Haughton is so rotten that people are beginning to hold their noses! "The people of this state trust you, Lawler--they swear by you.

You've got to run--there's no way out of it!" He looked keenly at Lawler.

"Man, do you know what McGregor told me the day before he left the capital to come down here and look you over, to see how badly you were hurt?
He said: 'Metcalf, if Lawler dies we lose the governorship next fall.

He is the only man who can beat Haughton!'" "Metcalf," smiled Lawler; "I'll tell you a secret--your argument has had no effect upon me.

I decided this thing as far back as the day following the last election.