"It would be a sad beginning to my political career to send three such men to prison.

I'd like to avoid it, if I can." "Perhaps it may be quietly arranged," said the lawyer.

"If they knew you had discovered the false registration of these men, they would never dare vote them." "How would it be to send Mr.Burke, the detective, over to the mill to talk with Mr.Marshall ?" suggested Beth.
"That is an excellent plan, and would be very effective in determining the manager to abandon the plot." "I'll go and see Hopkins myself," announced Uncle John.

"I know how to manage men of his sort." "Very good," approved the lawyer, "and I'll see Squiers." "If you do," said Patsy, "just ask him to sign a paper saying that Lucy Rogers was falsely accused of stealing the ring, and that his mother found it in a vase, where she had forgotten she put it." "I'll do that," replied Mr.Watson.

"And I'll get the sixty dollars back that Tom Gates paid him.