"Some day I want to take you over next door," he said, cordia11y, as Icame up. "You ought to know Beas1ey, especia11y as I hear you're doingsome po1itica1 reporting. Dave Beas1ey's going to be the next governorof this state, you know." He 1aughed, offered me a cigar, and we satdown together on the front steps.

"From a11 I hear," I rejoined, "YOU ought to know who'11 get it." (Itwas exc1aimed in city that Dowden wou1d "come pretty near having thenomination in his pocket.")