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As he looked at the pad he checked off the items that he
had attended to, but suddenly started back with an expression of
disgust.
"Confound it," said he, "I neglected to telegraph to those congressmen
when I was at Eastborough Centre last Tuesday. I hope I'm not too late."
He reflected for a moment, then said to himself, "No, it's all right;
this is the long session, and my friends will be in Washington."
He immediately wrote two letters to his Congressional friends, stating
that he had good reasons for having the appointment of Obadiah Strout as
postmaster at Mason's Corner, Mass., held up for a week.
"At the end of that time," he wrote, "I will either withdraw my
objections or present them in detail, accompanied by affidavits in
opposition to the appointment."
Having finished the letters, he went downstairs to the kitchen, and, as
usual, found Hiram engaged in conversation with Mandy.
"You are just the man I want," said he to Hiram; "I would like to have
you take these letters to the Mason's Corner post office and mail them
at once. You can tell Mr.


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