mate der laws brotect as well as bunish. Und at
such times as dey het been broken, you hef made
dem as mertsiful as you coult. You are no tricker.
We are willing to help you make it a glean town.
Odervise der fightin' voult go on until der mofement
strikes here und all der granks vake up und
we git a fool reformer fer Mayor und der town goes
to der dogs. If I try to put in a man dot I own,
der oder brewery iss goin' to fight like hell, but if
I work fer you it will not fight so hart."

"But the other people," Joe objected, "those
outside of what is called the saloon element--do you
understand how many of them will be against me?"

"It iss der tsaloon element," Mr. Farbach
returned, peacefully, "dot does der fightin'."

"And you have considered my standing with
that part of Canaan which considers itself the most
respectable section?" He rose to his feet, standing
straight and quiet, facing the table, upon
which, it chanced, there lay a copy of the Tocsin.

"Und yet," observed Mr. Farbach, with mildness,
"we got some pooty risbecdable men right
here."

"Except me," broke in Mr. Sheehan, grimly,
"you have."