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imitation of their fathers. A thousand faces beamed their thanks on their benefactor.
"And to-morrow they'd howl him down," remarked Tom Lord, cynically.
"Don't you believe it," replied Frank Brown, also on the platform. "These people are of the right sort. They'll be treated well and behave well, I'll guarantee."
"They! They have no generous feelings. The mob never yet had."
"As true hearts beat under flannel shirts, believe me, as beneath the whitest starched fronts. The characters of the wearers of both are much mixed. You'll find good and bad everywhere."
"And a mighty lot more of bad than good in some quarters, I am thinking," persisted Tom. But we shall see.
