That ward, though,--at least from the first reports, and we paid slight attention to the later ones,--remained, through Gunderson, sullen, incomprehensible, uncommitted.

And at night, the voting over, newspapers began to show the bulletins as the ballots were counted and the returns came in.

We were at campaign headquarters and got the figures early.
The scattering returns were satisfactory.

Through most of the district they showed a gain for us over past encounters.

The drift was all our way, but it was not big enough to offset all contingencies.