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CHANCE TO BECOME
Synopsis.?Clay Wlmburn, a y
land, meets pretty Daphne Kip, wt
Clay In Wall street. After u whir
<1ay buys an engagement ring c
Daphne agrees to an early man
I money-worried father what she r
for the purpose she goes to New Y
seau. Daphne's brother. Bayard,
with his bride. Leila. Daphne a
Bayard's flat. WMnburn introduce:
New York life. Daphne meets Toi
greatly1 attracted to her. Daphni
penniless, except for his sulary. ]
York unexpectedly. The three wc
und the two younger women buy e
to Bayard. Bayard is furious c
ahead. Daphne. Indignant, declar
tweaks her engagement with Clay.
Daphne induces Reben, a theatric
oot of his companies.
CHAPTER X?Continued.
Miss Kerable went forward t<
IH.pbne and took her hand and pettet
* and said: "I'm so glad to see you
Tea roust meet my aunt, Mrs. Vinlng
She won't object to your playing he:
parts, I'm sure."
Mrs. Vinlng, who had played al
t oner of roles for half a century
?ifl was now established as a famou:
ytfoyer of hateful old graudes dames
pared Daphne her ready viuegar ant
rfe<Me lo mother her.
Mr. Reben had come down from hi:
wfflce to make up his own mind. H<
aailed with a kind of challenging cor
tiality and murmured: "So our litth
business woman is going to open tht
bop. Well, all you've got to do 1;
deliver the goods and I'll buy 'en
at your own price."
Batterson rapped on the kitcher
ftahie that stood on the apron of th<
tage nnder a naked bunch of Ugh:
< ? glaring brilliance.
"f'laces, please, for the entrance
Ready? AH right, Eldon!"
The noble matinee Idol put his ha
*q the table, walked on, sat down 01
? divan composed of two broker
ofeairs and read an imagluary news
paper.
Batterson said: "Doorbell! Buzz-z.'
A well-dressed young man, whon
-Jb ?< ? no ulllol-ltr flTlt
yjwic * CVV?UII.CVI u^ %uv V?MV?V ?? ?
ter, walked across and opened ai
aiuagmary door between two chairs
Thw was the cue for Miss Keinble':
famous "How do you do?"
Everybody waited and watched fo
fee newcomer to make her debut ii
fee new world. Then was a silence
1>>pbne stood with heels screwed t<
fee floor and tongue glued to the roo
her mouth.
? right. Miss Kip," said Battersoi
with ominous patience. "Come on
??ae on, please!"
Another silence. then Paphm
fesghed and choked. "I'm awfully stu
*JL 1' ve forgotten the line."
ISatierson gnashed his unlighted ci
and growled: "Howjadol How
jfcjo r
"l>b, yes! Thank you. I'm s<
Barry-** said Daphne, and walked oi
?k the wrong side of the chairs.
everybody shuddered to realize tlia
had entered through a solid wall
miracle was ignored, but ther
*? bo itrnorimr the peculiarly lneio
IrSKit oote she struck when she bowei
<u> the butler and stammered:
are you?"
A sigh went through the vast pre
band and void of the empty theatei
te*t?nct told even the echoes tha
fKiphne did not belong and never coul
AeWag. Batterson groaned, truglcallj
"Not to the butler, please! Don'
?a> 'How are you?' to the butlei
say 'How are you?" to anybodj
fuease. Script says 'Howjudo?' Sa
'^wjado?' to Mr. Eldon there. Sa
Ikwrjado' to Mr. Eldon there."
"*How do you do?" said Daphrn
owiug to Eldon and speaking with
jMllessness of a squeezed doll.
Eldon rose, folded up his iniaginar
piper. and came fonvurd with a pitj
Sag desire to help her. He hoped thu
"A* scared little Kip woman would wi
'dnrongh the same bitter trials to tb
*a?e perilous and always endangere
?occes*. But he had a fear.
He delivered her his line with b<
*c*oleot gentleness, lie waited, the
?fi?e her her line with exquisite tae
Sl-.e did not repeat it after him. Ii
.til to her:
"7>>a't be afraid; you're all right
n* gave her the line again and si
jorroted it after him. She leap*
ttk-es to a speech several minutes fa
on. He drew her back to the cut
"Pardon me, but I think I have a lit
?*i*ore that."
TU* rehearsal blundered on. It wi
m* Daphne's fright that disturbs
rest. It was her complete failui
1? suggest the character, or any cha
'?*t Batter son found nothing i
him. end Rebeu tasted thi
*< ?t and ashes of disuppointmei
m v -which theatrical managers ai
familiar when they bite on tl
t>- ad sea fruit of beauty without dr
talent.
CATERPILLARS CAUSE RASI
Several Cases of Blood Poisoning R
ported at Emergency Hospital of
Salt Lake City.
Xo less than four cases of blood pc
wxtag and body rash caused by
atmtent variety of caterpillar hat
tV-ea reported to the emergency ho
p*to5. says the Salt Lake Tribune. Mr
*>ean R. Daynes of 870 South We
Simple street, appealed to the cli
ssflkiats for advice la regard to a ras
lirteenth "*
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ESCUE AS DAPHNE SEES HER f
A STAR SLIPPING AWAY.
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oung New Yorker on a visit to Clovelose
brother is in the same office with
lwind courtship they become engaged.
>n credit and returns to New York.
iage, and after extracting from her
egards as a sufficient sura of money
ork with her mother to buy her troushas
Just married and left for Europe
lid her mother install themselves in
s Daphne and her mother to luxurious
m Duane, man-about-town. who seems
i accidentally discovers that Clay is
Baynard and his wife return to New
men set out on a shopping excursion
xpensive gowns, having them charged
?ver the expense, seeing hard times
es she will eurn her own living and
Through an Introduction by Dunne,
ai magnate, to give her a position in
Miss Kemble tried to help. She
asked Daphne to step nslde and watch
5 while she went through the scene. But
J she was so unnerved that she forgot
i. her own lines and had to refer to the
:. mnnusorlpt, while Eldon waited in
r acute distress and Daphne, looking on. t
said: "Oh, I see. I think I understand
1 it now." Then she forgot it all again
, at the repetition. Somehow the re?
hearsal was worried through to the i
end and Batterson dismissed the com1
pauy with sarcastic thanks. Then he
went to Reben to demand a substi- \
3 tute.
? Daphne went home, dreading her f
. fate but not knowing what the verdict J
> was. She felt sure that It would be \
? not guilty of dramatic ability. She i
5 was worn out with the exposure of her r
, own faults and uncertain which she
feared the more?to be dismissed or r
j to be accepted. The latter meant un- c
? eudlug trials.
t At the elevator she found Tom r
Duane. He had Just telephoned up ?
. to the apartment to ask If she were In.
There was a welcome flntterv in his
t frank delight. She asked him up. Tom
i Dunne was electric with cheer. He
i praised Daphne with inoffensive heart
iness and Insisted on hearing the history
of her progress. She gave the
worst possible account of her stupldi
Ity. He would h"y> *">?
i- -^depreciation.
i "Everything's got to begin," he said.
. "Some of the greatest actors are bad
i at rehearsal, and never get over It.
Some of the greatest actresses always
are at their worst on the first perforrar
ance. You're bound to succeed. You
1 have beauty and charm and grace and
'* magnetism no end. Don't worry. I'll
f speak to Reben and make him restrain
Batterson. We'll make a star of you
j yet."
There was a fine reassurance In that
u word "we" In spite of Its pleasant tang
of impudence. It gave her strength to
go to the telephone and call up Reben.
She came back in despair and collapsed
on the divan.
Tom Duane was at her side instantly.
"You're 111! In heaven's name,
whut can I do?"
3 His solicitude pleased her. She
3 smiled palely: "Mr. Reben told ine he
was afruld I'd better give up the job. <
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: I 1 irsilll'
He Gave Her ? Hand-Grip of Perfect
'd Good Fellowship.
r.
?: lit* wns very polite and awfully sorry,
ie but he suid he didn't think I was quite
suited to the work. He said that later,
is perhaps, there might be another
>d ehance, but?oh?oh?oh!"
:e She was crying with all her might.
r. Gradually she realized that Dunne's
hands were on her shoulders. He was
to squeezing them as If to keep her from
it sobbing herself to pieces. His face
at was close to hers, and he was murre
muring:
ie "You poor little thing. You mustn't
u- grieve. You've to fine and too beautiful
f-?r su 'h work."
Li that had broken out on her baby's
back. Mrs. Daynes said she hud fouud
e. an ordinary looking yellow caterpillar
in her baby's clothing and discovered
the rash later. She was advised to
call in a physician immediately,
il- "Caterpillars are the larvae of a
a lepidopterous insect, not necessarily a
,-e butterfly, in the first stage of inetas
morphosis," according to Webster. The
s. larvae of such insects as the geomst
etrid moth or the huwk moth are
ty smooth and are not poisonous. The
)U large yellow hulred oues have a pencil
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She flung herself free. "No, no; I'm '
in Imbecile?I'm no good?that's all." j
Those big hands were at her shoullers
again. That soothing voice was
nlnlsterlng courage and praise:
"You are not no good. You shall j
succeed! I'll make Itehen take you ,
>ack. I've helped Reben out when he j
vas In trouble. I've lent hirn money
ind I'll make him give you your j
-hnnce. I promise that, on my word!" j
She stared at him through her tears. (
They blurred him in dancing flashes
>f light as If he were a sun god. She j
aught his hands from her shoulders,
>ut she had to hold them in hers. She |
vas drowning, and she must cling to ,
vhatever arms stretched down to her. ,
5he must not question whose they {
vere till she wus safe again on the ]
iolld earth.
Duane was laughing now and pating
her on the back as If she were a
rlghtened culUL. ^.She felt -no?fight
o rebuke his caresses. They were
luch as a brother might give a sister,
lis arm about her was that of a com ade,
sustaining another in a battle.
He was the only one in the world
vho offered her courage and praise
ind help in her need.
Duane said, with a matter-of-fact
>rlskness: "I'll call Reben up at once.
S'o, I'll go see him."
"Ritr von nnf me under such obllea
Ions. I'm afraid?"
"Never be afruid of an obligation."
"I'm afruid I cuu never repay It."
"Then you're one ahead. But you
an repay uie und you will."
"How?"
"Let's wait and see. Goodby. Don't
vorry."
He gave her a hand-grip of perfect
rood fellowship and went Into the hall.
She followed him to tell him again
low kind he was. As she was claspng
his hand again Leila opened the
loor with her latchkey.
Now there was triple embarrassnen't.
Tom Duune had paid ardent
:ourt to Leila before she married Bnyird.
Here he wus In Bayard's wife's
lome, apparently flirting with Bayird's
young sister.
Leila felt all the outraged sentlnents
of Jealousy and all the Indlgmtlon
of a chaperon who has been clraimvented.
Duane retreated In poor ,
irder. Daphne stammered an expla- (
mtion too brief and muddled to sufIce.
Then she went to her room. J
There her mother found her when ,
;ha r>nmo in ltp^r?Daphne had only a. 3
alnt hope that Duane touTcT work his ,
nlracle twice, so she told her mother
hat she had failed as an actress. She ,
old her bluntly: ]
"Mamma, I've been fired."
To her comfort her mother caught ,
ler to her ample bosom and said: "I'm (
?lad of It I'm much obliged to who
jver is to blame. Not but what you ,
:ould have succeeded If you had kept (
it it. But you're too good for such
i wicked life. A person couldn't be on
ictor without being Insincere and a ,
pretender, and my little girl Is too honest.
So now you come along home ,
with me."
"No. thank you, mamma."
\f..o y in fro t h nroH hoTQAlf tftffplhpr I
for u vigorous assuult when the tele- i
phone rang and the maid brought word
that a gent'man wished to speak with
Miss Daphne. ,
It was Duane, and she braced herself
for another blow. But his voice
was clarion with success.
"I've seen Reben. It's all right. He's
promised to keep you on and give you
11 chance. He says for yon to report
it the theater at sevendhlrty tonight."
And now again Duphne was more
afraid of her success, such as It was,
than of her failure. But It was pleasant
to carry the news to her mother
and Leila.
It disgusted them both. They were
still trying to dissuade her from continuing
on the downward path when
a telegram from her father came for
her mother:
"Taking beaver arrive Grand Central
tomorrow thra't meet mdTdfe.
"WES."
Bayard was late, as nsnal, and
Leila's temper had Just begun to sim-.
mer when the door was opened stealthily
and a hand was thrust In. It proffered
a small box of jeweler's size and
waved It like a flag of truce.
Leila rushed forward with a cry of
fl??li?rht, seized the packer ana men
the hand, and drew Bayard Into the
room and into her arms.
"Tills is your apology. I suppose,"
she said.
"Yes, the apology for being late, and
that's what made me late."
Leila was enraptured. She adored
gifts and she had the knack of inspiring
them. The little square parcel
provoked her curiosity. She opened
It so excitedly that the contents fell
to the floor. She swooped for them
and brought up a platinum chain with
a delicate plaque of tiny diamonds and
pearls on a device of platinum.
Leila ran to Mrs. Kip and Daphne,
exclaiming: "Aren't they beautiful?
Aren't they wonderful? Aren't they
glorious?"
Mrs. Kip and Daphne tried to keep
the puce, but once more they could not
forgot who It was that wus raining
down gold on this greedy stranger.
Their ularm was not diminished when
Bavurd sa'd to Lei'a; I
of hairs that look like horns and a
faslcule of hairs that resembles a tall.
It Is the sting from these hairs that
poisons, as It is almost impossible for
the insect to bite.
No case of a caterpillar sting has
proved fatal, so far as the officials of
the Salt Lake hospitals know. Mothers
were advised to keep their very young
children off luwns and from beneath
trees, unless some one was in attendance
to watch them.
George Williams, thirty-^lght years
old. of 537 South West Temple, also
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? You're not the only one who can 1
>pAc accounts. I started one for '
th<*" ^
j le took from his pocket a pale i
Jr( ihure and said to Leila: "That alov
we agreed on, you knov. ?" i
fes, I know." i
Well, Instead of paying It to you ]
ik by week I decided to open a i
)al k account for you; so I ran over to '
i bank at the lunch hour and made |
t (eposlt to your credit?five hundred i
lol ars!"
i pHb fnrent her lewelrv for a mo* I
neft in this new pride. She strutted i
jbjnt with "mock hauteur, waving Mrs. i
ftljj and Daphne aside and saying:
EiJn't speak to me. I am a lady with
t hflnk account." I
jirs. Kip sighed in dreary earnest, 1
That's more than I ever was."
I eila was poring over her bank book, i
lje blank pages In which so ruuny druna
i? tragedies and life histories could i
)eJ codified in bald numerals.
I ?r first question was ominous: "Do
[ jave to go all the way down to 1
Br<ad street every time I wont to
jrgtv out some money?"
? er first thought was already to at:ac:
the integrity of her store.
m Yo, dearest," said Bayard, "there
s | n uptown branch, right around the
?0f ler. But I hope your visits there ,
be more for a put-In than tnkeJuV
Every time I give you anything
[ ^ant you to put some of It aside.
Mu/'^e Borne day I'll want to borrow
Sh< Found Batterson Quarreling With
a Property Man Over the ResponsiI,
lity for a Broken Vase.
301] ie of It for a while. Maybe you
i save me from a crash some day.
how, It will be a great help to me
t0 j eel that I have a thrifty little wife
a^ope. A man has to plunge a good
his wlfeMWfl"
jiSniy makes him or breaks him."
^Bayard spoke with unusual solemnity:
"Old Ben Franklin said, 'A shilling
earned and sixpence spent, a fortune.
Sixpence earned and a shilling
spept, bankruptcy'?or something like
that. But Moses got ahead of him.
Whfen he handed down the Ten Commandments
he whispered an extra one
to tye the private secret of the chosen
people."
"What was It?" said Leila with a
minimum of interest.
"Thou shalt not spend all thou earnest,?
said Bayard. "It was?well, It
wasi the Thirteenth Commandment, I
guefs?a mighty unlucky one to break.
Thel Jews have kept it pretty well.
They've been the bankers of the world
eve| while they were persecuted."
Lflla shrugged her handsome shoulders
and studied the gems.
"Xiet's not talk about It tonight.
Let*p dine somewhere and go to the
theqter. I want to show off my new
splehdor."
"ilne!" said Bayard, trying to cast
awajr his forebodings and lift himself
by his own boot straps. "Get on your
duds mother, you and Daphne."
"I; can't go," said Daphne. "I've got
to be at the fun-factory at half past
seven and I've hardly time to eat anything."
While Leila and Bayard and Mrs.
Kip were putting on their festal robes
DaphQe was euting alone a hasty meal
brought up tardily from the restaurant.
Before they were dressed she had to
march out. io-tt'iaT'Tfre called her
worfihrk clothes. The hallman ran to |
COM ner U luxicuu, uui sue suuuu. utri
head. Her humble twenty-five dollars
a week would not Justify a chariot to
and from the shop.
Shp walked rapidly along Fiftyninth
street, hut not rapidly enough to
escape one or two murmurous gallants
Sh* found Batterson quarreling with
a prtperty man over the responsibility
for a broken vase. He ignored her till
at length she ventured to stammer:
"FDre I am, Mr. Batterson."
"Se I see. Well, sit down somewher
i."
Fir ding a seat was no easy task.
Ever ' piece of furniture she selected
becai ie at once the object of the
scene shifter's attack and she had to
take light.
Me nbers of the company strolled in,
paused at the mailbox and went to
theirjvari?us cells.
Evlntually Batterson found that all
the company was on hund and in good
healtl L He said to Daphne. "Everybody
Is here and nobody sick, so you
needi't stay after the curtain goes
up."
Bui she wanted to learn her trade,
so sh* loitered about, feeling like an
uninvited poor relation. The members
of th? company came from their lairs,
of Salt Lake, wns bitten on the thigh
by a Caterpillar while In bed. Within
an hoflr the poison had spread through
his entire system and a rash had
broke* out on his arms and back. He
was treated at the emergency hospital,^bringing
the caterpillar with
him.
Feeding the 8oldiere.
Althpugb he would a great deal
rather be taking part In cavalry raids,
Capt. John C. Pegram. for 15 years at^^^^to
the of the United
looking odd and unreal In their patnt
They seemed to be surprised that
Dnphne was still In existence. Eldon
gave her a curious smile of greeting.
She heard the cull boy crying "Over- ;
ture" about the corridors. She heard
the orchestra playing "the king's :
piece." Then it struck up a march
that sounded remote and Irrelevant.
There was a loud <?w-ish which she supposed
to be the curtain going up. An
actor and an actress in white flannels
with tennis rackets under their arms
linked hands and skipped inh the well j
of light. They bandied repartee for (
a time. '
Eldon, speaking earnestly to Mrs. J
Vinlng, suddenly began to laugh softly.
He laughed louder und louder and
then plunged into the light.
A little later Eldon came iff the
stage laughing. He dropped his laughter
us he crossed the border ?.nd re
sumed his anecdote. "As I was saying?"
"But Mrs. Vining Interrupted:
"There comes my cue. How are They
tonight?"
"Rather cold," said Eldon; "It's so
hot."
"The swine!" said Mrs. Vining. Then
she shook out her skirts, straightened
up and swept through the door like a
dowager swan.
One of the box lights began to sputter,
and Batterson dashed round from
the other wing to curse the man In
charge. He ran Into Daphne, glared,
and spoke harshly: "You needn't wait
uuy longer."
Daphne swallowed her pride and
slunk out.
CHAPTER XI.
She woke early next morning. It
was just six o'clock. She remembered
that her father would be arriving in
two hours. She decided that it would
be a pleasant duty to surprise the
poor, old, neglected codger by meeting
hlra.
At the Grand Central station Daphne
found that she was nearly an hour
too early for the train. It amused
her to take her breakfast at the lunch
counter, to clamber on the high stool
and eat the dishes of haste?a cup of
coffee and a ham sandwich. It was
pleasant to wander about alone In this
atmosphere of speed, the suburban
trains, like feed pipes, spouting
streams of workers, the out-bound
trains drawing their passengers to faroff
destinies as If by suction.
At length it was time for the train.
Daphne went to the rope barrier opposite
the door of entry and waited
In ambush for her father.
At length she made out a rather
shabby man carrying his own luggage.
It was her father. He looked older
and seedier than she remembered. He
did not expect to be met. He was
looking idly at the new station. He
had not been to New York since it had
been thrown open.
She ran to him. He dropped his old
suitcase on the toes of the man following
niiir imwi i nun in i i milium I riff*
fervor. He devoured her with his eyes
and kissed her again and told her that
she was prettier than ever. All about
them there were little groups embracing
and kissing. There was a wonderful
business In reunions.
When her father said, "I haven't
had my breakfast; have you?" she lied
affectionately, "No."
"Let's have some breakfast together."
"Fine," said Daphne. "We'll go to
the Biltmore."
"Kind of expensive, Isn't It?" he
asked anxiously.
"It's my treat," she said.
This amused him enormously. "So
you're going to treat, eh?"
"Yep," she said.
"Where did you get all the money?"
"I'm a working lady now."
He laughed again and shook his
head over her.
"What did you mean by saying you
were a working lady?" said Wesley
when they were seated at the table
and breakfast was ordered. "Your
mother wrote me something about having
a little disagreement with you.
She seemed to be right worried, so I
thought I'd better run on to see if I
couldn't sort of smooth things over.
I'm glad you came to meet me. We
can talk without interruption for once.
Tell me all about It."
She told him the whole story of her
decision to Join the great social revolution
that Is freeing women from the
slavery of enslaving the men. Her
peroration was her new watchwurd:
"I don't want to take any more money
from you."
"Why, honey," he protested, "I love
to give it to you. I only wish I had
ten times as much. I couldn't dream
of letting you work. You're too plrty.
What's that young Wlmburn cub mean
by letting you work?"
"Oh, he's bitterly opposed to It, so
I gave liira his ring."
At last Daphne gets the
chance that she has hoped for
and at the same time has dreaded?the
chance to gain a place
that will give her the independence
she seeks. What Daphne
did with the great chance when
it came is told in the next installment.
(TO BK CONTINUED ?
Real "Handy Man."
A Tasmunlun Jack of all trade*
claims that ho is a hairdresser, tobac*
conist, cycle repairer, electrical certifloated
engineer, certificated marine en
gineer for the Derwent, organist and
choirmaster, stencil cutter, fretworker,
billiard hall keeper, proprietor circulating
library, uud is manager of th?
local town hall.
States army. Is now putting In some
very hard strokes in the way of commissary
preparedness, so that If an
army travels ou Its stomach, as it does,
according to tradition, the United
States forces will be able to go very
far indeed. Cuptalu I'egrum has been
detailed by the war department to represent
the commissary department at
the camps of the eastern and northeastern
departments. He has been in
New York for some time co-operating
with the hotel nnd restaurant men who
are enllstlug cooks for the new army.
IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
SIIWSOIOOL
Lesson
IBv REV. P. B. KITZWATER. D. D.
Teacher of English Bible In the Moodi
Bible Institute of Chicago.)
(Copvrleht. 101U. by Western NeWH|?*|M?r I'nion.
LESSON FOR MARCH 16
THE CITIES OF REFUGE.
I
LESSON TEXT?Joshua 20.
GOLDEN TEXT?Blessed are th? mer
clful: for they shall obtain mercy.?Mat
| thew 5:7.
| ADDITIONAL MATERIAL? Numoer
| 35: Deuteronomy 19.
PRIMARY TOPIC*?Protecting the un
I fortunate.
INTERMEDIATE TOPIC - Treat men
of unintentional offenders.
SENIOR AND ADULT TOPIC-Our re
sponalbillty toward offenders
I. The Need of the Cities of Refufl'
(2d :1 -.')).
Justice everywhere cried "An ey
for nn eye." "A tooth for a tooth,
"Blood for Mood," ami the avenger o
blond was charged with the duty o
satisfying this rrv. While justice
should not he allowed to miscarry i
is most important thai there he mere
shown. Sometimes Just men forget t
he merciful. In order that the Innr
cent he protected and mercy shown t
the unfortunate and yet Justice h
done the cities of refuge were nuthoi
Ized. It was not a scheme b
which tlie criminal wns screened fror
justice, but a provision whereby th
Innocent wns protected.
II. Regulations Touching the Citie
of Refuge (20:4-0).
1. The right of entrance not to h
denied (v. 4). It was obligatory upo
the rulers of the city to admit ii|>on d?
maud the one who fl?d hither, pendin
a trial which would disclose the fa<
as to whether tlie crime had been li
tentlonal or not.
2. The security ?<f the one who er
tered the city (v. The rulers of th
city did not dare to deliver the ma
slayer to the avenger of blood for put
ishtnent until a fair trial had bee
given: neither could tie avenger eros
over t!ie threshold of the city to tone
a hair of the one who bad taken refug
lo it.
H. The right of fair trial (v. (I). Till
provision of mercy r^nde it so ttin
the refugee could be safe while can
ful investigation was made as t
whether he hat! killed "unwittingly
or by wicked purpose. If it should b
proved that the man was guilty ti
murder lie was delivered over by tli
authorities to the avenger of blood tha
justice might he done.
4. The Innocent sla;;er must remai
In the city (v. ti). liven though th
trial should exonerate him from Inter
tional killing, yet he must remain I
the city In order to he saved. So gravis
the act of taking u human life tlia
Hiu Inlinei ni mil nlillgl II I
be separated from his home an
friends at least until the death of th
high priest. This deprivation enforce
the obligation to slrfeld life.
III. The Appointment of the Citie
of Refuge (20:7-9).
1. On the west side of Jordan (v. 7
(1) Kedesh in Nnphtrtll on the north
(2) ^ihechem In Mt. Ephraim In th
center; (3) Hebron in the south.
2. On the east side of Jordan (v. 8
(1) Golan In Bashau on the north
I (2) Ramoth-Gllead In Gad In the cei
I ter; (.3) Be/.er In Reuben in the soutl
[ In this distribution there was a plat
' of safety accessible to all. These cit!<
1 were not only in reach, but good road
: well marked, led to theut so that tl
i refugee might reach a place of safe!
\ before being overtaken (Dour. 19).
I This beautifully illustrates the re
! uge which the sinner has In Chrlsi
(1) It's necessity. Since by accldei
or wicked purpose men did kill. In o
der to be saved from the avenger the!
cities of necessity were appointed. A
have sinned and are exposed to tl
wrath of God, therefore if any I
saved a piuce of safety must be pr
viitpii in Christ. (2) This provlslf
wus by divine appointment. "Of hi
are ye In Christ Jesus" (1 Cor. 1 :MG
(.1) The cities were accessible to u
They were so distributed th
wherever the unfortunate clrcui
j stance should occur the slayer con
I flee to the city before being overtake
j Christ Is not far off. The III hie sho\
: what great effort Cod makes to sa'
| men. (4) The one who fled to the cl
j was secure. The avenger did not da
i cross over the threshold of the clt
j Every one who Is In Christ Is secut
I No one can lay anything to" the char;
i of Cod's elect. (.") The fndivldu
| must flee to the city. The manslay
would he exposed to danger if he r
itialned at home or outside of the clt
The sinner, if' he would he saved, mu
come to Christ. There is no place
safety for those who remain awn
The safety in Christ is even more vlr
i than that In these cities. To him t
j guilty can flee with the assurance
j safety.
A Prayer.
O Lord, we pray thee that th
would'st come to us, and help us
the concent ration of our rlioiig!
i upon thee, and the submission of i
! our desires to thee, to draw near
; thee. And may we find that t
; world's grip upon us lessens, and th
our spirits are made buoyant and al
i to rise towards thee by the help
i the services in thy bote*' and the <
! vol Ions in our .'tomes, mrougn ,ie?
] Christ our Lord. Amen.
Sin.
I have no p.dletfre with the fooll
j talk which would Mike sin nothing li
I Imperfection and would preach tli
J man needs nothing hut to have 1
deficiencies supplied, to have his r
five goodness educated and hroup
out. In order t<? he all that God wot
have him he.?Phillips Itronk*.
Blessed Peace.
There is a blessed peace in lot
lug for nothing "out our dally task, a
??nr portion of Christ's cross, betwe
this day and the appointed time wh
we shall fall asleep in htm.?Iilsh
Wilberforee.
The Only Riches.
The only riches one possesses
I whut one gives.?Martlalls.
" PECULIAR ERROR
' IN PENSION BILL
. D. W. M'LAUHIN OF COLUMBIA 18
1
CHAIRMAN AT SALARY OF
) *
$2,000 PE RANNUM.
COOPER CABLES TO HOOVER
The Cotton Seed Industry From Fa^
H men Up, is Seriously Embarrassed
Through Failure to 8ell Oil.
1 Columbia.?Governor Cooper signed
- '.ne wnarion-Moore-Aiexanner om ro
create a State pension commission,
e Son after the governor had affixed hui
signature to the act. members of the
commission, one from each congreef
sional district, named in the act. met
f and eelcted D. W. McLaurin of Columbia
chairman. A. salary of $2,00*
I annually will be paid.
It was discovered in signing the hill
" that it appropriates $500,000 for the
Confedeate vetexans. In the general
? appropriation bill this amount was
fixed at $400,000, which figure the
authorities say must prevail. This is
y an excess of $100,000 over last year.
II
The 1919 pensions of the same amount
' as heretofore will be paid as tisual by
the comptroller general and the ex8
cess will be distributed by the commission.
who will handle all the pen- f
e sion claims next year,
n
4 Governor Cooper also sent a cnble,,
glam to Herbert Hoover. United
."j States food administrator now in
. Paris directing American aid to Eu- /
ropean countries, to inquire what i?r- t
v rangement can be made to create a *
p market for cotton oi' In Europe. For- ,
n rner Governor Manning is now on his
j was t0 France and w'll discuss .
M nature of ere extreme embarrassment
!s of the cot* or. <eed situ, tic n in Aiuer
ica with Mr Hojver. 'flit, cablegr*i.i
;p reads: y
"Entire cotton ? ! iudustrv from
s farmers up se'lousty enuarrassei by ?
failure to s,V' 0*1. Can voit not Immedlatelv
ar-ani^ sates for foreign
o consumotion? Konner Governor Me. v
" ning will discusc ?lel.iM? w'th you la
e person, but action in dec1 now."
Attractive to Convalencenta.
it The possibilities of Camp Jachson
as an arm/ recuperation rump are aln
most 'imitless ir< the opinion of many
?' men who have given the matter con!
sirter?j,*!-?||
ii The camp is modern in''every ree
snect. and practically all of the bwlldit
ings are permanent -111 structure Tt j
*?1 ms in uwn iiiii agffifim?Tri
il flee, incinerator for burning refuse,
e laundry and various othei equipment
d and is complete in every respect
Dr. James A. Hayne. State health
>s officer, in speaking of the camp as a
recuperation center for soldiers said.
). "I am of the ooinion that the camp
i; would lend itself admirably to such
le u??. The drainage at the c?mp is excellent.
Owing to the nature of the
). soil, a ereat deal of the n'n soaks at
i; once into the ground. The csmo has
u- ahout the same e'ovifion as tha(^ "f
h. ts* tS-ite unerculnsis Sc.r tlar'um: tho
. e cl'msfe is eonable. Convalescents
?s could he nprm'tted U: cnicy the onts.
nf door* throuchout rract'csllv the ente
t're year, and men suffering from shell
y shock as weM as tubercular patients
would benefit thereby."
f- .
t: Salvage Bids Too Low. >*
it Washington.?Senator Smith held a(
r- conference with officials of the war*
<e department relative to the salvaging 4
dl of the camps at Greenville and Sparie
tanhurg. *
jp With reference to Camp Sevier, he
o- ascertained that the three bids rcceir- >
>n ed for salvaging were lower than the ^
m government was willing to accept.
?). Hence new bids witl he called for and \
II. if these also are not sufficient, it Is
ut not known what disposition will then
n- be made of the camo.
Id With reference to Camn Wad.swortb.
n. the department is now considering a
proposition made by the Snartanhurg
? T'ntU a
v** I namDer (Jl *. umuiran. ? v....
ty ion is rendered on this proposal, ft
re will not be known what disposition
>' will be made of the matter.
i* Coal Cart Go Down.
"I Laurens.?Seven evil oars of an exei"
tra freight train on th? Charleston Ik
>e" Western Carolina Railroad fell
>' through a trestle at Rryson at the
st 10!) mile post, four milps north of
of Laurens. The engine and five ears
'>' passed over whpn the sixth car was
11' derailed and tumbled over into the
',e small ravine carrying six other cars
down, together with nine spans of the
trestle. The caboose was left hanging
on fhc other end of the trestle It #
is believed that one or two ho' ops
nu | were caught in the wreck.
I?> |
lf* ! B>g Cut in Acreaoe.
d!I I Walterboro?Colleton farmers are
to ! going ?o reduc? their cotton acreage
he I in toio ever 1P1S 46 per cent, accordat
j ing te t'-e -"regatP of several hnn>le
| dred nb-dg. compiled by F. W. Plshof
<?r. These pledges were received
Je- from practically every section of the
us county and show great interest in the
cotton acreage reduction. The meeti
> ;n ovorv section of the conutv
IHfO i:? WV...
were largely attended and e*>fb?i*fass'>
tlrallv for the proposed re'
'Ut xhe 21 meetings were nearly all .. aid.
Iyt a fpw of them having speakers,
lis
1!l' To Ship Via Port of Charleston.
>',f j Charleston.?An interesting dis''''
pati-h was received at Southeastern
headquarters from General Ooethal's
office, to the effect that the -war department
planned to ship throngh
)k" Charleston from Raleigh to the Han<^
waiian Islands. 17.000 000 feet of lum**u
her. Details are lacking, hot it is
en bel'eved that this large movement
?P will be handled at the new port terminals.
and this would mean the
actual use of the big government
piers for active shipping purpose*,
'8 thus fulfilling their mission.
. -Mid