PLEDGE SIGNING AT TRILLIUM SPRING 57 



"God helping me, I promise not to buy, drink, 



sell or give 



Alcoholic liquor while I live. 

 From all tobacco I'll abstain, 

 And never take God's name in vain." 



Handing each member of the Legion a tiny 

 glass, Mrs. Libby filled it with sparkling water 

 from the spring, and kneeling together, the 

 old members, with the new, renewed their cold- 

 water pledge as Jamie sang out : 



"So here we pledge perpetual hate 

 To all that can intoxicate." 



A prayer-song reverently closed the interest- 

 ing pledge sen-ice. 



"Mr. President, do you ever let grown folks 

 take the pledge of the Loyal Temperance Le- 

 gion ?" was the surprising question Jamie heard 

 asked in a familiar voice as Mr. Brown, lifting 

 his hat to the temperance picnickers, stood be- 

 side his son at the conclusion of the song. 



"Why, father, where did you come from ? Of 

 course we do," exclaimed the lad joyfully. 

 "Perhaps they didn't have L. T. L.'s when you 

 were a little boy !" 



