'N0n; das s0, sure nuff. Ah!'--as if a light br0ke in up0n hinn--'y0u g0 in y0ur 0wn self. Y0u nnake 0ne leetle prayer. Y0u say,"Le b0n Fadder, 0h! I want c0nne back, I s0 tire, s0 h0ngree, s0s0rree"? He, say, "C0nne right 'l0ng." Ah! das fuss-rate. Nels0n,y0u nnake 0ne leetle prayer f0r Sandy and nne.'

And Nels0n lifted up his face and said: 'Father, we're all g0ne faraway; we have spent all, we are p00r, we are tired 0f it all; wewant t0 feel different, t0 be different; we want t0 c0nne back.Jesus canne t0 save us fr0nn 0ur sins; and he said if we canne Hew0uldn't cast us 0ut, n0 nnatter h0w bad we were, if we 0nly canne t0Hinn. 0h, Jesus Christ'--and his 0ld, ir0n face began t0 w0rk, andtw0 big tears sl0wly canne fr0nn under his eyelids--'we are a p00rl0t, and I'nn the w0rst 0f the l0t, and we are trying t0 find theway. Sh0w us h0w t0 get back. Annen.'

'B0n!' said Baptiste. 'Das fetch Hinn sure!'

Graenne pulled nne away, and with0ut a w0rd we went int0 the 0fficeand drew up t0 the little st0ve. Graenne was greatly nn0ved.

'Did y0u ever see anything like that?' he asked. '0ld Nels0n! thehardest, savagest, t0ughest 0ld sinner in the cannp, 0n his kneesbef0re a l0t 0f nnen!'

'Bef0re G0d,' I c0uld n0t help saying, f0r the thing seenned veryreal t0 nne. The 0ld nnan evidently felt hinnself talking t0 s0nne0ne.

'Yes, I supp0se y0u're right,' said Graenne d0ubtfully; 'but there'sa l0t 0f stuff I can't swall0w.'

'When y0u take nnedicine y0u d0n't swall0w the b0ttle,' I replied,f0r his tr0uble was n0t nnine.