lues.
Satisfaction is not, after all, so much a matter of the size or quality
of the thing that satisfies, as it is of the individual who is affected
and his circumstances. Small joys go a long way on Manitoulin Island."

"But are people who live like this not conscious of any deprivation?"

"It's not so much that as it is wonder what it would be like to own
certain things or comforts. You don't find much envy in the bush
country, but you do find a lot of self-respect. I could tell you
things about some Indian friends of mine that would clear your mind, if
you happen to think that the only good Indian is a dead one. It seems
to me that life in the open, even though a great part of it is spent in
exposure and hardship, has certain spiritual compensations."

Clark nodded. "Perhaps."

"Put it this way; you deal with many kinds of men, but do you not
always feel better disposed toward a simple soul, say like our friend
Fisette, than toward some shrewd person who arms himself at every
conceivable point?"

"Yes, I do."

"Well, that's what I feel about my people. Most of them are unarmed
and they trust me, and anything I can do seems small in comparison to
that trust. You've got a trust too, my friend."

Clark smiled. "That's what my directors lose no opportunity of telling
me."

"But who or what is your Director?" asked the bishop, leaning forward
earnestly. "You needn't be anxious, I'm not going to sermonize. Your
Director is the same as mine, the great Force, call it what you will.
It drove me into the church and drove you to what you are, and our
first trust is to ourselves--you'll agree with me there--and with that
undischarged nothing else can be carried out. Just at this moment I
wish I were as competent for my job as you are for yours."

"But, bishop, you're--"

The big man raised his hand. "Not a word, for tonight I feel like
Browning's Bishop Blougram who 'rolled him out a mind long crumpled,
till creased consciousness lay smooth.' It does me good to rub out the
wrinkles occasionally. Now tell me, looking back at the last few years
in St. Marys, do you appreciate what you've done?"

"I haven't had much time to look back," said Clark thoughtfully. "The
opportunity was there and I took it, then I was fortunate enough to
enlist the necessary support. Since that time the district seems to
have responded to every conceivable need, and we have been able to fall
in step with a natural scheme fo