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gruffly.
“About twenty-one, I believe,” answered the Secretary of the Interior; “he is of good family and excellent character.”
“Usher,” was the reply, “I would not appoint the Angel Gabriel a paymaster, if he was only twenty-one.”
Judge Bates, who was to have a sitting after the adjournments, here beckoned to me, signifying that he was ready for the appointment.
And so ended my brief glimpse of a cabinet in session.
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