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Ay Harle VarxVorstr *\\ j Ruggise* broad raco bad not altered Hi sxpreeslon of quiet expectation. "There's a lot of 'em down there V he asked. "There are two." Galore? said brief* ly, "and one of them Is my wife." Rugglee turned his cigarette be? tween bis great fingers. He was s alow thinker. He ha<\ none of old Blair's kaennass, but ae had other ?That Is Just Why I Toddled In to See You." Itles. Galorsy saw that he had bean quite understood, and he -aalte* and than said: "Lady QeJorey Is like ths rest of gnodem wires, and I am like a lot of lorn husbands. Ws each go osr way. My wsy Is a worthless one, knows I don't stand up for It, but II Is not my wife's way in any senss et the word." ' Dots she went Dan to go along oo hoc roodr Haggles ssked. "And how "We are financially etrapped just rw." said Oaiorey calmly, "end ibs m got money from the boy." He da't rem ore his pipe from bis sUU holding It between his he put his hand In his pocket, out his wsllet. drew forth four ka and laid thorn down before lea. "It Is quite a sum," Gel noted, "eufflclsnt to do a lot to Park Id the way of needed re? ssm - " Ruggles bad nsrer seen a ensile such ss curred his companion's dps "But Osdene Park will hare to an repaired by money from some oth? er source." Ruggles wondered bow the hue hand had got hold of the checks, but he didn't ask and he did not look at the papers. "When Daa came to the Park." said Oaiorey. "I stopped bridge playing, hat this mors thsn takes its place!" Ruggles' big band went slowly to? ward the checks; be touched them with his flngsrs and said: "Is Dan la lote with your wife?" Aad Lord Gslorey laughed and said: "Lord no, my dear man. not even It la pure good nature on bis -mere prodigality. Edith ap to him. that's all." Relief crossed Boggles' fsce. He irstood in s flash the worldly appeal to the rich young man and be? lieved the atory the buaband told htm "Hare you apoken to the boy?" "My dear chap. I have i.poken to hlai shout nothing I preferred to come to you." "You aaid," Ruggles continued, "there were two ladies down to your piece" Oaiorey had refilled his pipe and ?old It as before In the palm of bis head **1 can look after the affairs of my wtfo.'and this shan't happen asjaln, 1 promise you?not at Oadene, but I'm afraid I can not do much In the other "the Is Aiming at Pounds." Ten Million The Duchess of Breakwater has at Oudene for nearly three I, end >an Is In love w ith her." Ruggles put the four i he* k* ono on lap of the other. Mr M P M ?es h 1? ret in ned from *fj tho lady a widow?" "Unfortunately, yes." "So that's the nest Dan has got Into at Osdene," the Westerner said. And Qalorey answered: "That la the nest" "And he has gone out there today? got a wire this morning.' "The duchess has been In an awful funk," said Qalorey, "because Dans been stopping In London so long. She sent him a message, and as soon as Dan wired back that he was coming to the Park, I decided to come here and aee you.' Rugglea ruminated: "Has the duchess complications financially?" "Ra-tber!" the other answered. And Rugglea turned his broad, hon? est face full on Qalorey: "Do you think she could be bought off!" Qalorey took his pipe out of his mouth. "It depends on how far Dan has gone on with her. To be frank with you, Mr. Ruggles, It Is a case of emo? tion on the part of the woman. She la really In lore with Dan. Gad!" ex? claimed the nobleman. "I have been on the point of turning the whole brood out of doors these last days. It #ss like Imprisoning a mountain breese In a charnel house?a woman with her Bears and her experience and that boy?I don't know where you've kept him or how you kept him as he la, but he is as clear aa water. 1 have talked to him and I know." Nothing In Rugglea' expression had changed until now. His eyes glowed. "Dan's all right," he said aoftly. "Don't you worry! He'a all right 1 guess hla father knew what he was doing, and I'll bet the whole thing was Just what he sent him over here fori Old Dan Blair waan't worth a cop per when the boy was born, and yet he had ldeaa about everything and he seemed to know more In that old gray head of hla than a whole library of books Dan's all right." "*ay dear man," said the noble? man, "that Is Just where you Ameri? cans are wrong. You comfort your self with your eternal 'Dan's all right,' and you won't see the truth. You won't breathe the word 'scandal' and yet you are thick enough In them, God knows. You won't admit them, but they are there. Now be honest and look at the truth, will you? You are a man of common sense. D .n Blair If not all right. He is In \n infernally dangerous position. The Duchess ol Breakwater will marry him. It Is what she haa wanted to do for years but she haa not found a man rieb enough, and she will marry this boy offhand." | "Well." said the Westerner slowly, "If he loves her and if he marries ber?" "Marries her!" exclaimed the noble man. "There you are again! Do you think marriage makes it any betterl Why, if she went off to the Continent with him for six weeks and then set him free, that would be preferable to marrying her. My dear man," he aaid. leaning over the table where Ruggles sat, "If I had a boy I would rather have him marry Letty Lane ol the Gaiety. Now you know what 1 mean." Rugglea' face, which had hardened relaxed. MI have seen that lady," he SX claimed with satisfaction; "I ha\e seen her several timea." Galorey sauk back into his chair and neither man spoke for a few sec? onds. Turning it all over in his slow mind. Ruggles remembered Dan's ab? sorption in the last few days. "So there are three women in the nest," be concluded thoughtfully, and Gordon Galorey repeated: i "No, not three. What do you mean?" "Your wife"?HvggloB held up one finger and Galorey Interrupted him to murmur: "I'll take care of Edith." "The Duchess of Hreakwater you , think won't talk of money?" "No. don't OOttlit <>ti it She is aim? ing at ten million pounds." Ruggles was holding up his second finger. ' Well, 1 guess Dan has gone o.u to take cure of her today." Dai and Ktiggles had seen "Manda 1st" from a box. from the pit and from the stalls On the tuble lay a hook of tho opera While talking with Galorey. Haggles had unconsciously arranged the I becks on log Ol the li? bretto of "Bfandalay." "I'll take care of Miss Lane," Kug rb's aaid at length His lordship echoed, "Miss Lane" * ircl looked up In surprise. "What Miss Lsue, for foal's sake " "Miss Letty Urne at the Gaiety," Ruggles answered, "Why. she isn't in tho question, my dear man " "Y"u pat her there ]ust. now {TOUT self ' "Bosh!" Galorey exclaimed impa? tiently, "I spoke of her as being the limit, thi last thing <>n ths line" "No," corrected Ins ether, "you put tho Duchess of Bfnakwntgf as the ii- it." a triii to Aahei Hie. Oaiorey smiled frankly. "You are right, my dear chap," he accepted, "and I stand by it." A page boy knocked at the door and came in holding out on a salver a card for Mr. Ruggles, and at the Interrup? tion Oaiorey rose and Invited Ruggles to go out with him that night to Os dene. "Lady Oaiorey will be de? lighted." Hut Rugglos shook his head. "Tho hoy is coming back here tonight," and Galorey laughed. "Don't you believe it! You don't know bow deep In he Is. 1'ou don't know the Duchess of Breakwater. Once he is with her?" At the same time that the pa?? hoy handed Mr. Ruggles the card of the caller, he gave him as well a small envelope, which contained box tickets for the Gaiety. Ruggles examined it. "I have got some writing to do," he told Galorey, "and I'm going to see a show tonight, and I think I'll just stay here and watch my hole." As soon as Galorey had left the Carlton, Mr. Ruggles despatched his letters and his visitor, made a very careful toilet, and after waiting until past eight o'clock for Dan to return to dinner, dined alone on roast beef and a tart, and with perfect digestion, If somewhat thoughtful mind, left the hotel and walked down the dim street to the brilliant Strand, and on foot to the Gaiety. CHAPTER VII. At the Stage Entrance. Ruggles, from his stall, for the fourth time saw the curtain go up on "Mandalay" and heard tho temple bells ring. One of the stage boxes was not occupied until after the first act and then the son of his friend came in alone and sat far back out of sight of any eyes but the keenest, and those eyes were Ruggles'. Letty Lane, delicious, fantastic, languishing, sang to Dan; that was evident to Rug? gles. He was a large man and filled his stall comfortably. He sat through the performance peacefully, his hands in his pockets, his big face thought? ful, his shirt front ruffled. To look at him, one must have wondered why he had come to "Mandalay." He scarce? ly lost any of the threads of his own reflections, though when Miss Lane in response to a call from the house, sang her cradle song three times, he seemed moved. The tones of ber pure voice, the cradling in her arms of an imaginary child, her apparent dove? like purity, her grace and sweetness, and her cooing, gentle tone, to Judge by the softening of the Westerner's face, touched very much the big fel? low who listened like a child. At the end he drew his handkerchief slowly across his eyes, but the tears, or rather moisture, that rose there was not all due to Miss Lane's song, for Ruggles was extremely warm. He could see that in his box the boy sat transfixed and absorbed. Dan went out in the second entr'acte and was absent when the curtain went down. Ruggles, as well, left before the performance was over, to make his way outside the theater to the stage exit, where there was already gathered a little group, looked after by a couple of policemen. Close to the curb a gleaming motor waited, the footman at its door. Ruggles but? toned his coat up to his chin and took his place close to the door, over which the electric light showed the words "Stage Entrance." A poor woman el? bowed him, her shabby hat adorned by a scraggly plume, a gray shawl wrapped round her shoulders. A girl or two, who might have been flower sellers in Piccadilly In the daytime, a couple of toughs, a handful of other vagrants smelling of gin, a decent man In working clothes, a child in his arms, formed the human hedge \jetty Lane was to pass between?a singular group of people to spend an hour hanging about the streets at the exit of a theater well toward midnight. So the naive Ruggles thought, and better nndcrstoou the appearance of the young fellows in evening clothes who hovered on the extreme, edge of the little crowd. Dan, however, was not ol" those. ' Look sharp. Cissy," the working man spoke to his child, holding her well up. "When she comes hout she'll pass close to yer, and you sing hout, God bless yer.' " "Yes. Dsd. I will," shrilled the child. The woman in the gray shawl drew It close about her. "Aw she's a true lldy, all right, ain't she? I expect you've had some kindness off her as well?" The man nodded over tho child's ihnulder. "Used to be a scene shifter, and Miss Laue found out about my lit? tle girl last year?not this lass, not Cissy, Cissy'l sister- -and she sent 'er to a place where it costs the eyes out of yer head. She's gettln* well fast, and we, none of US, has seen her or ipokoO to Miss Lane. She doesn't know our names." And tho woman answered: "Sho does a lot liko that. She's got a heart blgger'n hor little body." Ami a hlg boy in the front row said bach to tin' others: "Well, she makes a mint of money." And the woman who had spoken be? fore :aid: "Sho gives it Dearly all te the poor." |TO I'd! CONTINUED) \\ ?n lie Wim l ate, Whal mad. j on io lab "' ? i met Hmlt h ?on," \v. Ii, i hnl iv tin i. ion a h) > ou should be an hour lute getting home f..i supper." i know, bui I .i- ked him hou he wad feeling, and he Insisted <>ii telling iii>- shout his stomach trouble." * l ud \<>u tell him to t.ik<- < Jhamher Isln'i Tablets?" "Sure, that la what he needs, Bold by .ill dsalers, JESUS' SOUL RESURRECTED. I Corinthians xv, 1-11?April 7. Text. ??Thin Jesu* hath Qod raited up. trhireof tec art all tcitncsmn." Act? ii. Si, CODAY. appropriate tot be Baeter season, we are to consider our Lord's resurrection. At the very outset we are confronted with certain errors which have grad? ually crystallized around the central truths of God'a Word One of these errors is the supposition that the res urrection of the dead, which the Scriptures bold forth us the hope of the Church and of the world, is to he a resurrection of the bodies which go down into death. This mistake has given ground for infidelity to sneer at this precious do* trine of the Bible. We are asked. How could the dust whicb ouce constituted the bodies of thou? sands of millions of humanity ever be re-collected and rearranged so that we could say that thnxr bodies were resurrected V The in tide I urges that many of humanity hare been eaten by fishes and animals, and many other corpses have been absorbed by vegeta? tion, which in turn has been eaten time and again by man and beast entering into the many organisms. The propo? sition is manifestly unanswerable, yet it does not refute the Bible teaching of the resurrection, but merely our creedal misapprehensions of the Bible teaching. What the Bible does teach is that the real man is the soul, the bciny. and that he persists while grad ually his body keeps changing sloughing off. Scientists estimate that the human body undergoes a complete change every seven years. According to the Bible the process of rejuvena tioo would have continued everlasting ly had mau continued by obedience in Divine favor and in enjoyment of the everlasting life promised. It was sin that brought the death penalty?the death of the soul. It was Adam's soul that sinned, it was Adam's soul that | died?"In the day that thot eateth ' thereof thou shalt surely die " "The soul that slnneth it shall die. ' Christ's Death and Resurrection Makes Future Life Possible. The result of this Divine sentence upon mau would have beeu extinction i ?he would have been on the same plane as the brute without auy hope for eternal life, had uot God In great mercy provided a redemption?that "Jesus Christ by the grace of God should taste death for every man." The death which Jesus experienced was exactly the same kind as the one which destroyed Adam-the soul of Jesus died as the ransom price for the soul of Adam (including Adam's pos terityi Thus we read <;f Jesus: "He poured nut His soul unto death: II?' made His soul an offering for sin." it is by virtue of this corresponding price which Jesus paid that ultimately Adam and ail of his posterity, every soul of num. will be granted a release from the death penalty?a resurrection from the dead?not of the dead bodies, but of the (lead souls. In the resurrec? tion God will give tc each soul a body as it has pleased Him.?T Corinthians xv. 3S. The few during this Age who have become the followers of Jesus, begot? ten of the Holy Spirit, will be granted spirit bodies like to the Savior's. The remainder of mankind, not havhv; beeu begotten of the Holy Spirit, wil. in the resurrection be granted human bodies, the same as they previously had: and their raising up will bring them event? ually to all the perfection of the first Adam, unless they refuse the grace of God. in which event they will die the Second Death, from which there is to be no resurrection. Jesus' Soul Resurrected. St. Peter, on the Day of Pentecost, laid stress upou the fact of Christ's resurrection, and be reminds us that this was foretold. The Prophet David declared, "Thou wilt not leave My soul in taeol, nor suf? fer T h i n e Holy One to see cor? ruption" ? Acts il. ?J7. St. Peter's quo? tation Of this, Ln the Greek, ?nbstt* t U t Ol I he word hadct for ffteol, showing that the Tkt Kalk io Hn,maun, words were a prophecy of the resurrection of Jesu-; thai III? soul, poured OUI in death as the redemption price for Adam's soul and for tin- race, was not left in death, u ihcvl, in hmUa. but was raised from Hie dead. St Paul tells us that "He WOS put io death In firth, int quickened In ?/>frfl.M lie declared that Jesus, In ilis resurrec? tion, was e tilted I n higher than hu? man nature "far above angels and principalities and powers**?the divine nature. As angels could materialise and op pen in the flesh and disappear, and had done so m the past, BO did Jo-u* In order that 111* disciples might not misunderstand He nppeared In differ? ent forms nn Iwo ol the occasions. In forms repr.'Ing Hi Crtivlfied Due t ?n the other ;\ occasions In various forms, as the rdener, lb sojourner. etc. Mr. <\ EC. Mayea, of liayesvtlle, wa? In town Friday. MEMBERS OF FIRE DEPART? MENT. Tho Bight Men Who EInve Been Be. lected to Bleep at Fire Howe. it was learned Thursday that 11?? - eight men who had been chosen In pursuance of tho authority granted the lire committee by council at it.-: session Monday nitfht were Messrs. Harry Weeks, Jack Forbes, Fred Wise, Mack Owens, Herman Phelps, Pat Gallagher, Orsmby Blending and Ryan White. Of this number the first six have been sleeping at the fire house for a number of years under the direction of ths Monaghan Hose Company When that organization had charge of the fire department. Recently the other two men have been selected to he on duty at the fire house at night by the action of council and the ap? pointment of the fire committee they have been made members of the fire department. All of these men have been work? ing on the fire department for several years and shown their ability to fight hres on every occasion when their help was needed. By council's action they are required to go to fires in the day time as well as at night, which they have done heretofore without cost to the city. The new chemical wagon is ex? pected to arrive in a few days when the department will be divided up into squads who will belong to the two wagons. FIRE AT ORANGEBURG. Residence of Thomas A. Fuiroy To? tally Destroyed. Orangeburg. March 28.?The home of Thomas A. Fairey, loceted on S. Broughton street, was totally de? stroyed by fire this afternoon, entail ling a big loss upon Mr. Fairey. The fire was discovered about 12:15 o'clock this afternoon and the stiff wind that was blowing soon fanned the flames into a ? Jtling furnace. The home being located on the edge of the city, the water hydrant was over 1,000 feet away and as a result the fire depart? ment was practically powerless to act. The hose was stretched, but owing to the distance covered, the pressure was greatly lowered. The barn and other outbuildings were sav? ed. 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"You remember, 1 advocated the abolition of the office of State bank examiner at the hist session of the legislature, and the placing of the en? tire matter in the hands of the Comp? troller General. 1 think this Lexing? ton case dearly demonstrates to the people that I was right, for had this matter been under the direct control of (Jen. Jones he, being a State official, answerable directly to the people, would have made this thing public when Wilson made his report in 191'? and all the individual depositors who have?certainly those win* put their money in that bank since that report ?which was two years ago ?would have been put on notice ami could have saved themselves. "Not only this, but the State could have made money and had a better service by placing this matter ai i advised. "No, l do not know exactly what amount was on deposit over there for the State and county. 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