. It was happiness and regret
blended in a confused tangle. But it was a tangle which time would
completely unravel, and, flinging aside all regret, would set happiness
upon its throne. For Bill it was the great desire of his life
fulfilled. His friend, the one man above all others he regarded, had
finally stepped upon the path he had always craved for him. For
himself? His years were passing. There was still work to be done in
the unsavory purlieus of Leaping Horse.

For John Kars it was a moment of the profoundest, unalloyed joy. No
searching of his emotions could have revealed anything but the
wholesome feelings of a man who has achieved his destiny in those
things which the God of All has set out for human desire. The world
lay all before him. Wealth was his, and, in his frail barque, setting
out upon the waters of destiny, was the wife he had won for himself
from the bosom of the desolate north.

Father Jose, gray headed, aged in the long years of a life of
sacrifice, stood at the forefront of the landing as the procession
glided out on to the bosom of the stream. Simple in spirit, single in
purpose, he regarded the going with the calmness which long years of
trial had imposed upon him. His farewell was smiling. It was deep
with truth and feeling. He knew it was the close of a long chapter in
the book of his life's effort. He accepted it, and turned the page.

But for all the great gathering of his Mission about him he was a
lonely little figure, and the sigh which followed his voiceless
blessing came from a loyal heart which knew no other purpose than to
continue to the end its work of patient, unremitting mercy.

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