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??. ? | NO f i (CHAPTER XVII?Continued.) 11 ?12? t Presently they were In the refectory, and n moment after that they v were over the stones, and near the en- o trance of the ruins, and then a native t * appeared, armed and running in. With- ii out an instant's hesitation Dyck ran L forward, and as he entered, put his t sword Into the man's vitals, and he ii * felJ. calling out as he fell. s "The rest will be on us now," said li Dyck. "and we must keep going." He was about to issue from tne " place when three more natives ap- s peared, and he shot two without wait- d inc. Catching a pistol from Sheila he p r> aimed at the third native and wound- C ed him. hut did not kill him. The man c ran into the wood surrounding the o i monastery. Presently more Maroons came?a dozen or more, and rushed p for the entrance. They were met by | Dyck's fire, and now also Sheila fired and brought down 'her man. Dyck | j fired again and wounded another, and ! / . with great skill loaded again, but at n that moment three of the Maroons, in ' a whirlwind of rage, rushed down into j C the ruins. ' It was dark and they were aston- * lshed to see that Dyck was there, and d , they were more astonished to receive I ?first one and then another?his iron r in their bowels. The third man made k a stroke at Dyck with his lance, and r did no more than gash Dyck's left h arm. Then he turned and fled out into ijj the open, and was met "by a half-dozen I others. They all were about to rush I, the entrance when suddenly four shots behind them brought three of them down, and the rest fled into the wood shouting. In another moment ? Dyck and the ladies were in the open, 2 and making for the woods, the women \ in front, the men behind, loading their j muskets as they ran, and alive to the risks of the moment. ' " The dresses of the ladies were stained and soil*] with dust and ; damp, but otherwise they seemed little the worse for the adventure, save n that Mrs. Llyn was shaken, and her ? face was ashen gray. "How did you know where we were, and why did you come?" she said, aft- b er they had mounted and had got un- g , der way, having secured the horses w which Sheila and her mother had rid- s; den. it Briefly Dyck explained how, as soon n * as he had dealt with the revolt of t< the Maroons at his own place, he came d straight to Salem to protect her and b sneiia. " "We had not heard of the rising of the Maroons," she said. "The gover- si nor was at Salem yesterday and a e message came from his staff to say he " * was needed to deal with a critical in- a cident, and would he come at once. His staff were not at Salem, but at E the next plantation nearer to Spanish tl Town. Lord Mallow went. If he sus- v pected the real trouble he said naught to us, but was gone before you could 1< realise it. The hours went by, night s came and passed, then my mother and li I, this morning, made up our minds * to take a ride to the monastery, and > then round by the road you traveled s by back to Salem." tl "There are Muroons now on that tl hill above your place. They were C there hi ambush when we passed today. but we took no notice. It was g not wise of us to invite trouble. Some of us would have been killed, but?" He then told whut had been in his * mind, and what he thought might* be the outcome?the killing or capture of the whole group, and safety for all t at Salem. His words went to the j > farthest corners of Sheila's nature. ? When he had finished, she continued v Iter story. "We rode for an hour uu- ? .. .1,1 ?l.n M? I ciitioeiigeu, mi u mm limit: me .uu- ] roous. At first 1 knew not what to do. b We were surrounded before we could t * act. 1 had my pistol ready, and there r was the chance to escape?that faint chance?if we drove our horses on; p but there was also the danger of be- f - ing fired at, and who could tell what (_ a terrible end might have been to thq u event! So we sat still on our horses, s and I usked them how they dared to j assault white ladies. I asked them if j they hud never thought what venge- p ance the governor would tuke. They t did not understand my words, but a * they grasped the meaning, aud one of j| them, the leader, who understood Eng- ? lish, was inclined to have reason. As a it was, we stopped what might have t ? been our murder by saying it would j, be wiser to hold us us hostages, and n that we were Americans. That man | a was killed?by you. A shot from your | v pistol brought him down as he rushed forward to enter t lie ruins. But he * took care of u> as we went forward, and when I shot one of his followers for laying his hand upon me in the saddle?he caught ipe by the leg un-' % der my skirt?he would allow no retaliation. I knew boldness was the safe part to play. ' But in the end we were bound with ' ropes as you found us, while they ! waited for more of their people to ? come?those, no doubt, you found am* bushed 011 the hill. As we lay in the kitchen, hound as you saw us, the leader said to us we should be safe if he could have his way, but * there were bad elements among the 1 Maroons, and he could not guarantee 1 it. Yet he knew the government would ? fur inn- release. would no iloiihf 1 > ? ?' Igive the land for which they had > asked with no avail. We must, there- \ fore, remain prisoners. If we made no efforts to escape, it would be better i for us in the end. 'Keep your head I * steady, missy, try no tricks, and all may go well; hut I have bad lot to control, and they may Jlv at you.' That i . was the way he spoke. It made our j blood run cold, for he was one man, with fair mind, and he had around j fliim men, savage ami irresponsible. . Black and ruthless, they would stop I w By GILBER \nthor of "The Seats of the fl it nothing except the sword ?t their hroats or the teeth in their flesh." "The teeth in their flesh !" said D.vck with a grim sndle. "Yes, that is the >nly way with them. Naught can put he fear of Cod into them except Idoodlounds and that Lord Mallow will not tave. He nas been set against it unit now. But this business will teach lint. He may change his mind now, ince what he cares for is iu danger? lis place and his Indies!" Mrs. Llyn roused herself to say: No, no, Mr. Calhoun, you must not ay that of him. His place may he in lapger, but not his ladies. He has no iromise of that. . . . And see, Mr. 'alhoun, I want to say that, in any ase, you have paid your debt, if you we one to us. For a life taken you >heila Fired and Brought Down Her Man. ave given two lives?to nie and my iri. The account is squared, if it ere ever in doubt. Believe me, I [>euk as one who has a right to say j ! Erris Boyne was naught to me, aught at all, but he was my daugh;r's father, and that made everything ifficult. I could ma' him cease to e my husband, and I did; but I could ot make him cease to be her father." "I had no love for Erris Boyne," nid Sheila, with an effort, for she felt hoked. Misery was heavy on her. None at all, but he was my father? nd there is nothing more to say." "See, nil's well still at Salem," said >vck, waving a hand forward as hnni'h r>hiinou tli<? mlk "All's as re left It." There in the near distance lay Sn?in, serene. All tropical life about eeined throbbing with life and soakng with leisure. "We were in time," he added. "The Maroons ?e still in ainbush. The un is luftinning to set, though, and he trouble may begin. We shall get here about sundown?safe, thank iod!" "Safe, thank God?and you," said Iheila's mother. CHAPTER XVIII. I The Clash of Race. In King's house at Spanish Town he governor was troubled. All his dans and prophecies had come to taught. He had been convinced there rouhl be no rebellion of the Maroons, nd he was equally sure that his caeer would be made hugely successful iy marriage with Sheila Llyn?hut he Maroons had revoltej, the mariage was not settled! Messages liud been coming from the >rovost marshal general of reports rom the counties of Middlesex and 'ornwau. that the Maroons were rnvging everywhere and that bands of laves had joined them with serious isasters to the plantation people, 'lanters, their wives and children had een murdered, and in some districts he natives were in full possession nd had destroyed, robbed and raviged. He had summoned his com 1 l.?#l nuiuer ul nit; iiiiiiim luiits, uuu iicted special constables, and ariued hem, and had sent a ship to the Raanins to summon a small British ieet there. He had also mapped out campaign against t lie Maroons, >hlch had one grave demerit?it was* ilanned on a basis of ordinary warare and not with Jamaica conditions i mind. The provost marshal warned ilm of the futility of these plans, hut ie had persisted In them. He had iter been shocked, however, by news hat the best of his colonels had been mhushed and killed, and that others lad been made prisoners and treated vitli barbarity. Front everywhere, xcept one, bad come either .tews of lefeat or setback. One good thing he immediately did: le tlrivw open King's house to the rounded. and set the surgeons to vork. thereby checking hitter eritiistii and blocking the movement rising ig.dnst him. Kor it was well known le had rejected all warnings, had persisted in his view that trust in the daroons and fair treatment of themselves and the slaves were all that vas needed. As he walked in the great salon or mil of audience where the wounded ay?over seventy feet long and thirty vide, with great height, t?? which beds ind conveniences had been hastily >rought?it seemed to him that he vas saving, if barely saving, his name ind career. Standing beside one of lie Doric pillars which divided the salon from an upper and lower gallery )1* communications, he received the T PARKER Eighty," "The Right of Way <'listos of Kingston. The doors at tl south end of the great salon openi now and then into the council chat hers beyond, and lie could see the su dooms operating on the cases returm from the plantations. ''Your honor." said the Custo "things have suddenly improved. Tl hounds have come from Cuba and the charge of ten men?ten men wli sixty hounds. That is the situation i *Krv All tl\A tMinnlo of li Inrr IIIC imniirm. -r\it mxr ?*w ton nre overjoyed. They see the er of the revolt." "The hounds!" exclaimed the go ernor. "What hounds?" "The hounds sent for by Dyck Cfi houn?surely your honor remembers Suroly his honor did, and recalb njso tnat he forbade the importntb of the hounds; but he could not pre: that prohibition now. "The mutine< and murderer, Dyck Calhoun 1" he e claimed. "And they have come!" "Yes. your honor, and gone wii Calhoun's man, Michael Clones, i Salem." Lord Mallow was at once relieve and nonplussed. No douht the polie of the hounds was useful, and it mlgl sa\e his own goosjp, but It was, In sense, un-English to hunt the wi j man with hounds. "Tell me about the landing of tl hounds," said Lord Mallow. "It was last night about dusk thi word came from the pilot's station i Port Itoyal that the vessel Vincei was making for port, all sails stan ing, and that she came from Cuh Presently Michael Clones, the servai of Dyck Calhoun, came also to at that the Vincent was the ship bnn Ing Calhoun's hounds from Cuba, ar asking permit for delivery. This 1 did because he thought, you were o; posed to the landing. .In the light < our position here, we decided to grui the delivery, and It was so done." During the Custos' narrative, Loi Mallow was perturbed. He hod tl common sense to know that Dy< Calhoun, ex-convlct and mutineer i he was, had personal power In the 1 I land, which he as governor had m been able to get, and Dyck had n abused that power as he might ha^ done. He recalled that Dyck premonition of an outbreak and ca tion in sending for the hounds was stroke of genius. Yet Le felt the time had come win he might use Dyck for his own pu poses. That Dyck should be at Sale was a bitter dose, but that cou amount to nothing, for Sheila cou never marry the* man who had kill* her father, however bad and mi her father wns. First, clearly, he must not think i applying the order to confine D.v< to his plantation; also he must gh Dyck authority to use the hounds hunting down the Maroons and slnv< who were committing awful crime He forthwith decided to write, as ing Dyck to send him an outline i his scheme against the rebels for cor ment and approval. That he mu do, for the game was with Dyck. "How long will it take the houni to get to Salem?" he asked the Cust< preseniiy in ins uiirc. wiui ut-tfp-s lines in his face and a determine look in ids eyes. lie was an urrogai man. hut he was not insane, and 1 wanted to succeed. It could only 1 success if he dragged Jamaica out ? this rebellion with flying colors, ar ids one possible weapon was the rat whom he had reason to detest. "Why, your honor, as we sent the by wagons and good horses tin should he in Salein and In Dyck Cn houn's hands this evening. If tin press they should he there by no almost, for they've been going f hours, and the distance is not greut The governor nodded, and began write. A half-hour later lie hande to the Custos what he had written. "See what you think of that, Qr tos." he said. "Does if, in your niln i.l? - .1 t i 111 cover me giiuiiiu us il siiuuiu; The Custos read It nil over slow and carefully, weighing every wor Presently he handed back the pape "Your honor, It is complete and ma terly," he said, "It puts the crushir of the revolt Into the hands of Mr. Cti houn, and nothing could be wiser. I' will organize the business like master. We haven't forgotten his flgl for the navy on the Ariadne. Didr the admiral tell the story at the di: ner we gave him of how tills ex-co vlct and mutineer, by sheer geniu broke the power of the French at tl critical moment and saved our flef though it was only three-fourths tin ! of the French?" "Go on with your tale of tl hounds." said Lord Mallow. "Your honor, as the hounds wei away with Michael Clones there wi | greater applause than I have evi i seen in the island except win Itodney defeated fie Grasse. Imagii a little sloop in the wash of the sei i and the buccaneers piling down < i him, and no chance of escape, ar then a great i>niiMi uiiun-Mii|i u ! pen ring, ami the situation saved; tiiat was how we were placed hei I ill the hounds arrived. Your hone j this morning's, this early morning exit of tlie hounds was like a prove ! sien of veterans to Walhulln. The; was the sun breaking over the toj of the hill, a erlmsonish, groyls ! opaline touoli of soft sprays or mis breaking away front the onset of t! j sunrise; and till the trees with nigh j lips \yet sucking in the sun at ! drinking up the light like an ove seer at a Christmas breakfast; nr you know what that is. "Then, suddenly, ttie sharp sound i a long whip and a voice calling, at : there rises out of the landing place tl procession?the sixty dogs in thri wagons, their ten drivers witli the I whips, but keeping order by the soui ? :? Copyright by Sir Gilbert Parker $ tie of their voices, low, soft and peculiar, ?d and then the horses starting Into a n- quick trot which presently would beir come a ennter?and the hounds were id off to Salem! There could be no fear with the hounds let loose to do the is, hunting," ie "But suppose that when they get to in Salem their owner is no more." th The Custos laughed. "Him, your nt honor?him no more! Isn't he the s- man of whom the black folk say, id 'Lucky buckra?morning, lucky newcomer!' If that's his reputation, and v- the coming of his hounds just when the island most needed them is good d- proof of it, do you think he'll be killed !" by a lot of dirty Maroons! Ah, Calfd houn's a man with the luck of the >n devil, your honor! He has the pull? ss as sure as heaven's abo^e he'll make Rf C1IPPPUC Tf VAI1 oAmtnntwl rniir CtflfT x- to have this posted as a proclamation throughout the islund, it will do as th much good as a thousand soldiers. It to will stop the slaves from revolting; It will squelch the Maroons, and I'm eer*d tain sure Calhoun will have Maroons 'y ready to fight for us, not against us, tit before this thing is over. I tell you, a your honor, it means the way out? Id that's what it means. So, if you'll give me your order, keeping a copy of it ie for the provost-mnrslpil, I'll see it's delivered to Dyck Calhoun before at morning?perhaps by midnight, it's at not more than a six hours' journey In at the ordinary way." d- At that moment an aide-de-camp ena. tered, and with solemn face presented tit to the governor the last report, from :k re In "But Suppose That When They Get es to Salem Their Owner Is No is. More." k0f the provost nuirsha! general. Then he n. watched the governor read the report. st 'Ten more killed and twenty wounded!" said the governor. "It must be js stopped." He gave the Custos the letter to et Dyck Calhoun, and a few moments ?,1 later handed the proclamation to his aide-de-camp. ,e "That will settle the business, your )e honor," said the aide as he reud the 0f proclamation. 1(1 m CHAPTER XIX. m Sheila Has Her Say. ?y "Then, tell me, please, what yon tj. know of the story," said the governor >v ro Sheila at King's house one afternoon two weeks later. "I only get jjr meager reports from the general com? mandlng. But you being close to the ?0 Intimate source of the events must ^ know all." "I know nothing direct from Mr. Calg_ houn, your honor," she said, "but only ^ through his servant, Michael Clones, who is a friend of my Darius Roland, lv and they have met often since the first j outbreak. You know, of course, what ' happened at Port Louise?how the * slaves and Maroons seized and raurdered the garrison, how families were I butchered when they armed lirst, how barbarism broke loose and made all ' men combine to fight the rebels. Even before Mr. Calhoun came they had had record of a sack of human ears, cut from (lie dead rebel-slaves, when they had been killed by faithful slaves, anil good progress was made. I^ut the revolters fixed their camps on high rocks, and by blowing of shells brought j many fresh recruits to the struggle. It was only when Mr. Calhoun cames with his hounds tha* anything declsH" ive was done. For the rebels?Maroons and slaves?were hid, well entrenched M and cautious, and the danger was he,s coining greater every day. On Mr. er Calhoun's arrival he set the hounds to *n work and the rebellion in that dis ie triet wns soon over." is "It was pothering strength with In?ii creasing trapedy elsewhere." remarked '<! the povernor. "Some took refupe in P* hidden places, and came out only to ? steal, rob and murder?and worse, re There is hut one way to deal with these people. No paminp or drinkinp S amonp slaves must he allowed, blows' inp of shells or beatinp of drums must ro be forbidden, and every free nepro PS or mulatto must wear on his arm a h, sipn?perhaps a cross in blue or red." ts "Slavery is doomed," s^Jd Sheila m firmly. "It's end is not far off." 't' "Well, they stil! keep slaves in the id land of Washington and Alexander 'r* Hamilton. They are better off hero id at any rate than In their own country where they were like animals among of whom they lived. Here they are safe id from poverty, on red for in sickness, ic j and have no fear of being handed over ee I to the keepers of carrion, or being the ir food of the pallinaso. They can feed id 1 their fill on fricassees of inacaca worms and steal without punishment teal or ring-tailed pigeons and black crnbs from the massa." "But they are not free. They are atoms in heaps of dust. They have no rights?no liberties." Sheila was agitated, but she showed no excitement. She seemed, save for her dark searching eyes, like one who had gone through experience which had disciplined her to control. Only her hands were demonstrative?yet quietly so. Any one watching her closely would have seen that her hands were sensitive, expressed even more markedly thnn her eyes or lips what were her feelings. Her tragedy had altered her in one sense. SJie was paler and thinner than ever she had been, but there was enough of her, and that delicately made, which gave the governor a thrill of desire to make her his own for the rest of his life or hers. He had also gone through much since they had last met, and he had seen his own position in the balance?uncertain, troubled, Insecure. He realized that he had lost reputation, which had scarcely been regained by his consent to the use of the hounds and giving Dyck Calhoun a free hand, as temporary head of the militia. He could not put him over the regular troops, but as the general commanding was, in effect, the slave of Dyck Calhoun, there was no need for anxiety. Dyck Calhoun had smashed the rebellion, had quieted the island, had risen above all the dark disturbances of revolt like a master. He had established barracks and forts at many points in the island, and had stationed troops in them; he had cowed and subdued Maroo?s and slaves by the hounds. Yet he had punished only the chief of those who had been In actuul rebellion, and had repressed the violent punishments of the earlier part of the conflict. Dyck had built up for himself a reputation as no one in all the history of the island had been able to do. He commanded by more than official authority?by personality and achievement. There was no one in the Island but knew they had been 3aved by his prudence, foresight and skill. It was to their minds stupendous and romantic. Fortunately they showed no strong feeling against Lord Mallow. By placing King's house at disposal as a hospital, and by gifts of food and money to wives and children of soldiers and civilians, the governor had a little eradicated his record of neglect Lord Mallow had a way with him when he chose to use it. He was not without the gift for popularity, and he saw now that he could best attain it by treating Dyck Calhoun well. He saw troops come and go; he listened to grievances; he corrected abuses; he devised a scheme for nursing; he planned security for the future; he gave permission for buccaneer trading with the United States; he had by legislative order given the Creoles a better place in the civic organism. He was not blind to the fact that he might bj discreet courses Impress favorably his visitor. All he did was affected by that thought. He could not but think that Sheila would Judge of him by what he did as much as by whut he said. He looked at her now with interest and longing. He loved to hear her talk, and she had Information which was no doubt truer than most he received?was closer to the brine, as it were. "What more can you tell me of Mr. Calhoun and his doings?" he asked presently. "He is lucky in having so periect a narrator 01 ins Histories? yet so unexpected a narrator." A flush stole slowly up Sheila's face, and gave a glow even to the roots of her hair. She could not endure these references to the dark gulf between her and Dyek Calhoun. "My lord," she said sharply, "It Is not meet that you should say such things. Mr. Calhoun was jailed for killing my father?let it be at that. The last time you saw me you offered me your hand and heart. Well, do you know I had almost made up my mind to accept your hand, then the news of this trouble was brought to you and you left us?to ourselves and our dangers!" The governor started. "You are as unfriendly as a 'terral garamighty'; you make me draw my breath thick as the blackamoors, as they say. I did what I thought best in the circumstances," he said. "I did not think you would be In any danger. I had not heard of the Maroons being so far south as Salem." "Yet it is the man who foresees chances that succeeds, as vou shouid know by now, your honor. I was greatly touched by the offer you made me?indeed yes," she added, seeing the rapt, eager look in his face. "I had been told what had upset me, that Dyck Calhoun was guilty of killing my father, and all the world seemed dreadful. Yes, in the reaction, it wns almost on my tongue to say yes to you, for you are a good talker, you had skill in much that you did, and with honest advice from a wife might do much more. So I was in a mind to say yes. I had had much to try me, indeed, so very much. Ever since I lirst saw Dyck Calhoun he had been the one man who had ever influenced me. He was forever in my mind even when he was in prison?oh, what is prison, what is guilt even to a girl when she loves! Yes, I loved him. There it was. tie was ever on my mind, and I came here to Jamaica? he was here?for what else? Salem could have been restored by Durlus lloland or others, or I could have sold it. I came to Jamaica to tind him here?unwomanly perhaps, you will say." "Unusual only, with a genius?like you." "Then you do not speak what is In your mind, your honor. You say what you feel Is the right thing to say? the slave of circumstances. I will be wholly frank with you. I came here to see Dyck Calhoun, for I knew he would not come to see me. Yes. there It was, a real thing in his heart. If he hud been a lesser man than he is. he would have come to America when he was freed from prison. Hut he did not, would not, come. He knew he had been found guilty of killing my father, and that for him and me there could be no marriage?indeed, he never asked ine to marry him. Yet I know lie would have done so If he could. When I came to know what he was jailed for doing, I felt there was no place for him and me together in the world. Y'et my heart kept crying out to him, and I felt there was but one thing left for me to do, and that was to make it impossible for me to think of him even, or for him to think of me. Then you came and offered me your hand. It was a baud most women might hqve been glad to accept from the standpoint of material things. And you were Irish like myself. and like the hoy I loved. I was sick of the robberies of life nnd time, nnd I wanted to be out of it all in some secure place. What place so secure from the sorrow that was eating at my heart as marriage! It said no to every stir of feeling that was vexing me, to every show of love or remembrance. So I listened to you. It was not because you were a governor or a peer?no, not that! For even in Virginia 1 had offers, from one higher than yourself?and younger, ^ind a peer also. No, It was not material things that Influenced me, but your own intellectual eminence; for you have more brains than most men, as you know so well." The governor Interrupted her with a gesture nnd a burst of emotion. "No, no, I am not so vain as you think. It I were I should have seen at Salem that you meant to say yes." "Yet you know well you have gifts, though you have made sad mistakes .here. Do not think it was your personality, your looks that induced me to think of you. to listen to you. When Mr. Calhoun told me the truth, nnd gave me a lefter he had written to me?" "A letter?to you?" There was surprise In the governor's voice?surprise and chagrin, for the thing had moved him powerfully. "Yes, a letter to nie which he never meant me to have. It was a kind of diary of his heart,'and It was written even while I was landing on the island on Christmas day. He gave It to me to read, and when I read it I saw there was no place for me in the world except a convent or marriage. The convent could not be, for 1 was no Catholic, and marriage seemed the only thing possible. That day you came I saw only one thing to do?one mad. hopeless thing to do." "Mad and hopeless!" burst out Lord Mallow. "How so? Your very reason shows that it wns sane, well founded in the philosophy of the heart." (TO BE CONTINUED.) , ' WISDOM OF TAKING "DAY OFF" ; Leisure Time, That Has Been Earned, Means Better Health and Better Work Afterward. "There is nothing that clears the cobwebs so effectually out of one's brain as a duy off," the Young-Old Philosopher was saying. "Just as we plod our work, we should plan our play; only, most of us, In the clamor of the ! times, forget that to loaf occasionally i is as necessary as to drudge; and we | confuse leisure with luzlness. S'I know In my own case how difficult : it is for me to make up my mind, definitely and unbendingly, that I require. 1 now and then, a morning away from j my desk. "So If the day off means so much ; to us. mentally and physically, why are j we afraid to take it when the opportunity arrives? I like nothing better j than to see. in the big town, a group I of middle-aged men hastening out in a motor car on some crisp morning, their golf sticks piled beside them, while others trudge to dreary tasks.- They have earned their liberty, no doubt? let us hope so, at any rate; and they will be all the better tomorrow for those few hours of delightful sport and health-giving freedom. "Too soon the curtain is rung down on this glowing world we live In; and it is heartbreaking to consider how many spots there are close at our gates j which we never find the time to see and enjoy. Partly it Is our own fault, j The green enrth cries out to us to come and tread the corridors of the countryside; Instead, we cling to the granite of the city, and pace desolate hallways?the more desolate because they are crowded with people we do not know. And all of them are hurrying?where? "I wonder. And so, no doubt, do they."?From the Outlook. DATES FROM "DIVINE RIGHT" "Star Chamber Proceedings" an Echo of the Days When Kings Could Do No Wrong. "Star Chamber Proceeding" Is an expression now almost Invariably used to denote an official action which Is conducted in secret and, usually, In a high-handed manner. TM./v nhrnfio ziAmna f a no f rnm thn -1 UC J/111 uoc WI1ICO Iu (to II VIII fnct tlint centuries ago there existed In England an all-powerful tribunal consisting of a committee of the king's privy council. The custom was either Instituted or revived by tleury VII, in 1486. This council had omnipotent powers and was unfettered by rules of law. It dealt with civil and criminal cases alike by "bill and information." without the aid of a jury, and could Intllct any form of punishment short of death. The original was "star chamber" because in the room where the council : met were deposited the Jewish bonds known as "stars" from the Hebrew word shetnr, meaning a covenant.? Brooklyn Eagle. Arabian Horse Has Less Backbone. The tradition ascribing to the Arab horse extraordinary endurance is sustained by abundant evidence. H. K. Bush-Brown, who presents the case for the Arab in the Journal of Heredity, offers an explanation of the extraordinary endurance of animals of this breed based in part on the fnct that ! the Arab lias only five lumbar vertej brae (between the ribs and the pelvis) while all other families of horses have six. This difTeionce in structure la believed to explain why the Arub, though small, can carry great weight ! The anomaly illustrates the relatloa 1 between structure and runctiou. IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL \ SundaySchool f Lesson' iBy REV. P. B. F1TZ WATER, D. D.. Teacher of English Bible in the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.) <?. 1921. Western Newspaper Union.) ^ LESSON FOR OCTOBER 9 PAUL AT EPHESUS. LESSON TEXT?Acts 19:1-41. GOLDEN TEXT?Thou shalt worship the Lord they God, and him only shalt thou serve.?Matt. 4:10. REFERENCE MATERIAL?Rev. 2:1-?. PRIM Aft V TOPIC - Paul a 'Loving Friend and Minister. V* JUNIOR TOPIC?Paul and ths Silver- , smiths. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPiC ?Experience in Ephesus. YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC ?Planting the Gospel in a Center of Paganism. I. John's Disciples Become Christians (w. 1-7). v These twelve disciples had only been taught the baptism of repentance as a preparation for the kingdom * of God. Paul taught them to believe In Christ, that Is. to receive Him as the One who had on the cross provided redemptloft for t;hem. When they received Christ, Paul laid hand* upon them and they received the Holy Spirit. II. Paul Preaching in Ephesus v. 8-10). 1. In the Jewish synagogue (v. 8). His message Is characterized by: (1) boldness. He realized that God had sent Him and that His authority was back of Hiiu. (2) lteuson. He reasoned with them. God's f message Is never sentimental nor arbitrary, but In accord with the highest reason. (3) Persuasion. It Is not enough to come boldly with a reasonable message; It must be accompanied by persuasion. (4) Concerning the kingdom, of God. He did not discourse on current events, literature, or philosophy, but upon the message of salvation through Christ. 2. In the schoolhouse of Tyrannua (vv. 9, 10)4 Paul's earnest preaching only hardened the Jews. Wheto they came out and spoke openly against this way of salvation in Christ, Paul separated the disciples from them and retired to the schoolhouse of Tyrannus. III. God Working Miracles by Paul (w. 11-16). , So wonderfully did he manifest His power that handkerchiefs and aprons brought from Paul's body healed the sick and cast out evil spirits from t those whose lives had been made wretched by them. IV. A Glorious Awakening (vv. 1741). 1. Fear fell upon all (v. 17). News nt tho pnatinL' out of these evil spirits created impressions favorable to Christianity. 2. It brought to the front those who professed faJtb in Christ while not living right lives (v. 18). They believed! but had not broken from sin. Great blessing would come to the church if some Awakening could come to those whose lives are in keeping with their profession, and cause them to openly confess and make a new start. 3. Guve up the practice of black arts (v. 19). This means forms of Jugglery by use of charms and magical words. All such are in opposl-. tlon to the will of God; therefore no on^ cun have fellowship with God and practice them. They proved the genuineness of their actions by publicly burning their books. Though this was an expensive thing?valued at about $12.500?they did not try to sell the books and get their money baclT When you find you have been in a wrong business, make a clean sweep of things; burn up your bodks on CnUi>nnllam fhristlnn Spipnrrv etc.! empty your whisky and beer into the sewer, and have a tobacco party similar to the Boston tea party. 4. Uproar of the Silversmiths at Ephesus (vv. 23-41). (1) The occasion (vv. 23. 24). This was the power of the gospel in destroying the infamous business of Demetrius and his fellows. It was clear to them that idolatry was tottering before the power of the gospel. They were not Interested particularly In the matter from a religious standpoint, but because it was undermining the principal business of the 'city. (2) The method (vv. 25-29). Demetrius, a leading business man, whose business was the stay of others of a similar nature, called a meeting and stated that much people had turned from idolatry and that the market for their wares was materially weakening. He appealed to his ftllows (a) on the ground of business, saying "This, our craft, Is In danger of being set at naught," (v. 27). (b) On the ground of religious prejudice. He said "The temple of the great goddess Diana should he despised" (v. 27). He becurae quite religious when he saw that * ' - l "-on Knlntr niS UUMIIfM mho i;vi luiva&wavu with. His speech gained his end; the whole crowd was enruged und yelled In unison, "Great is Dinnn of the Ephesians." The mob was quieted by the tact and good judgment of the town clerk: first, he reproved them for yelling for two hdurs to prove a point which everybody admitted (vv. 'Jo, 26); second, he showed that Paul and his company were not guilty of any criminal act (vv, 27-39); third, he showed that the people were In danger of being called to account for this riot, should it come to the ears of Caesur (vv. 40, 41). Shibboleth. And the Glleudites took the passages of the Jordan before those Ephraimites: and It was so that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said. Let me go over; that the men of Gllead said unto him, Are ye nh Ephraimite? If ftfe said, Nay; then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth; and he said Sibboleth; for lie could not frame to pronounce It ti^bt. Then they took him and ilea iJip.?Judges 12:5 and 6.