They never need hurry; all
things wait for them. Why, don't you remember that on the very day Mrs.
Hopkinson and I and you got the President to sign that patent, that very
day one of them d--n fellows turns up from San Francisco or Australia,
having taken his own time to get here,--gets here about half an hour
after the President had signed the patent and sent it over to the
office, finds the right man to introduce him to the President, has a
talk with him, makes him sign an order countermanding its issuance, and
undoes all that has been done in six years in one hour."
"Yes, but Congress is a tribunal that does not revoke its decrees,"
said Gashwiler with a return of his old manner; "at least," he added,
observing an incredulous shrug in the shoulder of his companion, "at
least DURING THE SESSION."
"We shall see," said Wiles, quietly taking his hat.
"We shall see, sir," said the member from Remus with dignity.
CHAPTER XIV
WHAT CULTURE DID FOR IT
There was at this time in the Senate of the United States an eminent and
respected gentleman, scholarly, orderly, honorable, and radical,--the
fit representative of a scholarly, orderly, honorable, and radical
Commonwealth.
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