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Count dl Roslnl, the Italian amhaa
sador, In at dinner with dlplomuta In
thn nutlunul capital when a meiweng-er
tirlnK a note directing him to come 10
thn embassy at once. Hera a beautiful
young woman aake that aha he given
a ticket to the i-iiitmaay hall. The tick
et la made out In the name of Mix Is
abel Thome. Chief ('iiiiiphell of the
ecret eervloe, anil Mr. (Irlinm, hi head
detective, uru warned that a plot of the
Ijiiln race HKiilimt the KukIIhIi apeak
IriK race la brewing In WanhliiKton,
anJ Orlmrn goes to the atate hull for
liii'iiiiiatton. In a conservatory his at
tention Ih called to Mlna Isabel Thorna,
who with her companion, aoon disap
pear. A revolver allot la heard ami
I'umphell and Orlmrn liaiten down the
hall to And thnt Senor Alvnrei of the
Mexican legation, haa been allot. A wo
man did It, anil Grimm la assured It waa
Miss Thorne. He viMlta her, demanding
Knowledge of the affair, and there urn la
a man numed I'leiro Ivirozlnnl. Mix
'I'horne vIhIim an old man, l.ulgl, appar
.ently a bomb maker, and they apeak of
a wonderful experiment.
CHAPTER VIII. (Continued.)
Simultaneously the front door of the
house on the corner, where Hastings
bad been biding, and the front door
of the house near the corner, where
Illalr had been hiding, opened and two
heads peered out Aa the car approach
ed Hastings' hiding-place he withdrew
Into the hallway; but Illalr came out
and hurried past the legation In the
direction of the rapidly disappearing
niotor. Hastings Joined him; they
spoke together, then turned the cor
ner. It was about ten o'clock that night
when Hastings reported to Mr. Camp
bell at bis borne.
"We followed the car In a rented
automobile from the time It turned
the corner, out through Alexandria,
and along the old Paltlmore Road Into
the city of Baltimore," he explained.
"It was dark by the time we reached
Alexandria, but we stuck to the car
ahead, running without lights until
we came in sight of Druid Hill Park,
and then we had to show lights or be
beld up. We covered those, forty
miles going In less than two hours.
"After the car passed Druid Hill It
slowed up a little, and ran off the
turnpike into North Avenue, then Into
North Charles Street, and slowly
along that as If they were looking for
a number. At last It stopped and
Miss Thorne got out and entered a
house. She was gone for more than
half an hour, leaving Mr. Cadwnllader
with the car. While she was gone I
made some Inquiries and learned that
the house was occupied by a Mr.
Thomas Q. Griswold. I don't know
anything else about him; Illalr may
have learned something.
"Now comes the curious part of It,"
and Hastings looked a little sheepish.
"When Miss Thorne came out of the
house she was not Miss Thorne at all
she was Senorlta Inez Rodriguez,
daughter of the Venezuelan minister.
She wore the same clothing Miss
The-rne had worn going, but her veil
was lifted. Veiled and all muffled tip
one would have taken oath It was the
name woman. She and Cadwallnder
are back In Washington now, or are
coming. That's ail, except Blair Is
still In Baltimore, awaiting orders. I
raught the train from the Charles
Street station and came buck. John
son, you know "
"Yes, I've seen Johnson," Inter
rupted Campbell. "Are you absolutely
positive that the woman you saw get
Into the automobile with Mr. Cadwal
lader was Miss Thorne?"
"Absolutely," replied Hastings with
out hesitation. "I saw her in her own
room with her wraps on, then saw her
come down and get Into the car."
"That's all," said the chief. "Cood
night." Kor an hour or more he sat In a
great, comfortable chair In the smok
ing room of his own home, the guile
less blue eyes vacant, staring, and
pldery lines In the benevolent fore
Iiead. On the morning of the second day
following, Senor Rodriguez, the min
ister from Venezuela, reported to the
Secret Service Bureau the disappear
ance of fifty-thousand dollars In gold
from a safe In his private office at the
legation.
CHAPTER IX.
Fifty Thousand Dollar.
Mr. Campbell was talking.
"for several months past," he said,
the International Investment Com
pany, through Its representative Mr.
creasy, has been secretly negotiating
Uh Senor Rodriguez for certain as
phalt properties in Venezuela. Three
onys .ago these negotiations were sue
rexsfully concluded, and yesterday aft
ernoon Mr. Cressy, n secret, paid to
, nor Rodriguez, fifty thousand dol
mrs In American gold, the first of
ir payments of similar sums. This
Ktd was to have been Bhipped to Phil
""lelphta by express to-day to catch a
steamer for Venezuela." '
Mr. Grimm nodded.
e 'The fact that this gold was In
emr Rodlguez's possession could not
''ave been .known to more than halt
"dozen persons, as the negotiations
"rouRhout have been In strict so
py. and Mr. Campbell smiled be
nignly. "So much! Now, Senor Rod
, Kiicz h"9 Just telephoned asking that
' Bend a man to the legation at once.
' 8 g10ld was kept there over night
1... ps 1 Bhom Bay hat the Benor
'"tended to keep It there over night."
. Campbell stared at Mr. Grimm for
moment, then: "Miss Thorne, you
Is wh t gue8t at ,h9 leStlon. that
yo- m reforrln 'he mutter to
7 ""aerstand," said Mr. Grimm.
And ten minutes later Mr. Grimm
Presented himself to Senor Rodriguez,
sonor," he inquired placidly, "fifty
tlenTnd dllar8 g0ld WOUld Wel8"
,t?a."y two hundred pounds,s wouldn't
btank"" ROdrl,5Ue, B,ared
at him
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"SI, Senor," he agreed absently. And
then, In English: "Yes, I should Im
agine so."
"Well, was ail of It stolen, or only
a part of It?" Mr. Orlmrn went on.
The minister gazed into the listless
eyes for a time, then, apparently be
wildered, walked forth and back
across the room again. Finally bo sat
down.
"All of It," he admitted. "I can't un
derstand It. No one, not a soul In this
hohse. except myself, knew It was
here."
"In addition to this weight of, say
two hundred pounds, fifty thousund
dollars would make considerable
bulk," mused Mr. Grimm. "Very well!
Therefore It would appear that the
person, or persons, who got It nuiBt
have gone away from here heavily
laden ?"
Senor Rodriguez nodded.
"And now, Senor," Mr. Grimm con
tinued, "If you will kindly state (he
circumstances Immediately preceding
and following the theft?"
A slight frown which had been
growing upon the smooth brow of the
diplomatist was Instantly dissipated.
"The money fifty thousand dollars
In gold coin was paid to me yester
day afternoon about four o'clock," be
began slowly, In explanation.
"lly Mr. Cressy of the International
Investment Company," supplemented
Mr. Grimm. "Yes. Go on."
The diplomatist favored the young
man with one ahnrpt inquiring glance,
and continued:
"The gentleman who paid the money
remained here from four until nine
o'clock while I, personally, counted It.
"No One, Not a Soul In This House,
As I counted It I placed It In canvas
bags and when he had gone, I took
these bags from this room Into, that,"
he Indicated a closed door to his right,
"and personally stowed them away In
the safe. I closed and locked the
door of the safe myself; I know thnt
It was locked. And that's all, except
this morning the money was gone."
"Safe blown?" Inquired Mr. Grimm.
"No, Senor!" exclaimed the diplo
matist with sudden violence. "No, the
safe was not blown! It was closed
and locked, exactly as I had left It!"
Mr. Grimm was Idly twisting the seal
ring on bis little finger.
"Just as I left It!" Senor Rodriguez
repeated excitedly. "Last night after
I locked the safo door I tried It to
make certain that It was locked. I
happened to notice then that the
pointer on the dial had stopped pre
cisely at number forty-five. This
morning, when I unlocked the safe
and, of course, I didn't know then that
the money had been taken the point
er was still at number forty-five."
He paused with one hand in the air;
Mr. Grimm continued to twist the seal
ring.
"It was all like like some trick on
the stage," the minister went on,
"like the magician's disappearing lady,
or or ! It was as though I had not
put the money into the safe at all!"
"Did you?" Inquired Mr. Grimm ami
ably. "Did I?" blazed Sonor Rodriguez.
"Why, Sonor! I did!" he concluded
meekly.
Mr. Grimm believed him.
"Who else knows the combination
of the safe?" be queried.
"No one, Senor not a living soul."
"Your secretary, for Instance?"
"Not even my secretary."
"Some- servant aome member ol
your family?"
"1 tell you, Senor, not one person
In all the world knew that combina
tion except myself," Sonor Rodriguez
Insisted.
"Your secretary a servant some
member of your family might have
seen you unlock the safe some time,
and thus learnod the combination?"
Senor Rodriguez did not quite know
whether to be annoyed at Mr. Grimm's
persistence, or to admire the tenacity
with which he held to Ihls one ro'nt.
"You must understand, S -nor
Grimm, that many s!hc durum Mits
are kept In the safe," h't sa d Anally
"therefore It Is not ndvlsablf. that any
one should know the combination. I
have made It an absolute rule, as did
my predecessors here, 'jever to un
lock the Bafe In tbo presence of an
other person."
"State documents!" Mr. Grimm's
Hps silently repeated the words. Then
aloud: "Perhaps there's a record of
the combination somewhere? If V'u
had died suddenly, for Instance, how
would tho safe have been opened?"
"There would have been only one
way, Senor blow It 6pen. There Is
no record."
"Well, if we accept all that as true,"
observed Mr. Grimm musingly, "It
would seem that you either didn't put
the money Into the safe at all, or
please sit down, there's nothing per
sonal In this or else the money was
taken out of the safe without It being
unlocked. This last would have been
n miracle, and this Is not the day of
miracles, therefore !"
Mr. Grimm's well modulated voire
trailed off into silence. Senor Rodri
guez came to his feet with a blaze of
anger in his eyes; Mr. Grimm was
watching htm curiously.
"I understand, Senor," said the min
ister deliberately, "that you believe
that I!"
"I believe that you have told the
truth," Interrupted Mr. Grimm placid
ly, "that is the truth so far as you
know It. Hut you have stated one
thing In error. Somebody besides your
self does know the combination.
Senor Rodriguez drew a deep breath
of relief. The Implied accusation had
been withdrawn as pleasantly and
frankly as It had been put forward.
"I ran across a chap In New York
once, for Instance," Mr. Grimm took
the trouble to explain, "who could un
lock any safe that Is, any safe of the
kind used at that time twelve or
fourteen years ago. So you see. I
doubt If he would be so successful
with the new models, wllh all their
Improvements, but then! You know
he would have made an Ideal burglar,
that chnp. Now, Senor, who lives here
In the legation with you?"
"My secretary, Senor Diaz, my
daughter Inez, and Just at the mo-
Except Myself, Knew It Was Here."
ment, a Miss Thorne Miss Isabel
Thorne," the senor Informed him.
"Also four servants two men and two
women." '
"I've bad the pleasure of meeting
your daughter and Mks Thorne," Mr.
Grimm informed him. "Now, suppose
we taTTe a look at the safe?"
"Certainly."
Senor Rodriguez started toward the
closed door Just as there came a tim
id knock from the hall. He glanced
at Mr. Grimm, who nodded, then he
called:
"Come In!"
The door opened, nnd Miss Thorne
entered. She was clad In some filmy,
gossamer-like morning gown with her
radiant hnlr caught upon her white
neck. At sight of Mr. Grimm the blue
gray eyes opened as If In surprise,
and she paused Irresolutely.
"I beg your pardon, Senor," she
said, addressing the diplomatist. "I
did not know you were engaged. And
Mr. Grimm!" She extended a slim,
white hnnd, and the young man bowed
low over It. "We are old friends," she
explained, smilingly, to the minister.
Then: "I think I must have dropped
my handkerchief when I was In here
yesterduy with Inez. Perhaps you
found It?"
"SI, Senorlta," replied Senor Rod
riguez gallantly. "It Is on my desk
In here. Just, a moment."
He opened the door and passed Into
the adjoining room. Mr. Grimm's
eyes met those of Miss Isabel Thorne,
and there was no llstlessness In them
now, only interest. She smiled at him
tauntingly and lowered her lids. Senor
Rodriguez' appeared from the other
room with thn handWchlof.
"Mil graclas, Senor," she thanked
blm.
"No hay de que, Senorlta," he re
turned, as he opened the door for her.
"Monsieur Grimm, au revoir!" She
dropped a little curtsey, and still smil
ing, went out
"She Is charming, Senor," the diplo
matist assured him enthusiastically,
albeit Irrelevantly. "Such vivacity,
such personality, such such she Is
charming."
"The safo, please," Mr. Grimm re
minded blm.
'TO BB CONTINUED.)
I Types of the
Christian Life
1 By Dr. Hu8h T.Kerr, Chicago
Li
TKXT Jeeua loved Mnrtha and her ale
ter and Lusarus. John 11:6.
Jesus loved Martha an. I her sister
and Lazarus. Jesus loved them all.
Yet he loved each of them. Martha
tnd Mary and Lazarus. Each of them
nas a place In his heart. Yet they are
10 different. Jesus does not ask for
monotony, but variety in his kingdom.
The kingdom of grace is like the king
dom of nature. No two varieties are
alike. In my Father'! house are many
mansions. One family, but many mem
tiers. Ono home, but many hearts.
That was the revelation of God's
character In the Old Testument. He
tvas the son of Abraham, of Isaac, of
Jacob. How different they were.
Abraham the faithful, the consecra
ted, the pathfinder. Isaac the lacka
daisical, the Indifferent, the father of
an Illustrious son, the son of an Illus
trious fattier. Jacob the Jew crafty
a it it cunning, yet tenderhearted and
visionary, and God was the father of
each anil yet loved them all.
Tile fault with us Is we want rell
lou to level human nature at a dead
uniformity, and we think Christians
should all bo conformed to our type,
forgetting thot Christ Is the universal
type so universal that we may all be
unike each other and yet all be like
him. It is the fault that belongs to
our education. We grind all our chil
dren through the same mill. Black
and white, delicate and robust, bril
liant anil dunderhead, they must all
inbuilt to tho same ;,cllMhlng process.
It Is the fault of our church system,
also. We want to level down the whole
congregation to our own miserable
level. We think Christ has conceived
In us the true conception of the saint.
There Is the Sunday school type and
the Christian Endeavor type and the
prayer meeting type. There 'Is the el
der type and the trustee type. The V.
C. T. U. typo and the Y. M. C. A. type.
The temperance type and the mission
ary type. There Is the Presbyterian
and the Methodist and the Baptist
type. The Mary and the Martha and
the Lazarus type. But the love of
God is broader than the measure of
man's mind, nnd all may be Included
In his all embracing love.
Let us remember that Jesus loved
Mary and Martha and Lazarus. Mary
the passive, Martha the active, and
I.Mzarus the pntlent. Mary satisfied
to be. Martha to do. Lazarus to
do without. Mary the waiter. Martha
the worker. Lazarus the watcher.
Mary content to sit. Martha content
to serve. Lazarus content to suffer.
And Jesus loved each and he loved all.
Jesus loved Martha. That Is what
the record says. The active, busy serv
ing Christian Martha. She Is In thn
majority today an I Is greatly In de
mand. Sometimes she is apt to think
she Is the only one whom the Lord
loves. She has much Scripture to
quote In favor of her disposition and
Khe ha the aufliorlty of great men
who favor the strenuous life. What
doth the Lord require of thee but
to do Justly and to love mercy. Pure
reli;lon and mulcHlcd before God and
the Father Is this- to visit the father
less and widows In their affliction. "Be
ye doers of the wcrd and not benrers
only."
Martha Is everywhere respected
and honored today because she does
things. She Is the Sunday school, tho
prayer meeting, the church services,
Hie missionary society, the ludles' aid.
Khe is cooking, praying, sewing, visit
ing, collecting for the kingdom of God,
until when nlcjit comes she falls
asleep too tired to say her prayers.
And Jesus loved Martha. And we
must love her too. A religion that
finds Its Joy in service and In conse
crated activity. Is apt to be a moral
power. A religion that finds. God
nearer In moments of sentiment or
musical ecstasy, Instead of In mo
ments of moral endeavor. Is extreme
ly dangerous. Jesus loved Martha.
lesiis loved Mary. Mary the quiet,
retiring sister who sat at his feet.
Mary's claim to recognition came from
being willing to wait upon his words.
She Is like the beautiful picture
through which you look Into the great
far beyond. She is like whispering
music singing comfort Into troubled
hearts.
' In a world of sin and turmoil Mary
sat In the confidence of a beautiful
trust. She was like another beauti
ful girl upon whose tombstone her
fiivnds carved the words: "It was
easier to be good when she was with
us." That was Mary's tribute. "What
Interests the world In Mr. Gladstone,"
writes John Morley, "Is even more
what he was than what he did." What
Interests the world In Jesus Is not sa
much his beautiful teaching as hit
more benutlful life.
It was a hard lesson for Elijah to
learn. He was the child of the Btorm
and the tempest. He lived in reforma
tions and revolutions. "Behold, the
Lord passed by, and a great and
strong wind rent the mountains and
brake in pieces the rocks before Je
hovah." My dear friends, let us not take
away from the boundless power the
love of God. He loved Mary and
Martha and Lazarus. All with their
differences. And they all loved him.
Mury sits nt bis feet. Martha hur
ries to supply bis wants. And Lazarus
Is content to glorify blm with his
radiant resurrection glory. With all
our differences and misunderstand
ings ind selllshness we love him and
each In turn is loved by him.
The Supreme Message.
Christ shall be first or not at all.
In the lives of men let us le nobler,
try to be better and truer to ourselves
and give our testimony whenever the
opportune time comes. Rev. C. K.
Carpenter, Mnthodlat Episcopal, Gales
burg, 111.
Anything that can be studied at all
can be studied scientifically, and there
Is no reason for trying to take It up in
any other way. The moral conduct
of men and the Ideal Inspiring It
I. e.: religion should be taken up In
(bis way.
TOTAL ABSTINENCE IS BEST
Experienced Physicians Confess Ita
Value Is Infinitesimal in Com
v parlson to Treachery,
Drink Is dangerous. Nearly all the
men and women who have been ruin
ed by It were confident tbey could
control themselves. It is unwhole
some. Granting It may be useful un
der certain circumstances, yet In prac
tice It does harm, and that continually.
Tho most experienced physicians will
confess that even in their bands Its
food value Is infinitesimal In compari
son to its treachery, and that Its drug
value Is always matter of experiment
and risk, writes John G. Woolley In the
New Voice. Personally, I do not
think It proven always to be useless
for nutrition or injurious for medicine,
but if I am not mistaken, the statis
tics of drunkenness will show that
doctors, of all educated men. are Its
Biobt numerous vtetlms.
It may be said this proves too much
!nce many things that everybody does
are more or less unhealthy, and that
the case would be as good against
meat eating, lute suppers, coffee, run
ning to trains, etc. But It Is certain
ly not too much to stand up for the
sacredness of life and Its Inseparable
postludu, the Invlolableness of sound,
sane nnd abounding health. So far
from fearing to admit these other
things upon an equal footing Into the
contention I welcome them and all
their kind, and make my whole claim
In the premises upon this: That every
Christian ought to remember his own
body, to keep It holy that, once It be
shown that flesh-entlng Is a peril or an
injury In any cast!, there ought to be
an end of It In that case; that late
suppers ought to be cut out even upon
suspicion; that the old peoplo ought
never to run to catch a train, and that
coffee ought to be put In the dock
with alcohol, If as strongly a case be
made against It. I only hold as relat
ing to beverages and popular-remedy
alcohol that, with all the evidence In
on both sides, and giving It the bene
fit of every reasonable doubt. It ought
to be outlawed In individual life, and
home and church and state, In the sa
cred name of health.
From the standpoint of the highest,
finest morality the case Is yet more
easily made out. Of all the forms of
selfishness, moderate drinking Is the
most widely and Inexornbly hurtful.
The faculty of Imitation Is the largest
organ In the human brain, and through
it the drinking habit does Its deadliest
liuvnc with the boys and girls. As a
rule, the first taste and tho first ef
fects of Intoxicants are the reverse of
pleasant to tbo tyro, but the mimic
devil turns the first check of the de
stroyer Into victory by even Inducing
the young Imitator to call for slrovger,
nastier cups, and court the stagger
ing, flushed and bloodshot characteris
tics of the set out of sheer bravado.
From "tho mind of Christ" the case
has no two sides. God so loved the
world that be gave every one of us
that whosoever bolleveth In us might
not perish, but have a better show to
live forever. The population of perdi
tion rolls up its awful census in the
mn'.n by thoso who proudly and Inno
cently believe on some good, temper
ate men and women who tippled with
out harm to themselves, beyond the
unconscious blunting, coarsening ef
fect upon their highest motives.
"Tbo soul that slnneth It shall dlo"
so runs tho sacred word. It might
be, then, that doing right Is lmmor
lallty and the call of God In Jesus
Christ Is simply to live In such a
way that they who pattern after tis
shall do right.
At our sincerest a 'd devotedest,
how to live tho best for our own selves
and others is a mystery; but If there
is one clear working precept In Chris
tian life, It Is: "Do not touch wine or
strong drink."
Selfishness of Liquor Traffic.
Almost everything in Ihls world haa
Its good tide. We know of no good
ude to the liquor traffic, but Its advo
cates probably have some kind of de
fense which they make for It to their
consciences, says the American F.'iend
The thing which strikes an observer
who studies the business Is, the abso
lute selllshness which It breeds. Here
Is a business which destroys what Is
best In a man; Its tendency Is to
make homes wretched; It Inevitably
debases those who come under Its In
fluence; It results In producing a low
er type of citizens, and It poisons at
the source all the great streams of
life. But there Is profit In it!
Men Make Slaves of Women.
Mr. Blalklock says: "The female
mnrket Is overcrowded and wages
thereby reduced, largely through the
drinking habits of men." Mr. Charles
Booth said: "Factory 1 girls are fre
quently daughters of drunkards." In
a workshop In London where 12 wom
en were employed, four of the num
ber were found to be wage earners
because of druuiton husbands. A gen
tleman employing 701) women and
girls In London said: "1 can state for
a fact that a largo number of our fe
male employees have to seek work
because of the Intemperance of their
male relatives."
Offset Saloon Temptations.
To offset the temptations of the
saloons the city council of Gothen
burg,' Sweden, is adopting systematic
efforts to provldo tho working classes
with ennobling and refining amuse
ments. It will begin with more and
better music, where all can henr It,
evening visits to museums, municipal
playgrounds for children and tho open
ing of many now branches of the pub
lic library.
Change of Kingdoms. ,
Old institutions are passing away.
Tho old tools, tho old superstitions,
the old alchemy, the old selllshness
are doomed. All things are becoming
wew, for God is 'abroad In the land,
rnd the kingdoms of this world are be
coming the kingdoms of God's Christ.
Rev. U. N. I Hills, Congregationalism
Bio klyn
Manasseh's Wickedness
and Penitence
Sanity School Uuoa for July 16, 1911
Specially Arranged lorThli Papar
I.KSrtON Ti:.T-H Chronlcl.i 33:120.
MK.MOUY VKKSKH-U, 13.
OOI. DEN TKXT-"Ceaae to do evil;
learn to do well." laa. 1:18-17.
TIMK Manasaeii reigned 55 yra, from
B. (.'. flit-iHU. He beaiin In tho 211 h year
of the klnifdoin of Jiidah.
I'LAt'K Judith und Jeruaalem Its capi
tal. Milium. -h wua carried captive to
Bibylon for a time.
Tim Klnxiloni of Nrnel had been de
atroyed a quarter of a century before
Mannaaeh beKan to reign.
The teacher of boys or girls may be
gin by askli'g what a lighthouse Is for,
or a foghotn, or bell buoy In the har
bor. Is It to tell the sailors where to
go? No, It is to tell them where not
to go. Why are stories of bad men
told In the Bible, such as the one In
this lesson? They are a warning.
They are pictures of a character that
rtpils us, that urnrs us not to enter
any path that leads to that end.
During- the long reign of Manasseh
Jerusalem was at peace while the
neighboring lands were harried by As
syrian armies, so that Jerusalem had
e large share of the trede of I'alestltiei
The king and his subjects benefited
In n any wrys from the Immense In
crrnsp of trpfflc eausi d by the Indu
s'' of Kvypt and western Asia under
one empire. The political rank of
Jerusi Ii-m secured to her the chief
mnrkets of the internal commerce of
Jndi'h, as will rs the gifts which It
W!iH customary for foreign traders to
liRve with thp lords of the territories
they vltlted; and thus in spite of the
dbcdvnnteges of its site, the city
nuiht have become a considerable em
porium. Mnnassrh was the son and heir of
Vc?.i klah, a great, and, on the whole,
good king. IBs mother's name was
H' pzlbah, the delight of her husband.
He was only twelve years old when he
tK-;an to reign In form. But In Judah
a king was not supposed to be of age
until he was eighteen. For Blx years
Mrtir-ssi h must have been to a great
ex'ent under the Influence of his re
f.i tits and counselors. He was the six
teenth king of Judah. He reigned
fifty and five years. The longest relgs
In the history of Judah and Israel.
And he did that which was evil In the
sight of the Lord. Manasseh was
king of the Lord's people, and his
business was to carry out God's plan
of a peculiar people who should teach
the nations righteousness, and the
true way of living.
He was a mere boy, unable at first
to assert himself as a ruler. He doubt
less was waited on, petted, flattered,
courted, treated as a superior being,
whose will should never be checked,
nor fancy thwarted; with no regular
business, no hard tasks. What Manas
seh did was popular and fashionable;
following the ways of the greatest,
most cul'ured, most Influential nation
In the world, then the master of Judah.
The people were doing business with
the Assyrians. Trade demanded con
formity. Society was dominated by
Assyrian Influences. Moreover, many
doubtless used the same argument
Babfhnkeh used to Hezeklah that the
prosperity under heathen gods, and
tin Ir conquering power proved that
tliise gods were mightier than Jtho
vah the God of the little Province of
Jcdnh. (And yet the Assyrians were
really pear to destruction since their
capital Nineveh was swept out of ex
istence in 606 B. C.)
Mannasseh degraded true religion
that was meant for the comfort and
elevation of man, by leading his peo
ple away from the one true God, the
on! v source of help. Into all manner of
Useless, Irrational, degrading enchant
nn ets by which the people sought for
guidance and help. Thus these prac
tices were treason and disloyalty.
1 lie Lord spake to Manasseh, by
means of the prophets, of whom Na
hum iray have been one; by means
of his conscience, by the ex-an-;le
of his father, by means of his
conscience, by the written word, by
providence. It is not known Just when
llanasstb was made to pay the pen
ally of his sins, but It must have been
after many years of Idolatry.
When fore the Lord brought upon
them the captains of the host of Hi?
king, of Assyria and Manasseh was
made captive. The records of Assur
banipnl record a review of the 23
kings of whom Manasseh was one ap
parently at Nineveh. Which took
Manasseh among the thorns, "In
chains," margin, "with hooks." "As
eyiian kings sometimes thrust a hook
Into the nostrils of their captives, and
so led them about.
He had been sailing down the
Niagara rapids carelessly, nnd now he
feels the tossing of the waves, the
current swiftly flowing by the rocks,
he sees spray over rtie cataract, and
hears Its roar. Why? In order that
he may stop ere It Is too late. The
bitter fruits of his wrong doing
wrought the desired effect. Tho prod
igal came to himself. He besought
the Lord, Jehovah, not the heathen
gods he had been worshiping, who
failed him In his trouble.
Ir. John Todd once represented the
Judgment day as our coming Into a
greit hall whose walls were hung with
pictures on which were painted all the
Ins that we have ever committed. On
one picture are painted all . the bad
words that vn have ever spoken; on
another all the Jealousies we have
ever felt; on another all the covetlngs
of our hearts; nil the wrong bnrgnlns
we have ever made, all the unklndness
to our parents and friends of which
we have ever been guilty, all our
prayerless mornings and evenings, nil
our neglect of God's word, all our In
gratitude towards our heavenly Fa
ther and our hard feelings towards
him, all our abuse of the Sabbath and
the means of grace, oil our neglect of
the Saviour and our grieving nway the
Holy Spirit. Whnt pictures would our
sins open sins, secret sins, heart
sins, and life-long sins make! Whnt
a terrible hall that would be!
God showed Manasseh clearly that
he forgave him, by the fact that he
brought him again to Jeru.ialom. We
Co not know how he Influenced the
king to restore him. Such pnrdon
from a king of Assyria was rare, but
not unparalleled. Pharaoh Necho I.
was taken In chains to Nineveh, and
afterwards et free.
Doctors Said He Would Die
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No Wedding Day Bargain.
The Husband (during the quarrel)
You're always making bargains.
Was there ever a time when you
didn't?
The Wife Yes, sir; on my wedding
day.
Exactly.
Noting that another piece of valu
able china had been broken. Sena
tor Allca asked his housekeeper how
the breakage occurred, and she hast
ily replied:
"It fell down and Just broke Itself."
"Merely an automatic brake," quiet
ly commented the senator.
A Busy Place.
"Where Is that spot you cll the
'lovers' lane?" " dillldently asks the
young man while the young lady waits
on tho hotel piazza.
"Right down yonder," replies the
clerk. "Just keep going until you Bee
the porter from the barber shop.
Lovers' lane is so crowded now thaf
we have him stationed there to give
the guests checks, so that each may
have his turn." Judge's Library.
CLOSE TO FINISH.
His Is he a finished musician?
Dlx He came near being one last
night. The neighbors chased him noai
ly 'ten blocks.
WRONG SORT
Perhaps Plain Old Meat, Potatoes and
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"Last spring I became bed fast with
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scarcely retain any food at all, ak
though I tried about every kind.
"I bad become completely discour
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thought I was doomed to starve to
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brought home some Grape-Nuts.
"To my surprise the food agreed
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pounds In weight.
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always felt as well satisfied after eat
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