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wuen fy, .md kissed she <Wld reach Janed. love me, Jefrry." love you? Ah, sweet mei Jerry." \ jye you so, that if there will thank him all my life sek and the thought of you." not," said Billy, "when jeen married a year.'" :an't marry, dear. Don't you ind? I'm a tramp." am I." lr father will kick me out when i | none of my father's business, Billy with a saucy tilt of her hin '.'He's marrying whom he and I shall do the same." lilt until I speak to him?" said Billy promptly. "I will Jerry. Promise me. that you ly a thing until we get to the rhere we can telegraph. Oh, hy love, promise me." . uniBe, Billy, kid." lise you won't say a thing un lak.". |'t say a thing until I can't Jut what good will that do?" j>e happy while we can," re lllv. with a nrettv evasion. one more day." lly," whispered the Water fed and led the way up the house while the Water ed up the t^o suit-cases her. Ise they fouiid the general \al inability, to conceal a ling that they had no fished to have a two driver to take them town. not hail the propo lloyed joy. He looked >m one to the other explained earnestly |rho the general v?s, ^re, in a vain attempt": I's commendable, if less. Upon promis ?ver keep his watch faith, to be re icney they were to ived, Bartlett per give in and go to jrses. Uher aside, while and the Water teetly to the well elar is "usually [fad, when caught, :e. and will usu fcvocably in Jail knH if hfi wfts be a danger lany years. If will be heard [ays and decid* '<V: , V > Borglas. le wealth of I have come the duke of sraeli's let appointed It. Peters condition , distribute Madrid, to draw Juke was liest man extends travel France sleep Castles. l-V it with a skill that Uc iriier father's daugh ter. "Jerry wants to marry me. Oh, father, 1 love him . o \ love him as much as you do Henri*? " Bartlett flushed ami dismissed Hen rietta from the conversation. "My dear.Billy, you have only known him a week." "I know, father," agreed Billy, "but a week is long enough to fall in love in. Truly, it is, father. And we both care so much, so very much." Bartlett was secretly elated at the idea. He and Batchelor, with their differences reconciled, fighting to gether. instead of each other, would become rulers of the Street, could attain to any height. Batchelor was young, clever, lovable. There seemed nothing to object to. But he felt that he should. He hemmed and hawed ' and wished that he could consult Hen rietta. "We don't want the others to know," went on Billy guilefully. "Wait until wo get to the town before you | say anything, won't you, father?" "But, Billy, a week." "Now, father," advised Billy, "just foreet it. And 7 will fnreet about you and Henrietta." "About me and Henrietta?" snapped Bartlett. "Yes," said Billy, "and last night on the porch when you thought we had all gone in." "That will do, Billy. We did noth ing at all but s&y good night. I have no objection to Batchelor as a son in-law from what I know of him; but only a week?" "It was only an hour," said Billy. "I loved him that very first day. And please, father, you won't say any thing, even to him. about it? Just 3 nice to him, you know. And then won't say anything." "Certainly I won't' say a thing if you 't want me to, Billy?but there is whatever that you could say." said Billy, "only what I ^carriage drove up at that mo rhich was well. CHAPTER XXIII. lack to the Road. tok the telegram the clerk an elation it was nara Batchelor, who leaned of the store and e combined, and lily. was a piece of fool trip," thought pathy of the vie as probably for time. Poor sgram quickly then slowly and stiWfaira^^PlL^^Jil^18. florid face grew first red and then white. "Come back, for God's gake. B. here all the time. Where have you been?" signed by his broker's name. After the third reading. Bartlett raised his eyes and glanced dully at the Watermelon, leaning against the counter, among thp gay rolls of cali co and boxes of rubber overshoer. and stockings, watching him with thr ;htt ful, wary eyes, and Bartlett wonuered If he were going mad. > It was late in the afternoon. The general and the girls, having tele "Just Be Nice to Him, You Know." graphed for^money, had gone to the hotel to wait for their answers, while Bartlett and the Watermelon had re mained in the store, Bartlett eager to receive the answer to the joyful congratulations he had sent his brok er on the success of his plan, and the Watermelon because he scorned to ^un aw^y like- a whipped cur. prefer ring Bartlett to know who he was. "To ask me for Billy," Eartlett had at first decided, but changed his mind as the youth's gloom became appar ently impenetrable, Bartlett's jaw was set squarely, sternly, hip eyes gleamed angrily and a small pulse beat in his cheek. He handed the. Watermelon the telegram and watched him as he read it. "Who are you?" he demanded hoarsely, when the Watermelon had LIVES UP TO REPUTATION wary Knew now 10 worK, wasn't Afraid to Work, but Was Independent. Mary's written references were ex cellent and the employment agent piled up praises. She knew bow to work, and she wasn't afraid to work. But she was independent, she wouldn't hide that. Every bit of work that fell to her legitimately was performed thoroughly, but not one hand's turn would she do to help a fellow-servant along; the mistress must take that into consideration. The mistress did. She said that that was no objection. On the first day in her new home Mary lived up to her reputation. Also, she lived up to it later in the evening. She was requested to wind a big hall clock. It was a fourteen-day clock, and It took twenty-eight turns of the key to wind it. Mary turned the key fourteen times. "That's not enough," said her mis tress. "Why don't you finish?" 1 "Because there may be another girl on this job next week," said Mary, fin.j turned it. "JfToboam\ Martin," said the Water melon slowly^ a grim amusement in bis half-shut eves. "Jero?what V' "Jeroboam Mirtin." "But Batchelo'v," stammered Bart lett, confused. "Batchelor is in New York,"- re turned the Watermelon. "I just tele graphed him, C. 0. D.. where he could find his blooming car. Don't sup pose the police had sense enough to look for it at the hotel." "A low, dirty trick," sputtered Bart ieiu The Watermelon agreed. "Typical of the Street," he sneered. "Yah, it fairly reeks with the filth of money, your plan and mine." "My plan?" Bartlett flushed 'and looked away. "Stung," said he hum bly, and crumpled the telegram in his hand as he gazed moodily through the open door to the village street, impo tent to refute the words of the Wa termelon. The Watermelon nodded without any undue elation, in fact, not think ing at all about Eartlett, he was too entirely absorbed in his own troubles. "I suppose you are his partner? friend?" questioned Bartlett, after a moment's painful readjusting of ideas. "No, I am a stranger. We met by chance, as you might say. I am a tramp.". "A tramp!" Bartlett's business c^* grin vanished before the rush of his paternal alarm and surprise. "But. by heavens, man, I told Billy she could marrv vou." The horror in his tones angered the Watermelon. The hot blood leaped into his face and his hands clenched. "Well, why not?" he demanded. "1 am a man if I am a tramp." "Bah," sneered Bartlett A man? A cow, rather, an animal toft lazy to work. I suppose you stole your clothes." Both talked In low voices that the clerk, who only restrained himself from approaching by the exertion of tremendous will power, might not hear them. The Watermelon's face was very white, and he spoke slowly, carefully, as he retold of the episode of the swimming-hole and the stolen car, still leaning against the varied assortment of dress goods. "I bor rowed these clothes," he concluded, "to keep you away frop New York for a week. That object may not sound original to you, and it wasn't You were the one who suggested it to me through the telegraph clerk last Sunday. You were stung, that's all. I love Billy and she loves me. I hate work, but for Billy I will' work and am going to work. I love her." , "Does she know you are a tramp?" "Yes." "You haven't a cent, I suppose, but I can earn some." "rve"TtfSv^ thousands through that dirty trick of ycM""8?" "Yours. You \y;iginated it, you know." V . Bartlett leaned against counter beside the Watermelon and the floor. Neither thought to leave the store, and even forgot the clerk, who gazed at them dubiously from a discreet distance ,and wondered how many more telegrams they wanted. Bartlett knew Billy. -Billy said that she was going to marry this man and so she would marry him?unless some thing more effective than verbal op* position were used. He had never ex erted any authority over Billy and knew that It would be too Kite to be gin now. Billy would only laugh at him. But after all, he was Billy's fa ther, lie loved the girl and had some right to object to her marriage with a tramp. ' . "Who are your people?"1 asked Bart lett to gain time. He must make a plan to separate Billy from the impe cunious suitor. Authority was use less. He must use tact, finesse. *My father was a minister," re turned the Watermelon. "Yours was a grocer. Billy told me. Families don't count in America." Bartlett nodded agreement. "Why did you become a tramp?" Through inclination, not the whis ky, bottle. Not that I am above* get ting full once in a while, 'cause I ain't. Just, I'm not a drunkard. See? I took to tramping because I hate to work. It takes too much of your time. An office is like a prison to me. A man loses his soul when he stays all day bent over a desk. Be sides, \ don't like work." "Lazy?" fes," snapped the Watermelon, "but a man. < I love your Billy?my Billys and -1 can work for her." (TO BE CONTINUED.) It Will Save Time. They took an ocean voyage for their honeymoon. The second day out "dearie" was experiencing the unrelia bility of an ocean that was guaranteed to be without variableness or shadow of turning and wondering if "hubbie" could by any human effort obtain a position abroad when "bubble" en tered the stateroom. "It is lunch time, dearie; sh^ll I have yours brought here or will you try to eat it on deck?" "No, love; have it thrown overboard. It will save time and trouble." t "and I'm not going to do her work for her." . ' To Clean a Piano Case. Use a bottle of olive oil, a bottle of alcohol, some new or perfectly clean Canton flannel, a perfectly clean chamois leather and a basin of wa ter. 1. Wet a small piece of the flannel -* J ? ?? '* a r\ wAna f\9 nil ana arop uu it ? ic** uivpo ui w**. 2. Rub with the wet flannel, a small section of the case at a time, and Immediately rub it thoroughly with a dry piece of the flannel, before proceeding to a fresh section. 3. Polish finally with the chamois or a fresh piece of the flannel. Rub with the irain of the wood, and brtathe on it occasionally to help re move any oiliness that may remain. A very little flour rubbed with the grain of the wood will also help to remove oiliness, but its use should not be necessary. t. wttMi iue pittiiu *uy& wun u coi ner nf the flannel wet with alcohol. Be careful, however, to avoid touching the wood with the alcohol, as it will ruin the varnish. BACK TO He swung his swivel chair around from the flat desk on which documents of all kinds were arranged in orderly fashion and arose to greet the visitor who entered this comfortable but severely plain office. ' Slightly below medium height he was, hair whitened somewhat by a lifetime of hard serv ice, cheeks ruddy with health, blue eyes sparkling with fire?a man oi sixty, clean cut, full of energy?the heart and mainspring directing force of the New York Central system which means boss of 10,000 miles oi railways. Forty years and four has I William C. Brown been in railroad I work; five has he spent as president ! of the New York Central. And now 1 V.A V. ~ ~ 1 3 _ J l_ T_ I 1 II A. - ue iias xituiuea in nis resignation ic to take effect January 1. "Yes," he said, in answer to a ques tion, "I remember very well when 1 commenced work as a railroader. It was in the latter part of June, 18G9, and a mighty hot June day at that. 1 was sixteen' years old then, plowing ci was a big field to plow the sun beat < sweated their way between the long ri the plow. "At one end the big field ran u got there (I stopped to let the horses myself. Outside, on the rails, was a gang at work. He looked up and saw g? ace he said: " 'Young man, how would you like " 'I'd like it mighty well,' I replie "'All right,' said Leach. "Repor start in.' "I did report the following Mon Brown continued with a smile. "I've last three or four years I've been look back from the rails to the farm again. CROY DUCHESS "NOT \ disapproved at a family co| duke's mother, or members sia, France and Hunga7y. at a meeting atTrankforin The house of Croy Is one Intermarried with royal famlllei John I. of Croy (1346-1415), a desc? of the Croys antedates that of the Hoi Tfie genealogical authorities who come the duchess of Croy held that from France and that its members wei nobility, but were governed solely by t MR. BORLAND' Representative William P. Borland, who not long ago gained fame by *-- - - '?v? im/lanonh orm Dringing a uttuy uumc uuu? ? ? with which to surprise his wife and augment his household, was seized by another whim on his recent trip to Panama and brought home a monkey. She was a beauty, as pionkeys go, and while Mr. Borland does not know the technical name of the species, he affirms that she had a white face and was just about the cunningest and rar est thing in the monkey line he ever saw. In fact, she was more beautiful tbau good and seemed wholly lacking in appreciation. Instead of grovelling at his feet in gratitude for being transported from the Jungles of Panama right into the very arms of a member of congress, she grew morose over the matter, got 1 to be a regular man hater, and found her only solace when hedded on the nice soft muff of Mrs. Borland. Mr. Borland tried to win her heart, but three bites now mar his beauty. The tional zoo at Washington, where sport Roosevelt In the wilds of Africa an possums sent to Pre6ide_nt Taft and things brought back by other mepbei Panama. PONCHO VILLA, when it is considered that it was artillery taken from the enemy's far si 95 per cent, of his ammunition was < mainder smuggled in small quantities i The cohesive power of loot is the t! It is a bond that enfolds mlno work aristocrat This band of robbers gutf sacked Torreoa, and Villa v.is the fire $8,000,000 in cash there. ^ . s orn on a farm out in northern Iowa. It lown with broiling rays, and the horses owa as I guided them and boro down on d close against the railroad and when 1 i rest and to c&tth a breath of air for section foreman, A. J. Leach, and his me wiping my forehead. After a single t. . 'V . to go to railroading?' d. t for work next Monday morning and day morning, and went to work." Mr. been right at'it ever since, and for the ing for a gap in the fende so I conld get EQUAL OF HUSBAND" The 1914 edition of the Almanach de Gotha; . which has just appeared in Berlin, categorically announces that the marriage of Miss Nancy Leishnian and the duke of Croy "is not a mar riage of equal birth-" It is understood in royal circles' that this phraseology, which is unusual in the Almanach, is printed at the insti gation of the Prussian royal herald's office, and is intended as notice to the duke that his wife is not entitled'to the privileges of the kalser'Syj!?aK^or the pther royal" courts of GefrmatfY; V Wihen the duke of Crof ajrd'SjftSB Nancy Leishman were mw?fed at Geneva on October 28 there was a strong presumptioA that the- bride would not be Acknowledged as the duchess of Croy in Germany. The marriage took place without the con sent of the kaiser and with the disap rwOw a# tViA HllIrA I ^luirai v/i iuv iauiu/ wj. tuv I Upon the. announcement of tbe en Igagement last April the match was 1 by the dowager duchess of Croy, the Ranches of the Croys In Belgium, Pru* Association of High German Nobility, Bopposed the marriage. jftest in Europe and has for centuries JHjuke of Croy traces his lineage to ^Hpf a king of Hungary. The royalty lURllerns by a full century. ass^ted that Miss Leishman could; b - the Hb^Jse of Croy derived Its nobility e not botK^d by the rules of the German :he family la^ys of their own house. S LATEST PET > monkey? Well, she 1b out at the Na the wild animals corralled by Theodore d Yellowstone park; the collection of President Wilson, and the parrots and 8 of congress on their various trips to SOLDIER OF LUCK Mo man in any of Mexico's countless rebellions and revolts has gone through a more complete change of circumstance than has Pancho Villa in the last five months, and to few men has there ever been given a more kaleidoscopic career in a life time than this desperado diplomatist has jammed into the last five years of his existence. Escaping from United States bordei patrols and Mexican federal infantry and cavalry last March, Villa took the field with a single horse, which had been "borrowed,two sacks of flour and nine men. r.Last month he re turned with upward of 10,000 follow ers, mostly well armed, quick moving cavaliymen, 38 large field pieces, 50 rapid fire machine guns, a trainload of ammunition, other trainloads of sup plies for his troops and more than $5,000,000 in Mexican money. Villa's record of triumphs in the last year is all the more wonderful b almost entirely with ammunition and :ronger force. He declares himself that laptured from the federals and the r through the United States border patr hing that holds Yilla's army togethiff. er, cowboy, rancher, farmer, peon and :ed Juarez, led by Villa nimself. They h Backer. He is repor/ 21" to have taken * I. The Sei one tells u^ work they wei be heralds; to^ against his cot is a plentitude of borers are few." a particular people,^ self would come," 2 2:13. No matter what their limitations,! the would supply all deficleL commanded prayer, but ate! those same praying ones CH| Prayer'and work go hand i a sane Christian experience-^ impression demands sufficient c sion. if it is to make any,lastin tributton to our characters. The la hatVest demands attention. We ? Bent into that harvest by the V himself, "Bdhold I send you;" those whom he sends are not c pelled to labor alone, Matt. John 14:16. . Jesus mentions things about those whom he se Like Lambs. (1) Their charaeter. Th^y ar like "lambB." We have just hae figure of "laborers" presented, lab ers who were sept. Is this ,ther mixed simile? We think not We td go forth to the harvesting wor] wnrlr hut. In t characters, we are tp be lamb-llke. ? (2) Their environment, "amongi wolves." That is to kay, surrounding: | each harvest field, and frequently en-1 croaching as far as they dare, are the wolves, a type of the evil one and of, his agents. - Those who go thus into, or by the way of, danger will not carry! any excess of baggage, 2 Tim. 2:4. (3) In the third place, they are ta , go forth with complete dependence! upon God's providing care -(v. 4). The j exact letter of these instructions is< not always incumbent upon his armbas sadors, chapter 22:36, 36, but the spir?j It of absolute faith in a Father who will provide, must always possess his! representatives. ! 4. As to their bearing, it must bej that of dignity and seif-respect (v. 5).[ " Social demands consume a great dea!( of energy in diplomatic circles, arid itj is here that many Christians wastej f. precious energy, as well as becoming} . i involved in worldly practices. Theirj first thought upon entering a house: , ; muot be for the good/ of the home} (v. E). not for their personal comfortj ,> If a "son of peace," (v. 6), dwelt there,! one to whom peace ' rightfully be- /' lonced. their benediction would bring / to that home a blessing. not there their peace was not to fwCfolUt would-peturn to the giver. (5) ThelF^arfssion was to offer, not to force acceptance. They were not beggars, going from hoase to hanser j ? (v. 7), they had something worthj while and were worthy of their hire.j The fawning, cringing sycophants that) pass for Christian workers stand re-j ! buked before this teaching. However, [ this does not sanction the dogmatic, domineering methods of some. They [ are to accept what is offered (v. 8), not demanding, "a worthy compenaar) < , ; tion." The church of Christ staridaj condemned for the meager salaries J - ii. ?_ , A v. given its representatives, yut u u? i?v?j - true that a man usually, and in- tiej long run, gets about what he Is worth* A Qod's Truth. To build up character brings a far; richer compensation, and more laat-i ing results, than to obtain earthly! prestige, ease or wealth. Therefore* the ambassador of Christ can affordj * to wait with glad certainty the final casting up of accounts, accepting In} the meantime the lowlier seats among) ' *' men, Luke 14:7-14. However, thesai ambassadors do have ^an exalted Worfc to perform. They had a commission! for both body and soul. The Gospel / ; of Christ is for the whole man (v. 9)j To minister to the bodies of men must however be accompanied by the her aiding of the coming kingdom. That kingdom which i^ everlastingly to ba visible upon earth, Dan. 2:44. II. The Seventy Received (w. 1<K 16.) These heralds were to proclaim; that the kingdom was "nigh unto you.H In this section we have set before us not only: the probable manner, whereby the ambassddors may be re* ceived, but also their attitude towards. L those who snail reject mem. J testis, his anathemas pronounced upon Che azin and Bethsaida (yv. 12-15), int mates what shall be the fate of who reject the ambassadors of the King. He emphasizes this by saying (v. 16) that he is heard and despised when these, his representatives, are heard or despised. This shaking off of the dust Is a testimony of God's abhorrence of their deeds, Luke 9rfr If men will not receive the Gospel, we are to pass on (Acts This does not, howj set aside, Rom. 1:16. graph amc