forty years as a missionary. One day he was late for a service he was to conduct in a village located across a large plain. There was a rule in Nigeria in those days that no one ever crossed a large open space for fear of stampedes by the herds of wild animals that grazed the country side. A safe path could always be taken within a short run of the trees. Hotchkiss was late, and he knew the quickest way to the village was across the plains. He started out and sure enough, about half way across the