The prelate acted promptly; orders were sent to our friend to give up the parish to the former priest, who appeared on the scene to receive his charge.

Then, and then only, it is said the delayed letter came to light.

The padre had left, at once, for Oaxaca and his archbishop.

From there he sent messages by telegraph: "Pack up, and come to Tehuacan;" "Wait until you hear further." A third came the morning we were there: "Pack up; meet me at Tehuacan, ready to go to a new parish." It was really sad to look about the new home, to which he had come with such buoyant hopes and of which he had been so soon dispossessed.

When he arrived, the place was neglected and filthy; two whole days were necessary to clean it.