The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-04-01
MY LECTURE ON INDIA:

with the usual western hospitality in
| vited me 20 be his guest during my
stay In the town.
That same afternoon | was intro
dnced Ia the Rev. Mr. Swartout. whom
( ! AT once recognized as The Eel by a
! description Of him | had secured he
fore leaving home. He waS II rather
tall sharp faced man. with black hair.
which lie wore quite long His eve
WAS steel gray. and on meeting one
OF his own pretended calling he looked
through IL with suspicion which.
though not noticed by others present.
WAS not lost on me But | at once set
about convincing the reverend gentle.
man that lie had nothing to fear from
me, especially in his church building
enterprise. 10y Oiferin. To work with
him In his own scheme
Let us first lay the foundation"
said earnestly, "hy building II church
Tor these good people. After the church
is finished there will be annie time to
do something in missionary work. For
my part. ! shall not attenpt 10 rails,
any funds here, but viii gladly re
main for Il lew days and give you all
the assistance in my power
] could see his thought in his eve
Al first he WAS disposed 10 get rid ~
me. fe;irin- he might not bp able to
make dupe of Inc. Then II occurred
TO him that he might throw upon INV
shoulders certain work for which he
had not been educated. ON the whole.
was II not better for him 10 risk Civ
Ing hlmself away to me and secure INV
help IMAM Ia risk giving himself away
TO number of persons?
Il shall be happy for your assistance
brother RideeWay," he said. you. hay.
ing li'cd in India, will he able To in.
ierest these people In Il way that would
De impossible for me and thus induce
them to give freely To the building of
church, which, as you say, is the
frst step for them to take. A meet. |
ing mas been called for this evening
III the town hall Of such as are favor.
ably disposed to the work. | had i'm.
tended to address them at length. bur
AFTER few preliminary remarks |
VIII step aside for you"
III VIII give me great pleasure to
90 what l can" | replied. "Nean.
whie viii leave with you some leaf
le's showing what we have done in
ildla and what we hope to do hereaft-
er You may be able to scatter tbam
SO that they will bear fruit"
Grasping his hand cordially-it was,
Ioid as a stone-I departed. breathing
lreeiy again when | got away from
MN, Tor realized that should a knowI.
'oSe or my game come TO him no
would send a bullet crashing info my
''"ih-ihat Is, II one OF the Derringers
n my sleeve could not be drawn
quicker than the weapons he doubtless
'arried under his coat.
resolved to keep my own counsel,
M continue to do my work unassisted
'urlng the day | found n swift borsa
hu hired boy TO have him ut the hall
eauy Tor me before the meeting was
Ner' mat Is the only preparation
'aoe. AT o'clock. attended nv nv
os'' sailed forth to give n lecture g
ID missionary work In India. for n n,r,
winch would draw on the material I
mao brought with me. and for the roo, [
would draw on my Imagination. Nv
'neague called the meeting TO order |,
aid mat he had come among tbem IN
rder TO induce them to build church
M was surprised to hear him STATE -
Is case remarkably well. u
When he had finished he Introduced "
re as missionary Just returned From u
nuia' ana | began my lecture. Form :,
ately | have always had focultv 20, al
akihg persons believe | know n suh. -,
'ct on which j am ignorant and tbey =
e'ped me out, though seeing hundreds ~
races turned toward me i'm svmno. -. =,
" Tor the poor heather could No, hon. "a
guilty feeling at the lmposture o. o.
ni'er mad closed my lecture py :"
'lieaguc spoke a few words os 70 ,hs or
Ivy oil giving literally that those nres. III
= "isnt nave place for Worship ~
~ ''''eu upon several prominent citi. 49,
rs present To pass the hat The col ~
'tion was then poured ON a tabIe no. We