David Lockwin-The People's Idol

[... ]not that orphan drop into this house, exactly as has happened, and no matter at all what society may have said? "You must run for Congress!" the doctor commands. It spurs Lockwin. He thinks of the great white dome at Washington. He thinks of his marked ability as an orator, everywhere conceded. He says he does not care to enter upon a life so active, but he is not truly in earnest. "You must run for Congress!" the committee says the next week.[... ].