Be still, I tell you." The small, white-haired man sat down in the rush-seated chair.

The big man hesitated, separated his coat tails, and then he, too, sat down.
And the music box under the seat of the chair he sat in informed everyone with cheerful vigor that the Campbells were coming, Hurrah! Hurrah! Captain Shadrach Gould arose from that chair, arose promptly and without hesitation.

Mr.Zoeth Hamilton also rose; so did many others in the vicinity.

There was a stir and a rustle and whispered exclamations.
And still the news of the imminent arrival of the Campbells was tinkled abroad and continued to tinkle.

Someone giggled, so did someone else.
Others said, "Hush!" Mrs.Judge Baxter said, "Heavens and earth!" Mrs.Hobbs looked as if she wished to say something very much indeed.
Captain Shadrach's bald spot blazed a fiery red and he glared about him helplessly.
Mr.Hallett, who was used to unexpected happenings at funerals--though, to do him justice, he had never before had to deal with anything quite like this--rushed to the center of the disturbance.