It was the great topic. The day Wallingham went his
defiant furthest in the House and every colonial newspaper
set it up in acclaiming headlines, Horace Williams,
enterprising fellow, remembered that Lorne had seen the
great man under circumstances that would probably pan
out, and send round Rawlins. Rawlins was to get something
that would do to call "Wallingham in the Bosom of his
Family," and as much as Lorne cared to pour into him
about his own view of the probable issue. Rawlins failed
to get the interview, came back to say that Lorne didn't
seem to think himself a big enough boy for that, but he
did not return empty-handed. Mr Murchison sent Mr Williams
the promise of some contributions upon the question of
the hour, which he had no objection to sign and which
Horace should have for the good of the cause. Horace duly
had them, the Express duly published them, and they were
copied in full by the Dominion and several other leading
journals, with an amount of comment which everyone but
Mrs Murchison thought remarkable.
"I don't pretend to understand it," she said, "but anybody
can see that he knows what he's talking about." John
Murchison read them with a critical eye and a pursed-out
lip.
"He takes too much for granted."
"What does he take for granted?" asked Mrs Murchison.
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