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"THIS SHOP TO LET
But Fate Was Kind to Walter
Gibson, When He Had Almost
Given Up Hope.
For over an hour no one had entered
Walter Gilston's little shop.
"Trade's dull/' he muttered; aodas
he reflected on itle situation he
stared at the ground, with lipa aet
anxiously together.
People seetned to prefer dealing
with I^eke's Universal Stores, Limited,
at the market town a few miles
away. Their? prices were a little
cheaper, and the stock more varieu
than his.
With an effort he roused himself
and moved to the doorway. A girl
caught sight of him and crossed. Fie
wished her good morning.
"I'm going away?to business in
London," announcer! Lily Coleridge
excitedly, ".lust for n week on trial
at C'ranthorpe's, the big milliner's;
and if I like it I shall stay, of course.
1 start off this afternoon. Father
and mother are rather cross and upset
at the idea, hut they'll soon get
over that."
"I wish you luck," Walter Oilston
stammered.
She remained chatting for a few
minutes. When she had passed on
he nod* led gloomily to himself.
Eighteen mewtlis previously, seeing
her regret at Robert Hurley's departure,
Walter Oilston had realized that
he had no chance, his dreams could
never possibly come true.
Hurley was in Canada now. and
doing well, they said, while he?he
was still struggling on with his little
shop, with disuster in sight.
It was three nights later, after he
huil closed his shop and put up the
shutter, that someone rapped on the
door.
"You?" He had to stare before
he recognized the caller. Then he
gave an exclamation. "Hurley! But
whv?why ?"
"I'm hack," returned llol>ort Hurley,
nodding.
"But it's quite unexpected. No
one knew?"
"Hadn't any time for letters. 1
was sent off in a hurry. It's a business
trip really, hut as I've a da\
or two to spam I thought I'd run
down here. The old place looks much
it ti
me same.
"Will you come inside?" Walter
(lilston suggested awkwardly.
"No, thanks. There's one thing
1 wanted to ask, though. What's
Lily Coleridge's address?"
"Miss Coleridge's address?" echoed
Cilston hesitatingly.
"Yes; I wondered if you knew it,
being such an old friend of hers. I've
got to catch Fridav's boat hack, so
there's no time to lose."
Walter (lilston was deliberating.
Suppose he let Robert Hurley go
hack to Canada without meeting Lily
Coleridge at all? His former jealousy
returned. Why should he assist
this rival ?
The temptation was irresistible.
"She left a few days ago," he said
abruptly, "but naturally she doesn't
write to me."
"You can't help me, then?" Hurley
answered. "11'm! That's a pity."
He turned awav. "Well, goodby'.
Clad to have seen you again."
(lilston stood motionless outsid*
the shop, watching. It was not until
Hurley's figure disappeared in th(
dusk that he realized what he had
done. In his selfishness he had not
given a thought to Lily
Flushed with shame, he locked tin
door behind him and set off at t
run.
"Big milliner's ? Cranthorpe's ?
that's where she is!" he panted, ai
he overtook Hurley at last. "1 remember
she mentioned?"
"Sure? By Jove, then, I know
their place well." He patted flilston'i
flliniililor * 11
........... .. i iin11ivm, tiwiiuiy.
Walter (lilston gave a gasp nf relief
as ho moved awav. He felt von
glad that he had spoken.
By the morning he had decided
that there was only one course tc
pursue, and immediate action wni
necessary. Closing the shop, he traveled
to town.
At IiCeke's head office, when he expressed
a wish to see the head of tin
firm, he was kept waiting an houi
or more. At last n clerk showed hiir
grudgingly into the inner office.
"You're Mr. Iioeke?" he blurted.
"I've come to make you an offer
You're going to open a branch jusl
opposite my shop. I wondered ?
wondered whether you'd care to Inn
me out?von understand so as t<
avoid competition."
lie was overawed by the magnifi
ecneo of the big premises and tin
sum he quoted was considerably leas
than the minimum he had settled
upon during the train journey. But
even when he mentioned this price
Mr. l/ccke gave an ironical, half-inI
credulous smile.
"Why, when we've l?een open a
month you'll he glad to take half as
much, (tooddav!"
Walter Gtlston reddened u he
itood up.
| "lt*j my living rou'n Ukiog
iway!" he* cried. """That shop was
my father's?my grandfather's, too.
Vou come everywhere, you and your
stores, and you crush men like me.
You don't care if we starve. All you
think of is your profits! I'd have
fought you. I would not have given.
in n-lllinni n ctmirnla " TTlS rniOP
U J J n 11U" 111 Ck Oil ' vivv
dropped. "Bnt I'm?I'm helpless."
"Business is busi-ness. Bnt, personally.
I'm not a hard-hearted
~ -man." Mr. Leeke" leatfed "forward.
'Why. now I come to think of it, I
know vou're K.hop jjry well. I come
from that part of the country myself.
Twenty years ago I was a hav at
school there. Let me see, what is
your name? Of course, now I remember
you !''
Walter Clilston swung around.
"You're Charlie Leeke. Your fathom
was John Leeke of the Manor
farm? Yes; I can see the likeness.
I never guessed?never <1 reamed?"
He opened the door abruptly.
"We were hoys together. You'd
forgotten that. Well, go and do your
worst."
With an angry wave of the hand
he passed out.
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"Oh, I haven't been waiting a minute!"
Lily Coleridge stammered.
"Now"?she laughed uncertainly?
"1 cun't think what 1 came to buy!"
Walter (iilston's embarrassment
kept him silent.
"I didn't like the Cranthorpes a
hit, so I haven't even stopped the
full week."
"Ifohert Hurlev?he found you?"
,, "Quite easily, lie was glad you
told him where to come. Lucky I
mentioned it." She hesitated. "He
had some news for me. A little Lit
unexpected. 1 was surprised when
lie showed me her photograph. His
wife, you know," she added ierkilv.
"Hurley's married?" Clilston
gasped.
"Only three months ago. But he
couldn't bring her over to Kngland."
Walter (lilston stared at her as if
through a mist.
"But I thought?understood?"
"1 said he was very brave to bring
the news here, where he must have
flirted with no end of girls."
She smiled. Her eyes were shining.
They iihU Walter (.Jilston's.
and the glaneo thrilled him. Then
he repressed an eager inquiry, and
lowered his head.
''You know about I.eeke's Stores?
They're coming here."
She nodded.
"Things mustn't he as had as they
, look. I'm in trouble, too. I've nowhere
to go. My father and mother,
that is?they were angry when I left.
They're worse now. They say it
serves me right and I must try to
find another situation somewhere.
They don't want me at home any
more."
"If only I had a home to olfer
you." Walter (lilston heard himself
answering. "1 would ask you to
marry me. But as it is?"
"1 made believe I was tired of a
country life," returned Iuly Coleridge
in a whisper, "hut 1 went away
?partly?because 1 thought you
didn't love me even a little bit. Are
you going to make me say any
more ?"
"l.ily," he said indistinctly, "remember
I.eeke's Stores are coming,
and I'm hard up, even now."
"Can't we share our troubles to
! gother ?"
They drew apart as the postman
: entered. As the envelope lay face
downwards she read the name on the
j flap."
"Why, here's a letter from
Leeke's! Of>en it! S?*e what they
say!"
A moment later Walter Cilston
gave a cry. lie stumbled round
point inglv excitedly:
"Dear Oilston: For old times'
sake 1 hope you'll accept the offer of
a permanent post. Will you give up
vour own shop and manage our new
branch? You know all the people
in the neighborhood, their likes and
dislikes. The salary will be?"
"More than enough for two!"
Walter (lilston exclaimed. "Lily, do
vou understand?"
i
At her low answer he slipped an
i arm about her.
"And I thought I had no friends."
he laughed aloud in sheer happiness.
, "What a mistake I made!"
COAL MINER DIED A HERO.
A hero of the pit was discovered
bv a search party in the Senghenydd
mine, where "TO victims of the reI
cent Wales colliery disaster are still
entoml>cd. The explorers readied
the Pretoria district mwl fnnn<l tKJrU
i bodies, amongst them l>eing a little
l?ov and a miner around whose neck
his arms were still clinging. One of
the search party said the position of
the bodies showed that the man was
carrying the hov, in a hrave attempt
to save his life, when he was overtaken
by the fumes.
"Scribble savs that when he is in
the throes of composition he forgets
to eat."
"That's convenient."
"How so?"
"The chances are that he can't eat.
j anyway, unUI he has turned out aume
THE F<
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Lesson
<Cy E. O. SELLERS. Director of Evening
Department. The Moody Dihle Institute.
Chicago.)
LESSON FOR APRIL 5 j'
CHRIST'S TABLE TALK.
l.ESSON TKXT?I.uke 14:7-21. !
t?Ol.l>HN TKXT?"Everyone that exaltoth
himself shall he humbled: und he that
humhleth himself shall he exalted." I.uke
, 14:11.
This lesson Is connected directly
with that of two weeks ago. the
events occurring in the house of the
"chief Pharisee." 14:1.
I. An Honorable Promotion, vv. 7-11.
?The spirit of humility here emphasized
by Jesus is not that of commending
the man who piously, osten
tutiously, takes the low seat, and then
is angry if lie Is not promoted; tinman
who says "no" and is angry if he
is taken at his word. These words
are not only to be applied literally but
have a wide scope and embrace all
the followers of Christ in every walk '
of life. The sincere evidence of this
spirit is proof of the nearness of the
disciple to the life of his Lord; see
Phil. 2:3. 6. 7 and Matt. 18:4. Men
scramble for position and power to
bo obtained at the hands of other (
men. Jesus, the keen observer, saw
men striving in this house, and criticizes
such conduct. "l^est haply." 1
twice repeated, gives us the clew to i
this section, (luests are not to seek
the higher seats, "lest haply" more |
worthy ones should appear who ought
to occupy them.
Real Hospitality.
II. A Holy Recompense, vv. 12-14.
?The man who makes a feast invites
those who can return his favor or else
thereby pays his obligations to society.
Not so the members of tin*
kingdom (Matt. 6:1-6, 16-18). "Recompense"
is here the key. Those
who are needy cannot make any material
recompense and the one who
gives the feast does not need any
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uiuci i cwui|i(-iinr uiuii mm ui tu?"
Kratltude of those served and the approval,
"well done." from tlie king,
i This does not forbid the interchange ;
of hospitality and courtesies but does
warn us lest in our elaborate feasts
we overlook the poor, but worthy
ones. In the kingdom, hospitality consists
of a desire to give rather than
to get.
111. A Heavenly Invitation, vv. 15.
24.?Ono of the guests seems to have
been impressed with the words of
Jesus and exclaimed, "Messed is lie
that shall eat bread in the kingdom of ;
God" He seemed to realize that the
i conduct Jesus was speaking of was
to be found only there. In answer our
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Ia>rd gave us this parable of the great
upper In which he describes an atmosphere
like that created by his host
and the guests there present. By this
parable he replies to this man. contrasting
the admixing of an ideal and
being willing to be governed by that
Ideal, (a) Those who refused. This
was a "great supper," a time of great
Joy and many were invited, see Gal.
4:4. 5: Matt. 3:2: Mark 1:14, 13. All
men had to do was to ".'ome." Isa.
55:1; Matt. 11:28: John 7:37: Rev.
22:17. There were three who made
excuses, yet all three refused the invitation.
The first (v. 18) was the
man whose property stood In his way ]
(II Tim. 4:1ft; I Tim. 6:9). The second
allowed a dumb ox. that might
have received attention later, to take
precedence over the glad feast. Domestic
demands and godless home ties
:?re used frequently by the evil one to
keep men out of the kingdom. The (
third excuse (v. 20) was still less justifiable,
for this man should have
brought his wife with liim. It was her
place as much as his to accept the j
Invitation. However, to spurn God's
Invitation does not mean that there
-hull be any lack of guests, see John.
1:11 and Matt. 21:21. (2) Those who
accepted this Invitation (vv. 21-241.
Thus to be spurned made the master
of the house "angry" (v. 21).
God's Method.
This is God's method of filling
empty churches. If we wear out consecrated
shoe-leather during the week
men will not forget us on the Sab- !
bath, and guests Will always be found
for God's table. "Compulsion" tv. i.?)
Indicates intense, earnest effort in
bringing men to Christ (II Cor. 5:20;
Col. 1:28; II Tim. 4:2). Men should
be reluctant only through a sense of
their unworthiness, which is in reality
their greatest possible fitness.
Here again the question of host and |
guest is thrus. upon us. In society
we ask our friends and rich neighbors,
lest haply they hid us in turn, or repay
by making some other reeom- j
pense. Our hospitality is a quid pro
quo business. Thus there is set before
us the blindness of human hearts !
in the excuses they make in answer j
to God's invitation.
In the matter of entering the kingdom
of God it is the man who humbles
himself that is exalted within. Men
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