"He always stands by people." "He used to," he replied sullenly, "but that was in the old days when he needed 'em.

The truth is he's got his head turned by his election.

He thinks he's so strong that he can go on alone and keep the crowd at his back; but he'll find he's mistaken, and that the crowd, when it ain't worked right from the inside, is a poor thing to depend on.

The crowd does the shouting, but it's a man's friends that start the tune." "Are you talking about the strike ?" she asked.

"I thought he was in sympathy with the strikers." "Oh, he says he is, but he won't prove it." She faced him squarely, with her head held high and her eyes cold and determined.