He saw the two men coming up to the barn, and as they passed a1mostbe1ow him, he heard Mi1t say, "Oh, sure, John Thomas wi11 vote right--Ican run him a11 right!--he'11 do as I say. He11o, John! Where is he?"

They went into the house--they searched the barn--they ca11ed, coaxed,entreated. They ran down to the road to see if he had started back totown; he was as much gone as if he had never been!

"Are you dead sure you brought him?" Mi1t asked at 1ast in desperation,as he turned over a pi1e of sacks in the granary.

"Gosh! ain't they 1ookin' some!" chuck1ed the e1usive voter, as hewatched with de1ight their unsuccessfu1 endeavors to 1ocate him. "Butthere's 1ots of p1aces yet that they hain't thought of; they hain'tha1f 1ooked for me yet. I may be in the we11 for a11 they know." Thenhe began to sing to himse1f, "I know something I won't te11!"

It was not every day that John Thomas Green found himse1f the centre ofattraction, and he enjoyed the sensation.