“I mean,” she continued, “to what fundamental rule of conduct do you attribute your success?” “You mean,” she asked, “that they force themselves upon you, even if you make it plain—”!

“And God has been good to us, also,” he explained. She gave a slight start, for in their letters to one another they had been discussing this very point.

“Thought you looked a bit like it,” said the girl. “I’m in the chorus. It’s better than being in service or in a shop: that’s all you can say for it.” “I might,” he answered, “if I had known the value of it. I found a cable waiting for me in New York. My father had been dead a month; and I had to return immediately.” “He will be all right in his proper place,” he answered: “as the servant of the public: told what to do, and turned out of his job if he doesn’t do it. My scheme does depend upon Protection. You can tell him that. But this time, it’s going to be Protection for the people.”