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"Reeves was the short, stout man with small eyes set close together!"
"Yes, Mr. Secretary."
Enoch grunted. "Any one else there you want to tell me about before
the procession begins?"
"Do you recall the man Armstrong who was here six months ago with ideas
on the functions of the Bureau of Education? I didn't let him see you,
but I sent you a memorandum of the matter. He is back to-day and I've
promised him ten minutes. I think he's the kind of a man you want in
the Bureau. He doesn't want a job, by the way."
"I'll see him," said Enoch. "It you can, let us have fifteen minutes."
Abbott sighed. "It's impossible, Mr. Secretary. I'll bring Reeves in
now."
The delegate from Idaho shook hands effusively.
"The rain is a great relief, Mr. Secretary."
"Yes, it is. Washington is difficult to endure, in the summer, isn't
it? Well, did you bring in the proofs, Mr. Reeves?" Enoch seated
himself and his caller sank into the neighboring chair.
"Mr. Secretary," he began, with a smile, "has it ever occurred to you
that we have been stupid in the number and kind of Bureaus we have
accumulated in Department of the Interior?"
"Yes," replied Enoch. "I suppose you are thinking of Patents,
Pensions, Parks, Geological Survey, Land, Indians and Education.
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