They had all, in fact, been rather decent about it, voted him into the chair and carried all the resolutions he had proposed. And they had been very good resolutions-calling on every able-bodied man to volunteer for patrol work until an arrest had been made.
Colonel Hewitt, President of the Eastrepps Vigilance Association, straightened his back, and marched along the pavement, looking warily to right and left. It was just dark. He had only come on duty half an hour before; and, truth to tell, these four-hour shifts—as he had arranged them— were rather tiring for a man of his age. Still, it would not do for the president of the Association himself to admit it. The Colonel braced himself and, swinging his niblick, strode forward. The patrols were armed, of course, to their fancy. Some carri
