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the rrnn e n%ii\firY| M ^ r The Custard Cup •9!l*9 V tt' • pAM* T>»^ t waal ■wvr ti |«li Tim Cr» Um> blaAk«< off siy norms BUgham LMngjton • -YI*. I KNOW" 0TSOP8IS.-t4ytnR In * ban., ronvtrted Into .8 ilw*lllnK, Mra. Prn(|fld la manatrr ^ an apart ment bulldlnc known an ‘•The Cuatard Cup,’* orlclnally “Cluntcr Cojrt." Her Income la derived from laundry work, her chief pa tron being a Mra. Horatlua * WVathcratone, whom nhe haa never seen. IJvtng with her are “Crink*’ and •Thad,” homeleaa (tmall boys whom she haa adopted. They call her “Penale.” Thai! tells Penzle a strange man was inquiring for her under hrfr maiden name. A tenant, Mrs. Ousaie Bosley, Induces Penzie to take charge of a package, which r shA does with some misgivings. Searching , a refuse tlump for tilings ahieh might he of value. Crink. veteran at the game, en counters a small girl, Lettle, who proves a foeman worthy of his steel. He takes her to Penzie, and Lettle gets adopted Into the family. The stranger proves to be Mrs. Penfleld's uncle Jerry. He announces he Is going to re main in the vicinity of The Cus tard Cup. Uncle Jerry arranges to occupy the loft above Mrs. Penfleld's abode. Uncle Jerry meets Prudence Hspgood. no longer young, but attractive, and the two appear to "hlta It off well I»reive Percy, youngr friend of Penal# s. tells tier of her an- g age men ( (o LMck Chase, also a mutual friend Mra. PeortHd. sstlaflwd hjr her m» meoi of Mpervlalna. wwni bark to her •upper preparations 'and the Ironing wtileh further utillted the supper tire. Unrlt Jerry tramped through the living-room nhd pauncd on his way tlmiugh the kitchen. Mr*. Penfleld was far from understanding why he had come into her home. It hod seemed natural enough at first, but - suppm^^i that he wanted |o participate Wfyie home life of Ida own kindred wife being rapidly dissi pated. He had fltU;U up the loft with a few pieces of plain furniture and had constructed a reasonable sort of stepladder that made it easily acces sible; but Mrs. PeniSeld was beginning to wonder why l|le had taken the trouble. He rarely hud a meal at Number 47; there were days at a time when The Custard Cup never saw him at all. , Nevertheless, when lie came breez ily track, bringing some* offering of food which lie ostentatiously claimed to have secured at a tremendous bar gain, brimming with stories of the Oregon woods tlrat delighted the chil dren, full of rough but Jolly kindness —then Mr*. I’entleld appreciated him without reserve. But there were I other times—times when reticence bed And hurry f Rtiah, Timmy, dear; pom mini hurt « •peek. W#TT hie* you warm and dry In no time* . With tha protesting Timmy In one arm. Mra. i’enfleld rummaged In the cup- Inrard for towel*. Lettle switched hack with tte blan ket, her resentment flaming higher than ever. She snapped her teeth at Timmy. f “Yon little stupid! Don’t you know a roof's to keep you out, 'stead of leaking yon In? By Jingoes, H'pbae Mrs. Catterbox won’t pay me for Susie, either. That makes two cents gone. Ain’t that luck?" “Lettle, be still. Stop thinking ’bout money when you 'most broke a fel- ier’s neck. Now clear out, children. Land, if I wasn’t so busy. I’d spauk every one of you for enjoying your selves 'cause Timmy here fell Into misfortune. Step lively, i got to have elbow room—and sudden." The company, thus explicitly un Wanted, initiated a fade-out. Lettle shooed them TtgOTOusIy. "Run along, babies,’’ she command ed.* “You're going to play hop-scotch In the driveway—darned if you ain't! I’m going to have that seven cents or bust." She turned back and ktuck her hose into the kitchen. “Say. Ben zie, what you going to do Avlth him?" A scornful twlrk of her thumb Indl- j was uppermost, about his absenees, rated the suffering Tlfmny. CHAffTCR VII—C«fftinwed. —1— ht.e aodded ptoamatlj 'Yaara (me fiartty wlr—» " TW aerda weea baa •at mo rardla! se Mra I Uata* I his business, his companions. Then she was puzzled and dlsturtted. even * ptijned.T"— “Well. I'arTIne.” be began. “1 dl In t , know yon ha<^ a safety vault for the neigh bora. That's ’Mhut the last thing i I’d expert yon to start." Hbe Mid nothing "Mra finale) moat have vh> Adg*t%“ b# ronttau^i; and as hia taw* grew to* #)*• grew keener “May. iundaySchool * Lesson ’ (By ItKV. »• IT KITXIVAtlCH, D D, Tesflier of Kngllah lllbl* la the Moody Bible IntllliMe of ChlcsRo.) )£. ItJl. Waetern Newtpaper Union.) LESSON FOR SEPTEMBER 23 r*‘Dry him out." replied Mrs. Pen ; Held tersely. “We esn’t return him I soaked. I expected to Iron tonight. ( bat I didn't ■‘pose It'd be Timmy. And now. 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PRIMARY TOPIC—A Hoy Who Loved Llie Bible. JUNIOR TOPIC—Timothy. - Paul's Helper. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP IC—Timothy Trained to Serve. YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC —The—Chrhjthin—Ministry aa a Life Work. I. Timothy's Parentage (Acts 16:1). His father was u Greek and his ramther qi bcltevlng Jewess. 'i>n his mother's side at least, he bad a godly ! ancestry. Usually the mother makes i the son. Two generations of maternal pious grandmothers were (rack of Ttm<dhy. How thankful we ought to Im* to God for a godly ancestry. UhristtuA he radii y and training cuo- stitutc the cmentlal elements for a I utiristian life. II. Timothy's Training (H Tim. I I :ft; II Tim. S:U-13). • and faith fat mother sad trr ra.efttlly nun ured blm Ward. He knms ih* hrrlp- i his rhlldb—4 Ik rough tk«4r TW fnltb which rams t* hks grahdmiwhsr thraaghBus I mm rasa* thrwagh (W laws i. but Ikr~art rarWuJ tr*Bb aiX)Ys sca/is |CM<l«ilrS by Natkmst Cnanctl #f Ik# •<>? Scout# of Atn*rlcu.) SCOUT MAKES BRAVE RESCUE A deed of high courage In the rescue of two boys and the attempted rescue of a tliird in a storm-clouded lake was recently-performed by Scout William E. Trimble of Troop 23, Belltnore, Long Island, when, at imminent peril to him self in tin* gale-churned waters of Luke Champlain, he pulled two lads from a capsized sailboat to his canoe; when his canoe overturned, helped, right It and secured the two boys a hold, and when one of the lads slipped into the water from exhaustion dove in for him. and, on being nnsuccessful in finding the drownimr lad in th» water, began the agonizing swim to ■shore which resulted in bis securing help in time to save both the survivors of the sailboat iuuT his orginal canoe 1 companion. Y’oung Trimble and his friend, Louia Grinned, students at the citizens’ mili tary training camp at Pluttshurg, N. Y., were canoeing when a sudden squal! arose which almost upset their bark, and did capsize a sailboat some <liM:inrp from them. u‘ occupants were also students from the camp. Through the darkening afternoon Trimble and Grlnnetl could faintly per ceive the figures of the two lad* who bad been thrown overboard by the Norm-taaoed bast. Bending their backs to tbair paddlen, the arout nad bis cum pnalea wot the caaue forward nad with r# I ft stroke* reerbt d the straff- gtlaff ledn. SUFFDw ffANY YMSS WITH FBUU TROUBLE PE-Rtl-NA LIKE A GIFT FROff HFAVEN i Mrs. Katie Scheffel, R. F. D. Wo. 5. Lowell, Ohio *‘1 have been sufle'ring for years Vas operated on five years ago. It relieved me some but I did not regain my strength. Two years later was taken sick and bedfast several months. I treated a long while without much relief. I was dis couraged, my mind affected, so nervous I could neither eat or sleep and unable to do anything. * We tried several •doctors but one after another gave up my case as hopeless. Finally a good friend advised me to try Pe-ru-na. I did. It relieved me almost immediately. Your medical department said l was suffering from chronic catarrh of the system. 1 began taking your medicine in March. 1914, and con tinued until August. I took ten bottles of Pe-ru-na and three bot tles of Maa-a-ha and felt like a new person. 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Likely your wife’s bad a dream or something'' This lightened version seemed to restore Frank Bosley's composure. “Likely,” he agreed glibly. “Been reading the newspapers, I presume. Got her mind full of robberies, and thinks she's going to he the next in Hue." Jerry Winston nodded. “Worst thing in the world for nerves,’’ he said sadly. “Women need lighter food’n that.” Mrs. Penfleld started for, the kitchen. Frank Bosley’s voice followed her. “I’ll be ambling along, Winston. See you again in u day or two.” Mrs. Penfleld, emptying the baked beans into fhe saucepan, shook his head. “Wouldn't that beat you?" she murmured. She put the saucepan on the stove und went to the back door. Lettie's game was la full swing. There were now ten scraps of humanity, because Thad had been annexed 10 the party as a family courtesy and was travel ing deadhead through Its Joy* Each one of the tea bed been assigned the part of ■ rreatar* of fra (bee* or far and was practicing tbo a*« rfcarar- ter wtti vorlf*ro«s agtrtt Timmy raitsrws a# Gray Iffutmi ••» ant | g ff again? a»e euppt -fant. i ^ I *0 are a ’ *n la year ynrdf* Mrs Penfleld explained * I 00009 tw ’sol »ra IB baw fatw rabaaed ie* a*ee*et triffe Mra VVwBetd w*Bt IBS# lb# kHrb#B askd prasrad bwUmiff w*i#r tbe boga ak# bnd brangbL Hbe brand a tray aad arranged bee a*r» ^ ^ _ ic* dalBGIy. ae If tbe ervaMoa uera I th- igbt rartdw >..« .1 ( enrlal. Hbe was pcuf<raB*lly • Uk u* umtgbl. anrry for lira Kan tier*, wbooe nerve* r line tUery. but I g*M uoderat<>nd. bad been shattered Heavens, what* gong | ^ grM tmtil at times they berarae «*• « * ■’ * , \\ s om t. Oku. Tonic - w f Malaria Chills la a RafaMm ~ MffBl sBWvg- Fever Begm tb* Tbra deed. town ber |rwe4a BTby. are ywa guiag 1 to lift her voire, because Uncle Jerry had o|>ened tbe door, and the game, now at Its most voral stage, filled the sir with diverse calls and squeaks and clucks. Jerry Winston’s footsteps on the board walk that ran around the house were lost in the din. • The animal game was drawing nearer. A zealous participant had discovered jjilq L hnhltat to he in the tree that overhung the lenn-to kitchen. By the squeaky calls it was Gray Squirrel. Also, Gray Squirrels leap from branch to branch. Mrs. Penfleld set down her Iron and started for the door, with the Intention of curbing the hazardous realism, when Crash— Splash—Gray Squirrel came hurtling through the thin roof between two supports and landed In a lulu of soak- ing clothes. During the descent he Instantaneously forsook the duckings of the wild and shot out his furry per sonality as the parachute drops from the balloon. He became all at once a human baby, full of human shrieks and screama, bent on ailing bis trouble* to a listening neighborhood. “My goodness land!" Mra Penfleld made a diva for the floundertag. yell ing Ttmrnj aad extracted blm as tightly aad swiftly ss If be bad bee* • braaderamb as lira tablorlaJk Ob uncontrollsble. She filled a bag with She had | hot water and went back. “Keep your hands on thta when you ran." she advised briskly. “You raa hold it In your lap while we're drink ing this here tea. Yes, I know tha tea s hot, hut you can sip it. My, If tastes good, don’t it?" Mrs. Sanders finished her tea ana put down the cup. "I’m sorry,” sh« whispered, with quivering lips, “but 1 couldn’t stlly here by myself. I got to thinking and I— Oh !—’’ She sprang to her feet, tossing the hot- water bag to the floor, and took up her pacing again. She was a small woman, with a thin, white face and gray eyes that at the moment were burning with rebellion. “Oh, I :an’t stand it; I can’t stand' it," .she cried aloud, beating her IffUNMl v. t* Mt*mira I A# a tv- «* ml** *#• (Phil. SIS). X A* peotuf of a Htarvl tlrw tic (•bured for man; fllily MM. log I hr dlffla'Ul great chore11 The t*hr1®i should brttere tfi the Script urea aa God's Word anil be able to rightly di vide It ao aa to meet Hie needs of ' ili«t*a who hear him This is the only way to meet the difficulties that arise fin the pn-*tnr’s labors. « ~ . — * Pnf • tact f that initter Bay mawta of Waad'nff. ff*. Agfft a Be* ■raigb m*M*aaff muaff sWaaBra m Urn vmiaNy. HARDING'S WARM INfCRKST Hairs Catarrh Medicine TrcMmciw.bocfc local and inrcfnai and has been success ful In the treatment of Catarrh for ovci Among the many evidences of tbe deep intereat and thoughtful concern 01 lit. I.t. M I. K...UW-. Sold b, work fur the good of American boy- ** hood, la tbe fullowing letter from Secretary Christian to Chief Scout Executive Janies E. Weet, written Au gust 1, the day before-Mr. Harding P. J. CHENEY & COn Toledo. Ohio t hands together. "I get to thinking, and it—" Mrs. Penfleld had risen, too. “Y’es I know'," she Interrupted quietly. "II shuts off your breath, and your Mood runs cold. It makes creation seen big and cruel and against you." Mrs. Sanders wheeled and flxoff ber with a strange' look, ns If *b« could not believe that It was her neighbor who had spoken "Yea Ilka that, trat K's an marh war*# bring by mjffsff It's differ*#* with pan. Yss fa* lb# ebWffrsB TWy k##p y*B tl 10(1 Z All Due to Christianity. | w We live in the midst of blessings, Mr. West: till we are utteriy insensible of tlteir j "Owing to the unfortunate illness greatness, and of the source from the President, he is unable to an- L which they flow.. We speak of bur 8wer personally your letter of July 20, clviiizufion, our arts, our freedom, our which reached him In San Francisco, laws, and forget entirely how large a On his behalf I wish to assure you of share of all is due- to Christianity, i bis appreciation of the action taken at Blot Christianity out of the page of ^ ie thirteenth annual meeting of the man’s history,' and what would his national council, Boy Scouts of Ainer- iaws have been?—what his dvillza- ] lea. in unanimously re-electing him tion? Christianity is mixed up with honorary president of the national our very being and our daily life; 1 council. The President, as you know, there is not a familiar object round regards tbe boy scout movementjas of us which does not avenr its umrk, not j great Importance and value. Only a a being or a tiling which Joes ndTPew days ago at Woodland Park, Seat- wear a different aspect, because the tle . bo again evidenced his great in light of Christian hope is on It. not terest in the work by administering a law which does not owe Its truth j the pledge of allegiance to probably j and gentleness to Christianity, not a 30,000 boys and ther delivering a eti.-toni which cannot he traced. In all *hort address to them. , j Its holy and healthful |>urts, tfi the "Sincerely yours. Gospel. • (Signed) “GEORGE B. CHRIRTIAX. JR. “Secretary to tb# •'rasldent." m a .'♦•am.##®. Respoowb Jitits. RespnovlblUHe* gravitate t# tb# p#v» n «be ran sb#c W them aad p#«> vr ffsraa i# ib# Bsaa wb# kmram bim# iloMrard n*» “f TW-sr 0%rnm ■“fmm Mmma* .(f, #k*ffff msfi- a# W00m00 m * - 11# ffkBBB msrab #Rff ab ffaMsff «aff aNBb raff omff »#>< m— i SCOUT WAb -ON TM« iffOT® •raw* Rrarr* HaB ot gYkraa. X IS# offsT* • b*B nraa^y raram# •#* off ready for scalds and bums The tormenting, insistent pain of a burn or scald is quickly subdued by Retinol Ointment Its cooling ingre dients remove the inflammation, and hasten the beating Cover the bum veil with Resin.4 and bondage with aolt game. In severe bums or scalds covering a Urge surface slwey* send It# s doetn*. HAY FEVER IBB ffffbra* Nff B« irara rara g» aara