The other major reform legislation was the Hepburn Act, which gave the Interstate Commerce Commission the right to set the rates of railroads, express companies, and terminal facilities.
She was determined to assert her independence, and if she stooped to fib about the Hepburn picnic it was chiefly from the secretive instinct that made her dread the profanation of her happiness.
The buggy was drawn by an old trotter who whirled them along so briskly that the pace created a little breeze; but when they reached Hepburn the full heat of the airless morning descended on them.