I had a valise with me containing Hon.

Benjamin F.
Butler's minority reports as a member of the Judiciary Committee of the United States House of Representatives, in favor of woman's right to vote under the Fourteenth Amendment.

As we were crossing the Platte River, in transferring the baggage to the boat, my valise fell into the river.

My heart stood still at the thought of such a fate for all those able arguments.

After the great General had been in hot water all his life, it was grievous to think of any of his lucubrations perishing in cold water at last.