"It's his patriotism, don't you see, that's giving him all this trouble.

It's been outraged.

Personally I consider Mr.Malt a very intelligent gentleman, and if he'd given me an opening as big as the eye of a needle I'm the camel that would have gone with him, Augusta." This statement of the Senator's struck me as something to be acted upon.
If there was to be a constant possibility of his going off with any chance American in regular communication with the United States, our European tour would be a good deal less interesting than I had been led to expect.

While momma was getting ready for the Louvre, therefore, I stepped down to the office and wired our itinerary to his partner in Chicago.

"Keep up daily communication by wire in detail," I telegraphed, "forward copies all important letters care Peters." Peters was the tourist agent who had undertaken to bless our comings and goings.