financial help I received from my friends the Earl of Kimberley and Mr. Herbert Day of Norwich. Now the one great question that weighs upon my mind is this: Are the men for whom I spent my life going to maintain the position that has been won for them? The position is not without danger. As in the days of Mr. Arch, so now there are forces working to divide the men and to spread distrust amongst them if they succeed. There is a danger of much that has been gained being lost. I have, however, great faith in the cause of democracy and there is still a brighter day to come for the men in our country-side. I may not live to see it. My last word of this story to my colleagues and to the young men is to work on in your good cause, to be reasonable and just, and to let the spirit of moderation and goodwill dwell amongst you. Oh! droop not though pain, sin and anguish be round thee Bravely fling off the gold chain that hath bound thee. Look to clear Heaven shining above thee. Rest not content in thy darkness a clod. Work for some good, be it ever so slowly. Labour, all labour, is noble and holy. Let thy great deeds be thy prayer to God. INDEX Agricultural Committee, Norfolk War, 192 Agricultural depression, 16, 51, 75 Agricultural Wage Board, 196 Ailwyn of Honingham, Lord, 5, 49, 197 Arch, Joseph, 38, 40, 47, 49, 57, 63, 76, 90 Articles and letters to the press, 77, 79, 86, 88, 91, 190 Birth, 18 Buckingham Palace, 231 Burston School Strike, 187 Cottages, tied, 126 County Council, 104, 119-123 County Council Election, 61 Cozens-Hardy, Lord, 47 Crow-scaring, 23 Depression, agricultural, 16, 51, 75 District and Parish Councils Act, 66, 84 District Council, 68 District Secretary, 55 _Eastern Weekly Leader_, 76, 86, 88, 91 Education, 21 Edwards, Mrs. George, 31, 99, 157, 183 Election address, 215 Enfranchisement of agricultural labourers, 46, 51 Fakenham, 156 Farmers' Federation, The, 132, 142, 152, 194-196 Felbrigg, 50 George V., King, 231 Guardians, 82 Imprisonment of father, 22 Industrial Christian Fellowship, 230 Justice of the Peace, 187 Labourers' Independent Federation, The, 75 Labour Party, The, 201 Marriage, 31 Official, Trade Union, 56 Parentage, 15 Parish Council, 68 Parish Councils Act, District and, 66 Parliament-- Agricultural Bill, 229 Candidatures, 203, 213 Corn Production Act, 229 Election, 222 Election address, 215 Maiden speech, 226 Taking the Oath, 224 Pension Committee, Norfolk County, 193 Poor Law, Royal Commission on, 64, 65 Primitive Methodists, 29, 31, 32, 35 Reading, 32, 34, 52 Relief in kind, 70 Relief, outdoor, 64, 65, 69 St. Faith's, 136-155, 158-177 Smillie, Robert, 125 Smith, W. R., M.P., 11, 178, 195 Songs, Union, 59, 117, 171 Strikes and lockouts, 42, 58, 60, 133, 136-155, 158-177, 186 Sunday meetings, 116 Tied cottages, 126 Trade Boards Act, 196 Trades Union Congress, 66, 125, 186