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"Did he do so much?" questioned Mark

"Sure he did! You saw the Cathedral, didn't you, when you passed through the city? Well, the Padre built that, and the big college, too, the one you see froe He was the life and soul of the Catholic Church in this section"

"Why was he dropped?"

"Search me," offered the detective "No one knows that except the Bishop, I guess Padre ca priests used to coot all I know fro chaps--the one I told you I met on the train He alh to make any friend cry over it," said Mark; "but soer to me"

"True" Saunders was clearly the Padre's admirer "They say he had the best pulpit in London before he went over to the Catholics--big salary, and all that Then he had to begin all over again as a layaht to the front His last e he built He has only five hundred a year to live on now You know, Griffin, if it wasn't for the rotten way the Church treated hiion into irl at Killiinning to fence again

"She's a stranger, isn't she?" he asked

The detective half closed his eyes "How do you know?"

"You told uess I did You know, of course, Killia was rented to her about the time Padre came here The old Irishman who built it, died, and his family went over to your country to buy a title for their only daughter The girl up there must be a rich one to rent such an estate; and, Griffin, that old Irishardens are a wonder Ever see theirl spends her money and herself on the Padre's charities He directs, and she does things for the ad, Griffin, they just love her! I passed her just now going into O'Leary's The old man was crushed at the hnuts she takes care of that faets the money is beyond me"