68 THE TEMPERANCE MEETING

 

who heard it. That night the bar-room of
the tavern-keeper was filled to overflowing.
Miller was at first delighted, though a little
surprised that no one called for liquor, and
at the air of business that sat upon every
countenance.

“YT move that Le Roy take the chair,”
said one.

The mechanic was handed to the post
of honour, when he related minutely the
occurrences and conversation of the day
previous; and then said that the object of
the meeting was to organize a temperance
society, and thus prevent the tavern-keeper
from getting all their property. “I can
assure the gentleman,” he said in closing,
“that his daughter Jane will never live
-in my place while I have breath in my
body.”

“‘ My hand to that!” was echoed around
the room by a dozen voices.

The society was regularly formed, the
pledge signed by every individual present,
and a vote of thanks to the landlord passed