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VI. 7 i
Continued.
Mrs Stubbs suddenly seized my un-11
necunieil haiid. I ;
"I alius liked you best," she af-1 (
firmed. "You was alius polite and j
civil, so you was. And if you say ?
you was here yesterday, why. I reckon j
you was. I'm that flustered I i
wouldn't know my own brother. The
house is watched, so it is. and I've ^
got to appear in court, they say. t
worse luck. For neTer did I tell a
thing alike twice?so how am I goin' ]
to tell 'em over again jest what I ^
told 'em yesterday?"
I absently squeezed her hands j
again because I did not know what a
else to do. c
. "If I could have some break- t
fast " I began, but she at once ^
Interrupted me. Evidently Mrs. c
Stubbs had experienced a change of
heart since she ascended the stairs t
with belligerent intent. r
"Breakfast, is it?" she said. "Why, E
to be sure. I'll fix you something in
a jiffy and bring it up. It's worn out r
with watcbin', you are. like meself, j,
and a bit of something hot will put f
i life into you." * t
"I'd rather come down to your c
room," I suggested. "I couldn't ]s
think of allowing you to climb all ^
these stairs for me." t
She rapidly expostulated that it t,
.was a pleasure Tather ahan a trouble
. for her to climb stairs on my account. s
So urgent did she become that I sud- v
>' denly grew suspicious.
"Is there anv reason I should not n
!.'* go to your rooms?" I demanded. s
Mrs. Stubbs quailed. I distinctly
saw her color change, and a furtive j
tjf. look appeared in her eyes. s,
. "Surely not," she hastened to as- c
c sure me. "Come when you like and t]
. welcome. I'm glad to see you. I am,
as well you know. I'll go down now p
and get the coffee boilin'. and in ten g
;-"j minutes or so. if you'll come down.. t]
?S? I'll be ready for you." 0
> But this arrangement did not ^
please me at all. 0
4 U'll go now," I said, "with you, fl
$>;** and wait down Uiere." 0
v* We descended the stairs tocether ?
\u}; and in silence. Mrs. Stubbs leading
- . tbe way. When we reached the door
of her little parlor in the basement ^
she opened it part way, and. turning, b
a :,i laced me. ^
"Come in." she said, speaking very
y > distinctly; "come in and rest you. ^
Tour breakfast will be ready soon." ^
. She paused, her head on one side..
. like an animal that listens.
v-.A "Come in, sir," she said to me; ^
i"*" '.'come right in." e
I entered and looked about. I had
teen in the room before?we took it
In turns to visit Mrs. Stubbs and pla- ^
cate her when the rent was behind g(
, and our luck against us. It was the
same, yet somehow different. A chair ?
pushed close to the window suggested
recent occupancy, yet why should
Mrs. Stubbs not have occupied it before
coming upstairs? Also, there ^
was a faint, lingering perfume, and
I sniffed it thoughtfully. In some
way it was familiar. Instantly the j
woman beside me leaned over and ^
flung open the window.
"The room does get that close," n
IE
she remarked. "Air it as often as I .
...? . u
may, u aun i mase no amerence. a
bit of freshness will be good for us
both." a
A latch clicked and a door shut
softly. The strained expression s
faded from my companion's eyes, and 11
she assumed a manner of bustling .
hospitality. 11
"Make yourself at home," she .
urged. "Go where you please and 11
do as you please. And I'll have
breakfast as soon as I can get it R
read>:-" >, ^ .. -? gl
CHAPTER VII.
While I waited for breakfast 1 ^
opened the morning paper eagerly,
yet fearing to find some new and S(
startling disclosure.
Mrs. Stubbs subscribed to the most
lurid of yellow journals. Two pictures
confronted me on the first page.
On the right a desnerate-lookinsr man
with the fierce black mustache and yi
heavy, overhanging eyebrows con- 6
ceded to melodramatic villains glowered
darkly at me; on the left an old s:
lady with meekly parted hair and
folded kerchief looked trustfully into ?
space. Between the pictures, in inchlong
red letters, was the searching ^
query, "Did He Kill Her?" Beneath ^
them were the respective names of
Stanford de Coursey Starr and Miss h
Harriet Schuyler. v
I read the article and learned from
it that Starr had long and secretly f
made a practice of extorting money
from wealthy women on one pretext
or another, and that with the unrav- P
eling of this mystery other crimes I5
would probably be discovered for
which he was also responsible. I a
also learned that H. D. Casey, the t(
suspected accomplice, had passed a ^
restless night and was now supposed d
to be feigning insanity, as he insisted
he was detained by mistake and had ^
never been arrested. This latter, the s
reporter added, was an old dodge r
and would receive no notice from the u
authorities.
I ate my breakfast, the food tasting o
to me like ashes and the coffee con- n
taining dregs of bitterness. f
"I'm'going out," 1 announced to 0
Mrs. Stubbs, evidently much to her s
relief; and sallied forth to look for r
Nancy. a
I went first to Mrs. Joseph Robinson's,
hoping against hope that J
Nancy might have returned. Aunt a
Josephine received me with dignified presignation.
She was more angry and n
less agitated than on the previous e
afternoon, and was. so she informed *
me. having Nancy's belongings
packed for shipment to her father. 5
OR Q ASE-Y."*
ETON TVBOl'T;
' "Poketowii People.' Etc
" " I
reserved.,
TT C0J1FAXV' Ph-'l.KUlphia IX , I
, ?_/B
"You see." Mr. Leigh," she renarked.
"calm reflection has convinced
me that there is really nothing
o worry about. My niece has eloped,
is she herself informed me. The
leed is done, and I am powerless to
)revent it. It is not unnatural that
;he did not tell me where She was
soing?I believe that is customary in
loneymoons."
Aunt Josephine pronounced the last
vord as though it represented an
ibyss of degradation.
"But." I hazarded, "would you not
ike to kn,ow where she is and with
vhom she went?"
'I no longer have any interest in
ier movements. She deceived me
md forfeited my love. As to her acomplice?well,
she deceived me
here also, for I thought certainly it
vas Mr. Casey. Of course you were
>ut of the question."
I felt a burning desire to convince
Uint Josephine of her mistake; but
estrained myself, for 1 saw she had
core to say.
"My brother," she remarked, "arived
last night. He "has a clear and ,
ogical mind and looks at the matter i
rom a common-sense, viewpoint, alhough
in my opinion it hardly bears !
aim discussion. He says that when
<ancy needs money we will certainly
iear from her, and expects therefore j
o meet his new son-in-law at no dis- ;
ant date. When he does "
"Well?" I inquired, as she paused
ignificantly. This was a subject in ,
rhich I was indeed interested.
"When he does. Mr. Leigh, I should
iot care to be in that young man's
hoes."
With this succinct statement Mrs. .
lobinson rose, and looked at me in
o pointed a manner that I had no |
hoice but to rise also and bring
be interview to a close.
While I was hunting .for an appro- ;
riate speech of farewell, and not
nding it, footsteps were audible in
be hall, accompanied by a murmur \
f voices. It seemed as though the j
utler were Expostulating with some
ne, but finally capitulated, for he \
ung open the door and cast an apol- j
getic glance at his mistress as he j
nnounced: ^
"Mrs. j?ch u yl e r-Smyt h e."
Tnctftntlv \Tre Prihincnn ctifror?or1
[er nostrils dilated, and she threw ?
ack her head with the manner of one
'ho accepts a challenge. ]
Mrs. Schuyler-Smythe swept forward,
and although I bad never met j
er I had no difficulty in recognizing
le Well Fed Crow from Starr's de- ?
:ription. Thevinterview promised to (
e interesting, and perhaps enlight- \
ning also, for it was easy to judge ,
:om the manner of both ladies that {
ley were old and sworn enemies, j
Nevertheless, it was not for this rea- ?
jn I stood rooted to the spot and ^
azed at them with fascinated horror,
allowing Mrs. Schuyler-Smythe was {
graceful, girlish figure, with a coil i
f ruddy hair that turned to gold
here the sun from the window
juched it. A figure that looked at ?
le with disapproving violet eyes?I (
light more properly say "looked ?
irough me," if I wished to be literal.
figure that I had reason to recogize
and remember, yet it was some
linutes before I could believe it was
ideed Julia Smith who stood before
ie. 'Julia Smith?at liberty and
bout the last person I desired to
leet. I was not sure whether or not
ie recognized me, and moved further
lto the shadow.
Mrs. Schuyler-Smythe was speakig
"Madam, I beg to apologize for this
ltrusion."
''Don't mention It," returned Mrs.
obinson. "You must have had some
ood reason for coming."
"I understand," said Mrs. Smythe,
that we are companions in misforine."
"I am not aware," said Mrs. Robin:>n,
"of any misfortune having ocirred
to me."
The Well Fed Crow paused uncer-'
linly.
"Why, I thought," she said?"I
lought?at least, I was informed?
our niece, you know. Servants will
ossip."
"I do not talk to my servants,"
lid Mrs. Robinson, and scored one.
Julia Smith was looking at me now
-calmly considering me with her vio;t
eyes?and the very marrow of my
ones dreaded her first remark. It
as not, however, addressed to me.
"Aunt Caroline," she said, "you
ave not yet told Mrs. Robinson why
e came."
"Pray be seated," said Mrs. Robinon,
with the manner of one performjg
an obnoxious duty.
Mrs. Schuyler-Smvthe crossed two
lump hands in her lap and heaved a
rofound sigh.
"You are aware," she said, "that we
re plunged into deep distress owing
o the disappearance of my sister-in- .
aw, Miss Harriet. Schuyler. No i
oubt you read it in the papers."
"I saw the headlines," returned
Irs. Robinson. "I do not read'senational
news, but you have my syniiathy.
Such notoriety must be most j
inpleasant." i
"We are not without strong hopes <
f yet locating my sister-in-law. I do (
101 accept th* theory of her murder, ]
or reasons of my own. The reason <
f my visit to-day was to give you i
onie information concerning your ]
liece, who, as I happen to know, is
lso missing."
I gave an involuntary start, but
ulia Smith turned toward me with ]
. calmly inquiring expression, and I <
ndeavored to assume an indifferent i
nanner. Aunt Josephine was inter- i
sted also, although she sought toji
eil it by chiJiing politeness.
"Indeed!" she said. "Most kind in
ou, I am sure."
""On the night In question mr
daughter and my niece hoth went out
also. They had?important engagements."
Did I imagine it. or did .Julia Smith
turn ever so slightly in my direction,
and did the corners of her mouth
quver a little?
"They"?Mrs. Smythe hesitated
and then resumed fluently?"they :
went separately and in cabs. Yes. in .
separate cabs, expecting to take some j
one else with thein. When my niece j
entered her cab she found it occupied,
but the door was shut and she was
hurried away before she could expostulate.
She had a very unpleasant
experience."
"Most unpleasant," corroborated
Julia Smith.
"The man in the cab." continued
Mrs. Sc.huyler-Smythe, "was rude and
without consideration. Evidently not
a gentleman. 1 think you said, my
dear, .that this fact impressed you
strongly."
"Very strongly," sah3 Julia Smith.
"To make a long story short, Mrs.
Robinson, this man was waiting for
your niece?of this we have circumstantial
evidence." v
"I should like," remarked Mrs.
Robinson, "to see this evidence."
"Julie," said Mrs. Smythe triumphantly.
"show your letter "
Julia Smith produced it, and.Aunt
Josephine moved closer to the light,
that she might read comfortably. I
shamelessly looked over her shoulder
and read also, for on the small white
envelope addressed to "Miss Julie
Schuyler" I recognized Nancy's handwriting.
This is what I read:
Dear Miss Schuyler?We seem to have
made some sort of a mistake, and no
doubt you are as disgusted as I am. I returned
vour property to you at once C. 0.
n 1...* -.1.-4 J.-,I ?,wv. T'm
is.. nut ? uat uiu yuu uu "hu xrnuv i a u< i
quite sure you don't want it, for you
would then have an embarrassment of j
riches, but would you mind telling me I
what you did with it? I am quite comfortable
and well where I am, but a trifle
lonely, and should be glad to hear from
i*ou. My address is?
Aunt Josephine folded the letter and
returned it to its envelope before I
could read the address. I saw she
was very angry.
"It is useless," she said, "for me to
attempt to deny that this letter came
from my niece, or to pretend that I
am informed as to her whereabouts."
"Quite useless," affirmed Mrs.
Schuyler-Smythe, "but pray believe
tou have my sympathy. Every one
will soon know of her disappearance,
and. as you say. such notoriety is
very unpleasant."
She paused, having scored in her
turn, and waited for Mrs. Robinson
to speak.
to my surprise, Aunt josepnine i
turned to me in quite an appealing
manner, for the first time including
ne in the conversation.
"Mr. Leigh "
"Ah!" interrupted Julia Smith.
It was an involuntary exclamation,
lpparently occasioned by surprise.
"What did you say?" inquired Mrs.
Robinson.
'Nothing," returned Julia Smith,
neekly enough.
"Mr. Leigh," resumed Mrs. Robinson,
"the excitement of the last two
lays has exhausted me. I am fast
jecoming a nervous wreck. May I
-equest you to entertain these ladies
is long as they desire to remain in
ny house? Personally, I am incaptble
of further exertion and must ask
:o be excused."
She inclined her head majestically
oward Mrs. Schuyler-Smythe, but the
{Veil Fed Crow had risen and was ;
valking toward the door.
"I came to do a neighborly act,"
' Vv r\ poi/l "Knf If vnn roollv fin nnf
)UC ociiu I./UII# 11 j wu ivuii; viv uwi j
:are to know where your niece is
itopping "
"Not in the least," interrupted
^unt Josephine, in what Nancy called
ler Empress Dowager manner, but
levertheless keeping the letter
:lasped in her hand.
Julia Smith, following; in the wake
)f her aunt, paused suddenly and exended
her hand.
"My letter, please," she said, with
:alm assurance.
Mrs. Robinson handed it to h*>r
vith a look that should have crushed
ler utterly. Julia Smith, however,
:almly received both look and letter
ind departed with a final glance at
ne so full of recognition that lit
:aused my pulse to quicken unpleas- '
thtly. I felt that, whatever might
:ome of it, I must speak to her and
ind out the course she intended to
rnrsue.
To be Continued.
Diplomacy.
Down on the West Side there's a
ongshore saloon where they set up a
luge schooner for five cents. When,
5 o'clock blows the place is thronged
>y the thirsty, fortifying themselves
or the long walk home. '
One night a huge Irisman in a red
lannel shirt, open at his brawny
:hest and rolled up over swelling bi:eps,
stood in the crowd and tapped
lis nickel on the bar. Just as the
larkeeper set out th? schooner the
;wing door burst open and a little
rishman rushed in, flung his coat
m the floor, threw his hat beside it,
ind, jumping on them, yelled in a
ligli voice quivering with rage:
"Which one of yez beat up poor
Pat Murphy?"
The big Irishman in the red shirt
apped his chest. " 'T was me!" he
jellowed hoarsely.
The little Irishman whirled round.
'Gee!" he piped. "Ye did him up
"oine."?Lippincott's.
Advocates College Duels.
Professor C. L. Demuralt, the new
professor of electrical engineering of
llltJ U III VUl 'Sail J Ui. .>1 lUUl^illi. UU> uv-uitij
iuelling as a college sport in place
:>f football. Though born in Brooklyn
he was educated in German [
schools. He was famed as one of ,
the best swordsmen among students.
He says:
"While there may bo objections to
having a man's face scarred, I cannot
belp but think it preferable to having
liis arms and legs broken in football.
German duelling is fully us valuable
an educational feature as football,
and it. presents the great advantage
r;f developing strong individuality and
reliance on one's personal strength, a
feature not present in such a degree
in football."
^^Smart Frills
New York City.?No garment is
prettier than the over blouse. Just
now it is being extensively worn in
thin material to match the tailored
suit and over any pretty guimpe or
lingerie waist. This one is peculiarly
well adapted to such treatment, although
it can be utilized for any en
Avir m
' JF\\ ? <
tire gown of foulard or linen, of batiste
or lawn, indeed, for any material
that is adapted to treatment of this
sort. The sleeves are out in one with
it^ftnd consequently there is almost
no labor involved in the making.
This one is made if chiffon cloth with
trimming of messaline, but marquisettes
are much liked for the transparent
blouse, and as already stated
the model cajybfi utilized in namberless
ways. Trimmed with soutache
as shown in the back view it would
be exceedingly smart, and if contrasting
material is preferred silk of any
sort, either plain with a satin finish
or figured, can be used as best suits
the foundation material. Dotted
foulard on plain fabric is fashionable
and pretty.
The over blouse is made with front
and back portions and there are
shoulder and under-arm seams only,
bo that making means almost no labor
and very little time. The trimming
portion for the neck, which gives a
yoke effect, is applied over the blouse,
and the. bands are applied over the
sleeves.
The quantity of material required
for the sixteen year size is" three
yards twenty-one, twenty-four or thirty-two
or one and one-half yards forty-four
inches wide, with one-half
yard of silk twenty-seven inches wide
for tHmming.
Bordered Gingham.
One of the newest, things is the
Scotch gingham in plain color with a
striped border. Gray grounds with
black and white stripes, green with
lavender or lavender with green
stripes, pinks and blues with darker
stripes and tans blended wit;h soft
browns are among the blends. White
linen crash with a colored stripe border
is one of the practical things
among the linens.
Stamped Waist Patterns.
The stamped waist pattern^ are extremely
dainty, and a length of Persian
lawn, designed for embroidery
in a variety of stitches, such as tflind
eyelet and heavy satin, includes sufficient
floss for working.
Ill
A Mode Which is Unusually Popular
This Season.
Colored Slips.
Lace-striped dimities made " over
colored slips or petticoats are quite
new. The stripes are sufficiently
wide to permit the underneath color
to show through. Such dresses need
little or 110 trimming.
Hats Far l?o\vn.
The hats art; worn far down on the
head; they droop at the right, and
the proper tilt over that eye is the
delicate question.
Homespuns Favored. \
Homespuns and liopsacking, though
rather heavy looking, are really light
in weight, and it is predicted that
these fabrics -*.'1 he greatly favored.
They shed duaT easily and are just
the right weight.
New Handbags.
Some of the new handbags arc
from ten to twelve inches in length
and almost equally as high, hut are 1
much smaller at tlip top than at the
bottom.
of Fashion
FTTTT, mZgSZBIg
Embroidery For Sleeves.
To complete the one-piece frock,
wide embroidery is brought into use
for sleeves'and bodice, thus making ]
a perfect garment at less expense
than the robe, which is always valued
at the high price of exclusive pieces.
Printed Cottons.
Quaintly printed cottons in old
world designs are being made up into
blouses for wear with coat and skirt
suits, the plain color of the suit being
echoed in slight touches on the
blouse, or the blouse material finds
its way into cuffs and collar on the
coat.
Initials and Names.
When working the first name or
initial in script upon kerchiefs or underwear,
the French now use the
same shade of embroidery floss which
they have chosen to introduce upon
these dainty lingerie articles. Since
it has become a fashion to use coarse
linen and cotton threads for the embroidery
of fine mulls, these heavy
threads are split or separated for the
working of initials and names.
Polka Dots.
Pofka dots provide ornamentation
for a plain lawn shirtwaist and enrich
the trousseau of a recent bride.
The colored dots form a line down
the front box pleat and the pleats on
each side. They also run down the
top of the sleeve and cover the entire
four-inch cuff and the attached high
collar. A pleating of the plain white
material extends down one side of the
front pleat, and this is edged with a
narrow line of plain color.
A Lovely Robe.
Our sketch shows one of the lovely
chiffon robes veiled in gauze. The :
robe is creamy white with a shaded J
pink border, while the overdress is
a deep pink. A black s'atin hem
makes an effective and practical finish
to the skirt.
Gilt On Linen.
On many white linen coat suits
gilt buttons are used to carry out the
military air. Crochet buttons that
are works of art are used sparingly
on linen frocks and shirtwaists, and
buttons of pleated braid carry out
the decorations of many cloth costumes.
Effective Cotton.
Some of the most effective cotton,
and cotton and silk voiles are spotted
or striped in self-color with satinfinished
disks, dots or lines.
Fancy Blouse.
Closing Invisibly at the Left of the
Front.
Jewel Framework.
The jewel framework is a feature
of the newest models in bags, and the
decoration ranges from u simple stone (
net in the centre to a framework incrusted
with jewels throughout it? j
entire length. .
Silks For Frocks.
Silks of every sort are being used
for frocks. Shantung in the thick
weaves, moire and foulard, are much !
in demand.
One-Piece Dresses.
Modish one-piece dresses of linen. !
buttoned in front, have low necks j
with Dutch or lingerie finishes. Oth- i
or one-piece dresses are of Henriette, i
pongee, poplin, foulard and other j
silks.
Illusion Silks.
One of the pretty new silks and j
cotton materials is illusion silk that ;
comes in all colors for street and j
evening wear at remarkably low i
[>rices. I
THE GREAT DESTROYER ~
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.
"What is Whisky?"
For some time past Dr. Wiley and
, other distinguished Government ofB*
' cials have been trying to arrive at a
correct definition for whisky, and
1 finally, in concluding the discussion,
i the President has announced what, in
! his opinion, it really is.
I Undoubtedly considerable interest '
centres in this decision, but it is
chiefly a commercial interest. It
would have been far more interesting
and useful if the Government had
taken it upon itself .to have run
i whisky directly to its lair and had answered
this question in plain, everyday
English by telling us just what
whisky is, what it is doing to the people,
what it means to the Nation, and
what ought to be done about it.
And it would nave been a compara'
tively easy matter to have prepared
j this information. In determining the
I correct commercial definition of
j whisky many men were called upon
j to give an opinion and many lines
! of inquiry were pursued. With no
| more effort the Government might
, have secured the other kind of infori
mation, It would simply have had to
j look for it in a different direction;
j it would merely have had to consult
with a different class of people.
If you want to find somebody who
really knows -what whisky is you
j want to call upon the judge of a
j police court, upon the chief of police,
I ?*v~ a-* nf o 2ritv nrcan.
| U|JUU LUC XiiUUU5Ui Vi W* vwk*. w. 0
ization. They are the persons who
| are best fitted to answer this query,
j for they are brought into daily and
hourly contact with the work that
| whisky is accomplishing. As a rule
these men are not what is popularly
j termed "temperance cranks," yet the
t stories they could tell would be far
more eloquent in their appeal .than
almost any Illustrations that the
preachers of temperance sermons are
able to devise. The simple fact is
that these tales are the plain, matterof-fact
incidents that have come to
them in the course of their daily work
among whisky's worst victims?those
whom whisky has brought to a condition
of misery that is incalculably
worse than death.
Of course, most of us have some
Idea of the work that whisky is doing,
for there are few persons who do not
number one or two victims of this I
beverage in their list of relatives, j
rvicn/lc. nr- oonnainfanrps: but to diS- I
cover the whole truth, it is necessary I
to go to the police courts and to the: j
tenements in which women and chil- i
dren are starving, for it is then that |
the charge against whisky commences
to assume proper proportions. In
fact, it would be ft very good idea if
every young man could be given an
opportunity to study this effect of
whisky at first hand. It would be a
temperance lesson that would cast
the most logical of arguments far
Into the shade. - i
Ask any police official, any judge,
any charity worker, what is responsible
for the crime and misery of the
world, and he will tell you that
whisky is to blame for the greater
part of it. Even when other causes
may be assigned a little further investigation
would probably show that
whisky played its part in the disaster.
They will tell you, too, that the
bulk of evidence goes to prove that
whisky is a thing that cannot be
fooled with?that it objects most seriously
to being let alone. Once it has
gained a firm hold! upon an individual
it holds on with a grasp of steel, and |
it takes something more forceful than
? 1
ordinary determination 10 Dreas u?
bold. $ '
It isn't because It tastes good that
people drink whisky, for there are
few persons who really like the flavor.
It is simply for its effect upon the
brain that it is consumed, and it is in
this insidious effect upon the brain
that its danger lies. For, once having
been experienced, the brain demands
this sensation more and more
frequently, until finally the habit has,
actually been formed and the end is
in sight.
This is the story that those who ,
work among the poor and the law
breaking elements can tell, for poverty
and crime follow as naturally in j
the wake of whisky drinking as the i
moon follows the sun. It is practically
inevitable law that whisky spells 1
disaster?disaster to the individual, i
disaster to the family; and when we
realize that there is no other side to i
the picture?no glorious record of j
success attained through whisky, but 1
only misery and death?we begin to i
regret that the Government did not
carry its investigations a little further i
and furnish us with just the sort of
definition of which we are in need.?
Graham Hood, in New York Globe
and Commercial Advertiser.
Best of the Bargaiu.
At a temperance meeting; where i
several related their experiences, a ,
humorous Irishman was acknowl
edged to be the chief speaker. He j
had on a pair of fine new boots. Said .
he: . ,
" A week after I signed the pledge, ]
met an old friend, and, 'Eedad,' says ,
he, 'them's a foine pair of boots you
have on.'
" 'They are,' says I; 'ard by the
same token 'twas the canteen sergeant
gave 'em to me.'
" 'He did!' says he; 'an' that was
gin'rous av him.'
" 'It was,' says 1, 'but he couldn't
help it.' Ye see, I mad' a bargain ,
with him. 'You l:ape your dhrink,' '
says J, 'an' I'll kape me money.' .
Well, my money got these boots, an'
as I got the best of the bargain, I'm
going to stick to it."
A Shocking Confession.
The Brewers' Journal says: "As
long as dealers in intoxicants know
their profit will be greater than the 1
risk, so long will they be able to
supply all who apply to them, wheth
er there are prohibition laws or not. t
]n other words, liquor dealers care
nothing for the law, but only for the '
penalty. By all means, then, let pen- 1
allies be made severe enough to compel
their respect. If they can make
more than their fines, let imprison- i
ment be the penalty.?Herald and ,
Presbyter.
Temperance >*otes.
Vincennes is not the only "wet"'
spot in the Second Indiana Congres- ]
sional District. (
Two-thirds of the population of 1
Colorado iivo in territory from which ]
the saloon has been outlawed through ]
local option elections.
Commissioner Macfarland: "It 1
has been so stated i that the use of in- i
toxicating liquors is the chief cause of >
crime) by the judge of the police '
court, and by the warden of the jail. !
and by everyone else who has to deal 1
with the criminal classes in the Uii- 1
trict of Columbia." <
. " X'oluHT^TOUIL
OIE YOUNG DREAMER OF OLD
GALILEE.
Better far the young dreamer of old
Galilee,
Hanging dead in the shame of the cross,
Than the man who grows old in the ser<vice
of gold,
And whose treasure is ultimate loss.
Though the young dreamer died for tha
truth men denied,
His divine spirit lives, and for aye;
For the dream still survives in the blos->
soming lives
Of humanity's noblest to-day.
There is wonderful weal in a splendid ideal.
Though the cost of its service be high;
There is infinite gain in the pitiless pain
Of the one who is willing to die.
What is death after all but the breaking
the thrall
Of the"prison of things as they seem,
And the viewing from near of the vision
most dear,
And the tangible touch of our dream?
It is better to see the ideal from the tree
Than be blind in the midst of the moh$
It is better to sigh, and triumphantly die,
Than sing songs that must end in a sob.
Better . far the young dreamer of old
Hanging dead in the cross-tree of shame,
With the bloom of His youth plucked to '
garland the truth,
And a world bowing now at His name.
?Charles W. Casson, in Christian Reg,
ister.
A Prayer For the Church.
Theodore Cuyler once said that
when he and Newman Hall took tea
with Spurgeon and heard him pray
such a marvelous prayer In the family
worship following, they discovered
the secret of his power. Doubttess
the prayer life of the great preacher
had much to do with the phenomenal
success which the Lord was pleased to
grant unto him. The following extract
from one of his prayers is a.
sample of their intensity, scope and
fullness:
"Once more we pray Thee bless
Thy church. Lord, quicken the spiritual
life of believers. Thou hast
given to Thy church great activity,.
for which we thank Thee; may that
activity be supported by a corresponding
inner life. Let us not get to be
busy here and there with Martha, and
forget to sit at Thy feet with Mary.
"May Thy truth yet prevail. Purgeout
from among Thy church those
who would lead others away from
the truth as it is in Jesus, and giveback
the old power,' and something
more. Give us Pentecost; yea, many
Pentecosts in one, and may we live
to see Thy church shine forth 'clear
as the sun, and fair as the moon, and
terrible as an army with banners.'
"God grant^that we may live to seebetter
days. ' But if perilous timea
should come in these last days, make
us faithful. Raise up in every country
where there has been a faithful
church men who will not let the ves
Bel drift upon the rocks. 0 God, of the
Judges, Thou who didst raise up first
one and then another when the people
went astray from God, raise up^
for us still?our Joshuas are dead?
our Deborahs, our Baraks, our Gideons,
and Jepthahs, and Samuels ;<
who shall maintain for God His truth,,
and worst the enemies of Israel?
"Lord, look upon Thy church In
these days. Lord, revive us. Lordr
restore us. Lord, give power to Thy
Word again, that Thy name may be
glorified. Remember the church of
God in this land in all its various
phases and portions, and pour out
Thy Spirit upon it. And wherever
Thou hast a people, may Jesus dweir
with them, and^reveal Himself to His
dwd, for Christ's sake; to whom^be
glory with the Father and with theHoly
Ghost, forever and forever.
A.men."?Living Water.
The Present Strength Giver.
One of the secrets of Christian confidence
and courage during all the
ages of tbe Church has been thispromise
of the Church's Founder:
"Lo, I am with you alway." His
presence in the flesh was the onething
that comforted and strengthened
His disciples; and when He left
them He left them the promise of His
abiding presence, lest they should
grieve because He must go out from
their sight.
In the darkest hours of prosecution,
in the moments when th?
Church has seemed to be going backward
rather than going forward, in
all the discussions and difficulties of
all the centuries faithful hearts have
been warmed and cheered, and new
courage has come when this word
bas been remembered and a consciousness
of Christ's presence ha?
thrilled His faithful followers.
His Power Comos.
Power comes through the promise?
Df God.
His promises awaken hope. And
hope is always an element of soul'
3trengtb. No earnest student of the
Bible will be weak. Thousands read
it where one studies it. Many peonle
walk on the surface, while few dig
Jeep in the mines. There is no tonic
like truth. It will lift pygmies to the
stature of giants. Peter declares that
through the promises of God one may
become a partaker of the divine "hature.
Such a triumph is worth "j/he
trying. 0 Read God's Word for God's
power.?C. C. Woods.
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Living Water.
"He that believeth on Me, as the
Scripture hath said, out of him shall
" ?*? ? 1 ?! ?? tt * n /\r> " \T f\^
now rivers ui nviug ?cn.e:?.
brooks, summer torrents, or temporary
supplies, but perennial streams,
rivers and rivers of living water.?J.
Hudson Taylor.
Clirist-like Kindness.
There are so many hard places
nlong the road for most of us, made
Lwit-d needlessly by human selfishness,,
uiman neglect, human obstinacy, that
the longing to be kind with a tender,
iboughtful, Christ-like kindness,
should grow stronger in us each day
R-e live.?Scottish Reformer.
Truest Giving.
The truest giving to the need of the
tvorld is the giving of a pure life and
i genuinely sacrificial service.?Rev.
a. R. L-unn, D. D.
lower to Keep Time.
French sailors when they want tokuow
the time, will be able to ask
the Eiffel Tower, at Paris. Wireles&
telegraphy experiments have been in
progress, and arrangements have
been made by which the Eiffel Tower
will send wireless messages of the
time to ships at sea. Precisely at
midnight, again two minutes later,
md a third time at four minutes past
twelve, the Eiffel Tower will flash its
signal, so that sailors shall be able
to find their exact longitude without
the more or less accurate help of a
:hronometer.