nominated and confirmed as Register of the Treasury, and that Mr. ¬ÝTom Teerswell was to be his assistant. Also the bill reorganizing the school board had passed. She wrote two notes and posted them as she went out to walk.
When she reached home Stillings was there, and they talked earnestly.
The bell rang violently.
Teerswell rushed in.
“Well, Carrie!” he cried eagerly.
“Well, Tom,” she responded, giving him a languid hand. Stillings rose and departed. Teerswell nodded and said:
“Well, what do you think of last night?”
“A great speech, I hear.”
‚ÄúA fool speech‚ÅÝ‚Äîthat speech cost him, I calculate, between twenty-four and forty-eight thousand