They waited good-naturedly, however, grouping themselves in the big yard.
Then Marshall mounted a lumber pile and addressed them briefly.
"Boys," he said, "I told you all, a week or so ago, I'd like you to vote for Hopkins for Representative, as I believed his election would result in more work for the mill and better wages for the employees.

But I've been watching matters pretty closely, and I've changed my mind.

Forbes is a coming man, and he'll do more for us all than Hopkins could.

So every man who is entitled to vote will please me best by voting for Kenneth Forbes." There was a cheer at this, and when it subsided, the manager continued: "Of course none of the new men, who were not properly registered, have a right to vote at this election, and I command them to keep away from the polls.

Anyone who attempts to vote illegally will be promptly arrested." This caused more cheering, for the workmen had suspected that the new hands would be voted illegally, and they were relieved to find that it was a "square deal all 'round," as one of them remarked with satisfaction.
Meantime, Uncle John was having a "barrel of fun" with Mr.Hopkins.
The little millionaire, although a man of simple and unobtrusive ways, was a shrewd judge of human nature.