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"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.
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