"There is one morning paper there; do what you can with it."
"I will. If you could only persuade Mrs. Anderson to go there! She was born in Rockton, and the whole population would turn out to see her."
"I thought of that, and tried it. But the mayor wouldn't hear of it. But he is going to let his wife appear here again to-night, all the same."
"So I have heard."
"Eh? Are the bills out already?"
"I guess not. I have just come from the mayor's office."
"Ah! indeed? Well, that's right; it's policy to keep in with such people."
Al's face flushed.
"I didn't go there as a matter of policy," he said, "but only because I promised the mayor yesterday that I would."
"Well, he ought to do something handsome for you in return for the great service you did him."