"What!" exclaimed the astounded Langdon. "Well, who in hades will vote for it because it's for the good of the United States?" he gasped.
"I believe you will, Senator," replied Haines, with ready confidence.
CHAPTER VIII
HOW SENATOR LANGDON GETS A SECRETARY
Langdon leaned over and seized the arm of his interviewer.
"See here, young man, why aren't you in politics?" he said.
"Too busy, Senator," replied Haines. "Besides, I like the newspaper game."
"Game?" queried Langdon.
"Oh, I use the word in a general sense, Senator," replied Haines. "Pretty much everything is a 'game'—society, politics, newspaper work, business of every sort. Men and women make 'moves' to meet the moves of other men and women. Why, even in religion, the way some people play a—"
The speaker was interrupted by the appearance of Hope Georgia, who was searching for her father.