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SENTINEL, BARNWELL, S. 0 (■fared Info mine, and there wan ah ther -fear nor recognition In them. 8h« NUvfyllj dress***!, and the bed hnd n<n li<M'n occupied l- flung myself at her feet. I tnnk the weapon from her hand. “Jacque line!” I cried In terror. I raised her hands to my' lips 'rtlld caressed .(hern. She seemed quite.Unresponsive. ' _ "Jnsquellne,” I 'efle»l,-'“you are no* hurt-? ~Th«nk God yA ure .not hurt. What hns happened?". Reasonable Service By REV. W. W. KETCHUM Director of the Evening Ctneea, Moody Bible Institute. Chicago TEXT—I beseech you therefore, breth ren, by the mercies of Qod, that ye pre sent your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto Qod, which. Is your rea sonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing ofyour mind, that ye may prove what ia^lMt good? and acceptable, and perfect will of Qod.—Rom. 12:1-2. Before we consider -this text it should be noted that these words are . urged upon the with Ua^eyiL This unques- neans that we ~xTialT bo this cause us humiliation we be perfectly wttttng to suffer mTght J^fetor Rousseau RiVCT Copyright W. O. Chapman NE! JACQUEL Paul Hewlett, loitering at night lg Madlsoif square, New York, Is iftpro&ched by an Esklrno do^ He follows the dog to A gambling Housq and meets Jhe anlmaiV mistress coming out with a large amount of money. She le beautiful and In dis tress and he follows her. After C otecting her from two assailants i takes her in charge. CHAPTER I—Continued. ' 2— When Ihc taxicab deposited as In frnat of the house I glanced hastily up and down the road. There was another cab at the east end of the but I could not discern If It approaching me or stationary. 1 opened the front door quickly and ad mitted my companion, then preceded bee up the uncarpeted stairs to my Httlo apartment on the top floor. As I opened the door of my apart- wietit the dog pushed past me. Again 1 had forgotten It; hut It had not for gotten its mistress. TUI tomorrow, mademoiselle.** .1 ‘And won't you tell me your - Jicqaellnw" the answered. "And rr -Paul,** 1 a«»d. "An revolr. honsleur Paul, then, and take my gratitude with you for your goadne** ** I let her hand fall and hurried down Cha again, confused and rhokiog. for was a wedding ring u|« n her wiien at last t found my door my hnndsfwere trembling so thae T cnnlt! hardly fit the key Into the lock. I Bounded up the statrs. But on the top story I had to pause to get my breath, and then I dared not enter. - I listened outside. There was no sound from within. The two rooms that I occupied were separated only by a curtijXh, which fell' short a foot from the floor and was Hung on a wooden pole, rflsdwtng tjwvr feet between the top of It and the celling. The rooms were thos actually one, and even that might have been called small, for the bed Itf the rear room was not a do*en paces from the. door. » I listened' For the lirearhlng of the sleeping girl'. If I could hear her breathe, I thought I would go quietly hwhV and And a hotel (a which to steep: ■ i listened minute after minute, hut I could not hear a sound. At la at I put my mouth to the key hole and spoke to her. “Jacqueline," I railed. There wa* no answer. Then a little louder: '“Jurquellm*!" And then quite loudly: “Jacque line!" Then, out of the alienee, hammering on my eardrum*. Intent -the Uuul ticiu ; trig of tbe little alarm dock that I ! hid left on the mnntei bf < he 4t*4eaM*r I I heard ilwtt. nnd it muV have* been ticking minutes before the sound reached me; perhaps |f I waited a little longer I should hear her breath ing I took the key of Lhg apartment from my pocket at -hist »t»fl fl4*e«i 4 noiselessly Into the lock. I >too«l there, trembling and Irresolute. 1 dared not torVi the key. Once more I ventured: “Jacqueline! Jacqueline *" There was not tba afnallest answer ing stir within. And ao. wlth{h >wing fingers. 1 turned the key. The room «u completely dark, ex cept for a little patch of light high up on the bedroom wall, which came through l he hole the workmen had made when they began demolishing CHARTER II. Back In the Room, situation had become more teroua than ever. Two hours ire tt would have been unlmagtn- 1; ooe hour ago I had merely been tng aid to a young woman In dta- now she was occupying my and I was hurrying along Tenth rr*»tess as to my destination feeling*is though the whole world rramhUnf about my head because ha wore a wedding ring. Aa I pqascd up the street the taxi- ib which 1 had seen at the east end rapidly reward me. It passed I stopped and leuked after It. 1 certain that It slackened speed outside the door of the old building hut agsin It went on quickly until It was lost to view In the distance. Had I given the pursuers a clue by ay reappearance? I votwhed for a few moments longer, bat th* vehicle did not return and I •amiss***! *he Idea as f**Uy After all. New York a civilised city, and I could he sure a? tjie girl's safety be hind the street dwV lfvcTc ihd lhat of my apartment door. So I refused to yield to tba Impulse to go back and assure myself that she wa* all right. I moat find a hotel .and g't a good night's sleep. As I went on new thought* began to press on oiy lmagi nation. The tale about the father, the assumed Igno rance of the conventions—how much could be yeleved? Had she^ijjt .probably left h-Tr bus ^and In sont* Canadian city and come “The-’ Seen* Stamped Itself Upon to New Yori to enjoy lier holiday In j Brain, her own fashion? Could *lie inno cently have adventured to DalyT door nnd actually have succeeded In gain ing admission? « Perhaps she was worse than I was •ven now Imagining! Perhaps, If I had not left hfr—por- hspe, If I turned hack— I clenched my fists and hurried on. I would not give rein to the thoughts that were making my heart bound like a run away horse. I had turned up Fifth avenue^and had reached Twelfth or Thirteenth Otreot when I thought I heard the pat ter of the Eskimo dog’s feet behind me. I spun around, startled, but there was only the long stretch of pavement. I had resu ned my course when I was mire I heaid the pattering again. And again I sow nothing. A moment later I wns hurrying buck award the apartment house. My serves bad suddenly become unstrung. I fait sure now that game' imminent danger was threatening Jacqueliue. I could not hear the suspense of wan ing tUl more lug And as I ran I thought I heard the patter of the dog's feet, pacing mine. I «n rounding tbe corner of Tenth now, anfi again the folly ot my ivtor arrack home to me. I Jtopped tried to think. W11 it xoa»e ID- My don’t know where I am.” “Jacqueline, dear,” I said, “will you not - try to think? I am f’nul—your friend I’uul., Do you not rein ember me?" -- “No, monsieur,” she sighed. “But, then, how did you come here, Jacqueline?" I asked. "I do nojL knaw,” she answered. And, a moineritTater, “I do not know’, Paul.” „ ~ A-'- That encouraged me a little. KV1- .defitly she ^remembered what I had just -said 1 to^or, -!. There was something more to be said, though It was'hard. “Jacqueline, who—wns—that?” “RYlin?” she inquired, looking at -tne-• with the sntne patient, wistful gaze. “That man, Juequellne. That dead man.” _y- _. “What death man, Paul?"> .— She was scaring straight at the body, and at that moment I realized that she not only did not remember, but did not even see It. The shock which she had received, supervening upon ‘ the hervous state In which v she had been when I en countered Iter; had produced one orf those mental inhibit lens in wtrtch the mlnd^to save the rgnson, obliterate* temporarily not only all memory of the past hut also all present *!gtit* and. sounds which may sene to re call It. I sow that It an* useleo* to aay anything more upon this subject. “You are very tired, Jacqueline?** I n*ked. J “Yes. monsieur." she a ns wared, leaning back against my arm. “And you would like to Bleep?** -"Yea., monsieur." „ I raised her >n my arm* and laid bar uu the tied, telling her to close , fiFf“eyes fcTPT creep: WTte' wax'OXteep * almost tmmedlnrety after her brad rested the pillow. . I I watched her for a while until I heard a distant rlork strike three, j This recalled me to the danger* of our situation. 1 struck, a match and 1 lit the gas In the bedroom. But the yellow glare, was so ghastly End In tolerable that I turned it down. And then I net lUmt the ta*ka ke fore me. HATS THAT AWAIT AUTUMN —1 the renw-mbra-nee at Jinj tellne'* rf Wu It Ml Ike ties!re to fee. to id her about the Haj? 1 I toard d» jfurrtr patter §t the fort I the building. I hesitated h moment, then I drew a match from my -fiotket gnd rubbed it softly into n * Hants against my trousers letf. I rercited up to the gas above the, table, turned it on and lit I he incar - descent mantle, lowering the light Im mediately. But even then there was no sound. The oppressive stillness was’-not that of solitqde.- She must he awake; she must be listening In terror. I went toward the curtains and when I spoke I heard the word* come through my lips In a yolee that I could not recognize as mine.- "Jacqueline!" I whispered, “It Is Paul, your friend. Are' you safe, Jacqueline?” Now'I saw, under the Curtains, what looked like the body of a very small anitnaJ. It might have been a woolly dog cr n black lambkin, aud it was' Vlng perfectly still. I pulled aside the curtains and stood between Them, and the scene stamped Itself upon my brain as dear as a pho tographic print forever. • The woolly beast was the fur cap of a dead man who lay across the floor j of the little 4YW>m t There \yas n tiny hole In his hrHtrft. qvei; the heart, from 1 which a little Mood had flowed. The wound had pienvd tbe heart and * CHAPTER III. <| * Covering the Tracka. There wa* a fire escape mowing op to the floor of that room 00 the outside of fhe house. I saw that It would he |ioM*lhle bv standing on a chair to awing myself up to the hola In the wall and reach down to the Iron Malm Up which. I assumed, the dead man had crept after 1 had glten him the hint of Jacqtieline'a ahoda by emerging from the front d«*or«. . 1 raised the dead own iu-iuy arm*, looking apprehensively toward the bed. I was afraid Jacqueline would awaken, but she slept in heavy peace, undlaturbed by the harsh creaking of the sagging floor^ beneath Ita double - burden. I put the fur rap on the gro tesque, nodding dead bead, and. push*., tng a chair toward the wall with my foot, mounted It and managed with a great effort to squeeze through the hole, pulling up the Sody with me ax I did' so. — Then I felt with my foot for the little platform at the top of tbe Iron stairs outside, found It, and dropped. Afterward I dragged the dreadful bur den down from the hole. Kcarried tbe deMd man all the way down fhe fire escape, rttngtng and straining", against the rotting, rusting^ bars. At the back of tbe house wns a little vacant space, filled with heaps of de bris front the demolished portions of the building and with refuse which hnd been dumped there by {j'nanti who had left, and had never been' re moved. This yard was separated oply by n rotting fence with a single waxtd* en rail from n small blind alley— I took up my burden and placed it at tho end of the alley, egyering It- roughl.v with some old burlap bags which lay there. I thought it safe to ^ssmne that the police, would . look upon the dead iuan as the -vkajm of some footpad. ' - Hewlett plans to protect Jacqueline from the cons£ . quences of what he believes is her deed and to take her to her home. (TO BE'CONTINUED.) Unlucky -Thirteen. ^ ’ A correspondent suggests thpt thi origin of the "unlucky thirteen" super stition is to he found hi'the casting lots by finnan to discover a “lucky day" “Ipr-tbe destruction of the Jews. Tin* 13tlu,wns cejrainly n n»«*»t unfor tunate selection in tills' case, and the story was *0 -p**pulnr in ithe odtldle ages that it may renliy bnve give* rise to the sup^rstitbio. the! »•* uktng me back, or «ai death had evidently i^-eo lastantane- f*a |t the IBM whMB I eta ring at ns acruws Herald square «* the artndnar -JacqwHtne •ad at her feet lay (he E*- •sifkkg nw MWdf In dn held a Bey. <aq»mi» a t.tfe. - A specie* of the acacia tree attain* a height at about eight fee*. * When foil grown It Hmm Ita lease* together In rails each day at tied II win Antser Hal ratty If and ft (ha A saved and not the unsaved. God does not ask the unsaved, as such, to do "what Is here urged; rath er asks them Jp accept Christ ITs their Savior, and - when they have done that he en joins npon them the exhortations of this text. -►— The first thing Mpf> jl[ r* M enjoined in the Jjc , 4 i|J A text is to present our bodies a liv ing sacrifice^ There la nothing in this Injunction that even hints at asceticism. It is simply an exhortation to devote to God our bodies which rightly be long to hlm.^ This is a reasonable service, an'd we’sfiall understand it to be such If we keep in mind that even our bodies do not belong to us but to God. and that they are th* temples of the Holy Spirit (I Cor. 6:10-80). We nop naturally ask. how shall we present our txHlIes as a living sacri fice? If w© turn fo the sixth chapter of Romans w*e shall find the answer to this question. 'In Fhat chapter we read, “Let not sin therefore reign In yrmr tnortirt body, that ye shouM -obey It In the lust thereof; neither yield ye your members as instruments of un righteousness unto Bin; nut yield your selves unto God. as those that are alive from the dead, and your members ■•JnainMMata The second thing urged Upon us by our text la noncomformlty to this age: "Be not conformed to this world." or as better rendered, “to this age." This, If jft means anything, means that w* are not to be like tbe time In which we live, which la called evil by the word of God. Paul's expression con cerning It la, "This evil age." In thus characterizing the age In which we live, Paul does- not necessarily mean that everything In It Is bad. bat rather that evil la Its distinguishing or char acteristic mark. It was with knowl edge of this fact that Jesus. In bla In tercessory prayer, prayed for his disciples of all time, saying. "I pray not that thou skouldst take them out of tbe world, but that thou ahouklst keep them from the evil." It should be evident to all that this Injunction means that we as Christians are not to fashion our lives after thlb age so that they correspond with it, but we are to take a position toward this age that will put us out of corre- tlonably means that obliged oftentimes to decline to allow our lives to be governed by the habits and customs of our times. We cannot. If we obey God, be In agreement those things that are pontrary-to the standard which God has set for us. This may mean that we shall be con sidered by the world a queer people, but If this cause us should ■Shame for Christ’s sajve.— ln fact, the word of God tells us thht Joshs Christ “gave himself for us that he redeem us from all Iniquity nnd purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.” The third Injunction of our text Is, "Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind.” - More, you 'see, Is ex pected of us ns Christians than non conformity to this age. We are to be not only unlike 1t, but entirely differ ent from It. The word “transformed" Is the sapie word translated “trans figured” in the—accounts concerning Christ when he took Peter, James and John with him into the mountain, apart from thk rest of the disciples, and was, if w’e now use the word of our text, “transformed” before them. Tbe^ngqpunts tellers that “His face did shine as the sun. and his raiment was white as the light.” -Of course it is not expected of us that we shall have such a supernatural appearance as did Christ, but that our life shall partake of the characteristics of that Country toward \yhloh we are traveling, so that those who "see,us shall know by our conduct that our citizenship is In TIT r :—~7~ ’ The text tells us the diTine way by which we may be transformed. It is “by the renewing of the mind." If we turn to Titus 3:. r » we shall see that this is the work In us of the- Holy Spirit. There we rend of the “reuewlng of the Holy Ghost." Brethren. If we are to be unlike this age. and like the age to come. It will be only ax we allow God, through the Holy SpldC to “renew our '■tiff!*.** *—- The time will soon be here for those exciting and fascinating excursions to the millinery shop In search of new irvUTTnoi-.r; Trf whtdr mtHr l» oxpectexL The old millinery axiom that a hat is becoming when one looks better wlfli It pn than WtthootUt, is a good thing To bear fn TnTnd’ Af the Tffy letlst *We expect hats, like mirrors, to “be to our faults a little blind, nnd to our vir tue* not unkind.” Just how much tbe , right shape and the right color* can do to transform's fnce. Is,measured 1 often by the long price which a small bit o£ millinery .command*., fi u the Intangible In millinery that I* worth » mure, than anything el*c—the color harmony,—the beautifully bnIance«T [ “ttnev, - -tttwpotse-- of -the- Hut on the- ! • Mud its appropriateness n •? Iff 1 worth jnore than mere material. No one undersrnndx this quite so well a* the woman who hn« reached middle life, *or passed It. She expert* /bar hats to <k^«uueh for-her In the way of enhancing her good point*, and designer* who Kpi-rliliiB successfully 1 In tiratfwear for matrons turn fabric* Into gold. 'Owe of their promt j ne*TnwW« Is shown -at the right of . th* group of three hats picture*} abov*. It l* made of btnek sntin nn,d th* top of the crown Hw—soft. Narrow, looped silk fringe, very brilliantly black, makes'a wide Irregular band about th* crown and tln-rela a narrow brim with lines that b* In ‘easy curves about the head. —TfleTiiTT nTWTcTT.'ThTTnrTTrT.T IW* I or more, makes a picture on the head j that boasts soft 'curl*. It* crown Is of felt In section* Joined In seams that 1 are outlined with stitches of wool ynrn | and tit** rolling brim Is also of yarn, 1 apparently cmcheted Into shape. At j the,-base of each seam fn the crown a pair of pert little leaves support a diminutive apple. A1im*M any little girl "will loo* WFTI 111 Tttts ptr-tneevqw* 1 WIT. 7" T "ThF RUT XTTttwtimrnm of the plctura.-- 1 made f‘*r a young woman. Is a dressy affair of silver tissue wltfi an odd trim ming t wining about th* crown. Tbe I trimming Is likely tohe made of twist- ’ ed ribbon with a fancy edge, but might be of silver tissue or georgette. Tti* maker of trimming* I* no respecter of ‘fabrics, taking nn>thing that lx wlth- j In reach and fashioning It Into suns thing new and atrange and nearly nl- ,wnys beautiful. AMERICAN MADE UNDERMUSLINS Recently American manufacturers of uitderwear have thought so well of their achievement's that they have pro claimed themselves as the designers jof the styles now favored in lingerie. They certainly are justified in taking pride in the daintiness and attractive ness of the garments they make in such quantities and they find it easy to cultivate a .taste for fine tvndeffnus- lins. American women are appreci- ativej, but they are also practical and with' short kimono sleeves and they demand pretty but not too fragile garments. Few of them run to the extreme of wearing chiffon or georg ette In undies, or carp for bizarre'de signing. In the main they like fine weaves in cotton or crepe de chine for materials, not too much trimmed with .fine and durable laces'-hand embroid ery and ' other needlework. Hand Crochet in htecs holds Its own with them, _«md - has* everythig to recom mend ft. •— r Of course not much handwork Is to be found on manufactured undertnus- IIn*. but machinery has been made to do wonderful work and sometimes xo ing the neck, armholes and bottom the knickers edged with narrow val lace. SniaU sprays of prim daisies, tied with bow knots adorn the front of the body and appear on tjie pants. The special glory of this garment is a sash of satin ribb#n_ that* slips through slit's about the waistline and ties^nt one side. Very narrow ribbon gathers in the fullness at the top and It is run through beading. * A nightdress of nainsook is shown. round neck. Jts edges are scalloped nnd buttonhole stitched nnd there is a . pretty band of needlework around the neck and.,shoulders. Detachable bows and rosettes of ribbon, that fast en with,little safety pins, are nmong the treasures that some women own, nnd they add these pretty frivolities to their undergarments, pinning them on. * Tire pajamas tn the picture are made of crepe de chine nnd embroid ered with colored silks. One findstnll these garments In crepe de rhine and also In flesh-tone cotton mull. in. the l!r.ng ran fine -white **otton gnwl*, prove their worth hy standing wear effectively that comparisons with hand- worE are md by any mean* “di.m* to | WMhlnjf perfectly the machine-made garment. Some- Ingraditnts c' Virtu*. God create times the plain aew tng on undermux- ! line Is dope—by luaetiinety and the decoration hy jumd But however they may to pal together and Snixtied. the style* are about the same la under* ■Velour f*r Worts. the fatorita* ta th* S'- ,4 JL