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 his neighbor had also invested his savings in the stock of the new company. He had thought that he alone was doubtful of success, but it was apparent that doubt had come also into the mind of the wheelwright. The pleading voice of the praying man, as it broke the still- ness of the night, cut across and for the moment ut- terly destroyed his confidence. " O God, help the man Hugh McVey to remove every obstacle that stands in his way," David Chapman prayed. " Make the plant-setting machine a success. Bring light into the dark places. O Lord, help Hugh McVey, thy serv- ant, to build successfully the plant-setting machine."