GOA FRONTIER-SUPA 53

with great care and love. The cow grew stronger day by day.
We treated her as one of us. She could freely go about
in the house. She vas named Krishnabai. Her resting
place in our room was kept scrupulously dean/*

''Now we were occupying a rented house. Maharaj, we
are poor but we know those who are poor and honest are
very near to God. So we are happy, It happened that the
owner of the house in which we lived came to know that
we had given lodging to a cow inside the house. He pro-
tested against this and gave us notice that unless the co\v
was kept in a separate hut we should vacate his house.
My wife felt this very much but would not part company
with the cow. She could not even bear the idea of a separate
shed for her. She appealed to me to look for another house.
Kind Providence, without much effort, provided us with
anothor house—the owner of which did not object to our
having the cow inside the house."

"'From about six months we have been living in the new
house. Meanwhile, the cow, as though to reward us for our
services, has presented us with a cow-calf—to which she
gave birth only yesterday. The milk we have brought for
you is Krishnabai's first yield. We consider we have offered
it to God Himself."

What wealth of love and devotion!

(iii) Love's Triumph
As the day advanced the rush of visitors increased.
Presents flowed in, in abundance- The offering of cocoarmts
swelled into a big pile. There was quite a sho\ver of grapes,
dates and sugarcancly which Ramdas distributed freely
amongst the innumerable village children. Ram char andas
heartily joined in this task, Now people thieldy thronged
the room, the doorway and outside.
At about ten o'clock in the forenoon two Muhammadan
policemen came to the temple. They wedged their way