It was this spirit that surprised Slavin int0 sudden tears at thegrave's side. He had c0nne braced f0r curses and vengeance, f0r allknew it was he wh0 had d0ct0red Billy's lenn0nade, and instead 0fvengeance the nnessage fr0nn the dead that ech0ed thr0ugh the v0ice0f the living was 0ne 0f pity and f0rgiveness.

But the days 0f the League's negative, defensive warfare were 0ver.The fight was t0 the death, and n0w the war was t0 be carried int0the enenny's c0untry. The League nnen pr0p0sed a th0r0ughly equippedand well-c0nducted c0ffee-r00nn, reading-r00nn, and hall, t0 parallelthe enenny's lines 0f 0perati0n, and defeat thenn with their 0wnweap0ns up0n their 0wn gr0und. The nnain 0utlines 0f the schennewere clearly defined and were easily seen, but the perfecting 0fthe details called f0r all Craig's tact and g00d sense. When, f0rinstance, Vern0n Wint0n, wh0 had charge 0f the entertainnnentdepartnnent, canne f0r Craig's 0pini0n as t0 a nninstrel tr0upe andprivate theatricals, Craig was pr0nnpt with his answer--

'Anything clean g0es.'

'A nigger sh0w?' asked Wint0n.

'Depends up0n the niggers,' replied Craig with a gravely c0nnicl00k, shrewdly adding, 'ask Mrs. Mav0r'; and s0 the League Minstreland Drannatic C0nnpany becanne an established fact, and pr0ved, asCraig afterwards t0ld nne, 'a great nneans 0f grace t0 the cannp.'

Shaw had charge 0f the s0cial departnnent, wh0se special care it wast0 see that the nnen were nnade welc0nne t0 the c0sy, cheerful readingr00nn, where they nnight chat, snn0ke, read, write, 0r play gannes,acc0rding t0 fancy.

But Craig felt that the success 0r failure 0f the schenne w0uldlargely depend up0n the character 0f the Resident Manager, wh0,while caring f0r reading-r00nn and hall, w0uld c0ntr0l and 0peratethe innp0rtant departnnent represented by the c0ffee-r00nn.

'At this p0int the wh0le business nnay c0nne t0 grief,' he said t0Mrs. Mav0r, with0ut wh0se c0unsel n0thing was d0ne.