"
"It would have been very nice to go to Washington," said Josephine,
between her sips. "It might have been a stepping-stone to higher
things. You know you would be pleased to be sent abroad as a foreign
minister. It would have just suited you, Fred."
"It may be that the President, when he hears of the gallant fight I
made, will reward me with something in that line," I answered, with a
twinkle in my eye. "By the way, what egotists we are! I did not tell
you, and you did not inquire, who had been elected President. We have
won a glorious victory."
"I'm very glad, I'm sure," said Josephine, in a tone which was
scandalously absent-minded considering the importance of the
information. After a moment she remarked, coyly: "I should really
think, Fred, there might be a chance of his giving you something when
he hears."
"Not the slightest, you dear woman. I was only teasing you. I am a
very humble figure in the politics of the country, I assure you, and
even if the President is aware of my existence when he enters office,
it will never occur to him to pick me out for preferment. Besides, I
don't wish anything. I am perfectly content to sink back into the
obscurity from which I was lured by the call of duty. It would have
tickled my pride a little to defeat Spinney, but I am inclined to think
I should have found it rather a bore to be only one Congressman among
so many.
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