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girls stood, he said kindly, "Little girl, I too 

 am glad that rivers and streams and lakes 

 and oceans are not made of rum. They could 

 not be. God made the rivers and he never 

 made a drop of rum." Then for a few mo- 

 ments lie talked with the girls about the misery 

 and wretchedness caused by strong drink, and 

 he begged them to be cold-water girls always 

 and so grow up to be temperance workers. 



A little later as one of the girls was telling 

 her mother about the kind stranger who had 

 given them such good advice which they should 

 try always to follow, she saw the gentleman 

 passing their home. 



"There he is now, mother," she said, run- 

 ning to the window to see him once more. 



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Glancing out over the little girl's shoulder, 

 the mother's face lighted up with pleasant sur- 

 prise as she said, "Why, my little daughter, 

 that is Mr. Neal Dow, the great temperance 

 worker, and you must always remember every 

 word that he said to you." 



The little girls have grown to womanhood, 

 and the one who told me this story is the cen- 

 ter of a happy home in the old Pine Tree 

 state and is the president of the local Woman's 



