CHAPTER XXXV 

Mr. Oscar Fischer and his friend, Senator Theodore Hastings, stood side by side, a week later, in the bar of one of the most fashionable of New York hotels. They were passing away the few minutes before Pamela and her aunt would be ready to join them in the dining room above. 

"Very little news, I fancy," Hastings remarked, glancing at the tape which was passing through his companion's fingers. 

"Nothing--of any importance," Fischer replied. "Nothing." 

The older man glanced searchingly at his companion, the change in whose tone was ominous. Fischer was standing with the tape in his hand, his eyes glued upon a certain paragraph. The Senator took out his eyeglasses and looked over his friend's shoulder. 

"What's this?" he demanded. "Eh?" 

Fischer was fighting a great battle and fighting it well. 

"Something wrong, apparently, with Frank Roughton," he observed; "an old college friend of mine. They made him Governor of----only last year." 

Hastings read the item thoughtfully. 

Governor Roughton this morning tendered his resignation as Governor of the State of----. We understand that it was at once accepted. Numerous arrests have taken place with reference to the great explosion at the Bembridge powder factory. 

"Looks rather fishy, that," Hastings observed thoughtfully. 

"I'm sorry for Roughton," Fischer declared. "He was a perfectly straight man, and I am sure he has done his best." 

"Great friend of yours?" the other asked curiously. 

"We were intimately acquainted," was the brief answer. 

The two men finished their cocktails in silence. On their way upstairs the Senator took his companion's arm. 
What was the news that morning?
Who was Oscar Fischer's friend?
Who would be joining them?
Where they in the state of Maine?
What state were they in?
Who was Theodore Hastings?
What did Fischer think about Governor Roughton?
Did he know him well?
Were any arrests made?
Did Theodore Hastings have good eye sight?
What were the two men doing?
When did Roughton become governor?
Governor Roughton tendered his resignation
Governor Roughton this morning tendered his resignation as Governor of the State of----
Theodore Hastings
 his friend, Senator Theodore Hastings
Pamela and her aunt
Pamela and her aunt would be ready to join them
No
 New York hotels
New York
New York 
Senator
 Senator
He was a perfectly straight man
He was a perfectly straight man
Yes
We were intimately acquainted,
Yes
Numerous arrests have taken place
No
The Senator took out his eyeglasses
finishing cocktails
The two men finished their cocktails in silence
last year
only last year