these objectionable, immoral places would have to be closed for want

of patronage. In the neighborhood of the church where was the

entertainment I have described, a low theatre of the worst

description had been abandoned, simply because the ground was

occupied in a worthier way. I am looking forward to inaugurating

some plan of this kind, and I confidently expect help from a merry

girl from whom I purchased my first pair of gloves in Grantbury."

[Illustration: SHE WAS FINISHING A LETTER TO SEND BY THE STEAMER, WHEN DR. ROSS WAS ANNOUNCED. Page 349]

[CHAPTER IX.]