"We wish to have a long and thorough talk with you a little later on," said Mr. Goodnight. "The subject is one of the greatest importance, and the age and experience of the members of this committee fit us to deal with it."
"Undoubtedly," said Jimmy Grayson, and Harley thought that his voice was a little dryer than usual.
Fortunately the members of the committee had their own special car, equipped with many luxuries, and it was attached to Jimmy Grayson's train. Hence there was no crowding and no displacing of the old travellers, but it was clear that there were now two parties following the candidate, since the old and the new did not coalesce. The members of the committee showed at once that they knew themselves to be the mainstay of the country, while the others were merely frivolous and unstable politicians.
Sylvia, of course, was eager to know what they had said and how they bore themselves, and Harley was anxious to gratify her.
"They said they were very great men, and they bore themselves accordingly."
"Uncle James is a greater man than all of them put together."
"I foresee trouble," said Hobart, joyfully, to Harley a little later. "I can feel it in the air around me, I breathe it, I can even see it."
"Hobart," said Harley, pityingly, "you only obey your instincts."
"Wherein I am a wise man," replied Hobart, with satisfaction. "I am out here to get news, and the livelier the news the better. Now I think that these gentlemen will soon furnish us something worth writing about."
"I am afraid so," said Harley, despondently.