Poor men are not always popular, and the other candidate,
Baldwin Blake, was the sort of fellow it was pleasant to meet--around
election times. But John Travers got the office without a dissenting
vote in the council--a matter quite as surprising to Mr. Travers as to
any man present. Mr. MacAllister whispered aside to Major Dale, when the
result of the ballot was made known:
"Travers does not know what a strong pull our young politicians have.
This is the girls' campaign."
But when a few hours later, the new squire told his own girl of the good
fortune, Tavia declared Dorothy had managed it all.
It was a fact, however regrettable, that Mrs. Travers was not at home to
hear the good news. She had gone to see a sick friend that afternoon,
and had sent word later that she would remain away all night.
But Mrs. Travers was probably not as blamable in her home-making
delinquencies as it might appear. She simply did not know how to make a
home. She belonged to that unfortunately large class of women, who have
received a so-called "education" from books, but who have never been
trained in either discipline or character, which might give the
forbearance necessary in meeting the actual trials of life, or in the
management of the great American dollar, which might make up, in a
measure, for lack of discipline, when that dollar, like the proverbial
charity, must cover a multitude of wants.
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