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Aunt Stanshy was making a `` trap . '' The day before that appointed for the temperance meeting , she went to her pastor . `` Mr. Walton , the meeting will begin at half past seven . If -- if -- say about quarter after seven -- you should let Charlie and the other boys go down to the church door and sing one or two of their pieces , it might draw folks in . '' `` Why , that 's a good idea , and I wish you would ask them . '' At a quarter after seven the next night the White Shields , each carrying a neat cross of blue on his badge , appeared at the church door and began to sing . It was the night when Dr. Tilton was accustomed to close his store earlier than usual , if customers did not appear ; and at a quarter after seven Will Somers was accustomed that night to pass the church door on his way home .