Transcriber's notes: Unusual and inconsistent spelling is as printed. New original cover art included with this eBook is granted to the public domain. THE STORY OF DR. DUFF BY A. L. O. E. ————————————————— FIRST EDITION, 2,000 COPIES. ————————————————— [Illustration] MADRAS: THE CHRISTIAN VERNACULAR EDUCATION SOCIETY. C. K. S. PRESS, VEPERY. ———— 1882. 1 _Anna._ CONTENTS. —————— _Chap._ I. BOYHOOD AND YOUTH. II. TAKING UP THE CLOAK. III. PERILS OF THE DEEP. IV. LANDED AT LAST. V. BEGINNING WORK. VI. FIRST-FRUITS. VII. THE KOOLIN BRAHMIN. VIII. A CONVERT'S STORY. IX. DRIVEN HOME. X. TUMULTS AND THREATS. XI. GLIMPSES OF INNER LIFE. XII. A HOLIDAY WITHOUT REST. XIII. IN INDIA AGAIN. XIV. GOLDEN SUNSET. THE STORY OF DR. DUFF BY A. L. O. E. —————— CHAPTER I. BOYHOOD AND YOUTH. Listen to the story of a man who loved Hindustan, and laboured night and day for the good of her sons. His was a life of toils and dangers, of cheerful work and brilliant success. In the list of heroes who have dared, and of gifted men who have done much, Dr. Duff may well find an honourable place. In a farm-house near the middle of the land of Scotland, lived a pious couple of the name of Duff: to them was born a son whom they called Alexander. The couple were not rich in worldly wealth, but they had that which is better than gold, the fear and love of God. As their child grew old enough to understand stories, his father delighted to tell him of holy men of old, of martyrs who had died for the faith. He spoke to his little son also of lands far away, where dwelt boys who had never even heard of a Saviour. Alexander Duff lived to be a renowned man, honoured by nations, but he always remembered with reverence the pious father who had first, in a humble home, sown in his heart the seed which was to become a goodly tree.