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138 RAINBOW VALLEYvery jolly,with a hearty, gurgling laugh and a deep,mellow, pleasant voice with a suggestion of masculinityabout it. She had once remarked to Rosemary thatshe would really like to have a talk with that Presbyterianminister at the Glen, to see if he could find aword to say to a woman when he was cornered. Shehad her chance now and she tackled him on worldpolitics.Miss Ellen, who was a great reader, hadbeen devouring a book on the Kaiser of Germany, andshe demanded Mr. Meredith's opinion of him."A dangerous man," was his answer."I believe you!" Miss Ellen nodded. "Mark mywords, Mr. Meredith, that man isgoing to fight somebodyyet. He's achingto. He isgoing to set the worldon fire.""If you mean that he will wantonly precipitate agreat war Ihardly think so," said Mr. Meredith."Theday has gone by for that sort of thing.""Bless you,it hasn't," rumbled Ellen. "The daynever goes by for men and nations to make asses ofthemselves and take to the fists. The millennium isn'tthat near, Mr. Meredith, and you don't think it is anymore than I do. As for this Kaiser, mark my words,he isgoing to make a heapof trouble" and MissEllen prodded her book emphatically with her longfinger. "Yes, if he isn't nipped in the bud he's goingto make trouble. We'll live to see ityou and I willlive to see it, Mr. Meredith. And who isgoing to nip