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3csus 3o ' By Charles ML Sheldon. 'opyrighted anrj published in hook form 1 Advance Publishing OJ. of Chicago. "Rachel Winslow* and Virginia Page -went ont together. Edward Norman and "Milton Wright became so interest? ed in their mutual conference that they ?walked on past Norman's home and came back together. Jasper Chase and the president of the Endeavor society stood talking earnestly in one corner of the room. Alexander Powers and Henry Maxwell remained even after all the others had gone. -'I want yon to come down to the shops tomorrow and see my plan and talk to the men. Somehow I feel as if you could get nearer to them than any one else just now." "I don't know about that, but I will come." replied Henry Maxwell, a lit? tle sadly. How was he fitted to stand before 200 or 300 workingmen and give them a message t Yet in the movement of his weakness, as he asked the ques? tion, he rebuked himself for it. What would Jesus do ? That was an end to the discussion. He went down the next day and found Alexander Powers in his office. It lacked a few minutes of 12, and the superintendent said, "Come up stairs, and I'll show you what I've been try? ing to do." They went through the machine shops, climbed a long flight of stairs and entered a very large empty room. : It had once been used by the company . for a storeroom. -'Since making that promise a week ago I have had a good many things to ihink of," said the superintendent, "and among them is this: Our com jaany gives me the use of this room, and I am going to fit it up with tables and a coffee plant in the corner there where those steam pipes are. My plan is to provide a good place where the men can come up and eat their noon lunch , and give them, two or three times a | week, the privilege of a 15 minutes' talk on some subject that will be a real help to them in their lives " Maxwell looked surprised and asked if the men would come for any such purpose. - "Yes, they'll come. After all, I know the men pretty welL They are among the most intelligent workingmen in the country today, but they are, as a whole, entirely removed from all church influ? ence. I asked, 'What would Jesus do?' and, among other things, it seemed to me he would begin to act in some way to add to the lives of these men more physical and spiritual comfort. It is a very little thing, this room and what it represents, but I acted on the first im? pulse to do the first thing that appealed to my good sense, and I want to work out this idea. I want you to speak to the men when they come np at noon. I have asked them to come np and see . the place and I'll tell them something ? * about it. " I{ Henry Maxwell was ashamed to say j . how uneasy he felt at being asked to j] speak a few words to a company of j] workingmen. How could he speak with- j \ out notes or to such a crowd ? He was ! \ honestly in a condition of genuine j.] fright over the prospect. He actually | j felt afraid of facing these men. He shrank from the ordeal of confronting such a crowd, so different from the Sunday audiences he was familiar with. There were half a dozen long rude i J tables and benches in the great room. I ^ and when the noon whistle sounded the J 5 men poured np stairs from the machine j ! shop below and. seating themselves at J 1 the tables, began to eat their lunch, j There were perhaps 300 of them. They j had read the superintendent's notice, j 1 which he had posted up in various j : places, and came largely out of euri- j 3 osity i j They were favorably impressed. The j 1 room was large and airy, free from ! t smoke and dust and well warmed from ! ' the steam pipes. j About 'JO minutes of 1 Alexander Powers told tho mem what he had in ! * mind. He spoke very simply, like one j who understands thoroughly the char- \ acter of his audience, and then intro- j ^ duced the Rev. Henry Maxwell of the ? First church, his pastor, who had cen- ' sented to speak a few minutes. 4 Henry Maxwell will never forget the " feelings with which for the first time ; ; he confront ed that grimy faced andi- : . ence of workingmen. Like hundreds of j other ministers, lie had never spoken to r any gathering except those made up of people of his own class in the sense that j they were familiar in their dress and ; education and habits tothim. Tins was a new world to bim. and nothing but his new rule of conduct could have made possible his message and its effect. I * He spoke on the subject of satisfaction j j with life, what caused it. what its real ^ sources were He had the great go >d sense on this first appearance not to ree- c ognize tile men as a class distinct from himself. He did net use the term "workingnu a'* and did not say a word , to suggest any difference between their i lives and his own. The men were pleased. A good manv f of them shook hands with him before Koinir down to their werk, and Hehrv Maxwell, telling it all to lils wife when 1 he reached home, said that never in all ; 1 his lit'*-laid he known the delight he < then felt in having a handshake from a ( man of physical labor. The day markeri ? an important om.' in his Christian ex- . perience. more important than he knew, lt was tia: beginningof a fellowship be- , tween bin and the working world. It . was the first plank laid down to help j bridge the chasm between tia- church j and labor in Raymond. j * Alexander Powers went Lark to his ! ! c ' Hz?* afternoon rrnch pleased with j J :.<s> his pian aii?i"st "fing rimen help in it for tho mon. He knew whore ho could get some good tables from an abandoned eating house at one of the stations down tho road; and he saw how the coffee ar? rangement could be made a very at? tractive feature. Tho men had respond? ed even better than he anticipated, and the whole thing could not help being a great .benefit to them. He took up the routine of his work with a glow of satisfaction. After all, he wanted to do as Jesus would, he said to himself. It was nearly 4 o'clock when he opened one of the company's long envel? opes which he supposed contained or? ders for the purchasing of stores. He ran over the first page of typewritten matter in his usual quick, businesslike manner before he saw that he was read? ing what was not intended for his office, but for the superintendent of the freight department. He turned over a page mechanically, not meaning to read what was not ad? dressed to him, but before he knew it he was in possession of evidence which conclusively proved that the company was engaged in a systematic violation of the interstate commerce laws of the United States. It was as distinct and unequivocal breaking of law as if a pri? vate citizen should enter a house and rob tlie inmates. The discrimination shown in rebates was in total contempt of all the statutes. Under the laws of the state it was also a distinct violation of certain provisions recently passed by the legislature to prevent railroad trusts. There was no question that he held in his hand evidence sufficient to convict the company of willful, intelli? gent violation of the law of the com? mission and the law of the state also. He dropped the papers on his desk as if they were poison, and instantly the question flashed across his mind, -'What would Jesus do*?" He tried to shut the question ont. He tried to reason with himself by saying it was none of his business. He had supposed in a more or less indefinite way, as did nearly all of the officers of the company, that this had been going on right along in nearly all the roads. He was not in a position, owing to his place in the shops, to prove anything direct, and he had regarded it all as a matter which did not concern him at all. The papers now before him revealed the entire affair. They had through some carelessness in the address come into his hands. What business of his was it ? If he saw a man entering his neighbor's house to steal, would it uot be his duty to inform the officers of the law ? Was a railroad company such a, different thing ? Was it under a dif? ferent rule of conduct, so that it could rob the public and defy law and be un listurbed because it was such a great organization ? What would Jesus do ? Then there was his family. Of course if he took any steps to inform the com? mission it would mean the loss of his ' position. His wife and daughters had always enjoyed luxury and a good place in society. If he came out against this ' lawlessness as a witness, it would drag ' aim into courts, his motives would be iiisunderstood. and the whole thing [ ?vould end in his disgrace and the loss ; 3f his position. Surely, it was none of lis business. He could easily get the papers back to the freight department ; ind no one be the wiser. Let the iniquity 1 2*0 on. Let the law be defied. What was :t to him ? He would work out his plans ; :or bettering the conditions just about lim. What more con?d a man do in :his railroad business, where there was ! >o much going on anyway that made it . inpossible to live by the Christian ' standard ? But what would Jesus do if ie knew the facts ? That was tho ques :ion that confronted Alexander Powers is the day wore into evening. The lights in the office had been * Turned on. The whir of tho great en- ^ rino and the crash of the planer in the ! :>ig sho]? continued until G o'clock. Then the whistle blew, the engines ? ( slowed down, and the men dropped j :heir tools and ran for the blockhouse. Alexander Powers heard the familiar j { .lick, click, of the blocks as the men j .] Oed pass the window <>f the blockhouse inst outside. He said to his clerks: 'I'm not going just yet. I have some- 1 Mug extra tonight. " Ho waited until ( io heard the last man deposit his block. The men behind the block case went rat Tlie engineer and his assistants \ lad work for half an hour, but they ?vent out at another door. 1 At 7 o'clock that evening any one ; J .vho had looked into the superintend- ! ?nt's ?frico would have seen an unusual ; ^ right He was kneeling dow n, and his j * 'ace was buried in his hands as he \ x>wed his head upon the papers or his 1 lest ' ~ ? 1 - < CHAPTER UL ; 1 If any man com tt h unto me nn<? hate th not his j ^ >v.:, fatter an I motlier and wife and children and " cethrer ar;?] >?>i.-r- yea, an-! hi* own life also- i < te cannot bo my disciple. * * * And whosoever | ^ orsa kerb not alt that he hat!), he cannot he my 1 When Rachel Winslow and Virginia Page separated after tho meeting at the j rirst church on Sunday, they agreed to j :ontinue their conversation the next ^ lay. Virginia asked Rachel tc come 1 md lunch with lo r at noon, and Rachel i iccordingly rang thc bell at the J'.-?rr < nansion about half past ll. Virginia ^ ?erself met h< rv and the two were soon j "alking earnestly. '.The fact is." Rachel was saying j if ter they had been talking a few min? u?s. "I cannot reconcile it willi my '. udgment of what J? o would do. I can not tell anotner person wnaT to ao, ont I feel that I onght not to accept this offer. " "What will von do, then?" asked Virginia, with great interest. "I don't know yet, but I hare decid? ed to refuse this offer." Ra-h; ] picked np a letter that had been lying in her lap and ran over its ; nra in. It was a letter from the manager of a comic opera offering her a place with a large traveling com? pany for the season. The salary was a very large figure, and the prospect held out by the manager was flattering. He had heard Rachel sing that Sunday morning when the stranger had inter j rupted the service. He had been much i impressed. There was money in that I voice, and it ought to be used in comic 1 opera, so said the letter, and the man ! ager wanted a reply as soon as possible, j "There's no virtue in saying 'No' to this offer when I have the other one. ' ' Rachel went on thoughtfully. "That's harder to decide, but I've made up my mind. To tell the truth, Virginia, I'm completely convinced in the first case that Jesus would never use any talent like a good voice just to make money. But, now. take this concert offer. Here is a reputable company to travel with an impersonator and a violinist and a male quartet, all people of good repu? tation. I'm asked to go as one of the company and sing leading soprano. The j salary (I mentioned it, didn't I?) is to be guaranteed-$200 a month for the season. But I don't feel satisfied that Jesus would go. What do you think?" "You mustn't ask me to decide for you." replied Virginia, with a sad smile. "I believe Mr. Maxwell was right when he said we must each one of us decide according to the judgment we felt for ourselves to be Christlike. I am having a harder time than you are, dear, to decide what he would do. ' ' "Are you?" Rachel asked. She rose and walked over to the window and looked out. Virginia came and stood by her. The street was crowded with life, and the two young women looked at it silently for a moment. Suddenly Virginia broke out as Rachel had never heard her before. "Rachel, what does all this contrast in conditions mean to you as you ask this question of what Jesus would do ? It maddens me to think that the society in which I have been brought np, the same to which we are both said to be? long, is satisfied, year after year, to go on dressing and eating and having a good time, giving and receiving enter? tainments, spending its money on houses and luxuries and occasionally, to ease its conscience, donating, with? out any personal sacrifice, a little money to charity. I have been edu? cated, as you have, in one of the most expensive schools of America, launched into society as an heiress, supposed to be in a very enviable position. I'm per? fectly well, I can travel or stay at home, I can do as I please, I can gratify almost any want or desire, and yet when I honestly try to imagine Jesus living the life I have lived and am ex? pected to live and doing for the rest of my life what thousands of other rich people do I am under condemnation for being one of the most wicked, selfish, useless creatures in the world. I have not looked out of this window for weeks without a feeling of horror toward my? self as I see the humanity that pours by this house. Virginia turned away and walked up anc&iown the room. Rachel watched her and could not repress the rising tide of her own growing definition of disci? pleship. Of what Christian use was her own talent of song V Was the best she could do to sell her talent for so much a month, go on a concert company's tour, dross beautifully, enjoy the ex? citement of public applause and gain a reputation as a great singer? W:as that what Jesus would do ? She was not morbid. She was in sound health, was conscious of great powers asa singer and knew that if she went out into public life she could make a great deal of money and become well known. It is doubtful if she over? estimated her ability to accomplish all she thought herself capable of. And Virginia-what she had just said smote Rachel with great force because of the similar position in which the two friends found themselves. Lunch was announced, and they went out and were joined by Virginia's grandmother. Mme. Page, a handsome, stately woman of 65, and Virginia's brother. Rollin, a young man who ipent most of his time at one of the i dubs and had no particular ambition . j for anything but a growing admiration for Rachel Winslow, and whenever she lined or lunched at the Page mansion, j c if he knew of it. he always planned to j ? t>e at home. ! ? These three made up the Page fam- j c ily. Virginia's father had been a bank- < ?v and grain speculator. Her mother j ( bad died ton years before, her father t within the past year. The grandmother, J i southern woman in birth and train- j ing. had all the traditions and feelings j that accompany the possession of wealth I r md social standing that have never ! t been disturbed. She was a shrewd, care- c ful business woman of more than aver- ; 1 ige ability. The family property and J 1 wealth were invested, in large measure, ; \ ander her personal care Virginia 's por- | bion was. without any restriction, her c ?wu. Slie had been trained by her fa? iner to understand the ways of the business world, and even thc grand? mother had been compelled to acknowl? edge the girl's capacity foe taking care >f her own money. ; c Perhaps two persons could not be c found anywln-re less capable of nuder- ! t banding a girl like Virginia than Mme. I Page and Rollin. Rachel, who had j l niown the family since she was a girl ' ? playmate of Virginia's, could not help hinking of what, confronted Virginia n her own home when she once decided >n the course which she honestly be? lieved Jesus won id take. Today .'it lunch, ?is sh.?' recalled Virginia's out? break in the front room; she tried to (1 picture The scene that would at some r ime occur bet ween Mme. Page and her " granddaughter. \ c [TO BE CON TIMI: D.J 9,500,000 Bale Crop Will be Maximum. The Statistician of Depart? ment of Agriculture. Washington, Nov 10.-The month ly report of the statistician of the department of agriculture will state that the most thorough investigation of the cotton situation that has been made since 1895 bas just been com? pleted. Special agents from the Wash ington office have visited all the principal pointe in the cotton belt, investigating both acreage and pro? duction Pending the receipts of the "final reports as to picking, due December 1st, no detailed statement will be issued, but statisticians state that on the basia of the highteet esti? mate of the area under cultivation for which the department can find any warrant, 23,500,000 acres, the crop cannot exceed 9,500,000 bales. This estimate is based on the most com plete and trustworthy information. British Misrepresentation. One of the most remarkable arti? cles on the South African situation that has appeared in the English papers is the interview of the London Chronicle with Mr. Frank Watkins, an Englishman who has resided in the Transvaal for twenty six years, and was one of tbe pioneer gold miners of the country He repre? sented the mining regions in the upper legislative house of the Trans vaal-or "second volksraad," as it is called-from 1890 to 1896. The first startling statement by Mr. Wat? kins was that many Englishmen, as well as other foreigners, would fight with the Boers in this couteet He says : I can quite believe it. The miners cannot speak out. They are entirely under the thumb of the big com? panies. Candor means loss of work. But when the mines shut down there is nothing to prevent them from fighting with the Boers, for they do not love the capitalists, and one of the certainties of the future in the Transvaal is a conflict between capi? tal and labor The capitalists expect it, and fear that the, methods they have adopted in working up the miners against the Transvaal may re? coil on themselves This opinion is what might natu rally be suspected from what is known of Mr. Cecil Rhodes and his associated capitalists They have made every effort to introduce the "compound system'* of negro labor in the Transvaal, which is practically equivalent to slavery for years They have this system in the parts of South Africa under British control In Rhodesia the chartered compauy sxacts tribute from the independent miner of one half of all the gold he mines lu fact, Mr. Watkins says that the mining laws of the Trans caal are better than in "any other sountry " He says further that the charges of corruption against Kruger ind the ^oiksraad are mere charges, no one of which has ever been sus? tained, and that they emanate from these same capitalists who have tried to bribe the Boer government but failed to do so As to franchise ex? tension, and other favors to outland ?rs, he says that tba Boers were gradually becoming more liberal, and were exlendiog rights, until the Jameson raid, "when they became Tightened of the use that might be nade of the new suffrage, and stif- I ened their backs " Ile insists thal he negroes are better treated in the Transvaal than in the British colo lies. and that the contrary opinion is he result of misrepresentation. Es jecialiy interesting ?8 his explanation j )f the removal of Cnief Justice Kotze, \ which has been cited as an illustra- J ion of exercise of arbitrary power J )y President Kruger. He says: ? 1 do not agree with the president ? )n that matter, but public opinion \ ?ere entirely misrepresents it. Chief ? Justice Kotze took the extraordinary s ?ouree of reversing a decisdou he had 1 pven in a famous case-the Doms j ;ase. It is as if Lord Ru9seil were . o suddenly say that he had changed \ >d his mind on an important I j lecision. But it happened that the j aad framed a resolution on the * devious decision of Kotze, and his ! * :hauge of front threw them into can i usion The volk?ra?d condemned ? Co!zers new uidgemsnt, and there ? \ vas thus a coiflict between the legis I ative and the judiciary Kruger then | ] rot the raad to pass a resolution that ; ie-Kruger-might dismiss judges ! M case they defied a r?solu - j ion of the volksraad : and he then ? < lismissed Koiz? I do not entirely lefend it ; but your parliament, too. :ah obtain the dismissal of the judge | v >y an address to the queen i ] That puts a very different light on he case from what has been given by I he English press and the anglomaniac ; ~-, >ress in the country The method j s rather sum marv, but it might not ? te :\ had thing lo place some such j nuzzle on the coutts in this country, , specially when they reverse their >wn decisions, as occured in the , ecent income tax cane. It would ot injure our supreme court if a few i orporation lawyers could be sum ; ^ jan'iv removed from it -Indianapolis ; entine!. ?Miles Shakes His Fist j Io the Face of Mr. Ouzts. Chairman of State Board and X-Bookkeepr on the Street. Mr D. M. Miles yesterday met Mr. D A. G Ouzis in front of the Jerome hotel, and. after abusing him roundly, shook his fist in Mr. Ouzts' j face. Mr Miles is chairman of the j State board of control Mr. Ouzts is the ex bookkeeper ? Mr. Miles' statement is that he j heard that Ouzts was preparing to further assail his (Miles') record and I character This was the first good opportunity he had had to resent what Mr. Ouzts had said previously. In the presence of Sherill McCravy of Laurens and Shipping Clerk Black of the State dispensary and other witnesses, Mr. Miles accosted Mr. Ouzts, told bim not to publish any more lies on him (Miles) and called Ouzts a scoundrel aod other bad names Mr Miles says that Mr Ouzts took ! a step backward as if to get his pistoi and called Mr. Miles a coward. The latter told Mr. Ouzts that if he drew his pistol he would be killed, and, rubbing his fist under Mr. Ouzts' nose, called him mere very, very naughty names. That, was all of it-The State, Nov. 9 A Narrow Escape. Thankful words written by Mrs. Ada E Hart, of Groton. S. D. 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You can examine it at your expresa office and if found perfectly satisfactory and equal to suits sold in your town for I S3, so, pay your express agent esr special \ ofter pri?e. $1.95 and ??pres? charge*. THESE KNEE-PANT SUITS are fi? boy? from 4 to 15 yean of age. and are retailed everywhere at (3.50. Bade with double seat and knees, latest 1899 style as illustrated, made from a special wear-rwUUn g, heaty ?eight, ALL-WOOL 0atwell eacslaere, neat, handsome pat? tern, fine serge lining. Clayton patent interlining, pad ling, staying and reinforcing, si ile and linen sewing, fla? allor-made taroo .hoot, a sui? any boy or parent would be proud of. FOR FREE CLOTH SASFLES ot Boya* Clothing [suits, overcoats or ulsters), for boys 4 TO 19 TEARS, vrite for Sample Book Ho. SOC, contains fashion plates, 'ape measure and full, instructions how to order. Hen'i Salts and Ore recata sade to order fron $5.00 Bp? samples sent free on application. Address, SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO. (Inc.), Chicago, l& 1 (Sears, Boebuck A Co. arc thoroughly reliable.-Editor.} Onion Sets AND Garden Seeds. A suppiy of Onion Sets, of choice varieties, and fresh Garden Seeds for the season's planting, now on hand FULL LINE OF MEDICINES, PERFUMERY and Fancy Articles, Usually found in a first class Drug ?tere. Prescriptions carefully com? pounded at reasonable prices. J. F, W. DeLorme. Oct 2">. Life and Fire Insurance, Hail on me, at my residence. Liberty Mieer. for both Life and Fire Insu? rance. Only reliable Companies rep? resented. Phone No 130. Andreiia Moses. Oct 1:5-0. DR. W. B. ALFORD, DENTAL SURGEON, SUMTER. S. C. OFFICK HCUKS- 8 a. tn. t o 2:30 p. tr.; 3:15 to 6:30 p tn. Office orer the Sumter Drv Goods Co. May 2-6m