The things we do!

If compromise showed in this meeting of men from different
sections, it was, therefore, but a matter in tune with the time.
Party was at that day not a matter of geography. There existed
then, however, as there exists to-day, the great dividing line
between those who are in and those who are out. Obviously now,
although they represented different sections of the country, these
men likewise represented the party which, under the adjusted vote
of the day, could be called fortunate enough to dwell within the
gates of Washington and not in the outer darkness of political
defeat.
The dark-browed man at the leader's right presently began to speak.
His voice, deep and clear as that of a great bronze bell, was slow
and deliberate, as fittingly voicing an accurate mind.
"Sir," he said, "this matter is one deserving our most careful
study, trivial though at first blush it would seem. As to the
danger of this woman's machinations here, there is no question. A
match may produce convulsion, explosion, disaster, when applied to
a powder magazine.


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