fire, zeal and enthusiasm of
an impressionable people. They saw only one side and, for a while, he
saw only one side, too. Here in Frankfort the atmosphere was changed.
They saw two sides and he saw two sides with them.

"But you need have no fear about us, Bertrand," continued Colonel
Kenton. "My heart is with the South, and so is my boy's. I thought
that Kentucky would go out of the Union without a fight, but since there
is to be a struggle we'll go through with it, and win it. Don't be
afraid, the state will be with you yet."

They talked a little longer and then Bertrand left. Harry politely held
the door open for him, and, as he went down the hall, he saw him pass
Whitridge and Fowler. Contrary to the custom which still preserved the
amenities they did not speak. Bertrand gave them a look of defiance.
It seemed to Harry that he wanted to speak, but he pressed his lips
firmly together, and, looking straight ahead of him, walked to the
stairway, down which he disappeared. As Harry still stood in the open
doorway, Whitridge and Fowler approached.

"Can we come in?" Whitridge asked.

"Yes, Harvey," said Colonel Kenton over the boy's shoulder. "Both of
you are welcome here at any time."

The two men entered and Harry gave them chairs. Whitridge's creaked
beneath him with his mighty weight.

"George," said the Senator pointedly but without animosity, "you and
I have known each other a good many years, and we are eighth or tenth
cousins, which counts for something in this state. Now, you have come
here to Frankfort to pull Kentucky out of the Union, and I've come to
pull so hard against you that you can't. You know it and I know it.
All's square and above board, but why do you bring here that South
Carolina Frenchman to meddle in the affairs of the good old state of
Kentucky? Is it any business of his or of the other people down there?
Can't we decide it ourselves? We're a big family here in Kentucky,
and we oughtn't to bring strangers into the family council, even if
we do have a disagreement. Besides, he represents the Knights of the
Golden Circle, and what they are planning is plumb foolishness. Even if
you are bound to go out and split up the Union, I'd think you wouldn't
have anything to do with the wholesale grabbing of Spanish-speaking
territories to the southward."

"There's a lot in what you say, Harvey," replied Colonel Kenton,
speaking with the utmost good humor, "but I didn't bring Ber