twenty minutes after 12 Sena
tor Langdon and Secretary
Haines were still undisturbed
by any move on the part of
Peabody and Stevens, who maintained
ft silence that to Haines was distinctly
Dminous. His experience at the capi
tal had taught him that when the sen
ate machine was quiet it was time for
Borne one to get out from under.
Miss Williams, the naval commit
tee's stenographer, entered.
"Senator Langdon," she said, "Sena
tor Peabody and Senator Stevens are
in committee
room 6, and they
told me to tell
you that they'd
be— I can't say
it. Please, sir.
I"—
"D d," inter
polated Langdon,
laughing.
"Yes, sir, that's
it. They'll be
that if they
come In here at
12:30. You must
come to them,
they say."
"Tell the gen-
4 Ji tlemen I'm sitting
"TotrtlyouthalQutfd
here wlth my ha
on the back of
my head smoking a good see-gar with
nails driven through both shoes into
the floor—and looking at the clock."
At 12:25 Senator Stevens entered.
