ICO 3N THE VISION OF GOD
upon this contrivance. It is an unnecessary encumbrance.
Give it up," Ramdafi snggested.
Bnt Ramcharandas argued at great length in favour of it
and showed Ms aversion to renounce it. However, he sought
to stick to Ramdag again. At this time, Gurudev fell seriously
ill and, at the juncture, Ramdas received a letter from
Madhavraoof Anjangaum, inviting him to attend a religious
festival to be shortly performed in his house. It was a nine
days1 festival. The letter was soon followed by a telegram,
stating that the presence of Ramdas at the function was
indispensable. He felt the urge from within but hesitated
owing to the serious nature of Gurudev's illness. Now he
placed the matter before G-urudev himself, begging Mm to
decide.
" Would you leave your G-urudev in this condition?" he
questioned.
Ramdas could no longer resist. He abandoned the idea
of responding to the call from Anjangaum. Madhavrao was
informed accordingly by wire. In reply he again telegraph-
ed that B-amdas should not fail him. This time he left the
question entirely to Hani, remained calm and waited. Ram
has always His own ways!
The following day, when he went to see Gurudev, he
found Mm not only feeling much better but also strong
enough to move about- Ramdas asked hixn if he would
approve of his leaving for Sholapur District. He willingly
gave his consent.
Lord! Thy ways are Indeed mysterious!
(iii) 3oa Policeman—smitten
Before starting Bamdas made Ramcharandas under-
stand that no purpose would be served by his accompanying
him. But le wag as stubborn as ever.
Bamdag reached Mangalore in the evening, of
course, followed by Ramcharandag. It wag decided to start
by the steamboat leaving Mangalore.fche next day for