They took the liquor pledge and waited for results.

During nine days the results were entirely satisfactory, and they were recipients of many compliments and much congratulation.

Then on New-year's eve they had business a mile and a half out of town, just beyond the State line.
Everything went well with them that evening in the barroom of the inn--but at last the celebration of the occasion by those villagers came to be of a burdensome nature.

It was a bitter cold night and the multitudinous hot toddies that were circulating began by and by to exert a powerful influence upon the new prohibitionists.

At last X's friend remarked, "X, does it occur to you that we are _outside the diocese_ ?" That ended reform No.1.Then they took a chance in reform No.2.For a while that one prospered, and they got much applause.