“How so?”
“Because the same question not only puzzled the State Legislature, but made the attorney-general sick.”
We became attentive.
“Explain that, if you please,” said I.
“Why, just look at it: with only eight legal voters in the tract” (he called it track), “we cast five hundred ballots at the State election.”
“Five hundred ballots! then your voters must have sprung from the ground or from the rocks.”
“Pretty nearly so.”
“Actual men?”
“Actual men.”
“You are jesting.”