He concluded by
offering $50.00 towards the support of such a club.
The current of feeling was setting strongly against the total abstinence
idea, and Craig's face was hard and his eyes gleamed like coals. Then he
did a bit of generalship. He proposed that since they had the two plans
clearly before them they should take a few minutes' intermission in
which to make up their minds, and he was sure they would be glad to have
Mrs. Mavor sing. In the interval the men talked in groups, eagerly, even
fiercely, hampered seriously in the forceful expression of their opinion
by the presence of Mrs. Mavor, who glided from group to group, dropping
a word here and a smile there. She reminded me of a general riding along
the ranks, bracing his men for the coming battle. She paused beside
Geordie, spoke earnestly for a few moments, while Geordie gazed solemnly
at her, and then she came back to Billy in the corner near me. What she
was saying I could not hear, but poor Billy was protesting, spreading
his hands out aimlessly before him, but gazing at her the while in
dumb admiration.
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