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The Call of thi Cumberlands By Charles Neville Buck ' With Illustrations from Photographs of Scenes in the Play (CoBjTi?iu. (OU, by W. J. w?tt * CoJ 8YNOPSI8. On Misery creek Sally Miller flm George Lescott. a landscape painter, u conscious. Jesse Purvy of the Hollmi clan has been shot and Samson Is su pected of the crime. Samson denies I The shooting breaks the truce In tl Hollman-South feud. Jim Hollman hun with bloodhounds the man who shot Pu vy. The bloodhounds lose the trail Bploer South's door. Lescott dlscove artistic ability in Satnson. while sketc! Ing with Lescott on the mountain. Tarn rack discovers Samson to a Jeering croi I of mountaineers.1, Samson t thrashes. hi and denounces him as the "trucefbu ter" who shot Purvy. At Wile M Cager's dance Samson tells the Sou clan that he Is going to leave tl mountains. lescott goes home to Ne Tork. Samson bids Spicer and Sal farewell and foLlows. In New York Sar : son studies art and learns much of ci ways. Drennle Lescott persuades W! fred Horton. her dilettante lover, to do Man'a mnrk In tha world PTOlTlDted 1 her Jove, Sally teaches herself to wrll Hortori throws himself Into the buslne world and becomes well hated by pred tory financiers and politicians. At a B hemlan resort Samson meets William Fa hlsh. sporty social parasite, and Hortor aemy. CHAPTER X?Continued. \ x t Acrlenne Lescott nodded. Her ey< wter*- sweetly sympathetic. "It's the hardship of the condition! she said, softly. "Those conditio! will change." A man had come out onto the y< anda from/ the inside, and was e preaching the table. He was lmma ujatily groomed, and came forwa y itl> the deference of approaching thrcne, yet as one accustomed to a proi.ching thrones. His smile was th oI pleased surprise. ! The mountaineer recognized Ft fejsh, and, with a quick hardenii of the face, he recalled their la meeting, 'if Farblsh should presui to renew the acquaintanceship und I these circumstance^ Samson mea Xi rise from his chair, and strike hi lu the face. George Lescott's sist cou'd not be subjected to such me< lugs. Yet, it was a tribute to his i ?ancement In good manners, that dreaded making a seep **^her pn once, and, as a warnhy^iemetE| When Horton had begun hi# cru % sade against various abuses, he h&( j cast a suspicious eye on all matter* ' through which he could trace the tral of William Farbish, and now, whet Farbish saw Horton, he eyed him witl an enigmatical expression, half-quiz zical and iialf-malevolent. After Adrienne and Samson had dis appeared, be rejoined his companion a stout, middle-aged gentleman o noria complexion, wause oueviuc vui away and reposeful waistcoat coveret a liberal embonpoint. Furbish tool bis cigar from his lips, and studiec its ascending smoke through lids hall closed and thoughtful. "Singular," he mused; "very singu lar!" "What's singular?" impatiently de manded his companion. "Finish, 01 don't start." "That mountaineer came up hen ds as George Lescott's protege," w^n on Farbish, reflectively. "He cam* b- fresh from the feud belt, and lande< promptly in the police court, ^low ts in- less than a year, he's pairing of r-- with Adrienne Lescott?who, even one supposed, meant to marry Wllfrec h- Horton. This little party tonight is to put it quite mildly, a bit uncon m ventional." "] The stout gentleman said nothing th and the other questioned, musingly: to "Rv th? why. Bradburn. 1 has th( w " . " : * ? iy Kenqiore Shooting club requested Wil J>- fred Horton's resignation yet?" J. "Not yet. We are going to. He'i a not congenial, since his hand is raisec against every man who owns mor< sa than two dollars." The speaker owne< q" several million times that-sum. Thii r- meeting at an out-of-the-way plac< ''8 had been arranged for the purposi of discussing ^ays and means of curb ing Wilfred's crusades. "Well, don't do it" Bl "Why tjje devil shouldn't we? W( don't want anarchists in the Ken i ? more." After awhile, they sat silent Farbisl smiling over the plot he had Just de ;r vised, and the other man puffing wit! ' a puzzled expression at his cigar. ^ "That's all there is to it," summai r(j ized Mr. Farblsh, succinctly. "If wi can get these two men, South ant ~ Horton, together down mere ai m< at shooting lodge, under the proper condl lions, they'll do the rest themselves, think. I'll take care of Soujh. Now ir" It's up to you to have Horton ther at the same time." 18 ' "How do you know these men hav QQ not already met?and amicably?" d? e' manded Mr. Bradburn. D '1 happen to know it, quite b m chance. It is my business to knot er things?quite by chance!" 'd~ Indian summer came again t e Misery, flaunting woodland banners o Maw cer?" demanded the girl, In gentj^H I anxiety. Every one alonr Hii^H i called the old man Unc' Splcer. 1 "I can't jest make out" Her^Hj 1 former Bpoke slowly, and bit brow H ) rugated Into something like sdE> - ness. "He ain'^ jest to Bay pipit Tat is, his organs seems all rignt, bgljp i don't 'pear to have no heart Ter notlv, i ? and his victuals don't tempt him J*K; i f He's jest puny, thet's all." j "I'll go over thar, an' see him," M I 1 nounced the girl 'Til cook a Chkqkw J i thet'll tempt him," . ?<, ]ySr-dj s ti? ?j?i a. a. ?>k r iilrrfffiB l i liks gin spent IUUUU tiLue ttivpr w I - at the house of old Splcer .fiouih, ud her coming seemed to waken:him ino 1 - a fitful return of spirits. L "I reckon, Unc' Splcer," BUggetin 1 the girl, on one of her *rst TlSJfl. i r "I'd better send fer Samson. iilfccjr l hit raout do ye good ter gee ! 3 The old man was weakly Itpoiik i t back on his chair, and his eyes wejs. 3 vacantly listless; but, at the sBgg&j < 1 tion, he straightened, and the a^goj i , fire came again to his face. ' * t "Don't ye do hit," he exoUdm^ sff t most fiercely. "I knows ye mean hA i kindly, Sally, but .don't ye meddle^ jfl.j , my business." - * *1 "I?I didn't 'low ter meddle," (fal- 1 tered the girl. t "No, little gal." His rokM'gOfnNed j at once Into gentleness. "r 3 ye didn't. I didn't mean ter btMUfcg) - answered with ye either,' twit jtiUKy jest one thing I won't 'low WH?M 9 tor do?an' thet's ter setid *er S^s||Lk< 1 He knows the road home,- J^nHWjE 3 he wants ter come, he'll find the doPj i i open, but we hain't a-goin' t?4r1 9 Wilfred Horton found himself t^'j k fall In the position of a man wm 1 course lies through rapids. and^Kj the flrst time In hlB life his pleastHFji ? were giving precedence to hoaf^^K'J Horton was the most-hated and o(R admired man In New York,, hot i men who hated and snubbed him weNMi hia own sort, and the men frth* ti mired him were those whom be Wai^mi never meet, and who Knew 1dm through the columns of penttjolM i e Powerful enemies had ceased-ijjj^^B 1 and begun to conspire. He.jH^^Byi e silenced! How, was a mooted^ i- tlon. But, in some fashion, he I do uueuceu.aocwyy uhu uui, , him out, but society had shown b in many subtle ways that he afiutHf; *t longer her favorite. He had tataflt,i b plebeian stand with the massesjfl^Kj i- while, from various sourcesjfl^Hn had received warnings of y sonal danger. But at tfcesj^^^BH f laughed, and no hint of reached Adrlenne's\ears. One evening, when o forced, the postponement f engagement frith m == ^^ Tre alluding to Samsou South, to i the description Is a slander, out ^Krer thought It would be necessary vtay such a thing to you, Wilfred, coo out you are talking like a cad." The young man flushed. the "I laid myself open to that," he said, be iloWly, "and I suppose I should have afri ?xpected It Qod knows I hate cads hav ind snobs. Mr. South Is simply, as wa; ret, uncivilized. Otherwise, he would Dig lardly take you, unchaperoned, to? Soi eell, let us say to ultra-bohemian re- S utrti. where vou are seen by such lar fossip-mougeri as William Farbish." the that's the specific charge, is spo ii" ' * v ' of "Yes, that's the specific charge. Mr. vis! South may be a man of unusual talent twc feid strength. But?he has done what prb ip other man his done?with you. He It < ias caused club gossip, which may tha gislly be twisted and misconstrued." lng you fancy that Samson Smith thn iould have taken me to the Wigwam tioi ttfcHtouse If I had not cared to go 1 ;. The man shook his head. the ' "Certainly, not! But the fact that mu fbu did care to go with him indicates abl< h? Influence over you which is new. wh! (M have hot sought the bobemian car ihanl nhttaoa f\t llfo Bltfh Dhfi <||W^lmywf cuvivum |iuno?o vb ??*v M I-Mht1! other fridnds. There Is no price cap mpr' heaven I would not pay for Leg rftur regard. None the less, I repeat for 9& at the present moment, I can ffce only two definitions for this moun[iloeer. Either he Is a bounder, or Hjfe, no Is so densely Ignorant and mifcEhidh that; he Is unfit to'associate "I make no apologies for Mr. South," i the said, "because none are needed. A IS is a stranger In New York, who M mows nothing, and cares nothing fm ibout the'conyentlonalltles. If I chose yjrv ?'*ilve them, I think It was my right M my responsibility." HoiKrn said nothlfag, and,x In a mo- " dent AdLrienne Lescott's manner She spoke more gently: ^wlfflred, I'm sorry you choose to fc*' tils prejudice against the boy. Bin could have done a great deal to Wp'fetin. I wanted you to be friends." ./t'jThank you!" His manner was K3%'hardly think we'd hit it off "l^e;you are Jealous!" she ? he ivenraore. I'll hare a car\i mad< tor him." Don't trouble," demurred Lesootl lly, "I can fix that up." It would be a pleasure," smile* other. "I sincerely wish I couli there at the same time, but I'd aid that, like you, Lescott, I shal e to give business the right o 7. However, when I hear that thi hts are beginning, I'll call Mi ith up, and pass the news to him.' iamson had thought it rather slngu that he had never met Horton a Lescott house, though Adrienm ke of him almost as of a mem be the family. However, Samson' Its were usually in his Intervals b< ten relays of work and Horton wai bably at such times in Wall streel did not occur to the mountalnee t the other was Intentionally avoid him. /"He tnew of Wilfred onl; ough Adrienne's eulogittio descrij is, and, from hearsay, liked him. 'he months of close application ti el and books had begun to tell 01 outdoor man in a softening o Bcles and a slight, though notice e, pallor. The enthusiasm witl Ich he attacked his daily schedul rled him far, and made his progrea nomenal, but he [was spendlni ita! of nerve and health, and Georg icott began to fear a break-dowi his protege. He discussed th J? -fit VIII Arrange So^hat You Will No Run Up on Wilfred Horton." Iter with Adrienne, and the gir an to promote loathe boy an inter in the duck-shooting trip?an in sat which had already awakened plte the rifleman's inherent con ipt for shotguns. [ reckon I'd like It, all right," h< I, "and Til bring back some ducks 'm lucky." o, Lescott arranged the outfit, am : ftlmational iSBMSOlOOL 1 i Lesson <t7 B. O. SELLERS, Acting Director of " Sunday School Course, Hie Moody Bible i. Institute, Chicago, I1L) LESSON FOR APRIL 18 r v ? THE 8HEPHERD'S PSALM. ? LESSON TEXT?Psalm 23. ? GOLDEN TEXT-The Lord la my Shepr herd.?Ps. 23:L ' Thu la tha moat famous I of the h shepherd king's writings. Probably written In bis later life, be borrows a bis figure from the experience pf his / " a youth. The relation of the lafeib to { David Is a type to blm of his relaK tlons to God. Israel's greatest poet ^ had ample time for meditation in the < 8 days of bis youth as he followed the g occupation of shepherd. His playing . on the barp is famous and he made e the first official use of music In the . worship of Jehovah (see I Chron. 15: g 15-24). The word "Psalm" Is from the Greek, and first meant a stringed Instrument. The Hebrew title of this book Is "Praises." Of the 150 psalms David Is expressly credited with 73. To fully study this, the sweetest of / . all psalms, we must consider it verse by verse. (1) "My 8hepherd." The lamb is David. The Shepherd is Jehovah. The time is man's natural time op earth. The rest is in the future. This Shept herd so provides that the lamb "shall not waht" It is his business to care for hia sheep. We are the sheep. 11 Jesus la'the Shepherd, and hla aheep obey his voice (John 10:4, 5). We shall not want for food, for drink, for grace, for quietness, for companion1 ship, for guidance and for welcome back to the fold at the end of the day or in the time of storm. (2) "He leadeth me." "The Lord Is -my Shepherd because (a) he bought me; (b) he feeds me; (c) he leads me." I -?Robertson. To fully comprehend the deep significance of this psalm we must try to know the land of Palestine 1 and the habits of eastern shepherds; ?hnv foarl ttlffff flocks. knOW xiu tt [TTC7? * them by name, and keep constant > rlgll against the danger ot flood and > wild beastq. The Lord is an Individ* ual shepherd, Interested In the one ' > as well' as the whole, and as such at. tends to each Individual's need. He provides a place for us to "lie down