'Look here, Slavin,' said Craig earnestly; 'if I can be of use to you in
any way, count on me.'
'It's good to me the both of yez have been, an' I'll not forget it to
yez,' he replied, with like earnestness.
As we told Mrs. Mavor that night, for Craig thought it too good to
keep, her eyes seemed to grow deeper and the light in them to glow more
intense as she listened to Craig pouring out his tale. Then she gave him
her hand and said--
'You have your man at last.'
'What man?'
'The man you have been waiting for.'
'Slavin!'
'Why not?'
'I never thought of it.'
'No more did he, nor any of us.' Then, after a pause, she added gently,
'He has been sent to us?'
'Do you know, I believe you are right,' Craig said slowly, and then
added, 'But you always are.'
'I fear not,' she answered; but I thought she liked to hear his words.
The whole town was astounded next morning when Slavin went to work in
the mines, and its astonishment only deepened as the days went on, and
he stuck to his work. Before three weeks had gone the League had bought
and remodelled the saloon and had secured Slavin as Resident Manager.
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