We even invite you to take part in our last 'call' tonight at the Hall." "Go!" whispered Brace quickly, "YOU'LL GAIN TIME!" Parks' face changed, and he turned to Carpenter.

"Enough," he said gravely.

"I reserve what I have to say of these proceedings till I join you there." He stopped, whispered a few words to Brace, and then disappeared as the men descended the stairs, and, joining the crowd on the pavement, proceeded silently towards the Town Hall.

There was nothing in the appearance of that decorous procession to indicate its unlawful character or the recklessness with which it was charged.
There were thirty or forty men already seated in the Hall.

The meeting was brief and to the point.