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 occasion to pass on his line, placed a first-class car at their disposal. The sight of such a carriage with coloured faces at almost every window made a sensation at every station where they stopped.

The company was received at the University with a joy and thanksgiving that cannot be described. They had gone forth weeping; but they returned bringing their sheaves with them—a marvellous harvest after those months of marvellous patience, toil, and triumph.