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"It is time. Go up and call Miss
Trenholme. Where Is Imogene ? "
Even as she spoke Imogene Ireton
- stole among them , her eyes flashing ,
her cheeks scarlet with some unwonted
excitement ; yet Mrs.Trenholme noticed
that when she touched her hand it was
cold as ice.
' 1 "My dear Imogene , you must go up
and summon Marina. "
Imogene put her hand to her forehead -
head in a half-dazed way , then , instantly -
stantly recovering , bowed slightly and
passed up the stairs , followed by the
three other bridesmaids , of whom
Agnes was one.
They stopped before the door of
Marina's chamber. Agnes knocked.
There was no reply. She repcat2d the
summons again and again , with a like
result. Then she turned the knob , and
the door swung open partially. Something -
thing lay behind it. Agnes stooped
down to remove it , and started back
pale as death , her-hand dripping with
blood. For the obstacle was the bleeding -
ing body of Quito , the great black dog
that for years had been Marina's faithful -
ful guardian in all her walks.
The four girls stepped into the room ,
and it was no wonder that they were
pa'-lid as ashes , no wonder their limbs
shook under them , and their frantic
shrieks rent the air.
There , in her arm-chair , midway in
the apartment , clad in her bridal
robes , sat Marina , the white , glistening -
ing silk spotted with crimson , the long ,
sweeping veil stained blood-red , and
over and above all , the sweet fragrance
of orange flowers. Mariha's head was
a little drooped , the blue eyes closed ,
the face white as marble , the hands
lightly clasped above her heart , from
which the blood still came slowly. She
was dead ! Foully murdered !
The cries of the bridesmaids brought
every guest to the fatal chamber-
Ralph first of all. He gave one look ,
then flew to the side of the dead bride ,
lifted her in his arms , pressed his lips
to hers , and called on her wildly to
awake and speak to him once more.
But in vain. No human voice could
ever reach her more.
He laid her down on the couch at
last , and raised her face slowly toward
the awe-stricken spectators. Then ,
lifting up his right hand to heaven , he
i said solemnly :
"Hear me swear it , here before God ,
and in the presence of my murdered
bride , that I will spate no pains to bring
the guilty to account , and once discovered -
covered , I will hunt him to the death !
Though the law may make him free , I
never will ; but to the latest hour of-his
existence he shall feel the weight of my
vengeance ! "
Investigations were at once com-
menced. A strict guard was placed over
the premises , and none of the guests
were permitted to leave the house. A
shrewd detective was brought up from
the city , and the case left in his hands.
And in the five hours he had satisfied
himself with the facts he had dis-
covered.
There was the mark of two bloody
fingers upon the window sill-two very
slender fingers , and just beneath the
window on the carpet were several lit-
tie globules of blood. A grapevine
climbed nearly to the window on a
strong trellis outside , and the bark
was stripped from this vine in several
places , indicating that the assassin had
escaped by that means. In the soft
earth , just under the trellis , were the
marks of a man-very small tracks indeed -
deed for those of a man , yet such they
evidently. were. And still further ,
among the leaves of the vine , was
found a blood-stained kid glove , and
on the inside of the wrist was written
the name of Lynde Graham !
Mr. Strickland , the detective , announced -
nounced his discovery quietly in the
library , in the presence of the whole
wedding party.
Lynde Graham felt the charge-he
knew then that he should be accused of
the crime of murder. For a moment
the scarlet flush of wounded pride dyed
his fine face , and then he was himself
again , calm and erect as usual.
Imogene Ireton had bent forward ,
and listened with quick breath and
flushed cheeks to the report of the de-
1 tective , and when it was given she
l drew back and the color faded out of
her face , leaving it like wax.
; ; Further facts were developed before
midnight. The boots of Lynde Graham
fitted exactly the tracks in the garden.
and just without the garden gate was
found a surgeon's knife blood-stained
and bearing on the handle the initials
"I . G. " Evidently the murderer had
stood behind the girl and stabbed her
as she sat iv } ter chair , and then being
attacked by the dog had plunged the
knife into him.
Perhaps the brute might be able to
du something toward bringing the gull-
ty to justice. He was not dead , though
severely hurt , and every care was tak ej1
to save his life. He was an animal of J
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wonderful sagacity , and Ralph felt certain -
tain that if ho could be brought back
to health lie could make him instrumental -
mental in discovering the real mur-
derer.
The chain of circumstances was so
strong that It fully warranted Mr.
Strickland in arresting Dr. Graham
upon the charge of the assassination of
Marina Trenholme. At his examination -
tion before a justice , Graham refused
to offer any plea whatever ; he simply
said he was innocent of the crime.
Two of the old servants testified to having -
ing met the prisoner about half-past 9
on the morning of the murder in the garden -
den , 011 the eastern side of the house.
He was pale and singularly agitated ,
and when one of them asked him if
anything had gone wrong , he had
pushed by him and hurried on.
Graham was committed to the countyy
jail to await the convening of the Assizes -
sizes on the first of November , when
his final trial would take place.
Marina was laid in the shady graveyard -
yard where the Trenhomes : had for
generations been buried , and after the
funeral was over , the guests departed
and left Ralph and Agnes and their
mother alone at the Rock.
Iis poor olil father and mother were
nearly frantic with the dreadful turn
affairs had taken , and before her boy
had lain a week in prison , the feeble
mother was dressed for the grave. Iiis
father , the honest old fisherman , went
about slowly , his tall form bowed , his
eyes vacant , his voice broken , and his
intellect verging fast upon imbecility.
A large part of Ralph's time was
spent away , collecting any evidence
which might tell at the approaching
trial-indeed his every energy seemed
to be devoted to the work of bringing
condemnation on Lynde Graham , the
man he had once loved as a brother. He
believed him guilty , and , believing this ,
he said , sternly , to himself , he would
not hesitate to bring his own father
to the gallows ! No , when he thought
of Marina , so beautiful , so foully murdered -
dered , he forgot there was such a word
as mercy--he only remembered ven-
geance.
Since the terrible tragedy Agnes
Trenliolme had not been herself. She
was restless , nervous-given to long
fits of passionate weeping , at which
times nothing could comfort her. Mrs.
Trenholme attributed it to grief for
the fearful death of her adopted sister ,
and though she herself mourned the
gentle girl , and was horrified beyond
measure at her tragic death , yet as the
time passed , and Agnes only grew
more and more depressed , she could
not resist a little feeling of impatience
at her conduct. A few days before the
first of November , on which day Lynde
Graham would be brought to trial ,
Agnes sought Ralph in the library.
He started at the sight of Agnes in
her white robes , and her face as white
as her dress , with the dark circles
around the great dilated , gray eyes. He
had never noticed before how terribly
she lead changed.
"My dear Agnes , tell me what
troubles you. "
She came slowly forward , and sinking -
ing at his feet , buried her face in his
bosom and burst into sobs.
He lifted up her face and looked into
her troubled eyes.
"My dear sister , tell me what it
means ! I do not understand you. I
did not know your love for-for her
was so intense. "
" 0 , yes ; I loved Marina. I did love
her ! Ralph , God knows she was dear
to me as an own sister could have been.
But it is not her death that is wearing
me to the grave. No , no-not that ! "
"Not that ? Then tell me , and let me
comfort you. "
"I must tell some one ! I shall go
niad if I do not ! Some women would
suffer it in silence-would die before
they would breathe the secret. But I
am made of weaker stuff. I cannot
bear it alone. I must have help ! "
"And I will give it to you , if it lies
in my power , my poor Agnes , " he said ,
stroking her hair.
"Oh , thank you ! bless you ! if you
only mean it. Will you promise to help
me in my own way"
"Tell me the circumstances. It would
be wrong to promise without knowing'
to what I pledged myself. "
"I want you to promise to spare the
life of Lynde Graham ! "
His face grew black , he opened his
mouth to speak , but she covered it with
her two hands.
"Only her me out , Ralph. You shall
not deny me yet. I will hope a little
longer. It is shame for me to confess
it , but his death upon the gallows will
kill me ! I could not live and know
that while I breathed he was yielding
up his precious life at the end of the
terrlbe : rope ! the spectacle of a jeering -
ing crowd. He , the noblest , the purest ,
the best man that ever lived ! You can
save him ! You can refuse to appear
against him-I know there are ways
by which men prevent the conviction
of even the basest criminals ! And he
is not guilty ! He never had such a
thought. He is innocent as the angels !
Ralph , promise me that you will save
him ! "
He rose to his feet , lifting her up
also ; and looking down into her face
coldly and sternly.
I "Agnes , what possible interest can
you take in that damnable murderer ? "
" 11y brother ! 0 Ralph ! do not
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despise me utterly ! I love him ! " she
moaned , sinking to the floor and clasping
ing his knees.
"Love him ! " he exclaimed , hoarsely ;
"you love a murderer ! a cowardly assassin -
sassin ! Agnes Trenholme , why did not
God let you die before you sank so low ?
The son of a common fisherman -
and"
"Hush ! " she said , sternly. "Do not
speak of rank ! You dared to love a
woman without a name , and I honored
you for ignoring birth and position.
I love Lynde Graham because he is
worthier of a woman's love than any
man I ever saw ! I have loved him for
years. I cannot remember when every
sweet thought of my heart was not interwoven -
terwoven with him- Love is not the
child of wealth alone. It goes whither
it is sent. And to me Lynde Graham
is as royal as a prince of the realm ! "
"And did he dare-has he dared to
ask your love. ' "
Her face grew scarlet , but she held
up her head proudly.
"He has dared nothing. He is blame-
less. He does not love me-does not
even dream I care for him. He never
even touched my hand unless his duty
called him to render me assistance. I
think his heart is Imogene Ireton's.
But I have lived only in his presence
-I only asked to be allowed to worship -
ship him afar off. 0 Ralph , save him !
and in saving him , give peace to your
wretched sister ! "
"Agnes , " he said , slowly and sternly ,
"by the side of the dead bodyof my
murdered Marina I swore vengeance !
That will I have ! Neither men nor
devils shall prevent me ! I believe
Lynde Graham is guilty. , And he shall
be proved so , and at the last shall
swing higher than Haman ! There-
leave me ! "
I-Ie put her forcibly into the corridor
and bolted the door upon her.
CHAPTER V.
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YNDE GRAHAM
was brought before -
fore a jury of his
countrymen to be
tried for his life.
The great courtroom -
room was crowded.
People had come
from near and far
to look upon the
countenance of the
man who had dared
offend the majesty of the law by taking -
ing the life of a fellow creature.
The details of the trial we do not
propose to enter upon ; they would be
too tedious. The counsel on both sides
was the best the state afforded , and
the pleas were able and eloquent. But
time defense amounted to very little.
The simple plea of a lawyer , he he ever
so eCquent : , will not change the minds
of men upon whom such a chain of
startling facts had been impressed. The
evidence was sufficient to commit any
man , and those whom the sight of
Graham's handsome face had prejudiced -
diced in his favor felt their prepossession -
sion yielding gradually , and settling
down at last upon the inevitable conclusion -
clusion that he was guilty. The only
defense his counsel urged was the unblemished -
blemished character of the prisoner
and the lack of a motive to the crime.
He had nothing to gain by the death
of Marina Trenholme. He was not the
lady's lover that he should seek revenge -
venge , and lie could have no personally
private animosity to indulge , for the
two families had always been the best
of friends. Where , then , was the motive -
tive ?
The trial was virtually closed and the
jury event out to agree upon a ver-
dict. One could see by their hard-set
faces that they were agreed already ,
but they felt some form necessary.
They were absent only a few moments ,
and when the usual question was put ,
" Foreman of the jury , do you find
the prisoner at the bar guilty or not
guilty ? " there was not a mornent's
hesitation. The man announced instantly -
stantly , "Guilty ! "
TO 155 COSTSQ5U. ,
LIFE IN LONDON.
An Obs'rvin ; Amercan I'aiuts a Pen
Picture of a Great City.
A New York business man , who is in
England , has written a letter from London -
don to one of his friends , which is
quoted by the Philadelphia Record.
"I was in parliament when the liberal -
eral ministers threw up the sponge.
There are many curious-looking Englishmen -
glishmen in the horse of commons , and
I never sawamoremotleycrowd. There
were solemn-looking personages , wearing -
ing wigs ; there were strange beings
with bald heads and whiskers ; there
were red-haired and yellow-haired
men ; there were 100 faces which Sig.
Lombroso ought to put in a book.
Three-fourths of the members wore
their hats in the horse , mostly stovepipes -
pipes and derbies. Nearly all of them
were clumsily cad. ; Some wore-ill-fit-
ting dress suits , others.utaways ; man }
had sack coats of all colors , and but
few had stylish clothes. Lots of them
had trousers that were too short or
were too long or very slouchy , while
some wore clothes that looked so grotesque -
tesque as to suggest Baxter street in
New York or Petticoat lane in London.
So much for my first impression of the
first assembly- gentlemen in the
world. I used to think that the house
of representatives at Washington was
badly dressed , but I had not seen the '
British House of Commons. As for
brains of parliament „ it seems to ine'
that every man whom I have heard
speak during my four visits to it had I
a hatful of them , closely- packed , whether
er he was a tort' , a unionist or a Glatt-
stonian. The speeches in the House of
Commons are not in the nature of rant ,
but are rather plain and direct state-
ments. "
A man never thinks but once that a
woman's temper isn't loaded.
THE CRY or A MENr
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DR. TALMAGE PREACHES OF
SULTAN'S OPPRESSION.
The Chief Men of tim Nation Listen to
Bear the Celebrated Diviuo on the
Greatoat Crime of All Aces-Monroe
Doctrine.
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ASHINGTON , D.
C. , Jan. 12 , 1S96. It
was appropriate
that in the presence
of the chief men of
this nation and
other nations , Dr.
Talmage should tell
the story of Armenian -
menian massacre.
What will be the
extent for good of
such a discourse none can tell. The text
was , 2. Kings 19 : 37 : They escaped
into the land of Armenia. "
In Bible geography this is the first
time that Armenia appears , called then
by the same name as now. Armenia
is chiefly a table-land , seven thousand
feet above the level of the sea , and on
one of its peaks Noah's ark landed , with
its human family and fauna that. were
to fill the earth. That region was the
birth-place of the rivers which fertilized -
tilized the Garden of Eden when Adam
and Eve lived there , their only roof
the crystal skies , and their carpet the
emerald of rich grass. Its inhabitants ,
the ethnologists tell us , are a superior
type of the Causasian race. Their religion -
ligion is founded on the Bible. Their
Saviour is our Christ. Their crime is
that they would not become followers
1 of Mahomet , that Jupiter of sensuality.
j To drive them from the face of the
earth is the ambition of the Mohamme-
dans. To accomplish this , murder is
no crime , and wholesale massacre is a
matter of enthusiastic approbation and
governmental reward. The prayer sanctioned -
tioned by highest Mohammedan authority -
thority , and recited every day through-
I out Turkey and Egypt , while styling
i all those not Mohammedans as infidels ,
is as follows : " 0 Lord of all creatures :
0 Allah ! Destroy the Infidels and Polytheists -
theists , thine enemies , the enemies of
the religion ! 0 Allah ! Make their
children orphans and defile their
I bodies ; cause their feet to slip : give
them and their families , their households -
holds and their women , their children ,
and their relatives by marriage , their
brothers and their friends , their poss
iessions and the race , their wealth and
their lands as booty to the Moslems , 0
Lord of all creatures ! " The life of an
Armenian in the presence of those who
make that prayer is of no more value
than the life of a summer insect. The
Sultan of Turkey sits on a throne impersonating -
personating that brigandage and as-
sassination. At this time all civilized
nations are in horror at the attempts
of that Mohammedan government to
destroy all the Christians of Armenia.
I hear somebody talking as though
some new thing were happening and
that the Turkish government had taken
a new role of tragedy on the stage of
nations. No , no ! She is at the same old
I business. Overlooking her diabolism
of other centuries , we conic down to our
century to find that in 1822 the Turkish
government slew 50,000 anti-Moslems ,
and in 1550 she slew 10,000 , and in 1S6 . '
she slew 11,000 , and in 1876 she slew
10,000. Anything short of the slaughter
i of thousands of human beings does not
put enough red wine into her cap of
abomination to make it worth quaffing.
Nor is this the only time she has promised -
ised reform. In the presence of the
warships at the mouth of the Darda-
nelles , she has promised the civilized
nations of the earth that she would
stop her butcheries , and the international -
tional and hemispheric farce has Been
enacted of believing what she says ,
when all the past ought to persuade us
that she is only pausing in her atrocities -
ties to put nations off the track and
then resume the work of death. In 1820
Turkey , in treaty with Russia ,
promised to alleviate t11e condition of
Christians , but the promise was broken.
In 1839 the then Sultan promised pro-
tecticn of life and property without
reference to religion , and the promise
was broken. In 1544 , at the demand of
an English minister plenipotentiary- .
the Sultan declared , after the public
execution of an Armenian at Constantinople -
tinople , that no such death penalty'
should again be inflicted , and the
promise was broken. In IS10 , at the
demand of foreign nations , time Turkish
ish government promised protection to
Protestants , but to this day the Protestants -
testants at Stamboul are not allowed to
build a church , although they have the
funds ready , and the Greek Protestants ,
who have a church , are not permitted
to worship in it. In 1855 , after the
Crimean war , Turkey promised that no
one should be hindered in the exercise
of the religion he professed , and that
--promise has been broken. In 1578 , at
the memorable treatyof Berlin , Turkey
pomised religious liberty to all her
subjects in every part of the Ottoman
empire. and the promise was broken.
Not once in all the centuries has the
Turkish government kept her promise
of mercy. So far from any improvement -
ment , the condition of the Armenians
has become worse and worse year by
year , and all the promises the Turkish
government now makes are only a
gaining of time by which she is making
preparation for the complete extermination -
nation of Christianity from her borders.
Why , after all the national and continental -
tinental and hemispheric lying on the
part of the Turkish govenment , do not
the warships of Europe ride up as close
as is possible to the palaces of Constantinople -
tinople and blow that accursed government -
ment to atcros ? In the name of the
Eternal God let the nuisance of the
ages be wiped off the face of the earth !
Down to the perdition from which It
smoked up , sink Mohammedanism ! Between -
tween these outbreaks cf massacre the
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Ar > ioeLiaas sutler in silence wrongs that
are seldom if ever reported. They are
taxed heavily for the mere privilege of
living , and the tax is called "the hu-
millation tax. " They are compelled to
give three days' entertainment to any
Mohammedan tramp who may be passing -
ing that way. They must pay blackmail
to the assessor , lest he report the value
of their property too highly. Their
evidence in court Is of no worth , and if
fifty Armenians saw a wrong committed -
ted and one Mohammedan was present ,
the testimony- the one Mohammedan
would be taken and the testimony of
the fifty Armenians rejected ; in other
words , the solemn oath of a thousand
Armenians would not be strong enough
to overthrow the perjury of one Moham-
medan. A professor was condemned to
death for translating the English Book
of Common Prayer into Turkish. Seventeen -
enteen Armenians were sentenced to
fifteen years' imprisonment for resctl-
lag a Christian bride torn the bandits.
This is the way the Turkish government -
ment amuses itself in time of peace.
These are the delights of Turlish clvili-
zation. But when the day's of massacre
come , then deeds are done which may
not be unveiled in any refined assemblage -
blage , and if one speaks of the horrors ,
he must do so in well-poised and cautious -
tious vocabulary. Hundreds of villages
destroyed ! Young men put in piles of
brushwood , which are then saturated
with kerosene and set on fire ! Mothers ,
in the most solemn hour that ever
comes in a woman's life , hurled out
and bayonetted ! Eyes gouged out , and
dead and dying hurled into the same
pit ! The slaughter of Luclinow and
Cawnpore , India , in 1857 , eclipsed in
ghastliness ! The worst scenes of the
French revolution in Paris made more
tolerable in contrast ! In many regions
of Armenia the only undertakers to-
Jay are the jackals and hyenas. Many
of the chiefs of the massacres were
sent straight from Constantinople to do
their work , and having returned , were
decorated by the Sultan. To four of
the worst murderers the Sultan sent
silk banners , in delicate appreciation
of their services. Five hundred thousand -
sand Armenians put to death or dying
of starvation ! This moment , while I
speak , all up and down Armenia sit
many people , freezing in the ashes of
their destroyed homes , bereft of most
of their households , and awaiting the
club of assassination to put them out
of their misery. No wonder that the
physicians of that region declared that
among all the men and women that
were down with wounds and sickness
and tinder their care , not one wanted
to get well. Remember that nearly
all the reports that have come to us of
the Turkish outages have been manipulated -
lated and modified and softened by the
Turks themselves. The story is not
half told , or a hundredth part told , era
a thousandth part told. None but God
and our suffering brothers and sisters
in that far-off land know the whole
story , and it will not be known until ,
in the coronations of heaven , Christ
shall lift to a special throne of glory
these heroes and heroines , saying ,
"These are they who came out of great
tribulation and hail their robes washed
and made white in the blood of the
Lamb ! " My Lord and my God ! thou
didst on the cross suffer for them , but
thou , surely , Oh Christ ! wilt not for-
jet how much they have suffered for
thee ! I dare not deal in imprecation ,
but I never so much enjoyed the imprecatory -
precatory songs of David as since I
have heard how those Turks are treat-
: ng the Armenians. The fact is Turkey
has got to t2 divided up among other
nations. Of course the European nations -
tions must take the chief part , but
Turkey ought to be compelled to pay
America for the American mission
buildings and American school-houses
she has destroyed , and to support the
; vives and children of the Americans
ruined by this wholesale butchery.
When the English lion and the Russian
bear put their paws on that Turkey the
American eagle ought to put in its bill.
But what is the duty of the hour ?
Sympathy , deep , wide , tremendous , immediate -
mediate ! A religious paper , The Christian -
tian Herald , of New York , has led the
way with munificent contributions collected -
lected from its subscribers. But the
Turkish government is opposed to any
relief of the Armenian sufferers , as i
personally know. Last August , before
I had any idea of . ecoming a fellow-
citizen with you Washingtonians , $30.-
000 for Armenian relief was offered to
me if I would personally take that relief -
lief to Armenia. My passage was to
be engaged on the City of Paris , but
a telegram was sent to Constantinople ,
asking if the Turkish government
would grant me protection on such an
errand of mercy. A cablegram saiu
the Turkish government wished to
know to what points in Armenia I desired -
sired to go with that relief. In our
reply , four cities were named , one of
them the scene of what had been the
chief masascre. A cablegram came
from Constantinople saying that I had
better send the money to the Turkish
government's mixed commission , and
they would distribute It. So a cobweb
of spiders proposed a relief committee
for unfortunate flies ! Well , a man-who
would start up through the mountains
of Armenia with $50,000 and no government -
ment protection would be guilty of
monumental foolhardiness. The Turkish -
kish government has in every possible
way hindered Armenian relief. Now
where is that angel of mercy , Clara
Barton , who appeared on the battlefields -
fields of Fredericksburg , Autietam ,
Falmouth , and Cedar Mountain , and
under the blaze of French and German
guns at Metz and Paris and in Johns-
town floods , and Charleston earthquake -
quake , and Michigan fires , and Russian -
sian famine ? It was comparatively of
little importance that the German emperor -
peror decorated her with the Iron
Cross , for God bath decorated her in
the sight of all nations with a glory
that neither time nor eternity c n dim.
Born in a Masaschusetts village she
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came in ht ! ; girlhood to this city ts-
serve our goveLnent In the patent of. j ,
flee , but afterward went forth from ry ter
the doors of that Patent Office , , , , + ,
with a Divine patent signed and . }
sealed b' God himself , to heal all
wounds she could touch , and make the '
horrors of the food , and fire , and
plague , and hospital fly her presence. ' _
I God bless Clara Barton ! Just as I ex-
f petted , she lifts the banner of the Red
Cross. Turkey and all nations are
pledged to respect and defend that Red ,
Cross although that color of cross does
not , in the opinion of many , stand for
Christianity. In my opinion It does
stand for Christlanlay , for was not the , f ,
red
cross under which most of us worship
red with the blood of the son of Godd
with the best blood that was ever shed ,
red with the blood poured out for the
ransom of the world ? Then lead on , i
oh , Red Cross ! and let Clara- Barton
carry it ! The Turkish government ie
bound to protect her , and the charlots
of God are twenty thousand , and their
charioteers are angels of deliverance , T
and they would all ride down at once
to roll over and trample tinder the
hoofs of their white horses any of her
assailants. May the five hundred thousand -
sand dollars she seeks be laid at her
feet ! Then may the ships that carry
her across Atlantic and Mediterranean ,
seas be guided safelyby him who trod 1
into sapphire pavement bestormed
Galilee ! Upon soil incarnadined with
martyrdom let the Red Cross be planted -
ed , until every demolished village shall fi
ho rebuilded , and every pang of hunger r
be fed , and every wound of cruelty be
healed , and Armenia stand with as t fH ' i i
much liberty to serve God in its own
way as In this , the best land of all the
earth , we , the descendants of the Puritans -
tans and IIollanders , and Huguenots ,
are free to worship the Christ who came
to set all nations free !
1
It has been sail that if we go over
there to interfere on another continent ,
that will imply the right for other nations -
tions to interfere with affairs on this
continent , and so the .Monroe doctrine
be jeopardized. No , no ! President
Cleveland expressed the sentiment of
every intelligent and patriotic American -
can when lie thundered from the White
house a warning to all nations , that
there is not an acre or one inch more
of ground on this continent for any
transatlantic government to occupy.
And by that doctrine we stand now and
shall forever stand. But there is a doe-
trine as much liighcr than the Monroe
doctrine as the heavens are higher than
the earth , and that is the doctrine of
humanitarianism and sympathy and
Christian helpfulness which one cold ,
December midnight , with loud and multitudinous -
titudinous chant , awakened the shep- ' I
herds. Wherever there is a wound it is
our duty , whether as individuals or as 1
nations , to balsaf it. Wherever there is
a knife of assassination lifted it Is our
duty to ward off the blade. Wherever
men are persecuted for ther religion
it is our duty to break that arm of
power , whether it be thrust forth from
a Potestant church or a Catholic cathedral -
thedral or a Jewish synagogue or a
mosque of Islam. We all recognize the
right on a small scale. If going down ,
the road , we find a ruffian maltreating
a child , or a human brute insulting a
woman , we take a hand in the contest !
if we are not cowards , and though we
be slight in personal presence , because
of our indignation we come to weigh
about tons , and the harder we punish
the villain the louder our conscience
applauds us. In such case we do not +
keep our hands in our pockets , arguing
that if we interfere with the brute the
brute might think he would have a
right to interfere with us , and so
jeopardize the Monroe doctrine. The
fact is that that persecution of the
Armenians by the Turks must be
stopped , or God Almighty will curse
all Christendom for its damnable lu'
difference and apathy ,
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ODDS AND ENDS.
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At the Odeon theater in Paris 600
manuscript plays are received and read
every year. '
A man named Durand has won a bet
at Marseilles by standing on a pedestal
in a public place for four consecutive
weeks. He was nearly exhausted after
i
the performance and may not recover.
Poet's corner in Westminster abbey
is hidden from the outside by a block
of old houses. These are to be tarn
down next summer as a precaution ,
against fire , thus allowing the architecture -
tecture of the chapel of Henry VII.
and the old Chapter house to be seen '
from that side.
"La Princesse Lointaine , " a four-act
play in verse by M. Rostaud , Is the lat- ' .J'
eat novelty procuced by Sarah Berk- ,
hardt at the Paris Renaissance theater. , ,
f'
It is founded on the story of the '
troubadour Geffroy Ruder who fell In
love with the princess of Tripoli from
the fame of her beauty and died on } i
coming into her presence.
y
A Frenchman must still obtain the
consent of his parents if he wishes to
marry. The chamber of deputies has ,
rejected i1 proposal of Abbe Lemire to
dispense with the consent when the
man is 25 and the woman 21 , but passed r
another doing away with the necessity '
for the grandparents' consent when the ,
parents are dead.
3I. Dieulafoy , the explorer of Persia ,
has carefully examined the valley of
Rephaim , south of Jerusalem , where
David crushed the Philistines. He finds
that the bible account of the battle is
accurate and that David's tactics show
the highest military capacity and were d
like those of Frederick the Great at
1
Mollwitz and Rossback and of Napoleon -
leon at Austerlitz.
A shaft into the bowels of the earth
is proposed by M. Paschal Grousset a
the sensation for the exposition of 1900.
His plan is an inversion of the Idea of
the Eiffel tower. Elevators will carry
the public down the shaft. At intervals -
vals there will be restaurants and concert - r
cert rooms , decorated so as to harmonize
ize with the temperature , which will ,
Increase with the depth , as far as 2,100
feet below the surface. Beyond that '
point , as the heat will be too great for
comfort , a narrower shaft is to be
driven , for scientific purposes only , tea
a depth greater than has ever yet been
obtained , possibly 5,000. i
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