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"Surely Arthur ought to know enough to stop that tomfoolery. If he doesn't I will, I declare." Arthur however gave the affair a very different complexion when she mentioned it. "Micksheen is a blooded cat," said he, "for Vandervelt presented it to the Senator, who gave it to mother.
Very smoothly the plans of Arthur worked to their climax. The friends of Vandervelt pressed his cause as urgently and politely as might be, and with increasing energy as the embarrassment of the President grew. The inherent weakness of Vandervelt's case appeared to the tireless Dillon more appalling in the last moments than at the beginning: the situation had no logical outcome.
"It will be a pleasure to hear you again," said Vandervelt, the literary and social light of the Tammany circle. "You have cleared your own road," Birmingham the financier remarked, and he stayed long to praise the young orator. "There's nothin' too good for you after to-night," cried the Senator brokenly. "I simply can't cannot talk about it."
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