THE STATESMEN SNOWBOUND
By ROBERT FITZGERALD
Illustrated by Wad-el-Ward
New York and Washington
THE NEALE PUBLISHING COMPANY
1909
>CONTENTS
I. The Funeral
II. Senator Bull and Mr. Ridley—Trials and Tribulations of theNewly Fledged Member
III. Colonel Manysnifters—An Outing with the "Jewels"
IV. An Accident—Dinner
V. Senator Bull's Story
VI. Representative Holloway Has the Floor
VII. Representative Van Rensselaer Unfolds a Strange Tale
VIII. Senator Wendell Reads "The Creaking of the Stairs"
IX. Senator Hammond's Experience
X. Mr. Callahan's Story
XI. What Happened to Denmead
XII. O'Brien's Narrative
XIII. An Uninvited Guest
ILLUSTRATIONS
Colonel Ross Addressing the Jury
"Stick to the Thirteenth Commandment!"
"Upon each stair the clear impression of a naked human foot!"
"Ah Moy, shrieking, turned and fled!"
"Shoved a revolver right up in the teeth of the prosperousone!"
"Writes the dramatic criticisms for the moving-picture shows"
"Framed in the doorway stood one of the finest examples of the earlyGothic I have ever seen"
The Statesmen Snowbound
I
THE FUNERAL
Toward the close of the —th Congress I was designated a member of acommittee on t