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I made no charges."
"But you left the impression that Mr. Kennedy and I had made a deal,"
shrieked Maguire.
"If the gentleman draws that conclusion from what passed, it is not my
fault."
The convention laughed. "Do you mean to charge such a bargain?" angrily
shouted Maguire.
"Will you deny it?" asked Peter calmly.
"Then you do charge it?"
Here the convention laughed for the third time. Green shouted "deny it,"
and the cry was taken up by many of the delegates.
"Yes," screamed Maguire. "I do deny it"
Peter turned to Kennedy. "Do you too, deny it?"
"Yes," shouted Kennedy, loudly.
Again the convention laughed.
"Then," said Peter, "if I had charged you with a bargain, I should now
find it necessary to apologize."
The convention roared. Maguire screamed something, but it could not be
heard. The tenor of his remarks was indicated by his red face and
clinched fist.
Costell smiled his deep smile. "I'm very glad," he said to the man next
him, "that we didn't pick Stirling up.


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