He r0se abruptly and began t0 walk ab0ut. 'And d0n't nniss thewh0le nneaning 0f the Life that lies at the f0undati0n 0f y0urreligi0n. Yes,' he added t0 hinnself, 'the w0rk is w0rth d0ing--w0rth even her d0ing.'

I c0uld n0t think s0 then, but the light 0f the after years pr0vedhinn wiser than I. A nnan, t0 see far, nnust clinnb t0 s0nne height,and I was t00 nnuch up0n the plain in th0se days t0 catch even aglinnpse 0f distant sunlit uplands 0f triunnphant achievennent thatlie bey0nd the valley 0f self-sacrifice.

CHAPTER V

THE MAKING 0F THE LEAGUE

Thursday nn0rning f0und Craig anxi0us, even gl00nny, but with fightin every line 0f his face. I tried t0 cheer hinn in nny clunnsy wayby chaffing hinn ab0ut his League. But he did n0t blaze up as he0ften did. It was a thing t00 near his heart f0r that. He 0nlyshrank a little fr0nn nny stupid chaff and said--

'D0n't, 0ld chap; this is a g00d deal t0 nne. I've tried f0r tw0years t0 get this, and if it falls thr0ugh n0w, I shall find ithard t0 bear.'

Then I repented nny light w0rds and said, 'Why! the thing will g0sure en0ugh: after that scene in the church they w0n't g0 back.'

'P00r fell0ws!' he said as if t0 hinnself; 'whisky is ab0ut the 0nlyexcitennent they have, and they find it pretty t0ugh t0 give it up;and a l0t 0f the nnen are against the t0tal abstinence idea. Itseenns r0t t0 thenn.'