MELOVI$ JOSEPH VANCE
IIXUSTRAXIONS BY T&yVitM
coYj??r, pa eriois jossw
CHAPTER I.
A gentleman who, leaving bis offices
on lower Broadway a trifle after Jour,
presently ensconced himself In a cor
ner seat of a Subway express and
opened before him a damp afternoon
paper (with an eye for the market
reports) was surprised, when the
train crashed heavily Into the Four
teenth Street station,! to find himself
afoot and making for the door: this
although his intention bad been to
alight at Grand Central. Thus it may
be, that trickster In us all, which we
are accustomed vaguely to denomi
nate the subconscious mind, directs
our actions to an end predestined.
Surprised, he hesitated; and for
that was rewarded by having his heels
trodden by the passenger behind. This
decided him, absurdly enough, and he
went on and .out, solacing himself
with a muttered something, hardly
definite, about a stroll benefiting him.
So, transferring to a local train, he
alighted at Twenty-third Street,
climbed the stairs and proceeded
brUkly west, buffeted by a rowdy
wlud.
Striking diagonally across Madison
8quare Park, past the drearily Jetting
fountain and between arrays of empty
benches scarcely beggarly (since that
class had doserted them for warmer
lounging places) he turned northward
on Fifth Avenue, threading the early
ventng throngs with a spring of im
patience in his stride to distance cas
ual competition; and received upon a
mind still impressionable, for all that
It had ample food for meditation and
nursed a private grievance, u vurluty
of pleasurable suggestions.
Dusk, the early violet dusk of late
November, brooded over the city,
blurring Its harsh contours, subduing
Its too blatant youth, lending an Il
lusion resembling the dim enchant
ment of antiquity.
Kear Twenty-ninth Street be check
ed sharply and stood briefly debating
something suggested by sight of a
shop window well known to him:
"It might iw time: one may as
well be sure "
Turning, be descended a pair of
stone steps and crossed a flagged
area to a door set at one side of a
window dressed with a confusion of
odd, enticing things: a display tbut
tempted the eye with the colors of the
rainbow fainting under weight of
years and dust A bell tinkled over
head as he opened and shut the door,
letting himself Into a deep and oar
row room crowded with a heterogen
eous assemblage of objects that glam
mered with weird splendor lu a semi
gloom made visible by half s dozen
electric bulbs generously spaced. In
the rear, beyond a partitioning screen,
shone a warmer light
For the moment he saw no one. Ad
vancing a few paces he baited, wait
ing. From behind the screen, at the back
of the shop, the proprietor appeared,
soft stepping, smiling to greet a good
customer of discerning taste. The lat
ter went to meet him with a pleasant
air of liking.
"Good evening, Mr. Miller "
'Good evening, Mr. Coast Some
thing I can show you this evening?"
"The telephone, If you please."
Coast laughed a little and was an
swered cheerfully.
"Certainly. This way."
He was conducted behind the
screen, where, benpath a strong light,
an assistant at a Jeweler's bench sat
laboriously occupied with some task
or delicate artifice. He looked up as
Coast entered, with a greeting cordi
ally returned. Coast went directly to
the telephone, a wall Instrument, un
hooked the receiver and detailed a
number to Central. The proprietor
disappeared Into an adjoining room.
An Instant later Coast spoke again.
"That you, Soames? . . This
la Mr. Coast Is Miss (Catherine at
home? . . . Then will you find
out, please. Ask her if she has time
to see me for a few momenta before
dinner. . . . Very well."
There was a lengthening pause, dur
ing which the antique dealer slleutly
ri'turned, bis genial eye alternating
between Coast and a crystal decanter
h had fetched.
ies, Central, waiting." Const put
hi:
hand over the transmitter and
Rged a reproving head. "Golug to
try to poIhou me. Miller?"
"Just a drop of old brandy Mr.
vuusi very old. from my home In
France."
Coast nodded, recalled to the tele
phone. "Hello, Soames. . . . Very
well- Tell her I called, please. . . . .
No! no message, thank you. Goodby."
As he hung up the receiver, a warn
ing tintinnabulation sounded ' at the
, 0,11 dof- Miller, busy with glasses,
ouked to his assistant "See who that
,; Parley." he said. The assistant
"P)ed from his seat, switched on
wore light in the front of the shop,
na vanished round the screen.
A" ho did Be, Coast heard the rum
' of a man's voice, followed by a
2mn rl"8'ng laugh, a thought too
miuer was nn.Hn t.i . i
uoed. took it and held It to his lips
iZ fh moment without tasting. Inhal
L, 6 bellow bouquet of the liquor.
em J m U 800d'" he BaJJ- nd 8luPd
"Th.
liitu . 7 "val- alT- coast. There's
) A VDMl I a a. .
tle Uka It nut t p..
"I'm gl,i , th0lI(5ht 0, lmpoBlng on
"" good nature."
"ay. so am I
wet.0raei
Jlr- Coast"
My friends are al
. I . Your health,
A! yours, Mr. Miller."
Put dnl draDk wemonlously. Coast
dtCl"r 'n ,ttn empty glass. "That." he
rtu IL T ,tha bottom f
"An ed heart "was delicious."
pother drop?"
Plren, A.bsolutely not It would In-
M oferel10 buy out tha ,hop "
thk you Uld- "Qood alht' and
"Gqo night. Mr. Coast-
rentes
On his way out, Coust had an Indtf
fereut glunce for the customers at a
show ' case near the window. The
woman stood with her back turned,
chattering volubly to the assistant In
Indifferent French: a small, slight fig
ure with arms uplifted, holding a
chain of gold and Imperial Jade to the
light Ileslde ber the man loomed
solidly, his heavy proportions exag
gerated by a fur-lined coat, his atten
tive pose owning a t.ace of proprie
tary Interest. As Coast drew near he
looked up and faced a;. out, stripping
off a glove.
"Why. b'ar'ye, Const!"
Tone and manner proclaimed the
encounter of old friends. Perforce
Cooflt took his hand, pausing, then
dropped it, with a grave "Guod even
ing, Blackstoek." Ills distaste for the
man affected him Intensely, but he
tried to conceal it beneath a forced
banality: "Early ChrlHtmas shopping,
eh?"
"Not exactly." Illuckstock slurred
explanations. "I've Just been trying
to get you on the telephone."
Coast's eyebrows underlined bis sur
prise. "Yes?"
"Yes. Thought you might care for
a hand at bridge tonight; Just a few
of us at my rooms: Van Tuyl. Truax.
Dundoa. yourself and me. We'll cut
In and out. What d'ye say?"
Coast's acceptance followed an In
stant's consideration. Had the Invl-
"I'm a Persistent Beggar,
tatlon been extended him at any time
before noon of that sume day, his re
futal would huve been prompt If
qualified by an Invented engagement.
Now, however, after what the day bad
rumored of the man. he was Inclined
to grasp uti opportunity to study him.
to see as much of him as possible lit
tle as he cared to see anything of bltu.
"What o'clock?"
"Oh, between nlno aud len any
time. You know where I hang out?
We'll count on you." Hlackstock
beamed, bis eyes shining behind thick
lenses: to snare Garrett Coast was a
signal conquest. An additional trace
of affable effusiveness oiled his al
ways slightly overpowering manner.
Then doubt moderated it, and he had
an Irresolute eye for his companion
She had turned uway from the case,
with an assured attitude Imperative
of an Introduction Coast bowed to
Ulackstock's count rained words of
presentation.
"Miss Fancher my friend, Mr.
Coast."
She nodded, giving him a small
hand whose pressure was a thought
too frank. "I've heard about you."
Bhe fculd. nodding emphatically "Glud
to know you."
"And I've enjoyed your dancing
many times, from the far side of the
footlights," he toid her pleasantly
"Nice of you to say that. I'm with
The Rathskeller Girl now, you know.
Have you seeu It?"
"I'm promising myself the pleas
ure." "Well, when you come, Just let me
know."
"1 shunt forget," Coast assured her
vuguely. "But now I must run along.
Miss Fancher Ulackstock good
night"
He escaped to open air with a sen
sation of relief and perturbatlou oddly
commingled. luBtend of soothing, the
brandy warmed his grievance until It
turned writhing lu hla bosom and
6tung him like an adder. So tbut was
the man! . . . He pressed forward
more rapidly, but now lu an Introspec
tive mood, oblivious of all that so re
cently had gratified him.
At Fortieth Street he pulled up on
the southern corner, over across from
the dull grey colonnndo of the new
Public Library, awaiting a break In
the stream of traffic.
A policeman presently made a way
for him, holding back the press of ve
hicles to permit a string of their coun
terparts to break through. Coast
stepped down from the curb and In
another minute would have been
across, but stopped In mid-stride to
hear himself named In a voice unfor
gettable, to him Inexpressibly sweet
Startled, he baited beneath the
noses of a pair of handsome horses
champing In taut-reined restraint, and
glanced at random right and left TLen
r whiimm in in. iT iiyiiiMi ijwii)wiwiw,iyijwwiiiipj'Wiiii Vf'mw 1
a rffi
as again be was called "Garrett! Gar
rett Coast!" out of the corner of an
eye he detected the uplifted salutunt
two fingers of the driver of a town
car at halt In the outer line of north
bound truffle. In the window of the.
car a white glove fluttered, moth-like.
Heslde the door, with a band on the
latch, be spoke through the lowered
window.
"May I beg a lift, Kalherlne?"
"Indeed you may. Didn't I call you,
Garrett?"
"Good of you I am fortunate. I've
been wanting to see you"
He got In and shut the door at the
moment when, by tho grace of the om-'
nlpoteut policeman, motion became
again permissible. The racking motor
quieted Into purring: the car sllpoa
forward, gaining momentum. Others,
a swarm, swirled round and past Ilk
noisy fireflies. Ho Ignored them all.
blessing his bnppy chance. Katherlnt
Tbaxter In her corner had a smile foi
him, dimly to be detected through tht
gloom wherein nor face gliiumereo
like some wan flower of tho night,
beautiful, fragrant, mysterious.
"Where were you going, Garrett?'
"Oh . . ." lie emerged from
reverie with a lit Ho start at the sou no
of her voice. "No place In parrlculai
I bi lleve 1 had some hazy notion ol
the club when you hulled me. Ana
you? Home, of course."
"Yes. I've been fcbtipplng."
"Tired?"
"Not very. 4 , . Curious I should
have been thinking of you Just when
the car stopped."
"I don't agree: It was telepathy.''
"Oh, that's overworked. Garrett.
Can't a commonplace coincidence be
explained any other wny nonadays?'
"Perhaps: but not this time. I'vt
been thinking about you all day Some
Impulse I don't know what mimd
me to 'valk uptown from Twenty-third
Street and delays Insignificant In
themselves brought me to that corner
You Know, Katharine.'
Just In time. That Isn't coincidence:
It's " He sought the word.
"What do you think?"
"Predestination another name for
luck."
"You're Ingenious."
"Grateful, rather."
She laughed, a gentle laugh that
failed In a sigh, and after a moment
of untlciputlve silence, almost appre.
henslve, felt obliged to ask: "What
were you thinking about me, Gar
rett?" "Much the usual thing, I'm afraid"
"Oh, Garrett!" Her voice was rue
ful though she laughed. "Again?"
"I'm a persistent beggar, you know,
Kathorlue. . . . Hut otherwise,
also, I happened to hear your name
mentioned today . . . gossip . .
an Idle rumor . .
ITO UK CONTtNl'KD
LOCKING UP THE JURYMEN
Outrageous and Possibly Illegal Cus
torn That Hat Come Down From
' Old Times
Some of tho shabby brocade of court
etiquette has been cleared out ot our
conns, sucb as gowns and wigs Some
that silll bangs in laded shreds Is
(lusty, but Inoffensive Hut some sur
vlvlng practices are seriously objec
tlonable
For Instance, the outrageous habit
of locking Jurymen up. Why? Uur
Ing the progress of a civil case which
lusts three or four days Juryuien can
go home nights Hut when the case
Is given to the Jury, the Jury must go
Into continuous session, under lock
and key, until It reaches a verdict
There Is no sufficient reason why w
should not go home at the end ol a
day, and come back to our work nex"
morning, Just as we men do In artj
other business The Imprisonment ol
a Jury tends to hasty decisions, to tlur
torced verdicts of weary minds In
capacitated lor thinking Much bet
ter to drop a difficult case, go home
sleep, come fresh to the Jury room in
the morning and resume deliberation
If Jurymen are In danger or being
tampered with after a case Is given
to thorn, then they are In equivalent
danger of being tampered with dur
Ing the progress of the case.
The Incarceration of the Jury Is, 1
sold, against the rights and liberties
of citizens.
I am willing to give a portion of
my time, without pay, to public busi
ness; but I reseut the turning of the
sheriff's key behind my back. I re
sent having to walk down to the street
to supper (or breakfast 1) In military
or criminal column by-twos. The Judge
very often has to spend several days
In deciding a question ot law. Why
not lock him up until his mind works
to a conclusion? Case and Comment
0
Ol
WHAT IS
RIGHT?
ii
By Rev. Stephen Paulson
t CO
TKXT Finally, brethren, whatsoever
thliiK are true, whutsouver thing" are
tmneat, whatsoever thin nro Just, what
soever things are pure, whatsoever thing
are lovely, whatsoever things are of good
report; If there be any virtue, and If ther
be any praise, think on those thing
Phlllpplans. IV, 8
There are today more people than
ever before asking tho question, "What
is right?" They have been led to
ask this question by an arousal of con
science from lethargy that at one time
seemed to be as binding as prison
chains. In this reawakening the
church hus played a most Important
pnrt, but Its appeals have been sec
onded by moralists and even by states
men. Today the question, "What Is
right?" Is asked not only In personal
morals, but In the larger affairs of
life, and to the extent that there is
preater effort for higher standards
or morality and of religious prac
tices.
The question Is an old one. It has
been asked by man since first he knew
there was right which might be dis
tinguished from wrong. It has been
discussed In all Its phases, and St.
Paul In his letter to the Phlllpplans
exhorts them In the words of our text.
He tells them that right is "what Is
true, wbut Is honest, what Is Just, what
Is pure and lovely and of good re
port." His exhortation Is as pert!
Dent today as then, and his definition
as complete. Let us first consider
men, not things.
A great many men are true so far
as their standards permit them to be.
There are others who seek constant el
evation of standards so that they may
be nearer the Ideal true man. To be
a true man means to be truthful In
thought, In speech, in act, to be devoid
of dissimilation, to be right and to be
Just what you Beem to be; to be loyal
to all that is good and devoted to the
furtherance of good. Such a man In
variably answers the question "What
Is right?" correctly, and his answer
bus the respect of bis fellow men.
a great many men are honest so
far as the demands of relationship
with other men may go, and few go
beyond this point and are honest with
themselves as well as with their fol
lows. In their transactions they have
no doubts, no regrets, no sufferings
of conscience. They make every
transaction a closed transaction In
every Bense of the word. They are
right. Such men are the examples of
honesty that should be emulated.
Men are Just In the measure that
they mete to their fellow men; and
some of tbem are Just to the extent
that they heap the measure to over
flowing. They neither weigh to the
ounce, nor exact their pound of flesh
as old Shylock did. If anything, they
are Just to the point of generosity and
have the satisfaction of knowing that
tbey have given full value or full
credit to all with whom they come In
contact.
Moat men are pure to the extent
that they have no faults or vices that
stamp Hem as Immoral. There are
others whose thoughts even are pure
and to whom impurity Is absolutely ob-
noxious. They think good, aud as the
thought Is the father of the act. they
act well. These are tho men at whom
the finger of suspicion never points,
but uro always held as models after
whlrli we should pattern.
Men who are truly honest. JiiRt and
pure, men whose thoughts are always
upward, are men of good report. They
have unussallablo reputations support
ed by unimpeachable characters They
ask tho question, "What Is right?"
from the Innermost recesses of their
souls, and unswer It with all the en
liMitenment of conscience and spirit
ual guidance tliat God can give them.
They are always men of good report
and nlways will he so long as they
possess the virtues that the apostle
tins enumerated.
1 know that the apostle tells the
brethren to "think of things that are
true, honest, pure, lovely and of good
report." It Is by thinking of these
things that men become honest, true
Md Just. The apostle asks them not
only to think but to reason, for he
says that "if there Is any virtue in
these things, If there bo any pralRe"
thinking of them will bring them into
their lives and cause them to be grate
ful for the good they receive. Men
who think honestly, men who try to be
conscientious gain for themselves ull
tho good that can be derived from
right thought and pure thinking. And
that good Is ability to think Btralght.
and answer correctly the question,
"What Is right?"
Of course there Is no absolute right.
Men do not think alike. They huve
not the same standards, nor the same
conceptions, and yet they have one
standard of right and their conception
of that standard will always grow bet
tor and better the more they study It
That nandnrd wss set by Christ. Paul
studied It. and his wonderful growth
In spirituality enabled him to tell the
Phlllpplans what they should think
about, for he knew that the man who
was true, honest, Just and pure, the
man who regarded things that were el
evating and of good report, would be
come the man who would be able soon
er or later to answer more exactly the
question, "What Is right?"
You can follow Paul's prescription,
especially If you ask for that guid
ance which has been promised you
by that greatest exemplar of right
Woman's Rights.
During these days we heat a great
deal of women's rights which are
really women's wrongs. 1 know not
whether women will ever get what
they term equality with men. Mun
and woman are equal In the sight of
God, but here below woman occupies
a different station. She was created
to bo man's helpmate and to supple
ment what he lacked. She was to be
kind and gentle under long sufferlnij.
Hlshop J. J. Nllan, Roman Catholic,
Hartford, Conn.
All human culture restB on a will
ingness to make sacrifices to the
truth.
GENERAL GRANT ON DRINKING
Does Not Touch Liquor and Has Not
for Over 18 Years Because He
It Afraid of It.
"Tell tho young men through your
paper that General Grant dues not
drink a drop of liquor lias not. (or 1
years; bocuute be is afraid U drluk
it.
"Now you listen," continued the
goneral. "When 1 was a boy at
School, and at West Point, I was
pet because of the greatness of my
father. I was given every opportunlt
to drink, and 1 did drink some. A
I got older and mixed with men, war
scarred veterans who fought with my
father would come up and, tor the
sake of old times, ask me to celebrate
with them the glory of past events,
and 1 did some.
Then when I was made minister
to Austria the customs of the country
and my official position almost com
pelted me to drink, always. I tried to
drink with extreme moderation, be
cause ( knew that alcohol Is the worst
poison a man could take Into his sys
tem; but I found out It was an Impos
sibility to drink moderately.
"I could not say, when drink was
placed before me: 'No, 1 only drluk
In tbe morning,' or at certain hours
The fact that I Indulged at all com
polled me to drink 011 every occasion
or be absurd.
"For that reason, because moderate
drinking Is a practical Impossibility
I became an absolute teetotaler a
crank. If you please. I will not allow
It even In my house. When a man
can say, 'I never drink.' he never has
to drluk. Is never urged to drink
never offends by not drinking; at least
that la my experience.
"Give me the sober man, the abso
lute teetotaler every time. He's de
pendable. If I had tbe greatest ap
pointive powers In the country, no
man would get even the smullest ap
pointment from me unless bo showed
proof of his absolute teetotallsm.
"If I could, by offering my body
sacrifice, free this country from this
fell cancer, drink, I'd thank the Al
mighty for tbe privilege of doing It.
SCIENCE IS AGAINST ALCOHOL
United States Government Publishes
8ome Valuable Papers Read by
Sincere Temperance Workers.
Some valuable papers, read by Dr,
F. D. Crothers and others at the
acml-annuul meeting of the American
Society for the Study of Alcohol and
Other Drug Narcotics held at Wash
ington, have been published by the
I nlted States government In pamph
let form. Dr. Crothers, who Is the
superintendent of the Walmet Lodge
hospital, Hartford, Conn., and an
earnest worker for temperance, con
tributes a suggestive paper on "The
Future of the Alcoholic Problem "
There are enough facts In this book
let gathered by experts, damaging to
he drink traffic to destroy It many
times over. Here Is one of them:
The Maoris of New Zealand, accord
ing to Captain Cook, were at the time
when he first visited the Island almost
perfect In physique. Even the old
men, he states, possessed the endur
ance of youth. They numbered then
over 120.000. Alcohol and tobacco
found their way to them as the Island
became Inhabited by the white race.
Men, women and children began to
drink and smoke. In their Innocence
believing It a blessing. Today the
Maoris are a race of physical and
moral degenerates, numbering only
41.000 " Thousands of tippling mem
bers of the white race are as truly,
If not as visibly, degenerating.
The Debt of Love.
The world abounds In sorrow and
suffering. It Is full of sad hearts and
hungry lives; full of the pinches of
poverty, the weariness of toll, of rest
lesness, and loneliness, and pain. Is
It so, In any degree, becnuse we are
not paying I he debt of love nml sym
pathy we owe, not only to our rela
tions and friends, but also In some
measure to our poorer neighbors, and
all our fellow creatures?
If our hearts are filled with the glo
rious radiance of God's love, we shall
most surely find all sorts of ways of
manifesting It. It will color all our
actions, down to the very touch of our
hand, or the smile we give to the
tittle strnnger child In the street. And
If we do but live In the consciousness
of owing a grent debt of love, and
then strive day by day to discharge it,
we shall owe nothing else besides.
And only as we do this can we please
him and be like him, who, because
he had nothing to pay, has so freely
forgiven our great debt to him, and
who hus said, "If ye love me, keep my
commandments," one of which Is,
"Owe no man anything, but to love
ono another; for he that lovvth an
other hath fulfilled the law." M. A.
Kedy.
Swallowing the Farm.
My homeless man with the chro
matic nose, while you are stirring up
I he sugnr In a 10-cent glass of gin let
me give you a fact to wash down with
It. You may say you have longed for
years for the free, Independent life o'
the farmer, but have never been able
to get money enough together to buy
a farm. Hut that Is Just where you
are -mistaken. For noiiie years you
have been drinking a good Improved
farm at the rate of 100 square feel a
gulp. If you doubt this statement,
figure It out yourself. An acre of
land contains 43.5(10 square feet Es
timating, for convenience, the land at
$43.66 an acre, you will see that it
brings the land to Just 1 mill per
square font Now pour down the fiery
dose and Imagine you are swallowing
a strawberry patch. Call in five of
your friends and have them help you
gulp down that 500-foot garden. Go
on a prolonged spree some day and
see how long It requires to swallow
enough pasture land to feed a cow.
Put down that glass of gin; there Is
dirt In It 100 feet of good, rich dirt,
worth $43.66 per acre. Robert J. Bur
dette.
A Psalm of
Deliverance
Sudsy Sclool Uiim for Oct 29, 1911
Specially Arranged for Thi Pupar
T.KSSON TKXT-Psalm 83.
M K.MOItY VKltSKS-HMl.
(JOl.DKN TI-:.T-"The Lord hath done
treat things for us; whereof we are sla.l "
l'a. 11:6:3.
I'l.ACE IN HISTOUY-Just when thin
I salin was written la unknown, but in Ha
spirit It belongs to the return from the
"lis. the tlm-s of our lust two lessons.
salnis 121. us. m ar8 ain0Kt th.
Pilgrim Psalms.
"Psalms of Deliverance" came as a
vivifying power into the hearts of the
returned exiles, who In the midst or
their Joy were overwhelmed with diffi
culties, and hardships and discourage
ments. The reality was far differ
ent from the Ideal pictures In their
minds. They had seen Victory glori
ous In the distance, but were not
plunged Into the turmoil and smoke
of battle. They were tempted to say
to the prophets that Pliable in tho
Slough of Despond, angrily said to
Christian who had urged him to 'go
on the pilgrimage to the Celestial
City: "Is this tho happiness you have
told me all this while of?" Hut songs
of deliverance keep the celestial hoje
ever in view. They point out the
way to the things hoped for, and show
"the evidence of things not seen."
"Thou has been favoruble unto thv
land," shown by bringing back the
captivity of Jacob. This was a most
marvelous event and not even to be
hoped for In the natural course of
things.
"When the Lord turned again the
P.mtlvltv nt 7!rt j .
. -. uo, u me sireuiu
of captives tbut flowed to Habylon to
turn dock and flow to Zlon; "like tho
streams In the south," In suddenness
and overflowing fullness.
The loving kindness of God proves
that he has forgiven their past trans
gressions. "Thou hast forgiven the
iniquity of thy people." Canceled It,
as an account of debt Is canceled,
or taken away as a heavy, crushing
burden. Covered all their sin. Blot
ted out of sight, covered it with a
mantle, so that they were in God's
sight as those who had never sinned.
We need forgiveness as wide as the
sin. And we find in tho llible as many
terms expressing forgiveness as we
found for expresing sin Forgive, Re
mit, Send away, Cover up. Wot out,
Destroy, Wash away. Cleanse.
Tho returned exiles gained a new
knowledge of God's Word, a new
world experience, they lost the Inde
pendent nation, but gained the Inde
pendent church, from which blossom
ed the Messiah, the Saviour of the
world. The old, eternal law of sin
and death was Irrevocable, never
ceased; but the changed character
permits a new law to override the
consequences. In the words of Dr.
John Thomas of Liverpool: "Every
man who knows anything knows that
ono law con be neutralized by anoth
er. There Is a law of eravltatlon
which keeps this Bible here upon the
desk. That law cannot bo altered. It
cunnot be stopped; It will draw, and
draw, and draw, whatever you may
ay or do, but It can be neutralized
by tho law of my will. I can lift the
book and make the law of gravitation
o appear as though It were not. That
U exactly what we say about the par
don of sin and the arrest oflts conse
quence.
God haa done much for them, but
tuey longed for more. So many evils
remulned, the nation was yet so lm
porfect, so far from what it might be.
Illustration from Dr. Chapman's ad-
urcss to tne Harvard students. "Re
member, friends, that It is God'a
standard your life and mine must
come up against. A friend of mine
went to Bee an old washerwoman, and
as be entered the house the sheets
hanging on the lino In front of the
house Impressed hlm as especially
white, spotlessly white. He went Into
the house, and was there for some
time. It bad commenced to snow In
tho meantime. When he camo out,
he noticed that the snow flakes had
been falling on the clothes, and that
the sheets did not seem white at all,
but yellow rather. He spoke to the
old washerwoman. 'Why, what's the
matter? They looked so very white
when I camo In, and now they don't
look white at all.' The old woman
said: 'What can stand against God
Almighty's white.' "
There is a charming Ilttlo booklet
called "Expectation Corner." an alle
gory on prnye almost as good as "Pil
grim's Progress." A poor man In
Redeemed Land mourned over his pov
erty, and was taken at last to see
the Lord's treasure houses. There ho
found a room called the Missed Bless
ings Office, full of blessings marked
for him which his weak faith would
not expect, so that his door was
closed when they were brought. Ho
saw nnother storehouse, called the Do-
layed Blessings Office, full of good
things for which tho receivers wore
not prepared, or which were mt fully
ripened for their best use. They were
growing und would bo sent in fullness
of time.
Truth Hhall spring out of the earth,
from men on earth, as plants grow
from tho ground. They seek Cod "in
sincerity aud in truth." and such pray
ers receive the answer of righteous
ness from heaven, a right heart, a
right life, Inspiration to righteousness,
and guidance In the right way. "They
that bow lu tears" of sincere repent
ance and toll, "shall reap In Joy."
As Haggal told them that drought,
and mildew, and meager crops were
the punishment for their sins and Irre
llglon, ao now the blessings of pros
perity are promised as the visible re
ward and sign of God' hvor.
Lots of persons carry their umbrel
las these days Irrespective of tbe as
surance given by scientists that there
Is probably no such thing as an
equinoctial storm. And tbey keep dry
doing It, to.
In refusing to grunt a divorce to a
man who bnd set up the claim that
bis wife was a scold a Kansas City
Judge announced that a wife has the
right to scold if her husband gives
invocation Solomon has successors
WHAT
I WENT
THROUGH
Before taking Lydla E.Pinkham'g
Vegetable Compound.
Natlck, Mass. "I cannot express
w hat I went through during the changn
or lire Derore 1 tried
Lydia K. I'lnkliam't
Vegetable Com.
pound. I was In snub
a nervous condition)
I could not keep
still. My limbs
were cold, I had
creepy sensations;
anil 1 could not sleep
nlL'hts. Iwastlnully
told by two phys
icians that I also)
had a tumor. I read
one day of the wonderful cures mada
by Lydia ii. I'lukham's Vegetable
('otl)tliilltlil and decided tn irw it
nml it has made mo a well woman.
My neighbors and friends declare it
had worked a miracle fur mc. Lydla
j-,. niiKiiam s eguiauie Compound is
worth its welffht In Bold for women
during this period of life. If it will
help others you may publish my
letter." Mrs. Nathav H. Gkeatox,
61 X. Main Street, Natick, Mass.
Tho Change of Life is the most critl.
rnl period of a woman's existence.
Women everywhere should remember
that there is no other reinedv k niton
to medicine that .will so successfully
Carry women throueh this trying
I period as I.ydla E. liukham'i Vega.
i.uue compound.
If you would like special advice
nbout your mm wrlt a confiden
tial lettor to Mrs. IMnkliam. at
Lynn, Mass. Her udvlco Is free.
Hud ulwuys LclpfuL
CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE.
Foet In winter I write poems
keep the wolf from the door.
Admiring Kilend Yes
Poet And In summer I have
t
to
keep on writing poems so the lcemaa
will stop at the door.
They're All About Tailors.
"All criticism," said Prolessor
Ilratuier Matthews In one of his bril
liant Columbia lectures, "Is to a cer
tain extent, personal and biased." He
paused and smiled. "The Tailor and
Cutter, a weekly paper," he resumed,
"said In a recent leading article:
" " 'Carlyle's "Sartor Kesartus," Mere
dith's "Kvan Harrington" and Kings
ley's "Alton Locke" will be great
classics when tbe ephemeral novel
of today will have long since per
ished.' "
The Awakening.
Dignified mother of prospective
bride (to social editor) And little
Dorotha. sister of the bride, who Is to
be flower girl, will be dressed like a
Dresden shepherdess, with golden
crook festooned with rosebuds and
Young voice from the stairway-
Ma, where Is the washrag? Judge.
Not If Hs Knew It
"That's a nice little game you
played on that girl In not showing up
at the church when you were to be
married to her."
'Well, It wasn't a tie game."
Sometimes a girl gets confidential
and tells a man that a lot of other
men have tried to kiss her, but he la
tho onlyone who succeeded.
SHIFT
If Your Food Fails to Sustain You,
Change,
Ono sort of diet may make a person
despondent, depressed mid blue and a
change to the kind of food tho body
demands will change the whole thing.
A young woman from Phlla. says:
"For several years I kept In a run
down, miserable sort of condition, was
depressed and apprehensive of trouble.
I lost flesh In a distressing way and
seemed In a perpetual sort of dreamy
nightmare. No one serious disease
showed, but the 'all-over' sickness waa
enough.
"Finally, between the doctor and fa
ther, I was put on Grape-Nuts and
cream, as It wa derided I must have a
nourishing food that the body could
make use of.
"The wonderful change that cams
over 1114 was not, like Jonah's gourd,
the growth of a single night, yet it
camo with a rapidity that astonished
mo.
"During the first week I gained la
weight, my spirits Improved, and th
world began to look brighter and mora
worth while.
"And this has continued steadily, till
now, after the use of Grae-N'uta for
only a few weeks, I am perfectly well,
feel splendidly, take a lively interest In
everything, and am a changed person
In every way." Name given by Postuin
Co., Battlo Creek, (Mich.
Read the little book, "The Rond to
Wellvllle," In pkgs. "There's a reason."
Ever rrad the nbov imtrt A am
co unnriir from llmf ta dm. Thc
me arnulua, true, mat (ull uf huiiute
tataraat.
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