University of South Carolina Libraries
% * " CRU EL" THE BRAVE:' The Secret of DuirfaYenj Castle. rr ' n?7 a ?t*ttt? a cu*/rn'DP ; OX AINlNlCi /ioxhwwlxa*, -Author of "Faithful Margaret," Etc., Eto CHAPTER IX.>-Con tinned.) He retired from that "presence a disgraced man. A great trust had been confided to him, and he had betrayed it. Be had been powerful?his power was overthrown; his had been a busy life and a useful?solitude and shame were to be his portion henceforward. Fresh from this blow my lord wrote *1-1 TT /Innrrt WA TT111Qfi 4UU) UU jJiUIJUUiiWtU UIJ UVVUi* ' V *? ? part; never again should bo take into, Lis daily life the wife whose heart had Btrayed to such as Richard Accrington. ' He would not divorce me, because he deemed me guiltless in deed though not; In heart. I should still bear his name if I chose, and reside in one of his domains, but never again should he look upon my face This was your fiat, my' Jord, and I submitted. You never had to complain of rebellion in poor EngeJonde, had you? And though you put me away from you, ypu cannot prevent me from loving you still, loving you forever. i . I chose the place of my exile myself;, my lord offered me other homes, fairer' and more cheerful. But a repudiated wife could find no room for critical com 1 V-J 1 jjurisuu iii uer li u?ucu iitai u, ttuou ucxj young, sweet life lay in ruins around; ier. A lonely islet in the Eebirdean Seas, *ar from a sterile coast?a fitting retreat , Jor the bruised spirit that has no more *est for life. You grieved, they say, my lord, at poor Engelonde's choice, condemning her to worse than death you etill could spare a little pity for the lrivial discomforts of her situation, rerhaps you read my motive wrong, and deemed it the self-mortification of the; remorseful. Ah. no, my lord, I am guilty of nothing In the eyes of God save of loving you too welL 1 flnn npo^innc Vinnn ?nn <?a\ 0 mfi. which proved that, say what you will, your instinct bade you trust me despite your cruel jealousy. ? ! In my third year of exile, hearing that the starved life forces were running low,, and that Engelonde might die, you sent my sweet Ulva to be my consolation, my treasure, my dear savior from madness., "Of that other inmate you placed in my home I disdain to complain; you judged 4t best for me, no doubt, that the director <>f my household should be that devoted Jriend who had clung to you so long, and rwho already knew something of our painful secret: but John Sircombe is no counselor or friend ol mine?no slimy Reptile is more shunned or loathed by IhftQ lie, the wretch whose baseness " turned me? 4 My Lord Inchcape has brought home "his heir to him, a distant cousin who was till at college when I married. He is a noble youth, I hear, and my lord is warmly attached to him. I do not grudge Edgar Arden his splendid prospects, yet often the heart-piercing rejection comes to me that it might have "been my son that Lord Inchcape loved and took pride in, but for the treachery of Richard Accrlngton and the falsehood of John b'ircombe. When the$e two confess the truth, my love will take me back to his heart and Into his life. Ah, who will- wring the ;truth from them? who will break my chain and set me free? who will wipe the 'imputed dishonor from Lord Inchcape's aame? Oh, for deliverance, deliverance. CHAPTER X. "THAT HAPPV BIRD." I Edgar Arden laid down the last page y*T 5 4 V? on o nf 4 nntf. I11 iliJ iaujr 3 em j niwu ou ail \j* juvu able reverence:, his whole manhood rose dd In Indignant protest against the cruel Vrongs which had been heaped upon that sVeet, devoted woman: he longed to be up and doing in her defense. . "Who will break your chain and set you free, sweet soul?" murmured be with generous emotion. "I will, if nian can do it." i He recalled the long kept mystery which had hung about his kinsman Inchcape, thought of his friends kept at a distance, bis noble aspirations laid down all unfulfilled: how the proud man had offered in thus wronging his innocent ' rvife. ! To bring back happiness, honor, a 'proud name vindicated?would not that 'Va ? ? <? ?rr>wnrtK sf.rii'intr fnr9 AnH a vuuiu^u " v* VM '.MP, -v*^e young man's heart glowed in heroic impulse. For he loved his kinsman, as the young French soldier loves the first 'JJapoleon. for the traditiuns of his greatness and for the pity of hie downfall. ' Yet, in forming this resolve, Edgar 'i?as not blind to the difference it might make in his own fair future. As long as hoy Lord Inchcape lived in estrar.gem nt ~|lrom his wife. Edgar ArdeD was his heir; ;for five years he had believed himself the (Inevitable successor of the earl, had been 'fitting himself for his future station, and <unfittins: himself for a life of labor and 'obscurity. All this passed clearly before him, yet ( -with undimmed enthusiasm he still went iback to his first dazzling impulse?"I 4Ehall be that guiltless lady's champion? ( jl shall bring back happiness to h< r, and *to the husband she loves so well!" "When Edgar again sought the ladies, ' they were settle?! with their work in the i?ummer house of thecoyrtly old garden, Air. Sircombe in attendance with his -kook. Edgar was forced, to j>ut_a stronc ^constraint upon himseir to mat* tte ( corn he telt for the caitiff hound. but i faor Lady Inchcape's sake fcr- was en- . ,-abled lo treat him with notbine worse r ."than prim civility. Still his private ' opinion found ample expression in his (eyes; and this stirred up Sircombe's ??ecret animosity to cold fury?be could ^ thave poisoned the supercilious intruder. J Lady Incbcape had caused a fur rug . Ito be spread for the convalescent in a i ^pleasant nook, where he might rest and (receive the strengthening salt brcores, 'while gazing on the free sweep of the . 'ocean, dotted with distant saiis. She -welcomed min t-o ner siae wan a tclose clasp of her nervous Land, and an engrossing expectancy on her face: bv.t they could not converse confidentially then, and he only gave her a trueiiearted smi e and pressed her hand, beautiful Ulva was peculiarly radian* to day: she was innocently elated by the triumphant recovery of the stranger -whom she secretly claimed as her own opculiar nroteee. because as Kenmoro ifad said, sEe"~L*aci given him back his 3ife. And Kcnmore's prophecy stimu8ated the joyous young creature's interest in Edgar: though her womanhood rwas as yet unawakened, she wove pretty tfaucies about tbe handsome stranger, and loved to see him happy by the side of her darling mamma?Engclonde. ^ Edcar thoucht he could fatnom Lord Inchcape's mbrbicl reeling about ~ET6 daughter; that he could never permit any honorable man to marry the daughter ol an attainted name; so he had sent her to lonely Dunraven to be a companion to his wife. What a cruel future for Ulva, if this were all. Tbe flret moment tbat Lady Inchcapo and he were alone she turned to him. eagerly. "You have read it7" asitea she, tremulously, her sensitive face burning. "Every word, Lady Dunraven, and wnn such revurunce, sutu iu??n,nuu, <u only the trutli could Inspire," he an' swered. He could see how his words eoothed and comforted her. and how her wrung and tortured susceptibilities rested in peace upon the welcome belief that be still reverenced her, eventhough shu was a repudiated wife, with a disgrace-ful stigma upon her. "YVouid it convince my lord?" she whispered with brightening eyes. Poor Edgar dared not reply, for h? knew the indomitable pride of Inchcape. "Ah, no; you think it won!d not " said she, mournfully. "Jealousy is cruel as the grave, and estranged love is harder to convince than indifference." She sank back sighing; she was very grateful for his sympathy, but she had no hope. "My whole heart is in the matter," said Edgar, humbly. "When I leave you it shall be to do what I can to obtain justice for you. Can you trust in me so far?" ?T VtaliAvo ir? rnnr Tnvaltv smri r?nnr age," Said she, giving him her hand with one of her old-time fascinating smiles; "but I cannot see how mortal man can wring the truth from those two cravens who lied my happiness away." "Let me try," .he implored, "I may succeed." She looked at him with starting tears. "Noble heart!" she murmured. "I do think you might 'Very well, I make vnn mv pfm.mninn. and bid vou (Jod speed!" He solemnly kissed her hand to seal the contract; he felt it binding as a sacred obligation. She little dreamed who this champion was who had undertaken to restore her to her husband and home?that it was that very Arden whose solemn recognition at Inchcape Fosse as the Earl's heir had so wrung her poor heart, and em bittered her recollections of that stately home where onco she reigned supreme. But Edgar exulted over his unknown relationship; he felt strong to work for her with such a right as tnat, and how could Inchcape hold out against his wire, when the very heir, whose interests were naturally antagonistic to hers, vowed that he believed in her wholly. An*1 ctill Via hiri hi<: irlpntit.v from Vipr. fearing to chill her faith in him. A few days restored Edgar almost completely, lie yielded to his friend's earnest desire, and did not leave her the moment he was strong enough to travel. "Think what a boon it is to me to have a friend once more," she pleaded. "It is like cold water to a prisoner perishing of thirst Stay but a few days longer and let mo grow strong by seeing your strength and goodness. I am so weary of sorrow, ah, so weary!" But he trembled for dread while he stayed, for Ulva had stolen all his heart, and what if he should betray this to her, and disturb her peace? . Ulva was proud to lead him about, showing him all her haunts Inside and outside of the tower and up and down the island; wherever her dainty caprice pointed, she was sure of a companion, docile and trustv. whose interest never flagged. Of course they did x.ot ramble about thu3 en tete-a-tete in the American mode. England, likvs France, sets up many barriers between the sexes, and the young lady's rank added to these. Sometimes it was the grave and reverend Mr. Sircombe who chaperoned them, sometimes Ulva's own middleaged maid, once her nurse, who carried her wraps after her, and sedately sat behind whenever they stopped to rest. But no third person could interpose between these two young spirits, which day by day drew nearer to each other, drawn by mutual sympathies. When Ulva took him among the High land people who lived in the tiny hamlet by the shore, and supported themselves by fishing, and he saw how they loved their Oolava, and how she loved them?that was another fascination to draw him to her. And when she perceived how simple, kind, and compassionate he was to her poor people, how eager to cheer the sorrowful and help the feeble, how untiring his interest in their picturesque daily lives?that wooed her toward him, as personal flattery never could have done. Then they would find some silent nook amid the silver-gray rocks, on a divan of red-ball heather hedged round with the fox-glove standing high, and a carset of bracken, sold and emerald, embroidered with hair stemmed blue-bells, and the red crane's bill, and what he read so well she drank in with every I feeling charmed, and that drew them very near each other's hearts Ah, yes; wherever her fearless, dainty feet could go she had taken him; and in spite of the boding wat-chful eye s of my lord's secretary and his heart-hiding smile, they had been happy, unutterably happy together, these two. "I think Mr. Edgar has got to the end of my repertory," laughed Ulva to her stepmother one gloomy, gray afternoon as the three stood on a small stone terrace which overhung the scarped cliff on the inland side of the tower. "Even Mr. (Sircombe has nothing left, 1 can see." That gentleman stood, as usual, a little apart in secret-forced deference to Lady inchcape's fierce repulsion. "Between us," Ulva went on. "wo have made him acquainted with all our barbican, our demi-luncs, our terre-plein. our dungeons, everything that we have " "Our small island holds few attractions to detain a stranger long among us," said Mr. Sircombe from his distance, with a serious air, "but I could direct Mr. Edgar to some noble ruins on tho CS/tsvfstlt nnoof for Y?inr?/? WAPtlir t.lio ov. L^WUVU VU?OW) 1 Ut UIVJ V IIVI VUJ V?iv V Aplorer than our comparatively modern Dunraven Tower." "Thank you," bowed Edgar, sarcastically, "but I shall not trouble you yet." "Oh, Mr. Sircombe, * cried Ulva lookng up with sparkling eyes?"the nndisovered cell under the southern bastion! have just recollected it. If Mr. Edgar tnd you were to find that mysterious ntrance, that would amuso him. Tho :ell has been sealed up for a hundred ears, they say," (this to Edgar) "think vhat interesting antiquities might be ying there waiting for a discover. >?o>ody can find the entrance." "Shall I search for it?" asked Edgar iharmed with the idea of doing anyhing-that might gratify her. "Yes. and be sure and discover it, then ire shall always rail it 'Edgar's cell,'" aughed Ulva, with innocent elation. They explained that the ancient dungeons of Uunraven had been hewn out )f the solid "rock "TounTTa'floiis "of the *.? ?/.AO pa /.An*nri?ofl no tn ?UW*5i, tutJ cijnam.u3 o\J gyuwi?vM w :.e difticult to discover. All the other oik chambers had been found, and beared of del?ris. but the entrance to ,he dungeon of the southern bastion was pet a mystery. "II I may utter an opinion," interposed Lady Jnchape. anxiously, "I would ?ay that Mr. Edjrar is not yet quite robust enough to undertake anythiug so laborious." Ulva's ruxiety awoke on the instant "Let us 1efer the search then," she pleaded, "but you must not go without making the discovery." - ~ "TTjere re one tning you nave noi shown me, that I dare not ask to see," said Edgar's eyes, "your own sweet heart. * "We have not shown Mr. Edpar Sleatna-Vreckeh from the sea," said Mr. Sircombe, goaded by that too eloquent glance, to interpose his word, at the risk of provoking one of Lady Inchr>anA-Q invnlnntarv lev looks. "The water looks so calm this afternoon that I am sure it would be an aRreeable time to row round the isle. And Ken more, I know, is disengaged." As he said this rather eagerly, Edgar could not help gazing curiously at him, And SDeculatinc as to how far a mutual sentiment inlgnt carry these two towaFCTs becoming accomplices to get him away from Sleat-na-Vrecken. Ken more and Sircombe, banded together against the unwelcome guest, might very possibly proceed to take high ground to get rid of him, might even carry him off. in spite of his remonstrances and land him on the Scottish coast TTrlcar l&utrhed at himself for thil wild fancy; yet Sircombe wa9 strangel), pale. Ulva's thoughts flew to Kenmore and his vengeful threat, and, womanlike, jhe did not laugh the fancy away. She objected to the trip. "Too cold for an invalid," said she. "Merely bracing," smiled Mr. Sir combo. "I am sure Mr. Edwar is not afraid?" and lie aarted a taunting gianct at him. Poor Edgar! that uettles It "Afraid of what, or of whom?" asked be, haughtily, and so little did he relish the taunt that he did not even invito Ulva to be ono of the party, lest Sircombft should think he meant to shelter himself from possible unpleasantness behind her presence. And she waited, wondering and disappointed, to be asked, and could scarce endure to see nr! VtAnf Via** UIIJU gv niiuuuu uui Mr. Sircombe disappeared to make the requisite arrangements with Kenmore. Edgar seized the opportunity to ask (Jlva to walk part of the way dokwn the cliff with him; and so. with a sweet, kind smile and "bon voyage!" from Lady Inchcape, they started. Oh, first love! what srreetest poet pver could paint you sweet or pure enough? They wandered down the precipitous pathway; they were soon out of sight of the Tower; then the way erew steeper, and what could he do but take her little hand and nestle it on his arm to support her' And when, with a whirr and a triumphant bird-scream Ulva's little pet lark dropped down from aeaven into hor bosom, and she covered it with her lovely hand and called it her darling, true heart, her little constancy? what lover could have resisted the exquisite delight of uttering the words that filled his heart? "That happy bird!" murmured Edgar, dreamily. "A thousand times a day I envy him. Our stories are so like each other at first; you saved both our lives, and we both return you our whole souls, full of gratitude?and love. But you have taken the bird to your heart, and I " "And you must not quote unknown authors on a steep path," interrupted Ulva, at last finding presence of mind to stop the passionate words, without owning tnat she understood them. She had grown very pale and the tears were In her eyes, but she smiled for all that, an# he was actually deceived. As she ran on a few steps with her lark flying b? her shoulder, Edgar almost cursed UTmself for the mad Impulse which had caused him so to forget duty and honor. He looked so pale and grieved when at last she turned round, that her heart Swelled with sudc'en tender remorse, and she went back, and laid her bird in his hands, very trustfully; then moved off and gathered a little knot of blueWnlln ft ?/1 Kaof ti/it. urMnll cha UC113 auu n ii i uu juwacuvat tiuivm offered him next "You must fasten it into my coat for me, then; you see both my hands ara engaged in forming a nest for TrueHeart," said he, almost humbly, for his conscience smote him again. They stood to perform the operation, two happy, absorbed young creatures, tasting for the first time the most delicious draught this earth has to bestow. They had reached the base of the cliff, and were in the edge of a thicket of the hardy Scotch fir which girdled the rude peak; still further down, but invisibla from their position, the few huts clustered on the edge of the beach. Ulva's wide sleeves feil back as sha raised her lovely artns to fasten the wildflowers on his breast, and as she threw back her head, her deep, velvety eyei looked upward?the most beautiful, the most dangerous look a woman's eyes can give; while her milk-white throat and all the melting undulations of her sumptuous bust were seen in their most fascinating attitude. Edgar stood motionless as a statue, ?nd pale as one, till a visible tremo* shook him. Then these words burst from him: "Ulva! Ulva! If I cannot win you foi mj wife, my life will be a curse t> me!* She started from him with a stifled cry, and stood off, gazing wi!d-?yed at him, like some beautiful, startli-d creat ure too proud to fly; all her woman's pride was up in arms against this abrupt, unceremonious wooing, and hel blood fired?the blood of the ancient Jnchcapes, that never brooked insult. "I?fear?you?have?mistaken ? the -?person!" gasped she, word by word, for, with, all her wrath, something seemed to be wringing the blood out of hei laboring heart* and to be turning the whole world sad and dulL "Ah! Do not Icok at me with that expression?you torture me!" cried Edgar, In passionate grief. "I deserve your indignation for daring to speak of lovej without Lord Inchcape's permission gained first; but I do nu4t deserve your scorn and loathing; oh, no, sweet Ulva,! no!" , The sound of measured footsteps put an end to the scene, leaving the pair distracted, Edgar with remorse and grief, Ulva with amazement at his last words, mounting above her other emotions. ; He knew that she was Lord Inchcape's daughter! Who, then, was this who came to their asylum knowing all about the secret which even she had not penetrated! It was Mr. Sircombe who strode upon them, so grim and ghastly that if either had been capable of examinig him they would have seen at once that he had overheard the last speech at least, if no more, and that his mind was made up. > ! ile made no comment, however, except to announce in a toneless voice that Kenmore would . follow to the shore at tmce, "anfl "thai Tie ~~would" recommend Mr. Edgar to put on one of the fur coats which he had brought over 1 his arm. i "1 shall leave von here. Mr. Edgar." said Ulva, in a low voice, with her eyes wAim/1 A *~>A q 1 t K r\ 11 cr Via folf Uli IUU UllllU. iiUU UltUVU^Ii ( as if he would commit some madness if she left him without one sign of softened feeling, she moved away like one in a dream, her lark flitting about hergaylv, and climbed up the steep without one backward glance. "Now," said Sircombe in a terrible voice, when she was quite gone, "are you satisfied that your honor is no safeguard for that defenseless lady?" Edgar turned a gaze upon his wouldbe judge that checked him like a stone wall. "Peace! defamer of the innocent!" said he. "You babble of honor? You who betrayed Lady Inchcaue by $ lie!" ""HuslTsET ""SHio are you fhaf Knows bo much of the secret history of InchcaDe?" whispered' Sircombe, aghast. "But not another word here?follow me ?this way, Sir Spy; and, now, please to explain yourself." CHA1TJEK XI. "WHY CAM, IT MURDER?" He had led the way round an abutment of the cliff, perhaps a score of feet from the path; ihcy came to a halt in a hollow, close under the cliff, in a curious niche, protected from inquisitive eyes by a great granite boulder perched on a slight elevation opposite the cleft in the cliff wall. A mass of wild honeysuckle and ivy mantled far up the rugged crag; glanc lng upward one saw mai iney sioou uirectly beneath the southern bastion of the tower. "Now, sir, I demand an explanation of your words!" said Sircorabe; at white heat. 1 "Mr. Sircombe, I owe you no explanation of either motive or meaning; but, of my own free will, I will tell you that I am one who knows the fact of your treachery to Lady Jnchcape in her hour of need; and that I hold the power in my hands to have you driven from undert yonder roof in merited disgrace." The director grew ashen pale, and re-; coiled in dismay. "Then it is as I feared,"he muttered, between his teeth. "She has made you her confidant, and you believe her, of course. But you may not find that Lord Inchcape is equally credulous." ?r?h r fntfinri to cause vou to con vince him," retorted Edgar, quietly; "yon shall repeat the conversation which you overheard that iizht between the lady and Colonel Ac?rington; and when Lord Inchcape compares your testimony with his wife's the truth shall prevail" "And what power do you imagine yon possess over me, to force me into this act of self-destruction?" demanded Sircombe, his hollow eyes flaring. "I make no threats," replied Edgar, scornfully. "I shall give you a chance to act like an honest man." For a long pause, neither spoke. The hush of death brooded around them; no leaf stirred nor Dird sang; the heavens hung low and gray. J-onn C?tcoihcto rfas looking this cal - ?- 1 1 vkiwi +>,? I H 111 1 by WJJIUll lidu u^iancu uiua uuv face, and the longer he looked the more appalled he was. Lady Inchc.i.pe had rebelled at last, and had chosen a champion who seemed resolute to ' suc;eed in righting her wrongs. And her vindication meant Sircombe's ruin, for he had not only withheld the testimony which would have saved her but he had skillfully kept alive the smoldering fires of Inchcape's suspicion and jealousy ever since?had, in fact, done his best to keep them estranged. At first he had done this through the love of power and.an important place; but since Ulva came to grow up under his eyes into a flower of all mastering loveliness?ah, since then it had grown death to bn discovered and cast out in disgrace! And now this man had come, young, care-free, pitiless in his insolent powers of fascination, and he loved her! "You give me the chance to act like an honest man," repeated Slrcombe, bitterly. "What, then, if I should propose to buy your honesty with mine?" "Ah. you mean " "Yes, I mean Lady Ulva. If I promise to make reparation to Lady Inchcape, will you Dromise to leave Lady Ulva forever?" "I shall make no such compromise with you," said Edgar, slowly. "I love the lady, and I believe I shall yet receive Lord Inchcape's permission to woo her." "Ah, you say this to my face!" cried Sircombe, fiercely, and ho made a gesture so full of maddened fury that Edgar took an involuntary step backward from the distorted visage that bent toward him. As he did so the tangled vines parted beneath his weight, a dark aperture yawned behind him, and the next moment he fell headlong backward, clutching wildly at the vines, which broke in brittle handfuls and then closed over the aperture as before. Sircombe had uttered a yell of warning?Edgar was silent?and started forward to aid him?but he was too late. He gazed at the leafy screen with dazed senses; he put out his band to tear it apart, but paused in the very act, and for a long, long minute considered, with fixed eye and hands outstretched. There was neither voice nor movement within. , Nothing but the lowering heavens and Ihe motionless trees to be seen. /to be continued.] Some liW? Counties. Between the Rocky Mountains and the Atlantic there are a dozen counties that contain more than 5000 square miles. One of these is Aroostock, the northwestern county of Maine, which has an area of 6SOO square miles, but little less than that of the whole of Wales, and forty-two timeS the Republic of Andorra. Another is Dade County, Florida, in which are the Florida Everglades. This has an area of 5600 square miles, which is about the same as that of Cherry County, Nebraska. In the State of Minnesota we find three counties, Bel trami, Itasca and St. Jjouis, each of which covers more than 5000 square miles. St. Louis County contains the city of Duluth, which has more than 35,000 inhabitants. In Idaho we have two counties, Idaho aud Bingham, which cover an area of more than 10,000 square miles each. Pecos and EI Paso Counties, in Texas, contain 16, 000 square miles. Arapahoe County, Colorado, has 5250 square miles, a part of which is made up of the area covered by the city of Deliver. Routt County covers G000 square miles. In Oregon are 6ix counties, in Washington three, in Nevada seven and in California seven that have each more than 5000 square miles. The largest county in the United States is San Bernardino, east of Los Angeles, California. It covers 21,000 square miles, an area 5000 miles larger that of New Jersey, Delaware, Connecticut and Rhode Island combined, or half the area of the State of New York.?Harper's Young People. Origin ol the iianjo. The banjo is coming into greater popularity every day. It is made very simply and can be sold correspondingly cueap. The banjo was the invention of a colored man who lived in the town of Banjoemas, near the south coast of Java, about fifty years ago. He took a cheese bos, aud crossing it with goat skin, he ran a handle through it. Then he fitted it with ?--1-? ?- ? ?? IV* Am 4/% Y1UI1U binugb, muiu^; iuuui %>\j vuv first, third, fifth and eighth notes of the octave. Having thus completed the instrument he named it "banjo," after the town in which ho lived, and proceeded forthwith to "make it talk." Its popularity grew with tremendous rapidity, making a conquest of Loudon not many years ago with the "EthiopiauSerenaders."?Chicago < Record. , ' 1 SABBATH SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOR MARCH 24. * Lesson Text: "Parity of Life,'' Romans xIII., 8-14?Golden !i Text: I Thess. 252? |i Commentary. J' ? pi 1. "After these things the Lord appointed ^ other seventy also and sept them two and { two before His face into every city and place, whither He Himself would come." Again, as L on former occasions, we choose without hesi- ? lation the missionary lesson, believing that the great business of every saved soul is to live to make known the love of God to sinners as far as possible and as quickly as possible, throughout the whole world, thus helping to e< answer our continual prayer. "Thy kingdom " come!" For the time of the kingdom when ^ the will of God shall be done on earth as in ai heaven, cannot come until the King shall re- o* turn, as may be clearly seen from the portion 153 following last week's lesson (Luke xix., 11, w 12). Jesus had previously sent out the 12, y suggestive of a sufficient testimony of the 12 ol tribes of Israel. Now He sends 70, suggestive m of a sufficient testimony for all the worl<f, ?| for the nations which peopled the earth after ^ the deluge were 70. as in Gen. x., and the hi church, which is His body, to be completed w before the national salvation of Israel, is to be gathered from all nations. The Lord appointed these messengers, and unless He appoints the messengers always they will run c< in vain. te 2. "Therefore said He unto them: The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few. Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that He would send forth laborers into His harvest." Compare John iv., 35, where He said on another occasion that the C[ fields were white to the harvest In this m verse of our lesson the great need is laborers, and we are to pray the Lord to send tQ them forth, which implies a readiness to be ti sent ourselves, for the 12 (Math, ix., 37, 38) as well us the 70. who were taught tojpray thus, were all sent forth themselves. What an indescribable honor to be privileged to _ be a laborer with God (I Cor. iii., 9^ yet what multitudes of saved people, at least of ? professing Christians, seem to think that tj salvation means that they are saved from p hell and made sure of heaven, and that is all. The thought of laboring with God to save others does not enter their minds. 3. ''Go your ways. Behold I send you di forth as lambs among wolves." So He said also to the 12 (Math, x., 16). Observe the words "I send you" and compare John' xx.. 21; xvii., 18, with Jet. i.. 7, 8, and let every believer appropriate the message to Jeremiah a along with Ex. iv.. 12, and say with Isaiah, "Here am I; send me'1 (Isa. vi.. 8). Notice y* the realties to which He calls their atten- m tion, '"Lambs among wolves," plainly telling them what to expect, or, as He said even is more plainly to the 12, "Fearnotthem which 8i kill the body" (Math, x., 28). The night be- Oi fore He was Crucified He told them that re t.hpv wnnl-l hfi nnt. ont nf the avnatrncne and W. even slain for His name's sake. sa 4. "Carry neither purse nor scrip nor th shoes, and salute no man by the way." They ?i are not to give anxious thought to temporal 30 things, but be sure that if they are faithful '? to Him He will see to them, as He said and is still saying in Math, vi., 33, that if we d? make His kingdom and His righteousness our tb first concern He will see that we have food ui and raiment. Neither are we to give time hi and thought to the fashionable formalities of ec life, but let dead people see to dead things ei (Luke ix., 60). Let the dead in sins give se their time to the things that are not of God, ti but let those who have life in Christ be tb wholly for Him and the things of His king- re dom. 5. "And into whatsoever house ye enter ai first say. Peace be to this house." He who n sent them was the Prince of Peace (Isa. ix., n: 6). When He came as a babe in Bethlehem, h tne angeis sang, "uiory to uoaminemgn- w est. and on earth peace" (Luke ii., 14). tl When He stood in the midst of them the first n: night after the resurrection, His greeting ci was "peace be unto you" (Luke xxiv.. 36). c< and His last gift to them before He died wa? li His peace (John xiv.. 27). tl 6. Ana if the Son of Peace be thert* si your peace shall rest upon it; }f not, it shall n< turn to you ag.iin." Jesus has made peace Si through the blood of His cross, and all who are far off and without God and hope may be made nigh through Him who is ready and willing to be their peace (Col. i.. 20; Eph. ii., ai 13. 14). It is the high privilege ol every be- 0| liever to go forth in His name or send forth, gj preaching peace by Jesus Christ and pro- i claiming in His name the forgiveness of sins ^ to all who will receive Him (Acts x., 36; xiii., 38, 39). It is ours to make the procla- C( mation; it is His to see to the results. The ^ preachers will be unto God a sweet savor of {)( Christ, in them that are saved and in them a: that perish (II Cor. ii., IS). We can offer n Christ to all; that is our part. God will out bf thnse who arc called complete the body of Christ. u7. "And in the same house remain, eating jj and drinking such things as they give, for n| the laborer is worthy of his hire. Go not ^ from house to house." It is all right to go ^ from house to house preaching the word as m Paul did (Acts xx., 20), but it is not the mind n, of Christ to roam from house to house for the sake of eating and drinking, for '"the ^ kingdom of God is not meat and drink, but ^ righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy t( Ghost" (Bom. xiv., 17). Man shall not live ei by bread alone, but by every word of God SI (Luke iv.. 4), and it is possible to esteem the p( words of His mouth more than our daily ^ food (Job xxiii., 12). John the Baptist was content with locusts and wild honey, and c] when the food of Jesus Himself is mentioned q, we read only bread and flsh and honey-comb. p 8. "And into whatsoever city ye enter, and ? they receive you, eat such things us are set w before you." No such thing as asking help from those who will not receive you. What sj a strange sight it is! I might safely say, 0 what a monstrous thing, what a dishonor to ~ God, to see the children of God going to those who are the enemies of God for help to j carry on the work of God! ^ 9. "And heal the sick that are therein and D say unto them, the kingdom of God is come a, nigh unto you." Instead of going as beg- w gars, they were to go as royal givers, giving health and peace and joy to all who were u willing to receive them. God gave His Son; ^ the Son gave Himself; both have given the j, spirit; the Trinity give us all things richly to gJ enjoy and commission us to go in the mighty j name of Jesus and be the almoners of their Q bounties to all whom we caii' reach, not ask- 0 ing gifts from men. but bestowing the riches t] of God's grace upon all men. While Jesus jj was personally on earth the kingdom was gJ nigh, even in the midst of them in the person ^ of the King, but rejecting Him they hav<" de- t( layed the kingdom.?Lesson Helper. ^ e a u Jurlei Cannot Pass Upon Law. The opinions of Justice Harlan for the 0 court, and of Justice Gray for himself, and a Justice Shiras dissenting, in the case of Her- jj man Sparf and Hans Hansen vs. The United h States, appealed from the Circuit Court of j the United States for the Northern District fc of California, and decided in the United States Supreme Court last month, have been 0 completed by their authors, and are now tl ready for the court reports. They comprise it the largest contribution ever made in a single case to that already quite voluminous publication, as they will occupy nearly 150 pages, or about one-third of an entire ^ volume. *. The ciuestion discussed and settled in the opinions Wfts: "Is the jury in a criminal ease the judge of the law as well as of the " facts?" The court said, for the first time in si its history, distinctly and decidedly, that it was not; that it must take the law from the o Judge. Justices Gray and Shiras held the <l contrary views. S ci a .lint Wallowed in It; Judgment was rendered at London in tho <*' Agra diamond case in favor of Joseph C. Talker, a young spendthrift. In a suit he |) brought against Streeter & Co.. Bond street |, jewelers, he alleged overcharges to the j, amount of 480.000. Tasker a few years ago inherited a fortune , of ?3.500,000, and he claimed that he was , induced to buy from the jewelers a number . of articles which were represented to be worth more than their real value, including the famous Hope diamond, from the eollec- !.11 tion of Lord Fraud* Hope, the husband of " May Yohe, for which he paid $160,000: a tr collection of gems valued at $50,000. the Jasper model of the Holy City, for which he t( paid $0000; a silver model or the yacht ei Zinga. costing $1500, and" the celebrated << Agra diamond, which cost him $75,000. It was asserted on behalf of Tusker that he was s, drunk when he made the purchases, which j( amounted in all to about ?435,000. w ti TEMPERANCE. K THE FIRST URINE. Q Charles Lamb. one of the brightest spirits T#. ver extinguished by drink, wrote mournilly, looking back upon his childhood: 0 , Could the youth to whom the flavor of the w rst glass was delicious look into my desola- ?um on. and be made to understand what a reary thing it is when a man feels himself otne oing down a precipice with open eyes and ? SCI issive will; to see his destruction, and not ln^u ave the power of will to stop it. and yet to wl"< (el it all the way emanating from himself; ar8v ) perceive all goodness emptied out of him. ad yet not be able to forget the time when was otherwise, how he would avoid the rst temptation to drink." ' coui AN'OTHEB DOCTOR TESTIFIES. 6V6I Dr. Benjamin Ward Richardson is acknowliged to be one of the best medical authories in England-on the nature and effects of wor Icoholics. and he says: "A man may be con- jron dered by his friends and neighbors, as well ^at 5 by himself, to be a sober and temperate jn , iau; he may truthfully say that he .never wor as tipsy in the whole course of his life; and are et it is quite possible that such a man may die ^as f disease caused by the alcohol he has taken .. t ad by no other cause whatever. This is one T7 " F the most dreadful evils of alcohol, that it ills insidiously, as if it were doing no t t, irm, or as if it were doing good while it , as destroying life." ^ mat HEREDITARY APPETITE. regi In answer to a New York reporter Mr. drai bauney M. Depew illustrates hereditary in- shrc mperance by referring to the best lawyer thes i ever knew. i has The lawyer came from a family where the of a en had many generation died drunkards at of t 1 early age. wor This young- lawyer had enjoyed peculiar all 1 lucational advantages. He had planned to mec ake a change in the family record. ther His process was to give his days and nights Cha the most exhausting labor in the prosecuon of his study. When forty-flve, he enjoyed the highest re>ect and /honor of his profession. Not a Tise within two hundred miles of his home Pra] as had without him. ? }ar8 A supreme juagesnip was to oe nis at me rst vacancy. He had an interesting family. nee< is friends thought he had outlived the die- ti?n ise of his family but before the age of forty- mer iven he gave up the long struggle and be- the tme a drunkard. Hi9 clients deserted him witl id he deserted his wife and children. He able ed in two years. exc' . k^o SAVED ^BY KINDNESS. jj0 J The following recital was recently made by stalwart temperance man: J: . '.'I had been a drinking man for twenty jars, had ruined my chances in life and ade my family wretched. I did not believe God or humanity. A whisky soaked brain not adapted to any noble form of faith *v~' ther for this world or that which is to come. ' ae day about seventeen years ago, when I ?. ? turned from the shop to my little home, r J' kich was bare of almost every comfort, to y nothing of luxuries, my wife told me frf at a lady had been to see us and left an y?~ ange apiece for the three children and * ? me pretty cards, with a 'Merry Christmas' *r r us all. f 'Nobody ever came to our house those T Twno frtf fVtlQ TTOC COD Ijo, UUU X >T CU i vi kuiu ?taw^ ?i?/ . ie wife of one of tne trustees in the great 01 c liversity, a business man who stood very gh, and she had plenty of money, postion, . lucation and occupation. Indeed she had w rerything that we had not. 80 I sat my- Pra df down to try to reason out some bad mo- Pro ve for her coming, as it was my custom ten to look for bad motives in people ither than good ones. F?a "But as her husband was not in politics 'r?] id could not desire my vote, and as he was 1 . ot in any business where I could by any P1 Ij leans be of service to him. and as neither 10 J e nor she could gain anything from us, allough I racked my brain to find something iat they could gain, I was obliged to say to T lyself: 'It must have been what Christians Wei ill the "love of God."' and when I had you jme to this conclusion my heart melted a A ttle. and I said to myself: 'If it is true that ing lere is such a thing as the love of God, I sha in 11 wifrtrm ' nnH frr>m that dflv I have in B ever tasted intoxicating liquors."?Union in ? Ignal. . wot girl STBOJJG PLEA FOB TOTAL ABSTINENCE. Wei What difficulties lie in the way of total jstinence? None others than the pleasure t palate, and the exhilaration of animal her lirits which the alcoholic potion produces. sun hese, we repeat, and none others. 8trange oatl eakness of men?I speak particularly of C( ien to whom position and responsibilities )unsel total abstinence?strange weakness. T here so little is to be lost, and so much to 'S'1C b gained! The most skilled medical science [os? fflrms that alcoholic drink is by no means ;quired by man's physical organism, that, ideed, alcoholic drink beyond lightest " oses is injurious to it. The so-called ea(r) loderate drinking of social customs does a " arm to mind and body?a harm which is P"? one the less real because a strong eonstitu- perl on overcomes it. or years are needed to " ring it to an observable degree. The lomentary excitement from alcohol is an ap- *or( sal. to the body's reserved forces, and the . " enalty exists in the reaction whicn is sure oav ) follow. The most untiring soldier, General "Ct 'oLseley testifies, is the total abstainer. The " >tal abstainer, Sir John Boss Afrjtes. best ^ 1 adures the cold of the frigid zone. Life in- her irance companies more readily jssue olicies on the lives of total abstainers than q those of moderate drinkers. How much money is spent In the pur- A aase of alcoholic beverages/ It is so much j? 1 lonoy thrown away; so much money em- lie? loyed to purchase for one's .self weakness ad hurt of body and soul. This money y?u ould bring comfort to loved ones at home; 0' would bo a safeguard against the days of "S1 ckness and old age; poured into channels |nS f beneficence it would call down upon the 'aD iver blessings from men and from God. ea How far will total abstinence, preached as en* preach it, be serviceable in removing from P?a umanity the terrible drink-plague? I am rra ot an unreasoning optimist. I do not -J1? ccount total abstinence the sole method l"a hich is to be preached; nor do I expect from however much it may be preached, a lillennium of sobriety. I know men's pasions and prejudices. But I am certain that I 1 practicing total abstinence I am myself aud ife, and that I bring others to be safe; and ual cheerfully practice it. 1 recommend it to in I thers for the motives upon which I base my the wn predilection for it. The number o' thii lose practicing it is large, and it is daily the icreasing. The total abstainers exercise a Thr ilutary influence beyond their own ranks, not] y forming public opinion in favor of thei ;mperance. and reducing even among the Yoi rinkere the indulgence in drink. The more onl; xtended and the continued growth of total unii bstinence depends in the largest measure mas pon the conquest to its reign of men of osition and social influence, and especially f the ministers of religion. History, it is bjected, does not show the practice of total bstinence to have been a normal condition ,. A - - ... ? a ? f inn a the life of peoples. I do not discuss its ?*? istory. I stand to-day In presence of a P?is readful evil, before whose pestilential reath multitudes of men and women are oing down to ruin and sin. That the power j' y T total abstinence is waging war against "eir lie evil is undoubted, and I invoke at once 01>ei :s aid."?Archbishop Ireland. S?r? bro!< TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES. iint* A movemeut ha- lieen inaj?r.:r.i:ed in j?*". lichigau University against tn-- liquor habit mong the student.-. GeorgeTieero. of Khatr.ofci:;. P' ui:.. drank (|iiart of whisky 011 a % j" wager, fell into a ... tupor and died. ... . i-5 whi< Twenty-two thousand men. or on<--third 1 f the entire number ol British troops in In- jn 0| in. belong to the Army Temperance Society. !lB(j Hon. John M. Thurston, the new United give tates Senator from Nebraska, recently de- wou lined an invitation to a banquet in his honor I Lincoln unless wine and liquors were anished from the tables. They were ae- Or urdiugly banished, but < Brigadier General John H. Broach, who as wiuuiiilerfti a ionunf m tov>'.uuv. n&.? i.-cii sent tu jail in New York for drunken ,!S"- due* Hard times iu the colony of Victoria have ered [v.I th? effect of reducing the drink bill has om A'd.TOO.OOO in lS'Jl. to A'3.700.000 in thP the 1 istyear. aatl Th- Commander-in-Chief of the British be m nny in India says that "nearly all tho mint sque 1 the British ermy is directly or indirectly Ctan aeeable to excessive drinking.'' The Governor of Syria has refused :: licens ) a native of Damascus to establish a brew- W ry in Jerusalem, out of deference to tin land rtiples of Jewish and Christian residents. towi Tho Chief of Police of Baltimore made n Sro<! artling statement when he said he "Never 9utiS >und boys in the saloons until lager beer i l8U0 us introduced and games prepared to ence them in." ELIGIOUS READING; - | LOBIES AND WONDKBS OP TBB 1KPISIBT. was the telescope that, by pierting the urity which lies between us aud distant Ids. put iDfldellty in possession of the ar- ; ent against which we are now contendBut about the time of its invention, an- M r instrument was formed, which laid open. sne no l^ss wonderful, and rewarded the Lisitive spirit of man with a discovery ^>*3 sh serves to neutralize the whole of this ja iment This was the microscope. The led me to see a system in evdry star?the % -Sid >r leads me to see a world in every atom. -|i one taught me that this mighty globe, t the whole burden of its people and of its $ ltriesj is but a grain of sand on the high ?S I of immensity; the other teaches me that ^ y grain of sand may harbor within it the 23 and families of the busy population. one told me of the insignificance of the ' '.] Id I tread upon; the other redeems It :-A i all insignificance, for It tells me in the leaves of every garden and; the waters of every rivulet, there are 'A(i Ids teeming with life, and numberless as v theglorie3 of the firmament. The one - gw suggested to me that beyond and above . Via hat Is visible to man. there may be fields reation that sweep immeasurably along, j : ^ .carry the impress of the Almighty's hand' ? $ le remotest scenes of the universe, the ?r suggests to me, that within and beneath hat minuteness which the aided eye of i has been able to explore, there may lie a ?j. on of invisiblesand that could we '; ^ iv aside the mysterious curtain which . S 3f. >uas it irom our acuave, wo uugm. cw < ' itre of as many wonders as astronomy/ unfolded, a universe within the compaas SjR point so small as to elude all the powers he microscope?bat where the wonder kinR God ilnds room for the exercise of I lis attributes, where he can raise another ?a hanism of worlds, and fill and animate ' ''jtja a all with the evidence of his glory.? lmers. PBATISO FOB THE Z.OVT 0T IT. lie command to pray creates the duty to " 'vw j. The duty obediently performed brings :e blessings from God. Left to conven- ? occabiODS, or prompted only by special _ is it rarely produces permanent 3atisfac- > , or become a really pleasurable engage-. it. There is a real joy in prayer, when ; \Jl sense of duty scarcely is felt Oh, to talk. 1 God for the love of it! It is inexpressi delight! In conversation the mutual tiange of thought is a pleasure. ' God . ws before we ask him all we can say, but holds great answers pendent over our ds waiting for the prayer of the heart. rfcjl the prayer for the love of it is the prayer 'sja for a gift, but for a reply. To hear him Sjjg ik is one of the sweet bless } of talking with him. It Is not always j&bz/n ds he ntters, ' although somebs he opens up an okl Scripture truth riously to the understanding. He has 1 therwayof speaking. You will learn it ou wait a little before him. Wasitoour- . you wanted for a great trial expected? .- 33 will come by the Holy Spirit to the timid s of your nature and put himself there. i may hear no words, nor record any : aculous illumination, but when you come rn from the place of prayer your strength adequate, and the trial approaches as a :il 'M quered foe, or is changed' into a chariot , $ omforts. Perhaps apprehended dangers e alarming your spirit. The appropriate' Ipture is brought afresh to your help, but ".'5* ting faith gets more than this. The yerls answered as of old, and like the ' phet, to your eye, ranging the divine or- V2i?l al for help, there appears the host of God. >y throng the closet of prayer, a defending vjffl Ititude. Oh, there is nothing more sub- i'i'-'fjfiiB e in the range of your earthly privilege n prayer for the love of it, with all the ;hty revealings that wait upon It!?Guide > /*? loliness. "SHZ-WAS A STEAHGEB." ' . . he following story which comes from the st brings with it a lesson for all, old and . '-\>; 8unday-sehool missionary while address- '/H a Sunday-school noticed a little girl '<S| 3 > l ~ QhWnHnw V*J D0I1V (ir?t>89U ttUU UOl Crivv^l/Ui r--Q , ^ 7,yjr-ram > corner, her little sunburned face buried , ier hands, and sobbine as if her heart k- ' 'i lid break. Soon, however, another little - r4a about eleven years of age-got up and -J/ it to her. Taking her by the hand.-she " Xa her out to a brook, where she seated the e one on a log. Then kneeling beside , this good Samaritan took off the ragged 1 bonnet and dipping her hand in the water - J.* ned the other s hot eyes and tear-stained - tfv ?, and smoothed the tangled hair, tallying V.7I erily all the while. he little one brightened up. the tears van- 4 id, und smiles came creeping around the : y'fj f mouth. The missionary who had fol- ied the two. stepped forward aud. asked, that your ?ister, my dear ? ' No. sir." answered the child with tender, aest eves. "I have no sister." Oil, one of the neighbor's children," red the missionary?"a little school mate, ' vfj baps?" i> .>| No, sir, she is a stranger. I do not know ~ V. *re she came from. I never saw her be- i i J Then how came you to take her out and j fu ? such a care for her if you do not know _2 Because she wasastranger sir.and seemed ?J [done, and needed somebody to be kind to ."?Exchange. ORATITCDE. 1 missionary, one Sabbath evening; went tM he dying bed of one of his converts from thenism. . ' . I understand," said the convert, "that i have been preaching about heaven. To- . to rrow I shall be in heaven, and I shall go Vjjj it to the Saviour, and thank him for leadyou to leave your home in a Christian *j d, to come and tell u?t poor, darkened 'j thens, about Him, and the way to heav- i ] Then I shall go and sit down by the rly srate. and wait till you come. Tnen I ^ II take you by the hand, and lead you to Saviour, and tell him 'This is the man v . t taught me the way to this happy world1" ^ ELEVATE THE MAX. he Christian church has not had Christ's acity and struck for the heart in individ- y, man. He was great in Himself and great iis success, because he taw that only as man was altered, spiritualized, was anyicr done. The great cry today is "Elevate masses."' He sought to elevate the man. ow a truth before the masses, and it does bin}; until first one, then the other, and a the whole, accept, digest, assimilate it. J i mny move masses, but it is :ndividuals , ] f that you mold. Christ appealed to the ts and was strong. We appeal to the sses and are weak.?Christian Register. THE HEAnEK OF PRAYEB. yf n infidel chemist, making up a subscripi in haste one evening, by mistake mixed ;on with it. He did not discover the error loo late to recall the messenger. Horror;keD. he fell on his knees, crying, "God, v tere ije a God, prevent that mixture from ig taken.' He heard a knock: rising, and Hint the doer, he saw the same messenwho asked for a fresh supply, having . ' , ;en the fir?t bottle. He supplied the want falling on his knees, thanked God for his ious answer. That night was a turning t in his life.?Florence it. nayier, m usury v' J'.eligious Thought. e have but chewed the husks of religion. i h are often bitter, and have Dever eaten iernel until we feel that there is nothing jr power that we would not do for God, nothing in our substance we would not to bin:, aud nothing in ourselves that we Id not consecrate to him.?Sjpurgeon. ^ le can counterfeit almost everything eli* jourage.?Interior. Makes Steel of Copper. ! iJliam Ramsey, of Owosso, Mich., proV js tangible evidence that he has dlscoT-i the lost art of tempering copper. Hej been able to produce chisels, kiiives and" ike that can be ground to as fine an edgq 'A irfnn) TtTi + tt Kio /inrvnA* rtVi<coP JU avvuwv ofcvvi! f i iiu uu wuyyvii VJUAJTV*; ras able to sever a bar of iron one inchj ire. Rumscy is in very humble ciroum? ' ces. ?' A Charitable Chinaman. 00 JaE. a Chinese laundryman of Ash. Ky.. went iuto a grocery store of that i 1 the other day and paid for a bill of ! eries for a destitute family. He reted that the beneficiaries be kept iu ranc-e of the iientity of the donor.