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That moment, as he stood at the bow,
peering deep into the darkness, he saw sud
denly through the dim dusk a speck of
light to the starboard! It was the light of a
fire in some native village.
In a second, Thorold Ashby realized to
the full in what jeopardy they all stood. A
reef must be close ahead. The yacht was in
danger.
As he looked, the speck of light disap
peared reappeared and once more dis
appeared again. With a thrill of sudden
horror, lie knew just what that meant.
Breakers on their lee! 2ot 20 yards off!
"When she rose on the crest, a light shone
from the island. "When she sank in the
trough acain, the light was obscured by the
vast wall of surC He saw it now, rising
sheer, like a white cliff" of spray, before
them. She was making straigllt for it
under full steam. One moment more, and
she would ground and be swamped by it.
"Hard a-port !" But the sharp command
rang just a second too late. As it broke
short from the owner's lips a thrill crashed
jarring through the I.ika-Lika's hull from
stem to stern. Her keel grated on the low
barrier of coral rock underneath. The
breakers sprang upon her like a w ild beast
upon it? prey. "With horrible rapidity she
snapped in two amidships. There was'a cry
of terror; a wild scntc of darkness and o'f
rushing water; then;thcy were battling, each
for his own neck, with huge billows that
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' i)ouuded like pebbles on the loose beach of
white sand. At that point they lost con
sciousness. The Lika-Lika broke up into
shattered planks and fragments.
IL
"When morning broke, calm and clear
after the storm, three sun ivors of the wreck
found themseU es lying, half dead, on the
bare ground outside a wattled Kanaka hut
in the jranihiki Islands. A crowd of
friendly nathes pressed eagerly around.
The Manihiki people have never been very
bad cannibal and the wreckage of the Xika
Lika had brought them so much good luck
that they felt hospitably disposed toward
the three shipwrecked mariners.
Thorold Ashby himself, the owner of the
lost yacht, lay, most seriously wounded of
nil, stretched'out at full length on a strip of
nathe matting. Two Kanaka women, with
bare brown arms and red flowers in their
F hair, held up his fainting head. He turned
w earily to his companions, both sailor: of
S the crew. They were all that remained
' alive. On the "beach hardbv, a mangled
f corpse or two, lialf naked, and puni-
f melled out of all recognition on the
jagged peaks of submersed coral, lay
white and ghastly. "Bathurst. he said
feebly to the nearest of his two men, "I
don't want to live now. I'm too battered
and knocked about to care much for living.
1 Since my wife died at Levuka, I haven't
locdmylife. And I can't bear to look at
6- those poor bodies lying unburied on the
shore. I feel as if it were my fault all this
should have come upon you ten good fel
lows for I brought you "here for my own
i amusement, But there's one thing I'd give
a thousand pounds to do before I die sign
' thatwilllhadmadeformeatSamoa. Youand
l Howe could witness it; ou're alive enough
u for that. I hai e it in my pocket here; it's
- wet, but not spoilt. All we want now is just
I- a pen and ink. But where are we to get
Si those on a Kanaka island?"
$T How strangely thincs come about in this
' world, to be sure! Thorold Ashby was a
1 w eaiihy man, the son of a Liverpool ship-
ow ncr "deceased, w ho had died in the odor
of sanctity and insufficient drainage at a
' Ifaules hotel, and whose personalty had
been sworn at more than 000,000. For 20'
', years. Thorold Ashby had been engaged in
. the honest .-ndeavor to spend as much as
possible of the wealth bequeathed him; and,
having inherited some, ofliis father's slrip
t, owning tastes, he had got rid of a good deal
i, of it on the Lika-Lika, his Clyde-built
f Eteani jacht, chriMened after a inarming
Hawaiian princess he had met at Honolulu,
- on a firmer oy.ije. This last cruise, how -
t eve-, had been in many ways a most dis
astrous one. Hi wife, whbni he loved
tenderly, aud for the sake of w hose health he
had come so long a trip in the remote South
Seas, liad been taken ill and died in the
harbor at Fiji. On his way back to San
Francisco, en route for England, Ashby had
called at Samoaj where an .Knglish lawyer
(there are Er-glish law yer everywhere now )
drew up a will for him, to secure the only
object that was left ery near his heart.
His wife had a niece, fiesta Clyde by name,
who had lived with them long" in London,
and whom they had learned to treat pretty
much like a daughter. But, unless he made
a will in testa's favor, everything would
now go to his two brothers, who were al
ready too rich having stuck to ships and
wholiad treated him very ill o er that nasty
little business of the Liverpool house
property.
' So Iio'lird the will made at Samoa at
testation clause and all and then, like the
lest of us, thrust it in his pocket unsigned,
meaning to execute it in due form at his
leisure at San Francisco.
And now, as he lay dying on the-coral
beach of aManihiki atoll,w ith no more chance
bf getting at pen andink than if he had been
alone in 1,000 miles of unpeopled ocean,
oh, how bitterlv lie regretted his procrastin
ation ! It was "hard to realize, indeed, the
immensity of the chance Last night lie
had been surrounded by e ery European
comfort aud luxury in th'e cabin of the Lika
Lika; this morning he sat among a group of
half-naked Kanakas, removed at one blow,
as it were, lrom the electric" light of the
nineteenth century to a penading atmos
phere of prehistoric savagery.
He took the damp paper from his pocket,
opened it, and looked at it faintly. "All
my lands, estates, houses, messuages, tene
ments, stocks, shares, and other property
whatsoever that I die possessed of, to my
wife's niece, 2esta Clyde, gentlewoman, ab
solutely, and for her own sole use aud bene
fit." He drew a deep sigh. Thatwssgood,
as far as it went. But he would never be
i awe now to sign it; aud, eeml lie did,
tv, wnat cnance oi us ever reacning jingiana at
all? Bathurst and Howe were almost as
battered and as maimed as he himself was;
and, if they both died there, what would be
come of a will among all those naked Kana
kas? They would enshrine it in a hut,
most likely, and worship it as a fetish.
And if it didn't turn up, his brothers
Percy and Archibald would never allow
poor Xeta one penny. He knew those men
well, l'erey aud Archibald. Oh, how
""deeply he reproached himself now lor not
havinjj signed the will at Samoa, and sent it
home by post ! It was a duty he owed to
Uesta, and he had grossly neglected it.
"If only I had a pen aud ink 1" the dying
man cried again, with a wild outburst of
impotent remorse; "I could sign it even
now, and vou and Howe could witness it."
"Mr. "Watts had a stylograph he used to
carry in his pocket, 6ir," the sailor answered,
half dying, yet in the common-sense sailor
, fashion. "But his body's not come ashore
yet, so wc can't get At it now. It may turn
up bye-and-byc." He spoke with the stolid,
business-like air of the seafaring man, ac
customed to such wild scenes of peril and
disaster. To him, drowning was a matter
of everyday occurrence.
"Perhaps the natives may know of some
thing to write with," JThorold Ashby iyj.J
tested feebly, after a long, irresolute pause.
''They make their marks to indentures, you
know. They may have something or other
they use instead of pen and ink among
tliemselvcs. At any rate, I'll try them."
With an effort he lifted up hishead, and,
seizing a twig of broken brushwood from
the ground in his right hand as he did so, he
went languidly through the motions of
signing his name on a blank space of the
paper. The natives watched him close,
noddingtmd smiling acquiescence. As the
Englishman finished, two or three of them
jumped up and nodded still harder. "Oh,
yes; oh, yes., Inglis," they answered it
was all they could say in the tongue of the
strangers, a pTirase learned from the
crews of Queensland labor vessels; and
they darted off -up a steep path that led by
zigzag curves through a dense tropical jungle
to their palm-girt village.
The dying man smiled. "They know
what I mean, I believe," he cried. "They've
. seen pen and ink before now, and they've
got tiicin on the island. Perhaps tney ve
even a missionary here among them." And
he let his head fall wearily on the lap of the
native woman.
ILL
Over in London, when news arrived that
the Lika-Lika had gone to pieces on a
Pacific islet, and not a soul had finally
escaped alive, much interest was felt in the
event in the Ashby family. The yacht had
run ashore, said the Honolulu telegram, on
a coral reef in the Manihiki Islands, and
been instantly broken up by the brce of
the gigantic breakers. Most of the crew
had perished at once. Mr. Thorold Ashby,
the owner, and two common sailors, names
unknown, were hung ashore, more dead
than alive, on the fringing reef, but suc
cumbed to their injuries aiew days later.
The islanders buried them decently on
the shore where they lay, and took
word of the accident by special canoe
to Samoa, whence it was carried to
Hawaii by the next passing mail steamer.
"In that case," Mr. Archibald Ashby re
marked, rubbing the palms of his hands
imperceptibly together, "poor Thorold must
luneMied practically intestate, and we di
vide the property, Percy. A jolly good
thing it turned out so, toOj when one comes
to think of it, for otherwise he might have
left e cry penny he possessed to that de
signing girl Uesta."
"He made a will after his marriage, you
know," Mr. Percy Ashby replied, musing.
It would be convenient for tne girls, to be
sure, this nice little windfall off100,000 or
so, when they'd all made sure Uncle Thorold
would marry again, just on purpose to spite
them; and, besides, there was Monty, now
about to be ordained, and Guy on the very
Soiut of going up for direct commission,
ut he had his doubts still in his own mind,
for all that. "He made a will, I remember,"
Mr. Percy repeated, "just after his mar
riage." "Oh, yes !" his brother answered, with a
careless'air of assent. "But that's all right,
Percy. Trust me for that ! I inquired into
this long ago. By the will he left every
thing to his wife absolutely, and, failing her,
to the children of the marriage. "Well, poor
Lucy's dead, and there were rio children.
So it's nracticallv. to all intents and nur-
poses, an intestate estate. Property follows
the usual rule of succession."
"He may have made a will on the island,
though," Mr. Percy suggested. Mr. Percy
passed always for the family pessimist.
"He may "have made a fiddlestick," Mr.
Archibald answered, with cutting contempt.
Mr. Archibald invariably took the sanguine
view of things. "But how could he dying
among a lot of naked savages? And even
if he did, who'd ever trouble to bring it
home to us? The. Lika-Lika had gone to
Iiicces I always knew she would, with a
teathenish name like that on her stern
like tempting Providence; and where would
he get pen, ink and paper, I should, like to
know, on a Pacific islet? No, no, Percy;
it's all right. You may rest assured of that.
2fot a farthing shall Miss Xcsta ever touch
of poor Thorold's property. She'd have
robbed our dear children withont a mo
ment's compunction, if only she could; and
now we'll pay her out. .Not a farthing shall
she get of it all; not a sou, not a doit, not a
cent, not a stiver!"
Such is the mollifying and civilizing in
fluence of the possession of property upon
the family affections!. My experience, in
deed, has'been the exact opposite of the
Northern Farmer's. It has led me to the
conclusion that the rich "in a loomp" are
bad.
IV.
Now, jn chambers in the Temple, at that
very time, up four pair of stairs, in a room
which announced itself by tin plates at the
door to be more alarmingly overcrowded
than any East End rookery, there lived and
moved and had his being a certain modest
and unassuming but briefless barrister, by
name "Will Protheroe. In point of fact, he
wastucsoic occupant oi tne ciianiocrs, and
the other gentlemen aforesaid who nom
inally find legally dwelt there did so only
on the tenure of paying him a guinea a year
per head for the barren privilege of having
letters and briefs (if any) addressed there.
And when Will Protheroe read in the
papers one morning that the Lika-Lika had
gone to pieces, and Thorold Ashby was
dead, he sat down at once in great trepida
tion, half sympathy, half smothered jov,fo'r
a private cause, and wrote a letter of con
dolence to Nesta Clyde on the loss of her
uncle
It was a simple little letter enough very
plain and conventional; but when Nesta
opened it her heart too beat high. Then in
this trouble that nice Mr. Protheroe had re
membered her! He had plucked up heart
of grace to write to her at last! He who was
ordinarily so shy, so retiring, so timid
scared out of his life by the grandeur of
Onslow Square! She was glad he'd written,
for she liked Mr. Protheroe! ,
However, a week passed ten days a
fortnight before Will Protheroe could
muster up courage to call in person at the
handsome house in Onslow Square that
had once been Thorold Ashby's. 'Mean
while, he had been engaged in prosecuting
(the only thing he had ever been asked to
prosecute, alas!) researches. Had Nesta
he called her Nesta in his own heart to him
self always, though he said "Miss Clyde" to
her face; a familiar symptom had Nesta
really been lejft withoutSl penny? It was
wicked, it warf cruel, it was selfish of him to
wish it, he know; and yet such is youth!
in his heart of' hearts the briefless barrister
couldn't help hoping the rumor was true,
and that Thorold Ashby had really died in
foreign parts intestate, leaving Nesta penni
less. For then, and in that case, Will Protheroe
thought to himself he might venture to ask
Nesta if some day she would marry him.
He never could pluck up courage to ask a
great heiress to acedpt his hand (which was
all he had to offer); but if Nesta was poor,
why, he would love to do his best to make
her happy.
So, a lortnight later, having heard the
news confirmed, on ivery good authority,
that the Ashby estate would go to the two
brothers, and that tie Percy Ashbys, who
had gone into very l deep and handsome
mourning, intended (to recoup themselves
by moving at once info a much larger.house
in Fitzjohns avenueAwill Protheroe ven
tured, in great fear and trembling, to jut on.
swwir
his best black coat and hat, and call atl
unsiow square on a visit oi condolence.
Nesta received him alone. Oh, how
glad he was of that! Mamma was nere,
she said, to help her pack up
her things; but mamma was busy.
They were in such a dreadful mess, and had
suffered so much, fof Uncle Thorold had
left her in charge of the house, of course;
but Mr. Archibald Ashby had been so very
unkind. He wanted them to move out of
the place immediately.
"Then it's his?" Will Potheroe asked
with a gulp.
Nesta nodded assent "Yes, it's his,"
she said, trying hard to "repress the rising
tears. "His and his brother Percy's. Poor
uncle left no will after Aunt Lucy's death,
so they divide it between them." Her lips
trembled slightly, for mamma was poor, and
how they were to live now Nesta hardly
knew. She had loved Uncle Thorold, and,
beside, he had always been so awfully kind
to them.
But Will Potheroe's heart gave a sud
den leap. "And they're actually turning
you out!" he cried, half pleased,
naif indignant.
"Well, they they want us to leave very
soon," Nesta answered, just faltering:
"they've not been very kind about it. I
fancy they think Uncle Thorold did
too much "for us. And perhaps they're
right. One must try to put oneselt in
other people's place, "you know; I wasn't a
blood relation, and I dare say they thought
that with nieces of his own"
AVill Protheroe bridled up. "But didn't
your uncle leave you anything?" he asked
plump out, quite boldly. "And don't these
two men mean to do anything for you?"
Nesta blushed and trembled. She liked
him to ask straight out like that. It was so
kind and friendly of him. "No, nothing,"
she answered softly. "I suppose
we must try to earn our own
living."
Tears stood in her eyes now. She didn't
look much like earning anything. She was
daintily pretty in her plain black frock.
Will Protheroe stepped forward, took her
hand, let it drop again. "Oh! Nesta," he
said frankly, not even tware he was calling
her for the first time in his life by her Chris
tian name, "I'm so giad. I'm so sorry."
"Glad!" Nesta cried, thrilling as she
looked up in his face, half guessing his
meaning. "Why glad, Mr. Protheroe?"
"Because," the young man answered,
flushing red in his turn, but saying out his
say boldly, now it came to the pinch "be
cause, if you'd been rich and great, I could
never have dared to ask you to marry me;
but now, if you're poor, oh! Nesta, I dare
ask you I will ask you I ask you to-day
let me hope you'll be mine let me hope
you'll take me!"
Nesta turned to him, sobbing. Those
words ofpure love and true simple-hearted
sympathy broke her down utterly She had
always liked him, she had always hoped and
half believed he liked her, but never till
that moment did she know how she loved
him. "Mr Protheroe," she cried, with a
thrill, "then I'm glad of it too. I'm glad
I'm penniless. If it brings me that, I can
forgive them, I can be glad of it!"
'Aud so you say yes?" Will Protheroe
broke forth, drawing back, almost too happy
for words.
And Nesta, letting him take her hand in
his unchecked, after that clear proof of his
genuine love, answered in a very low voice,
"I say yes, Mr. Protheroe." For Bhe saw
in his face he was really glad; and, being
still very young, she was glad herself too,
as she said with truth; for tho young, poor
souls! think much more of love than they
do of money. To them the loss of a fortune
seems a trifle indeed compared with the
gain of a true heart that goes forth to them
spontaneously. How silly they are, to be
sure! Mr. Percy and Mr. Archibald de
spise such tomfoolery.
V.
When, a day or two later, these two
young fools came to talk things over with
one another more seriously, AVill admitted
that the chances of any immediate marriage
were by no means cheerful. "You see,
Nesta," he said confidentially, as they sat
together in the little Bayswater lodgings
whither the Clydes had removed on their
departure from Onslow Square "you see,
Nesta, up till now I've never really worked
very hard at my profession, thatjis to say
because I'd nothing particular in
life- to work for, and there are
so many things in the world, don't
you know, much more interesting to a
man than Chitty on Contract I've given
myself up too much, I'm afraid, to plants,
and birds, and insects, and chemicals, and
the study of folk-lore, and all orts of use
less things, when I ought to liave been mug
ging up Benjamin on Sales, and making
Iriends of the mammon of unrighteousness
by cultivating the common or garden solici
tor. But now, all that's altered. I mean
to stick to my law books. I shall work like
a horse; andf I've brains I really have,
only I've wasted them up on this.botany
and chemistry and all sorts of useless and
interesting subjects. But for your sake,
Nesta, why, I promise you now I'll never
look at a flower or a bird again as long as I
live; andl'll spend nights in rnakjng myself
the first authority in England on the re-
covery of small debts and the law of insur
ance." And he did work hard; and he mugged up
Benjamin; and he dined with solicitors; and
he tried his very best in every way he knew
to attract attention; nay, he even succeeded
in getting a few prospectuses of bubble com
panies to advise upon; but he still remained
for many months, for all that, a briefless
barrister.
So things went on, Nesta giving music
lessons meanwhile to eke out her sltnder
means, till one morning in May, to Nesta's
very great surprise, the lodging house ser
vant came up with a face like a sheet, and
announced in a hushed voice that an awful
strange black gentleman was waiting below,
who asked to see Miss Clyde, and gaye a
name which she thought was something like
jttummyieery-ieero.
"Show Mn-tuj?!"
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ANYTHING.
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wondering. And the Kanaka entered. Ex
ternally, he was clad in the jersey and
tiAioon nf ft common sailor, but within bn
was still the unmitigated savage Polynesian
heathen. , ,
The black gentleman's knowledge of
English was not very profound, be
ing strictly confined, indeed, to the
amount he had managed to pick, up of
the tongue of Shakspeare and Milton from
his fellow sailors during the course
of a voyage as supernumerary from
Samoa to London. Nor were his.
manners more polished than might
be expected from so short and cursory an
acquaintance with European culture under
such inefficient teachers. But he knew
what he wanted, for all that, and, in this
world of ours, such knowledge is more than
half the battle. In a very few broken sen
tences (whereof every third word consisted
of that familiar formative element dam,
which he had learned as chief component
of English idiom from his marine instruc
tors) the Kanaka made Nesta understand,
one half by pantomime, he had brought let
ters and papersforheriromhershipwrecked
uncle.
He handed her the letter first. It turned"
out tcbe an introduction from a missionary
in Samoa, and it described briefly how the
bearer, Eamaliraliro, a Kanaka from the
Manihiki Islands, had come to that port in
an open native canoe, determined to take
shipto that far-off England, whose very
name he had hardly even heard, in the dis
charge of what appeared to him a sacred
mission. Itamaliraliro, it seemed, had re
ceived a paper from the hands of a dying
man at his native island by name, Hicham
Hone with urgent instructions that he was
to convey it to England, and never to part
with it till he gave it to one Nesta Clyde, of
Onslow Square, London. The letter went
on to say that Bamaliraliro accepted this
commission in the most serious sense, and
was so deeply impressed with its immense
importance that he took "boat for Samoa,
and was determined to go to London in per
son, thai he might himself deliver it to Miss
Clyde, and discharge his conscience.
As Nesta read on, the Kanaka kept his
eyes fixed fiimly upon her. AVTien she had
finished, he held out the other paper du
biously. "You Nesta Clyde?" ' he asked in
atone of half-formed suspicion.
"I'm Nesta Clyde," the girl answered,
trembling violently.
"Dam good," the Kanaka replied, with a
friendly nod, reassured by her manner.
" Den take dam paper."
Nesta took it and read it It was her un
cle's will. As she took it in gradually, the
color came and went in her cheeks convul
sively. Then he had remembered her, after
all! On his dying day! He hadn't forgot
ten her! That dear, good uncle!
"To'my wife's niece, Nesta Clyde, gentle
woman, absolutely, and for her own sole
use and benefit."
In her joy that he hadn't forgotten her
she turned and took both .the Kanaka's
hands in hers. The Kanaka let them drop,
and put one finger to his mouth. "Dam
hungry," he said briefly, looking almost as
E leased as JTesta herself. "No care shakey
ands. AVant grub! Want groggee!"
Nesta burst into tears. "It isn't so much
the money, mamma," she cried to her
mother in her joy; "but I'm so glad to know
Uncle Thorold didn't mean to slight me."
. An hour later, while the Kanaka discussed
cold pie with Mariar Ann in the kitchen,
the briefless barrister, hastily summoned by
telegram, came up to share tho good news
with the family. Nesta met him at the
door, now a conscious heiress. It was so
delightful to feel dear Will hadn't wanted
her for her money, of course; yet now she
would have money oceans worlds of it
to give him. She flung her arms around his
neck. "Oh, AVill," she cried, "I'm so
habpy!"
But Will, as becomes a member of the
utter bar, was more strictly business-like.
"Let me see the document, darling." he
said, after a few unprofessional remarks of
what the law would call a pre-nuptial char
acter. And Nesta showed it him.
He took it in at a glance. It was all plain
sailing enough no doubt or obscurity
Then he turned to the foot of the page for
the attestation. All at once his color
left him. He clutched at the" chair
for support It was terrible to be
obliged so to disillution that poor child.
"Nesta. darling!" he gasped faintly, "this
is no will at all! It's only an unsigned draft.
You can't get anything! Don't you see,
there are no names to it, either testator's or
witnesses'?"
It was only too true. Nesta, in her inno
cence, had overlooked that small detail
whether it had been duly executed. The
revulsion was terrible. She was once more
penniless. j
VL
And now the problem arose, what to do
with the Kanaka. He had shown so ex
traordinary and unexpected a devotion to
his own sense of "duty, or of superstitious
awe, that it was clearly impossible to let
him shift for himself in this great, inhospita
ble, sordid, wealthy London. Indeed, to
say the truth, Itamaliraliro, accustomed to
tho easy-going applied socialism of the
South Sea Islands, had no idea of quarter
ing Himself anpvhere else than on the per
son for whose sake he had brought over that
precious, that worthless document Many
times over, with many strange expletives
and much gesticulation to eke out his scanty
English, the Kanaka told them, hair in
words, half in dnmbshow, how the great
English chief who owfted the fireship, dying,
had made over this paper to the sailor
Howe; and how the sailpr Howe, again,
dying in turn, had handed it as
a sacred deposit to himself, Bamaliraliro.
"Meno,rest," the savage said, standing
there in his rough English jersey and coarse
white trousers "me no rest, day or night,
till me bring dam ting to England. Find
out Missy Clyde. Give dam paper in him
hand. Very good. Do all well. Go back
It was clearvimnossihle he should ston at
SATURDAY, IMAT '30,'.
spair, took the man back with him to his
rooms ilLthe Temple. ,
ForseHral weeks Bamaliraliro stopped
on irrthose comfortable quarters. He was
in no hurry to co. He liked civilization.
The particular elements of our culture that
interested him most, to be sure, were the
penny toys and the sweet-shops. But he
cared also for more adult occupations and
amusements. Poor heathen though he was,
the lights in the gin palaces seemed to at
tract his eye quite as much as they do those
of our own respected and beloved fellow
citizens. XondonTlcarly pleased him. Now
and again AVill made inquiries about ships
bound for Samoa and v in want of a native
hand; but the Kanaka showed no disposition
to accept these suggestions. ' And Will
couldn't turn him out. AVhen a savage from
the South Seas has managed to work his way
across to iingiana as a common sailor,
his mind by a few vcasual visits to South
Kensington and the British Museum.
The Kanaka spent much time prowling
the streets by day. In the evening he often
sat and talked long with Will Protheroe.
Will liked to probe his mind; it was virgin
soil, a fresh field in pschyology. Itama
liraliro's English improved fast under this
excellent tuition. He learnt by degrees
that the explosive syllable dam formed no
necessary part of a polite vocabulary. He
also learned how to speak the English lan
guage with propriety. But the more he
talked to AVill about the'loss of the Lika
Lika, the more did the idea rise up in Will's
mind that it would be possible after all to
Eropound the testament the Kanaka had
rought from Manihiki. Gradually this
idea took possession of him more and more.
The will had been drawn up, and was as
good as signed; only the fortuitous absence
of pen and ink on the island prevented its
execution. Thorold Ashby had delivered it
verbally' to two witnesses, Howe and
Bathurst. Force majeure prevented
the witnesses from signing. Howe
and Bathurst were dead, but here was
Bamaliraliro in evidence to-day, to prove
the chief facts of the case at issue.
Oh, how AVill regretted he had wasted bo
much valuable time over botany and
chemistry, and that which profiteth nothing!
How he wished he had devoted himself,
body and soul, to Davey on Wills or to
Smith and Macleod on the Law of Probate!
However, though the Ashbys declared it
was a frivolous and vexatious proceeding,
he got his case on at last before Mr. Justice
Treeby, and proceeded to argue that Thorold
Ashby, deceased, had practically executed
his testament in Miss Clyde's favor, though,
for lack of materials to write with on the
island, he had never actually signed it. It
was a verbal will. As such, it stood on all
fours with viva voce bequests made by a
wounded soldier on the field of battle, which
the law of England had always recognized
as possessing testamentary validity. The
cases fell at once, AVill urged, under the
same general principle.
Mr. Justice Treeby, pen poised in hand
judicially, was pleased.with the legal sub
tlety of the way the young counsel set forth
his singular plea, though as a matter of law
it was plain that the learned judge was en
tirely opposed to him. But when Will
Protneroe put forward Bamaliraliro in the
box to support his case expectation in court
stood 6n tiptoe with interest. So strange a
witness had never before appeared in that
place a Polynesian heathen, who was only
acquainted with the nature of an oath in the
most colloquial sense, and whose English
was still by far too imperfect to stand suc
cessfully tne ordeal of cross-examination.
However, by skillfully leading his sav
age on bit by bit, AVill Protheroe succeeded
at last in getting out of the Kanaha (duly
sworn on his own fetish) such a coherent ac
count of the death of the three persons in
volved in the will as at least interested and
amused the Court for some 20 minutes. Itam
aliraliro -grew graphic after a while,
and proceeded in dumb show, after
his fashion, with a running comment of
words, to explain what he had seen of the
history of the document He described
how Tnrfrold Ashby had taken the paper in
despair from his pocket; how he had looked
like this, and spoxen earnestly in unknown
words to the man Howe at Ms side; and
how at last he had asked for a stick just so
to write with. ,
"A stick?" the learned Judge interposed,
leaning critically forward. "What did he
want with the stick, my friend? Show me
just how he used it"
The Kanaka, nothing loth, and unabashed
by the dignity of the ermine, took a piece
of paper from Will Protheroe's hand, and
then,"with the blunt end of a penholder,
went through the pantomimic act of writing
on it, very painfully and "carefully. "Him
do like that," he said simply. "Him write
so. Him make letters."
"But what did he write with?" the
learned Judge asked again, smiling a cyni
cal disbelief. The witness proved too much.
"He had no ink, you know, my man; and
there are no letters now to be seen on the
paper."
The Kanaka looked disturbed. He shook
his head, and touched his brow. HN pres
ence of mind forsook him. "Him write
with ki," he said at last, after a long pause.
tin ii ; tr 1 1-11 -kt 2x I -n
day Ki in iuuiiutt luiK. nosajii. m xai
glish." "Oh! he wrote with a key," Mr. Justice
Treeby answered, with a still broader smile.
"A most singular implement, certainly!
And just now you told us he wrote with a
stick, didn't you? Mr. Protheroe, I'm
afraid this witness of yours won't much avail
your client's contention. He swears too
hard. His notions of truth are too ob
viously Polynesian."
A titter went round the court The Ka
naka raised his head, knit his bushy brows,
and glared about him defiantly. But, at the
same moment, AVill Protheroe clapped his
hand in turn to his own forehead. It came
back to him with a rush. He saw it all
now. Great heavens! and he'd reproached
himself so often these last months for hav
ing wasted all that time on botany, and
chemistry, and ethnographic science! AVhy,
the case was in his hands, and he'd as good
as won it!
"My Lord," he said suddenly, turning to
the Judge, all flushed, "this will is signed
duly signed and witnessed. I haven't at
present the slightest doubt of it. Bamali
raliro's words have suggested the truth to
me. I beg the Court's leave for a very
brief delay. If your Lordship will only im
pound the document for the moment, and
allow me 20 minutes to return to my cham
bers, I can exhibit it before the Court with
the signatures" in proper order. If. my
learned friend wishes, he may continue
meanwhile to cross-examine the witness."
Before the 20 minutes were out he was
back in court again, breathless, but very
triumphant In one hand he carried a serious-looking
book; in the other, a small vial
of some chemical liquid.
"My Lcrd," he panted) out, jubilant,
"will your Lordship have the goodness to
let me lead this passage? It's in Tallboy's
'Ethnology of tht Equatorial Islanders,'
and it will explain the evidence I next in
tend to submit to you."
The Judge took the book, and glanced at
it superciliously. As he read, however, he
raised his eyebrows by slow degrees.
"That's certainly possible," he said,
in a more judicial tone. "You can try it,
at least, Mr. Protheroe. Bead alond what
the passage says!" and'he handed the book
back to him. Will Prothero read it alond
with very" measured intonation
"Many of the islanders also employ for
records a.sort of rude hieroglyphics allied to
picture writing. Speciments from Easter
Island have been brought to Europe. In
Samoa, these characters are habitually in
cised on tablets of wood or stone; but in
Christmas Island, Samerang, and the Mani
hiki group, the natives have either inde
pendently invented or eke borrowed from
the example ofEnropean voyagers, a method
of procedure closely allied to our own pen-and-ink
manuscript tThey use for Btile or
pen a joint of bamboo, sharpened to a fine
point, and slit up the middle like a quill or
steeLnib;and lor writing fluid they boil
down the expressed juice of ki p!ant(manica
t.nctoria, de candolle). This juice dries at
first a deep metallic blue, alter which it
gradually fades in a few months till it dis
appears altogether; bnt it caa'be revived at
any fime and rendered absolutely permanent
by washing it over and a weak solution of
nitrate of silver and sulphuric acid,"
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purpose to serve you, now can you possibly
send him back again by the very first chance,
without even allowing him time to imnrove
1891.
learned friend is going to try any hocus
pocus of that sort, he said, smilingly, "on
this already too dubious and discredited
document"
But the Judge interrupted Jiini, with a
very stern face: "Mr. Protheroe has a per
fect right to try the experiment if he
likes,"he answered -quietly. "In his cli
ent's interest, indeed, it's his duty to try it
Should it succeed, we shall then nave to in
quire into the genuineness of the signatures
and the fact of the attestation."
AVith a trembling hand Will drew out
from his pocket a little camel's-hair brush.
and, before the Judge's own eyes, smeared
the liquid carefully oyer the place where
the signatures were not For a minute or
two they looked with the intensest interest;
then something began vaguely to discolor
thetfaper in patches. The Judge gazed
hard at it, and ejaculated, "Be-markable!"
After another lone pause he held the paper
up, and read out three names slowly: tes
tator's signature Thorold Ashby, Esquire,
Onslow Square, London; witnesses, Kichard
Howe and John Bathurst, able-bodied sea
men, steamship Lika-Lika, last from Samo."
'Perfectly regular," the Judge added
"perfectly regular, as far as one can. see
provided always, of course, the signatures
arc genuine. But, under the circumstances,
this mine being sprung upon them unex
pectedly, so to speak the defendants would
no doubt wish for a fortnightls adjourn
ment to consider their action. Is that so,
Brother Montague?"
VIL
When, some two months later, Komalira
liro left London for Samoa en route for his
native islands, it was as a first-class passen
ger on board an Orien liner bound for
Sydney; and the number of presents he
took back in his boxes fully convinced the
people of his own remote home of the im
portance of his mission to the unknown
lands far beyond the sunrise. He is re
garded to this day as a person of very great
distinction in his own atoll, and he
frequently narrates to large parties of lis
teners the profound impression his personal
charms produced on the highest ladies of
the land, including two houns named Betsi
jane and Mariarann, in that remote world of
civilized' wonders England.
As for AVill Protheroe; the case made his
fortune. The fame of his universal knowl
edge and his intimate acquaintance with the
habits and manners of the ki plant spread
so far and wide around Chancery Lane that
he rose rapily to fame as a cross-examiner
of scientific experts; and he makes so large
an income to-day from patent cases and
other briefs requiring special attainments
that he would be a rich man on that alone,
even if he hadn't married his first client,
that pretty Miss Clyde, the heiress of the
Thorold Ashby property. And he no longer
regrets that he wasted his time for so many
years on botany, chemistry, and that which
profiteth nothing. For we all of us recog
nize how good and how pleasant a thing
wisdom is when a man can masTe $10,000 a
year by ,it Grant Aden in MlitstTated Neia of
the World.
BIBS. JAMES BKOnN POTTEK de
scribes tho harem of the Nizam of Hydera
bad in TIIE DISPATCH to-morrow. She
recited 'Osier Joe to the beautiful captives.
SHEBMAH.
Sliles, a thousand from the East,
Miles, a thousand from the West,
Through a mourning nation's heart,
Went a soldier to his rest.
Not as goes a conqueror,
With the trumpets Joyous notes;
Not as hero 'mid huzzas,
From an hundred thousand throats;
But with moan of muffled drums,
Knells of solemn tolling belts,
That a nation's sorrow speaks.
That a people's sorrow tell.
Not 'neath arch triumphal reard,
Amid banners borne on high.
Clamors loud of brazen horns,
Cornet, and the flfes shrill cry;
But in hush of sorrow sore,
That a mourning people feels,
When a patriot lyeth dead;
When, to Death a hero yields.
Through the masses gathered wide;
From where Hudson's waters roll
To Missouri's turbid tide;
Men, and women, young, and old,
Through the ranks of veterans tried,
Groups of children wonder eyed.
Gathered by the roadway side;
Gathered on the city's street;
Paying tribute to tho"man.
To the patriot homage meet;
Baring heads with tearful eyes
As, with sword upon his breast,
Wrapped in flag his arm sustained,
Thus went Sherman to his rest;
Miles, a thousand from the East,
Miles, a thousand to the West
It is well when granite shaft ,
On a hero's grave is placed:
It is well when patriot tombs
With the sculptured wreath is graced;
These will crumble, or forgot,
Gather moss in Time's decay;
Bnt the people's love outlast
Monuments of stone, alway.
Grander monument is that,
Than triumphal works of art,
By the lovo for Sherman borne,
Beared within tho people's heart
True, and honest, his motto was;
Honest, true, his history;
Honest, true, tho people 3 love:
Honoring his memory.
While the nation birthright keeps:
While our annals hold a page;
Sherman's name, and Sherman's fame,
Will be told from age to age;
Told in story, and in song,
Sherman's march nntotho sea,
Through the hrart of foeman's land
In the cause of Liberty; .
Told how, in the after years,
Mid a pcoplo's prayers, and tears,
Miles, a thousand from the East,
Miles a thousand to the West,
Through tho mourning nation's heart
Sherman went into his rest.
Passing to the shoreless sea, V
Through Time, to Eternity;
Followed by a people's prayers
A? when he, triumphantly,
FromAtlanta to the sea,
Marched victoriously.
long will Glory's laurel wreath
Green on grave 'of Sherman'be, -
Still when patriots are named.
Will bo Sherman, rightfully.
Toll no longer mournful bells,
Muffled drums your moan forget,
One more gem the nation sees
In her crown of jewels set;
He who wore a patriot's1 crown,
He who won a soldier's fame,
Dying, 'mid a world's acclaim,
Left a name without a stain.
Honor unto Sherman's name,
But to God the glory be,
Who, in all our country's needs,
Gave tho nation victory.
GEonofi Henry TntmsTOX.
This poem was written on the occasion of the
fnner.it of General Sherman, but Is applicable to
Memorial Day.
SnmLET DABE advises people who
have had the grip to have "a lazy spell."
See her letter in THE DISPATCHto-mor-zow.
Will Bun Daylight Boats.
F. E. Eandall, General Agent for the De
troit and Cleveland Navigation Company, is
laying his ropes for the Grand Army people
going to the encampment in Detroit next
August. He says the company has decided
to run daylight boats, leaving Cleveland at
1 and 10 o'clock P. M. The outlook for the
excursion business on the lakes this summer
is very good.
Appetite is generally restored to deli
cate children by the use in tonic dose of
Dr. D. Jayne's Tonio Vermifuge; and not
only an appetite, buT strength and vigor as
well. AVhile essentiallya strengthened it
is also an excellent vermifuge; and if these
pests of childhood are present, there is no
better, safer or cheaper remedy. Sold by
all druggists.
H. J. lynch, 438-440 Market Street,
Is offering extraordinary inducements in
black and colored silks, India silks, surahs,
dress goods, cashmeres, Henriettas, plaids,
stripes, serges, French suitings and elegant
embroidered robes. Special bargains in
every department for the next 20 days.
wssu
i i
Those intending to pay a visit to Schen
ley Park on Decoration Day can take the
Second avenue electric cars every' five
minutes from Fourth avenue and Market
street
Mtli,I0K3 of rolls wall paper to be sold
at a price, at Welly's, 120 Federal "street,.
'X&jtJ&t ana a Jraiis. ww& n.
i -if
A E10WEE SACRAMENT
The Patriots "Who Gave Their Lives to
the Nation in the
DAY OF PERIL ARE NOT FORGOTTEN
vximeij Topics to Be Discussed in Onr
Pulpit3 To-MorroTT.
GLEANINGS FfiOM CUUECE FIELDS
To-day is the time appointed by na
tional customforthe"SacramentofFlowers."
No better time could be chosen or com
memorating the dead patriots, who, in the
time of our country's greatest peril, gave
themselves for its service. A great orator,
irra speech on Decoration Day years ago,
said: "It is a good time to lay these floral
offerings upon the soldiers' graves, just as
the spring is passing into summer and the
full bloom of the world is about us to make
this symbol of the feeling that is in our hearts
for those who went forth as spring was
opening into summer in their lives, and
gave them to their country. It has been
my lot to kneel at the deathbed of many
Christians. I never was by one on which the
light of heaven shone quite so clear as it
did on the poor cot of some soldiers who
cquld not tell me mnch of their faith, but
could tell me all I wanted to know about
their duty. Dear, tender, beautiful souls,
speaking of the wife and children with their
last breath, and of their hope that the coun
try for which they died would not forget
them, and then leaving all the rest to God.
To die for the great mother was enough
that they felt was in their poor measure as
when Christ died for their race."
At a congregational meeting of the new
Shadyside United Presbyterian Church,
held on last AVednesday evening, a hearty
and unanimous call was made out for Kev.
J. K. McClurkin, D. D., late of the Ke
formed Presbyterian Seminary. The pros
pects of this congregation are very bright,
and it is hoped Dr. McClurkin will accept
the call, as in this case they feel that suc
cess is assured.
Sunday Services in Pittsburg Churches.
'Da. I. C. PEBsnrso will preach in the Ames
M. E. Church, Hazelwood, at 10-30 a. at.
HwniASD Chapqv Her. Albert M. West
will preach at 11 A. x. and 7:151. M. Sunday
school at 1-3).
Grace Eirotisn Ltrrn-EiiAjr CntntcH, Car
son street, at 10-30 o'clock, conducted by
Key. F. E. Whltemore.
Eighth Pbesbttebia3 Cntmcn, Rev. E. R.
Donehoo, pastor Subjectat 10:45 a. x., "Unfit
Teachers' At 7.30 p. st, "Temptation."
FrasT CosoRzoATios-Ai. Church, Fifth ave
nue, Rev. John Edwards, pastor 10-0 a. St.,
Welsh service; 7 p. St., English service.
St. Mabk's Memorial Reformed Cntntcs,
North Highland avenue Services 11 a. St.
and7.4or.it. Sermons by Rev. J. Jf. Arm
strong. Is the First English Lutheran Church,
Grant street, services forenoon and evening,
conducted by the pastor. Rev. Edmund Bal
four, D. D.
Fuxtox Street Evangelical Church, G. W.
Brown, pastor Services 10.30 a. it., subject:
"The Hidden Word." 7.13 p. St., subject : "Tho
Good Soldier."
East Ejto Christian Church, Eev. H. K.
Pendleton, pastor Morntngl'subject, "The
Service of Love;" evening subject, "Mora
Than Conquerors."
Taran Presbyterian Church, Sixth avenue,
Rev. E. P. Cowan, D. D., pastor Services at
10:45 a. St. and 7:45 r. St. Evening subject "The
Need of Wisdom."
Seventh Fresbtteriait Church, Herron. av
enue, Bey. C. S. McClelland, pastor 10-.30 A.
sr., "Symmetrical Growth;" 7:15 p. jr., "The
Wheat and tho Chaff."
UinVEBSALisT services in Curry Hall, Sixth
street, at 10:45 a. st. Text, Pror. i.,36 : "I also
will laugh at your calamity. I will mock
when your fear cometh."
Fipth Avenue JI. E. Church, L.McGuIre,
pastor 10-.30A.ar., "Do We Remember the
Noble Work of Onr Heroic Dead!" 7.45 P. K.,
"Tho True Aim of Life."
First Christian Church, Mansfield Valley,
Pa., O. H. Philips, nastor Morning: "A
Small Beginning;" evening, "An Excuse
That Does Not Excuse."
Dennt Church, Llgonierand Thirty fourth
streets 1O-.30 a. St., Sacramental services, ser
mon by Rer. J. W. Miles, D. D.; 7:45 p. St.,
"The Dreadful Conflict"
Christian Lutheran Church, Sheridan
avenue, East End, Rev. Hiram J. Kuder, pas
tor 10:45 A. st:, "Steps in Sin;" 7:45 P. St.,
"Labor Until Evening."
Ejjurtk Avenue Baptist Church, corner of
Ros3 street, H. C Applegartti, pastor 10:30
A. si.) "The Fruitfulness of Truth;" 7:45 V. St.,
"A Personal Question."
First Presbyterian Chuboh, Wood street,
Rev. George T. Purves, D.D., pastor Ser
vices at 10.30 a. M. and 7:45 p. st. Evening
subject, "Three Mistakes."
Hazelwood Christian Church, J. R. Mo
Wane, pastor Morning subject, "Tho Gospel
Adapted" to Onr Needs;" evening subject,
"Repentance ortfineveh."
Shadyside United Presbyterian Church,
Eaum street, Rev. H. P. McClurkin, D. D.. of
Wahoo,Neb.,wilI preach at 10.30 a. St. and 7 JO
r. m. Sabbath school at 2.30.
Finn V. V. Church, Webster avenue. Rev.
J.W. narshn, pastor Service at 10-.30 a. it.
Subject, "Experience the True Test In
Religious Truth." No evening service.
Oakland M. E. Church, I. N. Eaton, D. D.,
pastor Morning, 'Feeding of tho Five Thou
sand." In the evening tho first of a series of
"Studies In the Lives of tho Apostles."
Unitarian Church, Mellon Bank building
Preaching at 10 45. Last Sunday of the
minister. Rev. J. G. Townsend, D. D. Sub
ject : "Tho Power of the Liberal Gospel."
Hosiewood Avenue M. E. Church, Rev. E.
S. White, pastor Morning services at 11
o'clock, subject, "The Thorn in the Flesh;"
evening subject; "A Young Giant Slayer.'!
Church op God, Rev. W. T. Cross, pastor
Services at Smith's Hall, 6004 Center avenue
at 10-45 and 7:45. Morning subject, "Hidden
Things Revealed;" evening, "Death Moves
in the Glass."
Point Breeze Presbyterian Church, Rer.
DeWitt M. Bcnham, pastor Mornlmr service
at 11 A. St., subject, "The Goodness of God;"
evening service at 7.45 p. St., subject, "Tho
Resurrection."
Second P. M. Church, Patterson street,
Southside,Hev. H.J. Buckingham, pastor
Services at 10-.30 A. st. and 7 p. Jt.; subjects:
Morning, "God's Thoughts of Man;" even
ing, '-Short Weight."
Mt. Washington Presbyterian Church,
Roy. E. S. Farrand, pastor 10.30 a. St., "The
Kingdom of God;" 7:30 p. st, "Come to Jesus,"
6.30 p. si., "Giving." Anniversary of the Sab
bath school at 230 p. st.
St. Paul Methodist Episcopal Church,
Liberty nvenno, near Pearl street. Rev. B. F.
Beazell, D. D., pastor Morning subject,
"David's First victory;" evening, "The
Ninth Commandment."
Grace Reformed Church, corner Grant
street andWebster avenue, Rev. John H.
Prugn, pastor "Morning subject, "Seeking
theTrue and Showing It;" evening theme,
"Questions and Answers."
Enoxvtlle Presbyterian Church, W. A.
Jpnes, pastor Morning servico at 11 o'clock:
Subject of sermon, "Regeneration." Evening
service tit 7:45 o'clock. Subject, "Some Les
sons From the Life of Joslnh."
Thirty-third Street U. P. Church, Rev. J.
McD. Hervey, pastor Preaching at 10.30 and
7.45 by tho pastor. Subjects: Morning, "Tho
Churches' Prosperity Assured;" ovoning,
"Helpers in the New Life to Be Lived."
Lawrescevtlle Presbyterian Church,
Thirty-ninth street, between Peml avenue
and Butler street, Eev. A. E. Linn, pastor
Subject: 10-.30 a. sr., "Divine Goodness and
Beauty." 7:30 p. sl, "The Prophets Witness
ing for Christ."
Ssiithfield Street Methodist Episcopal
Church, Eev. Charles Edward Locke, pastor
Services at 10:30 and 7.45. Morning, "The
Ideal Church;" evening, 'The Tenth Com
mandment With Practical Application to
Things Present."
Liberty Street M.E. Church, Eev. J. P. Mc
Eee, pastor Servicesat 10:30 and 7:30. In
the evening the Union Veteran Legion will
attend in a body and addresses will be de
livered by Rer. J. T. Core, Rev. Colonel John
A. Danks and others.
c-aoaA, Pjrjmri'MT,nr Onn&t, eatsex fjl
FoTbes and Seneca streets. Rev. A. A Mealy,
pastor-Services at 10-30 A. stand 7:45 p.st
Morning subject, "Nothing bnt Leaves."
Evening subject, "By the WayofMarah."
Sabbath school, 2-30 P. st
Sixth United Presbyterian Church, Collins
avenue. East End, Rer. E. M. Russell, pastor
Services U a. st and 7:45 p. St. Morning ser
mon, "Tho All-Attracting Jesus." Evening,
"The Gospel Veiled" somo causes of modern
skepticism and unbelief:
Presbyterian Church op the Covenant, E.
E. Preaching morning and evening, by the
pastor, Rev. Seth R. Gordon- Subject at 11
A. it, "Tho Holy Spirit Before Christ's Glori
fication." In the evening at 7:45, "The Holy
Spirit After Christ's Glorification."
Shady Avenue Baptist Church, near Penn
avenue, Dr. W. A Stanton, pastor Services
at 11 a. st and 7:45 p. st. Morning subject:
"An Educated Mlnlstry.f Evening subject:
"What I Saw and Heard at the Cincinnati
Anniversaries." Bible school at 9X0 a. st.
Second Presbyterian Church, corner Penn
avenue and Seventh street, Rev. J. R.
Sutherland, D. D., pastor Services at lft30 a.
stand, 7:45 p. St. Subject in the morning:
"Ministering Before Knowihg." In the even
ing: "Tho First Convert of a New Continents
a Woman."
Allentown U. P. Church, S. W. Douthett,
pastor Preaching at 10:45 a. st. by Eev. T. H.
Walker, of New York, "Glorying in tho
Cross." At 7:30 p. St. the Rev. 3. M. Foster, of
Cincinnati, O., also a delegate to the Synod
of the R. P. Church, will preach upon "Sab
bath Reform."
Christ Methodist Episcopal Church, Rev.
G. W. Izer, B. D., pastor Preaching services
in the Bijou Theater. Morning subject,
"Christianity Confronting Classic Pagan
ism, Paul in the Areopagus:" second sermon
of the series. Evening subject, "God's Sig
nal Lights Along the Mountain Crests of
Human Life."
First Reporsted Presbyterian Church,
Grant street, Rev. Nevln Woodside, pastor
Rev. James Kennedy, D. D., of NeYork,
will preach at 10-.30. Subject, "The Believer's
Day and Strength, Proportional." Rev. H.
W. Reed, of Youngstown, O., one of the
seven young men will preach at 3 o'clock.
Subject,w'quality in Christ."
Allegheny Churches.
Trinity Lutheran, cornerjStockton avenue
and Arch street, Rot. A S. FIchthorn lfcSO
a. St.. "A Great Victory;" 7:45 p st, "Shin
ing." Sandusky Street Baptist Church, B. F.
Woodbnrn, pastor 10-0 a. St., "What la
Truth?" 7:45 p. St., "Tho SecTet of a Great
Life."
Second Congregational Church-, corner
North and Grant avenues Morning subject,
"Baptism;" evening subject, "The Lord's
Supper."
North Avenue M. E. Church, corner Arch
street, Rev. James T. Satchel, pastor 1030
a. St., "The God of the Generations;" 7.45 p.
St., "High Life."
Arch Street M. E. Church, Rer. W. F
Conner, pastor 10-.30 A. st, "The Pearl of
Great Price." 7.45 r. sr., "Tha Mount of
Transfiguration."
Green Street Baptist Church, Scott and
Robinson streets, R. S. Laws, pastor Ser
vices at IthSO a. x. and 7X0 p.m. Subject,
"Willing Devotion."
Spring Garden Chapel,R. P. Church Eev,
T.H. Walker, of New York, will preach at
7:30 p. sr. Subject: "Choose Ye Thi3 Day
Whom Ye Will Serve."
Fourth U. P. ChuncH, Montgomery ave
nuePreaching at 10-XO A. st. by F. M. Foster,
of New York City, and at 7:45 p. st, Rev. C. D.
Trumbull, of Morning Sun, la.
Providence Presbyterian Church, Liberty
near Chestnut street, Rev. W: A. KInter,
pastor Services at 10:30 a. stand 7:45 p. at.
Young people's meeting at 7:10 p. st
Buena Vista Street M. E. Church, Alle
gheny, Rer. J. H. Miller, pastor At 10-.30
a. st. Holy Communion after sermon. At 7:45
p. st. Rev. A L. Petty, D. D., will preach.
First Christian Church, W. F. Richardson,
pastor Morning sermon, "Tho Shepherd
and Bishop of Our Souls." Praise service In
the evening by the choir and congregation.
Avery Mission A. M. E. Z. Church, corner
North and Avery streets Morning services
at 10-.30; subject, "Tho Giving to God."
Evening services at 7:45. Preaching by Rev
N.E.WTllet.
Central Presbyterian Church, corner An
derson and Lacock streets. Rev. S.B. McCor
mick, pastor Subject, 10.45 a. st: "Feeding
on Christ:" 7.45 p. st, "A Desperate Situation
Happily Relieved."
Nixon Street Baptist Church, between
Chartiers stroet and Manhattan, J. S. Hut.
son, pastor Morning, 10-.30, "Your Life:What
Is IK" Evening, 7.45, "The Old Gospel."
Bible school at 0 a. st
In the absenco of Rev. David S. Kennedy,
Rev. J. S. Nichols will preach In Carnegio
Hall. Morning topic "The Race and the
Prize," evening topic "The Blinding, Bind
ing, Grinding Power of Sin." Bible school
in scmhtary on Ridge avenue at 2 o'clock.
First Congregational Church, corner
Franklin and Manhattan streets, Rev. S. W.
McCorker, pastor Subject of sermon at 10-.30
A. St., "Not Jnlceless Creeds bnt the Living
Christ the Want of the Times;" at 7.45 p. St.,
"John B. Gougb, the Orator and Reformer
Central R. P. Qhurch, Sandusky stre.-
Rev. S. M. Stevenson and W. M. Glasgow, of
Kansas City, will preach at themoming serv
ice, the latter on "Equipments and Respon
sibilities." At 3 p. at., Rev. J. S. Thompson,
of Utica, O., will preach and at 7X0 creeds
and terms of communion will be discussed
by Rev. F. M. Foster, of New York.
FEAJIK G. CARPENTER Is traveling
through Mexico for THE DISPATCH.
Though our nearest neighbor we know less
abont it than we do of European lands.
Carpenter's letters will be full of interest.
First one to-morrow.
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