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seemed like deadly silence to King, 

 anxiously watching and listening in 

 the gallery. The call for "noes" 

 passed, happily, with still less note- 

 worthy response. " The ayes seem 

 to have it," said the presiding officer 

 tentatively — "the ayes have it," he 

 continued decisively — " 't is a vote," 

 he announced in conclusion, and the 

 thing was done, much to King's relief 

 and satisfaction. 



On another occasion, when the 

 maintenance of the Fortieth Parallel 

 Exploration depended upon the adop- 

 tion of a certain amendment in an 

 Appropriation Bill, then pending in 

 the House, King sought to engage 

 the favorable attention and interest 

 of General "Ben" Butler, chairman, 

 I believe, of the all-important com- 

 mittee, and set forth the character 

 of the work and of the men em- 

 ployed in it. " Do you mean to 

 say " inquired Butler, " that there are 

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