The next morning Evangeline Fish began to canvass for votes
methodically. Evangeline Fish was very fair, and was dressed always in
that shade of blue that shrieks aloud to the heavens and puts the
skies to shame. She was considered the beauty of the form.
"I'll give you two bull's eyes if you'll vote for me," she said to
William.
"_Two!_" said William with scorn.
"Six," she bargained.
"All right," he said, "you can give me six bull's eyes if you want.
There's nothing to stop you givin' me six bull's eyes if you want, is
there? Not that I know of."
"But you'll have to promise to put down my name on the paper if I give
you six bull's eyes," she said suspiciously.
"All right," said William. "I can easy promise that."
Whereupon she handed over the six bull's eyes. William returned one as
being under regulation size, and waited frowning till she replaced it
by a larger one.
"Now, you've promised," said Evangeline Fish. "They'll make you ill
an' die if you break your promise on them."
William kept his promise with true political address. He wrote "E.
Fish--I _don't_ think!" on his voting paper and his vote was
disqualified. But Evangeline Fish was elected May Queen by an
overwhelming majority. She was, after all, the beauty of the form and
she always wore blue. And now she was to be May Queen. Her prestige
was established for ever. "Little angel," murmured the elder girls.
The small boys fought for her favours.
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