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Petitions were also sent to the legislature at Toronto, asking for amendments to the license act, and the resolution to submit the Dunkin act to the people of that county was the result of the persistent efforts of the W.C.T.U. In the campaign for this purpose these ladies nobly assisted and stood side by side with other and older temperance organizations laboring for the general good.
It is tiresome work waiting here with nothing to do, was my last drowsy thought, as I folded my arms on the desk, and rested my head upon them, to be aroused by a knocking at my door. "Come in," I called. The door creaked on its hinges, and somebody entered. I waited an instant, when an adolescent voice of the colored persuasion asked: "Do somebody name Mist' Dunkin live here?" "Yes.
So Tenie had ter git in de buggy en go 'long wid young Mars Dunkin ter his plantation, w'ich wuz mo' d'n twenty mile away; en dey want no chance er her seein' Sandy no mo' tel she come back home. De po' gal felt monst'us bad erbout de way things wuz gwine on, en she knowed Sandy mus' be a wond'rin' why she didn' come en turn 'im back no mo'.
That island must ha' been a nuisance to the whole Caribbean for weeks." Job Howland nodded and spat as the story ended. "Ye're right, George Dunkin," he said. "That was a day's work. Vane's a hard man, I'm told, an' that crew in the Chance was one of his worst." He was interrupted by a villainous old sea-dog with a sparse fringe of white beard, who sprawled by the hatchway.
It stood aside and looked on with something like adoration when Mr. Scatters and Mrs. Dunkin met and talked of ineffable things things far above the ken of the average mortal. When Mr. Scatters found that his mission was known, he gave up further attempts at concealing it and talked freely about the matter.
"I say, Judge, I hear they are about to try and carry the Dunkin Act in this county, and I guess they will succeed, for I think there are a sufficient number of fools and fanatical humbugs to carry anything. What is your opinion in regard to it?"
Like the others, however, they were invariably word for word the same, and were couched in the following terms: "MR. DUNKIN "SIR I have Recieved thee Sum of Three Dolers an a half from Your hans an I Recieve thee same with Joy an Grattetude. "Yours respecfull "THOMAS WHEATLEY." I said his applications for money were always granted.
With the debris of the mysterious parcel scattered about their feet, they stood up and looked at each other. "I nevah did believe in furriners nohow," said Mr. Dunkin sadly. "But he knowed all about my brothah John." "An' he sho'ly did make mighty fine speeches. Maybe we's missed de money." This from the grocer. Together they went over the papers again, with the same result.
We are then to turn them out as finished specimens, to illustrate to the public the efficacy of the Dunkin Act. Is that your game, gentlemen?" "Yes; that's about the idea." answered Rivers.
He had desisted from drink when the Dunkin Act came in force, and for a while his home was cheerful again, for a great sorrow was lifted from it, and his steady habits were bringing in money sufficient to purchase many little comforts which had been wanting during the time he was indulging in drink.
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