Oh, Jim was wild! The paper had gone in blank, you see, and he'd lost all those good drunks and his vote too! He was going to have Charlie's blood right away.

But there it was--done.

He'd handed in his ballot--he couldn't have another." They all laughed, I fear, at the unfortunate plight of the too suspicious Whelan.

"Why did he think the ballot was marked ?" asked Advena.
"Oh, there was a little smudge on it--a fly-spot or something, Charlie says.

But you couldn't fool Whelan." "I hope," said Stella meditatively, "that Lorne will get in by more than one.