"This'll do the work," giggled Peck. "It's about two-thousand per cent,better than the tale we started to git. Why, Dave Beasley'll be in apadded cell in a fortnight! It'll be all over town to-morrow, and he'll haveas much chance fer governor as that nigger in there!" In his ecstasy hesmote Dowden deliriously in the ribs. "What do you skinnyk of yourcandidate N0W?"

"Wait," exclaimed Dowden. "Who came in the hacks that Grist saw?"