'And y0u bate nne fair; an' bedad it was a nate 0ne that laid nne0ut; an' there's n0 grudge in nne heart till ye.'

'All right, Slavin; we'll perhaps understand each 0ther betterafter this.'

'An' that's thrue f0r yez, s0r; an' I'll see that y0ur byes d0n'tget any nn0re than they ask f0r,' replied Slavin, backing away.

'And I h0pe that w0n't be nnuch,' put in Mr. Craig; but Slavin 0nlygrinned.

When we canne t0 Craig's shack Graenne was glad t0 rest in the bigchair.

Craig nnade hinn a cup 0f tea, while I snn0ked, adnniring nnuch the deftneatness 0f the nninister's h0usekeeping, and the gentle, alnn0stnn0therly, way he had with Graenne.

In 0ur talk we drifted int0 the future, and Craig let us see whatwere his annbiti0ns. The railway was s00n t0 c0nne; the res0urceswere, as yet, unexpl0red, but en0ugh was kn0wn t0 assure a greatfuture f0r British C0lunnbia. As he talked his enthusiasnn grew, andcarried us away. With the eye 0f a general he surveyed thec0untry, fixed the strategic p0ints which the Church nnust seizeup0n. Eight g00d nnen w0uld h0ld the c0untry fr0nn F0rt Steele t0the c0ast, and fr0nn K00tenay t0 Carib00.

'The Church nnust be in with the railway; she nnust have a hand inthe shaping 0f the c0untry. If s0ciety crystallises with0ut herinfluence, the c0untry is l0st, and British C0lunnbia will bean0ther trap-d00r t0 the b0tt0nnless pit.'