"Gentlemen, the Secretary
will receive you," he said. "Mr. Secretary, allow me to present Mr.
Reeves, Mr. Carleton, Mr. Schmidt, Mr. Dunkel, Mr. Street, Mr.
Swiftwater and Mr. Manges."
The men filing into the room bowed and mumbled. Enoch looked after
Abbott's retreating back admiringly. "I've been hearing Abbott do that
sort of thing for two years, but it never fails to rouse my
admiration," he said.
"A wonderful memory!" commented one of the visitors.
"Abbott is going into politics later," Enoch went on. "A memory such
as his will carry him far."
"Not as far as a silver tongue," suggested another man, with a twinkle
in his eye.
"That remains to be seen," smiled Enoch. He had a very pleasant smile,
showing even, white teeth. "Well, gentlemen, what can I do for you?"
"Mr. Secretary," said the spokesman of the delegation, "as you know, we
represent the business men of the State of Idaho. There is a very
bitter controversy going on in our State over your recent ruling on the
matter of Water Power Control. We believe your ruling works an
injustice on the business men of our state and as nothing came of
correspondence, we thought we'd come along East and have a talk with
you."
"I'm glad you did," said Enoch.
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