the subduing of sin.'--HENRY
NICHOLAS (circa 1540)_.

_'We have to keep in mind the
thought of Christ. To us it seems
most important to stop the evil
act, hold it down by force, or
push off its consequences on to
someone else: anything, so long as
we get rid of them from ourselves.
Christ's thought was to change the
evil mind, whatever physical
consequences action, directed to
this end, might involve.... This
is the essence of "turning the
other cheek," it is the attitude
most likely to convert the sinner
who injures us, whether it
actually does so or not,--we
cannot force him to be converted.'
... 'Those who try this method of
love for the sake of the evildoer
must be prepared to go down, if
necessary, as the front ranks
storming a strong position go
down, paying the price of victory
for those who come after them.
This method is not certain to
conquer the evil mind: it is the
most likely way to do it, and it
is that that matters most.'--A.
NEAVE BRAYSHAW._

XXX. THE THIEF IN THE TANYARD

Knock! knock! knock!

The tremulous sound, three times repeated, disturbed the stillness of
an empty street of small wooden houses. The night was very dark, but
the square mass of the tanner's house could just be discerned, black
and solid against the sky. The rays of a solitary oil lamp straggled
faintly across the roadway, and showed a man with a large bundle on
his back standing on the doorstep of that house, knocking as if he
were afraid of the noise he made.

Knock! knock! knock! He tried once more, but with growing timidity and
hesitation. Evidently the inmates of the house were busy, or too far
off to hear the feeble summons. No one answered. The man's small stock
of courage seemed exhausted. Giving his heavy bundle a hitch back on
to his shoulder, he slunk off down the road, to where at a little
distance the small oil lamp high up on the wall beckoned faintly in
the darkness. The all-pervading smell of a tannery close by filled the
air.

When he came direct