The Wateree messenger. (Camden, S.C.) 1884-1942, December 14, 1932, Image 3
Jim the Conqueror
? ? o By Peter 11. Kyne ? ? ? * *\
Copyright 1 if IHtftr B. Ryu* ' WNU Service
CHAPTER VIII
?10?
Mr. William B. Latham smiled fatu
ously and rubbed his old hands to
gether In pleased anticipation, as he
noticed the telegram beside his plate
at breakfast. He read:
"The man who first called you
Crooked Bill knew his onions stop I
have your Texas record stop You per
mitted me to walk into a situation
that, is perfectly and monstrously un
usual and I am horribly embarrassed
stop Jim's father shot you in the
foot with a forty-five caliber revolver
and the Impulse to be careless with
deadly weapons still runs in the
family only the present representative
uses a bow and arrow and shoots for
the heart stop. Nor is the Connemara
half blood bred out of the tribe stop
Believe It or not he hos erected a
headstone over Uncle Tom stop It Is
an angel weeping and on the bnse of
the monument he has worked In a
bas-relief of a shepherd and a sheep
presumably the one that, was lost stop
Spanish art and Irish deviltry stop
When I compare htm with Glenn I am
torn between a desire to weep and to
laugh stop Glenn Is so respectable so
proper so mindful of all the things
we have been raised to admire and
respect while this fellow stops at noth
ing and consults only his own desires
stop My plnn Is to secure the court's
permission to get rid of the sheep
promptly and return to IJlllcrest so I
can bite you on the ear.
"BOBBY."
Harms, the butler. In the uct of
dropping the customary two lumps of
sugar Into Crooked Bill's coffee cup,
froze In the act and regarded his mas
ter with amazement and concern. It
appeared to Harms that the old gentle
man was about to have some sort of
seizure, for he had closed his eyes,
thrown back his head, opened his
mouth and gasped.
"Anything wrong, sir?" Harms de
manded.
"Har!" yelled Crooked Bill. "Harp*
Two bursts of maniac laughter!
"Good news, sir?" Harms suggested
politely.
"Harms," said Crooked Bill, "did
you ever hear of Pandora?"
"Oh, yes, sir! You are referring to
the lady of mythology who unlocked
the box of troubles?"
"Exactly. Well, Miss Roberta has
' so why not go to Texas with me?
Shave your whiskers and dress like a
rancher and play the part of the sheep
buyer?"
"By golly, I'll do It, Glenn. It's a
good Idea. When can you start?"
"In one week."
"Fine. Meanwhile I'll keep you ad
vised if anything new turns up ? Hey,
don't hang up yet. Harms has just
handed me another telegram ... It
may be from Bobby, . . . No, It's
from Hlguenes. Oh, Lord, oh, Lord,
oh, Lord ! Glenn, will you listen to
this?" And he read over the tele
phone :
"When you see your ward again I
should be a proud man to hear you
address her as Mrs. Hlguenes or ^Hlg
glns whichever suits you best stop
To that end I request your permission
to pay my court stop I know the
going will be hard but I have never
been accustomed to getting anywhere
without a battle so I will take a
chance stop You know my people bo
I do not have to furnish social refer
ences stop Can furnish financial cre
dentials to please any save most ex
acting."
"He's a dlrect-actlonlst," Glenn
Haekett growled.
"He's his father's son. Just Im
agine the nice courtesy that induced
him to seek the permission of Bobby's
responsible relative before commenc
ing work."
"What are you going to any In re
ply, Mr. Latham?"
"I'm going to encourage the boy, of
course."
"Why do that?"
"To make him work. Remember,
Glenn, there Is one thing Roberta will
never forgive, and that's bad taste.
You can't kill a girl's uncle and then
expect to rush her off her feet, even
though you killed in self-defens?j and
In so doing performed a public service.
I tell you th Is man Hlguenes doesn't
know any better than to walk Into
straight lefts and rights."
Crooked Bill hung up and Immedi
ately dispatched the following tele
gram to Don Jaime Miguel Hlguenes:
"You have the nerve of a lion-tamer
stop Thanks for the compliment Im
plied in your telegram but I have
nothing to say about it stop However
you have my best wishes and I will
even give you 'some good advice stop
Pile on the high romance and sound i
her casually and said : "I see you
had a good night's rest In the gigantic
bed of ray ancestors. You appear
much refreshed and 1 am very glad
of it. And you arrive for breakfast
promptly at eight. Punctuality is a
paramount virtue, particularly in
women, so Just for that you win a
rose." And he leaned back and
plucked one from the vine that clam
bered around a pillar of the gallery.
"You're too red for red roses," he
rambled on, handing It to her, "so this
lovely mauve rose is Just the right
shade."
"I'm not red. I'm auburn. Thankd
for the rose, however. It's lovely."
"Well, whatever it Is, it suits me
fine. You and I are going to be the
best of friends, Roberta."
"Well, I like them fast on Wielr
feet ? and you're a whlz-bang, Jimmy,
I've been trying very hard to dislike
you but I must confide It's an up-hill
Job."
"Of course, It's very unethical to
like me," he admitted demurely.
"Let us say It Is unusual and let It
go at that."
Ills eyes devoured her. "Roberta,
you're mighty sweet. I think, if I
may, I'll call you Bobby."
"My friends all do, Shamus. Fire
away, old-timer."
She saw him swallow something ?
and It was not food. The lire died
out of his eyes, and the sudden, wist
ful, little-boy look faded and was re
placed by gravity, sternness, mascu
linity. "lie's nice," the girl thought.
"He wouldn't take advantage of the
fact that I'm his guest to appear to
rush me."
Oh yes. Roberta knew men. She
could read their faces and, converse
ly, their minds. For had not Don
Jaime Miguel Iliguenes just assured
her she was as beautiful as an army
with banners !
"You're a very happy man, aren't
you, Jimmy It seems to me that with
you, life must be one glad sweet
song."
"Oh, It Is," he assured her. "Thi>
slrtglng started last night." Again his
eyes burned Into hers for a split sec
ond, and again she felt her face flush
ing hotly. To cover her confusion she
said Inanely: "I do wish you knew
my Uncle Rill."
"Not Interested in the old repro. .
bate, although If ho should take a
BEGINNING THE STORY, FOR NEW READERS
Roberta Antrim, beautiful Eastern society girl, who lives with her uncle, William B. I.,atham, known as "Crooked
Bill" because of his amusing slyness, receives a telegram from Jaime Miguel Higuenes, owner of the Rnncho Valli
Verde, In Texas, Informing her her Uncle Tom Antrim has died a violent death. At the advice of Glenn Hackett, ^'hc
1b In love with her, Roberta plans to fro to Texas to protect her Interests, slnco she Is her uncle'B solo heir to
thousands of sheep which Antrim had grazed on land controlled by Don Jaime. Don Jaime, unmarried, half Spanish
and half Irish, 'Is attracted to Roberta's picture in a magazine. Antrim Is warned to take his sheep off Don Jaime's
ranch at once. Antrim ambushes Don Jaime. Tho young ranch ownor is wounded and Tom Antrim killed. On his
body are found instructions to notify Miss Roberta Antrim In the event of his death. Another Higuenes' telegram tells
Roberta her uncle was killed by Jim Higglns (Don Jaime's anglicized name). I>atham tells her his fortune Is in danger,
and she decides to go to Texas to get Antrim's estate, to save It. "Crooked Bill" concocts a schcmo he hopes will
forward Hackett'a courtship. Don Jaime, actuated chiefly by his romantic Interest in the pictured Roberta, allows
tho Antrim sheep to contlnuo to graze on his ranch. At the station of Valle Verde Roberta meets Dingle, Tom Antrim's
foreman, who points out Don Jaime ns her uncle's slayer, then flees. Roberta, watching "Jim Higglns," Rees him shoot,
she thinks, at Dingle. She berates him Houndly, and Jimmy hurries off ostensibly to tell Don Jaime of her arrival.
Then the girl finds Biggins and Higuenes to be ono and the same. At Don Jaime's Invitation she stays at his ranch.
unlocked a similar box. Harms, got
Mr. Hackett on the telephone."
lie read Hackett Roberta's message
and waited for a hearty laugh. It did
not come. "Dog your cats, Glenn," he
protested, "where's your sense of hu
mor?"
"I s<?e no humor In the situation,
Mr. Lathdm. I can only sympathize
with Roberta. There she Is, the guest
of the man who killed her uncle, and
who has had the hardihood to mako
? Jest at the expense of his victim.
Not satisfied with that exhibition of
bad taste he has, apparently, com
menced to pay his court to Roberta
Immediately, which is most embarrass
ing and distressing to her. She will
be forced to leave his house, of course,
and . decline to permit him ' to con
tinue to serve her In the matter of
conserving those damnable Rheep."
"You tarnation monkey, you. Isn't
that exactly, what I planned should
happen? Roberta practically admits
It already. She's anxious to clean up
on those sheep and return ? and when
she does, boy, you'll certainly look
good to her."
"I wish I could be as confident as
you, Mr. Latham. Roberta has one
weakness, and that Is her sense of
hnmor. Like yours, It's a bit ? er ?
diabolical. I wish I had never joined
In this conspiracy with you."
"Faint heart never won fair lady.
My boy, don't you realize you have a
chance to be a horo?"
"I do not."
"You're singularly dull. My stoVk
Is still climbing and you need more
money to protect me. So you've de
cided that those sheep should be sold
to get ready cash. Consequently
you've had two Important cases con
tinued, which will enable you to go to
Texas nnd arrange the sale of the
?heep.*
"Who will I sell them to?'
"To me, fool, to me. I'll give you
more money for them than anybody
else, nnd the more money you reallxo
on them the stronger you'll be with
Roberta I Also, you'll arrive on the
Job In time to put a crimp In the senti
mental aspirations of Don Jaime
Miguel Hlguenes. You'd better jump
to Texas muy pronto."
?'Well, In order to make good on
.your deceit you've rented Ulllcreet,
the old eaRtlllan note your good old
father knew so well Btop If there Is
anything In Mendel's law you should
be dnrk-halred and dark-eyed like
Mike nnd with these assets a fair sing
ing voice and a guitar some moonlight
and a pachydermous hide T should sn.v
that you stand slightly more chance
than a celluloid dog chnr'ng an asbes
tos cat through the I* fernal regions.
"LATHAM"
"And now," he m mured, "having
done my full Christian duty by all con
cerned, I think I should return to my
brenkfast."
Well had he been nicknamed
Crooked Rill !
MIgnon awakened Roberta at seven
o'clock next morning. "It's Sunday,"
she reminded her discreetly. ''What will
yon wear, miss?"
Roberta had given considerable
thought to that very subject the night,
previous. "That sports suit I bought
Just before leaving New York." she
answered promptly.
Rreakfast was ready on the gallery
when Roberta came out looking for
her host. The table was Bet for two
and Don Jalmo was watting for her.
His lazy dark eyes swept her In one
glance ? from her white kid pumps to
her Titian head.
"You are as beautiful as an army
with banners, Miss Antrim," he an
nounced In the matter-of-fact tone In
which one proclaims that two and two
make four or that a straight line Is
the shortest distance between two
points. Not so much a compliment or
the natural desire of a man to flatter
a woman, as a definite statement of
fact.
Roberta flushed ? and hated herself
for It, because it was not her habit to
exhibit such apparent pleasure at com
pliments from men. Had the words
come from any other man she would
have had a careless retort ; In all prob
ability she would havo told another
man that ho wasn't looking so very
beautiful himself. Rut again that
Atfange sense of bafflement, of stupid
ity, almost, held her speechless.
"I suppose he'll ask me If I slept
well," she decided! "The usual bannl
query."
II? did not. He tucked her Into
her seat, sat down opposite, looked at
notion to show up at Valle Verde I
wouldn't Rick the (lops on him. Have
some bncon and eggs. I cured that
bacon myself and ain personally ac
quainted with the hens that laid the
egRS."
Had he noticed her confusion, and
was this Ray, frivolous banter merely
his kind way of helping her cover It?
Roberta had an Idea It was. Ills two
setters Rlouched apoloRotlcally to the
table and he appeared to for?et Ito
herta, to become absorbed In the dops,
feeding them strips of bacon and little
pieces of bread steeped In bncon
Rrease, talklnp affectionately to them
the while as If they were human. Ro
berta reminded herself that Don
Jaime was the first yonnp mnn who
had ever neRleeted her to curry favor
with a pair of Kngllsh setters, and
was Interested to discover that she
did not resent his action
"What nre you going to do about
Robbie?" she Inquired presently.
"Oh, Robbie. Nothing very much
wronR with him. I suspected the fix
he was In and, In order to verify my
suspicions, I had Mrs. Oanby brlriR
him here. He's been kept In the house
because his mother, despite the fact
that she Is a trnlned nurse, mother
like considered him too delicate to be
allowed out very much. She had to
make a living for the two of them,
so necessarily she has been forced to
neglect the boy.
"lie requires sunlight and lots of
It. Every day he lies out In the sun
light mother-naked. I gavo It to him
In small doses, so he wouldn't sun
burn. Now he's tanned. One nrm
and one leu nre affected but not very
badly. With Increased general health
he will gain strength and the desire
to be more active. Nobody ever ex
ercised without wasting enerRy, nnd
those who have no energy to waste do
not cure to exercise."
"He adores you, Jimmy,"
"Well, If children and dogs do not
like a man that's a sign he had better
begin to take stock of himself. I
like Robbie. T like all children, even
terrible children. I'm godfnther to
one hundred and eighty seven and
after mass this morning I'll tnko on
the one htmdred nnd eighty-eighth."
"Why are you so popular, Jimmy?"
"For two reasons. If I'm godfnther
to the child of one of my people then,
while an Hlguenes Uvea at Valle
Verde, that child will always dwell
under the mantle of the Hlguenes
philanthropy. He can't be fired off
the ranch, If he's a male, and he'll
get something In the way of a hope
chest If he's a female."
"You strange man! Of course us
a godfather you have to promise that
If the parents neglect to give their
child a religious upbringing you will
attend to the matter."
"Haven't I built a little church and
haven't I a padre on my payroll? Im
ported him from Mexico. The arch
She Marked the Pride and Pleasure
in the Young Mother's Face.
bishop of this diocese doesn't know
Of exists, so the old hoy's ns free as
air. I'm strong for freedom myself."
"Is that why you have never mar
ried? Or have you?"
"I haven't. When an Higuenes
marries it takes. And I haven't mar
ried because you've been such a long
time showing up at my ranch."
"Why, Jimmy!"
"I thought for a while I'd surely
have to go to H lib-rest. Dobbs Ferry,
Westchester county, New York, and
point out to you the error of your
wny, hut thanks to your Uncle Tom
I wns spared that expensive Journey.
Then, too. I probably wouldn't have
showed to such good advantage in
your country, because t)f the competi
tion. I loathe competition. It makes
me Just a little bit Jealous."
For the life of her Roberta couldn't
help laughing. She had a habit of
laughing at men when they were pro
posing to her or on the brink of it.
She was at ease now, no longer In
hibited by some quality In this man
which she had never met In any other.
If he was in love with her she had
him foul ? wherefore she laughed.
To her chagrin he laughed with
her, and instantly n horrible suspicion
crossed her mind. Was this Texas
longhorn merely Indulging In a mild
flirtation with her? A hot rage swelled
In Roberta's heart and her laughter
ceased abruptly.
?'This Is very sudden, Jimmy." Her
voice was cool.
"That habit of being sudden is a
trait that runs In the Hlguenes blood.
My father was a very sudden man.
When he made up his mind to marry
my mother, he appeared at her father's
house and said to the old man; 'I've
come to marry your daughter. What,
have you got to say about It? Why,
nothing at all! Here's the license and
the priest's outside. Where's the
bride?' "
"Well, If I had been the bride your
respectable parent would have re
ceived the Jolt of his career."
"Fiddlesticks!" Don Jaime retorted
sharply. "A woman worth having Is
a woman worth stealing. My father
always declared women seldom know
what they want. They think they
want a lot of romance, when what
they're looking for is n husband who'll
organize the show and run It with a
firm hand."
"What do you know about women?"
"Something less than nothing. Hut
I know a heap about men I I'd most
certainly he the head of my house."
"So would I !"
"Not In my house, Hobby."
"Is this argument In the nature of
a left handed proposal?"
"Certainly not. The time Isn't ripe
for that, nor do I know that It will
ever he ripe. I'm merely arguing a
relative proposition - a sort of hypo
thetloal question. Hy the way, rtiay I
photograph you after we return from
church, and may I have a print? Just
one, please. Then you may destroy
the plate If you will?"
"I never Rive my photograph to gen
tlemen on such short acquantance."
"That Isn't answering my question."
"No."
"Then I'll have to get along with
the one I have. It Isn't so good hut
It will do."
"Whero did you possess yourself of
my photograph?"
"It's a rotogravure and I got It out
of a magazine."
"I'll give you the photograph, Jim
my. I had some taken Just before I
left and I'll send for one."
"Thank you, but I want you Just as
m~~
you are tills morning. I* want you
standing In that doorway. Then, after
you go away. 1 can look at It and
think how fine it would have been if
you had stayed ? there In your own
doorway looking out at me. Perhaps
I may be able" to fool myself into fan
cying you standing there watching for
me to come home."
"Not that, Jimmy. Think of me
standing there awaiting the arrival of
one of your men with the information
that the rest of the boys will be here
with the body directly."
"Have another egg and some more
bacon," Don Jaime urged hospitably.
"We're talking too much and there
goes the first bell for mass."
CHAPTER IX
The bell in the cupola of Don
Jnitne'H little adobe church was call
ing Its last summons to the faithful
when Roberta and her host left the
house on foot.
Don Jaime led her down the main
aisle of the small church and crossed
with her over to the organ which
stood against the wall. The choir
sat on benches in the renr of the or
gan and an upholstered chait stood
beside the organ seat.
"Kor company." Don Jaime mur
mured. and indicated that Itoberta
should occupy it.
The padre, in his vestments, entered
from the sacristy, and as he advanced
to the altar Don Jaime's little organ
crashed into a sonorous prelude; then
his brown choir, taking the cue from
a vigorous nod of the master's raven
head, sang:
Come, Holy CJhost. Creator blost,
And in our hourts take ui> thy rest.
The girl watched Don Jaime, who
knew not one note from another but
who played amazingly well by ear be
cause Cod had created him a trouba
dour. Ills dark face was alight with
the delight he gleaned from his simple
task; for all his huge body, there was
in his attitude and in the luster of his
eyes something that proclaimed to, her
again the odd. little-boy quality In him,
touching her as she had never been
touched before.
"Strange, strange man," the girl re
flected. "There he sits with a look
of exaltation on his face, and yet I
know he prides himself on helng too
~;*>*n and original a thinker to be an
or hodox churchman, to accept the
scriptures as literal, to have even the
most remote interest In the ultimate
disposal of his Immortal soul. He
killed my Rncle Torn and Is too honest
to think of pretending to me that he
regrets it. He's a strange mixture,
yet there Is nothing complex about
him. He thinks straight, talks
straight, and acts straight. He couldn't
dissemble If he wanted to. Oh, dear,
I'm nfrald 1 wish I had never mot him.
He's one of thofce terrible men one
must take seriously."
? The service proceeded. Roberta
dreamed on. . . . Don Jaime's low
voice reached her. "Now, then, Rob
by, do your stuff."
She sang as she had never sung
before. "See their eyes," Don Jaime
whispered as she sat down. "The poor
devils. They lrived it. Handel's
'Where'er You Walk' Isn't sung In our
church, but who here knows the dif
ference. and who cares? An encore,
Bobby."
She sang it. Then she sat through a
sermon In Spanish, at the conclusion
of which the padre, addressing Don
Jaime, begged him to convey his
thanks and that of ills pobreeltos to
the American senorlta. Don Jaime j
translated his message, and a few min
utes later she saw him stooping over
the lap of a girl and lifting therefrom
an Infant. She watched him holding
the stolid infant while the sncrament
of baptism was administered; she
marked the pride and pleasure In the
young mother's face at this signal
honor conferred upon her and hers,
when, the ceremony over, Don Jaime
kissed the Infant unci handed the moth
er the customary inrgess. To the god
mother. too, he made a gift of money;
then, with a paternal pat on the shoul
ders of nil concerned, Including the
padre, he rejoined Roberta and to
gether they walked back through tlio
pueblo to the hnclenda.
(TO RK CONTltfUBD )
American Willow Tree?
Originally From Syria?
It has been told that the first weep
ing willow tree In this country was
planted by John Curtis of Virginia dur
ing the Revolutlonnry wnr, and still
stands on the Curtis estate.
The story Is that "a traveler In
Syria once sent to Alexander Rope, the
Kngllsb poet, a box of figs, In which
was a twig from one of the weeping
willows beside the rivers of Babylon,
upon which the exiles used to hang
their harps. This twig was planted
alongside of the Thames, where It!
grew. A British officer brought a slip
from this tree and gave It to John
Curtis of Virginia."
Nurserymen claim that this tree Is
the nncestor of all the weeping wil
lows In this country.
This awakens new Interest In that
tree, which Is given such prominence
In the Bible? "the willows of Babylon."
IMPROVED
UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
SUNDAY I
chool Lesson
(Dy REV, P. fl. KITZWATEH. I). ?>., Mvxu
ber of Faculty, Moody Dtble
Institute of Chicago.)
O. 1912, Westurn Ncwapawr Union.
Lesson for December 18
REVIEW: CHRISTIAN STANDARDS
OF LIFE
GOLDEN TEXT ? And he said to them
all. If any mun will come after mo, lot
him deny himself, and take up his cross
daily, and follow me. ? Luke 9.23.
PRIMARY TOPIC? A Holiday with
J 6S U 8.
JUNIOR TOPIC ? How God Orders Us
to Live.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP
IC ? Following Christ in Everything.
YOUNO PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP
IC ? Ideals of the True Christian.
The best method of review for
young people nnd adults will be to dls
j cover the principal teaching of each
lesson. This teaching may be set
forth as a kind of a motto for the
life. A good plan will he to make as
signments to the members of the class
a week In advance. The passages of
Scripture are so diversified that a
great variety of opinions will doubt
less be obtained. The following sug
gestions are offered :
Lesson for October 2.
The Christian's growth is by means
of his devotional life. His under
standing and heart-life should be sym
metrically developed. I.ible study and
prayer go hand in hand. The neglect
of either means stunted growth.
Le?son for October 9.
The look into the Hethany home Is
not to see bow .Jesus behaved therein,
but to see the behavior of the members
of that home. The most important les
son is that we should sit at Jesus'
feet in the days when all is well, that
in the time of sickness and death we,
like Mary, may know how to act. We
should choose that good part which
cannot be taken away.
Lesson for October 16.
'I ho child of today will be the home
maker of tomorrow. It is most Im
portant that children be trained for
Cod by instruction in Cod's Word.
Lesson for October 23.
The divine unit of society Is the
home. The welfare of its members
depends upon their being united to
serve the Lord. This union includes
the father, the mother, and the chil
dren.
Lesson for October 30.
The believer is a citizen as well as
a Christian. The Instructed Chris
tian will be loyal to the state as well
as to the church.
Lesson for November 6.
World peace will come, not through
conferences, leagues, and understand
ings, but through the appearing of the
Prince of I'eace and the establish
ment of the Messianic Kingdom. Only
then will the "Will of Cod be done on
earth as It is in heaven."
Lesson for November 13.
The all-Important thing in life Is not
makinga living but a life. Man'sthought
and effort should be to shape his life
for the life which Is to come and not
to accumulate the tilings of the earth
which must be left behind at death.
Lesson for November 20.
Wealth is from Cod. The natural
resources from which wealth is gained
were prepared by Cod. JCven the
ability to seize them and transform
them Into useful commodities is from
Cod. Kvery believer should regu
larly and systematically give of his
possessions to Cod.
Lesson for November 27.
Stewardship of life means the recog
nition that our very being with all Its
faculties and powers Is a gift of Cod
and that our powers were given for a
definite purpose and that Cod will
hold us responsible for their use.
Lesson for December 4.
In order to live in peace with mem
bers of other races, one must realize
that Cod has made of one blood all
the nations of the earth. In this
light, racial supremacy will vanish.
Lesson for December 11.
The Christian's leisure time should
he given to hearing the Word of Cod
<ind to doing good In Christ's name.
Hit Dying Eyes
"His orderly found him alone and
dying. The officer asked the soldier
If he thought he could any n prayer.
"Thflt Isn't In my line, sir," said the
man; and then, with a sudden thought,
he said, "Tint I have got a little cross
my mother gave me; will that help
you, sir?" The officer took the cross,
and lifting It before him, murmured.
"Hold Thou thy cross before my d.v
'ng eyes," nnd died."
Rlnsti n gf ?
In every duty every happiness. Cod
sends us some sacrifice some offering
is required. If be sends riches, they
nro weighted with responsibilities; If
he sends loving parents, they will
need cure nnd gratitude when the
frail of old age draws on; if he sends
unbroken, unclouded days of happi
ness. there Is the gift of sympathy
for others not so blessed.
Personal
Many young people nre stingy in
/ho giving of personnl service, either
to the society or to the church They
nre willing, perhaps, to do the ensy
nnd plensalit things but reluctant to
undertake tasks that require time nnd
thought and effort. What Sunday
school Is not In need of young men
for teachers of the hoys' rlnsses? To
tench surh n clnss demands study nnd
Interest In the boys nnd work In thwlt
behalf.