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contents TWO ADMINISTRATIONS

Aspirants Three 209

At Santiago 213

A Cabinet Conference 215

An Indemnity 218

For Intervention 223

The Ordeal 227

Frosting a Bud 229

A Baffled Ambition 232

The Genesis of a Nation 235

A White House Idyl 238

Two Favorites 242

A Diplomatic Triumph 245

A Sucked Orange 247

A Twisted Tale 250

Post Mortem 254

A Strained Relation 260

A Wireless Antepenultimatum 264

MISCELLANEOUS

A Thumb-Nail Sketch 305

Mortality in the Foot-Hills 316

The A. L. C. B. 326

Two Conversations 329

A Story at the Club 334

The Wizard of Bumbassa 338

The Future Historian 343

Objective Ideas 356

My Credentials 360

The Fool 366

Our Smart Set 375

The Evolution of a Story 398

The Allotment 402

Lacking Factors 405

A Californian Statesman 407