. A member of the third house; a dramatic story . yi^:.^^-^- A MEMBER OF THE THIRD HOUS n A DRAMATIC STORY By HAMLIN GARLAND Author of Main Traveled Roads, A Spoil of Office, CHICAGO : F. J. SCHULTE & COMPANY, Publishers,298 Dearborn Street, CoPYRicm, 1S92,By HAMLIN GARLAND. All rights reserved. CONTENTS. Chapter. Page. I. The Scholar in Politics 7 II. Tom Brennans Ambition 21 in. Can the Senate be Bought ? ^^ IV. The Gutter-snipe Must Rise 48 V. The Third House in Session 66 VI. A Game of Tennis 75 VII. Senator Ward at Home 102 VIII. The Sunday ; no IX. An Evening Cali 119 X.


. A member of the third house; a dramatic story . yi^:.^^-^- A MEMBER OF THE THIRD HOUS n A DRAMATIC STORY By HAMLIN GARLAND Author of Main Traveled Roads, A Spoil of Office, CHICAGO : F. J. SCHULTE & COMPANY, Publishers,298 Dearborn Street, CoPYRicm, 1S92,By HAMLIN GARLAND. All rights reserved. CONTENTS. Chapter. Page. I. The Scholar in Politics 7 II. Tom Brennans Ambition 21 in. Can the Senate be Bought ? ^^ IV. The Gutter-snipe Must Rise 48 V. The Third House in Session 66 VI. A Game of Tennis 75 VII. Senator Ward at Home 102 VIII. The Sunday ; no IX. An Evening Cali 119 X. I Will Testify 132 XI. Before the Joint Committee 139 XII. Senator Wards Appeai 143 XIII. The Rout of the Rats 183 XIV. The Iron Duke Reckons with Himself 199 XV. Brennan Sacrifices his Mustache 216 A MEMBER OF THE THIRD HOUSE. Chapter I. THE SCHOLAR IN POLITICS. IT was a phenomenally hot day in June. Thecity pulsed with a suffocating- heat like a kilnfor steaming- wood. The air was filled withmoisture, and seemed momentarily on the pointof precipitating- rain, while the sun burneddown from the cobalt-blue sky with terrificsplendor. Heavy clouds drove in like greatship


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