there's Patsey himself, the craythur," said Mrs. Carroll, "an'
will he luk at his father or meself when his riverince is by? An' he'll
follie him out an' beyant on that little pony of his."

The Superintendent made no remark, but he kept quietly gathering
information. In Perault's house it was the same. Perault, Josie, and
Marion sang in harmony the praises of Shock.

Late at night Shock returned bringing the doctor with him, both weary
and spent with the long, hard day's work. From Perault, who was
watching for his return, he heard of the arrival of the Superintendent.
He was much surprised and mortified that his Superintendent should have
arrived in his absence, and should have found no one to welcome him.

"Tell Josie and Marion," he said to Perault, "to get my room ready,"
and, weary as he was, he went to greet his chief.

He found him, as men were accustomed to find him, busy with his
correspondence. The Superintendent rose up eagerly to meet his
missionary.

"How do you do, sir, how do you do? I am very glad to see you," and he
gripped Shock's hand with a downward pull that almost threw him off his
balance.

"I wish to assure you," said the Superintendent, when the greetings
were over, "I wish to assure you," and his voice took its deepest tone,
"of my sincere sympathy with you in your great loss. It was my
privilege to be present at your mother's funeral, and to say a few
words. You have a great and noble heritage in your mother's memory. She
was beautiful in her life, and she was beautiful in death."

Poor Shock! The unexpected tender reference to his mother, the
brotherly touch, and the vision that he had from the Superintendent's
words of his mother, beautiful in death, were more than he could bear.
His emotions overwhelmed him. He held the Superintendent's hand tight
in his, struggling to subdue the sobs, that heaved up from his
labouring breast.

"I suppose," continued the Superintendent, giving him time to recover
himself, "my last letter failed to reach you. I had expected to be here
two weeks later, but I wrote changing my arrangements so as to arrive
here to-day."

"No, sir," said Shock, "no letter making any change reached me. I am
very sorry indeed, not to have met you, and I hope you were not much
inconvenienced."

"Not at all, sir, not at all. Indeed, I was very glad to have the
opportunity of spending a little time at the Fort, and meeting some of
your friends. By the way, I met a frien