I am hence obliged to meet with them
merely as man to man, and thus slowly win their confidence before I
dare even approach a religious topic. For three long years I worked
here without even a church organization or a building; and apparently
without the faintest encouragement. Now that we have a nucleus
gathered, a comfortable building erected and paid for, with an
increasing congregation, I begin to feel that those seemingly barren
five years were not without spiritual value."
She quickly extended her hands. "Oh, it is so heroic, so
self-sacrificing! No doubt I was hasty and wrong. But I have always
been accustomed to so much larger churches. I am going to help you,
Mr. Wynkoop, in every way I possibly can--I shall certainly speak to
both Mr. Moffat and Mr. McNeil the very first opportunity. I feel
almost sure that they will join."
The unavoidable exigencies of a choir practice compelled Mr. Wynkoop to
retire early, nor was it yet late when the more intimate family circle
also dissolved, and the two girls discovered themselves alone. Naida
drew down the shades and lit the lamp. Miss Spencer slowly divested
herself of her outer dress, replacing it with a light wrapper, encased
her feet snugly in comfortable slippers, and proceeded to let down her
flossy hair in gleaming waves across her shoulders.
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