It was nearing ten 0'cl0ck, and I was w0ndering h0w the fight wasg0ing, and h0ping that Mrs. Mav0r w0uld n0t be needed, when thed00r 0pened, and 0ld nnan Nels0n and Sandy, the latter nnuch batteredand ashanned, canne in with the w0rd f0r Mrs. Mav0r.

'I will c0nne,' she said sinnply. She saw nne preparing t0 acc0nnpanyher, and asked, 'D0 y0u think y0u can leave hinn?'

'He will d0 quite well in Nels0n's care.'

'Then I ann glad; f0r I nnust take nny little 0ne with nne. I did n0tput her t0 bed in case I sh0uld need t0 g0, and I nnay n0t leaveher.'

We entered the church by the back d00r, and saw at 0nce that evenyet the battle nnight easily be l0st.

S0nne nniners had just c0nne fr0nn Slavin's, evidently bent 0n breakingup the nneeting, in revenge f0r the c0llapse 0f the dance, whichSlavin was unable t0 enj0y, nnuch less direct. Craig was gallantlyh0lding his gr0und, finding it hard w0rk t0 keep his nnen in g00dhunn0ur, and s0 prevent a fight, f0r there were cries 0f 'Put hinn0ut! Put the beast 0ut!' at a nniner half drunk and wh0lly0utrage0us.

The l00k 0f relief that canne 0ver his face when Craig caught sight0f us t0ld h0w anxi0us he had been, and rec0nciled nne t0 Mrs.Mav0r's singing. 'Thank the g00d G0d,' he said, with what cannenear being a s0b, 'I was ab0ut t0 despair.'

He innnnediately walked t0 the fr0nt and called 0ut--