Few men would have attempted to rush in and quell that storm as you did.

They would have been afraid of being torn to shreds, so to speak, and all to no purpose.

Let me congratulate you." So saying he extended his hand and grasped Belton's feelingly.
Belton replied in a somewhat melancholy strain: "Bernard, that speech and its result ended my life's work.

I have known long since that a crisis between the two races would come some day and I lived with the hope of being used by God to turn the current the right way.

This I have done, and my work is over." "Ah, no, Belton; greater achievements, by far, you shall accomplish.
The fact is, I have called you over here to-night to acquaint you with a scheme that means eternal glory and honor to us both." Belton smiled and shook his head.
"When I fully reveal my plan to you, you will change your mind." "Well, Bernard, let us hear it." "When you closed your speech to-day, a bright light shot athwart my brain and revealed to me something glorious.