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 *men are such cowards—but when it comes to rounding up two-thirds—a hundred and two—it's an entirely different problem. We had been working quietly at the thing for days, for we knew the veto was coming, and that the old man would wait until the last night to send it in. We had a hundred and one tried and true men who would stick to the end. The hundred and second was Jim Berry. We had his promise, and believed he would stay in line—though he was afraid of his constits—for he was poor and in debt.

"Judge Hardin came and sat beside me that we might check them off for ourselves, and Hen began calling the roll:

"'Allen!'

"'Aye!'

"'Ambaugh!'

"'Aye!'

"'Anderson!'

"'Aye!'

"'Bartly!'

"'Aye!'

"The leaders, Jamison over on the Republican side, and Riley on the Democratic, sat at their desks, with