“Yes; that is, for other persons.”
“What shall we do, then?” said Rollo.
“Why, you must vote again.”
So the children wrote votes again, and brought them in to the president. She smiled as she looked them over. Then she said,
“Now there is a tie.”
“A tie, Mary!” said Rollo; “what is a tie?”
“Why, there are two votes for Rollo, and two for Lucy; that makes it exactly balanced, and they call that a tie.”
“And now what shall we do with the tie?” said Rollo.
“Why, you must vote again.”
Just as the children were preparing to vote again, they heard a noise of footsteps at the door, and, looking up, they saw Nathan coming in. He had his little straw hat upon his head, and his whip in his hand. He was playing market-man, and wanted to know if they wished to buy any potatoes.