Governor North pulled open a drawer of the table. He threw a bunch of keys
to his brother-in-law. "I had the messenger leave these with me. Lock up
all the doors of the Council Chamber. Leave only my private door
unlocked."
The adjutant-general caught the keys. "But you certainly don't expect any
trouble up here, with my guards--"
"It's plenty enough of a job for a cat to watch one rat-hole! Lock up, I
tell you!"
XIII
THE LINE-UP FORMS IN THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE
While General Totten was bruising his dignity in the menial work of a
turnkey, Governor North received two visitors. They were furred gentlemen
who entered abruptly by the private door--the before-mentioned
rat-hole--but the waiting cat did not pounce. On the contrary, one of the
furred intruders did the pouncing. It was Senator Corson and he was
furiously angry.
"What kind of a damnable fool has been giving off orders to those
soldiers? I have been tramping around outside this State House from door
to door, held up everywhere and insulted by those young whelps."
"I don't see how that could happen," protested the Governor.
"Who gave off such orders?"
"There were no orders, not in your case.
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