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She was jealous of Clayton those days Some times she found the boy's

eyes fixed on his father, with ads they had in common, of the days at the mill, of

the bits of discussion after dinner, when Clayton sat back with his

cigar, and Grahas about the work that

Clayton had realized for years

He always listened gravely, with no hint of patronage But Natalie would

break in now and then, impatient of a conversation that excluded her

"Your father knows all these things, Grahah you'd just discovered the

America"

"Not at all," Clayton said, hastily "He has a nepoint I areatly interested Go on, Graharew self-conscious, apologetic

And Clayton felt a resentment that was close to despair

The second of April fell on a Saturday Congress, having ended the

session the fourth of March, had been hastily reconvened, and on the

evening of that day, Saturday, at half past eight, the President went

before the two Houses in joint session

Much to Clayton's disgust, he found on returning ho out

"Only at the Mackenzies It's not a party," Natalie said As usual, she