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Ford, Paul Leicester, 1865-1902

"The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him"

An' ye'd be afther
helpin' us big, for the district likes yez."
"But, Dennis, I can't vote without knowing something about the way
things are. I shouldn't know whether I was voting rightly."
"Why, a man votes right when he votes for his friends!"
"No; a man votes right when he votes for his convictions."
"Convictions, is it?"
"Yes. That is, he votes as he thinks is best for the country."
"That, maybe, is the way yez do it where yez come from," said Dennis,
"but it's no good it would be here. Convictions, whatever they be, are
never nominated here. It's real things we're afther votin' for in New
York."
Peter laughed. "I've got to take you in hand, Dennis, and you've got to
take me in hand. I think we both need each other's help. Yes, I'll come
to the primary. Will they let me vote?"
"The dirty spalpeens will never dare to stop yez! Thank yez, sir. Oi'll
be along for yez about eight."
"Remember, though, Dennis--I don't say how I'll vote."
"Yez just listen, an I'm not afraid av what ye'll do.


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