"He rode over to see her yesterday.

She wasn't home, though." Senator Warfield seemed unmoved by this bit of news, wherefore Al returned to the main issue.
"Do I get a free hand, or don't I ?" he insisted.

"They can't be let peddle talk--not if I stay around here." Senator Warfield considered the matter.
"The girl's got the only line on me," Al went on.

"The inquest was as clean as I ever saw.

Everything all straight--and then, here she comes up----" "If you know how to stop a woman's mouth, Al, you can make a million a month telling other men." Senator Warfield smiled at him.