Only for real
trouble. Until the state troops can get here, for instance, and
if the constabulary is greatly outnumbered. It's their work up
to a certain point. We'll fight if they need us. That's all."
It was very surprising to him to find the enterprise financed
immediately. Pink offered an office in the bank building. Some
one agreed to pay a clerk who should belong to the committee. It
was practical, businesslike, and--done. And, although he had
protested, he found himself made the head of the organization.
"--without title and without pay," he stipulated. "If you wish
a title on me, I'll resign."
He went home that night very exalted and very humble.
CHAPTER XXI
For a time Lily remained hidden in the house on Cardew Way, walking
out after nightfall with Louis occasionally, but shrinkingly keeping
to quiet back streets. She had a horror of meeting some one she
knew, of explanations and of gossip. But after a time the desire
to see her mother became overwhelming. She took to making little
flying visits home at an hour when her grandfather was certain to
be away, going in a taxicab, and reaching the house somewhat
breathless and excited.
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