The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-03-29
By DELLA PHILLIPS

cate situations in the years of his experience ss
 s 4Ra-'of tR' 0' men and Ah'''' but never anything then se had conausd a 3 o6 @ ssv @ n9T ad ent to othe5 people, and Mar Louise has taught la-k and now I understand"
 while the superiatendent was trying to find some words with which to reply to her but at the door,
 T have heard" she said hesitatingfy that people G eaf ere a G te hope of s hat in th O"
 At the note of 11de ndr in her voice. @
 You must not blame yourself top much" he tated after each word weighed down by a sense of his helplessness, that if things had not been cone 2 t9 him 4.,E he could understand I nd and sympa not take Pro1rdence in oa,r ~ own hands to bri1a anything of the kind. about" "" ,'~4'' D
 The superintendent looked at her keenly.
 b a a5s p.aeeI in fHe conterenee @ tnat nssa but if you care to try again. He paused, aneer- ,."Ill go, anywhere" she said as if in answer to "To findustan7" queried the superintendent. He almost regretted the words as he Annettes eyes
 1 "Jo 5 Hindustan," she answered. quietly. we
 There mixture of sympathy and admiration in the superintendents eyes as he opened the door self; Sbut a5 wonder & what coiina will say ' 70 q, As matter of fact, Collins was not aware of signed to the Ridastan % charge He had mot % besa the different charges had not dTifted to his esfs t dd s IVY l@ oao n n9r p oD5eet 70 gong TO appointment with equanirnity
 tsms5ssd he ass1Fsf to m they disegsssd while we're packing up"
 Annette gave him an. odd look without replying, wife startled by Annette bursting in on them the receipt of teieeram csinq her af onsse f her bedside She and Mary Louise were dressed for the journey, and the superintendent helped them ds 6 sBot sf5 the difficulties before him in his new field
 rI.- yielding i them bare subsistence iHg in many ease5 and ambition to better these conditions often lacking, for the repairing of the shabby church. Collins real to repair tG se l sui He stepped % e s s in roof nailed is the planking back to it's sides and essary to blacken the stoves and act as his own
 New problems confronted him on every hand He S felt Uni niseraby iHa7deauate to any 2f then and pt management and decisiveness. The chief of his dff- disappearance of his carefully prepared Sermons. He s was he had P1t strd then a5 E S safe & pae @ There was n no time to grsps[e others so he tried to efforts; but the Hndustan flock had been treated most anything in the way of preaching, and were tional language in which he had been wont to cloths his feet but, gradually the and honest hesre of him made its way to the surface, and the people
 There was no time for study, save in' the bread the richness that he found therein, and that t had so long been a sealed book to him. He boarded
 
 these brush people, and, though the cooking Of a primitive kind, the fare of distracting sameness and the spare bed deadly menace yet # gave him access to the homes of the people, and, eventually,
 If, sometimes, in spite of himself. homesfe long ing swept like sea over his soul. until, like she Psanist of old he was ready to cry out "An Thy waves and Thy pillows have gone over mel" who gnar1ed limbs of se1hshness and vanity os s%sPt a~fSy S Puf the .s souI Tas nnseasd and & The ache and lack in his heart made him more efforts to shepherd his neglected and seatssred hofk bE1adened his own soul. stubborn r1alady, slow yielding to treatment and Annettes homecoming was long delayed. The or more fiery than that of Robert She was confident of her ability to manage situation when given and matters taken of her hands. Her EsI IoTeed absence gave her feeling of imPoteney
 The auperintendent's wife drove to din3ustaH d d "a and spent 1t t day & ,n putting ting the Eo adjoining the church. In spite of her efforts. how 6ut to ne co t TaS wa1 Hos o4ged boa R Annette at last came home to it.
 He looking worn and thin, and so pathetieslly E1industan upon him. Perhaps, after aI t woGld have been better if he had gone back to the farm These doubts dispelled until the supeFin- tendent made his first call T think I dc. better for you next year. Robert he announced cheerfully-
 fIf you don't mind' answered Robert, 'T'd rsth@f stay, here till get the charge in better shape. better than any I've been pastor of"
 There's just one thing I'd like to know" said Collins that evening, as they talked matters "and that is what became of my sermons I'm not sorry that they lost, for I that they were mighty poor stuff. It seems almost Provi- would like o know how they got lost. Providence plays queer tricks sometimes he 6nisheds
 Ut may be that Providence received some assist ance, answered Annette; bat her tone was mafied by reason of her leaning ever to un1ace Mary Louise's shoes, and her remark lost Coiii74