“No, sir.”
“Hold any office under Mr. Powers?”
“No, sir.”
“Well, why do you go, then? There must be some reason.”
“I haf de polling place in my back room,” he finally admitted.
“How much do you get for that?”
“Sixty-five dollars a year.”
“And you give five of that back for a ticket?”
He smiled, but made no reply.
It was on Monday that the German grocer signified his intention of going.