"
A moment's hesitation and the black man bowed with deference.
"Yassah--yassah--I tell him right away, sah. You sho' knows me anyhow,
sah--"
The Senator was in bed suffering again from facial neuralgia. He rose
promptly, dressed hastily but completely and carefully and extended both
hands to his visitor.
"You have come to see me at an unusual hour, sir. It must be
important--"
"Of the utmost importance, Senator. A high official in the confidence of
the President sent me to inform you that Stanton, the Attorney General,
is planning to issue a warrant for your arrest for high treason."
"Indeed?"
"You are advised to leave Washington on the first train."
A dry smile flickered about the corners of the Senator's strong mouth.
"Thank you. Please say to my friend that I appreciate the spirit that
prompted his message. Ask him to say to Mr. Stanton that I have decided
to remain in Washington a week. Nothing would please me better than to
submit this issue to the courts for adjustment. He will find me at home
every day and at all hours."
CHAPTER V
BOY AND GIRL
From the moment Dick Welford had seen Socola bowing and smiling before
Jennie Barton he had hated the man. He hated foreigners on general
principles, anyhow.
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