"Ladies an' gintlemin," he said, flourishing his empty pipe, as he made an elaborate gesture, "it's mesilf as feels as we have wid us a foine Christian lady. Ez Oi watched the picters av the Holy Mither this avenin', Oi sez ter mesilf, sez Oi, our teacher (the saints bliss her!) is as lovin' ter the children av this school, as is the blissid Virgin ter the child in thim picters. Oi sez ter mesilf, this lady is as good a Catholic as Oi wish ter see. An' she learns 'em all ter git on. Oi'll sind ivery child o' mine ter day school an' Bible school. Oi hope yez'll all do the same." Mrs. Murphy's face was a suppressed thunder-storm; but Patrick was oblivious of this as he talked on. "This was a godless region. Miss Bright come like a angel ter tell us av our sins. Oi belave the Lord sint her. "See what she done fur us! Her nate little talk ter us, the picters an' her prisints. All who wish ter thank our koind frind, join wid me in three cheers fur Miss Bright!" Then cheer on cheer rose from the people. As Patrick took his seat, John Clayton rose. "Now," said he, "three cheers for our good friend, Mrs. Carmichael, who made the Christmas cookies." Again the hearty cheers echoed on the still night air. But Mrs. Carmichael raised a protesting hand. She didn't deserve such a compliment, she said. Then the guests went their various ways. John Harding covered the embers of the fire and took from his teacher's hands whatever she had to carry, going directly to the Clayton home. She and Kenneth Hastings were the last to leave. Outside the door, they stood for a moment, watching the moonlit scene. In the distance, they heard a man's rich voice singing, "In the Cross of Christ I glory." They listened. Then they walked on in silence for some moments, the gaze of each fixed upon a colossal burning cross through whose yellow flames violet, and green, and red, and blue leaped and died away, then leaped again. "The cross!" he said at last. "How it has gone in the van of civilization!" She stopped and laid her hand on his arm. He, too, stopped and looked questioningly into her lifted face, which he could see but dimly. "The world for Christ!" she said, deeply moved. "It will surely be! Followers of the wonderful Nazarene, filled and actuated by His spirit of brotherhood, are reaching the uttermost parts of the earth. We shall live to see the awakening of nations. We shall live to see strong men and women enlisted on the side of Christ to bring right and justice and purity into life, God into men's lives." Again silence.