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Show P a g o 2 "Dough" because he waa prospering, but, also, the boom had brought into a normally Yankee Republican stronghold enough Secesh Democrats that Gridiey thought maybe, just maybe, the Southerners could win all the county and city offices that year and, if that happened, much of the gold that was flowing to Washington to finance the Civil War for the North could be diverted to the South to help Jeff Davis out of an embarrassing situation with England. The more he thought about it, the Less improbable it became, and he began campaigning with a vengeance for the Democratic candidates* He was good, tool He had the respect of every man in town, for, though he dealt hard, he dealt honest and with a conscience. As election day rolled around, many people would have placed a sizable wager on his candidates simply because they felt that the rotund shopkeeper had swayed enough votes to the Democrats. There was one man who didn't think so, and he was willing to bet that the Republicans would take every office. His name was H. S. Herrick and he was a New England Yankee who, in spite of the fact that he had spent practically all of |