Part 4.. Contents

CONTENTS

CHAPTER XXVIII Visit to Headquarters in Wall Street--How Appropriations Are Obtained and Their Cost

CHAPTER XXIX Philip's Experience With the Rail--Road Conductor--Surveys His Mining Property

CHAPTER XXX Laura and Col Sellers Go To Washington On Invitation of Senator Dilworthy

CHAPTER XXXI Philip and Harry at the Boltons'--Philip Seriously Injured--Ruth's First Case of Surgery

CHAPTER XXXII Laura Becomes a Famous Belle at Washington

CHAPTER XXXIII Society in Washington--The Antiques, the Parvenus, and the Middle Aristocracy

CHAPTER XXXIV Grand Scheme For Disposing of the Tennessee Land--Laura and Washington Hawkins Enjoying the Reputation of Being Millionaires

CHAPTER XXXV About Senators--Their Privileges and Habits

CHAPTER XXXVI An Hour in a Book Store

ILLUSTRATIONS

91. AT HEADQUARTERS 92. TOUCHING A WEAK SPOT 93. CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEE, $10,000, 94. MALE LOBBYIST, $3,000 255 95. FEMALE LOBBYIST, $3,000 96. HIGH MORAL SENATOR, $3,000 97. COUNTRY MEMBER, $500 98. DOCUMENTARY PROOF 99. COLONEL SELLERS DESPONDENT 100. TAIL PIECE 101. THE MONARCH OF ALL HE SURVEYS 102. PHILIP THRUST FROM THE R. R. CAR 103. THE JUSTICE 104. “MINE INN” 105. A PLEASING LANDLORD 106. PHILIP HIRED THREE WOODSMEN 107. TAIL PIECE 108. TAIL PIECE 109. BRO. BALAAM 110. THE FIRE PANIC 111. RUTH ASSISTS IN DRESSING PHILIP'S ARM 112. THE FIRST RECEPTION 113. VANITY COLLAPSED 114. THE ATTACHES OF THE ANTIQUES 115. HON. OLIVER HIGGINS 116. PAT O'RILEY AND THE “OULD WOMAN” 117. HON. P. OREILLE AND LADY 118. AN UNMISTAKABLE POTATO MOUTH 119. THE THREE PATIENTS 120. TAIL PIECE 121. DELIBERATE PERSECUTION 122. “IT IS ONLY ME” 123. “ALL CONGRESSMEN DO THAT” 124. A TRICK WORTH KNOWING 125. COL. SELLERS ENLIGHTENING THE BOHEMIANS 126. LAURA IN THE BOOK STORE 127. VERY AGREEABLE