"Here is my badge, I did not want to leave the meeting without having this to show you." "This evening," said Mrs.Gough smiling through her tears, "reminds me of a little temperance song I learned when a child, I think it commenced with these words: "And are you sure the news is true?
Are you sure my John has joined?
I can't believe the happy news, And leave my fears behind, If John has joined and drinks no more, The happiest wife am I That ever swept a cabin floor, Or sung a lullaby.
"That's just the way I feel to-night, I haven't been so happy before for years." "And I hope," said Mr.Clifford, "that you will have many happy days and nights in the future." "And I hope so too," said Joe, shaking hands with Paul and Belle as they rose to go.
Mr.Clifford accompanied Belle to her door, and as they parted she said, "This is a glorious work in which it is our privilege to clasp hands." "It is and I hope," but as the words rose to his lips, he looked into the face of Belle, and it was so radiant with intelligent tenderness and joy, that she seemed to him almost like a glorified saint, a being too precious high and good for common household uses, and so the remainder of the sentence died upon his lips and he held his peace..