the pigeon holes of the committee; but not before the press of the
country had time to ring with the patriotism of Senator Hanway, and
praise that long-headed statesmanship which was about to build up a
Yankee merchant marine without committing the crime of subsidy.

John Harley and Senator Hanway at the time when Dorothy suffered that
momentous mishap of the heel, were both enrolled by popular opinion
among the country's millionaires. Each had been the frequent subject of
articles in the magazines, recounting his achievements and offering him
to the youth of America as a "Self-Made Man," whose example it would be
wise to steer by. In the Presidential plans of Senator Hanway, John
Harley nourished a flaming interest. With his pale brother-in-law in the
White House, what should better match the genius of John Harley than the
rôle of Warwick. He would pose as a President-maker. When the President
was made, and the world was saying "President Hanway," that man should
be dull indeed who did not look upon John Harley as the power behind the
curtain. He would control the backstairs; he would wear a White House
pass-key as a watch-charm! John Harley as well as Senator Hanway had his
dreams.

Both Dorothy and her mother were profound partisans of Senator Hanway.
Dorothy loved her "Uncle Pat" as much as she loved her father. Dorothy,
who could weigh a woman,--being of the sex,--might have felt occasional
misgivings as to her mother. She might now and again observe an
insufficiency that was almost the deficient. But of her father and
"Uncle Pat" she never possessed a doubt; the one was the best and the
other the greatest of men.

Dorothy was so far justified of her affection that to both John Harley
and Senator Hanway she stood for the model of all that was good and