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sj Charles Nevllla Buck
With Illustrations ',
from Photographs of Scenes
In the Play
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SYNOPSIS.
On Mlm-ry rn-ek. at tlio fnnt of n rsrk
fn.in wlilc ti'is ulli-n. fliilly Millar
Simla Cli-orcn l'ilt. n liiiitltwmw (mint
it, unoonHcloim, mill nft".T ri-vlvliiu lilm,
rim- fur luMbtunrii. SumHiin Houlh awl
Killy. tHkliiK lxrutt ii) Haiimin's lumii-.
urn mil by Kiilwr HoiiIIi. Iiiml .f tlm
fiunlly, wlio li'lM lhi.ui tlmt .livwe rurvv
Tiim Ixw-n nlinl mil tlmt HuniMiin I ana-IMi-Ind
of llir filniii. H'liiiHun (li-nU.H It
Thn ntiooliig; ,f .l kho I'nrvy lirouku the
trm-n In Ihe llnllimn-Hipi'lli fn'iil. I"'"
hfi reprove Varum in k Hpli-ei f(,r tulll"':
rtiilly ll.nl Jim Hi.llinrin In mi .Hie Iru'l
vrtlh blmnlliouioln ht.iiLlntr tlir 111:111 wli"
MlDl Pliny Ttli- M lO lllflllllliH l"in I""
trail nt HUcr PnlVti lir. l.i-wult !ii-
tOVITB .ll-llnlil; llMIIIV ill f'-lllllKOtl.
CMAPTCR V Continued.
Tlio two men bad lost nn hour
huddled under a cjnif)' beneath the
rnniionniling r T h Kuddnn ptorm. They
had Bilontly wnlcbed I'biiic battalions
f thunder clomlp filling Hip nkles In
rusty puffs of p:ilo tmd raiting the
earth with light ulnK tmd ball und
Water.
"My God!" exclaimed the mountain
loy abruptly. "I'd i;ivo anything ef
I could paint Hint."
Iicacott rone amllliigly from bis Heat
before (bo easid and mirrendered hii
imtotUi and Hhcaf of brushes.
"Try It," hit Invited.
IAr a moment fSumnon stood hesi
tant and overcome with diffidence:
then, with net Hps, lie took hi place
mid uxperiiuoiilally fitted bis finders
about tlm brush, an be bad Been Les-
roll do. lie asfccd tin advlco He
unnroly gazed for ti wbllo, and then,
i(p(inir a brush and experimenting for
tilri color, went to sweeping In bis pri
m.vy tunes. Suiiihoii, even though be
wan tiojK'IftHHly duublng, nnd knew It,
was ttlnmro, luid the painter nl bis
-lbow cnught his lircnth and looked on
ivith tbe absorption of n prophet, who,
nac 'lon'"K to elilbllsh itrnttlo, yet recoR
' ton tbo i;lft or iropbecy. '
Ular "i hufB the way bit looks tor me,"
, 3 boy imid, Himply.
"TbaLV the way It Is," commended
1iih crltie.
I-X)r a vfhllu more Sanwon worked
t tbe nearer Mils, then be rose
"I'm done," lie paid, "hain't a goin'
ttir fool with them tbar trcos an'
lhinK. I don't know lushing crbout
that. 1 wait imlnt leaves un' IwIrh
n' iMiriiinuntB. What I like in moun
ting iiu' nkiea an' Bccb-like thinss."
IHt-.olt looked at the duub before
jliim. A Iimr trained eye would have
i.ein only tho daub, :it as a poor
judRf of horHfifieHb might b'.e only
awkward Jnltits nnd long Iurs lu a
vennlluK cult, thougb It be bred In the
Jilirnla
'Samnon," tie pnld, earnestly, "that's
nil tboro i to art. It's the power to
levl tbo ixietry of color. The rest can
be UiiKht. The jcpnlus must work, of
otire work, work, work, aud still
work, but the girt Is tbe power of
gtwirii; tw and, by God, boy, you
luivo it. You've fiot what many men
baiti stniRKU'd a lifotlino for. and
inli d. I'd like to have you study with
inn. I'd like to be your discoverer.
Ji.h tisre." ,
I Ik; piiluU'i uut tlmMi, and speedily
vi iil to work. He painted out noth
ing, lie iiiiiiily tuned, and, with pra
('ni'lv Ibi' rlj:ht touch here aud thoie,
Truce Buttin',
Bully."
Murderin'
(..nii'iicd the crudeueua, laid sliebs on
1. In- cimlriitit, melted tho bursbuusa.
and. when lie roi.e, lio bad built, upou
1 he rough coruenttour of Buuuou'b
iHynu:, u jiinlurc. t
"That proves it," tie uid. "1 bud
uiilr t (IiiIhIi. 1 didu't have much to
undo. Hoy, you'ro wasting yourself,
tkimo with me, aud lot uie muke you.
We nil pretend there is no such thing,
111 tluse flays, as sheer genius; but,
iVoi down, wo knon that, uulws there
1,1, Uteip oun be 110 auch thing as tru
art. There. Is equlus and you bavo
it " hlulhuHlasw was again Bwecpiujt
bim into an unlntondcd outburst.
Tho loy stood client. Across bis
joiinleimnte swept a conflict of emo-
ltoim. Ko looked away, sn if taking
toiiiiHol wUh the bills,
"It'd what I'm a-honin' ier," be ad
lutlted at last, '"lilt's what I'd lve
half my life lor. , , , I mout sell
my laud, an' ralt'H the money. . .
j reckon tiit would take piibHels of
money, wouldn't bit!" llo paused, aud
bis eyes fell on the rlllo leaning agaltiBt
Hie lire. His lips tightened in sudden
r.iriiiinbiiinco. He went over and
picked up tbo gun, aud, as bo did so
be. shook his boad.
"No." tte stolidly doclared; "every
.nxn to his own tools. This here's
ml 110 "
' Yut, when they .were again out
pktchiii, ,tnp leuyiuittpa .tp oiay with
vi vl p
irushea once mora inlzed him. and h
' . . . . . . M . . . . I
100K nis pince doiuib iiiu mmi
Neither be nor Loscott noticed e mn
who crept down through the timber,
and for a time watched them. The
man's face wore a surly, contemptuous
gTln, and shortly It withdrew.
Dut, an hour later, while the boy
was still working Industriously and
the arliHt was lying on his bnck, with
a pipe between bis teeth, and his half
closed eyes gazing up contentedly
through the green of overhead
branches, their peace wa broken by
a guffaw of derisive laughter. The?
looked up, to find at their backs a semi
circle of scolllug humanity. Lescott'p
Impulse was to lauh, for only the
comedy of the situation at tho mo
ment struck him. A stage director,
setting a comedy scene with that most
ancient of Jests, the gawking of boobs
nt some new sight, could hardly have
Improved on this tableau. At the front
stood Tamarack Splcer, the returned
wandmor: His lean wrist was stretched
out of a ragged sleeve all too fibort, and
his tattered "Jimmy" was shoved back
over a fuce all n-grln. His oyes were
blood shot with recent drinking, but
his manner was In oxaKgerated and
cumbersome Imitation of a rural mas
ter of ceremonies. At his back were
the raw-boned men and women an-1
children of the liillti, to the number it
a dozen.
"Ludlos und Kentlc-men," announced
Tamarack Splcer, in a hiccoughing
voice, "swing yo' iiartners an' sashay
forward. See the only fion of the lato
Henry South engaged In his marve
lous an' heretofore undiscovered occn
patlon of doln' fancy work. Ladles aud
gentlo-mon, after this here show Is
concluded, keep your seats for the con
cert tn the main tent. This here fa
mous performer will favor ye with a
little exhibition of plain an' fancy
sock-darnin'."
After the first surprise, Samson had
turned bis back on the group. He was
mixing paint at the time and be pro
ceeded to experiment with a fleetln?
cloud effect, which would not outlast
the moment. He finished that, and.
reaching for the palette-knife, scraped
bis fingers and wiped them on his
trousers' legs. Then, he deliberately
rose.
Without a word be turned. Tama
rack bad begun his harangue afresn
The boy tossed back the long lock
from his forehead, and thou, with
un unexpecieuiy swm movement,
crouched nnd leaped. His right fist
Bhot forward to Tamarack Salter's
chattering lips, and they abruptly
censed to chutter as the teeth were
driven Into their flesh. Spleer's head
i.iuipped back, and he staggered against
the onlookers, where he stood rocking
on his unsteady legs. His hand swept
Instinctively to the shirt-concealed
holster, but, before It had connected
both of Samson's lists were playing a
terrific tattoo on bis face. The In
glorious master of the show dropped.
and lay grogglly trying to rise.
The laughter died as suddenly as
Tamarack's speech. Samson stepped
back again, and searched the faces of
the group for any lingering sign of
mirth or criticism. There was r.one.
Every countenance was sober and ex
presslonless, but the boy felt a weight
of unuttered disapproval, and he glared
defiance. One of the older onlookers
spoke up reproachfully.
"Samson, ye hadu't hardly ought ter
u-done that. He was Jest a funulu
with ye."
"Git blin up on his feet. I've got
somethin' ter say tor him." The boy's
voice was dangerously quiet. It was
bis first word. They lifted the fallen
cousin, whose entertainment bad gone
astray, aud led him forward grumbling
threatening and sputtering, but eviue
lug no immediate desire to renew bos
tilltles.
Wkar hev ye been? demanded
Samson.
"Thet's my business," came the fa
miliar mountain phrase.
"Why wasn't yer hyar when then
dawgs tome by 7 wcy was ye the
onlv South thet runncd away, when
they wab tmiclliu round fer Jesse
Purvy's assassin?"
J didn't run away. Tamarack
bloodshot yoa flared wickedly. "1
lyiowed thet ef 1 stayed 'round hyar
with them damned Holliuans stlckln'
their noses Inter our buslnc-M, I'd burl
somebody. So, 1 went over Inter tho
next county fer u spell, xou fellers
mout be able to take things ottun tlu
Ilollnmns, but I hain't."
"Thet's u damned lie," said Samson,
uuletly. "Ye runned away, un' ye
runned lii the water so them duwgs
couldn't trail ye ye done bit because
je shot them shoots ut Jesse l'urvy
i'rom the laurel because ye're a truce
Inititln', murderin' bully thet shoots oil
bis lace, un" is skeered to fight." Sam
sou jaused for breutli, aud went 011
with regained calmness. "I've kuowed
all along ye wus the mau, an' I've kept
ijuiet because ye're my kin. If ye're
got anything else tor Buy, say hit. But,
ef 1 ever ketches yer tulkin' about ine,
or talkln' ter Sully, l ui a-goln' ter take
ye by the scroff of the neck, an' drag
ye plumb into Hixon, an' stick ye In
the jallhouse. An' I'm a-goln' ter tell
the high sheriff that the Souths spits
yo outeu their mouths. Take blm
away." The crowd turued aud left
the place. When they were gone, Sam
Bon seated himself at bis easel again,
and picked up bis palette
CHAPTER VI.
Lescott bad come to tbe inouutuins
anticipating u visit of two weeks. His
accident bad resolved bin to shorten
It to the nearest day upou which bo
felt capable of making the trip out to
the railroad. Yot June had ended;
July had burned the slopes from em
erald to ruseet-green; August had
brought purple tops to the irouweed,
and still be found hlnifclf lingering.
Aud this was true although bo recog
nized a growing sentiment of disap
proval for himself. In Sumson be
thought be recognized twin gifts; a
Bpark of a genius too rare to bo al
lowud to nicker out, and a potentiality
for constructive work among his own
people, which needed for its porfeetlng
only education und experience.
"SiuuHon," be suggested one day
when they were alone, "I want you to
coino Kat. You say that gun Is your
tool, and that each man must stick to
his own. You are In part right, In
part wrong. A man uses any tool bet
ter for understanding other tools. You
have the right to ubo jour brains and
Inleuts to the full."
The boy's face js $omper In .the
THE PULTON
Intensity of bis mentnl struggle, and
his answer hud that sullen ring which
wr not really BUllenness at all. but
self-repression.
"I reckon a feller's biggest right H
to stand by his klnfolks. Une' Splcer s
glttln' old. He's done been good ter
me. He needs me here."
"I appreciate that. He will be older
later. You can go now, and come bacK
to him when he needs you more. If
what I urged meant disloyalty to your
people, 1 could cut out my tongue be
fore I urgued for It. You must be
lieve me in that. I want you to be In
the fullest nense your people's leader.
1 want you to be not only their Sam
son but their Moses."
The boy looked up and nodded.
"I reckon 7-? .ilms ter be friendly,
nil right," was bin conservative re
sponse.
The painter went on earnestly:
"1 realize that 1 am urging things of
which your people disapprove, but It is
only because they misunderstand that
they do disapprove. They are too close,
SuniBon, to see the purple that moun
tains have when they are far away. I
want you to go where you can see
the purple. If you aro tho sort of mau
1 think, you won't be beguiled. You
won't lose your loyalty. You won t be
anhamcd of your people."
1 reckon I wouldn't bo ashamed,
said the youth. ' "1 reckon there hain't
no hotter folks uowhar."
"I'm sure of It. There are going to
be sweeping changes In these moun
tains. Conditions here have stood as
immutably changeless as the bills
themselves for a hundred years. That
day Is at its twilight. I tell you, I
know what I'm talking about. The
state of Kentucky Is looking this way.
Tlio state must develop, and It Is hew
nloii'f that it can develop. Here are
virgin forests aud almost inexhaust
ible coal veins. Capital Is turning
from an orange squeezed dry, and cast
ing about for fresher food. Capital has
seen your hills. Capitol Is Inevitable,
relentless, omnipotent. Where It comes,
it makes its laws. Conditions that
have existed undisturbed will vanish.
Tbe law of the feud, which militia and
courts have not been able to abate,
w ill vanish berore capital's breath like
tho mists when the sun strikes them.
Unless you learn to ride the waves
which w'lll presently sweep over your
country, you and your peoplo will go
under. You may not reullze It, but
that is true. It is written."
The boy had listened Intently, but at
the end be smiled, and in his expres
sion was something of the soldier who
scents battlo, not without welcome.
"1 reckon If theso here fellers air
a-comlu' up here ter run things, nn'
drowned out my folks, bit's a right
good reason fer mo ter stay here an'
holp my folks."
"Ily staying here, you can t help
them. It won't be work for guns, but
for brains, lly going away and com
Ing back armed with knowledge, you
can save tbem. You will "know how to
play the game."
"1 reckon they won t git our land,
ner our timber, ner our coal, without
we wants ter sell bit. 1 reckon ef they
tries thet, guns will come in handy.
Things bas stood here like they Is now,
fer a hundred years. 1 reckon we kin
keep 'em that-away fer a spell longer,
liut it was cviuent tuat aamson was
arguing against his own belief; that be
was trying to bolster up bis rcsolu
tion and Impeached loyalty, and that
at heart he was sick to be up and go
ing to a world which did not despise
"eddlcatlon." After a little, he waved
bis hand vaguely toward "down be
low."
Ef I went down thar," he questioned
suddenly and Irrelevantly, "would
hev' ter cut my ba'r?"
".My dear boy," laughed Lescott, I
can Introduce you In New York studios
to many distinguished gentlemen who
would feci tnai tneir neatis una been
shorn if they let thel locks get as
short as yours. In Ne: York, you
might stroll along Broadway garbed la
turban and a burnouse wlthuiU great
ly exciting anybody. 1 think uy own
hair Is as long as yours."
"Because," doggedly declared the
mountaineer, "J wouldn't allow nobody
ter make me cut my ha'r."
"Why?" questioned Lescott, amuued
at the stubborn inflection.
"I don't hardly kuow why" He
paused, then admitted with a glare as
though defying criticism; "Sally likes
hit that-away an I won't let nobody
dictate ter me, that's nil."
The leaven was working, and one
night Samson announced to his uncle
from the doorstep that bo was "study
in' erbout goln' away fer a spell, an
iseeln' the world."
Tbe old man laid down bis pipe. He
cast a , reproachful glance at the
painter, which . said clearly, though
without words:
"I have opened my home to you and
offered you what 1 bud, yot in my old
age you take away my mainstay.
"I Towed you was a-studyln' erbout
thet. Samson." be Bald, nt last. "I've
done ther beet fer ye I knowed,
kinder 'lowed thet from now on ye'd do
the same fer me. I'm glttln' along in
years right smart. , .
"Uncle Splcer," interrupted the boy
"I reckon ye knows thet any time ys
needed me I'd come back."
The old man's face hardened.
"Ef ye goes," he said, almost sharp
ly, "I won't never Bend fer ye. Any
time ye ever wants ter come back, ye
knows ther way. Tbar'U be room an
victuals fer ye hyar."
"I reckon I mout be a heap more
useful ef 1 knowed uiore."
"I've beerd fellerB say that afore.
Hit kalu't never turned out thet way
with them what buB left the mount
lugs. Mebby tboy gets nfore useful
but they don't git useful ter us. Either
they don't come back at all, or mebby
they comes back full pf newfangled no
tions-ran' aBhamed of their klnfolks,
Thet's the way, I've noticed, bit gen
ully turns out."
Samson scorned to deny that such
might be the case with him, and wan
silent. After a time, the old mau went
on again in a weary voice, as be bent
down to loosen Ills brogans aud kick
them noisily off on to the floor:
"Tbe Souths hev done looked to ye
a good deal, Sumson. They 'lowed they
could uVpcnd on ye. Ye hain't quite
twenty-one yet, an' 1 reckon I could
refuso ter let ye sell yer prou'ty. But
thar hain't no use tryln' tor hold
feller when he wants tor quit. Ye
don't Tow ter go right away, do ye?"
"I hain't plumb made up iny mind
ter go at all," said the boy, sl''"ne
faced!, ''But, f I does go, '
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goln' ylt. I hain't spoke ter nobody
but you about hit ylt."
Lescott felt reluctant to meet his
host's eyes at breakfast the next morn
ing, dreading their reproach, but, if
Splcer South harbored reaentment, he
meant to conceal It, after the stoic's
code. There was no hint of constraint
In his cordiality. Lescott felt, however,
that In Samson's mind was working
the leaven of that unspoken accusa
tion of disloyalty. He resolved to
make a firm I play, and seek to enlist
Sally in hla cause. If Sally's hero-wor-
hip could be made to take the form of
ambition for Samson, ehe might be
brought to relinquish him for a time,
and urge his going that he might re
turn strengthened. He went down to
the creek at the hour when he knew
Sally would bo making her way thither
with her milk pall, and Intercepted her
coming.
As she approached, she was singing,
and tbe man watched ber from the dis
tance. Ho was a landscape painter and
"I Have Opened My Home to You and
Offered You What I Had, Yet In My
Old Age, You Take Away My Main
stay." not a master of genre or portrait Yet,
he wished that he might, before going,
paint Sally.
"Miss Sally," he began, "I've discov
ered something about Samson."
Her blue eyes flashed ominously.
"Ye can't tell me nothln' 'bout Sam
son," sue declared, "wunoutcn nits
somethin' nice."
"It's something very nice," the man
reassured her.
Then, ye needn't tell me, because I
already knows hit," came her prompt
nnd confident announcement. ;
Lescott shook his head, dubiously.
"Snmtion Is a genius," be said.
"What's thet?"
"He has great gifts groat abilities
to become a figure In the world."
She nodded her head, In prompt anJ
full corroboration.
T reckon Samson'U bo the biggest
man In the mountings some day."
"He ought to be more than that."
Suspicion at once cast a cloud across.
tbe violet serenity of ber eyes.
What does ye mean?" she de
manded.
I mean" the painter paused a mo
ment, and then said bluntly "I mean
that 1 want to take him back with me
to New York."
Tho girl sprang to her feet with her
chin defiantly high and ber brown
hands clenched Into tight little fists.
Her bosom heaved convulsively, and
her eyes blazed through tears of anger.
Her face was pale.
Ye hain't!" she cried, In a paroxysm
of fear and wrath. "Ye hain't a-goln'
ter do no slch no slch of a dama
thing!" She stamped ber foot, and
her whole girlish body, drawn Into
rigid uprightness, was a-qulver with
the incarnate spirit of the woman de
fending her home and institutions. For
a moment after that, she could not
speak, but her determined eyes blazed
a declaration of war. It was as though
he had posed ber as the Spirit of tbo
Cumberlands.
He waited until she should - be
calmer,
"You don't understand me, Miss
Sally. I'm not trying to take Samson
away from you, If a man should lose
COULDN'T ATTEND TO BOTH
Grocery Clerk Found That Putting Up
Orders and Talking Baseball
Didn't Go Together.
The manager ol a lurge Portland
(Ore.) grocery store took great pleas
ure in relating a few "plays" pulled off
by one of his clerks. This clerk la a
"fan," One of those absorbed, wild
nnd woolly baseball lovers who can
talk, expand and argue the great
game at any time and anywhere. His
duties at the atore keen him aucbored
most of the time, though on special
occasions he is assigned to the teams.
Among his duties is to put up or
ders for customers In the high-toned
section of the city. While he was en
gaged in this work the other day one
of bis chume (alBO a "fan") came in
and they began to talk baseball, The
grocery clerk kept on putting up the
orders, but bis thoughts were all on
that important subject, baseball
In the course of hli argument bo
went to tho shelf and got a case of
sturch instead of a package of sugar;
put up tomatoes Instead of potatoes,
put in a bag of flour in place of an or
der for lard; rend manle sirup instead
of comlonscd milk, and would have
drawn molusses Into the kerosene can
if some one had not called blm away
for a moment as be started for the
molasses barrel,
For a lime this was he way thnt uIh
orders went out and It caused a riot
among three or four of the beBt cus
tomers. He Is still a eood deal of a
"fan," but he Is not goln? to put up
uny orders wbllo oatHOBsed in bis fav
orite subject,
Unless a man is skilled in the art of
dispensing it, be can burn a lot of
money without Bt,artlng much pf a conflagration,
Jlwil
a girl like you, he couldn't gain enough
In iho world to make up for It. All I
want Is thnt he shall have tbe chanco
to make the beet of his life."
"I reckon Samson don't need no
fotched-on help ter make folks ac
knowledge him."
"Every man needs his chanco. He
enn be a great painter but that's the
least part of It. He can como back
equipped for anything that life offers.
Here, be is wasted."
"Ye mean" she put the question
with a hurt quaver In ber volce"y
mean we all hain't good enough for
Samson?'
"No. I only mean that Samson wants
to grow and bo needs apace and now
scenes In which to grow. I want to
take him where be can eee moro of the
world not only a little soctlon of the
world. Surely, you are not distrustful
of Samson's loyalty? I want him to go
with me for a while, and see life."
"Don't ye say hit!" Tbe defiance In
her voice was being pathetically tan
gled up with the tears. She was
speaking In a transport of grief. "Don't
ye say hit. Take anybody else take
em all down thar, but leave ua Sam
son. We needs hlra hyar. We've Jest
got ter hnve Samson hyar."
She faced blm still with quivering
lips, but in anothor moment, with a
suddou sob, sho dropped to the rock,
and burled her face In ber crossed
arms. Ho wont over and softly laid
a haud on her shoulder.
"Mibs Sally" he began.
She suddenly turned on him a tear
stained, Infuriated face, stormy' with
blazing eyes and wet cheeks and
trembling lips.
"Don't touch mo," eho cried; "don't
ye dnre ter touch me! I hain't nothln'
but a gal but I reckon I could 'most
tear ye ter pieces. Ye're Jest a plzen
snake, anyhow!" Then, sho pointed a
tremulous finger off up the road "GU
away from hyar," she commanded. "1
don't never want ter see ye again.
Ye're tryln' ter steal everything ' 1
loves. Git away, I tella ye! git away
begone 1"
"Think it oer," urged Lescott, quiet
ly. "See If your heart doesn't say I am
Samson'a friend and yours." He
turned, and began making hla way
over the rocke; but. before be had
gone far, he sat down to refloct upon
the situation. Cortalnly. he was nol
augmenting hla popularity. A half
hour later, he heard a rustle, and.
turning, saw Sally standing not far off
She was hesitating at the edge of tho
underbrush, aud Lescott read in ber
eyes the effort It was costing ber to
come forward and apologize.
"I reckon 1 reckon I've got ter ask
yore pardon," she said, alowly and wlin
labored utterance. He looked up to
see her standing with her head droop
lng and her fingers ncrvouBly pulling a
flower to pieces.
"I reckon I hain't a plumb fool. 1
knows thet Samson'a got a right tor
eddlcatlon. Anyhow, I knows he wants
hit."
"Education," said the man, "Isn't go
ing to change Samson, except to make
him liner than he Is and more
capable."
She shook her bead. "I ha'n'l got
no eddlcatlon," she answered. "Hit's
a-goln' ter make him too good fer mc.
1 reckon hit's a-goln' ter Jeat nbuut
kill me. . . ." Her lips twisted
themselves Into a pathetic smile again,
and ber chin came atlffty up. "But,"
she added, determinedly, "thet don't
make no difference, nohow."
Yet, when Samson that evening gave
his whlppoorwlll call at the Widow
Miller's cabin, be found a dejected and
miserable girl sitting on the stile, with
her chin propped In her two hands aud
her eyes full ot aombernesa and fore
boding. "What's the mntter, Sally?" ques
tioned he, anxiously. "Hea that low
down Tamarack Splcer been round
here tellln' ye some more etorles tor
pester yet"
She Bbook her bead in slleuco.
Usually, she bore the brunt of their
conversations, Samson merely agree
ing with, or overruling, her In lordly
brevities. The boy climbed up aud sat
beside ber.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
WOULD AID COTTON GROWERS
Flour-Milling Firm Urges Its Custom
ers to Accept Deliveries of Prod
uct In Cotton Sacks.
In order to increase the demand for
cotton, one of the largest Ilour-inilltug
firms in America has directed its
managers and salesmen all over tho
country to urge Its customers to ac
cept deliveries of flour that ure
shipped lu cotton Instead of Jute
sackB. Hitherto Jute imported from
India baa been used extensively for
shipments of flour, both to home and
foreign markets. Tho sucks employed
hold 140 pounds each. It the trade
can be Induced to accept shipments
In cotton sacks holding 98 pounds
each, there will be a marked Increase
In the demand for home-grown cot
ton, and the action of tbe Hour-mill
ing firm Is regarded as a long step in
this direction. Anything that will
Improve the financial condition of tbe
cotton growers, it la pointed out,
will increase the volume of tholr cash
purchases and thus bcuefll general
business couuMtloos. For this reason
It is belltved that the trade will net
lublst on the Jute sacks used hitherto,
Indication of Debility.
The normal feeling after u good
night's sleep should bo one of vigor
ous refreshment, which continues
throughout the day with the usual
fatlguo, not exhaustion, nt the end ot
the day's work. A condition of very
different significance is that of feel-
lug exhuusted in the morning, even
after au apparently good night h sleep
followed by a feeling of well-being, or
even exhilaration toward (lie end of
the day. This conditton Is pathologic
al, and Indicates that the system Is
run down nnd debilitated, and needs
attention,
Popular Objections
and
How to Meet Them
Br REV. HOWARD W. POPE
SupU:wImiI W Mm, Moody Dibit Indhitt
Ckiaf
TEXT WhMi I hnve a more convnnlont
oason, I will cull for then. Acts 24
When a man says: "I bavo no time
for religion," it means that he is not
interested. He baa
all the tlmo tboro
Is, and It he con
sidered bis sal
vation a matter of
much importance,
bo would take
tlmo for It. He
may be so crowded
with business und
homo cares that
he cannot attend
meetings, but
that need not pre
vont him from
being a Christian.
Our Itomnn Cath
olic friends, who
3!
belong almost wholly to tho laboring
class, nnd whose time is not their own,
as a rule, ore the most regular church
goers in the community. Tho fact Is
that peoplo find time for what they
consider Important.
1 know a young man who wished to
nttend a certain series of meetings.
The factory where he was employed
was running evenings, and every man
waa expected to work ovcrtimo for a
few weeks during the busy season,
for which of course, they received ex
tra pay. He was not a Christian, but
ho went to hla employer and asked to
be excused from working evenings for
a week, and bo also went without his
supper each night la order to attend
the aenrlces. Very soon be gave his
heart to God, and before the end of
tho week he had the pleasure of see
ing bla brother converted through his
instrumentality.
Not the Real Reason.
When one offers tho lack of tlmo
us an excuse for not being a Chris
tian, it is well to show him by some
simplo Illustration that this is not the
real reason. Say to him, "If, in addi
tion to your regular work, you had an
opportunity to earn ten dollars each
week by one hour of extra work,
would you accept the offer?"
He will doubtless answer, "I think I
would."
1 "In other words, if you want tlmo
for something extra, you manage to
11 nd It, You see, my friend, the sim
ple fnct Is that you do not feet tho
need of salvation, and you are not In
terested In it. You are in tho condi
tion described In Ephcsiana 4:18, 'Hav
ing the understanding darkened, being
ullenated from the life of God through
tbe Ignorance that la in them, because
of the hardening of their heart.' Why
not face the fact, disagreeable as it
may be, and when people ask you why
you are not a Christian, give them tho
real reason instead of offering a false
one? And 'furthermore, it Is well to
remember that if you do not take time
to consider this question of salvation,
you ' will soon loso your capacity to
know God, and will be In the condition
described in the nineteenth verse of
the same chapter, 'Who being past
feeling,' gave themselves up to nil
manner of sin."
Remind him also that the religion
docs not consist of sermons and pray
er meetings, but in maintaining a cer
tain attitude toward God, which atti
tude be can assume In a moment and
maintain in the midst of the busiest
life. ! Repentanco toward God and love
to one's fellow mon does not conflict
with any one's duty, nor is It a waste
of time. On the contrary. It saves
time, and sweetens toil, nnd enriches
the v. hole life.
"I Will Think About It."
There are some minds which ma
ture very clowly, aud If one really has
never considered what Is Involved It)
becoming a Christian, it may bo well
to give him a little tlmo for reflection.
As a rule, however, this excuse is only
another way of saying, "Not now." We
should Bhow the person that nlready
he bas all the Information he needs
for an intelligent decision, and that if
be waited a dozen years ho would not
bo cny better prepared,' but on the
contrary, ho would be less disposed to
declda than now.
There aro only two things thnt be
needs to know that be is lost, nnd
that Christ is tbe only Savior. TheHO
two things he knows already, arid all
that remains for blm to do is to ac
cept Christ as bis Savior. Show blm
that continual thinking on the sub
ject will not make the decision any
easier, but continual rejection of
Christ will surely make It hnrder. It
Is a great mistake for peoplo to think
thnt they can be saved when they
please. The only time whon a man
con bo saved Is when God choosos to
save blm, and God's time is now; "Bo
hold, now Is the accepted time; be
hold, now la the day of salvation."
No one bas a right to say that ho
will think It over and decide when he
la ready. God calls for lmmedlato de
cision; bo commands us to lay down
tho weapons of our rebellion, and sur
render unconditionally. Whon Mr.
Moody was holding meetings In Hart
ford, Conn., many years ago, he urged
a man one night to accept Christ at
once. FlnaUy the man replied, "Well.
Mr. Moody, I will promise you this: I
will attend the meeting tomorrow
night and I will accept Christ as my
Savior then." That man never reached
his borne alive. The train on which
he traveled ran off a bridge at Tariff
vllle and mrny lost their lives, and
among tbem was this man. "That ex
perience," said Mr. Moody, "taught me
a lesBon, never to let any one off with
a promlBe, but to presB them hard for
an immediate decision, and If that
failed, to show them the peril of even
a night's delay."
Tomorrow hi the devil's time. Don't
trust him. He Is a doooirer, and tlu
father of Ilea trqm tho b&gUalng.
"I 5 J
;,;.' 1 .
MlTMONAL
SlliWSflW
Lesson
(By B. O. BKLLEflS. Acting Director of
Sunday School Couiw.)
LESSON FOR JANUARY 3
GOD'8 PATIENCE WITH ISRAEL
MSBRON TRXT-Jud(foa 2:7-10.
OOL.DKN TEXT I will heal thrtr Wk.
sliding-, I will love them freely.-lii,, u t
This year we again return to the
history of the chosen people and fol
low them through the period ol the
Judges, the days of the monarchy un
der Saul, David and Solomon, anil the
divided kingdom In the times of Eli
jah, Amos, Hosea and Jonah, down to
the tlmo of Daniel during the cap
tivity. I. Another Generation, vv. Mo,
During the days of Joshua Israel
served Jehovah, but his Influence did
nut last long after his druili. Ever
and anon God must needs raise up
a JoBhua to lead hla church. We
have another "Joshua" Jesus who
Is ever with his peoplo and we d0
not need any earthly lender Ys. f,2:5
Phil. 2:12). Still God Is workine
through human agents and In every
crisis raises up his spirit -clothed
leaders. No doubt this "aiithT rd
oration" honored Joshua an a Hero
but they did not follow In hln oWl
enco to Jehovah. It Is easy to dls
mlsB God's mighty deeds niiinnc men
by calling them myths nnd tradition,
or to dony the "accuracy of the rec
ords." Doubtless the Israelite! Mt
their obligations to their neighbor!
and fellow-tribesmen, but they lest i
realizing sense of their obligation) to
'God. America today Is charged with
an altruistic spirit but seems lacklr.j
In a deep sense of that obligation
to God which Is primary.
Sin of Idolatry
It. They forsook the Lord, w,
11:13. Backsliding Israel la a prof
crb. Over and again there was a re
turn to true worship and Jmt u
often a forsaking. For centuries Je
hovah bore with, foreavn, restored
and punished this "stlffnocked" peo
ple, until the final overthrow and cap
tivity burned Into their consclousnesi
the sin of idolatry. The reason for
this was their disobedience In not
nuttin out of the land "the godn of
the peoples thnt were round about
them." Liberality of this sort awi
results In splrltunl ruin. A nation's
ideals about God not alone determine
Its moral status but eventually Iti
ptiVKleal and temporal welfare as well
Their way was not evil In their on
sight nnd doubtless they were con
sidered very progressive, and tbelr
course an evidence of greater wisdom
than that of their fathers, but
was "evil In the sight of the Lord."
We do not understand that tne
Israelites took up the worship of
Baal, the sun god, with all of IB
abominations at once, but raiber
sought a combination, a compros!
worship, which of course led to the
Inevitable forsaking of God. Verse U
Indicates the base Ingratitude ot
such a course for he It was "W
brought them out of the land ol
Egypt" (Titus 2:14; 2 Pet Ml.
III. The Anger of the Lord, n
14,15. There Is no anger like two'
outraged love. We are apt to forget
the other attributes of God. those ol
Instlxa hntlnPRR and nuritr and that
God can not look upon Iniquity (HA
1:13), The light men enjoy onty
tialotitana and mnknn more black thftr
offenses. God's angt can M
and here he. "delivered them into
hands of the spoilers that spoil"
them."
God Keeoa Hla Promises.
IV. And the Lord Raised u
r v u 1R.19. These "
men who felt the bitterness of
distress of their nation. Ood ip
to the letter his promises, both
blessing and of punishment, but "
-rnK kn mfimhfN mOrCV. 1 U"
main iid , v ...v ...... w
i.,nn Mirtini. ncnlrntlon! tU
juugtro ti.
I.rO n Inrlva tnr thnv "SAVdl "
people. We who live In this prw
dispensation of grace have om "
la nnm ihn pnvlnr hilt Wild Shl" f
be the Judge. That those rlfhtt
leaders of the people had a
taBk Is suggested by verse 1 "
hearts of the people "went
lng," lusted after tho things
sented by Baal nnd ABhtarotn,
history tells ns were too vile to ' '
enumerated. Tho judges secur
tho peoplo of Israel their rigM-1,
cording to tho incrcy of Jehovah
the same time they were rulers.
as such secured for Individuals1
rlqhts. Professor Beccher ht
laieu inai ino penuu m -- j
tratlon was about three hundred
thirty-two years, from the des"
Joshua, 1434 B. C, to the anoWf
or isaui, iwo' i. v.. " ' .
that nt times one part of tn
was under oppression nnd otnw r
were enjoying security "
, .1 . T kn, kann aill'Pt'Sted
jUUfctJ. lb lino wouu .nc . j,
Israel, during the time wo ha ;
' ...j..i n.cGui throw
ana now are oiuujiuei i ...tjj:
four grades In God's school: ,
hnndaS
in """""ft iw
contact with the highest civil'
... . . ,nt l 1 1. A IT"1
ot me ony. iov
training In faith, law and re'.'
observances In the prosenco w r
and hardships. (3) That In the "
of the Judges; training In :
ment while In contact with ene
and moral evils. (4) That of the
dom; training in me arm
llglous life as maniresiea
temple, the priesthood and
prophets. Idolatry waa faaclnaw
had a false freedom, It apy- t
every passion, and waa the veu
thesis of the Jehovah worship
Ity Itself. l(i
The worship of Jehovah .
. . . . i winriu
tnugnt ana impreeseu -
spiritual truth and required "'
fcsslng and forsaking of evil.
Inilmi nun Hnd -enrtnweil and 01 .
I prostitute their girts. Tney --
I led, saw Israel's need and naa
age, fnlth and seal enougn ,f
Israel tnat tne nrst ming , f
to do was to forsake the evu
turn to a life ot obedience to
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