounds at half-hour intervals. On each trip he had been much pleased by the strict, martial discipline and alertness displayed by his guardsmen.
"I have already shown you what I can do with one single cop! I gave you a little lecture on cops in general back yonder. You fully understand how one cop handled the adjutant-general of a state. I'll answer for the guarding of this State House. Send away your militia!" "I'm afraid to do it!" wailed Totten. "Then you're afraid of a shadow, sir! But I'll tell you what you may well be afraid of.
Crane," pressed the superintendent, "that the knock-down blow you received from a midshipman was in the nature of a merited punishment?" "I I won't say that," cried Crane quickly. "No, sir! I won't admit it!" "Then, as we know that Midshipman Totten was your assailant," continued the superintendent, "we shall have to place that young man on trial.
This morning the same things will look comical if" he raised his forefinger "if the inside of 'em is reported. If the real story is told, the people in this state will laugh their heads off." Again the Governor and the Senator put a lot of expression into the look which they exchanged. "I got that mob to laughing last night and, as I told General Totten, that settled the civil war.
And you can't make much of a showdown in the dark." He left General Totten on the stairs, leaped down the remaining steps, and ran to a group of watchmen and night employees of the State House who were bulwarking the soldiers. "I'm beginning to see that it's some advantage, after all, to be the mayor of this city," Stewart informed himself.
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