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But Ruth Macdonald was adaptable in spite of her upbringing Shetoilet in spite of the paucity of water, and then went back to the kitchen with the bucket

"If you will shohere you get the water I'll go for soet out and explore the track

The woman in the kitchen was not abashed at the offer She accepted the suggestion as a ranted the same helpful spirit that seemed to pervade all the people around the place It did not see wo attention to details like clothes and handbags, and neither wealth nor social station belonged to her scheave the directions to the pu yellol Ruth wished she could stay and watch, it looked so interesting

She took the pail and slipped out the back door, but before she went in search of water she hurried down to the railroad track and scanned it for several rods either way, carefully exa each bit of paper, her breath held in suspense as she turned over an envelope or scrap of paper, lest it lad look backward to be sure she had , she hurried up the bank and took her way down the grassy path toward the pump, satisfied that Cameron had not yet left the ca, and the quietness of the country struck her as never before The wild roses shi the roadside in the early sun, and bees and butterflies were busy about their own affairs It seemed such a lovely world if it only had not been for war How could God bear it! She lifted her eyes to the deep blue of the sky, where little clouds floated lazily, like lovely aviators out for pleasure Was God up there? If she ht only find Him What did it all mean, anyway? Did He really care for individuals?

It was all such a new experience, the village pu her curiously frorave soldiers hurried by, and the pang of as to coht of the day was full of led joy and sorrow

They ate a sis Ruth wondered why it tasted so good a was so clean and tidy, though coarse and plain When they went to pay their bill the proprietor said their beds would be only twenty-five cents apiece because they had had no pillow If they had had a pilloould have had to charge them fifty cents The food was fabulously cheap They looked around and wondered how it could be done It was obvious that no tips would be received, and that money was no consideration In fact, the ave theood cheer, and promised to try and ht, and so they started out for ca she had had the boldness to ask this quaint Christian man some of the questions that troubled her He looked as if he knew God, and she felt as if he s plain to her But her life had been so hedged about by conventionalities that it see to her to open her lips on the subject to any living being--unless it rown together in the last few months Why could they not have known one another before?