McDermot, the Chairman of the House Committee. He
was dining with his mess, at the Seaton House, but we
called him out, and I declare, I believe he was as much
pleased as we were.
"I only stopped to make him give me a receipt for the
papers, because they all said it was idle to take copies,
and here we are!"
On the hush that followed, the Brick made his way up
on his father's knee and said,--
"And now, papa, will you tell us the story of the
bear? Tom does not tell it very well."
They all laughed,--they could afford to laugh now;
and Mr. Molyneux was just beginning upon the story of the
bear, when Mr. Kuypers reappeared. He had in this short
time revised his toilet, and looked, Mr. Molyneux said in
an aside, like the angel of light that he was. "Bears!"
said he, "are there any bears in Washington? Why,
it was only last Monday that I killed a bear, and I ate
him on Tuesday."
"Did you eat him all?" asked the Brick, whose
reverence for Mr. Kuypers was much more increased by this
story than by any of the unintelligible conversation
which had gone before. But just as Mr. Kuypers began on
the story of the bear, Chloe appeared with beaming face,
and announced that dinner was ready.
That dinner, which this morning every one who had any
sense had so dreaded, and which now seemed a festival
indeed!
Well! there was great pretence in fun and form in
marshalling.
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