"Good," was the cordial response, "I'm glad to hear it. Carlton is an able man and," half musingly, "he's a coming man, too; a coming man."
The members of the delegation looked at one another significantly. It was a pleasure to them to hear anyone commend their Congressman. Presently the stranger prepared to depart.
"I am very glad to have seen you gentlemen here," he said. "I think that every man who has the opportunity to pay a pilgrimage to Mount Vernon should do so."
They agreed with him, and presently, after some more talk, he turned and said:
"Where's that little page boy?"
Barry was pushed to the front, and the stranger shook hands with him very cordially.
"It does me good to shake hands with you," he said. "I like all boys, but I have a special liking for boys who are bright and ambitious."
The next moment he had stepped into the automobile with his friends, and as the machine puffed out of the gateway, he turned in his seat and waved his hand, exclaiming:
"Good-bye, and good luck to you all."