The Kingdom in India, its progress and its promise . rowto visit the hospital he had established on the oppo-site side of the town, and, if so, at about what hour,and whether they would drive through the town, andnot by the road that skiited it, and so be able to seewhat improvements had been made in the town dur-ing these years. The doctor told them that he and his wife intendedto go to see the hospital at about 5 p. m., and thatthey intended to drive through the town. Biddinga courteous good-night, the visitors withdrew. Promptly at five oclock the next day the doctorand his wife drove acros
The Kingdom in India, its progress and its promise . rowto visit the hospital he had established on the oppo-site side of the town, and, if so, at about what hour,and whether they would drive through the town, andnot by the road that skiited it, and so be able to seewhat improvements had been made in the town dur-ing these years. The doctor told them that he and his wife intendedto go to see the hospital at about 5 p. m., and thatthey intended to drive through the town. Biddinga courteous good-night, the visitors withdrew. Promptly at five oclock the next day the doctorand his wife drove across the little river that ran be-tween their bungalow and the native town, and foundon the town side of it a very large concourse of thepeople of the place, with the town and county officialsawaiting them and greeting them with garlands andmusic. The doctor noticed that there was an arch of *wel-come over the entrance to the main street throughwhich they had to drive, and that the houses on bothsides of the street, as far as the eye could see, seemed. Missionary Doctors Return Welcome 137 to have been newly whitewashed and decorated, andhe asked in all simplicity whether the chief magis-trate or the chief judge had lately been visiting theplace on inspection. ^Ko, not for some months.^ *^For what, then, were all these adornments andappearances of festivity ? ^^ ^For yourselves, was the reply, for everybodywished to express their gladness that you have bothat length come back to us. As they turned from the chief business street intothe principal Brahman thoroughfare, another arch ofwelcome spanned the street where, when they hadfirst come to this town as their mission station, onlyscowls and abuse had met them as they entered. At the first street corner in the Brahman streetstood a well-dressed Brahman, who was making themost demonstrative salaams of welcome and good-will. The doctor, not recognizing him, asked thetown magistrate, who was walking by the side of thecarriage, accomp
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