Look at--" "I was just going to remark," suavely broke in Judge Clayton, "that of the many mountain views of our southern country, this seems to me one of the most satisfactory.

I have never seen a more restful scene than this, nor a morning more beautiful.

But, Missouri!" he added almost with mournfulness.

"What a record of strife and turmoil!" Dunwody nodded.

"As when Missouri was admitted, for instance," he said smilingly.
"Precisely!" rejoined Clayton, biting meditatively at a plucked grass stem.