"Yes," was the sapient retort.

"He keeps everything but the Ten Commandments." Two years of California, and then he returned East.

At that period of his life the idea of the Diplomatic Service as a career appealed to him.
Mr.Buchanan was going to England as Minister, and Ward McAllister applied to President Pierce for the post of Secretary of Legation.

He was _persona grata_ with Buchanan, he had the influence necessary to push his petition, and the matter seemed settled.

But just then along came his father, who wanted to be made Circuit Judge of the United States for the State of California.