The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, October 26, 1910, Image 6
I't't't't't ?*f?f??Ml
CAMEO
By Booth
Tarkington and
Harry Leon
Wilson
A A COFYSKiBT "KW. BY Til
Tw. Aim] when that person?half
food prince and half had prince, re
tneraber? gets Into a mysterious under?
ground passage, say. and tbo idven
Curs takes him to where the people are
good, why, then he tries to be all good
?so."
Tbo child pondered over this truth,
little comprehending those strange con?
tradictious snr! complexities of the
goul. of that dual personsllty whi<v.
has mystified older and wiser beads
than his. tbst has baffled ssge snd sci?
entist silks sod will baffle them to the
seal of time.
??Then ars you trying not to be a bad
prince now?not eay more st all ever?"
he finally asked.
??Not where you and your sister are."
eskl Klrby, bis voles trembling.
MBut you'i; turn out bed sgslo when
we go sway?" suggested the child.
"1 don't know tost whst will happen
then," confessed the men. stsring dolly
St the flo< r
Silence came. Then the child sighed.
-I'd like to know the end of that
seory.
The man echoed tbe sigh, smiling
wanly 'I'm afraid 1 can't tell you the
end."
Although no berild of intrusion bad
been apparent, he was suddenly con?
scious that some one bar1 entered tbe
room before the General had express?
ed bis wsh. Rising, he discerned
Adele Randall, who now came swiftly
forward and. ignoring blm. aseumed a
protecting attitude over the child, as
If to shle'J It from an Infinitely con?
taminating presence. She appeared
the ssnvt as on tbs first occasion of bis
?Hl' I with her?pale. sad. dressed
ent'.rely In bls*k. bopeleesly emotion?
less snd uncompromisingly hopeless.
?nils Rand a 11** he vsntured st
length, ignoring her attitude, "I have
something for you. Several times I
have eent cue of tbe servants to you
requesting an interview. I don't want
you to regret all your life tbe fact that
you refused to listen to me."
Without a word or a glance she
turned to the General and took blm
by the hand, the child struggling with
Sil h? smsll strength. "Please don't
tasks me!" be Implored. "Dele, he's
trying not to be bad like they said.
And. don't yon remember, I promised
to be his trusty friend. Can't I even
talk to blmr
"Miss Randall." quietly Interposed
Klrby. "there Isn't a slave on this
plantation yon wouldn't listen to If
hs asked to be heard before you pun
Ished him. Wor t you"?
But she bad gone, balf carrying the
Still Ineffectually struggling General.
Klrby remained grimly eying a slip of
paper he hail withdrawn from his
pocket It wsa bis last card-the Iced
to the plantation. Throwing it or die
tshle. he sank Into a chair, a prey to
the most hopeless dejection.
CHAPTER XI .'.
N that disheartened attitude
Hnnce eventually found Klr?
by. From the balcony win
1 dow the fat veteran had wit?
nessed Adele's silent contempt, and
fas now Uid s sympathetic haud upon
hts partner's shoulder.
?Ton see how sgsj stand with her.
don't sou .'?' he sald,qul"tly. "1 won't
SSy she alu't a fine enough woman t ?
ssske any man act the fool about her
But. ?.?;:?? you've got to hggj up your
head sud git ever it. It s too late for
you to start yc ur life again, and you
ran t drag her hito it. Take one l '
look at yourself, iene Kirhy. then take
soother st her. I'.ur. SSy, she wouldn't
take you if you was su angel ilgppsd
flghf ? front Moor of
heaten What eould you ever he tu
her? Nothiii- hut a d?d gambler
I seen the way she treated you."
?That's because she doesn't know
whst I'm going to <t... ? replied Klrby.
striving to convince himself, "Look at
that i ip?T
Bum f e^j iniro d the deed, then turn
ed Indignantly upon the signer thereof
"I've ?eeu you give some p<?re..oun
feller his money bar!' gflCf rou'd Wog
It. but 1 ssjfsjf ! j OS to dg it jf
the feller h|app?<d you in the face
first." he Maid withering!} "The girl
Wou't stay long enough in the same
ffOOm to wipe her shoes on you I>on't
that hurt yos
-It won t hurt so muc h after tin-.'
replied Klrby. indieii n,4 t|?. paper.
"When the fool maker made you |
reckon he quit work He k no wed he'd
reached his high water mark. ' eofa
?tented Uunee. \\ i h a d< |? irieg shruu.
"Now, I'll make her SSSSjI to >ou "
Klrby Sheet Mi head, his islssed fig
ure stiffening with sudden resolutem
"No." In- >aal quieti\ ^ on and I II
get our of hgfSJ I Hon t see Miss Rgg
dsll again "
But the other. gi \ uig esj hssd to the
words. <piioi|y kff| IhS rSSSS, while l\ir
by remained vented if the table ab
kskjsjgtsdly loylbg a lid lbs curds, utter
1y oblivious to surroundings. His fleet
log resolution n .d i i ? ? 111v vanished
Ills grip on Hie present had relaxed
He f.-H -dngnlaiiy hopeless, heart
Sod ut'erly alone
He dHI not know nor. knowing,
would great|> have t. red Dial .hid
P1e> dell's plan wus ab? >ir to t..
KIRBY
Adapted From
the Play of the Same
Name by W. B. N.
Ferguson
AINSLFF. MAGAZINE COMPANY
cuted. lie did not know that Mme
Davezac. Miss Pleydell and the (ien
eral were already In the carriage wait?
ing to be conveyed to tbelr neighbor's
plantation, waiting for the coming of
Adele, who had been Inexplicably de
layed at the last minute?delayed by
Buuce, who was puttlug forth every
persuasive effort, pleading, coaxing,
threatening all In one breath. In a des
perate attempt to bring her back to
the drawing room, to make ber grant
a farewell interview to his partner.
At length. In the midst of his brood
lags, a sound from the window at
traded his attention, and. listlessly
turning, B* discerned young Randall,
old Pley Jell. Aaron and M. Veaudry.
all scrutinizing him intently with a
look there was no misinterpreting.
They considered the ladies safely away,
and the time had now come when n
Judicial murder might be perpetrated.
Before a word had been exchunged
Klrby fathomed their purpose, but no
hint of cognlzat.ee was evinced in his
manner, He arose leisurely and with
the courtesy of guest to host rather
than with any intention of self de !
fense. alarm or even interest. And
for a space and in silence the four
men surveyed the one. Then young i
Randall spoke ominously and. for him. I
with admirable restraint.
"It's pretty dark outside. Mr. Klrby? j
too dark to sboot straight. Shall we
settle it here? We are going to give
yon a chance, and you'd better get
yourself ready to take It blanked quick
unless you prefer to be shot like a
rat"
"If you leave It to me," said Klrby
mildly. "I prefer not to be shot at
all."
"Do you realixe that In giving you
a fair show we do a common gambler j
an honor?" returned the boy, strug-'
fling hard against his passion. He re?
sented Klrby's serene composure, for
against It he was placed at a bumlltat-1
Ing disadvantage.
"1 am deeply sensible of your kind I
nesa to one of tuy profession " observed
the "common gambler." bowing with
.ourteous formality. "You seem to be
making quite elaborate preparations,
gentlemou, but 1 think you're putting
yourselves to unnecessary tronble. Mr. ,
Randall, you and your sister"
"Don't you dare mention the name
of any lady of my family!" menaced
Tom.
"But that is necessary, sir." suavely
murmured the other, "because you and
your sister, Miss Adele Randall"?
"You wolf!" snarled the hoy, and he
?truck with all his strength
The alert and pacific M. Veaudry
caught the descending arm. and before
the outraged and now thoroughly in?
censed boy, furious at Kirby's dellb
erate repetition of Miss Randall V
name, could wrest himself free and
renew the attack Adele herself hud
entered the rootn, followed by the sue
cessful Buuce. Her present e instant
ly prohibited further hostilities, and
young Randall sullenly turned away,
raging agalust her delayed departure
and unexpected Intrusion. The self
Satisfied and beaming glance cast upon
him hy the portly veteran BtUftCS did
not improve lus temper, although in
a measure it alTorded an explanation
of Adele's presence.
"1 have yielded to this gentleman's
request," said the ^'irl stonily, waving
an ItaBJc and contemptuous hand to?
ward Bunce. while her eyes looked :>< -
curately through the top of Klrby 's
bead. "I grant your Interview. What
Is it you wish |Q say? Kindly he .in?
explicit and lent ns possible.*'
He handed her the slip ?.f papal
which before this hi had sought to
offer.
"i fear jour brother may bi too 01
cited to read it." he said Indifferently,
iha ?\\cd it nondcrinuiy, scanning
It twice over and yet again before dl
pwUa\| Its brief contents, in silence
she handed It to her brother, and he,
after a long. iBCftdttlotia stare, si
claimed
"He flrSfl It bark t?> buy his safety!"
ttoad the date." commanded Klrby,
satdraaslnf the girt
In the same mechanical manner she
Obeyed, spelling It out as if it were
written in some Strang! language with
Which SSM was but vaguely familiar.
"He wrote that the lirst day the dOC
tors let him set up to a table after
lach aloreaa shot him." sharply e\
plained Hum e, angered si Ihe reepp
Uoa accorded what he considered a
sublime set of generosity, forbearance
and aslnlnlty.
Slowly Ad le raised bcf eyes fror.,
UM pnpef and looked stcadiU at the
"common gambler..rhta was in re
Horas for my father?" she whispered
"No' It was said unite simply ami
ejgeotlooleasly, as if toe quentlou were
too slsanrd i?? t ?rloualy consider lie
Won!'' have employed the same tone in
refuting ihe statement lhat be was i
Chinaman.
"Thai doeaa'l agree rer) %n * * 11 with
Colonel m ?res it's story," sneered young
Randall, loath locredit such an enemy
wh li one worthy BJMHlt $?,
"Vou bet yiiur bottom dollar It don't,*'
agreed Hunce
"That WlU do. Lai Kin. said Klrh)
sharply. "There's nothing mote to be
said We"re tlirotiiih h ?re
Despite Adele'i earnest request to
remain and the l?loa that she had the
right t<> know the meaning of this
strange contradiction of evidence, he
ffSOlUtelj turned to leave the room, btfl
partner obediently following.
But once sgsln II. Veaudry. sinking
his own Interests in those of justice.
gtspped forward and detained his
sometime rival
"Make him speak. Tom!" h<? cried,
turning to young Randall. "This min
tutors of your mother we found in
Colonel Iforeeu'i portmaotsau." And
he handed the other the red morocco
box.
"Rut -but my father lost it to you!"
exclaimed the hewllqYrcd boy, turning
to Klrby.
"No, DOl to me. Mr. Randall." Again
that same patient, emotionless tone, to?
tally devoid of resentment or even In?
terest.
"If?if we've been in the wrong,"
tremulously whispered Adele, raising
her head proudly, but pleading suppli?
cation speaking Strong)) from her eyes,
"you will set us straight, you will lie
fsir?"
For a long moment Klrby hesitated,
then finally turned to the now eagerly
waiting boy.
??Mr. Randall." he said, with elabo?
rate irony, "the question Involved In
my conduct Is so purely professional
that It may be almost Impossible to
clear It up to the satisfaction of a lay
mau. Mr. Bunce. being one of the
brethren, would comprehend me per?
fectly, but I shall huve to point out
that In my profession there are sepa?
rate castes, both high and low, each
controlled by its own standards."
"You accuse Colonel Moreau of being
a gambler'.'" said young Randall as
the other paused.
"1 regretfully admit that he had
some claim to the title." replied Klrby,
with intentional elegance of manner,
"for the group to which the 'colonel'
belonged countenances certain prac?
tices, such as the Intoxication of op?
ponents nnd the elimination oj chance
in the fall of the cards, and this, we
feel, shows a lack of foresight tending
to bring discredit on the entire profes?
sion, which might in time drive Its fol?
lowers from their legitimate field of
Industry. For that reason, when I
discovered the late Colouel Moreau in
a private stateroom of the Shotwell
despoiling a gentleman who was?who
was not himself. 1 took charge of tbe
despoliation of what remained, Intend?
ing to make restitution in the morning,
when the victim should be In better
condition."
Young Randall being one who cher?
ished his hatreds and affections and
renounced them with difficulty, this
new and obviously accurate version of
his father's suicide left him In a state
of mental fog. Where . dele was only
too willing and eager to believe, the
boy was loath. To the girl Klrby had
once appeared all that woman can
think of man, but to her brother he
had ever been the personification of
evil. Tom had blindly nourished his
hatred. Now he felt strangely bewil?
dered, self distrustful and unclean.
His credulity had beim shattered with
his self reaps t. lie Susbed hotly at
the thought or BOW Implicitly find on
euch meager evidence be had believed
the specious and totally unscrupulous
Moreau. how from such a tissue of
falsehood he had carefully erected his
elaborate feud. He had even stooped
to the unutterably foul act of swear?
ing a murder upon this man. who.
rather than being an enemy, had stood
his father'}} sole friend, To him R was
difficult to relegate unto himself a new
viewpoint with the "common gambler"
as an object for admiration rather
than vilification, to disinter and trans?
fer the halo which Moreau hau calmly
appropriated and taken with blm to
the grave ^to this erstwhile master
rogue, this arch fiend, titles for which
bis name of Cameo Klrby bad been a
synonym.
"You meant lo protect my father?"
he faltered at length.
"For the honor Of the profession."
said Klrby. "That's all right. Mr.
Randall." he udded gently as the boy,
utterly crushed and filled with a bitter
self hatred, strove to verbally inter?
pret his abject thoughta, to frame
some sort of fitting apology "If you'll
lend me a horse to get back to the
city we'll call it square. I'm ready,
Larkin."
He held out his band, and young
Rondali, flu-hing hotly, grasped it
firmly, then turned away and. sinking
mtO a chair, burled his face In his
arms.
Adele, placing her hand on her broth?
er's shoulder as if he were a child,
raised blm gently and escorted him
from the room. At the door she turn?
ed, looking steadily at Klrby.
"You walled for me this afternoon
when there was danger," she said
tremulously, "Won*! you wait for me
now. when there is none?"
cm
CHATTER XV.
fjeorgo, Cone, it looks to
tue like you'd get the girl
and the plantation, too!"
exclaimed Bunce when at
length the two were alone.
"What was that you called me
awhile ago?" returned Klrby quizzical?
ly, but with no undercurrent of great
seriousness. "Nothing but a what
was it? Seems to idc yon said some?
thing mighty plea sau I about me. you?
being my oldest friend und i here fore
complimentary. <>h, yes, nothing but
s *damned gambler ' That was it."
He seated himself at tbe table and,
as was hi^ wont In moments of ab?
straction, began to cut the curds.
Bunce diplomatically Ignored the
tribute. The mad escapade had terml
DSted far bettor than he had expected
or thought possible, and in conse
quence his native fund of gotsl humor
bad been abundantly ro-enforced
"Tal.o Randall while \..u can
git her." be advised "She ain't think
In' tonight of you beiu* a | ambler."
"W hat do you stii pose she'll think of
It tomorrow? I'hluk she'll remember
what I am, perhaps""?*"
"Mebbe she won't think of it tomor?
row." said Bunce hopefully.
"But what about that young Veau
dry? Shod never have to think of
anything he's done or was." pursued
Klrby. "Pretty square sort of o fel?
low. Larkin. Looks to me like I owe
him a clear held to himself."
"I ain't denyin' but what he acted a
gentleman to you, dene. But now'fl
the time you got to think of yourself."
"Looks to me you're considerable of
a turncoat." smiled Klrby, picking up
a card. "What were you saying to me
about this? There's my wife. I mar?
ried that for better or for worse?too
long ago for i< woman to come between
us now. Ann what else was that you
said? Oh. yea?Take one good look at
yourself. Gene Klrby; then take an?
other at her.' "
Bunce snuffled feebly. "I've kind o*
changed my mind since 1 said that,"
he mumbled. "Besides," consulting
his watch, "it was a loug time ago. It
was last night now."
Silence came, and with it the white
dawn, and as still the men sat, one
"HAVE TWO BKVV1.Hr,," HE ADDED Q.UIETLT
mutely eying the cards, the other his
fingers, a fugitive sunbeam, herald of
the morning. Rtole into the room to
shame the smoky yellow of the lamps.
In the sunbeam's golden wake there
followed a faint breeze that stirred
the curtains and sent a current of
cool, pure air swirling through the
stagnant atmosphere. Then there fell
I upon the silence, with a softness so Im?
palpable thnt It seemed mutely a pro?
gression of the hush, the sound of dis?
tant singing. For some time strain
and source were alike indefinite, a
mere setting to harmony the charm
of the young morning. And then it
arose like a sweeping curve of beauty
until It resolved itself into the throaty,
melodious chorus of "Mississippi Riv?
er."
Klrby shivered, and hi? eyes came
back from tne great beyond, while
Bunce shook himself like a great dog
leaving the water.
"There's the niggers gohV out to the
cane." he said laconically. "The morn
ln's here. Well. Gene?"
"Well. Larkin?"
The other hesitated, fortifying him?
self with a cheroot. whl< h he content?
ed himself with chewing, i innlly he
arose, offering elaborate si . 1 of de?
parture.
"1 hate to see a ma/; lose out on
everything," be tentatively observed.
??"Well. I'm goin't Gene. I reckon
they'll let me have a boss now. .Meb?
be I better have two saddled, eh?"
"Well, what do you think?" parried
Klrby, slowly lifting the deck of cards
from the table, "is that my wife? l>o
I turn back to the old river road with
you, or do I"? He lifted his head
with brightening vision. "Have two
saddled." he added quietly, with bitter
finality.
Bunco nodded slowly, undcrstand
lngly.
Alone, Klrby remained at the table,
staring and seeing not.
?"Take oue good look at yourself.
Gene Klrby; then take another at
her.'" be mused mec hanically and
with dull monotony reiterating the
phrase. " 'Take one good look at your
self. Gene Klrby.' 1 might never nave
thought of that?I have been so busy
looking at her."
As be sat there face to face with the
future, striving to learn renunciation
without embltterment, the General,
now dressed In nlghtclotbes, tiptoed
softly Into the room.
"They sent me to bed again," he
whispered, triumphant at his evasion,
while he cuddled against the man's e\
tended arm, "1 want to know the end
of that story. Tell me."
Klrby strove to assume his wonted
gayety of manner. How long it
seemed since in the closed carriage he
had prompted thai light hearted laugh?
ter!
"So you made another hairbreadth
escape. General." he commented light?
ly. "And you want lo hear the end of
the story?about the had prince who
was half g.oul V 1-1 don't know If I
ran tell you t he end."
"Why? Unsn'l the end happened
yet ?"
! "Yes; it's coiue."
??But it ended all right, dldn'l K?"
persisted the General, with all youth's
* confident optimism.
"Yes," said the man; "It ended all
riuht."
j "But I want to know if he's still a
mixed prim e a mixed good and bad
prince."
Klrby pressed n weary hand over his
throbbing forehead, "l guess he's pret?
ty much mixed," he confessed, still
Smiling bravely.
I The child pondered u er this state?
ment util II at length he I egan to nod
MDld did he ; ?? nwayV" ho murmureC
drowsily, luquisitlveiicss battling no
bly against outraged nature.
"Yes he went away," whispered tin
' roan, Ills arm tightening about tin
small form. "'You're slcep.V, General"
"I'm m?t." protested the cbfld, with
great earnestness, opening wide his !
eyes only to promptly close then. after
an Ineffectual si niggle. "I?want?to?
know- the end." He gave a vex'd.
protesting sigh: Iben his breathing
grew deep and regular.
"Your sister will tell you the end In
the morning." said the man.
Rising, he gently laid the now sleep- j
lng child on the sofa and with clumsy
tenderness covered him with a rug.
For a long time Kirby stood looking
down upon the faithful little General,
who of them all had from the lirst
given Iiis full measure of unswerving
loyalty ami devotion without question
and without price, and this despite the
influence of family pressure, the ven- i
om of lying tongues or the specious ev- I
ldence of circumstance. He knew only I
that he loved: that was faith and trust
sufficient. As yet he was only a very
small Juvenile member in life's boys'
brigade, hut still he had his own dim
notions of standing true to the color*.
When at length Kirby turned away
It was to find himself face to face with
Adele. How long she had been stand?
ing there he did not know. The fugi?
tive sunbeam had long since vanished,
as if heartily ashamed of taking prece?
dence over its majestic progenitor, and
the room was now suffused by a dull,
rosy glow. For a space girl and man
eyed each other in silence. l>oth wait?
ing for the other to rpeak. Finally she
whispered:
"Am I to tell him the end of the
etory?" nodding to the sleeping Gen?
eral. "Hut he'll want you to."
"I'm afraid it won't be fixed so that
I can, Miss Randall. You see, I was
only waiting to say goodby to you."
"He'll?he'll be disappointed." she
ventured, with a pitiful attempt at
composure, "And?you are only wait?
ing to say goodby?"
He nodded, smiling wanly.
"You remember that story I told you
of the rosebush and the playing
cards?"
"Are you and I like that?"
"Just iike that," he snid.
"Hut some time"? She broke off,
making o hopeless, pleading gesture.
"Tell him when he awakes/' said
Kirby, taking a great breath and hold?
ing high his head, "the end Is that for
one great day. from sunrise to suu
rise, the mixed prince was with some?
body so jjood that he went away to
try to make himself all over. And If
he can"? ne faliered and stopped;
then, taking courage from her eyes,
began again, "And if he can"?
"And if he can," she prompted, a
great wave of color surging to cheek 1
and neck. "And if I should wait for
that?that wouldn't be the end?"
"No. That would be"
"lt would be"? she whispered, hold- '
lng him with her eyes.
"Just the beginning, after all."
THE END.
TOLD FOR A MEMORIAL OF HER
Matthew 25:1 - 1G?October 30
"She hath dam ichnt *ht COUld." ? Mark f,:<.
IN a previous study we considered
the Great Teacher's triumphal en
try Into Jerusalem on the ass. and
his tender of himself to tlie Nation of
Israel as their King. injf ultillnient of
the prophecy of Zecbari&h 0:9-12.
That was five days before the Pass
over. For several days Jesus taught
in the temple, going at night to the
home ?f Lazarus, Martha and Mary at
Bethany. He knew what to expect?thai
his hour was conic. lie knew that even
then the chief priests and elders of the
people wen? considering Ins destruction
ami hesitating only lest it should cause
tumult. Their indignation against the
Great Teacher was that he did not
teach as they taught and that Ids
teachings bad much more power with
the masses than all their teachings
combined. Anger, envy, hatred, unit?
ed in branding him as an impostor and
ill sending Ulm to his death, "for the
good of the cause."
The least at Bethany referred to in
this study may have been on the night
before our Lord's betrayal, two days
before the feast of Passover. But the
concensus of opinion seems to be that
it occurred on the Sabbath evening
preceding the triumphal ride to Je?
rusalem. It matters not, however.
There was sucb a feast. Jesus and
his disciples were present. During the
feast a woman approached with an
alabaster dusk of very precious per
fnme. She poured it upon his head
and the entire room was sweet with
the odor. The woman was Mary, the
Sister of Lazarus and Martha.
Another account shows that the pro
test made by the disciples against this
as a waste was instigated by Judas,
the treasurer of the little compnnj of
the Lord's disciples. John remarked
that he was a thief t?r?d arried the
bag and intimated that he was more
Interested in the money than in the
poor and that his mention of the poor
was merely a subterfuge. But the
Great Teacher rebuked his disciples,
snyiug, "Why trouble ye the woman;
for she hath wrought :i good work
upon me; in that she hath poured lids
ointment upon my body sh ? did i! to
prepare me for buri.it. Truly 1 saj
unto you, Wheresoever this t'? ? >l
shall be preached in the win le wo I
there shall also this which this wow
an lint h done I"' told for :> inemoi i
of her" (Matthew xxvl, 10 131 How
considerate was il" Great iYacher!
How sympathetic! How appreciative
of c\ erj thin/ doer f. r him!
"She Hnth Done What Sbe Could"
The Lord, in line with all the Hk*rip
tare tetu lifiitsM and usages, declines fr*
recognise w <n;;:in as i teacher *>f re
Ugtoti in the Church nroonfst his fol
lowers. No woman was given a place
amongst tue twelve A poet Ice nor even
when the seventy evangel Uta were sent
forth with tile simple message, which
any woman eould have given, surely
as glibly as any man. or more so; even
on tliis mission lie did not send worn
en, nor even a representative of the
sex. The man. in Scriptum: assist, is
the figure of the l^ord; the woman, the
figure of the Church, it wot id be out
of harmony with the ligure that the
Church should be the instructor and
the Lord the pupil. Consistently, there?
fore, it would have been improi>er for
woman to have been commissioned to
represent the Lord. Hence, women as
teachers in the Chun h have no author
ity in the Bilde for the position. We
read that the serpent beguiled Mother
Eve and made of her a teacher of er
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ror to her husband. We read that the
evil spirits used a certain young wom?
an as a medium to announce tbe Apos?
tles. But we find no Divine sanction
of woman as a teacher in tbe Church,
but that the young woman who acted
under the spirit of divination and at?
tempted to preach Christ and the Apos?
tles was rebuked by tbe Apostle Paul
and the spirit of divination dispos?
sessed. ,
All this, however, does not indicate
that either Jesus or the Apostles were
either rude toward women or unappre
ciative of their qualities of heart and
mind. Quite the contrary. Amongst
the Lo.d's followers were many "hon
orable Women" and his special love
for this Mary and her sister Martha Is
particularly recorded. Let us learn
the lesson from the Be : and not at?
tempt to teach cne Book.
?The Pocr Always With You"
Our Lord, in reply to the argument
of Judas, thai the ointment should
have l c?".: si iii for a large sum for the
benefit of the poor, answered. The poof
ye have always with you. Whenso?
ever yo will ye may do tbctn good; but
ine ye have not always. Poverty is
sure to he || factor in the social order
during the present time, because, l?
our fallen condition as a race, eosee
are more brilliant of mind than others
and selfishness is the general rule.
Hence until ilie end of the reign of i in
and death the poor will bo here. And
there Is a blessing sttachrd to cverj
good deed, every noble end eat t to
help any member of the race to bl bei
ami bett t conditions, mentglly, n* ral
ly. physically. By end by Iber ? 1
be no poor. for. under the K .
condition, love will be the ruling j iv
Clpte, Instead of selfishness.
"But Me Ye Have Not Always"
This was true of the Master. A III
tie while and he WSi gone from tbss
ascended to the Father's right hand
The same principle prevails in re pe
to the Lord's followers styled. "The
members of his Body." Whatever w?
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men as \,
always be
"espc |.ili>
faith."
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etousness
his m. -i, r
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r ier to do g< ?od unto si!
i\o opp ?rtunitj. it will
order a I lo du good
i .. the h ns4 hold of
seit Uness In J'i Uta let
?_i co o< au.ah? r of COt
ho was willing to set
h 4 enemies. Alas, whs
s terrible p wer for evil is selfishness
How man are willing to barter th
Truth for the sal p of w< rkly esse oi
prosper!!) ' *>o. ., ns have the spirit ot
the Tl Hl ll ;" s ? ? ? -id " able oxter
Hlioutd beware of who-." selfisbne*:
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