CHAPTER XV
THE RESULT
“How many did you say, Craven, of those Glengarry men of yours?” Professor Gray was catechizing his nephew.
“Ten of them, sir, besides the minister's son, who is going to take the full university course.”
“And all of them bound for the ministry?”
“So they say. And judging by the way they take life, and the way, for instance, they play shinny, I have a notion they will see it through.”
“They come of a race that sees things through,” answered the professor. “And this is the result of this Zion Hill Academy I have been hearing so much about?”
“Well, sir, they put in a good year's work, I must say.”
“You might have done worse, sir. Indeed, you deserve great credit, sir.”
“I? Not a bit. I simply showed them what to do and how to do it. But there's a woman up there that the world ought to know about. For love of her—”