"
"I'd like it very much," said Sam. "I'm tired of this literary
business. But here we are. This is our depot."
The two men entered the long low building in which confiscated
property was stored. A soldier who was acting as watchman showed them
where the circulars were piled. Cleary took one and glanced over it.
[Illustration: CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED
"WHAT BUSINESS HAVE THESE PEOPLE TO TALK ABOUT EQUAL RIGHTS?"]
"As sure as fate, it's the Declaration of Independence!" he laughed.
Sam took up a copy and looked at it too.
"I believe it is," he said. "I didn't half look at it the other day.
I'm ever so much obliged to you for telling me and stopping the
telegram. But between you and me, the circular ought to be suppressed
anyway. What business have these people to talk about equal rights and
the consent of the governed? The men who wrote the
Declaration--Jeffries and the rest--were mere civilians and these ideas
are purely civilian. Come, let's have them burned at once," and he
called up two or three soldiers, and in a few minutes the circulars
formed a mass of glowing ashes in the courtyard.
CHAPTER X
A Great Military Exploit
[Illustration]
One day while Sam was still waiting for Cleary to carry out his
designs, his secretary told him that a sergeant wished to see him, and
Sam directed him to show him into his office.
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