and read, "'But I say unto you, That ye resist
not evil; but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek turn to him
the other also.' That is what Jesus Christ says, Ike."

"He does, eh? Does it mean just that?" Ike felt that this was a serious
difficulty.

"Yes, it means just that."

"Are all you fellers like that?"

This wrought in Shock sudden confusion.

"Well, Ike, I am afraid not, but we ought to be, and we aim to be."

"Well," said Ike slowly, "I guess I aint made that way."

Then Shock turned the leaves of his Bible, and read the story of the
cruel bruising of the Son of Man, and on to the words, "Father, forgive
them." Ike had heard this story before, but he had never seen its
bearing upon practical life.

"I say," he said, with reverent admiration in his voice, "He did it,
didn't He? That's what I call pretty high jumpin', aint it? Well," he
continued, "I can't make no promises, but I tell you what, I'll aim at
it. I will, honest. And when you see me weaken, you'll jack me up,
won't you? You'll have to stay with me, for it's a mighty hard
proposition."

Then Shock took his hands. "Ike, you are a better man than I am, but I
promise you I will stay all I can with you. But there will be days when
you will be all alone except that He will be with you. Now listen," and
Shock, turning over the leaves of his Bible, read, "Lo, I am with you
always," and a little further over and read again, "I can do all things
through Christ that strengtheneth me."

"That is His solemn promise, Ike. He has promised to save us from our
sins. Do you think you can trust Him to do that?"

"Why, sure," said Ike, as if nothing else was possible. "That's His
game, aint it? I guess He'll stay with it. He said so, didn't He?"

"Yes," said Shock, with a sudden exaltation of faith, "He said so, and
He will stay with it. Don't you be afraid, Ike. He will see you
through."

The Communion Roll when it was completed numbered some eighteen names,
and of these eighteen none were more sorely pressed to the wall in
God's battle than Ike, and none more loyally than he stayed with the
game.

Owing to miscarriage in arrangements, when the Superintendent arrived
at the Fort he was surprised to find no one to meet him. This had an
appearance of carelessness or mismanagement that unfavorably impressed
the Superintendent as to the business capacity of his missionary. He
was too experienced a traveller, however, in the remote and unformed