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. I have a very vivid recollection of one of my last interviews with the departed young man. Under -strong medical advice in Bhavnagar, he had to be brought to Bombay, although he was in a very weak condition dhdit was half feared that he might succumb on his way to Bombay. I saw him soon after his arrival, and though he was very much exhausted, he received me with a smile on his face. He took the proposal of having an operation performed on him, in the spirit not of resignation only, but of cheerful submission to the will of the Almighty. I saw him soon after he was out of the effects of the chloroform, and I shall nover forget the calm and cheerful face of the patient as he replied to my inquiries after his health, which showed that he had made his peace with his God and was prepared to face the future in a spirit of a willing submission to the Highest Will. We all hoped for the best at the time but fates willed it otherwise and while the family were to lose one of their illustrious and his friends a genial, courteous companion, the State was to lose by his death the services of the young, capable, intelligent officer, who it was expected would be able to rise to the highest rung of the ladder in his department by his loyal services to the State and the people. The disconsolate father tried to keep himself up as he owed a duty to his grandson who was a brilliant boy. That comfort was also denied to Mr. Motichand, whose only solace now lies in his genuine deep Faith in the Teachings of his Religion.*
* Previously printed in « Light of the Soul.""
