"Matilda has it!" said the judge judicially.
"Egbert Watson—prefers military to civil rule; therefore chooses to be head of the army instead of the State. Object, same as Bill Langridge's."
"Matilda Laval has it," said the Judge. He began somehow to look gloomy.
"Elisha Peters—has freedom to go through the world on foot. Object, is to see everything."
"Matilda Laval has it!" growled the Judge.
"Dick Morton. His capital is rifles, with powder and ball; object in life, to kill or to hunt and eat wild beasts."
"Don't come near Matilda Lavals," said the Judge.
"Julia Simpson has no object."
"Easy disposed of," said Norton.
"Ned Forsyth agrees with Watson; Mary Fortescue sides with Lucy Ellis; and half a dozen more with Lucy, Roswell Holt, Bill, and Miss Bracebridge."