within a few feet of each other. The
wife of the leader of the second faction took one of his pistols and
started to kill the first leader, but one of his men stepped up with two
revolvers and told her not to fire, that he would kill her if she did.
This ended the shooting. The first faction helped to carry the leader of
the second faction in the house and then took the first leader away.
They used 32 and 44 calibers.

The first leader lives four miles from my house. When they told him he
could not live he asked them to send for me. I went and helped dress his
wounds and sung and prayed with him. He said he had been a bad man, and
asked me to pray for him. I heard to-day that some of his friends wanted
him to send for some other minister, but he said no, he wanted no one
but myself; and I expect to go and see him to-morrow if he is still
living. I believe in the near future we will have a good hold in eastern
Kentucky, if the American Missionary Association is successful in
getting the right ministers. The minister's wife has a great deal to do
with his success in this work.

AN INCIDENT OF MOUNTAIN WORK.

BY A MISSIONARY.

At noon, the 16th, I reached Rev. Mr. ----'s home, and after dinner he
hitched up his horse, and we set out for ----, some twelve miles away,
reaching there at dark. 'Twas here I heard the wonderful story of ----'s
rescue and salvation through Bro. ----, one of Rev. Mr. ----'s converts.
Next morning I met the Sunday-school and addressed it. Then came the
after-service, and it was a pleasure to look into those faces and preach
the gospel message, which was so earnestly and anxiously received, and
to think that only six months before a preacher could not come into this
valley to preach and be safe. Some were shot, others thrashed, and
because of the low element located there the place was given up as
hopeless.

Our Bro. ----, in his quiet way, went into the homes and gained them by
personal contact, and for six months held meetings, during which they
were constrained to surrender to Christ. I had the pleasure of hearing
some thirty tell the story of how our A. M. A. preacher won them. It was
a marvelous work, and the good part is the activity that characterizes
each member. Of the sixty members belonging to Rev. Mr. ----'s churches
fifty-seven are praying members, and _all_ sixty take active part in
testimony. A most cordial relation exists between pastor and people. We
held an afternoon servic