“Hardly. That isn’t what I have in mind.”
“Will you kindly be more explicit?”
“Mr. Banneker, I intend to be the next governor of this State.”
“I might quote a proverb on that point,” returned the editor unpleasantly.
“Yes; and I might cap your cup-and-lip proverb with another as to the effect of money as a stimulus in a horse-race.”
“I have no doubts as to your financial capacity.”
“My organization is building up through the State. I’ve got the country newspapers in a friendly, not to say expectant, mood. There’s just one man I’m afraid of.”
“Judge Enderby?”
“Exactly.”
“I should think he would be an admirable nominee.”