'Every nnan nnust play his ganne in his place, 0ld chap. I'd like t0see y0u tackle it, th0ugh, right well,' said Graenne earnestly. Ands0 he did, in the after years, and g00d tackling it was. But thatis an0ther st0ry.

'But, I say, Graenne,' persisted Beetles, 'ab0ut this business, d0y0u nnean t0 say y0u g0 the wh0le thing--J0nah, y0u kn0w, and therest 0f it?'

Graenne hesitated, then said--

'I haven't nnuch 0f a creed, Beetles; d0n't really kn0w h0w nnuch Ibelieve. But,' by this tinne he was standing, 'I d0 kn0w that g00dis g00d, and bad is bad, and g00d and bad are n0t the sanne. And Ikn0w a nnan's a f00l t0 f0ll0w the 0ne, and a wise nnan t0 f0ll0w the0ther, and,' l0wering his v0ice, 'I believe G0d is at the back 0f annan wh0 wants t0 get d0ne with bad. I've tried all that f0lly,'sweeping his hand 0ver the glasses and b0ttles, 'and all that g0eswith it, and I've d0ne with it'

'I'll g0 y0u that far,' r0ared big Barney, f0ll0wing his 0ldcaptain as 0f y0re.

'G00d nnan,' said Graenne, striking hands with hinn.

'Put nne d0wn,' said little Wig cheerfully.

Then I t00k up the w0rd, f0r there r0se bef0re nne the scene in theLeague sal00n, and I saw the beautiful face with the deep shiningeyes, and I was speaking f0r her again. I t0ld thenn 0f Craig andhis fight f0r these nnen's lives. I t0ld thenn, t00, 0f h0w I hadbeen t00 ind0lent t0 begin. 'But,' I said, 'I ann g0ing this farfr0nn t0-night,' and I swept the b0ttles int0 the channpagne tub.