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A DREAD! AND ITS COWSEQILU'ES
By Rev. CHAELES M. SHELDON.
alulior of "In fU SUpn." "The On'sCUrf of
Philip Strung," "llttictm Kirk," tic
(Copyright, 1900, by Advance Publishing Co.)
COSTtNCED.l
CHAPTER V.
Mr. Hardy was n man of great will
power, but this scene wltb his drunken
sun crushed blm for a moment and
seemed to take the very soul out of
him. Mrs. Hardy at first uttered a
wild cry and then ran forward and,
seizing her elder boy, almost drugged
him Into the house, while Mr. nardy,
recovering from his first shock, looked
sternly nt the companions of the boy
and then shut the door. That night i
was a night of sorrow In that family.
The sorrow of death Is not to be com
pared with It
But morning cnnie. ns It comes alike
to the condemned criminal and to the
pure hearted child on a holiday, nnd
after u brief nnd troubled rest Mr.
llsrdy nwoke to his second day. the
memory of the night coming to him nt
first as an ugly dream, bat afterward
ns a terrible reality. Ills hoy drunk!
lie could not make It seem possible.
Vet there In the next room he lay lu a
drunken stupor, sleeping off the effects
of his debauch of the night before. Mr.
Hardy fell on his knees nnd prayed for
mercy, ngain repeating the words. "Al
mighty Cod, help me to use the remain
ing days lu the wisest nntl best man
ner." Then calming himself by a tre
mendous effort he rose up and faced
the day's work as bravely as any man
under such elrcumstnnoes could.
After a family council. In which all
of them were drawn nenrer together
than they ever had beeu before on ac
count of their troubles, Mr. Hardy out
lined the day's work something as fol
lows:
First, he would go nnd see James
Cnxton and talk over the affair with
him and Clara. Tlien he would go
down to the office and arrange some
necessary details of bis business. If
possible, he would come home to
lunch. In the afternoon he would go
to poor Scovllle's funeral, which had
been arranged for 2 o'clock. Mrs.
Hardy announced her Intention to go
also. Then Mr. Hardy thought he
would have a visit with George and
pend the evening at home arranging
matters with reference to bis own
death. With this programme In mind
he finally went away after an affection
ate leave taking wltb hla wife and
children.
George slept heavily until the middle
of the forenoon and then awoke with a
raging headache. Besa bad several
times during the morning stolen into
the room to see If her brother were
awake. When be did finally turn over
and open hla eyes, he saw the young
girl standing by the bedside. He
gronned ns he recalled the night and
his mother's look, and Hess said timid
ly ns she laid her hand on his forehead:
"George, I'm so sorry for you! Don't
you feel well?"
"I feel as if my head would split
open. It aches as If some one was
chopping wood Inside of It."
"What makes you feel so?" nsked
Bess innocently. "Did you eat too much
supper nt the Branileys'V"
Bess had never seen nny one drunk
before, nnd when George was helped to
bed tho night before by his father and
mother she did not understand his con
dltlon. She had alwnys adored her big
brother. It was uot strange she had no
Idea of his habits.
Goorgo looked nt his smnll sister cu
riously; then, under an Impulse he
could not explain, he drew her nearer
to him and said:
"Bess, I'm a bad fellow. I was drunk
last night! Drunk do you under
stand? And I've nearly killed mother!"
Bess was aghast at the confession.
She put out her hand again.
"Oh, no, George!" Then with a swift
revulsion of feeling she drew back and
said, "How could you. wltb father feel
ing as he does?"
And little Bess, who was a creature
of very Impulsive emotions, sat down
crying on what she supposed was a
cushion, but which was George's tall
hat, accidentally covered with one end
of a comforter which had slipped off
the bed. Bess was a very plump little
creature, and as she picked herself up
and held up the hat George angrily ex
claimed:
"You're always smashing my things!"
But the next minute he was sorry for
the words.
Bess retreated toward the door, qulv
eriug under the Injustice of the charge.
At the door she halted. She had some
thing of Clara's passionate temper, and
once In awhile she let even her adored
brother George feel It, small as she
was.
"George Hardy, If you think more of
your old stovepipe bat than you do of
your Bister, all right You'll never get
any more of my month's allowance.
And If 1 do smash your things 1 don't
come borne drunk at night and break
mother's heart That'a what ehe's
crying about this morning that and
father's queer ways. Oh, dear, I don't
want to live; life Is so full of trouble!"
And little 12-year-old Bess sobbed In
I genuine sorrow.
George forgot his headache a minute.
"Come, Bess, come and kiss and
I make up. Honest now, 1 didn't mean
I It I was bad to say what I did. I'll
buy a dozen hats and let you sit oo
I them for fun. Don't go away angry.
I'm ao miserable."
He hay down and groaned, and Beat
went to htm Immediately, all her anger
vanished.
"Ob. let me get yon something to
drive away your beaaacne,
bring you up something nice to eat!
Mother had Norah save something for
you. Didn't you, mother?"
Bessie nsked the question just as her
mother came In.
Mrs. Hardy said "Yes" and. going
up to George, sat down by him ami
laid her hand on bis head, as bis sister
had done.
The boy moved uneasily. lie saw
the marks of great suffering on his
mother's face, but he said nothing to
express sorrow for his disgrace.
"Bess, will you go and get George
his breakfast?" asked Mrs. Hardy, and
the minute she was gone the mother
turned to bcr son and said:
"George, do you love me?"
George had been expecting some
thing different He looked at his moth
er as the tears fell over ber face, and
all that was still good In him rose up lu j
rebellion against the animal part He
seized his mother's hand nnd carried '
It to his Hps, kissed It reverently nnd
snld In a low tone:
"Mother. I am unworthy. If you
knew"
He checked him" V nn the '
verge of confession. His mother wait- 1
ed anxiously and then asked:
"Won't you tell me all?"
"No; I can't"
George shuddered, and at that mo- I
nient Bess came in bearing a tray with
toast nnd eggs and coffee. Mrs. Hardy
left Bess to look after her brother and
went out of the room almost abruptly.
George looked ashamed and nfter eat
log a little told Bess to take the things
away. She looked grieved, and he
aid;
"Can't help It. I'm not hungry. Be- i
sides. I don't deserve all this attention
Say, Bess, Is father still acting under
his Impression, or dream, or whatever
It was?"
"Yes: he Is." replied Bess with much
seriousness, "nnd he Is ever so good
DOW and kisses mother and all of us I
goodby in the morning, and be la kind
and ever so good. I don't believe he is
In his right mind. Will said yesterday i
he thought father was non campus
meant us. and then he wouldn't tell me j
what It mennt, but 1 guess he doesn't
think fnther Is Just right Intellectual- ,
iy"
Now ami then Bess got hold of n big
word and used It n grent deal. She
said "Intellectually" over twice, nnd
(eorge laughed a little, but It was a
bitter laugh, not such as a boy of his
age has any business to possess. He
lay down and appeared to be thinking
and after awhile said aloud:
"1 wonder If he wouldn't let me have
some money while he's feeling that
way?"
"Who?" queried Bess. "Father?"
"What! Yon here still. Curiosity?
Better take these things down stairs."
George spoke with bis "headache
tone," as Clara called It and Bess
without reply gathered up the tray
thlnga and went out, while George con
tinued to figure out la his hardly yet
sober brain the possibility of his fa
ther letting blm have more money with
which to gamble, and yet In the very
next room Mrs. Hardy knelt In an ago
ny of petition for that firstborn, crying
out of ber heart:
"O God, it Is more than 1 can bear!
To see him growing away from me so!
Dear Lord, be thou merciful to me.
Bring him back again to the life he
used to live! How proud 1 was of him!
What a Joy he was to me! And now.
and now! O gracious Father, If thou
art truly compassionate, hear me! Hns
not this foul demon of drink done barm
enough? That It should still come Into
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my home! An, nut i nave oeeu iuuir
ferent to the cries of other women, but
now it strikes met Spare me, great nnd
powerful Almighty! My boy! my heart's
hunger Is for him! 1 would ruther see
him dead than see him ns I saw him
last night Spare me! spare me. O
God!"
Thus the mother prayed, dry eyed
and almost' despairing, while be for
whom she prayed that heortbroken
prayer calculated, with growing cold
ness of mind, the chances of getting
more money from his father to' use In
drink and at the gaming table.
O appetite, and thou spirit of gam
bling! Ye are twin demons wltb whom
many a fair browed young soul today
Is marching arm In arm down the
dread pavement of hell's vestibule,
lined wltb grinning skeletons of past
victims, and yet men gravely discuss
the probability of evl and think there
Is no special danger la a Utile specula
tlon now and tbea.
Farents say. "Ob, aty bay wonldn't
do such a thing!" But bow many know
really and truly what tbelr boy Is real
ly doing, and how many of the young
men would dare reveal to their moth
ers or fathers the places where they
have been and the amusements tbey
have tasted and the things for wblcb
they have spent tbelr money?
Mr. Hardy went at once to his neigh
bors, the Caxtons, who lived only a
block away. He had not been on speak
ing terms with the family for some
time, and be dreaded the Interview
wltb the sensitive dread of a very
proud and stern willed man. But two
days had made a great change In blm.
He was a new man In Christ Jesus,
and as be rang the bell be prayed for
wisdom and humility.
James himself came to the door wltb
hla overcoat on and bat In hand, evi
dently Just ready to go down town.
He started back at seeing Mr. Hardy.
"Are you going down town? 1 will
not come In then, but walk along with
you." said Mr. Hardy quietly.
So James came out, and the two
walked along together. There waa an
awkward pause for a minute; then Mr.
Hardy said:
"James, la It true that you and Clara
are engaged V
"No. air; that Is not exactly what
you mlgbt call engaged. We would
like to be."
Mr. Hardy smiled In spite of him
self, aod Jamea added la a quickened
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Mr. Hardy walked on thoughtfully
and then glanced at the young man at
his side. He was 0 feet tail, not very
handsome, as Bessie had frankly said,
but he had a good face, a steady, clear
blue eye and resolute nlr, ns of one
who was willing to work bard to get
what be wanted. Mr. Hardy could not
help contrasting him with his own
prematurely broken down son George,
and he groaned luwardly ns he thought
of the foolish pride that would bar the
doors of his family to a young man
like James Caxton simply because he
was poor and because his father had
won In a contested election In which
the two older men were candidates for
the same office.
It did not take long to think all this.
Then be snld. looking again at tbe
young man with a businesslike look:
"Supposing you had my permission,
what are your prospects for suDport-
' James, it it true that you and Clara are
engage
cut"
ing my daughter? She has always
had everything she wanted. What
could you give ber?"
The question might have seemed cold
and businesslike. The tone was
thoughtful and serious.
A light flashed Into James' eyes, but
he said simply: "1 am In a position to
make a thousand dollars n year next
sprlug. I earn something extrn with
my pen nt home."
Mr. Hardy did not reply to this. He
said. "Do you know what n wIllfuL
qutefe tempered girl Clara Is?"
"1 have known her from n little
child. Mr Hardy. I feel ns If I knew
her about as well as you do."
"Perhaps you know ber better than
I do. I do uot know my ehllel I
should."
The tone was not bitter, but Intense
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been grently wondering at this talk
from Mr. Hardy nnd had observed tbe
change In his manner and his speech.
He looked nt him now nnd noted the
pale, almost hnggard. face nnd his ex
tremely thoughtful nppearnnee.
"Mr. nnrdy." said James frankly,
"you are In trouble. I wish I could"
"Thank you. No, you can't help me
any iu this except." contiuued Mr.
Hardy, with n faint smile, "except you
solve this trouble between you and
my daughter."
"There Is no trouble between us, sir,
replied James simply. "You know I
love her nnd have loved her for a long
time, and I believe I am able to sup
port her and make her happy. Won't
vou clve vour consent, sir? We are
uot children. We know our minds.
James was beginning to spenk very
earnestly. He was beginning to hope
that the stern, proud man who had so
curtly dismissed him a little while be
fore would In some unaccountable
manner relent and give him his heart's
desire.
Mr. Hardy walked along in silence a
little wov. Then he said almost
abruptly:
"Jamea, do you drink?"
"No, sir."
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Mrs. Caxton's younger brother hnd
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vice so debasing that it Ignored all the
tender ties of kindred and was ready
to stop at nothing in order to get
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Mr. Hardy knew the story, and he
exclaimed: "Forgive me, James. I did
not think." Then, after a pause: "Are
you a Christian? I mean do you have
a faith In the revelation of God to men
through Jesus Christ, and do you try to
live according to bis teachings, wltb a
supreme love for God controlling life?
Do you live every day as If It might be
the last you would have to live?"
James started. Was Mr. Haray out
of his mind? He had never heard him
talk like this before. The idea of Mr.
Hardy caring about his religious char
acter In the eveut of his becoming a
son-in-law was an Idea too remote for
occurrence. He could see, however,
that some very powerful change had
taken place In Mr. Hardy's usual de
meanor. His words also produced a
strong effect upon the young man. He
was like thousands of young men
temperate, honest Industrious, free
from vices, strictly moral, but without
any decided religious faith.
"Am I a Christian?" he asked him
self, echoing Mr. Hardy's question.
No: he couid not sny that he was. He
had never said so to any one. He had,
In fact, never been confronted with the
question before. So he replied to Mr.
Hardy:
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Mr. Hardy did not answer, ue wait
ed along thoughtfully. In the course or
the conversation they had reached the
corner where the young man turned
down to his office, and the two paused.
I want to have another talk witn
you," Mr. Hardy said. "Today is Tues
day; say tomorrow evening. I want to
see your father also, and" Mr. Hardy
was on the point of saying tnai ne
wanted to ask the elder Caxton's for
giveness, but for some reason no stop
ped without doing so.
James exclaimed eagerly as Mr. Har
dy turned to go:
"Then vou don't forbid my entertain
ing some hope of your good will In the
matter of my love for Clara T He low
ered his voice and spoke very strongly.
"You don't forget your own youth and
the way In which you yourself began
your home?"
Mr. Hardy answered never a word
to this appeal, but looked into tbe
young man's face with a gaie he did
not forget all day, then wruug his hand
and turned on his heel abruptly and
walked rapidly down the street
James looked after him as he disap
peared among the crowds of people go
ing to their business, and then turned
to his own tasks. But something In
him gave him hope. Another something
appenled all day to bis Inner nature,
and be could not shake off the Impres
sion of Mr. Hardy's question, "Are you
a Christian?" And even when be went
home nt night that question pursued
him more strenuously than any other
and would not give blm peace.
CHAPTER VI.
Robert Hardy reached bis office Just j
In time to see Burns, the foreman, go
out of a side door and cross tbe yard.
The manager followed him and entered
tbe machine shop In time to see blm
stop at a machine at tbe farthest end
of the shop and apeak to tbe man at
work there. Tbe man was a
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Just from the foundry or the casting
room. He was at work this morning
on one of the eccentric bars of a loco
motive, and It was of such a charac
ter that he could leave the machine for
several minutes to do the planing.
Burns talked with this man for
n while and then moved across the floor
to the other workman, a small boned,
nervous littfe fellow, who was In
charge of a boring machine which
drove a steel drill through heavy plates
of Iron fastened Into tbe frame.
Mr. Hardy came up Just as Burns
turned away from this man and touch
ed blm on tbe shoulder. The foreman
started and turned about, surprised to
see the manager.
"Well. Burns, how goes everythlnr
this morning?" asked Robert.
"The men here are grumbling be
cause tbey don't have a holiday same
aa the men In Scovllle's department"
"But we can't shut down tbe whole
business, can we?" asked Mr. Hardy,
with a momentary touch of his old
time feeling. "The men are unrea
sonable." "I'm afraid there'll be trouble, sir.
I can feel It in the air," replied Burns.
Mr. Hardy made no reply In words,
but looked at him. Within the black
ened area of the great shop about 200
men were nt work. The whirl of ma
chinery was constant. The grind of
steel on Iron was blended with the rat
tle of chains and the rolling of the
metal carriages in their tracks. The
Genius of Hailrondlng seemed present
in the grim strength nntl rnpidlty of
several machines which moved almost
as if Instinct with Intelligence nnd
played with the most unyielding sub
stances as if they were soft and pliable
'clay. In the midst of all the smashing
of matter against Itself, through the
smoke nnd din nnd dust nntl revolution
of the place, Mr. Hardy was more than
usually alive this morning to the human
aspect of the case. Ills mind easily
went back to the time when he himself
stood at one of these planers and did
Just such work as that big Norwegian
was doing, only the machines were
vastly better and improved now. Mr.
Hardy was not ashamed of having
come along through the ranks of man
ual labor. In fact, he always spoke
with pride of the work he used to do in
that very shop, and he considered him
self able to run all by himself any
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reaches an age when It should be able to
control the passage. It Is yet afflicted with
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it,. Kftniitv la klrinev trouble, and the first
step should be towards the treatment of
these important organs. This unpleasant
trouble Is due to a diseased condition of the
kidneys and bladder and not to a habit as
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Women as well ss men are msde mis
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