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answered in monosyllables which grew less willing

. until finally she closed the door. I left some
magazines on the doorstep. This process was re-
peated for months, but finally the day came when I

was allowed to enter the room, and then after a year

or two had passed, in which we had served in every

way possible the interest of the family, we were wel-

come guests. One night we suggested some hymns

and a little music. The result was the small port-

able organ was brought up from the boat and a fine

little service conducted which took the family back

3 to other days when both father and mother had gone
to church, and to Sunday school. The next step
was to get this family out to the services in the near-

by schoolhouse, and that too was managed in time.
On another occasion we were passing a large tug

boat tied up at the wharf of a logging camp, and

heard someone playing a banjo. Being struck with

the excellency of the music, and having found that

the boat was going to remain in port for the night,

i I enquired if the player could also perform on the
} organ. One of the sailors informed me that he
| could. I went at once to the Mission Boat and got
i a good supply of magazines, and the portable organ,
and rowed alongside in the dinghy. Then I in-
formed the men that we were busy for a time, but
that they were welcome to the organ and to some
community song books which we left with them.
They made fine use of them for the music could be
heard ashore. It was ten o’clock when we re-
turned, as we thought, to get our organ, but we had

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