After leaving our church they d.emand.ed. a part of our
cemetary for their use if wanted, as they saicl they had helped.
to pay for the land. and had a right to it. 
As in iheir form they
cgurd not geb it, they askecr- me to give an account in v;rlting
of the three quad.rat miles of 1and. r bought and- soId.. As r was
their Trustee in the vrhole affair, thereiore they hacl a right to
ask for the statement. They r,trere mean enough to call thenielves
sti1I part of the congregation.
rt is true that r bought the three quadrat miles of land.
for no other purpose but to hel-p, and" poorly enough got it
through, to hel-p our church peopie to bwn stne ta[a, and. build.
Lheir own homes, but nob through an auction. But on my own risk,
therefore of my ol"rn reckoning ind- d-anger. Theref ore I r,rouId. not,
Bnd. could. not, be calIed. their Trustee, as they d-id. not berong to
our church anymore. Then these people took on a solicitor to
hel-p then in thelr cla.ims. r stitl 
think, for the best of bhese
peopre, they d-ic not raean ro start a court case, but thought to
frighten me and clrive me in a corner, as they lrell knelv horr d.is-
graceful it coulcl be for me. This r coula nbt d.o. some of our
eld-ers here passed. remarks that it was a matter of life or d.eath,
and not to throw ourselves in the lap of the d.evil.
The day bef ore Easter I Bot l,,rritten notice from their solicit
or to go to Adelaid.e on the Tuesd-ay after Easterr to be jud.ged.
by the court master in their court house. This iime was cuiningly
taken as they knew f uias rather busy. They thought to get at n6
at oncee :so that r would- pome and give them a eooa talking to.
After Easter ssrviss, the eld.ers and. r stayed. together for
a while to talk things over, and. Brothers }iasting and.-John and.
a few more eld.erly lrere read-y to go r.rith ne to Adelaid-e. Gettlng
therer w€ Tdere forced. to takb on I solicitor to d-efend. our case,
At the given time we went to the court House and- in the
presence of the Court Master T ?ras to be questioned_ by the
Solicitor of the opposition; I wa.s cross quesLioned. lo persuad.e
me to favor the opposition, but the solicitor 
was not able to
d-o so. _All_questions of their solicitor 
and. my answers were taken
protocol. 
The whore af fair took a couple of d.iys. Ity escorts
were then examined, and- hre r,[ere then allowed. to go home.
Later r had. to go to Ad-elaioe, on tv,ro occasions, to give the
iudge answers to a feu points, and- he assured- me not to b; afraid,
there was no d-anger to me . This l.ra.s given in conficlence. Latcr
r had word. from our solicitor that one of the jud-ges in the
supreme court, wourc.r on l7th oct. go through ihe-crse and- give
hls_ dec is i on, and uourcl r c ome to Aclera icie , to be prcs ent I "i
replied stralght away, asking if my presence r.RS nled.ed-, and. he
replied-, i:No!r. only he thou.[ht r may wish to ue there; r d.id.
not look for any preasure rike that anci glacrly stayed. at home,l,
On l8th October I received. a letter from my solicitor 
saying
!!"! 
on the prcvious d-ay the other peoplees solicitor 
had- put
their case, and. the Jud-ge told. then thbir claim should not have
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