At this juncture the speaker was seized by an officer who came running in at the ringing of a bell and arrested the editor on the charge of “disturbing the peace,” which, the chairman declared, was due to a diseased state of his mind. Miss Church-Member was freightened from the hall by this episode, and was followed by her less fearful companion. CHAPTER XIV. THE DEVIL’S TEMPERANCE COLLEGE. 1. Mr. World and his companion visit this immense college, with many wings, all devoted to teaching every phase of the temperance question in accordance with Satan’s views. 2. A view of the millions who attend this college. Automobiles are used by the agents of Satan to convey students and visitors from one college to another of the great University of the World. I saw Miss Church-Member and her cherished escort leave the College of Literature in one of these up-to-date carriages. “Shall we tarry at the athletic field?” asked Mr. World as they came to a famous sporting ground. “Let us rather hasten to the Temperance College,” she suggested. But her manner indicated that she did not wish to urge him away from the place of his heart’s desire. “Altogether at your pleasure,” he smiled, as he sank back into the comfortable cushions of the conveyance. They soon reached the desired locality, saw the moving millions from all portions of the earth, and heard the ceaseless babble of their voices harmonizing with the work of this college which was known among the pilgrims of the King’s Highway as _The Devil’s Temperance College._ It covered many acres of ground, and consisted of many immense buildings, around which clustered many smaller structures serving for auxiliary purposes. When Mr. World and Miss Church-Member walked about the college grounds, and saw more closely the magnitude and beauty of the edifices, they were so overawed that their tongues offered no comment. They mingled a while with the merry multitude, and then at one corner of the group entered the gigantic building devoted to the subject of Temperance and the Bible. They hoped thereby to get the consensus of opinion on one of the complex questions of the day. At the bureau of information the two companions were directed to the Public Hall of Debate, which was reached by the aid of one of the numerous electric elevators. The Great Hall had an auditorium of one hundred feet in height and a seating capacity fully capable of accommodating the visiting multitudes. The acoustics were so perfect that one, at the farther end of the room, could easily hear the speaker on the stage. When Mr. World and his friend had entered the hall they were surprised to learn that many of the auditors were members of the more radical churches along the King’s Highway. The corps of high titled professors who occupied the stage spoke at intervals, or answered questions which were propounded by persons in the audience. Over the stage I saw in illuminated letters: TEMPERANCE AND THE BIBLE.