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

[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

[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

[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]

CHAPTER XXVIII.

Whatever may have been the language of Harry's letter to the Colonel, the information it conveyed was condensed or expanded, one or the other, from the following episode of his visit to New York: