_Benjamin Doolittle_.... A leader of his party, and somewhat careless where
he leads it. (Added in Anne O'Hagan's Chapter).

_Patrick Noonan_.... A follower of Doolittle.

Time.... The Present.

Place.... Whitewater, N. Y. A manufacturing town of from ten to fifteen
thousand inhabitants.




THE STURDY OAK


CHAPTER I

BY SAMUEL MERWIN


Genevieve Remington had been called beautiful. She was tall, with brown
eyes and a fine spun mass of golden-brown hair. She had a gentle smile,
that disclosed white, even teeth. Her voice was not unmusical. She was
twenty-three years old and possessed a husband who, though only twenty-six,
had already shown such strength of character and such aptitude at the
criminal branch of the law that he was now a candidate for the post of
district attorney on the regular Republican ticket.

The popular impression was that he would be elected hands down. His address