THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, DEO. IS, 1999. PAID IN FULL Novelized From Eugene Walter's Great Play By JOHN W. HARDING 8 i.byC.W.DillinJhnCfc J Copjrrlhf.I5SI, m CHAPTER XIII. REMORSE may be the least Ac tive of all the moral senses. , Still, there Is no heart abso lutely without It. No sooner bad his wife passed from his view than It became active in Brooks, having been fired by the flicker of shame that the fall realization of bis villainy had provoked as he took down the receiver of the telephone to call Captain Wil liams. In forcing Emma to deliver herself Into the hands of his employer he had not actually believed that It would be necessary for her to make the supreme sacrifice. "You can handle him nil right," he had told her. "You know how far you can let a man go all wo men know that" But be had been willing to take the chance that this sacrifice would be exacted, and, know ing only too well the brutal sensuous ness of Williams, his notorious de pravity and that ho had cast what he lhad taken to be longing eyes on Emma, 'he now had no doubt whatever that it would be. The captain was not the man to give anything for nothing, to part with money without receiving full value. With his great physical strength and his will that overbore and wore down all opposition, how would the gentle, submissive nature of Emma be hble'"tohold out against him? Re duced to helplessness by his all domi nating power, with the alternative of compliance 01 tleA: ruin held out to her, she would have to submit. Brooks pictured the scene as though It were being enacted before him, and he went hot and cold, and a sweat of agony broke out all over him. "No, no, no!" i He uttered aloud the protest wrung from his writhing soul by his half re suscitated manhood. He clutched his throat, struck himself In the mouth with such violence that his teeth cut his underlip and the blood dyed his chin, seized his hat and dashed wildly for the door. Fear met him there and held up a restraining finger. Down stairs were the three central office de tectives. On the morrow, In a few hours, at the office where he had worked for five years, these men, at the behest of his employer, would place their hands on his arms, and he would be under arrest. He saw himself be ing led out, handcuffed, under the mocking eyes of his fellow clerks and the customers. He closed the door again and turned from it. cowardice at his heels, whis pering sophistic prudence, counseling the poltroon's discretion, throwing spe cious sops to his conscience. Some thing had to be done. No other course than that he had taken had been pos sible under the circumstances. Be tween him nnd state prison stood Emma. She alone on earth could save him, If salvation were possible. Pun ishment and Immunity at that moment perhaps held the balance even. The giving or withholding of a kiss would turn the scales either way. The giving of It would brand hlra with that par ticular stamp of Infamy which when recognized by men caused them to draw away with rising gorge nnd spurn the bearer. But none would know of the sacrifice no one save the victim, Williams and himself. Other women had donp as much in pressing emergencies to save their husbands from public dishonor. Some had bar gained their favors to insure office or advancement for husbands or sons, some for dress and Jewels their hus hands could not give them. He him self would never seek to know' Just what had passed between his wife and the captain. He was free to assume that he had worried unnecessarily; that nothing of what he felt certain was happening had occurred, to sur mise that It had not been necessary for Emma to resort to complete sur render. What he did not know could not trouble him. Anyhow, it was too late now. The die had been cast. The chief thing nay, the one thing he had to fear was that her mission might be unsuccessful; that she could no purchase his freedom at any price whatsoever. The possibility of this twisted his eelflsh heart with anguish again. Oh, why had he got himself Into this trou ble? When goaded to desperation and .recklessness he had taken the first $10 from 'the money he had collected he had no idea of not returning it .somehow. It had brought a good deal of pleasure to Emma and himself, .lightened their hard penury with a gleam of brightness. But $10 then 'had been a 'lot of money. It had not ,been possible to replace it at once. 'It was far easier to fix his accounts 80 that the sum would not be missed. ;Ho had yielded to the temptation and had bo fixed them. I Jenkins, bis fellow employee In the office, was a follower of horse racing dn his small way. Now and then he risked a dollar or two In a nearby jpool room, and sometimes ho won. A few days after Brooks had falsified jtfee boo leg to cover up his deficit of $10 Jenkins had confided to his oflice cronies that ho had a Up of which he felt so sure that he wan prepared to pawn his last shoestring to back It. Many others had decided to take a chance, nnd, having no money of his own, Brooks had taken an advance on his salary out of bis collections and followed their example. The odds they had obtained were 0 to 1, and the horse had won. Out of his win nings Brooks had replaced the money he had helped himself to. The pool room and the availability of the company's money had offered to him a great opportunity to win what he could not earn, and, encouraged by hla first success, he had taken advan tage of it. He had begun by making a study of racing and risking small sums. Luck had been with him, and he had won time and time again. He had wanted his wife to share his good for tune, but had not dared to tell her how he had obtained the money, so he had Invented the story of outside work. His run of luck had continued, how ever, until it had become phenomenal, and this It was that had caused his extravagant optimism. He had wager ed larger and larger sums until his winnings had represented a secret bank account of $3,000. It was one day when he had "plunged" and won a thousand dollars that he had con ceived the fiction of his promotion witl reward of back pay. Soon after their installation In their more expensive quarters, however, a series of reverses had come. His luck had deserted him. First his bank ac count went; then he had drawn on the collections in his efforts to retrieve his losses. He had plunged and lost, plunged and won, plunged again and lost. It had not been long before his "borrowings" had reached such a ter rifying ampunt that he had realized that discovery was Inevitable unless he could replace the money wlthlt brief delay. He had clung to the de spairing hope that by wagering heavi ly he could win enough during Wil liams' absence to hide his pilfering and postpone examination. While this could be deferred there was hope. Now he knew that his cunning, re lentless employer had been watching his gradually tottering progress on the tight rope of dishonesty nnd, prepar ing a trap to catch him In, had chosen his own time to spring it. At the thought of this Brooks worked himself into a perfect frenzy of fury. He raged up and down the room, curs ing Williams, nnd hurled a cushion to the floor and ground it with his foot as though it were his enemy's haled face. "You have cheated me out of a liv ing, you fiend!" he almost howled. "And now you have taken my wife!" The sound of his own voice startled and calmed him, and he peeped out in the corridor apprehensively, for fear any one, might by chance have been nigh and heard him. He was exhaust ed by the violence of his paroxysm. His breath came quickly in gasps, nnd ho stood with staring eyes and heaving bosom until the nervous reac tion set In. Then he staggered to the sofa, throw himself upon it and burst Into tears. The lachrymose effusion was of brief duration, and It wns succeeded by deep dejection. He sat up and glanced at his watch. It was 11 o'clock. One after another he got all the papers and magazines there were, only to throw them impatiently to the floor. It wns Impossible for him to read them. Emma had been gone a long time. What was detaining her what, ex cept His face began to twitch. He rose, lit a cigarette, took two puffs at it and put it down. After all, the chief thing was that she should be successful. He filled a glass with water that a bellboy had brought up iced for his mother-in-law and drained it at a draft. Then he picked up the news paper nearest to him and tried to read again, but it was useless. He threw It down.. What If Williams had refused to be persuaded? The suspense was becoming unen durable. A look of determination came into his face, and he went to the telephone, but as his hand touched It he changed his mind, walked back to the table and lit another cigarette. Then ho went to the window and stared out at the opposite houses with unseeing eyes. Presently his hand songht bis watch pocket. The time piece It drew out marked ten minutes past 11. He held it to his ear. It was ticking steadily. Only ten minutes since be had looked at it before! Impossible! Fully an hour had elapsed. The watch must have stopped in the interim. Impa tient, he went to the telephone and asked for the right time. The ho tel clerk replied that It was just ten minutes past 11. On his way to the table to get another cigarette he hap pened to catch sight of himself In the mirror over the mantelpiece. The thin, haggard, ashen visage be saw there frightened him. He laughed nerv ously. As he did so the door behind him opened. Starting so violently that he let fall the box of cigarettes, he turned. Mrs. Harris, In high dudgeon, walked in. followed by Beth. to bb continued. J Wlia Too Late. Tommie, you don't seem very well." "No, maw, I ain't I wlaht I had let Bister eat that third piece ut pie." Ohio Btato Journal. Whan tho Cows Coma Homo. Bald tha mtrbojr to the mermaid far be neath the ocean foam, "X Will meet you, little aweetheart, when the sea, cows como home." Chicago New. SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS On the Sunday School Lesson by Rev. Dr. Llnscott For the ln , tornatlonal Newspaper Bible Study Club. : I Dec. 19th, 1909. (Copyright, 1909, by Iter. T. 6. Llnscott, D.D.) Review. Golden Text for tho quarter I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith. II. Tim. tv:7. The following questions can be used as a new and complete lesson, as well as for a review of the eleven preced ing lessons. The date and title of each lesson and where found, the Golden Text, and one question from each of the eleven preceding lessons follow: October 3 Paul a Prisoner The Arrest Acts xxl:17 to 22-29. Golden Text: Thou therefore endure hardness as a good soldier of Jesus Christ II. Tim. 11:3. Verses 20-24 In bridging tho two dispensations, Is It likely that God, so to speak, winked at the apostles trying to graft the law of Moses Into Chris tianity, or was It God's plan that Jew ish Christians should still keep the law? October 10 Paul a Prisoner The Plot Acts xxli:30 to xxlll:35. Golden Text: I will say of the Lord He is my refuge and my fortress, my God; tn Him will I trust Psalm 91:2. Verse 11. There Is no way to take the miraculous out of the New Testa ment without destroying It Now In view of that fact, why did not God rescue Paul, in this Instance, as He did from the prison at Phlllppl? October 17 Paul a Prisoner Be fore Felix. Acts xxiv. Golden Text: Herein do I exercise myself to have al ways a conscience void of offence to ward God, and toward men. Acts xxiv: 16. Verses 26-27 What was the beset ting sin of Felix, and how do you esti mate the character of a man who wants to be bribed to do right? October 24 Paul a Prisoner Before Festus and Agrippa. Acts xxv:6-12, chapter 26. Golden Text. I know whom I have believed, and am per suaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day. II. Tim. 1:12. Verses 24-32 Why did not Festus and Agrippa both turn to God, seeing that they were clearly convinced of the truth of Christianity and their need of salvation' October 31 Paul a Prisoner The Voyage. Acts xxvll:l-26. Golden Text: Commit thy way unto the Lord, trust also In Him, and He shall bring It to pass., Psalm 37:5. Verses 21-26 What reason Is there to believe from this narrative that when we fall to use, and It Is too late to adopt God's best plan, he will still graciously provide a good one which we may adopt? (This question must be answered In writing by members of the club.) November 7 Paul a Prisoner The Shipwreck. Acts xxvii:27 to xxvlil:10. Golden Text: The Lord redeemeth the soul of his servants, and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate. Psalm 34:22. Verses 33-38 May praying and fast Ing, when you ought to be eating and' working, be as great a practical crime as scuttling the ship? November 14 Paul a Prisoner In Rome. Acts xxvlll: 11-31. Golden Text: I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for It is tho power of God unto salvation to every one that belleveth. Romans i:16. Verses 25-29 Is It a law of God that sin deadens the conscience and per verts the judgment, hence, can a man living in any kind of sin, trust his Judgment on personal, moral and spiritual, questions? November 21 Paul's story of His Life. II. Cor. xi:21 to xii:10. Golden Text: He said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee, for my strength Is made perfect in weakness. II. Cor. xii:9. Chapter xll: 1-6 What Is the only real proof of God, of Immortality and of .the wisdom of the spiritual life? November 28 Paul on Self-Denial. Romans xiv: 10-21. Golden Text: It is good neither to eat flesh nor to drink wine, nor anything whereby thy broth er stumbleth. Romans xlv:21. Verses 15-16 If you enjoy and drink your glass of wine, when you know that wine drinking is doing vast ly more harm than good, what sort of a person are you? December 5 Paul on the Graco of GHTngrn. Cor. vlil:i-15. GofdenTSxt Remember the words of the Lord J6us, how He said, It is more blessed to give than to receive. Acts xx:35. Verse 15 What reason la there to believe that if we 'give systematically to God's cause that we ourselves shall never lack? December 12 Paul's Last Words. II. Tim. iv:l-18. Golden Text: For me to live Is Christ, and to die Is gain. Phil. 1:21. Versos 3-4 Why Is It that burglars, gamblors, counterfeiters, liars, drink ers, and other bad men and women, ofter persuade themselves that they ore right? Lesson tor Sunday, Dec. 26th, 1909. The Birth otChrjst... .Matt 11:1-12. Exception. Mrs. Knlcker Johnny, you must be kind to dumb animals. Johnny Then I can tease tha parrot Nat! Yoilc gun. Key Weat. Tho Spaniards called Key West Cayo Hues co, or Bone Islands, some say from their coral origin. THE CARE OF AWNINGS. To Preserve Them In Oood Order Keep Them Dry, 8ays Maker. ,"Your awnings," said the awning man, "would last longer and look bet ter If you'd dry 'em out when they get wet "Some folks will leave their awn ings down to soak and drip all through a heavy rain. I never could under stand why people do that; of course it doesn't do an awning any more good than it would any other fabric to soak It In that way and then drip may fall on tho awning from the root and flying soot may lodge on it and so if you keep your awnings down in the rain the first thing you know they are faded, discolored and dingy. "If you want to preserve your awn ings you want to haul them up when It rains, but If they got wet why, then when the air Is right you rant to low er them and let them dry out and bo sure they're dry when you furl 'em before you go away in the- summer." Personality Is Still What Wins. "But" declared the traveling sales man who Is a leader in his line, "the man who thinks that personality does not count to-day In the work of a com mercial traveler makes a mistake." Now Individual contact is shorter, but in those few minutes that are glv eL him In which to win a customer, the traveling man must accomplish all that the drummer did in a day's siege. And he has a sharp incentive for making his quick engagement a decisive one, for comparatively few tren on the road to-day own the trade of any customer In the absolute and proprietary sense tn which the drum mer of yesterday owned It Trade is or the wing, and the quick and buto shot bags It Of course he must have the right ammunition right goods and prices but his personality Is the weapon employed In sending the charges home to the mark. If this is of superior kind he will bring down the game all along the !'ne. Forrest Crlssey, in Everybody's. What Becomes of Them. High school teachers are some times caught up by their pupils. One teacher of Latin a short time ago resolved to give a question out of her Jurisdiction, thinking to reduce the pride of her girls, who believed their knowledge Illimitable. However, as It happened, she hit upon a ques tion that would have stumped even herself to answer one that has puz sltd the world for a long time. "Girls," Bhe said, "who can tell me what becomes of all the pins?" There was an Instant's alienee, then one girl's hand went up. "Well?" asked the teacher, with a anile. "They are deposited wastefully in tho ground and become terrapin," re plied the girl, playing upon her Latin. And, privately, the teacher admitted defeat. The' Fluctuating Sun. Prof. Charles Lane Poor of tho Co lumbia University observatory is con tinuing his researches on the figure ot the sun, from which he concludes that Its exact shape Is jot known. The generally accepted idea that the sun Is a sphere Is. he Holds, at least open to question. Practically every series of measures shows departures from a spherical form. Of course the departures, considering the great size of the solar globe, are very minute. There; seems to be a fluctuation in the shape of. the sun corresponding In period with the sun-spot cycle. There are also Indications of a fluctuation having a period of about 28 days. The Wonderful Amazon. Although not the largest or longest river, the Amazon Is the most wonder ful river In the world, with a mouth 150 miles In width, and with a force of water that repels, or at least over lays, the ocean to a distance of more than fifty leagues. Yet 1 spite of the weight of the river, the tide makes its Influence felt tor 500 miles from the coast The easterly trade winds blow almost Invariably upward, so as to be ready to help the vessel against the adverse currents. Proves the Odors of Metals. Every metal Is believed by Grutin, a German chemist to have Its pecu liar odor, which he regards as a gaso oub transformation product He has made some ot the odors perceptible for a tew moments at intervals by beating the metals to 122 degrees Fah renheit Note for Wives. It is said that no man can tell a flb and keep his big toe still. It the women will lnduco their husbands to take off their shoes before they begin to question them they can catch them In a falsehood every time. Atchison Globe. Not Looking for Too Much. "Dey sez poverty is a blessln' tn disguise," said Brother Dickey, "but w'en I sees him comin' I prays de Lawd dat I won't be blessed out er house an' home." Atlanta Constitu tion. Lacking. Tho mechanical piano player can hardly bpast Itself equal to the human performer until It renders music so finely and feelingly as to get Itself drowned out by conversation when ever It attempts to entertain com pany. Puck. Coffee Production Lessened. Leaf and twig diseases, difficult to combat are gradually lessening In dia's annual production ot coffee. Prollflo Royal Author. The Quaes ot RoumsaU has writ- THE FARMER HIT BACK. Beat the Jollying Students In a Clash of Witt. It Is told of ex-President Hayes, that while attending school at Kenyon College, he was In tho habit of taking dally walks Into the country. These trips were shared by two Intimate com panions who were of it fun-loving dis position which frequently got them Into trouble. On one occasion they met their match at repartee In an old farmer whom they mot on the high way. The long white beard ot the farmer gave him a patriarchal appear ance, and while ho was approaching the students they arranged to give him a "jollying." One ot them doffed his hat with great reverence and re spect as he said, "Good Morning, Father Abraham." The second sa luted the farmer and said, "Gobd Morning, Father Isaac." Mr. Hayes, not to be outdone In affability and politeness, extended his hand as he Bald, "Good Morning, Father Jacob." Ignoring the outstretched hand of Mr. Hayes, the farmer replied, "Gentle men, you are mistaken In the man. I am neither Abraham, Isaac nor Jacob, but Saul, the son ot Klsh, who was sent out to And his father's asses, and, lo! here I have found them. P088IBLE, BUT-ni Wife In a battle of tongues a woman can hold her own. Husband M'yes, p'r'aps she can; but she never does. Tit-Bits. The Happy Hour. "You say the officer arrested you while you were quietly minding your own business?" "Yes, your honor. He caught me suddenly by the coat collar and threat ened to strike me with his club un less I accompanied him to the sta tion house." "You were quietly attending to your own business, making no noise or disturbance -of any kind?" "None whatever, sir." "It seems very strange. What is your business?" "I'm a burglar." Tit-Bits. Sicilian Tax Collector. "For heaven's sake, excellency, give me a little more time before putting the bailiffs in." "Are you ready to pay something on account?" "Alas! Excellency, I have nothing nothing at all." "It's clear to me you have not made the least effort to pay." "Ah, slgnor! Twenty times, at least, I have hidden-at the side of the road with my gun, but not a living soul passed." How It Happened. "Dear me," said the kind-hearted pedestrian, pausing and putting on his pince-nez, "have you fallen through that coal-hole?" "Not at all," replied the man, who was still endeavoring to extricate a leg f,rom the hole, smiling wlnnlngly. "Ab you seem interested In the mat ter, I will tell you what happened. I chanced to be In here, and they built the pavement round me." A Case of Business Oversight. "Iky, did you hear about Moses Rosenthal?" "No," answered his friend, "what's happened to Moses?" "He's met with a big loss!" "And what has he lost?" "He's lost his appendix." "His appendix, Is it well, he nev er did have no business about him why didn't he keep it in his wife's name?" Patrick Henry. The teacher was conducting an oral examination. She asked one boy who Patrick Henry was. He replied: "Patrick Henry was a patriot He loved his country. He worked hard and he studied and then he got mar ried and on the first Sunday after ward he and his wife went to church and he got up and cried out, 'Give me liberty or give me death.' " The New Relation. "What do you mean, sir," roared the irate father, "by bringing your portmanteau to my house and order ing a room?" "I'm adopted as one of the family," coolly answered the young man. "Your daughter said she would be a sister to me." Life. . Job Wanted. "I would be willing to work," said Tyre Dout, "If I could get the job I want" "What would that Job be?" "Well, I wouldn't mind calling out the stations on an Atlantic liner." Puck. No Excuse. "When you first saw Niagara Falls, did you feel that almost irresistible Impulse to throw yourself over the precipice that so many experience?" "No. I hadn't sssa say hoUl-blU tw . Farmers' and Me chanics' Bank, OF IIONKSDALE. WAYNE COUNTY. PA, at the close of business. Nov. 6th. 1909. BEBOOBCE8. Reserve fund $ Cash, specie and notes, (8,128 Due from approved re serve agents.... ........ .81,481 64-39,612 54 Nickels, cents and fractional currency 1.H2 21 Checks and other cash Items 8Tl Dills discounted, not due 74,906 29 Bills discounted, time loans with . collateral 20,800 00 Loans on call with collateral 1B,1 47 Loans on call upon one name 1.000 0t Loans upon call upon two or more names 23,195 ot Loans secured by bonds and mort- . sages 14,160 00 Investment securities owned exclu sive ot reserve bonds, vli Stocks, bonds, etc $44,290 41 Mortgages and Judg- - ments pi record 38.480 22-80,770 61 Office Building and Lot 18,890 65 Furniture and fixtures 13)4 11 $ 293.443 33 LIABILITIES. Capital Stock paid In $ 7S.O0O 01 Surplus Fund 6,000 0 Undivided Profits, less expenses and taxes paid 4,530 18 Deposits, subject to check. ,$5.K 61 Deposits, special 142,80.1 11 Cashier's Checks outstanding, 171 60-208,913 15 $293,413 33 State of Pennsylvania, County of Wayne, ss I. C. A. Emery. Cashier of the above named company, do solemnly swear that the above statement Is true to the best of my knowledge ana belief, C, A. EMERY, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 11th day of Nov. 1809. A , Rewa S. Edoett. N, P. Correct attest: M. E. Simons, ) F. W. Kreitbeb, J- Directors. W. M. Fowler. I ttmffitffittfflwwwwwutnninnnmr MARTIN CAUFIELD Designer and Man ufacturer of ARTISTIC MEMORIALS Office and Works 1036 MAIN ST. HONESDALE, PA. A. O. BLAKE, AUCTIONEER. You will make money by having me. bell phone 9-u Bethany, Pa. Time Card In Effect Oct 31st, 1009. 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