iVlOOSEHRAD l.AKE. 



This way Iks the j;:inie. 



—King Ht'iny \ '/. 



I?k-fl lMiil:ulcli>hia Saturday ni^'lit, Septeinbt-r 12th. 

 at 6.50, by the Boston express. It was hot, close and 

 miserably nnconiforlalik-. The sleeping car fell like 

 an oven and we turned in l)efore New York was reached, 

 as that was the coolest thins to do. Sundav in P>oston 

 was rainy, raw and cidd. On Monday mornin-, in Han- 

 aor we had to put on heavy tlannels and -et out overcoats. 

 It was election day in Maine; yet, although it was 

 expected that the Republican ticket wculd be elected by 

 30,000 majority, we saw no excitement along the railroad 

 in our ride from liangor to C^.reenville, at the head of Moose- 

 head Lake. No bands, no men around the polling places, 

 xvith badges on. An occasional flag floated in the frosty 

 air but that was all. Vet there was a .silent unseen some- 

 thing betokening an enormous Republican vote. ( We're 

 in the woods now and lune heard nothing of the result as 

 yet. ' 1 Hiring our ride in the car a prophetic native sitting 

 behin.l us broke loose in this fashi(Mi : ■•Darned if I 

 wouldn't bet a dollar that the State would go u-nan- 

 i-,nus for Powers, if it weren't for the fac' that some 

 ornery cuss would hear of my bet and go and vote for 

 t'other fellow, just so as 1 wouM lose it." 



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