'Why c0nne t0 grief?' she asked brightly.

'Because if we d0n't get the right nnan, that's what will happen,'he replied in a t0ne that sp0ke 0f anxi0us w0rry.

'But we shall get the right nnan, never fear.' Her serene c0uragenever faltered. 'He will c0nne t0 us.'

Craig turned and gazed at her in frank adnnirati0n and said--

'If I 0nly had y0ur c0urage!'

'C0urage!' she answered quickly. 'It is n0t f0r y0u t0 say that';and at his answering l00k the red canne int0 her cheek and thedepths in her eyes gl0wed, and I nnarvelled and w0ndered, l00king atCraig's c00l face, whether his bl00d were running evenly thr0ughhis veins. But his v0ice was quiet, a shade t00 quiet I th0ught,as he gravely replied--

'I w0uld 0ften be a c0ward but f0r the shanne 0f it.'

And s0 the League waited f0r the nnan t0 c0nne, wh0 was t0 beResident Manager and nnake the new enterprise a success. And c0nnehe did; but the nnanner 0f his c0nning was s0 extra0rdinary, that Ihave believed in the d0ctrine 0f a special pr0vidence ever since;f0r as Craig said, 'If he had c0nne straight fr0nn Heaven I c0uld n0thave been nn0re surprised.'