Then he keenly scrutinized the
young woman, and she steadily returned his regard.
"How am I to know this is true?"
"Follow it up and see."
He mused.
"Where did you get these facts?" he asked suddenly.
She smiled.
"It is hardly necessary to say."
"And yet," he persisted, "if I were sure of its source I would know my
ground better and--my obligation to you would be greater."
She laughed and glanced toward Alwyn. He had moved out of earshot and
was waiting by the window.
"I am a teacher in the M Street High School," she said, "and we have
some intelligent boys there who work their way through."
"Yes," said the Senator.
"Some," continued Miss Wynn, tapping her boot on the carpet, "some--wait
on table."
The Senator slowly put the paper in his pocket.
"And now," he said, "Miss Wynn, what can I do for you?"
She looked at him.
"If Judge Haynes is reappointed to the school-board I shall probably
continue to teach in the M Street High School," she said slowly.
The Senator made a memorandum and said:
"I shall not forget Miss Wynn--nor her friends." And he bowed, glancing
at Alwyn.
The woman contemplated Bles in momentary perplexity, then bowing in
turn, left. Bles followed, debating just what he ought to say, how far
he might venture to accompany her, what--but she easily settled it all.
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