"Honest!"
Now McGrath, as usual, had followed close on the footsteps of Mixley;
and standing in the door, he yelled:--
"Three cheers for Senator Murgatroyd!"
And Mixley and Thorne,--born and bred to political meetings,--gave them
with a will; while Shirley and the Challoners sat in the corner in deep
silence.
Murgatroyd looked at his men in surprise.
"Where have you been all this time?" he queried.
"Outside," they answered sheepishly, "waiting for the news."