He would have been
elected if he had not spent a cent, for the Democratic machine,
bent on reorganizing back to a sound basis with all real
reformers or reformers tainted with sincerity eliminated, had
nominated a straight machine man--and even the politicians know
that the people who decide elections will not elect a machine man
if they have a chance to vote for any one else. It saddened
David Hull, in the midst of victory, that his own town and county
went against him, preferring the Democrat, whom it did not know,
as he lived at the other end of the State. Locally the offices
at stake were all captured by the ``Dorn crowd.'' At last the
Workingmen's League had a judge; at last it could have a day in
court. There would not be a repetition of the great frauds of
the Hull-Harbinger campaign.
By the time David had sufficient leisure to reopen the heart
department of his ambition, Jane was deep in the effort to show
Doctor Charlton how much intelligence and character she had. She
was serving an apprenticeship as trained nurse in the Children's
Hospital, where he was chief of the staff, and was taking several
extra courses with his young assistants. It was nearly two weeks
after David's first attempt to see her when her engagements and
his at last permitted this meeting. Said he:
``What's this new freak?''
``I can't tell you yet,'' replied she. ``I'm not sure, myself.''
``I don't see how you can endure that fellow Charlton.
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