The great man said that he had discovered such conditions to be generally indicated. "It will be only necessary to crystallize that enthusiasm in the ballot box," he continued, with his Latin derivatives, "for us to win a splendid victory. Your organization is satisfactory, is it?" Again Garwood answered "Yes." "Very good," the great man said. "How large a town is Lincoln--we stop there this afternoon, do we not, Colonel?" The colonel, too, said "Yes." "Agricultural community principally, I suppose? Are the farmers fairly prosperous in the county?" "Oh, yes," said Garwood, "they've had good crops this year." "Let me see, General Bancroft used to represent your district in Congress, did he not?" "Yes, sir--some years ago. He's dead now, you know." "Yes, I remember--I must--let me see--I was in the forty-third Congress with him, was I not, Colonel?" "The forty-fourth," corrected the colonel. "To be sure, the forty-fourth. He was a very fine man. I formed a very high opinion of him." "Yes, he was a fine man," said Garwood. "I read law in his office." "Did you, indeed? He was a very good lawyer, as I recall him. We sat on the judiciary committee together. Did he have a good practice?" "Oh, yes, the best at the Grand Prairie bar. He was the best jury lawyer we ever had there." "Yes, he was a good speaker. Was the breach in the party created by his peculiarly strong character healed at his death?" "Well, it's pretty much healed now; for a long time it bothered us, but we never hear of it any more." "Pretty popular with the people, was he?" "Very." "I would presume so." The great man closed his eyes as if shutting in some impression. "Yes," Garwood went on, "the bare mention of his name will set them wild even now." "Ah, indeed," said the candidate. "He raised a regiment about there, did he not?" "Yes--the old ninety-third--the Bloody Ninety-third they called it. A number of his old soldiers will be at your meeting this afternoon." The candidate reflected that most communities like to think that their regiments have been known as "the Bloody," but he did not say so to Garwood.