Sellers." "Well"-- hesitated the, Colonel--"I am afraid some of them do buy their seats--yes, I am afraid they do--but as Senator Dilworthy himself said to me, it is sinful,--it is very wrong--it is shameful; Heaven protect me from such a charge.

That is what Dilworthy said.

And yet when you come to look at it you cannot deny that we would have to go without the services of some of our ablest men, sir, if the country were opposed to -- to--bribery.

It is a harsh term.

I do not like to use it." The Colonel interrupted himself at this point to meet an engagement with the Austrian minister, and took his leave with his usual courtly bow..