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(By UEV. P. D. FITZWATER, D. D.
Teacher of English Dlblo In the Moody
Hltilc Institute of Chicago.)
(Copyright, 1817, Weatern Newipaper Union.)
LESSON FOR AUGUST 12
Was Laid Up In Bed
Doan's, llowerer, Restored Mrs.Vogt to Health
and Strength. Hasn't Suffered Since.
"1 had ono of the worst case, of kid
ney complaint Imaginable," sas Mm.
Wm. VoKt, 631B Audrey Ave., Wellston,
Mo , "und I was laid up In bed fur days
at a tlmo.
"My bladder was Inflamed and llm
ldilnpy aocritlon canted
THE
MAN
JrldiikJLi
tprtlblo pain, My back
wns In such bad sbnpo
thnt when 1 moved tho
pains were like a knife
thrust. I got so dizzy 1
couldn't stoop nnd my
head Just throbbed Willi
pain llrails of peripl
ration would stand on
my temples, then I
would becomo cold and
numb.
"Mv heart action wna
By FRANCIS LYNDE
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(Copyright by Charles Scribner's Sons)
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SMITH FINDS A LOVE AFFAIR BREWING AND IT MAKES
HIM UNCOMFORTABLE-HE IS WARNED TO PRO
TECT HIMSELF FROM VIOLENCE
Synopsis. J. Montague Smith, cashier of, Lawrencevlllc Bank nnd
Trust company, society bachelor engaged to marry Vcrtln IUchlnndcr,
heiress, knocks his employer, Wutrous Dunham, .senseless, leaves lilin
for dead and flees Jlio state when Dunham accuses Smith of dishon
esty nnd wants him' to take the blame for embezzlement actually com
mitted by Dunham. Several weeks later, Smith appears as a tramp
nt n town in the Itocky mountains and nets n laboring Job In nn Irriga
tion ditch construction camp. Ills Intelligence draws the attention of
Williams, tho superintendent, who thinks he can use the tramp, John
Smith, In a more Important place. The ditch company Is in hnrd,Ilncs
financially because Eastern financial Interests are working to under
mine tho local crowd headed by Colonel Unldwln and take over valu
able property. Smith finally accepts appointment as fluanclnl sec
retary of Baldwin's company. He has already struck up u pleasant
acquaintance with Coronn Baldwin, the colonel's wlnsomo daughter.
As plans for financing the new company materialize, Smith makes good
nt his new Job, but his past history bobs up to trouble him.
CHAPTER XI Continued.
9
It had been a day of nagging distrac
tions. A rumor had been Bent nfoot
by Stanton, ns Smith made no doubt
hinting thnt tho now dam would bo un
safe when It should bo completed ; that
Its breaking, with tho reservoir behind
It, would carry death nnd destruction
to tho lowlands nnd even to tho city.
Tlmld stockholders, seclug colossal
damage suits In tho baro possibility,
had taken tho alarm, nnd Smith had
spent tho greater part of the day lu
trying to cnlm their fenrs. For this
cause, nnd sonio others, ho was on tho
ragged edgo when Baldwin dropped In
on his way homo from tho dnin nnd
protested.
"Look hero, John; yon'ro overdoing
this thing world without end I You
break It off short, right now, and go
home with mo nnd get your dinner nnd
a good ntght'B rest. Get your cont and
hat and como along, or I'll ropo you
down and hog-tlo you."
For once In a way, Smith found that
there was no fight left In him, and ho
yielded, telling himself thnt another
acceptance of the Baldwin hospitality,
"You Broken-Down Samson."
more or less, could mako no dlfTorence.
But no sooner was tho colonel's gray
Iroiidstcr headed for tho bridge across
ithe Tlmanyonl than tho exhilarating
reaction set In. In a twinkling tho
lousiness cares, and tho deeper worries
'as well, fled away, and In their placo
.'heart-hunger was loosed.
After dinner, a meal nt which ho nto
.little and was well couteut to satisfy
Ithe hunger of his soul by tho road of
Ithe eye, Smith went out to the portico
ito smoke. Tho most gorgeous of moun
tain sunsets was painting Itself ujion
ithe sky over tho western Tlmanyonls,
but ho had no eyes for natural
grandeurs, and no cars for any sound
isave one the footstep he was listen
jlng for. It enmo at length, nnd ho
tried to look ns tired as ho had been
when the colonel made him close
ills desk and leave tho ofllco ; tried nnd
apparently succeeded.
"You poor, broken-down Samson,
carrying all tho brazen gates of the
money-Philistines on your shoulders 1
'You had to como to us nt last, didn't
lyou? Let me bo your Delilah and fix
that chair so that It will bo renlly com
Ifortable." Sho said It only half mock
lngly, and ho forgavo tho sarcasm
iwhcn sho arranged some of tho ham
mock pillows In tho easiest of tho
porch chairs nnd made him bury him
self luxuriously in them.
Still holding the Idea, brought over
(from that afternoon of the name qucs
Itlonlng, that sho'had In somo way dis
covered his truo Identity, Smith was
watching narrowly for danger-signals
when ho thanked her and said :
"You say It just as it Is. I had to
come. But you could novcr bo any
body's Delilah, could you? Sho was a
betrayer, If you recollect."
Ho mado the suggestion purposely,
but it was wholly Ignored, and thcro
was no guile In tho slate-gray eyes.
"You mean that you didn't want to
como?" ,
"No; not that I have wanted to
come every time your father has asked
me. But there are reasons good rea
sons why I shouldn't bo here."
If sho knew any of tho reasons she
made no sign. She was sitting in tho
Wilt JLfc
aPr T
hammock and touching ono slippered
too to the flagstones for tho swinging
push. From Smith's point of view sho
had for n background tho gorgeous
sunset, but ho could not sec tho raoro
distant glories.
"We owo you much, nnd wo are go
ing to owo you more," Bho said. "You
mustn't think that wo don't appreciate
you ut your full value. Coloncl-dnddy
thinks you nro the most wonderful
somebody that ever lived, nnd so do a
lot of the others."
"And you?" ho couldn't resist saying.
"I'm Just plain ashamed for tho
way I treated you, when you were hero
before. ' I'vo been eating humble-plo
over since."
Smith breathed freer. Nobody but a
most consummate actress could havo
simulated her frank sincerity. He had
Jumped too quickly to the small sum-In-nddltlon
conclusion. Sho did not
know the story of tho absconding bank
cashier.
"I don't know why yoa should feel
that way," ho said, eager, now, to run
whero ho had beforo been afraid to
walk.
"I do. And I believe yoa wanted to
shame me. I bellevo yoa gave up your
pluce at tho dam and took hold with
daddy more to show mo what an incon
sequent little Idiot I was than for any
other reason. Didn't you, really?"
Ho laughed In quiet ecstasy at this
newest nnd most adorablo of tho
moods.
"nonest confession Is good for tho
soul : I did," ho boasted. "Now beat
that for frankness, If you can."
"I can't," sho admitted, laughing
back nt him. "But now you've accom
plished your purpose, I hopo you nro
not going to glvo up. Thnt would bo a
llttlo hard on colonel-daddy."
"Oh, no; I'm not going to glvo up
until I havo to."
"Does that mean more than It says?"
"Yes, I'm afraid It does."
Sho was silent for the length of tlmo
that It took tho flaming crimson In tho
western sky to fade to salmon. Tho
colonel had mounted tho steps nnd was
coming towurd them. Tho young wom
an slipped from tho hammock and
stood up.
"Don't go," said Smith, feeling as If
ho wero losing an opportunity nnd
leaving much unsaid that ought to be
said. But tho answer was a quiet
"good night" and sho was gone.
Smith went back to town with tho
colonel tho next morning physically
rested, to bo sure, but lu a frame of
mind bordering again upon tho sar
donic. Ono thing stood out clearly:
ho was most unmistakably In lovo
with Corona Baldwin.
Hence thero wns nnotber high re
solve not to go to nillcrest again until
he could go as a free man; a resolve
which, It Is perhaps needless to sny,
was brokeu thereafter as often ns tho
colonel asked him to go. Why, In the
Inst resort, Smith should havo finally
chosen a confidant lu the person of
William Stnrbuck, tho reformed cow
puncher, he scarcely knew. But It was
to Starbuck that ho appealed for ad
vice when tho sentimental situation
had grown fairly desperate.
"I'vo told you enough so that you
can understand tho vise-nip of It,
Billy," ho said to Starbuck ono night
when ho had dragged tho mine owner
up to tho bathroom suite In the Hophra
House, nnd had told him Just a little,
enough to merely hint at his condition.
"You seo how it stucks.up. I'm In u
fair way to como out oil this tho big
gest scouudrel nllve tho piker who
takes ndvuutago of tho lnnocenco of a
good girl. I'm not tho man sho thinks
I am. I am standing over a volcano pit
every mlnuto of tho day. If It blows
up, I'm gono, obliterated, wiped out."
"Is it aiming to blow up?" asked
Starbuck sagely.
"I don't know any mora about thnt
than you do. It is the kind that usual
ly docs blow up sooner or later. I'vo
prepared for It as well as I can. What
Colonel Baldwin and tho rest of yoa
needed was n financial manager, and
Tlmanyonl High Lino has its fighting
chance which wns more than Tlman
yonl Ditch had when I took hold. If I
should drop out now, you and Maxwell
and tho colonel and Klnzlo could so on
and mako tho fight; but that doesn't
help out In this other matter."
Starbuck smoked In silence for u
long minute or two beforo he said : "Is
thero another woman In It, John?"
"Yea; but not In the way you
mean."
"Corry's n mighty fine llttlo girl,
John," said Starbuck slowly. "Any
one of n dozen fellows I could name
would glvo all their old shoes to swap
chances with you."
"That Isn't exactly tho kind of ml
vice I'm needing," was tho sober re
Joinder. "No; but It wns the kind you were
wanting, when you tolled mo oft up
here," lnughcd tho ex-cowpuncher. "I
know tho symptoms. Had 'em myself
for about two yenrs so bad that I could
wake up In the middle of tho night nnd
tnsto 'em. Go In nnd win. Mnybo the
great big stumbling-block you're wor
rying about wouldn't menn anything
nt till to tin open-minded young woman
like Coronn; most likely It wouldn't."
"If she could know the whole truth
nnd believe It," said Smith musingly.
"You tell her tho truth, nnd she'll
take caro of the believing part of It,
nil right. You needn't loso any sleep
about thnt."
Smith drew n long breath and re
moved his pipe to say: "I haven't the
nerve, Billy, nnd thnt's tho plain fact.
I havo already told her n little of It.
Sho knows that I"
Starbuck broko in with a laugh.
"Yes; it's a shouting pity about your
nerve I You've been putting up such a
blooming scary fight la this Irrigation
business that wo all know you huven't
any nerve. If I had your Job In that,
I'd bo going around here toting two
guns and wondering If I couldn't make
room In tho holster for another."
Smith shook his head.
"I wns safe enough so long aB Stan
ton thought I was the resident mana
ger and promoter for a new bunch of
big money in tho background. But he
has had mo shadowed and tracked un
til now I guess ho is pretty well con
vinced that I actually had tho audacity
to play a lono hand; and a bluffing
hand, at that. That makes a differ
ence, of course. Two days after I had
climbed into tho saddle here, he sent a
couple of his strikers after me. I don't
know Just what their orders were, but
they seemed to want to fight and they
got it. It was in BIuo Pete's doggery,
up at tho camp."
"Guns?" queried Starbuck.
"Theirs; not mine, becauso I didn't
have any. I managed to get the shoot-lng-Irons
away from them beforo wo
had mixed very far."
"You're Just about tho biggest, long
eared, stiff-backed, stubborn wild uss
of the wallows that was ever let loose
In n half-reformed gun country 1"
grumbled the cx-cowmnu. "You're fix
ing to get yourself all killed up, Smith,
nnven't you sense enough to see that
theso rustlers will rub you out In two
twitches of a dead lamb's toll If they've
made up their minds thnt you nro tho
High Lino mnln guy nnd the only one?"
"Of course," said tho wild nss enslly.
"If they could lay mo up for a month
or two "
"Lay up, nothing l" retorted Stnr
buck. "Lay you down, nbout six feet
underground, Is what I mean I"
"Pshaw 1" exclaimed tho ono whose
fears ran in n far different channel
from any thnt could bo dug by mere
corporation violence. "This Is Amer
ica, In the twentieth century. Wo don't
kill our business competitors nowa
days." ,
"Don't wo?" snorted Starbuck. "That
will bo all right, too. We'll suppose,
Just for the sake of argument, that my
respected and respectable daddy-ln-law,
or whatever other sllk-hntted old
money-bags hnppens to be paying
Crawford Stanton's salary and commis
sion, wouldn't send out nn order to
hnvo you killed off. Maybe Stanton,
himself, wouldn't stnnd for It If you'd
put It thnt barefaced. But daddy-ln-law,
nnd Stanton, nnd nil tho others,
hire blacklegs and sharpers nnd gun
men nnd thugs. And every once In u
while somebody takes n wink for a nod
nnd bang I goes a gun."
"Well, what's tho answer?" snld
Peto Slmms
"Tote an arsenal, yourself, and bo
ready to shoot first and ask questions
nfterwnrd. That's tho only way you
can live peaceably with such men as
Jako Boogcrflcld and Lanterby and
Slmms."
Smith got out of his chair nnd took
u turn up nnd down tho length of the
room. When ho camo back to stand
beforo Starbuck, ho said: "I did that,
Billy. I'vo been carrying a gun for n
week and more; not for theso ditch
pirates, but for somebody else. The
other night, when I was out at nill
crest, Corona happened to seo It I'm
not going Jo tell you what sho said,
but when I camo back to town tho next
morning, I chucked tho gun Into a desk
drawer. And I hopo I'm going to be
man enough not to wear it again."
Starbuck dropped tho subject ab
ruptly and looked at his watch.
"Yoa liked to have done it, pulling
mo off up here," he remarked. "I'm duo
to be at tho train to meet Mrs. Billy,
and I've got Just about threo minutes.
So long."
Smith changed his street clothes
leisurely after Starbuck had gone, und
when ho went downstairs stopped nt
the desk to toss his room key to the
clerk.
Tho hotel roglster wns lying open on
tho counter, nnd from forco of hnblt he
ran his eye down the list of late ar
rivals. At the end of tho list, In
sprawling characters upon which the
Ink wns yet fresh, ho read his sen
tence, und for the first time In his life
knew the meaning of panic fear. The
newest entry wns:
"Joslnh Rlchlnndcr nnd daughter,
Chicago."
Smith wns not misled by the place
name. Thero was only one "Joslnh
Itlchlnntler" In the world for him, nnd
ho knew thnt the Lnwrencevilie mag
nate, In registering from Chicago, was
only following the example of those
who, for good reasons or no reason,
use the name of their latest stopping
place for u registry address.
CHAPTER Xlf.
A Reprieve.
Smith's blood ran cold nnd there was
n momentary nttnek of shocked con
sternation, comparable to nothing that
nny pnst experience had to offer. But
there was no time to waste In curious
speculations ns to the why and where
fores. Present snfety was the prime
consideration. With Joslnh Rlchlnnd
cr nnd his daughter In Brewster, and
guests under the same roof with him,
discovery, Identification, disgrace were
knocking nt tho door. He could har
bor no doubt ns to what Joslnh Rich
lander would do If discovery came. For
so long a time as should be consumed
In telegraphing between Brewster and
Lnwrencevilie, Smith might venture to
call himself a freo man. But that was
tho limit.
Ono minute later he had hailed a
passing nutocab at the hotel entrance,
and the four miles between the city
and Colonel Baldwin's ranch had been
tossed to the rear beforo he remem
bered that ho had expressly declined
a dinner invitation for that same eve
ning at HUlcrest, pleading business to
Mrs. Baldwin In person when she had
called at the office with her daughter.
Happily, the small social offense
went unremarked, or at least unre
buked. Smith' found his welcome nt
the ranch that of a man who has tho
privilege of dropping In unannounced.
Tho colonel wns Jocosely hospitable, ns
he always was ; Mrs. Baldwin was gra
ciously lenient was good enough, In
deed, to thank the eleventh-hour guest
for reconsidering at the last moment ;
and Corona
Notwithstanding all that had come
to pass ; notwithstanding, also, that his
footing; In the Baldwin household had
como to be that of a family friend.
Smith could never bo quite sure of tho
bewltchlngly wlnsomo young woman
who cnlled her father "colonel-daddy."
Her nose, If It wero a pose, was tho at
titude of the entirely unspoiled child of
nature nnd the wide horizons. When
ho was with her she mndo him think
of nil tho words expressive of trans
parency nnd absolute nnd utter uncon
cenlment. Yet there were moments
when ho fancied he could get passing
glimpses of a subtler personality at tho
--Tiit?l
lima)!
"I'm Not the Man Gho Thinks I Am.
I Am Standing Over a Volcano "
back of tho wide-open, frankly ques
tioning eyes ; a wlso llttlo soul lying In
watt behind Its defenses; prudent, all
knowing, deceived neither by its own
prcposscsslods or prejudices, nor by
nny of tho masquerndlngs of other
souls.
Smith has three devils to
plague him Just now: His past
In Lawrencevllle; his growing
fondness for Corona; and the
enemies of the company for
whose success he Is working
night and day. Important de
velopments come In the next In
stallment (TO BE CONTINUED,)
Should Be Satisfied.
"Jenkins claimed that I Insulted
him." "Did you give any satisfaction?"
"I guess so. He pounded me until h
wu fared."
II. !
I U I1 MyILJ
JOSIAH'S GOOD REIGN.
LESSON TRXT-II Chronicles 34:1-13.
GOLDEN TEXT-Rcmember now th
Creator In tho days of thy youth. Ecclos.
12:1.
Tho reign of Joslnh Is In striking
and pleasing contrast with that ot
many of his predecessors, especially
that of his father, Amon, nnd grand
father, Mannsseh.
I. Time of Beginning (v. 1). He ns
cended the throne when only eight
yenrs of nge. At this tender ago ho
evidently hnd n sense of the Import of
tho servlco of God's house. This
senso must have been Btrong to en
able him to withstand the corrupt In
fluences of his surroundings. The pre
vailing Idolntry influenced this boy,
but Influenced him In the opposlto way
In which boys nro usually Influenced.
It nrouscd his hntred for it. This
serves to demonstrate the fuct that
circumstances do not necessarily de
termine the direction a life may go.
Each Individual has the ability to de
termine the course of his life; and
moreover, his responsibility so to do.
It is n most perilous thing to be
thrust Into such n prominent position
while so young. However, sometimes
such responsibility has a sobering ef
fect, calling forth one's latent powers.
That his aspiration for God and tho
right was genuine Is proven, by i the
fact thnt ho persisted therein for thirty-one
yenrs.
II. The Character of His Reign
(v. 2). "He did that which was right
in the sight of the Lord, and walked
In tho ways of Dnvld his father, and
declined neither to tho right hand nor
to tho left." He not only maintained
outward order nnd decorum as to tho
worship of God, but doubtless at heart
desired to please God.
III. Joslah's Reformation In the
Kingdom (vv. 8-7). He first set out to
root out Idolatry from the land. This
was a prodigious task, requiring great
courage and skill. He did this with a
strong hand. Without pity he swept
out from the land these abominations.
In the execution of this task he
1. Broke down tho altars of Baalim
(v. 4). This form of Idolatry was first
brought Into the land by Jezebel when
she married Ahab. The Images seem
to have been such ns would anneal to
rthe sensual nature of men; therefore
it was but natural that the grossest
licentious practices should bo asso
ciated with this worship.
2. He broke In pieces the groves,
carved images, and molten Images (v.
4). He even made dust of them and
strewed It upon tho graves of those
who had been offering unto them,
3. He burned the bones of tho
priests on tht-lr altars (t. 5). Ho not
only showed tio pity for them, but ho
manifested a decided fierceness In tho
execution of his task.
4. He extended this destruction to
certain districts In the northern king
dom. It was not until all this was
dono that he returned to Jerusalem
(vv. 0, 7). His reformation thus be
gan at home, but was extended to tho
widest extent of his kingdom.
IV. Jos'lah Repaired the Temple
(vv. 8-13). Having rid the land of its
Idolatry, he Bet himself to the repair
tng of the temple which had been so
long neglected. This neglect, coupled
with gross abuses at times, mado It
to be sndly In need of attention.
1. His deputies (v. 8). This work
he Intrusted to a committee of three
Shaphan, the royal secretary (n
Kings 22:3); Masselah, mayor of
Jerusalem ; and Joah, tho recorder, the
htstorlnn of tho nation. In the matter
of ridding the city and country -of
Idolatry Joslnh took tho lead In per
son, but now the work had gone far
enough forward that he could work by
deputy. He chose his deputies from
among "laymen" Instead of the priests.
2. Method of procedure (vv. 0-13).
(a) Collection of money (v. 0). It
would seem that for some time collec
tion of money for temple repairs had
been going on. Perhaps It was begun
In connection with the destruction of
Idolatry some six years before. The
agents In this work were the Lcvites.
They collected It from all over the
kingdom, even giving the remnant of
Israel an opportunity for fellowship
In this matter. This shows us that
religious Interests of the people should
be sustained by all tho peoplo adhering
thereto.
(b) Money placed Into the treasury
(v. 0).
Hllkiah, the high priest, was the
treasurer. From this treasury tho
overseers drew tho money and paid It
to the workmen who repaired tho tem
ple. (c) Tho overseers (v. 12). Among
the overseers were certain skilled mu
sicians. Tho duty of these overseers
was to exercise supervision over tho
carpenters, builders, nnd other arti
sans, and tho helpers of all classes.
Tho musicians, by skillful music, in
cited tho workman to diligence and
activity, thus lightening tho burdens
of their toll. Music In tho soul whllo
working bears a very vital relation
ship to the work itself.
8. The character of the work (v. 12).
They did the work faithfully. This Is
la flno thing to be said of a sot ot
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Caves Exist in United States In Which
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ground. Ono of these peculiar caves Is to be
found at Coudersport, 1'u., and one at
Decorah, Iowa. The superstitious
among the residents of those localities
give the caves a wide berth and look
with suspicion upon any one daring
enough to attempt to Investigate them.
Edwin S. Iliilch of Philadelphia, who
Iiu ltiudti u study of the subterranean
Ice mines, as they are called, states
that according to the theory evolved
by investigators the formation of the
caverns Is such that the cold air of
winter does not penetrate and settlo In
them until late In the spring at tho
tlmo when the water from spring
thaws Is seeping through the walls
und roof. This water meeting tho cold
air freezes and stays frozen all sum
mer until, as the fall, season ap
proaches, the warm summer air at last
llntls Its way Into the cavo and melts
the Ice.
Getting Out. From Under.
It Is probably quite natural that
tliTO should he considerable rivalry at
Kt. Harrison between the student ofll
cors of National Guard training and
those with no previous military expe
rience, and sometimes stories are told
which might not be told if It were not
for. this rivalry, says the Indlanupolls
News.
A young student odlcer was putting
a squad of fellow-students through
squad formations the other day of a
rather Intricate nature and the pro
cess provetl to be like climbing a roof.
It Is easy to climb Into n perilous posi
tion astride the cone, but dllllcult to
climb down to safety. The young stu
dent olllcer got along very well until
he attempted to get his squad hack In
to Its original formntlon. Somehow It
wouldn't work out right. Then he cut
the knot of his dltllculty with ono com
mand, delivered as sternly as possible.
"As-yoit were at llrstl March I"
This would not hnvo been told If
there had not been soveral former Na
tional Guardsmen In the squad.
His Wife's Little Shot.
"I'm glad you're over the draft age."
"Why?"
"Think how humiliated I should bo
to have to admit that I was dependent
on your stingy salary every week for
my living."
QSMWfr says
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Post Toasties
with cream
for lunch
on hot days
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