A Man Of Mark

As a _quid pro quo,_ the bank was to lend to the Republic the sum of five hundred thousand dollars, at six percent. The President was at the time floating a loan of one million dollars for the purpose of works at the harbor of Whittingham. . . . Or so we thought. "That old scamp's villainy," said the colonel, jerking his thumb toward the Piazza and the statue of the Liberator. "On the 31st, he plans to _repudiate the national debt!"_