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OnrriMt Count, a yoiin man of New
YnrK City, m-ele Douglas HlurkHtook, who
Invites him to a rnnl purty. Ha acci-pm.
lihiiuirh he rilxllkpi lllHrkntoi k. the rra-
i.iii lielng that both are In love with Kuth-,
prlne Thiiter. count rails to ronvim-e tier
that llla.ikxoou ta unworthy of her
friiMidKlilp. At tn parly ('nasi mwts two
n.iniMl Dunilaa and Van Tuyl. There la
a iimrri'l, anil Hlackmock ahnnta Van
Tuvl dead. Coaat atruKKlea to wrest the
weapon from him. thua the police rlla
cover them. Coaat la arrested for murUi-r.
CHAPTER III. (Continued.)
"Well, 0 much for Blackstock
until the pollc get wind of him. at all
events. They're trying to locate nun
by cable now; haven't beard of any
tutceis that way. however. Naturally
, . . But a few day ago Dundas
come to the surfnee."
Const started violently. "Dundns!"
"I'm-mm; full confession, cxculpat
in you. Incriminating Blackstock.
Corroborative details: letters from
HluckHtock all that sort of thing.
Furthermore, Dtindas told us why
Illarkstock feared Van Tuyl: Van
knew something some dirty business
lllnrkstock had cooked up In the west.
Immaterial now; tell you later. AIho
Dundns look us to the shop where
Illarkstock bought that gun sales
man recalled the transaction. You re
member how we fulled to prove ibe
pin his?"
"Of course. Go on about Dundas."
"Well ... It was Truax's do
ing; nailed Dundas on the street one
day. somewhere east of Third avenue.
The man bad been In hiding ever
ilnoe Blackstock cleared out; be waa
In t pretty bad way, broke and seedy;
claimed lllnrkstock hadn't sent blm ft
dollar since be disappeared. 80 Dun
das, thrown back upon his pen for ft
means or nveiinooa. went an 10
nieces; couldn't work had forgotten
tbe trick or wouldn't; drank up all
ba could raise by pawning things.
. . . Truax staked him to a meal
tnd drinks, plenty of drinks; and all
that on an empty stomach made blm
maudlin. Confessed he waa keeping
conscience remorse gnawing at his
vitals whatever those are every
thing like that Then Truax bundled
hi in Into a taxi and brought him to
my rooms. It was near midnight
got me out of bed; I caught a cold.
However ... I own It without
compunction, we worked the poor
devil through the third degree; sim
ply browbeat and bullyragged him un
til I was ashamed of myself. But the
truth oozed out finally, along with
tears whisky tears We hadn't
tinted the bottle. . . .
"As I say, In the end Dundas owned
up to the whole filthy affair. Just as
you told It whimpered about selling
his foul to Blackstock, price not de
posed. We made l.lm sign a brief con
fession, but I knew that wouldn't be
sufficient, and It was then too late and
Dundas too far gone to do more with
him. So I called In a central office
man I happened to know, and turned
Dundas over to him to be taken to
1 Turkish batb and licked Into shape;
nl It did the trick, with a hearty
breakfast and plenty of black coffee
for a chaser. He was pretty shaky
next mornii'g, but I coaxed htm Into
1 laxl and had blm at tbe district at
torney's office brfore he knew what
as up. There he wanted to hedge,
but his signature to thai overnight con
fession took all tbe starch out of blm,
ind he wt nt all aver It again, with a
tenoKrnpher taking It down type
written deposition all that sort of
thing. . . .
"Meanwhile my friend the detective
fcad ransacked Dundas' lodging some
rhiap morn Just off the Bowery and
found a bundle of letters from Black-Mock-mostly
written during the trial,
hcn they didn't dare be seen together
hlntB and orders aa to the evidence
Dundas was to give. That settled It.
Dundas was rushed before a magis
trate and Jailed and the grand Jury
U8 asked to Indict him for perjury.
The poor fool was scared silly, as soon
a he realized what be had done de
dared Blackstock would get him
ooner or later. ' So he saved htm the
trouble killed himself In bis cell half
n hour after being committed had
Phial of morphia secreted In bla
clothing ..."
After a pause Coast said slowly:
"So Illarkstock did 'get' him after all!
That makes two at least two we
know of."
"Yes," Warburton assented uneasily,
orrled by the hard expression that
ned Coast's mouth; "looked at that
yn. . . . Well, we called your
ral Judge Into consultation the dis
trict attorney and I and between tbe
three of us drew up a petition for your
Pardon, the district attorney being tbe
nrst to sign. I got off to Albany by
ne first train. There wasn't the
'iRhtest trouble; the governor grant
o the pardon without a murmur.
' And here we are."
And here we are." Coast repeated
a whisper. He wtt8 quiet for a time.
"Yo know I can't thank you,
' man." he said at length. rouBlng.
"arburton's fat little hand rested ft
foment lightly upon his shoulder.
ou don't have to. I feel too good
"out It my8elf Away8 knew u
foitk Yme out a" r8hl- N-ver l08t
4,L. n you' not 'or eecond, Uar-
"e rattled on, Coast listening by
ihi "natche8- He. heard a little
more ?'atler and ,hat- heard ie of
edly rPHed at times abstract-
A Catherine TbaxterT Had she heard?
thi. u0at B thou8hta focussed upon
j' he must see her. . . .
. 're came a pause, made awkward
rl """tralnl 'n Warburton's man-
V no at 1 ... . . .
oi Biuncea at mm lnqulrlng-
nervously" p
Wmm?'" one th,ng" he "you
Won'llke, perhaps."
. smiled.
"I'm not In a
mood
T 'ault-ftndln
What Is It?'
"Of
course, you know It's desirable
10 l Blackstock.
"Well?"
"You won't be fully cleared. In tbe
public mind at least, until bo's con
victed In your stead."
"That's true enough."
"80 we're keeping It quiet, for the
time being the reasons foe your re
lease, I nienn."
"Why? What's tbe sense of that?"
Coast demanded, excitedly. "You sold
'exoneration!' . , ."
"80 It Is. so It will be. But we don't
want to scare Blackstock. If he hears
that Dundas has confessed, he'll never
be found. If we permit hiu to think,
as the public will certainly think, that
you are pardoned principally because
of your social standing and 'pull'
. . . then he won't be so wary. You
see? 80 we're withholding tho real
reason. Be patient; It will only be
for a little while. And In the end It
will be exoneration, absolute and un
questionable. Will you stand for
this?"
Coast nodded somberly at the dull
haze hanging over tho sweltering city
toward which they raced. "I presume
I must," he said wearily 1 "but It's
hard thundering bard. ... I bad
hoped ..."
"I know, old boy." Warburton's
band touched his oguln. "But It's lor
tho best for your best Interests, be
lieve me."
Coast's cbln sank despondently upon
his breast "I must go away for a
time," he said, or, rather muttered,
bis accents so soft that Warburton
failed to distinguish them "clear out
for a time. . . ."
They passed a corner nrws stand
where a man stood with a paper out
spread before blm, the width of Its
front sheet occupied by headlines In
huge black type, heralding tbe sensa
tion of the hour.
They who rode might read:
GARRKTT COAST PARDONKD!
AT THE ELEVENTH HOUR!!!
Coast shivered aa If chilled and
The Sidewalk Throng Passed
sank back, crouching, faint with dis
may, in his corner of tbe tonnoau.
Publicity, had him In lis relentless
clutches.
At two In the afternoon the car
stopped before the building on Nus
rau street In which Warburton bad
offices. Coast alighted, sick with tear
of recognition. The sidewalk throng
passed blm with blank looks, the ele
vator boy bad a copy of the blatant
sheet and a stare for Mr. Warbur
ton's client In Warburton's private
room there was business to distract
him; papers to be signed, details to be
arranged, letters and telegrams of
congratulation, already coming In by
tbe scoie, to be opened and read. He
was called on the telephone Warbur
ton fully satisfying himself as to 'he
culler's Identity before turning the
receiver over to Coast. His hope was
His Escape Was Expensive
Globe-Trotter Haskln Keeps Store-
keeper Good Natured While
Chinese Mob Walts.
Frederick J- Haskln, globe-trotter,
man ot the world and humorist, 00
one occasion struck Shanghai when
the feeling among tbe natives was
strong agulnst Americans. The peo
ple of tbe Celestial empire were boy
cottlng American goods and stoning
Americans whenever tbey could get
away with It
' Haskln was warned not to take any
.risk.
"These people won't bother me,"
he remarked airily. "It any of them
tries to hurt me, I'll band him a swift
wallop under tbe chin."
Ten minutes arter be left bis hotel
De was hotfooting tt down tbe atreet
while a gang of Chinese used blm as
a target, and pelting blm with any
tl Ing tbey could lay bands on Final
ly, out of breatb, and looking like a
cyclone victim, be ducked Into aator
nipped with disappointment; tt was
merely Truax calling to offer bis fe
licitations and demand Coast's pres
ence at "a little dinner at the club
Just a few of us. all friends of yours;"
tbe hour, seven that night. Mechan
ically Coast promised and rang off.
He was unable to refuce: In bis heart
he knew that be would be unable to
go.
"What about my rooms?" be asked,
suddenly.
Warburton beamed "They're wait
ing for you, everything Just as you
left It. I kept trark of both your old
servants; they're there, loo Just
walk In and hang up your hat."
Coast meditated "That's like you,
Dick." he said
An olllce boy entered. "Reporter
from tho Jolnul wants to see Mister
Const."
"I've left." snld Coast.
He thought soberly, frowning for a
moment "That puts my place out of
the question; they'll swarm there."
"Yes." agreed Warburton.
"I'll put up' at some hotel tonight."
"Made up your mind which?"
"No; I'll cull you up wl en I'm set
tled. . . . You'd better give me
some money " (
Warburton's pudgy tontines con
torted themselves to express chagrin.
"The one thing I forgot!"
"Then send somebody out for It."
"How much?" Warburton drew a
chequebook toward him. "A hun
dred ?"
A long pause prefaced Coast's esti
mate. "Five thousand."
The lawyer whistled. "Tbe devil
you say! What d'you want with all
that?"
"How can I tell?"
With a sigh and a shrug Warburton
drew the check nnd rang for his head
clerk Thnt person brought with blm
the Information that representatives
of the Times, the Sun and the Herald
had foregathered with the .loiirnul re
porter In the outer olllce, and would
not be denied.
"Got the money." said Warburton.
"I'll tend to the rest."
He made ft sortie into the reception
room and returned crestfallen. "I've
lied like a trooper." he confessed,
"but tkey won't budge. Ynu were seen
to er.fer; you haven't been seen to
leave."
"Then." said Coast. "I'll stop here
tonlhht."
Warburton shook his head In cheer
ful dissent. "Not In the least neces-
Him With Blank Looks.
ary. I'll fix you up all right. You
can slip out Into the ball by this door
I'll make sure the coast's clear, first
dodge round Into the Liberty street
corridor, and take the elevator there.
You're hardly lluble to be recognized
on either the subway or tbe L, If
you're careful. Make your own selec
tion of a hotel and call me up at the
club any time after Ave. Meanwhile
I'll send a boy to your rooms ;"ur what
ever you want, nnd he'll brlt.g every
thing to you at any hour you name."
Coast smiled agreement. "That's a
wonderful heud you wear, Dick, but I
doubt If your sebnnio will work; It's
too simple "
Its very simplicity made It practica
ble, however; and a little after four
Coast made his escape precisely as
Warburton had planned.
(TO BK CO.N'TINUIiD.)
The mob waited for blm with admir
able patience At the ejid of every
fifteen minutes the traveler would
ssk tbe owner of the. store:
"Are they still there?"
They were there
Then, Just to keep bU savior In
good humor, Haskln would make a
purchase He started out on a JUO
overcoat but tbe mob waited so long
that be dropped tn bis expenditures
until tbe articles be bought were
wortb only a dollar or two apiece.
He was Imprisoned for half a day
and tbe price of his escape was near
ly $200. TwIce-a-Month Popular.
Arthur "Why la It. fairest Evan
geline, that when I am with you the
nnnds on that clock seem to take
wings and fly?" Stern Voice (at the
Dead ol the stairs) "Without wish
in' to be Impertinent, young man, I
simply want to observe that them
nands batn't got nothln' on tbe ones
on our gas meter." Judge.
Pure Ideals Would
Eliminate Divorce
By Rev. HERBERT McCONNELL
Puler of Jiitti Mrmorlil Church,
Grind Ripidb, Mich.
TEXT And tin Lord wild unto Moien,
"Wherefor thou orient unto me? Speak
to the children of Israel that they (0
forward."
In the Christian life there Is little
promised that Is. easy. Men are con
tinually being put to the test. .Often
men are placed In hard places, where
the burden Is found to be heavy.
Moses was now carrying a heavy bur
den. He bad led the children of Israel
(rom bondage to (reedom. Now It
looked as though they would be taken
back to bondnge again. The thought
of this was weighing heavily on
Moses, and be cried unto Cod. The
answer was: "Speak thou unto the
children o( Israel that they go for
ward." Because of the passing years
tbe words have not lost their mean
ing. But In a larger sense they are
being applied today.
The message of God to men is "For
ward." It would be a shame for the
present generation to be In tho same
degree of enlightenment as the gener
ation that has Just passed. We today
have the accumulated thought which
has led to the degree of enlighten
ment. As we have found so much
the responsibility Is laid upon us to
move forward so that we by our lives
will not retard the march of civiliza
tion. The Christian should ever have
bis or her face forward ready to
march at any and all times.
We are placed Into such a beautiful
world one would think it would be
hard for the children of men not to
think of Ood. But we are forced to
believe that there are many Hoopla
who think very little of blm who has
given so much for us to enjoy. Tbe
great, broad fields bearing their precl
us fruits, the precious stones found
In the bowels of the earth, the great
forests furnishing the timbers for our
great buildings and ships, the great
mountain peaks.
All these things should remind tit
of God and his goodness and cause us
to think much of him. Tbe beauty of
the sunrise and the glory of the set
ting thereof, the beauty of the stars,
the songs of the birds, the lightning
flash, all reveal to us the greatness of
God. How strange that men ran pass
on with so little thought of God. who
has been so kind and good.
The question we hear often Is, "How
much will you give?" By that ques
tion we mean how much will I get.
We are very anxious about how much
we will get. Ought It rift be bow
much can I give? In this way see
how much we can help the world on
ward. Suppose that the Apostle Paul
bad asked how much he was to have
received for each Journey he under
took. Would we have the privilege of
reading of the church at Philllppl.
Corinth and many other places? If
Martin Luther had asked how much
he was to receive for the work he
was doing would we be honoring him
today? The fact Is this. thHt tbe men
and women who accomplished most
for the world have been most unsel
fish. They hnve put themselves Into
the great work and their Influence baa
lived
Too many people are not familiar
with the Bible This will apply to
both tl ose who belong to our
churches and those who have not yet
Identified themselves with the church.
There Is a great lack In our knowl
edge or the Bible. If the Bible Is our
guide through this life, surely we
ought to become familiar with thnt
which we depend upon. Mr. Moooy
used to say, "look out tn nature and
see the hand of Good. Look Into the
Bible and Bee God face to face." Some
time ought to be given each day to
reading the Biblo, not that we ought
to see how much we can cover at a
glance, but how much we can under
stand of Its contents.
We are reminded every day how Im
portant It Is to live pure. If tbe pure
life was the Ideal, bow much wrong
doing would be corrected. If the cou
ple standing at the marriage altar
would have the pure life as their Ideal
would It not lessen the number of di
vorces? Would we not have better
homes? Would there not be fewer
children to care for In the homes of
charity? If the pure life was the
Ideal would we not have better so
ciety? How our churches would be
filled with devoted men and women
wbo are anxious to worship God
men and women who would be anx
ious to take a class In the Sunday
school and faithfully each Sunday
stand before their classes teaching
the things of purity and God! Realiz
ing that the greatest of all things are
the tblngs which can be given for the
sake of those who are here by our
side, the opportunity for labor is great
and the field is wide.
Harmony.
Eloquence, poetry, painting, sculp
ture and architecture are like the Ave
fingers of the human hand. Eacb la
harmonized and vitalized by music
which Is the blood of all the branches.
Every technic of these arts Is toned
and timed In tones of music Rev. Dr.
F. W. Gurisaulus, Baptist. Chicago.
No Victory Without Struggle.
There Is no victor, without a strug
gle. There Is no painless holiness
Tbe insipid, effortless life Is not of
God. That man Is poor Indeed who
would be saved by grace and have,
nothing himself to do Rev. R. C.
Stone, Fiesbyterlan. Denver.
Argument Defined.
An argument Is an effort of two peo
ple to keep each other from finding out
tbe truth. Life.
Excess of Procrastination,
Some people put off till tomorrow
the things they should have done last
week.
Value of the Smile.
There U much relision In a good
imile. i
t
HAVELOCK IN GRAPHIC STORY
General 8lr Henry Tells of Generous
Deeds of Soldiers Who Were
Without Alcoholic Drink.
Tbe following extract, wblcb Is tak
en from the "Narrative of the War in
Afghanistan," by General Sir Henry
Havelock, that gallant and glorious
soldier of whom one of bis contem
poraries said that be waa "every Inch
a soldier and every Inch ft Christian,"
provides very comforting and en
couraging reading to those wbo have
read tbe excesses of British and oth
er troops of war In the old drinking
days before the Army Temperance as
sociation waa existent or even thought
of.
Commenting on the forbearance of
the troops at the taking of Gbuznee,
In 1839, Sir Henry wrote: ,
"Though Ghuznee was carried by
storm after a resistance stout enough
to have roused the angry passions of
the assailants, the Afghans were
everywhere spared when they ceased
to tight Let me not be accused of
foisting In unfairly a favorite topic,
or attempting to detract from the
merit of the troops, when I remark
how great a degree tho self-denial,
mercy and generosity of the hour may
be attributed to the fact that tho
European soldiers had received no
spirits since July 8. and had
found no liquor among the plunder of
Ghuznee. No candid man of any mil
itary experience will deny that the
charncter of tho scene In the fortress
and citadel would have been far dif
ferent If the soldiers had entered the
town primed with arrack, or If spirit
uous liquors had been discovered in
the Afghan depots. Since, then. It baa
been proved that the troops enn make
forced warches of 40 miles, and
storm a fortress In 25 minutes with
out the aid of rum, behaving aftor
succoes with a forbearance and hu
manity unparalleled In history, let It
not henceforth be atgued that distilled
spirits are an indispensable portion of
a soldiers' ration."
This sane deduction of an exper
ienced leader of troops In the Held Is
quite In keeping with the findings of
the present day, which amply witness
the truth thut troops fight better,
march better, rndure better, and are
healthier; happier, and stronger with
out alcbollc beverages.
BEER HABIT SHORTENS LIFE
No Mm Who Drinks (Much of the
Malt Beverage Is the Equal of
tht Man Who Lets It Alone.
Dr. S. S. Lungren. one of the lead
ing homeopathic physicians and sur
geons In the country, who has been
practicing In Toledo for a qunrlcr of
a century, soys: "Beer drinking
shortens life. Physicians decide that
the heart's action Is Increased 13 per
cent In Its efforts to throw off alco
holic stimulants Introduced Into the
circulation. The result Is easily fig
ured out. The natural pulse Is, say.
76 per minute. Multiply this by six
ty, number of minutes In an hour, and
by 21 for the hours of the dny. and
add 12 per cent, to the sum total, we
will find that the heart has been com
pelled to do extra work during that
time In throwing off the burden of
a few drinks (4 8 ounces of alcohol)
equal to lifting 15'i tons lifted one
foot high. The alcohol In the beer
cnuses a dilation of the superficial
blood vessels, as It does In all of
them. This gives the ruddy look,
which Is really an unhealthy conges
tion there and everywhere heart,
brain, stomach, lungs, liver, kidneys
It breaks down, weakens, enfeebles,
Invites attacks of disease, and makes
recovery from any attack or Injury
precarious and difficult Everywhere
It Is degeneration. No man who
drinks much beer Is the physical and
mental equal of the man who ab
stains." The Good Fight of Faith.
The trials that test our moral en
durance do not create It, and unless
we are prepared for their ordeal be
fore It comes we are llkejy to tall.
Tbe oak proves Its strength tn the
tempest. It gets It from quite dif
ferent sources during the tranquil
weather. Moral emergencies, when
they come, demand the use of quali
ties of heart and mind which we have
gathered from our outward blessings
In the day of peace and Joy. The
temptations thnt assail us must be
resisted by a strength already acquir
ed. The Inner worth thnt shall make
us Independent of our outwurd losses
must already exist. The help re
quired In time of trouble must be de
rived from sources with which we
were familiar before the trouble came.
It was because Job had enjoyed his
blessings with a thnnkful heart, and
used his prosperity, while It lasted.
In Just and generous ways, thnt his
Integrity Issued triumphantly from tho
ordeal In which Satan bad predicted
Its defeat. Because Jesus bad been
with God on the mount of transfigur
ation he found him more eaHlly amid
tbe shadows of Gethsemane.
Love's Open Vision.
A loving so' I Is superior to circum
stances and gets gain from adversities
and disappointments. We are fami
liar with Paul's saying that "all things
work together for good to them that
love God;" but perhaps we do not
realize aa we should that this result
Is not an arbitrary reward, but It con
ditioned upon the characters of our
hearts. Tbe love of God cannot make
all events blessed for us till It dwells
within us. God loves everybody; but
the blessedness of being served by all
events ran be apprehended only by
those who love him. Love finds the
combination that unlocks every trea
sury of good. To be spiritually mind
ed Is botb life and peace. We need
not be the slaves of circumstances,
but make them what we will. Their
results depend on what we are. In
every world tbe loving heart will And
besven
PRAYER OF
NEHEMIAH
SuhUt Sckoel Uttea far Nev. 26, 1911
Specially Arranged lor Tint Paper
I.KSKON TEXT-Nehrmlah 1.
MKMORY VKUBK-s.
GULDEN TEXT "The effectual, fer.
vent prayer of a rtichteous man avalletti
murh."-Jm.
Tl.ME-Thlrtern y..are after the Return
of the Exile under Kura (our Inat lea
son), ehemlah a prayer, H. C. 45, No
vember, Derenilmr. lie wt-nt to Jeru
salem the next eprlnir, II. C. 444.
I'LACK-Bhushan, or Buaa, one of the
three capitals of the Persian Empire at
the time of this entnn. It Is now called
Bus, In southwcit Perela. The aneli-nl
city hua been ex-avated, and various In
aerlptlona and reinulin of bulldlnga have
been hroiiKht to lluht.
Rt'l.EK8-ArUerxea, called t.onulma
nus (or long-handd), beg-un to relxn II.
C. 4(3; reigned till Dec. 17, m. Alliens
came under 1'erlclee (444). Military trib
unes In Home i44().
JEWISH tEADEHS-Nehenil.ih, who
became governor of Judea. Eira the
acrlhe had returned to Habylon. Malachl,
the lust prophet of the Uld Testament,
must have been living at thla time.
Ezra's home was In Hubylon, Nehe
mluh's in Shushun, 250 miles further
east, with fewer persons of his own
nationality, and farther away from
news of what was going on In Jerusa
lem. It Is this sepsrutlon of homes
that explulns why there was so little
working together of these two men,
till both had been nt Jerusalem.
Nehemlah was walking one day out-
ulrla tho utillu r. ci... ... f
iiiiun i una us, wnen some at rangers,
making for tho city, travel-worn as If
by a long Journey, were overheard by
him discoursing In his own language,
the Hebrew. Nothing touches the
heart In a strange land more than
one's mother tongue. He went up to
them, therefore, and, Introducing him
self, found they were from Judah. and
one was his own brother, Hananl.
Naturally Nehemlah asked them
about the state of things In Judea.
He learned that Ezra's reforms In re
lation to marriages with the heathen,
made the surrounding nations very
bitter. The leaders on both aides
were many of them allied by mar
riage, and for the Jews to repudiate
tbelr foreign wives, as If claiming to
be so much better than their neigh
bors, must have Infuriated them. It
struck the divorced women as a cruel
and Insulting outrage. Driven back
to their paternal homes with their
burning wrongs, these poor women
must have aroused the utmost Indig
nation among their people. Thus the
reformer had stirred up a hornet's
nest. It Is apparent that the persist
ent enmity of the colonists, their mis
representations and perhaps their
bribes had resulted In Instigating op
position to the Jews In very blgb
places.
.. ....
Nehemlah was a true patriot. He
was a deeply religious man, a man of
prayer and consecration, God fearing,
tru to his convictions. He showed
remarkable wisdom and shrewdness.
If any fault la recorded of Nche
mleh, It Is one which he himself re
veals, a fault that for a long time pre
vented Alexander Whyte from loving
him "and, worst of all, I thought
hi oi a man who was always well
pleased with himself."
Max Muller, In bis autobiography,
sfljs that the story of a man, which
leaves out his faults. Is like a picture
deficient in shadows, and fails to
bring out the bright points of his
character. "We want to know bis
faults thnt Is probably the most in
teresting part of him," certainly often
very helpful.
Charles Rcade talis him: "Faithful
courtier, yet true patriot; child of
luxury, yet patient of hardship; In
ventive builder, Impromptu general,
astute politician, blgh-splrlted gentle
man, Inspired orator, resolute reform
er; born leader of men yet humblo be
fore God."
The first thing, the absolutely nec
essary thing, for Nehemlah was to
find divine help, wisdom, guidance, for
himself, and the source of power over
the king's mind. For this he prayed
to the only being who could answer
his prayer, and he kept on praying for
four months, while the double answer
was being prepared in himself thnt
he, by deep thought, and new light
and divine wiBdom, might be fitted to
receive the answer, and tn the king
that he might be Inclined to do his
part toward the answer.
That for wiilaji Nehemlah prayed
was like the first petitions In the
Lord's prayer, "Thy kingdom come."
For bis prayer was not for merely ft
few people and the city that were In
danger, but for the kingdom of God
on earth. The condition of things at
Jerusalem was a dishonor to Jehovah,
and to his religion.
His prayer had been so fur answered
that he knew what be had to do, and
that the time hud come for doing it.
Ills prayer now at the end of four
months, was for guidance and help
and success In this crisis.
Tho answer came through nnd In
the man who prayed. So Jesus bade
his disciples to pray for more labor
ers to gather In the spiritual harvest.
The answer came throush their own
work In .that Imrvrst field. It came
also In their being better litbnrers,
wiser, more earnest, more self-dmy-Ing,
more skilful. In all sincere pray
er one must be willing to do his part
toward the answer. Frederick Doug
lass used to say that he often prayed
for freedom, but his prayer waa never
answered till he prayed with bis feet.
The answer wai coming during all
this time of delay. Tbe answers are
often long preparing. As-one prays
for fruit, and the answer Is begun by
the planting of seed, followed by the
nurture of sun and rain. But the fruit
must grow and ripen before it can be
eaten. Thus printing could not pre
vail till good, cheap papor was discov
ered, and each Invention, as steam,
telephone, telegraph, depended on our
having other things to make them use
ful. The battle must be fought before
the vlcto'ry can come, and the victory
would be of small value without the
battle. We pray for victory over cor
ruption, over Intemperance, over op
pression; It Is Impossible that such
victories should be sent complete from
heaven, but tbe prayer Is being an
swered all the time, tbe (orcea are at
work which will destroy the evil, the
worm Is gnawing at tbe root ot the
tree.
A POLICEMAN'S EXPERIENCE.
Buffered for Years From Chronlo Kid
ney Trouble.
Walter J. Stanton, 1139 Pear 8t,
Camden, N. J., saysj
"Kidney trouble
bothered ma (or II
years. If I stooped,
sharp twinges shot
through my back and
It was hard for me ta
arise. I was treated
by sevenl doctors,
one ft sptclallst, but
did not receive relief.
Finally I began using
Doan's Kldny PUU
and soon noticed Im
provement. I con
tinued until the trou
ble entirely disap
peared." "When Vour Back
Is Lame, Remember'
the Name DOAN'S."
Due, all stores. Fo
ter-Mllburu Co., Buf
falo. N,
NOT SO SURPRISING.
"They tell me Daring Ike's dead. Is
that right?"
"Sure; shot plumb through tbe
heart"
"Well, I ain't surprlfed, then; hi
heart always wss weak."
SCALP WAS BADLY AFFECTED
"I am more than gratified by the
successful results I obtained by the
use of the Cutlcura Remedies. For
several years my scalp was very badly
affected with dandruff and scales. My
sculp Itched terribly at times and my
huir fell out My coat collar would
be actually white with the dandruff
that hud fallen from my head.
"My profession being that of a bar
ber, I was particular about having my
hair In good condition, and was also In
a position to try many lotions, etc., for
the sculp. These had little or no)
effect. I had heard so much about the
Cutlcura Remedies that I resolved to
try them. I shampooed my bead with
Cutlcura Soap twice ft week aud after
drying my heud thoroughly, I anointed
parts ot my scalp w ith Cutlcura Oint
ment. I was pleased from the outset,
and continued to keep up this treat
ment. To think thut only three cakes
of Cutlcura Soup and one and ono half
boxes ot Cutlcura Ointment rid my
bead of this annoying trouble, mad
me feci quite contented.
"I have now got a thick growth ot
hair and I am never troubled with
any dandruff or Itching of tbe acalp.
There Is no question but that tbe
Cutlcura Remedies cured me. I fre
quently recommend them to my cus
tomers, and they think a great deal of
them." ( Slcned) John F. Williams. 307
Norfolk Street, Dorchester, Boston,
Mass., July 2S, 1910.
Although Cutlcura Soap and Oint
ment are sold by druggists and
dealers everywhere, a sample of each,
with 32-page book, will be mailed free
on application to "Cutlcura," Dept
L, Boston, '
Business Instinct Strong.
A photographer tells as a Joke on
himself tl.at a woman, accompanied
by a little boy, came Into his studio
the other day. "I want my plckcher
took," she said. "I see that you take
ptekebers for four dollars a dozen this
week, so I come fer mine. And I
want 'this little boy took In the same
plckcher with me." "Yes, madam
but, of course, we mnde an extra
charge outside this special rate when
two pictures are taken at once." "Oh,"
says the lady, "but I'll keep the boy
In my lap. That's the way I do In the
street cars, and no body ever says
anything."
Important lo Mother
Examine curefuli) every bottle of
CASTOR1 A. a safe and sure remedy for
Infanta aud children, and see that It
Signature of UJtM2L(
In Ubo For Over 30 Years.
Children Cry for l'loU'lier'a Castori
Poor Conversationalist.
"Is your husband a good alter din
ter talker?"
"No, Indoed A3 soon as he's br
dinner ho Ilea down on the couch and
falls asleep, and 1 never get a word
out of him."
The Gist of It.
Two and two make four. This Is
platitude
Two and two make three. This Is
demngoglstu.
Two and two make one hundred
and fifty This is high finance. Lip
pincott's Mnganint:
ro DUIVK HT M AI. A1UA
ami in ii.li 1 1" Tiir TTir
Tuke the Oil StulMlunl l.ltuVKH l'A-TKI knit
('1(11.1. 'lAtNlc. Vnii know Kliet you art Utkiiif
Tho fortunU I piatnlv printi-a rm ivtry (niiiia,
utmelnu tt U rlnipl. ijiilmiii nnd iMn Hi u imu-Iiwi
ttiri, unit l'ji initt rlT'-luul turta tar grwwe
MH,Ue auj cliliJ vn. fiu uultl
The Mean Thing.
Stella Jack was on his bended
Knees to me last night.
Bella Well, poor felow. he can'f
help being bow legged
Dr. Pierce's Plensunt Pellets regulate
and invigorate utoumeli, Iiv?r and Iwwela.
Sugar-coated, tiuy granules, easy la take
as candy.
In the deepest night of trouble and
sorrow, we have so much to he thank
tul for that we need never eease our
singing. Coleridge. '
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