A Member of the Third House: A Dramatic StoryGarland's third book, a novel with a muckraking, populist theme typical of his earlier works: a state legislature is corrupted by railroad magnates. |
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ain't asked Attorney-General bill Binney Bren Brennan chair chairman charter cloth committee Consolidated Cowdrey cried damned desk door Evelyn eyes F. J. SCHULTE face father gentlemen gilt top girl HAMLIN GARLAND hand head Helene Helene rose Hyder Ali Ignatius Donnelly Iron Duke JULIAN HAWTHORNE KENTUCKY COLONEL knew Large 12mo laughed legislation lobby looked Louis Republic mean mind moral mother Murnahan never night novel Opie Read papers pause politics Poliuto poppa question Radbourn ready replied Tuttle road Robert rose seat seemed Senator Ward Sheehan silence smile spoke stand story street talk tell tennis terrible thing Third House thought thousand dollars thrains to-day to-night Tom Brennan tone took Tramp in Society Tuttle's voice walked Ward's What's Wilson word worry young
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Page 9 - er go, Smith ! Nothin' like havin' fun these hot days." He winked and grinned and waddled gayly off to enter a horse-car moving toward the Capitol. Tuttle gave a sigh of relief when the horses on the car reached a level and turned a corner. This sympathy for the suffering animals marked him as a man of rather keen sensibility.