Never mind how; just get 'em, that's all." Captain Cy was thoroughly enjoying himself.

The struggle suited him to perfection.

He was young, in spite of his fifty-five years, and this tussle against odds, reminding him of other tussles during his first seasons in business, aroused his energies and, as he expressed it, "stirred up his vitals and made him hop round like a dose of 'pain killer.'" He did not, however, forget Bos'n.

He and she had their walks and their pleasant evenings together in spite of politics.

He took the child into his confidence and told her of the daily gain, or loss, in votes, as if she were his own age.