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She I; Stowaway By LOUIS TRACY. Autbor oi the ?p^ 0| Light," "The Wing* o| tb? Momi*f" ?ni ?T%e C*Ptain ol (he Kansas." - 1 '- ? 1 v - She felt rather theo sew that bt, buil suddenly grown rigid Lite rlgbt inn ?ew oat and drew ber to hhu. "Sh m h"' be brestbed and pulled her behind a rock. Ber woman'a heart yielded to dread of tbe unseen. It pulsed violently, and sbe was tempted to ecream De? spite bis warning ?be moat at least bare whispered a qneatlon. bur ber en in cingbt a ?mind to which tbey were now well accustomed The light chug cht g of an engine and tbe flapping of a propeller cam* up to them from the ?es. The ?team launch was approaching. I "er nape tbey bad been eeeo al? ready! Aa if to n Trntrrr ctb nr.at? omphastie this mnouon. peril there was an tnterrs. of si? lence. Steam bad been shut off. Phil? ip touched the girl's Ups lightly with ? finger. Theo to ley flst on (be ledg* ?nd began to creep forward, it was Impossible that be should ran snd warn the others, but It was essential abore all elee. that be should ascertain , what tbe men on tbe launch were do? ing snd tbe eitent of their knowledge. lie found a tuft of tbe grass tbst elung to s crerlce where Its roots drew hardy sustenance from tbe crumbling rock. He ran tu red to thrust bis bead through this screen, following Domin? go's eismpie some hours earlier. Al? most directly beneath hia eager glance found tbe little vessel. She was float? ing past with the current Be peered down oo to her deck as If from tbs top of s mast. A few cigarette smok? ing officers were grouped In her bows. Appsreotly tbey were more interested In tbe rem?mi of the Andromeda than In tbe oatural fortress overhead. Clus? tered round the bstcb were eonie tweo- , ty soldiers, also amoktng. One of the officers pointed to tbe ledge, lie was excited and emphatic. Tbe mau at tbe wheel growled au , order, and tbe engine started again Though Hosier knew not what was said tbe significance of this panto? mime wss not tost on him. The local pilot wss afraid of these treacherous waters la tbe dark, but next dsy Trade do France* (which la tbe Island? ers' us me for tbe Oraude-pere rock) would sorely be explored if s laudiug could be made Away bustled tbe launch, but tloxler dkl not move until tbere was uo risk of his figure being silhouetted against the sky hVveo then be wormed nis way backward with slow cautlou Iris was erotic nod where he had left Oer. wide eye?. motion less. "Good Job we came here." be said. **lt l* evident the> inenn to maintain a patrol until there Is news of Ds Byjva one way or tbe other. It will be tnrerearing now to bear what the gallant Hau Heuaridee saya if suy ?hip come* to rernando Noronhu to? night she wUI be seen from the is land long before auy signal is risible at this point" "Do you tblok the others saw the lean * ab? asked. "No? not siinieee some of tbe men lyed dowu tbe gully, wblch they told uot to do. The breakers iKI drown (be noiae of the engine* and screw.' Tbere was a alight pause. "Will yon tell them'/" she went on. -Why BjatT This time tbe pause was more elo? quent than words Quite unconscious? ly Iris replied to her own queatlou. "Of course, ss you said a little while ago. we owe our lives to Dom Corrla de Hyiva." she murmured, aa If slo? wer* reaaoolng with herself. * By chance, probably because H?xter ?toup4*d to help ber to her feet, his arm reeled lightly across her ahoulders. **l wUt not pretend to misunderstand you," be sskl. If the llruxlllaus do Bot mean to plsy tbe game It would be a Just puBjgt nent to let them rush on tbep- own doom. But De Sylva may not agree with this fop of an od, . r and. In suy event we must go straight with him until he ifcawi nis teeth " "Too eeern tu dislike Captain gag Ben a v ides." the nuld luconseqiieutty "1 regard him at* a brainless as?t," bf exclaim* d ?*?4>ine??ow that sounds like a desertp ol a gggd gejajgey. which mo* ne\er "ilndernolseile!" cam* a .olce from tbe up of tbe ravine. ?One can Hear b?m. though.'' laBjghf*I l*r. with a warning pressure- that ?I? loiMly resemble*! a hug These two areee eMsgfea m some laapeeta quicker to Jest than to grieve, better fitted for mirth th in tragedy They saajefd <?ut from their nh he. and San Ihna \ id?-< olustered Into ve hecueiu K rein h "We are K'-mw' to the landing placn before It is Iim! dark.'* he unillered an grliy "We must not shoe i light. In ? few minute* ire- path will he m<? i [croiis. I* lease make hafte, made ill*. We tiki not know where >ou gone " Be took her hand. Philip fallowed fj# wit young enough to long for mu Opportunltv to tfll San llenavwhs ih ? he wa* s put?rr?. ? mongrel puppy. After a really difficult end hazardous deeceut the.? found the others awaiting them in a rock shrouded cove. The barest standing room wss afforded by a patch of shingle and detritus. Along side a flat stone lay three broad planks tied togwtber with cowhide. The cen? ter plank was turned up at one end This was the catamaran, which l>e 8ylva had dignified by the name of boat "Were *sve you bin?" growled Coke "We're lost a good ten mlnnits You ought to *ave known, Hosier, that It's darkest Just after sunset!" ??We could oot have started sooner, sir." "W'y not? We were kep' waltin* up there, scare hin' for you " 'That was our best slice of luck to day Hod any of you appeared on the ledge yon would have been seen from the isuach " "Wot lauueh?" "The launch that visited us this morulng. Ten minutes ago she was standing by at the foot of the rock." Philip spoke slowly and clearly. He meant his news to strike home. As be anticipated. De Sylva broke in. "You saw it?" he asked, and Us deep voice vibrated with dismay. "Yea. I ereu made out, by actions rather than words, that the darkness alone prevented the soldiers from com? ing here tonight. The skipper would not risk if. De Sylva said something under his breath He Hpoke rapidly to Sau Ken avldes. and the latter seemed to be cowed, for his reply was brief. Then the ei-prealdenf reverted to English "1 have decided to seud Marcel and Domingo ashore first," he said. "They will select the safest place for a land lng Marcel will hriug back the cat amnrsn and take off Mr. Hozler and the young lady Captain Coke and 1 will follow, and the others In such or? der as Senhor Benavldes thinks fit. The catamaran will only hold three with safety, bot Marcel believes he can find another for Domingo Re member, all of you. silence is essen Hal!" CHAPTER IX. TUE RJOOB OF THE OA ME. IN obedience to their leader's OfdeT Marcel, the taciturn, und Domln go, from whose lips the Britons had scarce beard a syllable, squut ted on the catamaran. Marcel wielded a short paddie. and an almost Imper? ceptible dip of Its broad blade sent the atrangely built craft across the pool. Once In the shadow It disappeared completely. There was no visible out? let. The rocks thrust their stark ridge against the sky In a aecmlngly Impassible barrier. Some of the men stared at the Jagged crests as though tbey half expected to see the Bra Kilians making a portage Just as trav? elers In the Canadian northwest haul canoes up a river obstructed by rapids "Well, that gives me the go-by." growled Coke, whose alrrt ear caught no sound save the rippling of the wa ter. "1 say. mister. *ow is It done?" he went on. "It la s simple thing when you know the secret." said De Sylva. ???Have you passed Fernando Noronha before, captain?" "Many a time." "Have you seen the curious natnrnl canal which you sailors call the Hole In the Wniir "Yes; It's near the s'uth'ard end." "Well, the sea hrs worn away a layer of soft rock that existed there THK HAn HORB SITAHPLY Ot'T BKTWKRV era goal gowuMngi In the course of centuries a channel has been mi right gcruus. the '_'<><> yards of land <?\sini{ to inn same cause the summei rains have excavated ? tntlnn through inn crater up above, and a similar pngangg exists here, only It hnppena to run parallel to the line of the eiifT. It extends a good deal he Fond Its apparent outlet and is de landed by a dangerous reef. Moree one . landed a rocs: during a verj calm d:i\ and Haw the opening. He gaveetlg t.d it. luckily for mo luckll; In faei. for all i : u . Thus (he minutes ?und until a dim shape emerged from the opposite hiaek ness. it rauie nubenrd, growing from nothing into something with ghoetl) subtleM ins, ;, pM.\ n? man) ehm Rons, managed lo stifle the exelnma Ugg of a irin that rose unbidden. Bill Hosier read her dlstreaa In a hardly audible g I. "It Is our friend Murri," he whts pared Ho Domingo has made k..i his binding Be brurol The sou is quite mim, '1 his man I) IS heen to the Island and bSCl In less than a (punier of an hour' ihe cntamarng swung round and grated on the shlnrle. Marcel wa* in a hurry "Are you ready ?" asked De Sylva. bendinp toward lrla. "Yes," she said. "Then you hud hetter kneel behind Marcel and steady yourself by placing your hands on his shoulders. i es. that Is It. Do not change your posi? tion until you are ashore. Now. you Mr. Hoztcr." Marcel murmured something. "Ah. good!" cried De Sylva softly. "Domingo, too. has secured a cata? maran. He Is bringing it at once iu order to ssve time." A second upeotra) llgure emerged from the gloom Without waiting for further Instructions Marcel swung his paddle, and the one craft passeu the other In the center of the pool. Ins felt Hosier's hands ou her waist rlc obeyed orders and uttered no sound, but the action told her thai she might trust film Implicitly. When the nar? row cleft was traversed and she saw the open sen on her right there was ample need for some such assurance of guardianship Viewed from the cliff the swell that broke on the half submerged reef was of slight volume, but It presented a very different and most disconcerting aspect when seen in profile. It seemed to be an almost impossible feat for any nan to propel three narrow planks. ! top heavy with a human freight, across a wide channel through which such a sea was running. Indeed. Hozier him self, sailor as he was. felt more than doubtful as to the fate of their argosy P it Marcel paddled ahead with untlag git)g energy once he was clear of the tortuous pMsssgo, and. before the cata- : maran hud traveled many yards, even Iris was able to understand that the outlying ridge of rocks both protected tljeir prevent track and created much of the apparent turmoil. At last the raft, for It was little else, bore sharply out between two huge bowlders that might well have fallen from the mighty pile of Grand-pere It? self. Pointed and angular they were and set like s gateway to an abode of giants. Beyond there was n shimmer of swift moving water, with a silver mist on the surface, though from a height of a few teet it would have been easy to distinguish the bold contours of Fernando Noronha Itself. Marcel held up a warning hand even while he brought the catamaran ashore on the (fhlngle so gently that not a pebble was disturbed He rose, a gaunt scarecrow, stepped off and drew the shallow craft somewhat far ther up the Rloplng beach. Then he helped Iris to her feet and indicated that she was to come with htm At once she shrank away In terror Though In some sense prepared for this parting, she felt it now as the crudest blow that fortune had dealt hei during a day crowded with mis? fortune In all likelihood those two would never meet again. She needed no telling as to the risk he would soon be called on to face, and her anguish was made the more bitter by the neces sity that they should go from each other's presence Wit bout a spoken word. Nevertheless she forced herself to extend a hand in farewell. Her eyes were blinded with tears. She knew that Hoalei drew her nearer With the daring of one who may well cast the world s convention to the winds he fathered her |0 hl> heart and Kissed her i'hen she uttered a little sob Ol happiness and sorrow and tainted It was not until she was lying help? less in ins embrace, with nor head pillowed on his breast and an arm thrown llmpi) serosa ins shoulder that Philip understood what bad hap? pened He lAfed Hof, and she. the promised wife ot another man. bud tacitly admitted thai she returned his love. (Mumbling in rough the gloom He carried hei UUtll (he HmglllUO left him snO went on alone toward a wretched hut A harked Marcel whistled soft? ly, and the animal began to whimper The Brazilian vanished Holier still held Ins in his arms. His heart was beating luniuiiuouwiy. His throat acoed with the labor ot his lUUga kill straining ears enugul rostilUgS amoug the grass and root a but otherwise a solemn peace brooded over the scene. i'hen Mau el came aud aroused him from rhe stupor thst had settled on him, and together I hey entered the hovel, where a dark skinned woman ami a comely gin uttered words ot sympathetic sound when ins was laid on a low trestle ami rJ osier took a farewell kiss from tier unheeding bps. 1 wo wenrj hours eiapseu netore the little army of the Grand pere rock was reunited on the shore ot Cotton 1 ree bay 1 hen ihere was a further de? lay while then indefatigable scouts brought milk ami wster. some coarse bread and a good supply of fruit from the hut. it was pan ot their scheme that they should give their friend's habitation a wide Perth if their piana miscarried be was instructed to say that tie had found the ICngiish lady Wandering on the sbore noou alter day? break. About mldnlghl their was a bright moon sailing overhead ami He rtyiva gave a loa urdei that Ihej were to form in Indian me. Marcel led; ine et? president unused loiiowed, with San Benavides L??Ke ate. Hosier ill '.ose pro*Whit) Domingo moo. ii up the rem In ortlei to prevent stragg lug slid seals! men who might striij I rum the path, it was baiei> a mile to the Village, roll Viel sett lernen! and citadel Some lew lights iWltlKilllli Hear the shore showed the eine! whereabouts of the liihnbltcd Mcetioii. Auothei mile away to in. right iMJ Fori Sun Auto nlo, whi< ti hon ? d the main bod) ol trOOpH Wahh hies hUrtllllg Oil Holltll point alienee came the snails thai dls gbied Hit Andromeda revealed tue preseuce ol souiier* in thai neighbor* h.i i >o s\ i v a explained t hal n paved rund ran straight from me town and InildlUg plat e to I he hamlet of Sueste and an Import an) plantation Of i.OS nuts ami ottiei Irtill bearing trees that Adjoined South point. It was inadvisable to strike Into that road immediately. A little more to the right there was a track lending to the currnl. or stockyard. If they head? ed for the latter place the men could obtain some stout cudgels. The con? vict peons In charge of the rattle should he overpowered and bound, thus preventing thern from giving an alarm, and it was also possible to avoid the Inhabited hillside overlook? ing the main anchorage until they were close to the citadel. Then, crossing the fort road, they would advance boldly to the enemy's stronghold, hrst mak c, . tng sure that the Jikk* munch was still A^lH lu her accustom j0*J\ ?'d station in the %y roadetead be I J-vl neatb the walls. $ / keh SaD ftennvl(ie* fUf^JB xv<>uld answer the ^tJf^^WmTl sentry's quee ^Mi tione, there would $';rZ*^9 *fv a combined K*2KdL ; \ MSg rush for the S^^<A 'ifffiF' guardroom on tho ^BBS ySS^y a,ul lf they were 5^Ssr;>' ?jf, able to mnstei the -??H^'V^ guard as runny of ifpSEp* tht? assailants as r |jv possible would ? don the soldiers HoziER RTii i uki i) coate, shakes and iris in ms anms. Bccoutermenta Granted success thus tur. there should not be much difficult) in persuading the men III charge of the launch that a cruise round the island was to be undertaken forthwith. Marcel would remain with them un? til the cttndei was carried. He would then hurry back to bring Iris across the tsiand to an unfrequented beach known ns the Porto do Coueelcao. where he WOO id embark her on a catamaran and row out to the steamer, whtch by that time would be lying oft the harbor out ot range of the troops who would surely be summoned frem the distant fort, in the hlghes/ spirits the little band set out resolutely for the currnl. Here they encountered uo difficulty what Seer. Perhaps the prevalent excite- I meut had drawn its custodians to the . towu. since they fouud no one tn j charge save a couple of burking dogs, j while if there were people tn the cattle j keepers nuts they gave no slgu ot their presence A few stakes were pulled up. They even came upon a \ couple of axes and a heavy hammer, j Equipped with these weapons, eked out by three revolvers owned by the j Brazilians and the dapper captain's ; sword, they hurried on. quitting the road Instantly and following a cow I path that wound about the base ot a j steep hilt. They met their first surprise when they tried ro cross the road to the fort. J Quite unexpectedly they blundered into j a small picket stationed feiere, and the first intimation of danger was given by the startling challenge: "Who goes there?" | It was familiar enough to island j ears, and the convict nuswered readily: , "A friend!" "Several friends, it would seem," laughed a voice. "Let us see who those friends are." i "Now!" shouted De Sylva. leaping forwa rd. There was I wild scurry, two or three shots were tired, and B osier found himself on the ground gripping the throat of a bronzed man whom he had shoved backward with a thrust, for he had no time to swing his stake for a blow He was aware of a pair of black eyes that glared up at him horribly tn the moonlight, of white teeth that shone under long mus tachios of peculiarly warlike aspect, but he felt the man was as putty in his hands, and his fingers relaxed their pressure. He looked around The fight was ended almost .as soon as it began. The soldiers, six In all. were on their backs In the roadway. Two of them were dead. The Italian sailor had been shot through the body and was twisting in his last agony The bloodshed was bad enough, but those shots were worse. They would set the island In an uproar. The re? ports would be heard in town, citadel and fort, and the troops would now be on the qui vlve. But De Sylva was a man of resource. "Strip the prisoners!" he cried. "Take their arms and ammunition, but bind them back to back with their belts." "Ruft In ttiere. me lads." vociferated Coke, who had accounted for one or the Brazilians with an ax "Step live? ly! Now we've got some uniforms an guns wo can rush that clttydei easy." Hozier was busy relieving his man of his coat When the prone warrior realized that he was uot to be killed he helped the operation, but I'hilip was thinking more of Iris than of deeds of derring-do. "Why attempt to capture the citadel at all?" he asked "Now that we can make sufficient display. Is there an\ reason that we should not go straight for the launch?" "l think it Is a good suggestion," came the calm answer, "provided, that is, the launch is In the harbor." A bell begun to toll In the convict settlement Lights appeared In many houses scattered over the seaward Slope. Hosier, never for an Instant forgetting Iris saw that Marcel stilt remained with his leader, Under these new circumstances it certainly would be a piece Of folly to send t aeU Ulltll thev were sure ol the launch. Happily the launch was there, moor ?'d alongside u small quay Kroni the nearest building it was necessary to cross a ion wbarl some lift) yards in width, and De SylVU's whispered com mands could not restrain the eager men when escnpe appeared no longer problematical, bul assured, They broko and ran. an almost fatal thing, as it happened, sines the soldiers whom Philip had seen from the rock were still tm board, One of them no ??? i?. tlced the Inexplicable disorder among a bedj of men some of whom resem? bled his own comrades. Be bad beard the firing and was discussing it with others when this strange thing hap? pened. He challenged. Kan Benavides an? swered, but his voice was shrill acd unofflcer-llke. The engines were started. A man leaped to the wharf. He was In * :e act of casting a mooring rope oir a fixed capstan when l)e Sylva shot him between the shoulder blades. "On board, all of you!" shrieked the ex-president in a frenzy. "At 'em. boys!" gasped Coke, though scarce able to stagger another foot. The men needed no bidding Sheets of flame leaped from the vessel's deek as the soldiers seized their rifles and fired point blank at these mysterious assailants who spoke in a foreigu lan guage. But tianie alone could not stop that desperate attack. Some fell, but the survivors sprang at the Brazllhins like famished wolves on their prey There was no more shooting. Men grappled mid fell, some into the water, others on deck, or they sprawled over the hatch and wrought in frantic strag? gle In the narrow cabin. The fight did not last many seconds An engineer, flnr.ng a lever and throttle vaive rohiv 1 to a sailor to take the wheei and already the launch was curving seaward when Hosier shouted: "Where is MarcelV" "l.yin' dead ou the wharf," said Watts. "Are you certainV" "He was alongside me, an' *e threw 'is ands up an dropped like a shoi ra bbtt " ; "Then who has gone for Miss YorkeV' ??Nooue. fVye think that this blamed president cares for anybody but hls eelf?" I'hilli felt the deck throbbing wltb the pulsations of the screw. The lights on shore were gliding by. The launch was lea vine Fernando Noronha. and Iiis was waiting In that wretched hut beyond the hill, watting for the sum mons that would not reach her. tor Marcel was dead, and Domingo, the mw TliP.KE WAS V' MORS SHOOTING OKA PCL ED AND VULU M ? N one nthei man who eon Id lun^ cone in i her was lying in the cabin WHO lUrtv . r1b-? pfoker sod Uta col Uli holte tr.-o j tu red (To Be Continued.) EFFORT MADE To WREC KTRAIX Tie lied to Track of Southern Roud Between Trenton ami Fdgofield De? tected by Engineer. Bdgefleld Feb. 2.?The Southern train, due to arrive in Bdge field last I night at 7:4!) was delayed two hours i on account of an attempted wreck. Soon after leaving Trenton for Edgefleld, the engineer detected that the engine bad struck some obstacle on the tri ck and immediately stopped tin- train. I'pon Investigation it was found that two crossties bad been laid on the track and partially mounted one of the ties, and it was some time before it could be restored to the track. Through the alertnes of the en? gineer the train was stopped before any damage was done. An effort was made to apprehend tin- would-be wrecker. Tracks of a p< culiar shap ? were observed leading from the place and an ? ffort was made to obtain hloodhoun is from Alken, hut they could m-t he secured last night. PFA'SN \ Fl >R .1. II. Ul iM W He l>raws $30 a Month from I oiled Suites l.o\el nil) lit. V sp clal from Washington to th ? Vi inta Constitution says: Colonel James ll Tillman, neph*-v r Senator Tillman of South Carolina. alone an.1, penntb --. and dying ol tuberculosis, is now drawing $30 a month pension from the i n.od States f r services rendered i'i the Spnn i h-Amerlean war as colonel of in First South Carolina regiment. The pension ' ill was Introduced in May, l i <?, by Representative Patterson o South Carolina. Colonel Tillman, it is said, has never been the same man since his trial on the charge o killing Editor Oonaales, of The Co lumbla State, TESWlENTjpfS IrcMlyn it A m BIBLE STUDIES' THE PRAYER-ANSWERING GOD i Kings 18:1 -40? February 12 "Choose you thin d<?y whom ye trill nerrt."? Joshua t|.*If< word of the Lord c.tmo to Klijah ?y in the third year Instructing him to manifest himself to King Ahab. with a view to the termination of the drouth. This may have been the third year of the Prophet's sojourn at Zare phath, or it may have been the third year af*er Elijah's announcement to Ahab. The land of Israel may already have been experiencing a six-months' drouth when Elijah announced to the king that no rain was to he expected until ho, as God's serv? ant, would announce it or bring It. In any event we have the assurance that the entire period of drouth was three and a half years. ?Luke 4:25; James |;1T. When the time was fulfilled God directed Elijah to present himself to King Ahab, because the time had come when (Jod was willing to relieve the drouth?when a suf? ficiency of punish? ment had come upon the Israelites f> i thei? 1 n iq uit Ies? when at least some of them had l>een called to their senses, remind? ed of their Covenant with the Lord and his engagement to give them hh-sstngs tfjhr adversities, accord? ing to their obedi? ence. On arriving at tna palace Elijah call- "Art thou he that ed for the Royal Su- Irertlfli Israclf perlntendent, or Prime Minister. Obadiah. He was a j."??iiy man and. of course, dis? tressed by the Moletr >us course of the King and the Queen. If he was not suf? ficiently courageous to pretest openly, he was, nevertheless, courageous, for. In a tlmt when the servants of Jehovah were being persecuted to death by Queen Jeze? bel. Obadiah hid one hundred of them and supplied them with the necessities of life ?evidently at the risk of his all. When Obadiah met Elijah and was told to tell the King that Elijah was there to see him, Obadiah feared to do so. He de? clared that himself and others had searched the entire country over most carefully to find Elijah and found him not. He realized that the Lord had bid? der, him. I^e protested that if now he would declare that Elijah was ready to see the King, the probabilities were that, by the time the King would get there, the spirit or power of the Lord would somehow carry Elijah away. Then the King, infuriated, would cause Obadiah's death: but Elijah reassured him. When the King met Elijah his first word was. "Art thou he that troubleth Israel?" This Is the worldly custom. The fearless minister who tells the Truth and relates the Divine prophecy respecting the re? wards of evil-doing is held accountable, as though he had caused the trouble. But Elijah was not intimidated He promptlyi answered. I have not troubled Israel, buj thou and thy parents' house. In that H have forsaken the commandments of t\) Lord and followed Baal. Three years hxi fore the King would have probably of dered the execution of Elijah; but the fu fillment of Ids word and the pangs o hunger had humbled him. He was anx lous that tin- blight should be removed ant* responded to tha demands of Elijah thr t the eight hundred and fifty prophets of ,'dolatrous Baalism should meet at Mt. Carmel and that thither all the people of Iirael. represented by their chief men. shout 1 also assemble. The design, evi? dently, was a contest between Elijah, the represe ntative of God. and these murder? ous pr.i'Sts of Baal, proteges of Jezebel. "Choose Ye This Day" This fathering of the priests and of the prophets required time, but was finally accomplished When the meeting con? vened Elijt h declared that it was time to havo a testing and showing as to who really was God, Jehovah or Baal. Thj test was to be that two altars were to built and two bullocks were to be s; ficed. The Bsalttes were to provUS] bullocks themselves and to mako of the one for their own altar. Whh God would answer by fire and aq offering, would be acktiuwled; only true God To them came the first opportuhTt They had the noontime opportunity, when the fierce heat of the sun seemed almost warm enough to set fire to the fat of the bullock. They prayed; they shrieked; they cut themselves with kn'ves, entreating that Baal would answer by fire and prove himself the mighty god. Hour after hour this proceeded until evening, when they were forced to give over and admit their inability. Then came Elijah's turn. He command? ed that water be brought and that the altar which he was to use should be thor? oughly flooded with water. No one must have room to say that there was a secret smoulder Of fire beneath. And. since the sun had gone down, no one could claim a spontaneous combustion. Then Klijah prayed calmly, earnestly, reverently and the Divine answer came?a fire from heav? en consuming the sacrifice and licking up the water In the trough of the altar. Then the people recognized the differ? ence. They fell on their faces and said, Jehovah Is The God! A great lesson had been learned. A lesson for us is that the masses of Christendom are deceived today, as were the masses of Israel then. And when, by end by, God shall open their eyes of un? derstanding through the agency of Mes? siah's Kingdom, every knee shall bow and every tongue confess. The knowl? edge of the Lord will fill the whole earth. Complying with the Lord's direction through Eli'ah. the Israelites slew all the prophets of Baal. We are not to under? stand this to represent the Divine com? mand to us t nlav to put false teachers to death. WO are to remember, as before Suggested, thit 1 sr.i-l was a special nation with a hieb God dealt In a apodal manner, and that many of their dotnna, ander Divine direction, were typleal of higher things to be sccom " pttahed inQod'a King ?^^fc dorn. Ultimately, aft? er full opportunity, every fatae teach r and < v. i y \\ ilf til sin? ner w ill t>e destroyed "All the wicked will God destroy.*' The death of these prteeta of Baal foreahad owed the destruction la the Second Death of all who werk lnl?y?**y; but thoee priests themaelvea did no! s ifTer the St ond Death. Like all the r ntalndee of Ad.ii i tee. their resurrectl >a from the dead provided for at Calwry. and they, as well as sll others, nn st b. brought t.. ? knowledge of the Tmt'i an.! to in opjM>rtunlty of reconciliation to God. Following the Iord's demonstration or- . the long-deal red rain, a <t only physlcall; refreshing, but also showing a retvre ol Divine favor l? fell on the evil ind SO the pood, to make both bet.er. Firr from In an 'i COS SSSfj n : lh< *</. 1 i Without tad you can lestn Both Ing.?Disraeli