"Now pronounce on him." The other answered: "I have seen a wonderful body--but the mind, Father Victor ?" "It is as simple as that of a child--his thoughts run as clear as spring water." "But suppose a strange thought came in the mind of your Pierre.

It would be like the pebbles in swift-running spring water.

He would carry it on, rushing.

It would tear away the old boundaries of his mind--it might wipe out the banks you have set down for him--it might tear away the choicest teachings." Father Victor sat straight and stiff with stern, set lips.

He said dryly: "Father Anthony has been much in the world." "I speak from the best intention, good father.