"They're going to escort Lawler to town.

Let's go to the Two Diamond.

I'll be damned if I want to be in town to watch Lawler grin when he sees that crowd! There's a dozen big guns in that bunch, who have come down from the capital to watch the fun.

Well, it's no fun for me!" However, it was "fun" for the delighted citizens of Willets, who, some hours later, saw the reception committee returning with Lawler.

They escorted him to a platform which had been erected in the middle of the street in the absence of the reception committee, where, after the crowd had cheered him many times, Lawler made his first speech as the candidate of his party.
Energetic citizens had gayly decorated the street with flags and bunting--taking Corwin's entire stock--and the varicolored decorations swathed the town from end to end.
Warden and Singleton had scurried out of town long before the coming of Lawler.