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w |V5H5HSHSH5B525HSHSHHES 1- . f 1^ By MRS. J ? CHAPTER IX. 15 The Secret of the Prison House. It was many a month since Glynn enjoyed such refreshing sleep as soothed his weary brain that night. All must turn out well, while Elsie was the same, untouched, unchanged. To him she seemed more charming in her grief and terror than in the freshness of her beauty, which first attracted him. Though full of passion, his love was pure and true. A quiet home, with such a companion? what could be a fairer lot? Would the day ever come when she would let him hold her to his heart, when her soft arms would steal around his neck, and her sweet, sad, tremulous lips return his kisses? He started in good time the next day and spent a long, entrancing, disturbing afternoon with Elsie and her father. With the latter "he had not much private conversation, and in that little Lambert told him that he had discovered early in their renewed acquaintanceship that Deering had fallen in love with Elsie; that he knew him to be a daring and unscrupulous man, and that moreover he had a very strong hold over Lambert himself, which made it exceedingly difficult to protect his daughter; and to cut the Gordian knot he determined to hide her.. This was so far successful, but the conviction that it was impossible to keep up the game was pressing on him, and, with the consciousness of failing health, almost drove him mad. "May I dine with you tete-a-tete the day after to-morrow? I have much to tell." This request reached Lady Gethin one morning at breakfast and threw her into a state of delighted anticipation. "You are looking a different "being," she said, when they had settled into their places for a long talk after dinner. "What have you been about? Have you found your young woman r Glynn looked straight at her and to her amazement replied, "I have." "Well, I always said you would. Do tell me all about it." And Glynn began at the beginning and did tell her everything. "This is indeed extraordinary!" 6he exclaimed with unusual gravity, at the end of his narrative. "But, after all, they have told you very little; there is some ugly secret behind." "I suspect there is," very gravely. "Now that you have found your fair Helen, what are you going to do with her?" asked Lady Gethin. "Marry her," was the unhesitating reply. "Good heavens, Hugh! you are not in earnest?" "Very much in earnest, I assure you." "But your future father-in-law may be a murderer." "But my wife is not a murderess." "Not yet! Remember, crime is often hereditary. Why, you will spoil your life." "It will be ruined without her." "And while the noble father is taken to Newgate, the happy pair will start for the Continent and return in time for the execution! I could shed tears over you, Hugh." "Instead of hurting your eyes, do me a very great favor. Come with me to-morrow, and let me introduce you to Miss Lambert." "I shall do nothing of the kind! How can you expect me to encourage yon in sach insanity?" "Because your encouragement or discouragement will not affect my decision. Come and see the girl who has drawn me to her so magnetically; help me to save her, for as she possesses my soul I am resolved to give her my life.". "I protest, Hugh, you are a lover nmrth ViavJnf T hnnp shp values vou as you deserve." "I do not think she has an idea I am a lover." "Then you have not asked her to marry you?" cried Lady Gethin. "I have not ventured as yet; I am trying to prepare the way." "Then," said Lady Gethin, "I will come, and you must agree to listen to ^any objections whicn may occur to me." "Agreed." "When shall I go?" resumed Lady Gethin. "I confess I am dying to see this lady-love of y?urs, this heroine - * ~ ?*!11 Mov T ill Cl DIU1 UliaUiVCU UiJDWiJ. X go to-morrow?" Glynn took her hand and kissed it. "Thank you," was all he said. "Not to-morrow," resumed Glynn, after a pause. "I must give Lambert 'warning. I will settle with him and ,Elsie when they shall receive you. At present I am not quite so uneasy about them, for Deering is out of town." "Deering is not out of town; I saw him at the opera last night." "Indeed!" Then after a pause, "It ,is amazing how Lambert has escaped [detection so far, but it is inevitable. [Why he dread3 it, and what he is afraid of, remains to be told." "Hugh," said Lady Gethin, "I wish you would give me a promise not to declare yourself to Miss Lambert un*til you know the whole truth." VT^ T A J,. T mill r^/Nf rv'A/lwn rnu, JjctUJ' UCII1UI, I Will uui j;jvtusc myself to anything." returned Glvnn, Smiling. The.next day, glad of an excuse to present himself at Garston Terrace, Glynn was making his way toward one of the Metropolitan stations, when he met Deering coming to the office. "I wa9 going to call on you," he said. "Sorrj} I cannot go back-with you," returned GJynn, "but I have a special engagement. You will find Mercer, which will answer your purpose even {better." j "No doubt. By th * way, do you ever hear auything of the Lambert ?! ! ! 1??Bill I rrfj ? _amberfc $ I J Mystery. J I ALEXANDER. ^Sf ' 5H5ESH5H5HSHSHSZ5HS2SHS2^J t( e business?" looking searchingly at r him. "Never," said Glynn steadily. si "And I presume you take no tl further interest in it?" "Are you so ignorant, then?" asked fi Deering with a sneer. "Well, I heard this morning from a man 1 have em- L ployed, that those stupid Yankee de- 1; tectives have been on a false scent al- d together. The man they have been following proves not to be Lambert. But he is certain to be found." t( "I suppose so," said Glynn, with h such equanimity that Deering's brows li contracted, and he nodded a hasty s adieu. w "1 wonder how the mistake arose," thought Glynn, as he strode afong; fi "but having found it out, I fear they E may get on the right track." d He took a longer detour than usual li before approaching his goal. Arrived h there, he found Elsie waiting to see b the doctor after his visit to her father. g As soon as he had gone Glynn was c summoned io the invalid, who was .11 more than usually querulous and un- G easy until his visitor broached the n subject of Lady Gethin's visit. Lam- n bert shrunk from his friend'6 propo- v sition that he should be presented to t< her by his real name. n "Believe me, Lambert," said Glynn a impressively, "it is useless to hope p you can remain concealed much s longer. If you would tell me all, I t might be able to advise you; at pres- ii ent I cannot for want of knowledge." "Well, look here, then," said Lam-' G bert. after a minute or two of pro- s found thought, "you bring this lady to us; let her see what a sweet, ele- t gant creature my Elsie is; maybe she will take a fancy to her. I'd like to L see this aunt of yours, too, Glynn, h Do you tniDK sne will come me u?.v ^ after to-morrow?" y "Yes, I am sure she will." v "Then bring her, in God's name," ^ ejaculated Lambert Glynn stole quietly away to Elsie's sitting room c downstairs. a He found Mrs. Kellett with her. L She was a tall, thin, dark-eyed woman, her smile was kind, her eyes L steady and honest. "I find Miss Lambert by no means b so happy as I should like to see her," b he said at length. h "No, sir; and I am surprised she looks so well. Her life has been a v very trying one for months." 1<* "It has. I trust its trials will soon n be over." P "There seems little prospect of that unless Mr. Lambert will speak." n "As an old friend, Mrs. Kellett, you ought to beg him to explain his tl position, or, if the effort be too pain- b ful for him, to let you do it for him." t! "But I do not know the whole r story!" said Mrs. Kellett. "It is the strangest case I ever d heard of," Glynn was beginning, when Elsie returned. "He is sleeping quite peacefully," n she said, "and he needs rest terribly." c; "Then I must not stay longer," h said Mrs. Kellett, "and I dare not come soon again. When I write it tl will be as usual under care of your a landlady." c She said good-bye to Glynn. Elsie followed her into the hall to speak tl some last words, and then returning, fi sat down on a low couch near the E fire. Suddenly she said very softly, ii as if to herself: b "It will soon be a year sincc that day." e "What day?" asked Glynn. ^ "The day you came and dined with Cl us at the Cafe de Madrid?do you re- ^ member?" f< "It is constantly in my thoughts; it is one of my most delightful memories! Do you know," coming and sitting down beside her, "that when I lie awake at night I recall the airs you sang that night, and hear again your delicious tones!" ^ "We were happy then?at least I ^ was." "l "And I was," echoed Glynn. "I did not know how happy, until the J5 misery of losinK you taught me. Do you know that the horror of the ^ whole thing nearly killed me? I had , brain fever " "Had you!" cried Elsie, looking at him in great, sincere surprise. "It was very good of you to care so much! My father never said you j' tried to find me I" ,j. "The lady I am going to bring here ^ the day after to-morrow will tell you how ill I was. She is a sort of aunt N of mine." J., "If she took care of you I shall like c her," cried Elsie, with sudden 7 warmth, and stretching out her hand a she placed it in his. h Glynn was greatly surprised, but n he gently retained tha hand for a i; moment, while she went on: t; "Is it quite safe her coming here? Does the lady know we are hunted fugitives?" "She does, and I will answer for ij her good faith." ii "There must be some very strong i: reason for my father's strange life!" d and she lapsed into thought. o The dusk of a blustering March : evening was deepening, and Elsie was s struck by the minute directions he ii gave the old landlady to fasten the shutters and lock the doors, to ad- i mit no stranger, and put out the lights I early. "You are as fearful as my father," !< she said. c "Good-night. I suppose I must not h come to-morrow? Well, the day after r< I will with Lady Gethin. If you want e r\m in onv n'av tclotrrnnll " C Lli^ 141 I*" J ?* 1 VV.VO'M-!/.., Glynn was surprised to find Lady E Gethin not only ready, but in a state of impatient expectancy when lie leached her bouse on the day appointed. i; "I suppose my kinsfolk and ac- w quaintances would consider me insane fi if they knew f was thua encouraging you 'td ss? wild a project/' eue said, w "That can be of small consequence o you." "Hum! I shouldn't liked to be Doked upon as an idiotic old woman, is to you?you are past praying for." "Not past returning thanks for, I ope," said Glynn, as he handed her Qto the brougham, and told the oachman to drive to Easton Square tation. Arrived there, Lady Gethin aid she would not require the cariage again, as Mr. Glynn would see er home; and as soon as they | eached the arrival platform they ook a cab and drove to within an asy walking distance of Garston Terace. "I never was so far north before," aid Lady Gethin. "How long has bis poor girl been shut up here?" "She has been secluded altogether or nearly nine or ten months." "Nice old woman," ejaculated ,ady Gethin, as Mrs. Ritson, the indlady, opened the door and ropped a courtesy. "Walk in, please," she said. Lady Gethin immediately took a Dur of inspection. "I don't know ow it is, but this doesn't look quite ke a lodging," she said, sitting down uddenly. "I don't think that old roman furnished this." "I suspect you are on the lookout ?r mysteries," Glynn began, when ilsie came in, dressed in her orinary costume of black, with a nice ittle scarf of fine creamy lace round ; er throat, and a bunch of daffodils > eside It. The excitement of seeing a straner had brought a little color to her heek, and as she stood still for a aoment of graceful hesitation, rlynn's heart throbbed with tenderess and pride, and he thought it lust puzzle Lady Gethin to find fault rith so fair a creature. He turned o read her opinion in her counteance. She was gazing at Elsie with curious expression of startled surrise, almost of recognition, and eemed too absorbed to remember he ordinary observances of a first ntroduction. ??t KwAiifvVtf rv?\r q nnf T.oHv 1 liavc uiuugui, Uij uuuvi lethin, to see you, Miss Lambert," aid Glynn. "She is very kind to come," reurned Elsie. "And I am very glad I came," said .ady Gethin, rising and holding out er hand, gravely but cordially. "Mr. Ilynn's interest in your father and ourself' has induced me to offer a isit, even though not quite sure it rill be acceptable." "Oh, yes! it is most acceptable," ried Elsie, her eyes filling with tears, nd feeling 6tangely fascinated by .ady Gethin's gaze. "I am pleased to think so," said ,ady Gethin. "In a few minutes my father will e ready to receive you, if you will e so very good as to visit him?he as been so ill." "Yes, certainly, I want to see him ery much. You do not look particuirly well yourself! too much confinelent in a sick room, I suppose." A ause and long searching look. "1 have gone out very little for lonths." "Excuse me, my dear, you will hink me an intrusive old woman, ut what is your name? Elsie, Elsie! hat is quite strange to me. Do you emember your mother at all?" "No?that is, like a faint, far-away ream!" "What was her name?" "I think I was called after her. I" ever speak about her, for my father annot bear it. Hi3 sorrow must ave been great." "I suppose so?I suppose so," lioughtfully. "You will forgive my bruptness, I am not asking from idle uriosity." "I have nothing to forgive." Here tie tinkle of a bell was heard. "My ither is ready; will you come?" said ,'lsie, rising. She conducted them ito the drawing room, where Lamert sat in his easy chair. Lady Gethin's quick eye noted evrything. Lambert brightened a litle as he thanked her with simple Durtesy for her visit. Glynn saw bat she scrutinized him with pro5und attention. Glynn himself had various matters d speak of with Elsie. To be Continued. Buffalo Herds. "There are, all told, not more than " nn romnintrnr In thp United | tales and Canada," said Mr. J. C. ones, of Grand Canyon, Ariz. Mr. ones has for years borne the sobriuet of "Buffalo Jones" because of is efforts to perpetuate the bison reed. He is 'also distinguished for is successful experiments in crossing lie buffalo with the domestic cattle, roaucing a hybrid animal to which e has given the name of "catalo." The largest herd of buffalo remain~ig," said he, "is owned by the Flattail Indiansof Montana?about 400. 'he second largest is the Austin Corin estate in New Hampshire. Next omes the herd of Scotty Phillips in iorth Dakota, and there is also a air heid on the big ranch of Mr. I J.. X ~ rPswA*. DnnKon/ltA lUUUiiigilk ill luc luu i auuauuic, 'he catalo, a cross between the bison nil common cattle, is an animal that as the traits of both progenitors? ot so wild and hard to manage as he buffalo, and yet a good bit shyer ban its dam."?Washington Herald. A Friendly xiobin. A correspondent relates the followig incident as having happened to inself near North Berwick on the ist day of the old year: "When living home in my sleigh I stopped 0 speak to some friends, when a r?liin came and perched on the whip It i f, which my coachman was hold.;n a planting position not more 'i foot or two from my face. Rob* looking earnestly at me with ndy black eyes with the most confidence for nearly half a '.iiiiilp, and did not mind the talking 1 the holding out of my, alas, empty ands. All birds, and especially the obin, are very fearless in this weath ? x ? /*!% r, oul l never met ueiure wim au^u ompletc fearlessness of man."? Idinburgh Scotsman. Woman's Work in Missouri. The Pleasant Hope Eclipse, in tell13 of a man who chopped his foot jiile splitting wood, broke a record r>r failing to add that "that was 'hat he got for doing a woman's ork,"?Ka??R5 City Star.*" ' r f :Household Matters.:1 Chestnut Stuffing. It is time to begin to think of . nVioofnf nfnfflnera Hna ^AncaVoonor I makes a chestnut puree for the stuffing, seasons ad^s a little butter and thickens it with eggs and bread crumbs. Chestnuts removed before they have been overcooked are cut into dice and stirred into the staffing. Pumpkin Pie. When pumpkins are cheap and eggs are dear, the housewife wonders whether it is economy to waste the pumpkin or invest in thirty-cent eggs. But, instead of following the usual rule of two eggs to a pie, let her stir into the pumpkin finely rolled cracker-crumbs, one rounded tablespoonful to a pie. If this is done, three eggs well beaten will be sufficient for three pies, as the crackers help to thicken without making the pumpkin heavy or soggy. In fact, the pies seem more nutritious and digestible because of them.? New Idea. Cold Plates Spoil Meat. "We never find," said a man who travels much, "many cold plates. Lots of people seem to regard hot plates as a superfluity, or even as an affectation of style that is not te be encouraged, and so give you cold plates to eat not iooa xrom, inus reany i spoiling many a good meal. * "I ate dinner yesterday at a place ] where the food is excellent and admirably cooked, where everything they give you is good and appetizing and ample in supply, but where the Joy of the meal was marred by cold plates. "Just why they give you cold plates at this place I don't know, but It is simply the survival of an ancient custom, I guess. "For hot plates are a modern custom. Formerly people got along very well without them; but it is different now, when it is so easy to provide them. And yet they are by no means, even to-day, everywhere to be found." ?New York Journal. Split Pea Soup. For this you can use either the green or yellow split peas. Pick over carefully, removing all imperfect ones, wash thoroughly; cover with cold water and soak over night. In the morning pour off the water in which they were soaked and put into the soup kettle, allowing for two cups of the peas four quarts of cold water, a half pound fat salt pork cut in small pieces, and if you happen to have it, a ham bone or bit of bacon. Cover closely and let simmer on the back of the range for five or six hours, taking care that it does not scorch. About an hour before serving add two medium sized onions, chopped, two stalks of celery and a sprig of parsley. At the end of an hour, strain through a coarse sieve and return to the stock pot the soup, which will be smooth and creamy. Season to taste with salt and pepper, add a pint of hot milk or not, as preferred, and if liked quite thick, beat in a tablespoonful flour stirred smooth with a tablespoonful of butter. Cook ten minutes longer and ? rtrnntnno Amoringn bCI VC nnu VA v u vvaam. ?uivt Home Magazine. Laundry Hints. Iodine Spots.?Wash with alcohol, then rinse in soapy water. Chocolate and Cocoa Stains.? Wash with soap in tepid water. Scorch Staivs.?Wet the scorched place, rub with soap and bleach in the sun. Blood Stains.?Soak in cold salt water with plenty of good soap; afterward boil. Grass Stains.?Saturate the spot thoroughly with kerosene and wash In warm water. , Mildew Spots.?Soak in a weak solution of chloride of lime for several hours. Rinse in cold water. Ink Stains.?Saak in sour milk. If l dark stain remains, rinse in a weak jolution of chloride of lime. Iron Rust Spots.?Soak thoroughly with lemon juice, sprinkle with salt and bleach for several hours in'the sun. Sewing Machine Oil Stains.?Rub vith lard. Let stand for severLl lours, then wash with cold water and ioap. Vaseline Stains.?Saturate the spot with ether. Place a cup over it to prevent evaporation. Use the ether with great care. Grease Spots.?Hot water aDd soap generally remove these, but if fixed by Ions standing, use ether, chloroform or naphtha. All three of these must be used away from the fire or artificial light. Varnish nnd Paint Stains.?If the stain is on a coarse fabric, dissolve by saturating it with turpentine. Use alcohol if on a fine fabric. Sponge with chloroform, if a dark ring is left by the turpentine. Hot. Tea and Coffee Stains.?Soak the stained fabric in cold water, wring, spread out, and pour a few drops of glycerine on each spot. Let it stand several hours, then wash with cold water and soap. Pitch, Wheel Grease and Tai Stains.?Soften the stains with lard, then soak in turpentine. Scrape off carefully with a knife all the loose surface dirt. Sponge clean with turpentine, and rub gently until dry. Fruit Stains.?Stretch the fabric containing the stain over the mouth of a basin and pour boiling water on the stain. If the stain has become fixed, soak the article in a weak solution of oxalic acid, or hold the spot ? *v?rv funiflo nf aulnliiir UVC1 LUC iuuivg \J+ Silk Stockings.?Never use soap in washing silk stockings. Brail iq water is the proper fluid to use?foui tablespoonfuls to a quart of water. Rinse in several clear waters, pressins the v-ater out, Dry stockings id the sun.?From McCall's Magazine. THE GREAT DESTROYER SOME STARTLING FACTS A ROUT THE VICE OP INTEMPERANCE.J *" % . * ? The Nation's Drink Bill?Consnmp tion of Alcoholic Beverages In the United States Reached High- . Water Mark Last Year. An editorial oil "The Nation's jdrink Bill," ifl th6 current number of the American Grocer, sayB the consumption of alcoholic beverages in the United States reached high water mark last year, amounting to over 1,800,000,000 gallons, or about twenty-two gallons for each person, including the babies. The consumption of beer alone was nearly 1,700,000,000 gallons, or twenty gallons per capita. "Ab all of the population are not users of beer," says the editorial, "it is probable that those who consume malt liquor each use every year from ^ 4-^ 1AA /rollnna ?? DC veill)"u VD IU 1 VV 5cuiuuo, The cost to the people of the beverages used is said to have been i $1,667,038,610 last year. Commenting on the cost the editorial says: "The country was amazed when the ; the Plfty-eighth Congress appro- j prlated nearly one billion dollars for the various branches of the United i States Government, while the people , do not wince at spending near one and one-half billion dollars every year for alcoholic beverages. * "That sum is one-fifth the total value of all of the farm products of the nation, estimated by Secretary .of Agriculture Wilson at$7,000,000,000. "The nation's liquor bill is $1,450,000,000; its corn crop of 3.000,000,000 bushels is valued at $1,167,000,000. "The liquor bill is double the value of the wheat crop, more than twice the value of the yield of cotton, or more than the combined value of all the wheat and cotton grown in the United States. "The liquor bill is two and one-half times greater than the value of the hay crop." Regarding the steady increase in the consumption of alcoholic beverages in this country in recent years the writer of the editorial asks: "Is tills gain in me use 01 aicououc stimulants due to a stronger national appetite for strong drink, or does the absorption of 1,000,000 foreigners into the population every year tend to enhance the demand for spirituous liquors? "And might not we ask if the in- 1 creasing agitation on the lines of socialism, anarchy and labor disputes be not In a measure due to the character of the nation's beverages?"? New York Tribune. . 1 Irish Anti-Treating Crusade. The well known Irish writer, Seumas Mac Manus, in the North American Review for August 16, describes the origin and aims of the Young Ireland party which has recently come Into notice under the name of "Sinn Fein." For several years patriots all over the country have been quietly endeavoring, in various ways, to promote the national welfare?some trying to stem the tide of emigration, some reviving industries, some stimulating the study of the Gaelic language, etc. One important reform the Sinn Fein seems to have effected. Mr. Mac Manus says: "Still another practical work that Young Ireland is and has been successfully performing is the eradication of the drink evil. Though, as shown by statistics, and despite popular tradition, an Irishman drinks less than either the Englishman or the Scotchman, the Young Ireland party are determined that, in the future, the Irishman's annual drink bill will not bear comparison with that of Englishman, or Scotchman, or Frenchman, or American. They hope by taking hold of the rising generation and enlisting them in an antidrink crusade, entirely to eradicate the drink habit here. The workers in +Vio no-or movement are almost en- I tij-ely non-drinkers; thousands of them have come to consider it disgraceful to enter a public house. Recognizing, too, that the treating habit in Ireland was responsible for far more drinking, and even drunkenness, than was love of drink itself, they adopted an anti-treating pledge, a pledge forbidding a man either to take a treat or give a treat, and have carried on, throughout the country, an anti-treating crusade, till now there are hundreds of thousands of people" in Ireland pledged against tre.ating, which, it is confidently believed, will fast fall into disrepute and disuse. The anti-drinking portion of the new party's program cuts two ways; not only must it uplift the country morally and materially, but it may deprive England of a flve-million-pound drink revenue, which has been annually going ipto the imperial exchequer from Ireland." Tf[ At Work in Chicago. A petition to force a vote on the saloon question under the public policy act is being circulated by the prohibition committee of Chicago. It * * * ' " -AmU +r> asks tnai tne legislature suuiuk w electors an amendment to the constitution of Illinois, prohibiting the manufacture, sale, importation and exportation of alcoholic liquors for beverage purposes. Will Improve Farm Labor. T. G. Hudson, Commissioner of Agriculture of Georgia, recently gave it as his opinion that the enforcement of the prohibition law in that State would work a marked improvement in farm labor, of which whisky has proven one of the worst of curses in producing poverty, shiftlessness and crime. Temperance Notes. A voter who consents to a saloon consents to all that naturally flows from it. " *1 AAA AAA tttVi nt 1YI UIC til a II f I,UUU,UVV ?TV >-> J. I property of brewers accused of vio- i lating the prohibition laws of Kansas I has been confiscated by the State. I Objection to the open saloon is I widespread. More than one-third of the population of the country is living under some form of prohibition, accordiug to a statement recently issued by the temperance people. ' Mr. Sunday, the famous evangelist, who was onco catcher on a noted baseball club, says that more than half of his famous club are dead, and that they did not live out half their days because they drank and were dissipated. This is not the only baseball club that has had such a history. Archbishop Ireland estimates that the amount paid into each saloon inthe United States for drink would average $15 a day; multiply this by 250,000, the number of saloons, and we have a total of $2,750,000 a day. Again multiply by 365 days in the year, and we have $1,208,750,000 as the United States drink bill for ono \ yoar, ; ' .. . . rHE SUNDAY SCHOOL. I INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM-: MENTS FOR DEC. 8 BY THE REV. I. W. HENDERSON- / ' Subject: Ruth's Wi6e Choice, Rati* 1:14-22 ? Golden Text, Ruth I scored jorrbe, | i ogmrrioui^l CHRIST'S INVITATION. 1 0 sweetest invitation, This sin-worn earth hatb known! In yearning supplication The Lord calls back His own; From toil and grief and failure, ( From strivings all unblest? "Come, weary, heavy-laden, And I will give you rest." Was ever such appealing From such a suppliant heard? Love, infinite, revealing In one maiestic woid; The mighty heart of Jesua In tenderness expressed? "Come unto Me, ye weary, And I will give you rest." Not only as a guerdon For life-long labor done, But in the heat and burden This blessedness is won? "I offer rest at noontide, And ease when foes molest. Come take My yoke upon you, And 1 will give you rest. From hopes that fail and falter Amid the crowding years, From-friends that change and alter, - When pleasure disappears; From plans and projects broken And birthrights unpossessed? "Come, weary, heavy-laden, And I will give you rest." When life's last voices calling Are hushed at close of day, When dews of death are falling, And strength has gone away; 0 heir of many mansions Made free among the blest, "Come unto Me forever, And I will give you rest." -Mary Rowles Jarvis, in London Christian. Tnrnr Yonr Facc to the Light. BT SARA VIRGINIA DU BOIS. I had been feeling out of tune all day, everything had gone contrary, and 1 sat down tired and discouraged with my back toward the open window. "Everything looks dark, dark to me," I murmured aloud. "Why don't you sit with your face around to the light, auntie?" said my little niece, who was an unobserved listener. The words of the wee maiden set me to thinking that that was exactly what I had not done. Indeed, In counting over the discomforts of the day I could see that I had persistently turned my face in the opposite direction and had tak&n a sort of melancholy pleasure in the fact that I at least had a martyr's woes, If not a martyr's spirit. My artless little comforter had brought me just thg cheer I needed. The western horizon was one flood of golden light, and as I gazed I real' ized how much of its glory had been shut out to me. The sun had been shining all day, but my mental vision was too clouded to perceive it. Well, if I had discomforts, certainly they were the lot of all, and why should I be exempt from them? And, after all, a burden is light or heavy according to the manner in which we carry it. Surely my frame of mind had not been an enviable one and the little girl at my side was looking pityingly at me. "Get out on the porch, auntie, it it lighter there," she said. Then I drew her to me and tenderly pressed her. "My dear little comforter," I whispered, "may God bless you." There is the beautiful peace of God that widens out the souls of men and causes them to live in perpetual sunshine. If trials come I would meet them bravely, remembering the adage, "This too will pass." Why had I not thought of it before? Surely it was clear enough now.?Christian Intelligencer. A Sonl-Winner's Testimony. So great is my conviction of the value of personal effort, as the result of a life-work in winning souls that I cannot emphasize this method too strongly. If it were revealed to me from heaven by the archangel Gabriel that God had given me the certainty of ten years of life, and that as a condition of my eternal salvation I must win a thousand souls to Christ in that time; and if It were further conditioned to this end that I might preach every day for the ten years, but might not personally ap? peal to the unconverted outside the pulpit, or that I might not enter the pulpit during those ten years but mignt exclusively appeal to iduiviuuals, I would not hesitate one moment to make the choice of personal effort as the sole means to be used in securing the conversion of the thousand 80ulS~necessary to my own salvation. ?J. 0. Peck, D. D. Pain and Effort. All the great souls of history have sweat blood in the performance of their work. The men who have projected mighty movements in history, the men who fought the devils of society and the men who lay the devils within themselves must gird themselves for struggles, social and personal. All progress is through pain and effort.?Rev. L. Hulley, Baptist, Baltimore, Md. The Old and Nov We cannot revive old . . ms of thought?the world moves on. We cannot revive old moods ot feelinglife is ever new. But we may reconceive the old immutable truths which are the structural and formative force of character, and make life richer, purer and stronger.?Rev. P. S. Moxom, Congregationalism Springfield, Mass. Commercialism. Commercialism is the prevailing rice of the American people. Our Presidential campaigns of the past generation have been waged and won an a simple question of trade. The most successful thing for any party to do is to touch the pocket nerve of the American people.?Rev. M. C. Peters, Baptist, Philadelphia. What Satan Fears. Satan fears nothing more than a :heerful consecration. Shot a Gigantic Moose. The record for big moose in Canada has been broken. Dr. L. Munro, of Providence, arrived at Fredericton, N. B.. from the Nepisiquit River with + nf o mnneo ha cVinf" ton LUC u^au v/x u juwwkiw iiv w w.. . ago. The antlers had a spread of sixty-eight and one-half inches. The bes: previous measurement vas sixty- | seven and one-half inches. German Dolls For America. In the first seven months of 1907 1 Coburg and Sonneburg, Germany, shipped to America $435,716 worth of dolls and $245,763 -worth of porcelain. 1:16?Memory Verses, 10, 17-? y Head Ruth 1-4. Leaving the Book of Judges and opening the story of Ruth we pass from vehement outdoor life, from tempest and trouble Into quietjiomestic scenes, says the Rev. R. A. Watson, D. D. After an exhibition of the greater movements of a people^ we are brought, as it were, to a cottage interior in the soft light of an autumn evening, to obscure lives passing through the cycles of loss and comfort, affection and sorrow. We have seen the ebb and flow of a na- tion's fidelity and fortune, a lew ' leaders appearing clearly on the stage and behind them a multitude indefinite, indiscriminate, the thousands who form the ranks of battle and die on the field, who sway together from Jehovah to Baal and back to Jehovah again. What the Hebrews were at home, how* they . lived in the villages of Judah or on^ the slopes of Tabor, the Narrative has not paused to speak of with detail. Now there is leisure after tile strife and the historian can describe old customs and family events, can show us the toiling flockmasters, the busy reapers, the women with their cares and uncertainties, the love and. labor of simple life. Thunderclouds of sin and Judgment _*/e rolled over the scene; but they have cleared away and we see human nature in * examples that become familiar to us, . no longer in weird shadow or vivid lightning flash, but as we commonly know it, homely, erring, enduring, imperfect, not unblest. And Ruth?memorable 'or ever is her decision, charming e ever the words in which it. is expressed. "Behold," said Naomi, "thy sister-inlaw is gone back unto her people, and unto her god; return thou after thy sister-in-law." Brit Ruth, replied, "Tnt?oot mo nnt in laova tViAA nnd to return from following after thee; for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge; thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God; where thou diest, will I die, and there will I he buried; ^ the Lord do so to me and more also, If aught but death part thee and me." Like David's lament over Jonathan these words have sunk deep into the human heart. As an expression of the tenderest and most faithful friendship they are unrivalled. The simple dignity of the iteration in varying phrase till the climax is reached beyond which no promise could ? go, the quiet fervor of the feeling, the thought which seems to have almost a Christian depth-^-al) ' are beautiful, pathetic, noble. Prom this moment a charm lingers about Ruth and she becomes dearec to ns than any woman of whom the Hebrewrecords tell. Dignified and warm affection is the Brat characteristic of Ruth, and close beside it we find the strength of a firm conclusion as to duty. It is good to be capable of clear resolve, v parting between this and that of opposing considerations and dlfferlngclaims. Not to rush at decisions and act in mere wilfulness, for wilfulness is the extreme of weakness, but to judge soundly and on this side or that to say: Here I see the path for fne to follow; along this and no other [ conclude to go. Unreason decides, by taste, by momentary feeling often out of mere spite or antipathy. But the resolve of a wise, thoughtful peston, even though it bring temporal disadvantage, is a moral gain, a step towards salvation. It is the exercise of individuality of the soul. , Life has many partings, and we? have all had our experience of some which without fault on either side separate those well fitted to serve and bless each other. Over mattersof faith, questions of political order and even social morality separationswill occur. There may be no lack of faithfulness on either side when at a certain point widely divergent views of duty are taken by two whohave been friends. One standing only a little apart from the other sees the same light reflected from a different facet of the crystal, streaming out in a different direction. Asit would be altogether a mistake te Bay that Orpab took toe way 04 worldly selfl9hne88, Ruth only going, in the way of duty,' so It is entirely a mistake to accuse those who part with us on some question of faithor conduct and think of them ar finalJy estranged. A little more knowledge and we would see with; them or they with us. Some day they and we shall reach the trutbi and agree in our conclusions. Separations there must be for a time, for as the character leanp to love or Justice, the mind to -reasoning or emotion, there is a difference in the vision of the good for which a man should strive. Yet one difference between men reaches to the roots of life. The company of those who keep the straight way and press on towards the light have the most sorrowful recollection of some partings. They have had tc leave comrades and brethren behind *. who despised the quest of holinessand immortality, and had nothing but mockery for the Friend and Saviour of man. The shadows of estrangement falling between those who are of Christ's company are nothing compared with the dense cloud whifb divides them from men pledged to what is earthly and ignoble; and sc the reproach of sectarian division coming from irreligious person? needs not trouble those who have as Christians an eternal bratherhood. Three-Footed Bear Killed. The famous three-footed bear which did such damage in the vicinity of Vanceboro, Me., last fall and escaped the hunters bo many iimes has been killed. His tracks wero seen near Spendic Lake by two hunt ers, Jed jonnson ana uuu v/ruw&ci. They set a deadfall and got him. The bear was one of the largest ever seen in the vicinity and was very old. One foot was missing: having evidently been taken off Id a trap, but the wound was so well healed that old hunters say the accident must have happened years ago. The bear has been fired at scores of times., but always escaped. Half a dozen scars o? bullets wer? founrf *r? his hjd?. . Cool Deposit on the Slope. I A large deposit of coal In Monterey, Cal., is about to be developed and! the coal put upon the market in quan-{ tities sufficient to supply the entire Pacific Slope. The property has here* tofore been in control of men who could not agree as to whether or npo there was coal there. Now practical Eastern coal men and California min-^ ^ ing and oil men have got possession and work has already started on it. j * f? i