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A strange thrill of awe possessed hi? And what did he expect of him? To come out there to his enemy? To thelife?

Suddenly as he still hesitated a verse from his Testament which had often coest thy gift to the altar, and there reainst thee, leave there thy gift before the altar First be reconciled to thy brother, and then coift"

Was this, then, as required of hiht been what had hindered hiue that this man was not his brother The man would be killed certainly if he lay there many minutes The opportunity would pass as quickly as it had co hiladly would he have faced death to go to Hiht! That was different! Could it be this that was required of him? Then back in his soul there echoed the words: "If with all your heart ye truly seek" Slowly he crept forward over the brow of the hill, and into the light, going toward that white figure above the huddled dark one; creeping painfully, with bullets ripping up the earth about hi to the Christ, with all his heart--yes, all his heart! Even if itby his enmity forever!

Somewhere on the way he understood

When he reached the fallen ure there, but he was not surprised nor disappointed The Christ was not there because he had entered into his heart He had found Him at last!

Back at the base hospital they told Wainwright one day how Cameron had craith hihts a that saved his life, for if he had lain long with the wound he had got, there would have been no chance for hi time, a puzzled, half-sullen look on his face He saw that everybody considered Ca away from that the rest of his life One could not in decency be an enemy of a man who had saved one's life Caood policy not to recognize it It would be entirely too unpopular He must make friends with him It would be better to patronize him than to be patronized by him Perhaps also, down in the depths of his fat selfish heart there was a little bit of gratitude mixed with it all For he did love life, and he was a mortal coward