That would make her so happy, you know."
"I will see," said the other. "Will you bring her to see me to-morrow,
Samuel?"
"I will," said he; and then he chanced to look into her face, and he
caught again that piercing gaze which made the blood leap into his
cheeks, and the strange and terrible emotions to stir in him. He
turned his eyes away again, and his knees were trembling as he passed
on down the aisle.
He stood and watched Miss Gladys enter her motor. Then he bade good-by
to Ethel and her mother, and hurried back into the vestry room to tell
Dr. Vince of his good fortune.
The good doctor had just slipped out of his vestments, and was putting
on his cuffs. "I am so glad to hear it!" he said. "It was the very
thing to do!"
"Yes," said Samuel. "And, doctor, I've thought of something else."
"What is that, Samuel?"
"I'll have to have a minute or two to tell you about it."
"I'm just going to dinner now"--began the doctor.
"I'll walk with you, if I may," said Samuel. "It's really very
important."
"All right," responded the doctor in some trepidation.
"I thought of this in the middle of the night," explained the boy,
when they had started down the street. "It kept me awake for hours.
Dr. Vince, I think we ought to convert Master Albert Lockman!"
"Convert him?" echoed the other perplexed.
"Yes, sir," said the boy. "He is leading a wild life, and he's in a
very bad way.
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