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ISSUED SEMI-WEESL^ i. h. grist ft sous, Publishers. | % rjjamilg fhirspager: ^or the promotion of the gotilijal, Social, Agricultural and flfommenciat Jnlerests of the fhoplt. {TER^li^coplEFivENcENrs!,iCE' ESTABLISHED 1855. YORKVILLE, S. C., SATURDAY, NOYEMBER 4, 1899. 1STXJMBER 88. r ' j S.1 ?-s. ? I mrroalP tn. onffor fnr hin baIta ab T feel I ifT To It onMi a roro t!Mr?o- thai irtva nf "What Woul< BY CHARLES CHAPTER X. These are they which follow the Lamb whither oever he goeth. When Dr Brtice and the bishop en tered the Sterling mansion, everything in the nsnally well appointed household was in the greatest confusion and terror. Th? great rooms down stairs were empty, but overhead were hurried footsteps and confused noises. One of the servants ran down the grand staircase with a look of horror on her face just as the bishop and Dr. Bruce were starting to go up. "Miss Felicia is with Mrs. Sterling,' the servant stammered in answer to a question and then burst into a hysterical cry and ran through the drawing room and out of doora At the top of the staircase the two men were met by Felicia. She walked up to Dr. Bruce at once and put both hands in his. The bishop laid his hand on her head, and the three stood there a moment in perfect silence The bishop had known Felicia since she was a child. He was the first to break silence. "The God of all mercy be with you. Felicia, in this dark hour Your mother"? The bishop hesitated. Out of the buried past he had during his hurried passage from his friend s house to this house of death irresistibly drawn the one tender romance of his young manhood. Not even Bruce knew that. But there had been a time when the bishop had offered the incense of a singularly undivided affection upon the altar of his youth to the beautiful Camilla Rolfe. and she had chosen between him and the millionaire. The bishop carried no bitterness with his memory, but it was still a memory. For answer to the bishop's unfinished query Felicia turned and went back into her mother's room. She had not said a word yet. but both men were struck with her wonderful calm. She returned to. the hall door and beckoned to them, and the two ministers, with a feeling that they were about to behold something very unusual, entered. Rose lay with her arms outstretched on the bed; Clara, the nurse, sat with her head covered, sobbing in spasms of terror, and Mrs. Sterling, with "the light that never was on sea or land" luminous on her face, lay there sc still that even the bishop was deceived at first Then as the great truth broke upon him and Dr. Bruce he staggered, and the sharp agony of the old wound shot through him. It passed and left him standing there in that chamber of death with the eternal calmness and strength that the children of God have a right to possess, and right well he used that calmness and strength in the days that followed. The next moment the house below was in a tumult. Almost at the same time the doctor, who had been 6ent for at once, but lived some distance away, came in, together with police officers who had been summoned by the frightened servanta With them were four or ?- J i.- J live newspaper correspunueuus auu several neighbors. Dr. Bruce and the bishop met this miscellaneous crowd at the head of the stairs and succeeded in excluding all except those whose presence was necessary. With these the two friends learned all the facts ever known about "the Sterling tragedy," as the papers in their sensational accounts next day called it Mr. Sterling had gone Into his room that evening about 9 o'clock, and that was the last seen of him until in half an hour a shot was heard and a servant who was in the hall run into the room and found the owner of the house dead on the floor, killed by his own hand. Felicia at the time was sitting by her mother. Rose was reading in the library. She ran up stairs, saw her father as he was being lifted upon the couch by the servants and then ran screaming into her mother's room, where she flung herself down on the foot of the bed in a swoon. Mrs. Sterling had at first fainted at the shock, then rallied with wonderful swiftness and sent a messenger to call Dr. Bruce. She had then insisted on seeing her husband. In spite of Felicia, she had compelled Clara and tne nousemaia, terrinea ana treniDiing. to support her while she crossed the hall and entered the room where her husband lay. She had looked upon him with a tearless face, had gone back into her own room, was laid on the bed, and as Dr. Bruce and the bishop entered the house she, with a prayer of forgiveness for herself and her husband on her quivering lips, had died, with Felicia bending over her and Rose still lying senseless at her feet. So great and swift had been the entrance of grim death into that palace of luxury that Sunday night, but the full cause of his coming was not known until the facts in regard to Mr. Sterling's business affairs were finally disclosed. Then it was learned that for some time he had been facing financial ruin owing to certain speculations that had in a month's time swept his supposed wealth into complete destruction. With the cunning and desperation of a man who battles for his very life, when he d Jesus Do?" M. SHEIjDON. saw hfs money, which was all the life he ever valued, slipping from him he had put off the evil day to the last moment. Sunday afternoon, however, he had received news that proved to him beyond a doubt the fact of his utter ruin. The very house that he called his. s.huira in which he sat. his carriage. the dishes from which he ate. had all been bought by money for which he himself had never really done an honest stroke of pure labor It had all rested on a tissue of deceit and speculation that had no foundation in real values He knew the fact better than any one eise. but he had hoped, with the hope that such men always have, that the same methods that brought him the money would also prevent its loss. He had been deceived in this, as many others have been As soon as the truth that he was practically a beggar had dawned upon him he 6aw no escape from suicide. It was the irresistible result of such a life as he had lived. He had made money his god As soon as that god had gone out of his little world there was nothing more to worship, and when a man's object of worship is gone he has no more to live for Thus died the great millionaire. Charles R. Sterling, and. verily, he died as the fool dieth. for what is the gain or the loss of money compared with the unsearchable riches of eternal life, which are far beyond the reach of worldly speculation, loss or change ? Mrs. Sterling's death was the result of shock. She had not been taken into her husband's confidence for years, but she knew that the source of his wealth was precarious Her life for several years had been a death in life. The Rolfes always gave the impression that they could endure more disaster unmoved than any one else. Mrs Sterling illustrated the old family tradition when she was carried into the room where her husband lay. but the feeble tenement could not hold the spirit, and it gave up the ghost, torn and weakened by long years of suffering and disappointment. The effect of this triple blow, the death of father and mother and the loss of property, was instantly apparent in the sisters The horror of events stupe fied Rose for weeks She lay unmoved by sympathy or any effort to rally. She did not seem yet to realize that the money which had been so large a part of her very existence was gone. Even when she was told that she and Felicia must leave the house and be dependent upon relatives and friends she did not seem to understand what it meant Felicia, however, was fully conscious of the facts She knew just what had happened and why She was talking over her future plans with her cousin Rachel a few days after the funerals. Mrs. Winslowand Rachel had left Raymond and ctMie to Chicago at once as soon as the terrible news had reached them, and with other friends of the family they were planning for the future of Ros? and Felicia "Felicia, you and Rose must come to Raymond with us That is settled Mother will not hear of any other plan at present." Rachel had said, while her beautiful face glowed with love for her cousin, a love that had deepened day by day and was intensified by the knowledge that they both belonged to the new discipleship. "Unless I could find something to do here," answered Felicia. She looked wistfully at Rachel, and Rachel said gently "What could you do. dear?" "Nothing. I was never taught to do anything except a little music, and I do not know enough about it to teach it or earn my living at it I have learned to cook a little." Felicia answered, with a slight smile. "Then you can cook for us. Mother is always having trouble with her kitchen, "said Rachel, understanding well enough that Felicia was thinking of the fact that she was now dependent for her very food and shelter upon the kindness of family friends. It is true, the girls received a little something out of the wreck of their father's fortune, but with a speculator's mad folly he had managed to involve both his wife's and his children's portions in the common ruin. "Can I? Can I?" Felicia replied to Rachel's proposition, as if it were to be considered seriously "I am ready to do anything honorable to make my living and that of Rosa Poor Rose I She will never be able to get over the shock of our trouble." "We will arrange the details when we get to Raymond," Rachel said, smiling through her tears at Felicia's eager willingness to care for herself. So in a few weeks Rose and Felicia found themselves a part of the Winslow family in Raymond. It was a bitter experience for Rose, but there was nothing else for her to do. and she accepted the inevitable, brooding over the great change in her life and in many ways adding to the burden of Felicia and her cousin RacheL Felicia at once found herself in an atmosphere of discipleship that was like heaven to her in its revelation of companionship. It is true that Mrs. Winslow was not in sympathy with the course that Rachel was taking, but the remarkable events since the pledge had D been taken were too powerful in their w results not to impress even such a woman as Mrs. Winslow. With Rachel Fe- I licia found a perfect fellowship. She at ti once found a part to take in the new r< work at the Rectangle. In the spirit of d her new life she insisted upon helping b in the housework at her aunt's and in b a short time demonstrated her ability & as a cook so clearly that Virginia sug- a gested that she take charge of the cook- b ing class at the Rectangle. b Felicia entered upon this work with the keenest pleasura For the first time h in her life she had the delight of doing d something of value for the happiness of tl others. Her resolve to do everything after asking. "What would Jesus do?*' v touched her deepest nature. She began n to develop and strengthen wonderfully ? Even Mrs. Winslow was obliged to si acknowledge the great usefulness and I beauty of Felicia's character. The aunt * looked with astonishment upon her 81 niece, this city bred girl, reared in the ' greatest luxury. the danghter of a mil- e lionaire. now walking aronnd in her 8' kitchen, her arms covered with flour h and occasionally a streak of it on her to nose?for Felicia at first had a habit of * rubbing her nose forgetfully when she 6' was trying to remember some recipe? o mixing various dishes, with the great- P est interest in their results, washing up h pans and kettles and doing the ordinary e: work of a servant in the Winslow * kitchen and at the rooms of the Rec- * tangle settlement At first Mra Wins- 1< low remonstrated. h "Felicia, it is not your place to be t< out here doing this common work. I & cannot allow it " b "Why. aunt? Don't you like the muffins I made this morning?" Felicia ? would ask meekly, but with a hidden P smile, knowing her aunt's weakness for that kind of muffin. p "They were beautiful. Felicia, but it o does not seem right for you to be doing b such work for us." tl "Why not? What else can I do?" t< Ber aunt looked at her thoughtfully, c noting her remarkable beauty of face and expression * "You do not always intend to do 81 this kind of work. Felicia?" 8' "Maybe I shall. I have had a dream d of opening an ideal cookshop in Chi- * cago or some large city and going n around to the poor families* in some c; slum district like the Rectangle, teaching the mothers how to prepare food 1- t 1 I D.nna t! propeny i lememueiuctuiug ux. uiuvo say once that he believed one of the c great miseries of comparative poverty a consisted in poor food He even went c so far a9 to say that he thought some " kinds of crime conld be traced to soggy ? biscuits and tough beefsteak. I'm con- 11 fident I would be able to make a living 8 for Rose and myself and at the same D time to help others. " v Felicia brooded over this dream until P it became a reality. Meanwhile she " grew into the affections of the Ray- a mond people and the Rectangle folks. *1 among whom she was known as "the ^ angel cook. " Underneath the structure of the beautiful character she was grow- ? ing always rested her promise made in n Nazareth Avenue church. h "What would Jesus do?" She prayed t: and hoped and worked and planned her 0 life by the answer to that question. 7 It was the inspiration of her conduct P and the answer to all her ambition d Three months had gone by since the h Sunday morning whgn Dr Bruce came ? into his pulpit with the message of the ^ new discipleship Never before had the h Rev Calvin Bruce realized how deep r the feelings of his members flowed. He S humbly confessed that the appeal he Cl had made met with an unexpected response from men and women who. like 1 Felicia, were hungry for something in ^ their lives that the conventional type of p church membership and fellowship had ^ failed to give them b But Dr Bruce was not yet satisfied t( for himself We cannot tell what his feeling was or what led to the move h ment he finally made, to the great as u tonishinent of all who knew him. better 1 than by relating a conversation be- 1 tween him and the bishop at this time b in the history of the pledge in Nazareth Avenue church. The two friends were, 7 as before, in Dr. Bruce's house, seated h in his study 7 "Yon know what I have come in this a evening for?" the bishop was saying u after the friends had been talking some ^ time about the results of the pledge c with Nazareth Avenue people. Dr Bruce looked over at the bishop v and shook bis head s' "1 have come to confess." went on P the bishop, "that I have not yet kept ^ my promise to walk in his steps in the w way that I believe 1 shall be obliged to n if I satisfy my thought of what it P means to walk in his steps. " 8< Dr Bruce had risen and was pacing 81 his study The bishop remained in the b deep easy chair, with his hands clasped 0 but his eye burned with trie glow tnat " always belonged to him before he made ^ some great resolve b "Edward"?Dr Bruce spoke abrupt- ei ly?"I have not yet been able to satisfy d myself, either, in obeying my promise. D but I have at last decided o.n my course, b In order to follow it. I shall be obliged 81 to resign from Nazareth Avenue a church." w g] "I knew you would," replied the a bishop quietly, "and I came in this ^ evening to say that I shall be obliged to do the same with my charge." j Dr. Brnce turned and walked up to his friend. They were both laboring j under repressed excitement. ' "Is it necessary in your case?" asked a] Bruce. ff "Yes. Let mo state my reasons tc Probably they are the same as yours C( In fact, I am sure they are." The c] that I ought to suffer." ht j Again that sudden silence fell over f0 . these two men. It was no ordinary ac- so 5 tion they were deciding. They had both i reached the same conclusion by the ge i same reasoning, and they were too in thoughtful, too well accustomed to the ij( measuring of conduct, to underestimate to lenop pHUBtU a uiuuieuu, tucu wcuu vl rith increasing feeling: "Calvin, you know how many years have been doing the work of my posiion, and you know something of th< *sponsibility and the care of it I dc ot mean to say that my life has beer ree from burden bearing or sorrow, ut I have certainly led what the pooi nd desperate of this sinful city woulc all a very comfortable?yes, a verj liurious?life. I have a beautifu ouse to live in, the most expensivs x>d, clothing and physical pleasures. ] ave been able to go abroad at least ? ozen times and have enjoyed for yean tie beantifnl companionship of art and ;tters and mnsic and all the rest of th< ery best I have never known what il leant to be without money or iti quivalent. and I have been unable tx ilence the question of late, 'What hav< suffered for the sake of Christ ?' Pau ras told what great things he musi affer for the sake of his Lord. Max cell's position at Raymond is well tak n when he insists that to walk in th< teps of Christ means to suffer. When as my suffering come in ? The pett] rials and annoyances of my clerical lif< re not worth mentioning as sorrows oi affering. Compared with Paul or an] f the Christian martyrs or early disci les. I have lived a luxurious, sinfu ie. full of ease and pleasure. I cannot ndure this any longer. I have tha rithin me which of late rises in over rhelming condemnation of such a fol jwing of Jesus. I have not been walk ag in his steps Under the present sys sm of church and social life I see n( 3cape from this condemnation excep a give the rest of my life personally tx he actnal physical and soul needs o: he wretched people in the worst par: f this city." The bishop had risen now and walket ver to the window. The street in fron f the house was as light as day, anc ? looked out at the crowds passing hen turned, and, with a passionate ufc erance that showed how deep the vol anic fire in him burned, he exclaimed "Calvin, this is a terrible city ii rhich we live. Its misery, its sin, iti elfishness, appall my heart, and I hav< truggled for years with the sickeninj read of the time when I should b< Dreed to leave the pleasant luxury o: ay official position to put my life int< ontact with the modern paganism o: his century. The awful condition o: he girls in the great department stores he brutal selfishness of the insolent so iety. fashion and wealth that ignorei 11 the sorrows of the city, the fearfu urse of the drink and gambling hell he wail of the unemployed, the hatre( f the church by countless men who se< a the church only great piles of costl] tone and upholstered furniture and th< ainister as a luxurious idler, all th< ast tumult of this vast torrent of hu aanity with its false and its true ideas ts exaggeration of evils in the churcl nd its bitterness and shame that art he result of many complex causes?al his as a total fact, in its contrast witl he easy, comfortable life I have lived lis me more and more with a sense o: aingled terror and self accusation, ave heard the words of Jesus man] imes lately, 'Inasmuch as ye did it no nto one of these least, my brethren e did it not to me.' And when have ! ersonally visited the prisoner or th< esperate or the sinfnl in any way tha as actually caused me suffering lather I have followed the conven ional. soft habits of my position anc ave lived in the society of the rich efined. aristocratic members of my con regations. Where has the sufferinf ome in 1 Whut have I suffered fo: esus' sake? Do you know. Calvin"? he bishop turned abruptly toward hii riend?"I have been tempted of lab 0 lash myself with a scourge. Lf I hat ved in Martin Luther's time. I woult ave bared my back to a self inflictec arture. " Dr Bruce was very pa la Never hat e seen the bishop or heard him whei nder the influence of such a passion 'here was a sndden silence in the room 'he bishop had sat down again anc owed his heud. Dr. Bruce spoke at last "Edward. I do not need to say tha' on have expressed my feelings a bo. 1 ave been in a similar position foi eara My life has been one of compar tive luxury 1 do not. of course, meai 1 say that I have not hard trials anc isconrasrements and burdens in mj hureh ministry, but I cannot say thai have suffered any for Jesus. Thai erse in Peter haunts me. 'Christ als< iffered for you, leaving you an exam le that ye should follow his steps. I ave lived in luxury. I do not knou 'hat it means to want. I also have had ly leisure for travel and beautiful com anionship. I have been surrounded bj jft. easy comforts of civilization. Th( in and misery of this great city have eat like waves against the stone walls f my church and of this house ir rhich I live, and I have hardly heeded aem. the walls have been so thick. 1 ave reached a point where I cannol ndure this any longer. I am not conemning the church. I love her. I am ot forsaking the church. I believe in er mission and have no desire to de;roy Least of all, in the step I am bout to take, do I desire to be charged 'ith abandoning the Christian fellowlip. but I feel I must resign my place 3 pastor of Nazareth Avenue church 1 order to sutisfy myself that I am 'alking as I ought to walk in his stepa i this action I judge no other minisjrs and pass no criticism on others' iscipleship. but I feel as you do. Into closer contact with the sin and shame ad degradation of this great city I mst come personally, and I know ttiai ) do that I must sever my immediate jnnection with Nazareth Avenue iurch. I do not see any other way foi 1 the seriousness or tneir position. 8n r "What is your plan?" The bishop at Bh I last spoke gently, looking up with his vc 3 smile that always beautified his face, pc F The bishop's face grew in glory now Bh i every day. Q j "My plan," replied Dr. Bmce slowly, nj I "is, in brief, the patting of myself into th 3 the center of the greatest human need J? t I can find in this city and living there hi 3 My wife is folly in accord with me as 3 We have already decided to find a resi- u? ; dence in that part of the city where we 1 can make our personal lives count for ^ t the most" al "Let me suggest a place " The bishop so was on fire now. His fine face actually re j glowed with the enthusiasm of the ca 3 movement in which he and his friend w r were inevitably embarked. He went on w 3 and unfolded a plan of such farreaching hf r power and possibility that Dr. Bruce, d r capable and experienced as he was. felt ti< amazed at the vision of a greater soul hf 1 than his own. ki t They sat up late and were as eager hi t and even glad as if they were planning w for a trip together to some rare land of th unexplored travel. Indeed the bishop to said many times afterward that the to moment his decision was reached to live lo > the life of personal sacrifice he had ct t chosen he suddenly felt an uplifting, as th v i i j? 1?_ T1 U it giettb UUIUCJU WiH Utncii 11U1U Uliu. 4.1 He was exultant. So was Dr. Bruce th from the same cause. th Their plan as it finally grew into a cc workable fact was in reality nothing pr more than the renting of a large building formerly used as a warehouse for a ai brewery, reconstructing it and living af in it themselves in the very heart of a ar territory where the saloon ruled with to power, where the tenement was its in filthiest, where vice and ignorance and fo shame and poverty were congested into sh hideous forma It was not a new idea er It was an idea started by Jesus Christ ne when he left his Father's house and for- di sook the riches that were his in order bl to get nearer humanity and. by becoming a part of its sin. help to draw hu- w manity apart from its sin. The univer- la sity settlement idea is not modern. It is th as old as Bethlehem and Nazareth, and m in this particular case it was the near- th est approach to anything that would cc satisfy the hunger of these two men to vt suffer for Christ. There had sprung up w in them at the same time a longing that b] amounted to a passion to get nearer the liJ great physical poverty and spiritual 3 destitution of the mighty city that tc throbbed aronnd them. How conld they ii< , do this except as they became a part 1 of it, as nearly as one man can become di 3 a part of another's misery? Where was m 1 the suffering to come in unless there l was an actual self denial of some sort 1 as , And what was to make that self denial f apparent to themselves or any one else th I unless it took this concrete, actual, per7 sonal form of trying to share the deep- w t est suffering and sin of the city ? to So they reasoned for themselves, not I judging othera They were simply keep- CI 3 ing their own pledge to do as Jesus hi t would do, as they honestly judged be m ? would da That was what they had F< - promised. How could they quarrel with cl< 1 the result ? They were irresistibly com- ki . pelled to do what they were planning 8e to do. di J The bishop had money of his own bi r Every one in Chicago knew that the it bishop had a handsome fortune. Dr s Bruce had acquired and saved by liter- w * ar-rr nrnrlr onrriod nn in rnnnection with on 1 his parish duties more than a comforta- w 1 ble competence. This money, a large di 1 part of it. the two friends agreed to pnt pi at once into the work, most of it into yC 1 the furnishing of a settlement house. m i Meanwhile Nazareth Avenue church I was experiencing something never M known before in all its history The on 1 simple appeal on the part of its pastor ch to his members to do as Jesus would do to t had created a sensation that still con- SI I tinned. The result of thut appeal was ii( r very much the same as in Henry Max- pi, well's church in Raymond, only Naza- th l reth Avenue church was far more aris- he 1 tocratic. wealthy and conventional, gi r Nevertheless when one Sunday morn- th t ing in early summer Dr Bruce came a t into his pulpit and announced his resig- ve > nation the sensution deepened all over the city, although Dr. Bruce had ad- T1 1 vised with his board of trustees, and the vi ' movement he intended was not a mat- p0 1 ter of surprise to them But when it became publicly known wi ' that the bishop also had announced his mj retirement from the position he had ge ? held so long in order to go and live an i himself in the center of the worst part 0fl i of Chicago the public astonishment no I reached its height [ "But why." the bishop replied to t one valued friend who had almost with tb tears tried to dissuade him from his i purpose?"why should what Dr. Bruce a , i and I propose to do seem so remarkable y0 a thing, as if it were unheard of that th, i a doctor of divinity and a biehop- th: I should want to save souls in this particular manner. If we were to resign ha ; our charges for the purpose of going to thi i Bombay or Hongkong or any place in tht i Africa, the churches and the people would exclaim at the heroism of mis- pe sions. Why should it seem so great a aa thing if we have been led to give our m( i lives to help rescue the heathen and the j i lost of our own city in the way we are th< going to try? Is it, then, such a tre- wj s mendous event that two Christian min- an i isters should be not only willing but he: i eager to live close to the misery of the ' world in order to know it and realize I imanity should find this particular rm of expression in the rescue of uls?*' However the bishop may have satisd himself that there ought to be nothg so remarkable about it all, the pub: continued to talk and the churches record their astonishment that two ch men, so prominent in the ministry, ould leave their comfortable homes, iluntarily resign their pleasant social sitions and enter upon a life of bardip, of self denial and actual suffering, lirstian America! Is it a reproach * * ? ai --i_1 i.L.4 )on toe lonn or our aiscipiesmp mat # e exhibition of actual suffering for !8us on the part of those who walk in. s steps always provokes astonishment, at the sight of something very unmal? Nazareth Avenue church parted from 3 pastor with regret for the most part, though the regret was modified by me relief on the part of those who had fused to take the pledge Dr. Bruce rried with him- the respect of men ho, entangled in business in such a ay that obedience to the pledge would ive ruined them, still held in their >eper. better natures a genuine admiraan for courage and consistency They id known Dr. Bruce many years as a ndly. safe man, but the thought of m in the light of sacrifice of this sort as not familiar to them. As fast as ;ey understood it they gave their pasr the credit of being absolutely true his recent convictions as to what folwing Jesus meant. Nazareth Avenue lurch has never lost the impulse of iat movement started by Dr. Bruce, aose who went with him in making ie promise breathed into the church e very breath of divine life and are ntinuing that life giving work at the esent time. It was fall again, and the citv faced lother hard winter. The b'shop one ternoon came out of the settlement id walked around the block, intending go on a visit to one of his new friends the district. He had walked about ur blocks when he was attracted by a lop that looked different from the otbs. The neighborhood was still quite iw to the bishop, and every day he scovered some strange spot or strumed upon some unexpected humanity. The place that attracted his notice as a small house close by a Chinese undry There were two windows in ie front, very clean, and that was rearkable. to begin with. Then inside ie window was a tempting display of >okery. with prices attached to the irious articles, that made the bishop onder somewhat, for he was familiar 7 this time with many facte in the ?e of the people once unknown to him. As he stood looking at the windows ie door between them opened, and Fe;ia Sterling came out "Felicial" said the bishop. "When d you move into my parish without y knowledge?" "How did you find me so soon?' ked Felicia. "Why. don't you know? These are e only clean windows in the block." "I believe they are." replied Felicia, itb a laugh that did the bishop good hear "But why have you dared to come to licago without telling me. and how ive you entered my diocese without y knowledge?" asked the bishop, and alicia looked so like that beautiful, ean. educated, refined world he once * lew that he might be pardoned for eing in her something of the old parase. although, to speak truth for the shop, he had no desire to go back to again. "Well, dear bishop," said Felicia, bo had always called him so whener they had met. "I know how overhelmed yon were with yonr work. I d not want to burden yon with my ans. and. besides, I am going to offer in uiy services. Indeed I was just on y way to see you and ask yonr advice am settled here for the present with rs Bascom. a saleswoman who rents ir three rooms, and with one of Rael's music pupils, who is being helped a course in violin by Virginia Paga le is from the people." continued Fe:ia. using the words "from the peob" so gravely and unconsciously that e bishop smiled, "and I am keeping inse for her and at the same time benning an experiment in pure food for e masses I am an expert, and I have plan I want you to admire and delop Will you. dear bishop?" "Indeed I will." replied the bishop le sight of Felicia and her remarkable tality. enthusiasm and evident purse almost bewildered him "Martha can help at the settlement ith her violin, and 1 will help with y messes You see. I thought I would t settled 6rst and workout something A flmn nnm a mi f h oAmzi rna] f Vl 1 Ti Cf fn U UU^U V.UU1V '? * uu OViUW * VU1 uutug trv :er. I'm uble to earn my own living w." "Yon are?" The bishop said it a liti incredulously "How ? Making those ings?" " 'Those things!' " 6aid Felicia, with show of indignation. "I would have u know, sir. that 'those things' are 0 best cooked, purest food products in is whole city." "I don't doubt it," said the bishop stily. while his eyes twinkled. "Still, 9 'proof of the pudding'? Y< u know a rest." "Come in and try some," exclaimed licia. "You poor bishop 1 You look if you hadn't had a good Lleal for a rnth." She insisted on the bishop's entering 3 little front room where Martha, a de awake girl with short curly hair d an unmistakable air of music about r, was busy with practice. CONTINUED ON FOURTH PAGE.