If there be aught due the government, we have a right to know and measure it.

If the charges are without support--and I have reason to believe that such is the situation--then Northern Consolidated is entitled to the refutation of a calumny that, whispered in some quarters and talked aloud in others, has borne heavily upon its interests." No one opposed, and Senator Hanway, with Senators Price and Loot, were selected to be a special committee.

They were to send for men and papers, be open or secret in their sessions, and report to the Senate whenever they finished the inquiry.

The affair excited no comment, and was forgotten within the hour by all except Storri and Mr.Harley and those others of the osprey pool.
After Richard left Senator Hanway upon the Northern Consolidated evening, he ran plump upon an incident that was to have a last profound effect upon this history.

No one not a prophet would have guessed this from the incident's character, for on its ignoble face it was nothing better than just a drunken clash between a Caucasian, and an African triumvirate that had locked horns with him in the street.