A farmer and his two sons--Learning the Quran--A village school--At work and at play--The visit of the Inspector--Pros and cons of the mission school from a native standpoint--Admission to Bannu School--New associations--In danger of losing heaven--First night in the boarding-house--A boy's dilemma 168-178 Chapter XIV 'Alam Gul's Choice (continued) The cricket captain--A conscientious schoolboy--The Scripture lesson--First awakenings--The Mullah's wrath--The crisis--Standing fire--Schoolboy justice--"Blessed are ye when men shall persecute you for My Name's sake"--Escape from poisoning--Escape from home--Baptism--Disinherited--New friends 179-189 Chapter XV Afghan Women Their inferior position--Hard labour--On the march--Suffering in silence--A heartless husband--Buying a wife--Punishment for immorality--Patching up an injured wife--A streaky nose--Evils of divorce--A domestic tragedy--Ignorance and superstition--"Beautiful Pearl"--A tragic case--A crying need--Lady doctors--The mother's influence 190-201 Chapter XVI The Story of a Convert A trans-frontier merchant--Left an orphan--Takes service--First contact with Christians--Interest aroused in an unexpected way--Assaulted--Baptism--A dangerous journey--Taken for a spy--A mother's love--Falls among thieves--Choosing a wife--An Afghan becomes a foreign missionary--A responsible post--Saved by a grateful patient 202-210 Chapter XVII The Hindu Ascetics The Hindu Sadhus more than two thousand years ago much as to-day--Muhammadan faqirs much more recent--The Indian ideal--This presents a difficulty to the missionary--Becoming a Sadhu--An Afghan disciple--Initiation and equipment--Hardwar the Holy--A religious settlement--Natural beauties of the locality--Only man is vile--Individualism versus altruism--The Water God--Wanton monkeys--Tendency to make anything unusual an object of worship--A Brahman fellow-traveller--A night in a temple--Waking the gods--A Hindu sacrament--A religious Bedlam--A ward for imbeciles--Religious delusions--"All humbugs"--Yogis and hypnotism--Voluntary maniacs--The daily meal--Feeding, flesh, fish, and food 211-226 Chapter XVIII Sadhus and Faqirs Buried gold--Power of sympathy--A neglected field--A Sadhu converted to Christianity--His experiences--Causes of the development of the ascetic idea in India--More unworthy motives common at the present time--The Prime Minister of a State becomes a recluse--A cavalry officer Sadhu--Dedicated from birth--Experiences of a young Sadhu--An unpleasant bedfellow--Honest toil--Orders of Muhammadan ascetics--Their characteristics--A faqir's curse--Women and faqirs--Muhammadan faqirs usually unorthodox--Sufistic tendencies--Habits of inebriation--The sanctity and powers of a faqir's grave 227-240 Chapter XIX