I expect to get through about six o'clock and right after supper I could ride up to your place with you and walk back early in the morning.

We could talk things over on the way up." "That's first rate," said my uncle.

"The chores ain't much these days an' I guess my sister can git along with 'em." The Senator took us into his office and introduced us to the leading men of the county.

There were: Minot Jenison, Gurdon Smith, Ephraim Butterfield, Lemuel Buck, Baron S.Doty, Richard N.Harrison, John L.
Russell, Silas Baldwin, Calvin Hurlbut, Doctor Olin, Thomas H.Conkey and Preston King.

These were names with which, the _Republican_ had already made us familiar.
"Here," said the Senator as he put his hand on my head, "is a coming man in the Democratic party." The great men laughed at my blushes and we came away with a deep sense of pride in us.