Alone he sits amid the wreck of his business--a business wrecked by us, gentlemen--without a customer, without a friend.
Shall it be said that the free and open-handed men's club of South Orham turned its back upon one man, merely because he HAS been what he was?
Gentlemen, I have talked with Jotham Gale; he is old, he is friendless, he no longer has a means of livelihood--we have taken it from him.

We have turned his followers' steps to better paths.

Shall we not turn his, also?
Gentlemen and friends, Jotham Gale is repentant, he feels his ostrichism'-- whatever he meant by that--'he desires to become self-respecting, and he asks us to help him.

He wishes to join this club.

Gentlemen, I propose for membership in our association the name of Jotham W.Gale.' "He set down and mopped his face.