Aunt Jane's Nieces at Work

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I'd like to avoid it, if I

can."

"Perhaps it may be quietly arranged," said the lawyer. "If they knew you

had discovered the false registration of these men, they would never

dare vote them."

"How would it be to send Mr. Burke, the detective, over to the mill to

talk with Mr. Marshall?" suggested Beth.

"That is an excellent plan, and would be very effective in determining

the manager to abandon the plot."

"I'll go and see Hopkins myself," announced Uncle John. "I know how to

manage men of his sort."

"Very good," approved the lawyer, "and I'll see Squiers."

"If you do," said Patsy, "just ask him to sign a paper saying that Lucy

Rogers was falsely accused of stealing the ring, and that his mother

found it in a vase, where she had forgotten she put it."

"I'll do that," replied Mr. Watson. "And I'll get the sixty dollars back

that Tom Gates paid him. I'll make it a condition of our agreeing not to

prosecute the man."

"It looks as if we were going to win the election," said Uncle John in a

pleased voice. "If Hopkins was driven to such methods as stuffing

ballot-boxes, he must know very well he's defeated."

"He acknowledged it to Dr. Squiers." said Patsy, gaily. "We have

eighteen sure majority, and perhaps more."

"It's likely to be more," predicted Uncle John.

"I suppose congratulations are in order, Ken," said Louise.

"Not yet, cousin," he replied. "Wait until tomorrow night; and then

don't congratulate me, but the campaign managers--three of the nicest

and cleverest girls in existence!"

"You're right, my boy," declared Uncle John. "If you pull through and

take your seat in the Legislature, you'll owe it all to these girls."

"That is true," smiled the lawyer. "Kenneth was badly beaten when you

arrived."

Of course our girls were very happy at receiving this praise, but more

pleased to realize they had actually been of service to their boy

friend. They believed that Kenneth would prove a good Representative and

carry out his promises to the voters; and if he did, that his political

career was assured.

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