"
Morris had turned deadly pale, and his knees seemed to give way
under him as he fell back into his chair. He raised his glass in
his trembling hand and drank before he could answer. "I
apologize, Eminent Bodymaster, to you and to every brother in
this lodge if I have said more than I should. I am a faithful
member--you all know that--and it is my fear lest evil come to
the lodge which makes me speak in anxious words. But I have
greater trust in your judgment than in my own, Eminent
Bodymaster, and I promise you that I will not offend again."
The Bodymaster's scowl relaxed as he listened to the humble
words. "Very good, Brother Morris. It's myself that would be
sorry if it were needful to give you a lesson. But so long as I
am in this chair we shall be a united lodge in word and in deed.
And now, boys," he continued, looking round at the company, "I'll
say this much, that if Stanger got his full deserts there would
be more trouble than we need ask for. These editors hang
together, and every journal in the state would be crying out for
police and troops. But I guess you can give him a pretty severe
warning.
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