"
"What?" yelled the Governor.
"Yes! Promised the ringleader of the mob to come up here and run
everything on Capitol Hill. In behalf of the people--as the people's
protector!" The Senator's irony rasped like a file on metal.
Banker Daunt was provoked to add his evidence. "It's exactly as my friend
Corson says, Governor. I have been hearing some fine soviet doctrines from
the mouth of Morrison this evening. Not at all stingy about giving his
help to all those who need it! Gave his pledge of assistance to the fellow
in the ballroom, as Corson says. Understood him to say that he is coming
up here to help you, too!"
"I rather expected to find him here," pursued the Senator. "He went away
in a great hurry to go somewhere. But after my experience with your alert
soldiers down-stairs, Totten, I'm afraid our generous savior is going to
be bothered about getting in."
The adjutant-general pulled off his cap and scrubbed his palm nervously
over the glossy surface that was revealed.
"You might give some special orders to admit him," suggested Corson.
"He'll be a great help in an emergency."
"This settles it with me as to Morrison and his conception of law and
order," affirmed Governor North.
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