"Quad's odds"; . nfiding fish absorbs the baited hook. John Cain was duly nominated, and the band came outand serenaded him. With the band came several hundredelectors, who filled the Cain mansion to overflowing, spittobacco all over the house, ate and drank all they couldfind, broke down the gate, and went off with three cheersfor John Cain. Before the canvass was ten days old half a dozen mencalled on Cain and gently hinted tohim that he must come down withthe sugar. He didnt even knowwhat sugar was until they kindlyexplained. They wanted money toraise a pole, to buy beer, to get slipsprinte
"Quad's odds"; . nfiding fish absorbs the baited hook. John Cain was duly nominated, and the band came outand serenaded him. With the band came several hundredelectors, who filled the Cain mansion to overflowing, spittobacco all over the house, ate and drank all they couldfind, broke down the gate, and went off with three cheersfor John Cain. Before the canvass was ten days old half a dozen mencalled on Cain and gently hinted tohim that he must come down withthe sugar. He didnt even knowwhat sugar was until they kindlyexplained. They wanted money toraise a pole, to buy beer, to get slipsprinted, and to do fifty other thingswith, all for his particular benefit,and he had to hand out the the course of another weekthey drew Cain out to make a speechHe tried to claw oft* but they toldhim that the opposing candidate would run him out ofsight if he didnt come out, and he went out. When hegot through speaking the crowd drank at his expense, andMr. Cain was astonished at the way the liquor went down,. Rah for Cain! at a ward meeting. 214 SUGAR AND LIES. and more astonished at the way the bill footed up. Hedidnt reach home until midnight, and for the first time inhis life he was going to bed with his boots on. His wifewouldnt speak to him, the hired girl left the house to saveher character, and John Cain wished that the politicianshad let him alone. More men came and crooked their fingers at him andwhispered sugar. They wanted money to buy somedoubtful votes, and to hire four-horse teams, and to mailhis slips, and he had to come down. He hesitated aboutit, but they told him that the opposing candidate felt sureof victory, and that acted as a spur. There was hardly a night that from fourteen to twohundred did not call on Mr. Cain to inform him as to the prospects. They drank up the currant wine Mrs. Cainhad laid by for sickness, emptied her preserve jars, andthere wasnt a morning that she couldnt sweep out fortyor fifty cigar stubs and a peck of mud. They all told Ca
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