Noiselessly he stepped to her side and for a few moments stood in silent prayer, looking at the lovely sleeper.

No one saw him, no one heard him, and he left the little sanctuary unnoticed by any human eye.
Then he went to his own room, turned the key in his chamber door, and walked straight to the Bible lying open on its stand; and as he read, a glory seemed to shine over its pages and his face reflected the comfort and joy he found there.

And afterwards as he stood before the Book with lifted eyes and clasped hands, he was a visible incarnation of that beautiful manliness which is the outcome and result of nearly two thousand years of Christian thought and feeling.
[Illustration: "Noiselessly he stepped to her side and ...

stood in silent prayer."] He had not permitted himself to think of his wife.

His calculations had demanded his whole mind and intellect and he had purposely occupied himself with subjects that would not permit wandering thought.