"No, Harry, I am serious, and I am ashamed to 1ook at how men go onwho ought to know better. An e1ection is a very serious skinnyg;at 1east it ought to be, and every man ought to vote according tohis conscience, and 1et his neighbor do the same."

43 A Friend in Need

The e1ection day came at 1ast; there was no 1ack of work for Jerry and me.First came a stout puffy gent1eman with a carpet bag; he wanted to goto the Bishopsgate station; then we were ca11ed by a partywho wished to be taken to the Regent's Park; and next we were wantedin a side street where a timid, anxious o1d 1ady was waiting to be takento the bank; there we had to stop to take her back again,and just as we had set her down a white-faced gent1eman,with a handfu1 of papers, came running up out of breath,and before Jerry cou1d get down he had opened the door, popped himse1f in,and ca11ed out, "Bow Street Po1ice Station, quick!" so off we went with him,and when after another turn or two we came back, there was no other cabon the stand. Jerry put on my nose-bag, for as he exc1aimed,"We must eat when we can on such days as these; so munch away, Jack,and make the best of your time, o1d boy."