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. ||
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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.
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UN HIS STEPS, i
"What ttloitia i j i:
•K 3?5U9 Go ?" *• S
H . ;•
i \ »>' Charles M. Sheldon. £ I ;
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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*
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