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having the sand to do it. I tell you, it's going to beat the earl; he is n't in the race."

Of the four listeners Mrs. Denman alone showed the embarrassment they all felt. Craigin would have given all he had to read Isabel's thoughts as she read his; but that he could not do.

PART TWO

THE FIRST CAMPAIGN

I

IN REM

HE day and the hour came. The city clock struck nine. The hostilities precipitated by Harpswell began. The high sheriff, sev

en deputies, and twenty-three assistants left convenient loitering-places and started, according to previous agreement, for their respective scenes of visitation. In five minutes it was generally known that something unusual was taking place; in ten that the long-talked-of liquor war had begun. Groups of excited people stood about watching the officers, wondering who had signed the complaints, whether they would dare meddle with Denman, what he would do if they did, and how it all would end. The drug stores were not molested; the raid was confined to other places where liquor was sold. At most of them not a drop was found. Such was the case at each of Denman's hotels. His wholesale warehouse, however, contained hundreds of barrels. The secret had leaked, but there had not been time to remove so large a stock. Notwithstanding the substantial failure of the search, the dealers were notified to appear before the

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