Eh, Uncle John ?" Uncle John turned around and regarded his three nieces critically.
"What makes you think he will be defeated ?" he asked.
"He says so himself," answered Patsy.
"He writes me he can see no hope, for the people are all against him," added Louise.
"Pah!" said Uncle John, contemptuously.

"What else does the idiot say ?" "That he's lonely and discouraged, and had to pour out his heart to some one or go wild," said Patsy, the tears of sympathy filling her eyes.
"And you girls propose to sit down and allow all this ?" inquired their uncle sternly.
"We ?" answered Louise, lifting her brows and making a pretty gesture.
"What can we do ?" "Go to work!" said Uncle John.
"How ?" asked Patsy, eagerly.
"Politics is a game," declared Mr.Merrick.

"It's never won until the last card is played.

And success doesn't lie so much in the cards as the way you play 'em.

Here are three girls with plenty of shrewdness and energy.