THE MISSIONARY'S STORY 

 Photogravure from the Painting by J. O. Vibert 



This is one of the masterpieces of the famous French painter, Vibert, and 

 was sold in New York some years ago for $25,500. The scene is in a palace of 

 one of the Cardinals in Rome. Six dignitaries of the church have given 

 audience to the returned missionary, who is apparently tailing the story of 

 his experiences in a foreign land in the cause of Christianity and Civiliza- 

 tion. The scar on his shaven head is a telling reminder of his heroic struggle, 

 while the coarse dress of his order is in eloquent contrast to the luxuriott- 

 rohes and sumptuous surroundings of his clerical listeners, who are taking light 

 refreshments in various attitudes of prosperous ease. 



