There were things there that made his brain swim.
Presently, at the bottom of one of the letters he saw a signature that restored his equilibrium; it even brought the sunshine of a smile to his face.
The president said: "That one amuses you.

You never suspected him ?" "Of course I ought to have suspected him, but I don't believe it ever really occurred to me.

Well, well, well--how did you ever have the nerve to approach him, of all others ?" "Why my friend, we never think of accomplishing anything without his help.

He is our mainstay.

But how do those letters strike you ?" "They strike me dumb! What a stone-blind idiot I have been!" "Well, take it all around, I suppose you had a pleasant time in Washington," said the president, gathering up the letters; "of course you must have had.