Mr.
Grosvenor made his attack in the House, and enumerated our sins in picturesque rather than accurate fashion.

There was a Congressional committee investigating us at the time, and on my next appearance before them I asked that Mr.Grosvenor be requested to meet me before the committee.

Mr.Grosvenor did not take up the challenge for several weeks, until it was announced that I was leaving for my ranch in Dakota; whereupon, deeming it safe, he wrote me a letter expressing his ardent wish that I should appear before the committee to meet him.

I promptly canceled my ticket, waited, and met him.

He proved to be a person of happily treacherous memory, so that the simple expedient of arranging his statements in pairs was sufficient to reduce him to confusion.