"It will be short," warned the Congressman.
"Very well," was the smiling rejoinder, "anything you may say will be of interest."
"Rubbish!" said the statesman.
The newspaper man looked at him curiously.
"Well, I am still waiting," he said.
"But I have given you the statement you desired," said Carlton.
"What was it?"
"Rubbish—that's all."
"Do you really mean to put that out as your answer to the charges and innuendos that are floating about Washington?"