VOL.- xxxvii BETWEEN SEASONS- Cleaning up Winter Goods at reduced prices and at the same time showing new spring stufis. Rare Bargains in Marked Down Dress Goods. Lot 25c Dress Goods—reduced to 15c. Lot 40c and 50c Dress Goods —reduced to 25c. 1 W&J ot 75 c Dress Goods —reduced to 50c. jOmgT Lot SI.OO Dress Goods —reduced to 75c. W If j'ou appreciate value, catch on to these. \ Jackets and Capes Sacrificed. 6 br—Must be cleared up regardless of cost. Seme are halt price—many less than half. Embroideries, Laces and White Goods. The well made and dependable kind, bought be fore the advance. New Edgings and Insertings—3c a yd. up. All-overs and Tuckings—2sc up j \ Lace Inserted all-overs —$1.00 up. ' <>v White India Linens—at old prices. A New Percales, Ginghams and Seersuckers § ' || '/ at old prices. :l P L. STEIN <Sc SON, 108 N. MAIN STREET, BUTLER, PA Blizzard and Icicles Will poon be here; don't let pneumonia and doctor's bills be the first to arrive. Fortifv vourself with one of our $8 Suits and one of our #9 Overcoats or one of our #7 Frieze Ulsters. They smooth over the rough edges of Winter, CO 7 other dealers have the .same kind, but the PRICE— There's The Rub. schaul & Nast, LEADING CLOTHIERS, 137 South Main St., Butler. STRIVING pOR EFFECT 1 Ift 1} < $* > f (ii I "J £ Men don't buy clothing for the pur-*C 1j Uf 1 j J dpose or spending money. They JI. ksf)rj(Jwl . ,to get the !>est possible results for AI. v*r% Jy A. ! 7 Cmoney expended. Not cheap goods"2?C /-1 -I fjL,-jif mx '', h tbnt goods as cheap ns they can be.Y,£ IA l&S mP.x). t . .sold for and made up properly. If jC 2 1 V tyou want the correct thing at the cnr-Tf: J A ! I trect price, call and examine ourik. "" ' \ am, mjJ | j , .large stock of Heavy Weights, \ \ 'l: a / 7 f ana Winter Suitings and Overcoats \| yjWStY], '■ j £the latest Styles, Shades and Colors ;js. 1 j F lflj — W / V 111 j Fits and Workmanship rill iff H Guarantsei G F. KGCK, 142 NorthlMain Street, Butler, Pa |l PAPES, JEWELERS. || ft. \ 1 fTT f 4 m PC J DIAMONDS, * w S WATCHES, I o w # CLOCKS, * 3 J JEWELRY, J p fe SILVERWARE, sp"s p " i SILVER NOVELTIES, ETC. J 3- u. # We repair all kinds of 0 J Broken Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, etc J V) # Give our repair department a trial. 0 St We take old gold and silver the same as cash. * "J PAPE'S, {! J 122 S. Main St., Butler, Pa. J 3 Stop and Think Before You Act. Where are you to buy your WALL PAPER? Our Mammoth new line for 1900 is arriving daily. Never be fore have you seen its equal in designs, colorings, quality and price. We can please you. Call and see before yon buy. Picture and Mirror Framing a Specialty. Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Room Mouldings, and Window Shades. Patterson Bros., 236 North Main Street, Butler, Pa Wick Building. Peoples' Phone 400 ' subscribe for the CITIZfcIV THE BUTLER CITIZEN. {Furniture and f 1 Carpets | «|sl| We are preparing for a large spring trade, J§gSto:k growing larger every day: not only Furniture |g and Carpets, but everything necessary to furnish a house complete. Quality and price right, and all goods marked in plain figures. COUCHES Here is more than twenty kinds to select from. |S| iSSf Prices will soon be l.ighei. We offer you any Coucli in stock at oH MS prices. Best wine we have is a fuM si/t<l Couch, nicely tnfted; a—nt springs are all wire tied and we guarantee them not to biealc dow ji. @ Price 516.00 Next lot will COit SIB.OO 55|( EXTENSION TABLES ° ne of sohd ° ak * 6 fect ,n "« : size of top 34x44 inches. H%.s five nicely turned legs that fasten on g&f ..'ith a bolt. Can easily be taken apart, u. >cr< s to pull out. A first-c'ass Table a* a reasonable . Price $5.00 DINNER SETS- Open slock pattern. Buy all the set or a little at a time Pink decoration with a neat Gold tracing, guaran- (j55 3d! teed not to craze. The 100 piece set costs... $12.00 8| COOK STOVES- A medium size Cook Stove of extra fssS weigh and one that we guarantee '< first-class baker and good sized ovsn. A proputar size for a stnall family has a large fire box A J^s£ yarf very desirable Stove for the Price $17.00 iQampbcll g Jempleton j BICKEL'S /WONTHIsy STOH6 NEWS. The month of February, usually a dull month, will be a busy month at this store. /V grand clearance sale in all lines now on. FELT AND RUIiBKk GOODS. We have a large stock of Men's, Boy's and Youth's Felt Boots and Overs which we do not wish to carry over and will be closed out at .1 big reduction. Large stock of Rubber Boots and Shoes to be included in this sale. 500 pair Women's warm lined Shoes and Slippers at less than half the price of the leather. MEN'S FINE SHOE-. Men's fine Box Calf, Winter Tans and Coidovan Shoes, Lace cr Congress, hand sewed soles, all the latest styles, to be closed out at one half their regular price. 400 pair Boy's fine Shoes, 350 pair Youth's fine Shoes, To be closed «-ut at a bargain. LET THE LOSS BE WHAT IT MAY. Ladies' fine Shoes, latest style lasts, more than half are hand sewed, lace or button, leather or clot Ii tops and w•• will let them go at a quick price—all good sizes. 360 pair Ladies Juliet Slippers at way down price?. SWEEPING OFFERS IN MISSES' AND CHILDREN'S SHOES. We wish to call your special attention to this department as we are offering extra big bargains in Children's School Shoes; also a large stock of . hildren's fine shoes at a big bargain. Special counters containing thousands of bargains. We have made reductions in all lines and ask you to call and examine our goods and we can save you money. JOHN BICKEL, 128 SOUTH MAIN STREET, BUTLER, PA HUSELTON'S BARGAINS made BUSINESS. WE HAVE BOTH. Oil January 2nd this store starte i the most vigorous cleat ing out sale ever it made. Every odd lot of shoes and broken sizes to be closed out, and prices to do it, and do it quickly. Ladies' Fine Shoes. One lot strictly up-to d;ite patent leather tip, C D and Iv widths, lace, was $?, now $1 50. One lot sizes broken was sold at $1 50 and $1 25, now ft and 85c. One lot of Fine Kid Welts, in button or lace, sold at $3 and $3 50, now go at f 2 and $1 75 One lot Heavy Shoes in grain and veal that sold at $1 and 25 now at 50c and 85c. Ladies' Warm Shoes and Slippers in great variety at reduced prices -50c, 650, 75c ami fi. M isses' and Children's Shoes, both light anil tieavy soles. One lot plain toe, button, was $: 50, now 50c; sizes ii to 2. One lot in Pine IJongola anil Kanga roo Calf was *1 and 95c, now 75c and 90c; sizes 12 to 2. Boys', Youths' and Little Gent's Shoes in grc.it variety, regular or high cut, at prices that will surprise you. B. C. HUSELTON S. Jintlcr'H trading Hhoo House. Hotel Lowry. HAVE yOUR Prescriptions and Recipies Filled —AT— REDICK & GROHMAN'S* And you can depend on getting the best result. 109 N. Main Sr., Butler, Pa BUTLER, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1900 Men's Fine SHOES. These include our best and most de sirable lines, such as Winter Tans, Box Calf, Knr.mel, Wax Calf, Vici Kid— heavy soles. Sold at $5, now sell at 45 and $3 50. Other grades, same styles, winter weights, so], .$3 and $3 50, now go at ** 45 and %2 H Lines w £ and $2 50 now sell at f\ 60 ar *»olrlat Wool Boots and Stockings now % 1 50 and $2; sizes 6 to 12. kf'B HJvR BOOTS at $2 25, $2 50 and f2 S5; sizes 6 to 12. Men's Heavy SHOES in lials., Congress and Creedmors at sl, $! 25 and >1 50. Made to our spec ial order and warranted. High cut in oil grain and kip box-toe at #1 75, }2 and $2 75. - • • •-« • . v« • i i i ; ; t i « : . UN HIS STEPS, i "What ttloitia i j i: •K 3?5U9 Go ?" *• S H . ;• i \ »>' Charles M. Sheldon. £ I ; * ■::: \ * ■ ■». Cuvw~U/htel itti'l iiulUiiifuJ 1 1 l'4f. ]<i > 1 l»i tht '*> V ■ .• •i V -J ' . •>, iffy "T • MMBf •f 1 (M 0 • Es*k4Slu • * | - I-:.; : .. . ; in. --- v: •": - ; f CHAPTER XL Bigi>t»ou3ne9a shall jro before him and shall Bet ua in the way of hit steps. The bishop was not in the habit of carrying mnch money with him, and the inan with the stake, who was searching him, uttered an oath at the small amount of change he found. As he utter,-d it the man with the pistol savagely said: "Jerk ont his watch! We might as well get all wo can ont of the job.'' The man with the stake was on the jK.iut of laying hold of tho chain when tli re was the sound of footsteps coming i toward them. "Get 1 hind the fence 1 We haven't half searched him yet. Mind you keep i flint now if you don't want"— Tho man with the pistol made a sig | niii« ::iit gesture with it, and bis com : panion pulled and pushed the bishop • down t_. alley and through a ragged j broi;- ii n; eiiing in the fence. The three ' et<'- d still there in the shadow until tho | foot: tej.:i pa/, ed "Now. tl n. have yon >;ot tho watch T" u?l:ed the man with tiijtistoL "No; the eiri'ii is c:in ht some ' where" And tie* other man swore 1 again "Break it. ti;i n !' "No; don't break it." the hisliop eaid. and it w:c ii first time he h:td spohen "Tho chain is ! Jit* gift of a very 1! ;ir friend I should be sorry to have it broken At the sound of the bishop's voico the n;;.n with ;i; pi ■•' '■ !■ <1 if he h;id • <ll :d n. ..hoi i;. his own w<;.|')tt Willi a <11; iii; ' lit of his other h:.i:d be turned tl; - 'u . «■;> - head tow.'ie. lit; i. hr hining from i at " ■ :.ie time taking • -: v 1 . r '1 .et, t- .ii • evi dent ai 1 ;ent of his compiinii 11 he Kaiil t'i. . '' "Leak • J wU!: • -.»•• We vc got the mow T! : ei. 1 "Knough' Kiity <1 nt Von don't reckon" - Before t"i-• 1 ti with the stake could say v.(.rd he was ecufronted with tl; ■ : -of the | i-'. ! turned fro: i the . ■ li. ad tov.-ard his own "Leave ii- 1 eh be and put t>:i<rk tho motiej ; «> This i.- the bi imp we've held up tli - bbhop' Do you he.trV "Asni wli:: * of it V The president of the ( ' :t"d States Wouldn't be t<Ki goisl to hoi 1 np if "1 say. you put tin money hack, or in five minut'-H 1 11 blow a liolt- through your head that'll let in more use than you have to sj.are now. said the other For a second the man with the stake seemed to hesitate at this strange turn in even's, us if measuring his compan ion's \ iention Then he hastily drop ped the money back into the bishop's pocket "You can take your hands down, sir." The man with the weapon low ered it slowly, still keeping an eye on the other man and speaking with rough respect The bishop slowly brought his arms to his side and looked earnestly at the two men In the dim it was difficult to distinguish features He was evidently free to go his way now. but ho stood there, making no movement "You can goon Yon needn't stay any longer on onr account The man who had acted a. spokesman turned and sat down on u stone The other man stood viciously digging his stake into the ground "That's jnst what I'm staying for. replied the bishop He sat down on a board that projected from the broken fence "You must like onr company It e hard sometimes for people to tear them selves away from ns," the man stand ing up said, langhing coarsely "Shut up!" exclaimed the other "We're on the road to hell, though; that's sure enough. We need better company than ourselves and the devil " "If you would only allow me to be of any help" The bishop spoke gen tly. even lovingly The man on the stone stared at the bishop through the darirncss After a moment of silence he spoko slowly, like one who had finally derided upon a course he had at first reji cted. "Do you remember ever seeing me before?" "No, " said the bishop. "The light is not very good, and I havo really not had a good look at you." "Do you know nie now?' The man ntddenly took off his hat and, getting up from the stone, walked over to the bishop until they were near enough to touch each other. Tho man's hair was coal black, ex cept one spot on tho top of his head uliont as large as the palm of the hand, which was white. Tho minute tho bishop saw that he started Tho memory of I~> years ago began to stir in him Tho man helped him "Don't yon remember one day back in 'Bl or 'H'i a man camo to your house and told u story abont his wife and child having been burned to death in a tenement fire in New York?" "Yes: I begin to recall now, mnr mnred the bishop. The other man seemed to be interested. Ho ceased dig ging iiis stake in the ground and stood still, listening. "Do you remember how yon took mo into your own house that night and spent all the next day trying to find me a job and how, when you succeeded in getting mo a place in a warehouse as foreman, I promised to <|iiit drinking because you asked me to?" "I remember it now," tho bishop re plied gently. "I hope yon have kept your promise." The man laughed savagely. Then he struck his hand against the fence with such sndd'-n passion that he drew blood "Kept itl I was drunk inside of a week. I've been drinking ever sine", bnt I've never forgotten yon or your prayer. Do you remember, the morning after I came to your house and after breakfast, yon had prayers and asked 1110 to come in and sit with the rent? That got me. Bnt my mother used to pray. I can see her now kneeling down by my bed when I was a lad. Father came in one night drunk and kicked her while she was kneeling there by me, hut I never forgot that prayer of yours that morning You prayed for me just as mother used to. and you did not seem to take count of the fact that I was ragged and tongh looking and more than half drunk when I rung yonr doorbell. My <}od. what a life I've lived I The saloon has housed me and homed mo and made hell on earth for nie lint that prayer stuck to me all the time My prouii." not to drink was Lroi cn in a thousand pieces inside of two .Sunday*, and I lost the job yon found for me and landed in a police sta tion two days afterward, but 1 never forgot yon or your prayer I don't know what good it's done me. but 1 never forgot it. anil I won't do any harm to yon nor let any one else So you're free to go That's why The bishop did not stir Somewhere a chnrch clock struck 1 The man had put on his hat nn.l gone back to his seat on the stone The bishop was thinking hard "How long is it since yon had work?' he asked, and the man standing np answered for the other "More'n six months since either of ns did anything to tell of. unless yon count holding up work I call it pretty wearing kind of a job myself, especially when we put in a night like this one and don't make nothing.' "SupjKise I found good jobs for both of yon Would yon quit this and begin all over?' "What's the nse?' The man on the stone spoke sullenly "I've reformed a hundred times Every time Igo down deeper The devil's begun to foreclose on me already It's too late.' "No!" said the bishop, and never be fore the most entranced audience had he felt the desire for souls burn up in him so strongly All the time he sat there during the remarkable scene he prayed "O Lord Jesus, give me the souls of these two for thee I lam hnn gry for them' Give them to uiel' "No' the bishop repeated "What does God want of you two men 1 It doesn't so much matter what I want bnt he wants just what 1 do in this case You two men areof infinite value to him And then the bishop's won derfnj memory came to his aid in an appeal such as no one else on earth among men could make under such cir cumstances He had remembered the man s name in spite of tlie wonderfully busy years that lay between his coming to the house and the present moment "Burns. he said, and he yearned over the men with an unspeakable lon if ing for them both, "if yon and your friend here will go home with me to night I will find yon both places of honorable employment 1 will believe in von and trust you You are both comparatively young men Why should God lose yon? It is a great thing to win the love of the great Father It is a small thing that 1 should love yon but if you need to feel again that there is love in the world you will believe me when I say. my brothers, that I love you and in the name of him who was crucified for our sins F cannot bear to see you miss the glory of the human life Cornel Be men! Make another try for it. God helping yon No one but God and yon and myself need ever know anything of this tonight He has forgiven it Tho minute you ask him to yon will find that true Cornel We'll fight it out together, von two and I It's worth fighting for Everlasting life is. It was the siiuirr that Christ came to help I'll do what 1 can for you O God. give mo tho souls of these two men'' The bishop broke into a prayer to God that was a continuation of his np peal to the men His pent up feeling had no other outlet Before he had prayed many moments Burn.? was sit ting with his face buried in his hands, Bobbing Where were his mother's prayers now V They were adding to the power of tho bishop's. And tho other man. harder, less moved, without a previous knowledge of the bishop, leaned back against the fence, stolid at first, but as the prayer went on he was moved by it What force of the Holy Spirit swept over his dulled, brutal, coarsened life nothing but tho eternal records of the recording angel can ever disclose*, but that sa 1110 supernatural presence that smote Paul on the road to Damascus and poured through Henry Maxwell's chnrch the morning ho asked disciples to follow in Jesus' steps and had again broken irresistibly over the Nazareth Avenne congregation now manifested himself in this foul corner of the mighty city and over the natures of these two sinful, sunken men, apjmreiitly lost to all the pleadings of conscience and memory of God The bishop's prayer seemed to break open tho crust that had for years surrounded these two men and shut them off from divine conimunica tion. and they themselves were thor onghly startled by tho event The bishop ceased, and at first ho himself did not realise what had hap petied Neither did the two men Bums still sat with his head bowed between his hands The man leaning against the fence looked at the bishop with a face in which new emotions of awe, repent ance, astonishment and a broken gleam of joy struggled for expression Tho bishop rose, "Come, my brothers! God is good You sliull stay at the settlement tonight, and I will make good my promise as to the work The two men followed the bishop in silence. When they reached tho settle ment it was after 2 o'clock Tho bishop let them in and led them to a room. At the door he paused a moment His tall 00111 maud ing figure stood in the door way. and his palo face, worn with his recent experiences, was illuminated with the divine glory "God bless yon, my brothers!' he said. and. leaving them his benediction he went away In tho morning ho almost dreaded to face the men, but tlie impression of the night had not worn away True to his promise, the bishop secured work for them The janitor at the settlement needed an assistant, owing to the growth of the work there. Ho Burns was given the place The bishop succeeded in get ting bis companion a position as driver for a firm of warehouse dray manufac turers not fur from the settlement. Anil tho Holy Spirit, struggling in these two darkened, sinful men, began his marvelous work of regeneration. It was the afternoon following that morning when Burns was installed In his new position as assistant janitor that lie WSH cleaning off the front steps of the settlement when he paused a Moment and stood up to l(/ok atiout him The lii t thing In 1 noticed was a beer sign just across the alley lie could al most touch it with his broom from where lie stood Over the street iuinio liately opposite were two largo saloons, and a little farther down were three more. Suddenly the door of the nearest sa loon <>| re d. and a man came ont At the Halite timo two nmro went In. A gti''iir.c odor of beer floated up to Burns as he stoiiil on the steps of the settle mint lie clutched his broom handle tight and liegnn to sweep again He had one foot on the porch and another on tl; -t< ;> jn t bolmv Het 'k another ilown. -till Tlie sweat out <.ll his forehead, ulthonich the <li!\ whs frosty and the air chill The s;;i >on door oj t: ~d an 1 three or four men came out A child went in with a pail and came ont a moment later with a qnart of beer The child went by on the sidewalk jnst below him and the odor of the beer came np to him He took another step down, still sweeping desperately Flis fingers were pnrple as be clutched the handle of the broom Then snddenly he pulled himself np one step and swept over the spot he had jnst cleaned. He then dragged himself by a tremendous effort back to the floor of the porch and went over into the cor ner of it farthest from the saloon and began to sweep thero "O God." he cried, "if the bishop wonld only come back!' The bishop had gone ont with Dr Brace somewhere, and there was no one abont the settlement that he knew He swept in the corner for two or three minutes His face was drawn with the agony of the conflict Gradn- ally he edged out again toward the steps and began to go down them He looked toward the sidewalk and saw that ho had left one step nnswept The sight seemed to give him a reasonable excuse for going down there to tinish his sweep ing He was on the sidewalk now. sweeping the last step, with his face toward the settlement and his back i turned partly on the saloon across the alley He swept the step a dozen times ■ The sweat rolled over his facte and drop l ped down at his feet By degrees he felt ■ that he was drawn over toward that I end of the step nearest the saloon He , could smell the beer and rum now as the fumes uwe around him It was like the infernal sulphur of the lowest hell, | and yet it dragged him. as by a giant's ; hand, nearer its source He was down in the middlo of the | sidewalk now, still sweeping He clear ed the space in front of tho settlement and even went out into the gutter and swept that He took off his hat and rub bed his sleeve over his face. His lips were palid. and his teeth chattered. He trembled all over lilco a palsied man and staggered back and forth, as if he were already drank. His soul shook within him He had crossed over the littlo pieco of stone flagging that measured tho width of the alley, and now he stood in front of the saloon, looking at the sign and staring into the window at the pile of whisky and beer bottles arranged in a great pyramid inside. Ho moistened his lips with his tongue and took a step forward, looking around him stealthily The door suddenly opened again, and some one came out. Again tho hot, penetrating smell of tho liquor swept out into the cold air, and he took an other step toward the saloon door which had slint behind the customer As he laid his fingers on tho door handle a tall figure came around tho corner It was the bishop He seized Burns by the arm and drag ged him back upon the sidewalk. The frenzied man. now mad for drink, shrieked out a curse and struck at tho bishop savagely. It is doubtful if he really knew at first who was snatching him away from his ruin The blow fell upon the bishop's face and cut a gash in his cheek He neTor uttered a word, but over his face a look of majestic sorrow swept He picked Burns up as if he had been a child and actually carried him up tho steps into tho settlement. Ho placed iiiin down in the hall and then shut the door and put his back against it. Burns fell on his knees, sobbing and praying Tho bishop stood there, pant ing with his exertion, although Burns was a slight built man and had not been a great weight for ono of the bishop's strength to carry The bishop was moved with unspeakable pity "Pray, Burns—pray as you never prayed bcforol Nothing elso will save you!" "0 God I Pray with niol Ravo me I Oh. save me from my helll" cried Burns, and tho bishop kneeled by him in the hall and prayed as only ho could. After that they aroso, and Burns went into his room, no came out of it that evening like a humble child, and the bishop went his way, olde/ from that experience, bearing on his body ' tho marks of tho Lord Jesua Truly he was learning something of what it means to walk in his steps. But the saloon I It stood there, and all the others lined tho street liko so many traps set for Burns. How long would the man be able to resist tho smell of the damnable stuff ? The bishop was out on the porch The air of the whole city seemed to bo impregnated with the odor of beer. "How long, O God, how long?" the bishop prayed. Dr. Bruce came out, aud the two friends talked over Burns and his temp tation "Did you ever make any inquiries about the ownership of this property adjoining ÜBT'' tho bishop asked "No; I haven't taken time for It. i will now if yon think it would be wortl while. But what can wo do, Edward, against the saloon in this great city? It is as firmly established as the churehei :>r politics What power can over re move it?" "God will do it in time, as ho re moved slavery," replied the bishoj gravely "Meanwhile I think we have a right to know who controls this saloor so near tho settlement. " "I'll find out," said Dr. Bruce. Two days later ho walked into tin business office of ono of tho members of Nazareth Avenue church and asked U see him a few moments. He was cor dially received by his old parishioner, who welcomed him into liis room ami urged him to tako all the time In wanted. "I called to POO yon about that prop erty next to tho settlement, where the bishop and myself now are, you know I am going to sneak plainly, because life is too short and too serious for uf both to have any foolish hesitation about this matter. Clayton, do voti think it is right to rent that property for a saloon 1" Dr. Bruco's question was as direct and uncompromising as ho had meant it to bo Tho effect of it on his old pa rishioner was instantaneous Tho hot blood mounted to tho face ot tho man who sat there, a picture of business activity in a great city. Then ho grew pale, dropped his head on hif hands, and when ho raised It again Dr Bruce was amazed to see a tear roll over his parishioner's face. "Doctor, did you know that 1 took th»« pledge that morning with tho oth ers?" • "Yes, I remember." "lint you never knew how 1 have been tormented over my failnro to keej it in this instance. That saloon prop erty has been the temptation of tin devil to mo It is the best paying in vestment at present that I have, and yet it was only a minute before yon came in here that I was in an agony ot remorse to think how 1 was letting a little earthly gain tempt nio into denial of the very Christ I had promised ti follow I know well enough that h«" would nevi i rent property for such a purpi • Tle re is no need, dear doctor for you to ay a word more Clayton held out In . li'ind. and l)r Bruce gra*.p< el it and shook it hard After a little he went away bnt it was n Ion? time aft erward that ho learned all the truth abont the struggle that Clayton had known It was only a p.-jrt of the his tory that Motived to Nazareth Avenne church since that memorable morning when the Holy Spirit sanctioned the Ohri~tlik<' pledge Not even the bishop and Dr Bruce, moving as they now did in the very preseuco itself of divine im pulses, knew yet that over the whole sinful city the Spirit was brooding with mighty eagerness, waiting for the dis ciples to arise to the call of sacrifice and suffering, touching hearts long dull and cold, making business men and money makers uneasy in their absorption by the one great struggle for more wealth and stirring through the church as never in all the city's history the church had l>een moved. The bishop and Dr Bruce had already seen some wonderful things in their brief life at the settle ment They were to see far greater soon, more astonishing revelations of the Divine power than they had sup posed {Kttssible in this ago of the world Within a month tho saloon next the settlement was closed. The saloon keep er's lease had expired, and Clayton not only closed the property to the whisky me-i. but offered the use of the building to the bishop and Dr. Bruce for the set tlement work, which had now grown so large that tho building was not suffi cient for the different industries that were planned One of tho most iinpor tant of these was the pure food depart ment suggested by Felicia It was not a month after Clayton turned the saloon property over to the settlement that Felicia found herself installed in the very room where souls had been lost as head of a department not only of cook ing. bnt of a courso of housekeeping for girls who wished to go out to service She was now a resident of the settle ment and found a home with Mrs Bruce and the other young women from the city who were residents. Martha, tho violinist, remained at the place where the bishop had first discovered tho two girls and camo over to tho set tlement certain evenings to give lessons in music "Felicia, tell us your plan in fnll now.' said the bishop one evening when, in a raro interval of rest from the great pressure of work, he, with Dr Bruce and Felicia, had come in from the other building. 1 have long thought of the hired girl problem," said Felicia, with an air of wisdom that made Mrs. Bruce smile as she looked at the enthusiastic, vital beauty of this young girl, trans formed into a new creature by the promise she had made to livo the Christ like life, "and I have reached certain conclusions in regard to it that you nien are not yet able to fathom, but Mrs. Bruce here will understand me." "We acknowledge our infancy, Fe licia (TO on." said the bishop humbly "Then this is what I propose to do The old saloon building is largo enongh to arrange into a suit of rooms that will represent an ordinary house. My plan is to luive it so arranged and then teach housekeeping and cooking to girls who will afterward go out to service The course will bo six months long. In that time I will teach plain cooking, neatness, quickness and a lovo of good work.'' "Hold on. Felicia!" tho bishop inter rnpted. "This is not an ago of mire cles. "Then I will make it one," replied Felicia. "I know this seems like an im possibility. but I want to try it. I know a score of girls already wBo will take tho course, and if we can once establish nomethi; like an esprit decorps among tho girls themselves I am sure it will bo of great value to them. I know al ready that tho pure food is working a revolution in many families." "Felicia, if you can accomplish half of what you propose to do, it will bless this whole community," said Mrs. Bruce. "I don't see how yon can do it, but I say 'God bless youl' as you try." "So say wo alii" cried Dr. Bruce and the bishop, and Felicia plunged into tho working out of her plan witli tho en thusiasm of her disciplesliip, which ev ery day grew moro and more practical and serviceable. It must lie said here that Felicia's plan succeeded beyond nil expectations. She developed wonderful powers of per suasion ind taught her girls with aston ishing rapidity to do nil sorts of house work In time the graduates of Felicia's cooking school raine to bo prized by housekeepers all over tho city. But that is anticipating onr story. Tho history of the settlement lias never yet been written. When it is, Felicia's part will be found of very great importance. The depth of winter found Chicago presenting, as every great city of tho world presents, to tho eyes of Christen dom thnt marked contrast between riches and poverty, between culture, refinement, lnxnry, easo and ignorance, depravity, destitution and tho bitter struggle for bread. It was a hard win ter. lmt a gny winter. Never had there been sncli a succession of parties, recep tions, balls, dinners, banquets, fetes, Mvyeties; never had tho oj>ern and tho theater been so crowded with fashion able andiences; never had there been (inch a lavish display of jewels and line dresses and equipages, and, on the oth er hand, never had tho deep want and suffering been so cruel, so sharp, so rnurderotis; never had tho winds blown no chilling over tho lako and throngh tho thin shells of tenements in the neighborhood of tho settlement; never had tho pressure for food and fuel and clothes been so urgently thrnst np against tho peoplo of tho city in their most importunate and ghastly form. Ni«ht after night tho bishop and Dr Brnce. with their helpers, wont out and helped to save men and women and children from tho torturo of physical privation Vast quantities of food and clothing and large sums of money wero donated by tho churches, tho charitable societies, tho civic authorities and the benevolent associations, but tho personal touch of the Christian disciple was very hard to secure for personal work. Where was the disciples hip that was obeying the Master's command to go it self to tho suffering andgivo itself with its gift, in order to mako the gift of value in timo to coino? Tho bishop found his heart sink within him as ho faced this fact more than any other. Men would givo money who would not think of giving themselves, and tho money they gave did not represent any real sacrifice because they did not miss it They gave what was tho easiest to give, what hurt them the least Where did (lie sacrifice come in? Was this fol lowing Jesus? Was this going with him all the way? He had been to many members of his own wealthy and uris tocrafic congregation and was nppalled to find bow few men and women of that luMirioiii class in tho churches would reallj suffer any genuine inconvenience for the 'ike of suffering humanity In charity the giving of wornout gar ment*? is it it ten dollar bill given to a paid visitor or secretary of some bo nevolent organisation in the chnrchT Hhall the niau never go ami give his gilt himself? Shall the woman never deny lurielf her reception or her party >r li«-r musical ami go ami actnally ton< h the foul, sinful Hore of diseased hit in tiiity as it fester* in the great inr trojHilisT Shall charity IHI conveniently iiml easily done through sonww.n/i.»it»o tion ? Is it possible to organize the af fections so that love shall work dis agreeable things by proxy? All this the bishop asked as he plonged deeper into the sin and sorrow Of that bitter winter He was bearing his ere * with joy. but he burned and fought within over the shifting of personal love by the inanvnpon the hearts of the few And still, silently, powerfully, re sistles-ly. the llolv Spirit was moving through the church upon even the aris tocratic. wealthy, easo loving members, who shunned the terrors of the social problem as they would shnn a con tagious disease This fact was impressed upon the bishop and the settlement workers in a startling way one morning. Perhaps no one incident that winter shows more plainly how much of a momentum had already grown out of the movement of Nazareth Avenue chnrch andtho action of Dr Bruce and the bishop that fol lowed the pledge to do as Jesns would da The breakfast hour at the settlement was the one hour in the day when the Thole resident family found a little breathing space to fellowship together It was an hour of relaxation There was a great deal of good natured re partee and much real wit and enjoyable fun at this hour The bishop told his best stories Dr. Brtfce was at his beet in anecdote This company of disciploa was healthily humorous in spite of the atmosphere of sorrow that constantly surrounded them. In fact, the bishop often said that tho faculty of humor was as God given, as any other, and in his own case it was tho only safety valvo he had for tho tremendous press ure put upon him This particular morning the bishop t.-as reading extracts from a morning paper for the benefit of the others.* Sud denly he paused, and his face instantly grew stern and sad. The rest looked np, and a hush fell over the tabla "Shot and killed while taking a lamp of coal from a car His family was freezing, and ho had had no work for six months His eix children and a wife all (lacked into a cabin with three rooms on the west side. One child wrap ped in rags in a closet" These were headlines that the bishop read slowly He then went on and read the detailed account of the shooting and the visit of the reporter to the tenement where the family lived. He finished, and there was silence around tho table. The humor of the hour was swept out of existence by this bit of human tragedy. The great city roared about the settlement. The awful current of human life was flowing in a great stream past the settlement house, and those who had work were hurrying to it in a vast throng, but thousands were going down in the midst of that current, clutching at last hopes, dying, literally in a land of plenty, because the boon of physical toil was denied them. Thero were various comments on the part of the residents. Ono of tho new comers, a young man preparing for the ministry, said: "Why didn't the man apply to one of tho charity organiza tions for help or to tho city T It certain ly is not true that, even at its worst, this city full of Christian people would knowingly allow any one to go without food or fuel." "No; I don't believe that it would,' replied I)r. Bruce. "But we don't know tho history of that man's case. Ho may have asked for help so often before that finally, in a moment of desperation, ho determined to help himself. I have known such cases this winter." "That is not tho terriblo fact In this case," said tho bishop. "The awful thing about It is tho fact that tho man had not had any work for six months." "Why don't such people go out into tho country?" asked the divinity stu dent. Some one at tho tablo who had made a special study of tho opportunities for work in tho country answered tho ques tion. According to tho investigator, tho places that were possiblo for work in tho country were exceedingly few for steady employment, and in almost ev ery case they were offered only to men without families. Suppose a man's wife and children were ill. How could he movo or get into tho country? How conld ho pay even tho meager sum nec essary to movo his few goods? There wero a thousand reasons probably why this particular man did not go else where. "Meanwhile tliero are tho wife and children," said Mrs. Bruce. "How aw ful I Where is tho place, did you say?' The bishop took np tho papor. "Why, it's only three blocks from here. This is tho Penroso district. I bo lievo Penrose himself owns half of tho houses in that block They aro among the worst houses in this part of the city, and Penrose is a church member." "Yes; lie belongs to tho Nazaroth Av enuo church," replied Dr. Bruce in a low voice. The bishop roso from tho tablo tho very figure of diylno wrath. Ho had opened his lips to say what seldom came from him in tho way of denuncia tion when tho bell rang nnd ono of tho residents went to tho door. "Tell Dr. Bruce and tho bishop I want to see them. Penroso in tho namo —Clarence Penrose. Dr. Braco knows mo." The family at tho breakfast tablo heard every word. Tho bishop exchanged a significant look with Dr. Bruce, and the two men instantly left tho tablo and went ont into tho halL "Como in here, Penrose," said Dr. Bruce, and ho and the bishop ushered tho visitor into tho reception room. They closed tho door and wero alono. Clarence Penroso was ono of tho most elegant looking men In Chicago. Ho camo from an aristocratic family of great wealth and social distinction. 110 was exceedingly wealthy and had largo projMTty holdings in different parts of the city. He had been a member of Dr Brnce's church all his life. This man faced tho bishop and his former pastor with a look of agitation on his countenance that showed plainly tho mark of como unusual experience. He was very pale, and his lip trembled as ho spoke. When had Clarence Pen rose ever before yielded to such a strango emotion of feeling? "This affair of tho shooting—you un derstand. YoU have read it. Tho family I lived in one of my houses. It is a terri ble event But that is not tho primary cause of my visit. " He stammered and looked anxiously into the faces of th» other two men. Tho bishop etill looked stern Ho could not help feeling that this elegant man of Icisnro could havo done a great deal to alleviate tho hor rors in his tenements, powsibly havo pre vented this tragedy, if ho had sacrificed some of his personal ease and luxury to hotter the condition of the people in his district. [TO lir. CONTINUED.J To He Drmdrd. She I trust. Jack, our marriage will ■lot be against your father's will. Jnek I'm sure, I hope not. It would be mighty hard for 11s If lie should change It. Brooklyn Life. llclMccn Mil nn«l l*n. When a child snys a particularly bright thing. Its mother looks at Its fa ther as much as to say, "See how much you owe tny family!"—Atchlw# Glob* NoR
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