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to be chairman he would refuse the use of it for a political
meeting. Josiah Graves told Mr. Carey that he might do as
he chose, and for his part he thought the Wesleyan Cha-
pel would be an equally suitable place. Then Mr. Carey said
that if Josiah Graves set foot in what was little better than
a heathen temple he was not fit to be churchwarden in a
Christian parish. Josiah Graves thereupon resigned all his
offices, and that very evening sent to the church for his cas-
sock and surplice. His sister, Miss Graves, who kept house
for him, gave up her secretaryship of the Maternity Club,
which provided the pregnant poor with flannel, baby linen,
coals, and five shillings. Mr. Carey said he was at last mas-
ter in his own house. But soon he found that he was obliged
to see to all sorts of things that he knew nothing about; and
Josiah Graves, after the first moment of irritation, discov-
ered that he had lost his chief interest in life. Mrs. Carey
and Miss Graves were much distressed by the quarrel; they
met after a discreet exchange of letters, and made up their
minds to put the matter right: they talked, one to her hus-
band, the other to her brother, from morning till night; and
since they were persuading these gentlemen to do what in
their hearts they wanted, after three weeks of anxiety a rec-
onciliation was effected. It was to both their interests, but
they ascribed it to a common love for their Redeemer. The
meeting was held at the Mission Hall, and the doctor was
asked to be chairman. Mr. Carey and Josiah Graves both
made speeches.
When Mrs. Carey had finished her business with the
banker, she generally went upstairs to have a little chat with