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HELPING HELPLESS GIRLS Women in League, to New York to All Their Sex. J * *. _ ILLUSTRATIONS ARE HERE GIVEN Girls' Service i^eaguc is Dedicated to Aid and Protection of Those Who Work?A Most Worthy Organization . - ,,,; .By Frederick J. Haskin. <NeW' York City, March 3.?There still exists. today a'popular superstition-that-women are traitors to (their own'sex, that they fight a petty, guerilla warfare . among - themselves, and that when a woman is down and out" it is:-invariably a man< who\ comes nobly and disinterestedly; to her res* die.'i. -ill -a -This may be .true in -some places, ' _.._j v..* especially in tno:<mascuiiRe uuim, uuiit isn't so in -New York. Here ' Women for Women." Is a-popular slogan in the business an'd industrial worlds, and the city is< filled with feminine clubs and societies whose sole .object is the assistance of promotion of their own sex. iOne of the most interesting of those is an organization of working girls, known as the .Girls . Service league, which is dedicated, to the aid and protection of girls wbo work. Every girl an its membership Mist is constantly on the lookout for. girls of distress or unhappiness among- her. frier.'rls and acquaintances. When I.aura, the landlady's daughter, .suddenly falls into deep depression,- or when Katie comes-to the factory with eyes red from weeping,., the G. S. L. member does not . remain am innocent bystander. Usually she puts a tactful arm around Laura or Katie, and. nays: "Say, Kia, n iner.es- uuyiutub muut,, . came on up. tK? .the club and talk it over with out secretary." , The league has two.fClubhouses in different sections, of the city, each ? possessing .a free dormitory of some twelve or fifteen beds, and an employment agency. | Girls, who are stranded in New York are welcome to the clubVj hospitality, at .anjL time of the. day or night. Girls rescued from various dangeVs' and'fcielipgueneies "by social, workers--,of. tlic-: N.ew.^ork .Probation apd Protective association are also taken in at ^thc clubhouses. Those who need medical care are sent to a hospital or clinic; - those who are out of work are fotmd J'ibs. through the club employment agencies;, r and others, whose conditions- demand it, are sent to a convalescent1 homo in the country. The ' league's clubrooms are large and cheerful boqkcases full of good books; a, Piano and Yictrola, and many games, including parcheesi and checkers. The* girls'are privileged to entertain ^fibfr'^ybuhg" rWbn '.''friends here on several nights a week, while every Saturday night a club dance Is . given. Lectures on health and thrift and working conditions also take place every so - oftefl?i' to which parents as whil as the g}$>- are often invited. . The objects of the league, au set forth in its constitution, are as follows: To prefect . girls from moral danger. To promote moral education. tVilnHncr and rlpflTI 1U cii^umas^nfeiu wiium?tto ?conversation, t &To improve conditions of work for ._^irls. To Secure wholesome recreation for girls. To stimulate faith in '$ic possibilities of life. Every mender is pledged to befriend lonely girls in the city and those who are living apart from their families, and to report girls in need .of 'help; or bact conditions in places where thef. live, or wor&', or find their v recreation. She,, is also required to study the laws relating to health, labor, recreation arid protection, and to report yiolations^of thepe laws.- Girls are also encouraged to make suggestions for-,impfovipgi^tpope laws or for securing better enforcement of them. . _ Some Examples. And to all these things the growing membership list of the league subscribes most earnestly; as a few recent instances will indicate. There is the case of Alverta, who even now, is .being supported by the club. Alverta fe one of a family of ten. children whp were very much resented by their step-ftuher. The little Long Island cabin -where the family lived was most inad^guate also, so that on the day that Alverta became sixteen she left and came to New York. Here she secured a joo in a factory and .a tiny room in a miserable boarding' house. Although she lived but scantily, her wages could not be made to stretch over the entire weok. Always, .there was one night she had to go yvithout dinner. On one of these impoverished evenings as she was coming home from work, she met another roomer in the house, a Spani^jcd..'-; The man took the lean pocketbook out of her hand, and opened it. "Only three pennies." he said. "This must be- the night you do not dine? unless you: go to dinner with me." Alvcrta. went. .So much Alverta confided to-the club director herself. The rest of her .story was filled in by Camilla, a young-'Spanish girl, who came to the club one evening and requested help for Alverta.- sit seemed that after a few months > the Spaniard had tired ofe taking Alverta to dinner and had transferred his attentions to Camilia, who also lived in the rooming house. The man confided the whole afair to the girf and asked her to help him get rid of Alverta by -pretending to be very jealous: He also added that he was afraid trouble might come because of Alverta's extreme youth. , Camilla said nothing, but inwardly she decided "tha t it'would. A half hour inter" she a reived at the .club in great indignation. "i have seen, the girl," she told the Museum of' Honolulu, which houses one of the most complete, if not the most complete ethological collections in existence the interesting search is continuing. Hawaii ajid Samoa already have been surveyed and farther south scientific expeditions are pursuing the trail. When this data is as complete as it can be made, it will be tabulated and analyzed and the results published within a year or so. Meanwhile, the Polynesian is dying fast; his 'race is passing out at high speed and the investigations are being pushed with as little delay as possible. A Fable.?First Smashed-up Aulo'ist: "Sorry, old man, I'm afraid 1 was on the wrong side of the road." Second Ditto: "Xo. ho, it was all my fault. 1 was entirely too interested in the scenery." ropectn, uvu pai lo iviuubuiuiu-ijui vi/wwu, and two parts Mongoloid-Melanesian. The seemingly unavoidable conclusion is thatvthe Hawaiian and h'is Polynesian brothers originally came from Asia. The ancient Hawaiians were a race of regal proportions the most commanding physically, Mr. Sullivan believes the world has ever seen There never has been any^^doubt that the Hawaiian, Samoan, Tahitian, Tongan and Maori are closely akin. Their legends, speech, customs and build all testify to the relationship, but hitherto their origin has been lost in the mists of the ages. In order to reach a solution of this riddle, and before he felt he had established the mongoloid-EuropeanMelanesian theory, Mr. Sullivan measured the heads and bodies and noted the characteristics of 2,000 natives of the Hawaiian Islands. This relationship makes the Hawaiian a cousin of the Chinese, Japanese and other Asiatic races, including the Malays, as well as a connection of the American Indian and Eskimo. He also draws some of his blood from the continent of Europe and a vefy little from the original stock of the Australian aborigine. Through the agency of the Bishop had been at the club.several days, the director was surprised to learn that she was not eighteen years old, as she had claimed, but only fourteen. Thus, from the foregoing, it may be seen that women are not an indifferent to the w.elfare of their sex as is commonly supposed. As gallantry declines among men, it apparently rises among women. For the ideals of these girls are the ideals of the medieval knight?to succor weakness, and especially the damsel in distress. ORIGIN OF HAWAIIANS. Question Is One Which Still Bafflos All Scientists. Whence came the ancient Hawaiians and others of the Polynesian race, is a query which baffled the members of the Pacific scientific congress when it was in session here last August and which is answered in part by Louis R. Sullivan, of the American museum of natural history, New York, who has been conducting investigations here since the close of the congress relates a Honolulu dispatch. Bodily, facial and cranial characteristics of the Polynesian, according to Mr. Sullivan's tables, show that he is eleven parts Mongoloid, five parts Eu? 'Pnt.Anaon uryutu WIUI IICI, iGrace, it seemed, was a Philadelphia girl, who had bocome rebellious of parental discipline and had packed her suitcase and left home a few days before, after her family had retired for the night. She arrived in New York' at 3.45 in the morning, and, calling a taxicab, a,sked the driver to take her to a hotel. At a moving picture theater the following day she met another girl named Anna, who took her to a dancing studio. Here Grace liad danced with several strange men, and had been instructed+by Anna in the art of picking up men who would take her to the theater. Grace had tried it for the first time the night she was found by the G. S. L. member. When Grace's father came, for her, after she IJ J_ ' i I .,! I ' ' ' j : ,i;?-U.i.l i:: K; i ~ director, "and she is .very young:, and therefore so very stupid. The man, too, is very stupid. He thinics that T, Camilla, would help him desert this child, who is to have a baby." A Dramatic Rescue. Yet another member of the league saw her chance to rush to the rescu^ of her sex when she* came across a young girl in the midst of a heated argument with a man in a corner of a subway station. Without the slightest compunction, she listened to the conversation and heard enough to convince her that the girl was in serious danger.. So, approaching the couple boldly, she asked'the girl if she could speak to her a minute. "Listen," she said, in some embarrassment,' as she had nover rescued anybody before, ' I wouldn't go with?.im, if I was you.- You can't trust these Nety York guys. If you ain't got any place to go, you can come to our olub. It's all right.. You can look it up in the telephone book." * "But how will I get rid of him?" asked ithe girl nervously. "Oh, just leave that to me," said the G. S. L. member. "Say," she exclaimed, walking up to the waiting man, " beat it This girl'^ a friend of .mine, and I'll tell hor father if you don't beat it?quick." At the club,- the rescued damsel, whose name was Grace, told the director. that she was eighteen years old; that she had met the man for the first time that evenipg; that he had taken her to ' a chop' sucy restaurant, and then had asked her to go to a dance hall with him. But when tlpcy reached the door of the so-called dance hall, Grace had sense enough to perceive that it was a hotel. So ^she had turned and fled to the subway station, where ;the man had followed and ?UW . fci Prod nlfiioil : 5^ iflHL Vi i rag:OpYfriGH?J9 20 ILLUSTRATION o-jimw t?flcwpl?>. CHARTER.THREE Which Tells of the Complaining Coin and the Man Who Lost His Self. Theie was a .certain gold coin in a little bureau drawer in Bin/rvlLie whicn begun to form a habit of complaining to its master. "How cold I am!" 1t seemed to say to the boy. ,"I was cold when you put me In here*and I have .heo.n cold ever since. Br-r-r! I'm freezing." Bob Monin.took out the little draw. er'and gave it a shaking as he looked down at the gold piece. "Don't get rattled," said the redoubtable Mr. Bloggs, who had a great contempt for cowards. It was just after the Shepherd, of the Birds had heard of a popr \\ridow who was the mother of two small "I Am^Cold, Top," Said the Shepherd. children and who had fallen sick of the influenza with no fuel in her house. "I am cold, too!" said the Shepherd. *:.\vny, or course you are, uie tun: answered. "That's the reason I'm cold. A coin Is never any warmer than the heart of its owner. Why don't you- take roe out of here and give me a chance' to move around?" Things that would not say a wore: to other boys often spoke to the Shep herd. "Let him go," said Mr. Bloggs. . Indeed it was the tin soldier, who stood on his little shelf looking our of the window, -who first reminded Bob of the loneliness and disconifor1: of the coin. As a rule whenever the conscience of the boy was touched Mr. Bloggs had something to- say. It was late in February and pvery one was complaining of the cold. Even the oldest Inhabitants of Bingvllle could not recall so severe a winter. Many families were short of fuel. The homos of the working folk were Inefficiently heated. Money lu the bnnlc had given them a sense of security. They could not believe that its magic power would fall to bring them what they needed. So they had been care less oi meir allowance 04: ;,voou ana j coal. There were days when they had none and could get none at the y d. Rome men with hundreds 0! dollars in the hank went out Into the country at night and stole rails off the farmers' fences. The homes of these unfortunate people were ravaged h.v irlnenzn and many died. ? Prices at the stores mounted higher. Most of the gardens had been, lying Idle. The farmers had hound it hard to'get help. Rome of the latter, indeed, had decided that they could innke more by teaming at MiUerton than by toiling in the fields, and with less effort. They left the hoys and the women to do what they could with the crops. Naturally the latter were small. Rn the local sources of supply hod little to offer and the, demand upon the stores steadily increased. Certain of ihe merchants had been, In a way, spoiled by prosperity. .They were rather Indifferent to complaints and demands. Many of the storekeepers, Irritated, doubtless, hy overwork, had lost their former politeness. There were days when supplies failed to arrive. The railroad service had been bad enough In times of peace. Now, It was worse than ever. Those who had plenty of money found it difficult to got a sufficient quantity of good fond. Bingville being rather cut off from other centers of life by distance and a poor railroad. Some drove sixty miles to Hazel mend to do marketing for themselves and Iheir neighbors. ? Mr. and Mrs. J. Patterson Bhg. fcowever, In their luxurious npartmoi.t at tlie Waldorf-Astoria liotei in New ! York, knew little of these conditions-j until Mr. King came up late in March j for a talk with the mill superintendent. Many of the sick and poor su?- j "How Is My Dear Boy?" the Good Father Asked. ID uie nine uiu?ci uuu --kj-j, ?? cold I rim! How cold I anr!' My mother wishes me to keep It for some time of trouble that may come to us, but I can't. It makes me unhappy. Please take It away and let It do what it can to keep the poor people warm." "Well done, boys!" Mr. Bloggs seemed to say with a look of joy as if he now perceived that the enemy was in full retreat. "There's-no worse company," these days,, than a hoarded' coin," said: the priest. "I won't let it plague you any more." Father O'NeJl took the coin from the.drawer. It fell from his fingers with a merry laugh as It hounded on the floor and whirled toward,the door WUOU. Xll uutc jvu bi -morrow. The spring will W'coming soon and your flocjcWdlj be back In Ibe garden." It was not easy, toeing a smile, to, the face of the little,Shepherd those days. A number of his friends had died ami others were alck and he was helpless. Moreover, his mother had told him of the .disappearance of Pauline and that her parents feared she was in great trouble., j^bls had worried him, and the Tnore because his mother had declared that the girl was probably worse than dead. He could not quite understand it and his happy spirit was clouded. The good Father cheered him with merry jests. Near the end of their talk the hoy said: "There's one thing in this room that makes me unhappy. It's that gold piece In the drawer. It does nothing but lie there and shiver and talk to me. Seems as if it complained of the cold. It says that it wants to move around and get warm. Every time I hear of some poor person that needs food or fuel, It calls out to me there * '1 nnrl COVC 'TTnw "Too bad!" sold tjie priest. 'Tve been so busy with the .sick and the dying aad the dead i,have hardly hatl time to ^liink of you.;', Against her protest he picked up the fagots and carried them on his own back to her kitchen. He found the.Shepherd in a-sweatee sitting up in bed and knitting socks. "How is my dear boy5". the good Father asked. " J. "Very sad," said the Shepherd. 1 "I want to do something.'to help and my legs are useless."; . (V "Courage!" Mr.'Bloggs seemed ; to,, shout from his shelf at the window side and just then he assumed a most valiant and determined look as he added: ''Forward! inarch!'! Father O'Neil^dld what 'he could to help in tliat moment of peril by saying: . - <-1 O t , fC\') "Cheer up, boy. Tin going out to Dan MulIJn's tills afternoon and I'll make him bring y.ou' a big load .of J ' T,n ?Ati of r/iiii* wnrlr to. fered extreme privation; Father 0'Neil and .the Reverend' JOtfs,.Sincleton .'.of the Congregational /cptftctff' .among the people, ministering tp the sick, of whom'there.vwere many; and giving counsel to men and women who were unaccustomed to prosperity and ill-qualified wisely to enjoy itOne day, Father O'Nell saw the widow, Jloran coming into town with a great bundle of fagots on her back. "This looks a little like ttfe old country." he remarked. She .stopped and swung her fagots to the gr:?und tinci announced: "It do lhat an1 may God help ust It's hard times, Father. In spite o' all the m on* py, Lt's hard times. It looks like there wasn't enough to go 'round?the 'sklp3 be tnkin' so many things to; the old country." ' .1 "How Is my beloved Shepherd?" the good Father asked./ '/,/." "Mother o' God!... The house Is that cold, he's been layln1 abed for a week, an* Judge Crooker has been away on fho - olmilt " J way like one overjoyed and eager to. be off. . > ' "God bless you, ray boy'! May it buy for you the dearest wish of your j heart." ; \ "Ha! ha!" laughed the little tin soldier, for he knew the dearest wlqji of the boy far better .than the priest knew It. ^ Mr. Singleton called sooni after -.Father G'Neil had gone away. "The-fop of the morning to-you I" he shouted, as' ho'came Into Bob's room. "It's ali right top and bottom,1' Bob' answered- cheerfully. ; 1 '! ."Is there anything I,can do foryou?" the minister went on.' 'Ttti a-regular Santa Glaus this'morning; -I've got a thouspnd dollars that Mr.'Bing sent : nie. It's for any one iliat needs'help.'1 ' "We'll be all -right as ' food as our load of wood comes. -It .WUHbe here tomorrow morning," Isold the -Shepherd." 'Til come and cut-and spMt It with you" the minister Proposed. "Toe eloquence of tjbe ax |s better than that ,of "the -tongue; these .days.- Mean-, while I'm gpJug to bring, you a little jag Jn ray wheelbarrow. How about heefsteag and bacon and eggs and all .that?" Y' -. "I guess we'ye got .enough to ^t, tnnnfe you." This w;ip not quite true," for .-Bob, rli inking., of; the sick, ..whose people could not-'go to market, was Inclined to hide tils ,own ^hunger. "Ho, 250I" exclaimed Air. BJoggs, xor he knew \ery .well, that the boy tvas hiding his hunger. ; /.." "Do you. call that a lie??11 the; Shepherd asked \aa; soon as th<s 'minister had gone. ."Actittle one ! But in my.:ppl&lon<lt don't' count,!' said Mr. Bloggs. .^Ton, were .thlnking of - those who need food more than youand.that turns'it square l-varound. I rail it- a golden Jier-rl do." The minister had scarcely turned the corner of th,e street,' when he/met -Hiram Blenkinsop,- .who was shivering ;along without An overcoat, the dog Christmas, at his heels! . Mr.'Singieton atdjpped him. . "Why, man! Haven't you an overcoat?1.' he asked. "No, sir I It's hangln' on a .peg In a pawnshop over in Hazelmead. It ain't doin' the peg any good nor me ueitber J" *" , "Well, sir, you come with me," said the minister.. "It's about dinner time, anyway, and I guess you need lining as-well as covering." ' The drhnkard looked.into the face of the minister. "Say it ap'in," he muttered. "I' wouldn't ; wonder if a little food would make vou feel better," Mr. Sin-' gleton added. "A little, did you say?" Blenklnsop asked. . ' 1 "Make It a Jot?as much as you, can accommodate^' V, . "And do you mean that ye want me -to, go an'',eati(iaJyer house?" >. . i "Yes, at.my. table?whyi not?" . "It wodldn'.t ibe 'cespectabiew I don't want to be-too,particular, but a'tramp must draw the line somewhere." "I'll be on my best behavior. Come on,": said the'minister. . i The two menJhastened up the street followed by thedejected little yeHow dog, Christmas. * . Mrs. Singleton and her daughter were out with a committee of the children's helDers and the minister was dining alope that day and, as .usual, at one o'clock, that being the hour for dinner In the village .of Blngville. - J ; " . 'Tell me about yourself,7' said .the minister''ss they sat down"* at the table. "Myself?did you say?" Hiram Blenklnsop asked. as one of his feet crept under his chair to. concegl Its disreputable appearance, while his dog had partly hidden himself under a /serving table where he seemed! to be.shivering with apprehension as!he peered out,' .with raised hackles, at the stag's head over :the mantel. "Yes." ' < "I-ain't got any Self, sic; It's all gone," said Blenklnsop, as he took a swallow of water. > i . * . "A man without any'Self is a curious creature," the minister remarked. "I'm as empty as a -woodpecker's hole in the winter time. The bird-has down. I belong-to this 'ere dog. 'He's a poor. dog. I'm all he's got. -If he had to pay a l'cense on me I'd have to be killed. He's kind to me. ' He's the only friend I've got." Hiram Blenklnsop riyeted his attention upon an old warming-pan that hung by the fireplace. He hardly looked at the face of the minister. "How did you come to lose your Self?" the latter asked. "Married a bad woman and took to drink. A man's Self can stand cold an* hunger au' shipwreck an' loss o' friends an' money an' any quantity n' hnrt.hVpfc- tflkp it as it comes: hut n bad woman breaks the works In him an' stops his clock dead. Leastways, It done that to mel" "She Is like an arrow In his liver," the minister quoted. "Mr. Blenklnsop, where do you stay nights." "I've a shake-down In the little loft over the ol' blacksmith' shop on Water street; There ore cracks in the gable, an' the snow an' the wind blows in, an' the place is dark an' smells o' coal gas an' horses' feet, but Christmas an' I snug up together an' manage to live through the winter. In hot weather we sleep under a tree In the o!' graveyard an' study astronomy. Sometimes I wish I was there for good." % "Wouldn't you like a bed In a comfortable house?" "No. I couldn't take the dog there an' I'd have to git up like other folks." "Would you think that a hardship?" "Well, ye see, sir, If ye're lay in' down ye ain't hungry. Then, too, 1 likes to dilly-dally In bed." ''WJiat may that,.mean?" .the minister asked. .. ,< - ., "I likes to lay an' think an' build air castles." "What kind of castles?^. tucre was sumc iu^cu.viuwhu^ uw?m there In the pews. ? There Isn't an,out-, and-out sinner In the crowd. HaVe we set up a little private god of our.own that cares only for the rich and -respectable? I asked myself. 'This Is the. place for Hiram Blenklnsop and old Bill Lange and poor Lizzie Quesnclle, If they only knew it. Those are the kind of people that Jesus cared most about/' They're beginning to eomd to us now and we are glad of it. I want to see you here every Sunday after this. I want you to think of this place as your home. * If' you really wish to be my brother, come with me." Blenkinsop trembled, with strange excitement as he went .with Mr. Singleton down fthe, ..broad aisle, the. dog-. Christmas following meekly. Man.apd-, minister knelt before the altar. Christ- ~ mas sat down by his master's side, in fOiit in the yardwitn some iooa in iu 'By,Wild by,; we found him singing on the\ perch in" his little home. Now, -If we put some good food, ins the eager, maybe your bird'will come back. Our work has only just begun."' They went out of the door and crossed the street and entered the big stone Congregational church and sat down together In t pew. A soft light came through the great jeweled win-, dows above the altar, and in the clearstory, and over the organ loft. They -were the. gift .of Mr. Blng. It Was a quiet, restful, beautiful place. . . "Ijised to stand in the pulpit .there ; and'Jook.down up<Jn a crowd of hfcnd-:; somjelydressed 'people,'' /satd-i^r.y .Singleton In a low voice. "-'There la sometidng wrong aboutjthls,' I.thoqght. 'There's, toot much respectablllty here. There are no flannel..shirts and gingham dresses.In the place. I .can not see half a dozen po,or. people. . I wIsh ? ~ rtlAfhlntr rlntrri "Then come with me," the. minister .commanded. "First, I'm going to Improve the. outside of you." ; i ' When they were, ready to leave the house, BlenkInsop.nnd.hls. dpg'had a'l bath and the former was'shaved: and in clean and respectable garments from top to toes ' "You'-look ilk# a new man" said Mr. Singleton* "Seems like, I felt more like ,a proper human beln'," Blenldnsop answered. .'' Christmas was scampering up and :down the hall as ;lf he'felt like a new ,dog. Suddenly he discovered >.the stag's head again- and slunk- Into a .dark corner growling. . "A bath is a good sort of baptism," the minister remarked;'. ."Here's an overcoat that I bhverffclwora for'a year. It's fairly warm,*too. Now If your Old-Self' should happen:'to come in, sight of you,-,maybe he'd move back Into h'ls.bqmai.,fl remeibber once that we had a canary bird that got away. We hung his cage in one of the trees j*l Know You// .He Whispered. "Please . .., Corpo .In." . : . It :'r/ you or you wouldn't be havinga dream like tliat'V. /.: "Nobody, has ever talked to we this way," poor Blenkinsop- sobbed. "Nobody but you has ever treated .meiias if I was human.":#' . -v.- >.r.,: : i'l know?I ^now. It's a. hard bid world," but at last you've found .a man who is willing to be abrbther'tbyou if- you Tealiy want'bne.1""^. '.>?j . to The poor man rose from the table and went-to the minister's side and held out his hand. i ' "I do want a brother, sir,- anMTl'do' anything at all," "he said In a broken voice. ' ; , , . . "Well," siTT I'm thlnkin' often o' a time when I'll hnve a grand suit o' clothes, and a shiny silk tile on my bead, an' a roll o' bills in my pocket, ;big enough.to choke a dog, an' 111 be goin' back to the town where I was brought up an' I'll hire a team an' take my ol' mother out for a ride. An' when we pass by, people will be saylri': That's Hiram Blenkinsop! Don't yon remember, him? Born on the. top floor vo' vie. ol'' sash-, mill1 on the Island. .He's a r multl-mllllonalre an' a great man. He gj.y^s a; thousand +Viq nnnr pvprv dnv RiiVp hp IV " n?v yvy*( (v ? V? , ( ( > "Tt doesr" \ ',"... "Ju "Blenkinsop, I'd lite to help yon to recover your lost Self and .be a usefiiIv.respected citl?eii: of this 'tqwft"' said lir. Singleton.. . "Ypu can dp It If you .will and I can 'tell you how." Tears began to < stream down thg cheeks of the unfortunate man, who now covered his eyes with a big, rough hand. 'If you will make an: honest effort, I'll stand by you. I'll be your friend through; thick and1 thin," thp mlnl3ter added. "There's something good In ???? . . < ? ? ? i a prayerful attitude, as If ^e, too,, were; seeking help and forgiveness^"'. "I feel better Inside nnc^Wllde,'* f, said Blenklnsop hs they were deavln# the church. - - :.* '.'When^you are tempte^, ithrg three words whlchi^nia^Nfte^rarftil ^ you. They are ,these.r 'God help'.meiv^ ^; the minister . told' hira. "They ' -hTe; ' quietly said-and I Jiave;often jpjunar them a source of strength id ^ ' trouble. ""-I -am vg^srtf? ^nd^wnrksAijP' Vyou niid -thereis.'rn. J09m,*wer my 'gar-'M age,. with, .n, .stove-rln d.t; vjytycb^^l ^ make! u; veny, snug,lnijngiior;#ou . and -Christmas." ( ^ ;vn.j . v^Thnt rievenlng, i*&, thp.$qg.vflnd/;lits":T^ master;~fcer.e. ' I tae rstove camc-n rap sit >^dNd^r;-.^n.'4^6m<^ ; Judge-.Crooktu-^entered th;e.room; . w.'VaSr< ;^?: be hold out tys hand, I have heard Of your new .jpjlan^rana^lt-waBfe ypuj.ta V: fcnow that I itm Very glad. Eveiry one .. | will -be -glfld:.'" ' ^When/the ;jndgerhad^pne^let^lnf ?gj sop put his nund on tb^ dogs S&fttf and asked iwlth a little dangh called me Mister. r. Never fdre. no sir1" *, v": Air. BlenklnSop -^ . th a t whistl ed' mdtiribiltil^Jlii't^e'^^aa*iiey.. Suddenly rlie ''-$lidtttW!:T':^GdmV ' r -v.. ' ' - ".- . V; I fal* ' ... ;; V v; y!-Utkr? [ ;.' The door, opeded agd 'there It was not at all* the* klnd ^f'a ^^^ one: t^ould have ;e^ecUd _ ?ee;'^I^;; -;? -was, tad&d,'.a''very youtiifdl' ahd'^niatti ;'>_ ::sonie Self^-ihe vflgpre of/h a^-ef'0i't^ gentlefaced boy 'of ah(rojb;sJxta^^fr^^ TTyrJyi dark* hair Mr.- Blenklrisop coVered^hi?f^^^<^ groaned, Then he held out his h inds * wjsth- n iv ipijotlng '$is^ey:?s- . ':'\l "1 know'" you/*;' die).~"\vM^efdi."Please come- In." .':/ % -X '?"':{{ ?:&*(> chimney. . that I; '4oo,i:am, glad.1' '$?$W$ Then he 'vandshcd.^' ' * Mr. vBlenklnsop n'ros'e^i;6nt-hi^tC^^^'j and- ruhbeil 'his 'eyes.' ' _ .' r ? " c??? .. *i.*V.-p<V~:/,V)vC.tQ ' Christmas, v. \'ol\ bojv ,asleep,"; hp -ntottergd. time we turaeu in&^sac; :' . (To fce Contlnuo*)........ . ,. : ? Michigan's :plans itoMwiild 1,000 ^Ues'"of'\!/grf6d-?-: SS ? - ? V - - ?>-.. ' V ' '? T' ;lll -road -each j LIME - CBHEHT : bw P?TS ' ' '; ' : "' !"-.v.....V J: sEaajEB - ' f,' ,M ... V'fj, ,3/<U . -. FEBpr HORSE > -' SETS, GARDEN/SE^S. ;r^,r ^^i - ' ' . *' '??' or '. i1. ' ' ' ' . ; v -) When -you are. In .make you .prices on your.' jheVds-'} ; . ' ? -'Mi;-.*' i-'i CARROLL BEOS. $ $ $ $ $ If You MP SOM EOF ity OFF?Rl^Q8fV<^1; ~J| ' 40 Acres?Seven xnHea^fcom'".*8TO,:^gc bounded by lands' ot.J^B. 'MfcCarte'r.';^ ':';;!. W.' Carroll,. 'H. ; G. Brqwn-and others; -4-room residence, >;barn' "ftnd^' cbtton '^ bouse. . Well.of goodwater; ^ve:br .jdx, ; acres bottom slajojfl;j>,B*w1c:Horitt/i'creek', 'andbranch.runs'throagh''place.'-Abbut ;.> 4-acre pasture;v5'or'8'd0red-wo6d^? imoatly pine; and; balance ;work land* 'About 3-4 mile - to Beersheba .acbopk V,", 'lit.'is'going to'sell; so iifVyoii ..WfchWt see me right Away. 'Property of ,-H. .jparris. " . >;?..* 1 60 2-5 Acres?4miles from Xork,;. and less ttan half mile fto.'.I^liadeiphlar ; > achobrhouse^-churcH add Btatiott-' ' ^FoUr room residence,besides hall; '.4?roojn; 'riy': jtenant house'; -barns; -3 .wells .of good' \?f water, and nice orcbaxi.^Abbdtg gcres i? ! in pasture and .woods and 'balance open land. Act quick if, yoii'waat It Prop- < erty of - C. - J?. Thonjafl^in. H " ,90 Acres gt Brattqnivllls-rProperty^ 'I? bf "Estate 'of. Mrs- "Agnes Harris. ' Will - 5 ffive 'a real^'bargain'hijre. rvV T ' 'r*'rrj; 'r 144 -Acre#?Five miles from Gilbert * on Ridge Road,- bounded >by,.-Iandsof W. M. Burns, John HartneaB, ahd;.othi-'. ers; 7-room residence, 5-atalMJarh and. k other outbuildings; two 4-r6omtbauht houses, barns,-etc.; 2welis-and 1 Jfb^d 'spring; .3 horse farm open, and--balance in timber (oak, pine, &c.)- ahd;pafitui*e., 'About 2 miles to Dixie-School land Beersheba church. Property of Mrs.'-fJ," . J: Barry. ''-H '.'i-.-h'' 33 Ac ret?Adjoining. the above tract About 3 or 4 acres of woodo and Bit1.' ance open lan<L: Will . 'Sell thistracfc separately or in connection With aboyb tract. Property of J. A* -tya ' 195 Acres?Four miles firnto-York,, on Turkey creek road,; adjoining, lands of Gettys, sQueen and Watson; 2-horse, farm open and.balanc8'jn;W {pasture* One arid one'riMtlf ihilMJ'ta' .. Philadelphia -and Miller schools.' ..The.; price.is right. ""'See We'.quick. Property,, of Mrs.'Molly, Jones,-; ;; Five; Room Residence?-Ob ChaTfotiij street, in the town of Ybi*,:'6nl 'large! iot. i will' sell you this property Yer,, . lesa than you can "...build the( house. Better" act atv.once. , 1 McLain ,?rop.firty.-^-Pn; .Charlotte fit. In the town ot Tork. Thlsptopertyll wl' betweeb Neely; Cailnhnian4(I^knaoi* mills; and la a valuable piece of propr prty. Wlll flell it either as a whole or In lota. Here la .an opportunity to make some money. ,'V 89' acrea?S miles from York, I miles > rom Smyrna and, 6 miles from Elngje Ireek. Smyrna B. F.-D. passes.-place. .-J ">ne horse farm open and balance,in' ^voods?something like 100.000 fpetrlialr' Iniber. 12' acres fine. bottoms.'^raoin' evidence. Property of P.i.B. Blgger.ji.V 210 acres?3 1-2 miles from York/pp. , ' inrkriev .mad. 8 room residence!,.'well of good water, 2 large ljarns,: three; 4 'oom tenant'houses and one1 i'i rddin tenant house. 40-acre pasture. ;{3ood iiighard. ..^hout ,160. acrasi.apeh.jan/jir., balance in oak and pltie timber." Pr6prty of 'Si. 'A. ?cFWia?ai ' -vms . Lonrm arrange*! o.n;JeTTirineJ?nd*,;/.-/. GEO. W. WILLIAMS h'EAL ESTATE