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[355]-361) and index. 327 $aContents; List of Illustrations; Note to Reader; 1. In Which Townsend Drops Out of College and Decides to Be a Missionary for a Year, 1896-1917; 2. In Which Townsend Shares His Faith, Battles Roman Catholics, and Learns about Indians, 1917-1918; 3. In Which the Reader Learns a Great Deal about Evangelicals and Faith Missions, While Townsend Takes a Wife, Builds a Cornstalk House, and Meets Some Important People, 1919-1921; 4. In Which the Central American Mission Finds Trouble, Trouble Everywhere and Dr. Becker Makes a Brief but Memorable Appearance, 1922-1924 327 $a5. In Which Council Members Sail to Guatemala to Save the Mission, Mrs. Townsend Makes Some Practical Suggestions, and R. D. Smith Has Some Surprise Visitors, 1925-19286. In Which Townsend Makes Everyone Nervous with Another Wild Idea and R. D. Smith Has a Nightmare, 1929-1932; 7. 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