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By HALL CAINE
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CHAPTER I Continued
Onco again the seamen railed at their
guide as well as at the whole race of
Icelanders but Adam was all for lenity
towards the priest and hope for them
selves
My faithful companions he said
be not dismayed by any of these dis
asters but let us put our whole trust
In God If It be our fortune to end our
days in this desolate land we are as
near heaven here as at home Yet let
us use all honest efforts to save our
natural lives and we are not yet so
far past hope of doing so but that I
see a fair way by which we may effect
it
With that they set out again alone
and within an hour they had fallen on
the second mischance of their journey
for failing to find the pass that would
lave led them across country through
Thingvellir they kept close by the sea
line in the direction of the Smoky
Point s
Now these misadventures first with
the mother and child next with the
Sheriffs and then with the guides
though they kept back Adam and his
company from that quick deliverance
which they would have found in meet
ing with the messengers of Michael
Sunlocks or with Michael Sunlocks
himself yet brought them in the end
In the way of the only persons who are
important to this story For pursuing
V their mistaken way by the line of sea
they came upon the place called Krisu
vik It was a grim wildnerness of aw
ful things not cold and dead and dumb
like the rest of that haggard land but
hot and alive with inhuman fire and
-clamorous with devilish noises A wide
ashen plain within a circle of hills
vvhereon little snow could rest for
the furnace that raged beneath the
surface shooting with shrill whistles
its shafts of hot steam from a hundred
fumeroles bubbling up in a thousand
jets of boiling water hissing from a
score of green cauldrons grumbling
low with mournful sounds underneath
like the voice of subterranean wind
and sending up a noxious stench
through heavy whorls of vapor that
rooled in a fetid atmosphere overhead
Oh it was a fearsome place like noth
ing on Gods earth but a mouldering
wreck of human body vast and shape
less and pierced deep with foulest ul
cers a leper spot on earths face a
seething vat full of broth of hells own
brewing And all around was the
peaceful snow and beyond the lines
of the southern hills was the tranquil
sea and within the northern mountains
-was a quiet lake of water as green as
the grass of spring
Coming upon the ghastly place
printed deep with Satans own features
on the face of it Adam thought that
surely no human footstep was ever
meant by God to echo among bodeful
noises But there he found two wood
en sheds busy with troops of men com
ing and going about them and a third
house of the same kind in an early
stage of building Then asking ques
tions as well as he was able he learned
that the boiling pits were the Sulphur
Mires that the new Governor the
President of the Republic had lately
turned to account as a penal settle
mont that the two completed sheds
wei e the workshops and sleeping places
of the prisoners and that the unfin
ished house was intended for their
hospital
And so it chanced that while with
his poor broken company Adam rested
on his horse to look on at this sight
wth eyes of wonder and fear a gang
of four prisoners passed on to their
work in charge of as many warders
and one of the four men was Red Ja
scn His long red hair was gone his
face was thin and pale instead of full
and tawny and his eyes once so bright
were heavy and slow He walked in
file and about his neck was a collar
of iron with a bow coming over his
head and ending on the forehead in
a bell that rang as he went along The
wild vitality of his strong figure
seemed lost he bent forward as he
walked and look steadfastly on the
ground
Yet changed as he was Adam knew
him at a glance and between surprise
and terror called on him by his name
But Jason heard nothing and strode
on like a man who had suddenly be
come deaf and blind under the shock
of some evil day
Jason Jason Adam cried again
and he dropped from the saddle to run
towards him But the warders raised
their hands to warn the old man off
and Jason went on between them
without ever lifting his eyes or making
sign or signal
V Now God save us what can this
mean cried Adam and though with
the lame help of his old Manx he
questioned as well as he was able the
men who were at work at the building
of the hospital nothing could he learn
but one thing and that was the strange
and wondrous chance that his own eyes
revealed to him namely that the last
face he saw as he was leaving Mann
on that bad night when he stole away
from Greeba while she slept was the
first face he had seen to know it since
he set foot on Iceland
Nor was this surprise the only one
that law waiting for him in that gaunt
place Pushing on towards Reykjavik
the quicker for his sight of Red Jason
and with many troubled thoughts of
Michael Sunlocks Adam came with his
company to the foot of the mountain
that has to be crossed before the lava
plain is reached which leads to the
capital And there the pass was
blocked to them for half-an-hour of
precious time by a long train of men
and ponies coming down the bridle
path They were Danes to the num
ber of fifty at least mounted on as
many horses and with a score of tired
horses driven on ahead of them What
their work and mission was in that
grim waste Adam could not learn until
he saw that the foremost of the troop
had drawn up at one of the two wood
en sheds and then he gathered from
many signs that they were there as
-4 warders to take charge of the settle
ment in place of the Icelandic officers
who had hitherto held possession of it
Little time he had however to learn
tbc riddle of these strange doings or
get knowledge of the double rupture of
state of affairs that had caused them
for presently old Chaise came hurry
ing back to him from some distance
ahead with a scared face and stam
mering tongue and one nervous hand
pointing upwards to where the last of
the men and horses were coming down
the bridle path
Lord-a-massy whos this cried
Chaise and following the direction of
his hand Adam saw what the old fel
low pointed at and the sight seemed
to freeze the blood at his heart
It was Michael Sunlocks riding be-
twflPii txvn nf the Danish warders as
their prisoner silent fettered and
bound
Then Adam felt as if he had some
where fallen into a long sleep and
was now awakening to a new life in
a new world where the people were
the same as in the old one but every
thing about them was strange and ter
rible But he recovered from his ter
ror as Michael Sunlocks came on and
he called to him and Sunlocks heard
him and turned towards him with a
look of joy and pain in one quick
glance of a moment
My son My boy cried Adam
Father Father cried Michael
Sunlocks
But in an instant the warders had
closed about Sunlocks and hurried
him on in the midst of them while
their loud shouts drowned all other
voices
And when the troops had passed him
Adam sat a moment silent on his
little beast and then he turned to his
company and said
My good friends and faithful com
panions my journey is at an end and
you must go on without me I came
to this land of Iceland only to find one
who is my son indeed though not
flesh of my flesh thinking to rest my
old arm on his young shoulder I
have found him now but he is in
trouble from some cause that I have
yet to learn and it is my old shoul
der that his young arm must rest
upon And this that you have wit
nessed is not the meeting that I look
ed for and built my hopes on and
buoyed up my failing spirits with
through all the trouble of our many
weary days But Gods will be done
So go your ways and leave me where
His wisdom has brought me and may
His mercy fetch you in safety to your
native country and to the good souls
waiting for you there
But the rough fellows protested that
come what might leave him they nev
er would and old Chaise without
more ado began to make ready to
pitch their tent on the thin patch
of grass where they stood
And that evening while Adam wan
dered over the valley trying to get
tetter knowledge of the strange
events which he had read as if by
flashes of lightning and hearing in
broken echoes of the rise and fall of
the republic of the rise and fall of
Michael Sunlocks of the fal land re
turn of Jorgen Jorgensen a more
wondrous chance than any that had
yet befallen him was fast coming his
way
For late that night when he sat in
bis grief with his companions busied
about him comforting him with what
tender offices and soft words their
courageous minds could think of a
joung Icelander came to the gap of
the tent and asked in broken Eng
lish if they would give a nights shel
ter to a lady who could find no other
lodging and was alone save for him
self who had been her guide from
Reykjavik
At that word Adams own troubles
were gone from him in an instant
and though his people would have de
murred he called on the Icelander to
fetch the lady in and presently she
came and then altogether stood dumb
founded for the lady was Greeba
herself
It would be hard to tell how at
first every other feeling was lost in
cne of surprise at the strange meet
ing of father and daughter how sur
prise gave place to oy and joy to
pain as bit by bit the history of
their several adventures was unfolded
each to the other And while Greeba
heard of the mischances that had over
taken old Adam he on his part
heard of the death of her mother and
her brothers ill usage of the message
that came from Michael Sunlocks and
her flight from home of how she came
to Iceland and was married and of
how Sunlocks went in pursuit of him
self and returning to the capital was
betrayed into the hands of his ene
mies All the long story of plot and
passion he heard in the wild tangle
of her hot and broken words save
only that part of it which concerned
her quarrel with her husband but
when he mentioned Red Jason say
ing that he had seen him he heard
that sad passage of her story also
told with fear and many bitter tears
Adam comforted Greeba with what
words of cheer he could command in
an hour when his own heart was dark
and hopeless and then amid the tur
moil of so many emotions the night
being worn to midnight they com
posed themselves to sleep
Next morning rising anxious and
unrested Adam saw the Icelandic
warders who had been supplanted in
their employment by the Danes start
away from the settlement for their
homes and after them went a group
of the Danish prisoners as free men
who had been imprisoned by the re
public as spies of the government of
Denmark By this time Adam had de
cided on his course
Greeba he said this imprison
ment of Michael Sunlocks is unjust
snd I see a way to put an end to it
No governor shall sentence him with
out judge or jury But I will go on to
Reykjavik and appeal to this Jorgen
Jorgensen If he will not hear me I
will appeal to his master the king of
Denmark If Denmark will not listen
I will appeal to England for Michael
Sunlocks is a British subject and may
claim the rights of an Englishman
And if England turns a deaf ear to
me I will address my prayer to God
who has never yet failed to -right the
wronged or humble the arrogance of
the mighty Thank heaven that has
brought me here I thought I was
coming to end my days in peace by
bis side who would shelter my poor
foolish gray head that had forgotten
to protect itself But strange are the
ways of Providence God has had His
own purposes in bringing me here
thus blindfolded and thanks to His
mercy I am not yet so old but I may
yet do something So come my girl
come make ready and we will go on
our great errand together
But Greeba had her own ends from
the first in following Michael Sun
locks to the place of his imprisonment
and she answered and said
No father no You may go on
to Reykjavik and do all this if you
can but my place is here at my hus
bands side He lost faith in my af
fection and said I had married him
for the glory that his place would
bring me but he shall see what a
woman can go through for the sake
of the man she loves I have my own
plan of life in this place and the pow
er to cany it out Therefore do not
fear to leave me but go and God
prosper you
Let it be so said Adam and with
that after some words of explanation
with the brave fellows who had fol
lowed him from the hour when as
ship broken men they set out on foot
from the eastern fiord he started on
his journey afresh leaving the tent
and the last of their ships victuals
behind with Greeba for Reykjavik
was no more than a days ride from
Krisuvlk
To be continued
Monument to Pasteur
The model for the monument to Pas
teur which is to be erected in his na
tive town represents besides a statue
of Pasteur a figure personifying sci
ence who is holding a wreath of laurel
toward Pasteur and a woman holding
two small children who are supposed
to have been saved from death by Pas
teurs discoveries M Anton Charles
the sculptor is making progress with
it and it is said to be very effective
Millions of Subjects
Exclusive of Egypt the area of
King Edwards empire is 11773000
square miles or much over one fourth
of the land surface of the globe The
wealth of the United Kingdom alone
apart from that of India Australia
Canada and other possessions is about
560000000000 or second only to that
of the United States The population
of the empire aggregates some 400000
000 being comparable with that of the
empire of China
Gift House for Sale
Senator Chauncey M Depew has de
cided to sell the house at Nineteenth
and N streets Washington which he
purchased several months ago as a
wedding gift for his niece Miss Pauld
ing whose engagement to Lieut John
Edie was suddenly broken off The
price asked by Senator Depew is 26
000 The purchase price was 18000
He has expended 4000 in alterations
and improvements on the house
Glasgow Proposes Municipal Saloons
Not content with providing its own
gas electricity water and street car
service the city of Glasgow proposes
to dispense its own liquor and the mu
nicipal saloon is talked about A com
mittee appointed to consider the ques
tion has reported in favor of an ex
periment and parliament is to he ask
ed for the necessary power
Building Designed by Woman
There will be only one building at
the Pan American exposition in Buf
falo designed in its entirety by a wo
man and that one is the structure
which will represent the states of New
England The woman whose brillian
cy as an architect has gained for her
this honor is Miss Josephine Wright
Chapman of Boston
Chafing Dishes
The chafing dish is among the most
ancient adjuncts to the culinary de
partment of all nations It was in
great demand at the grand feasts given
by the wealthy citizens in ancient
Rome Some of these dishes have re
cently been found among the ruins of
Pompeii They are of exquisite work
manship
Torontos Memorial to Victoria
The citizens of Toronto Ont have
decided to place an organ in Massey
hall as a memorial to the late Queen
Victoria Committees have been ap
pointed to canvass the city for the
necessary funds It is estimated that
che instruments and the accompanying
tablets will cost 30000
Clevelands Mayor a Kentucklan
Tom L Johnson mayor elect of
Cleveland is a Kentuckian by birth
and retains strong reverence for the
south and its traditions So deeply
grounded is this feeling that when his
daughter was to make her social debut
the family went to Louisville where
Miss Johnson was introduced to so
ciety
In Caso of Fire
So many fires have recently occurred
in one of the residence districts of Buf
falo that a man living in the part of
town referred to sent out invitations a
few days ago worded thus Coma to
us on Tuesday for dinner and whist
In case of fire meet at the Lenox at
730 sharp New York Tribune
Czar Has Twenty Seven Physicians
The czar of Russia has twenty seven
physicians and they are all selected
from the medical celebreties of Russia
There is a first physician-in-chief then
come ten honorary surgeons two oc
ulists a chiropodist and honorary chir
opodist two court physicians and three
specialists for the czarina
TAIMAGES SEEMON
ANTAGONISM TO THE GOSPEL
HAS DISAPPEARED
There Is None JAko That Giro It Me
l Bamnel xxl 9 Temptations of
tbo Traveler Preachers Are More Bc
soarcefol than In Former Days
Copyright 1901 by Louis Klopsch N Y
Washington May 5 In this dis
course Dr Talmage calls the roll of in
fluences once antagonistic but now
friendly to the gospel and encour
ages Christian workers text I Sam
uel xxi 9 There is none like that
give it me
David fled from his pursuers The
world runs very fast when it Is chas
ing a good man The country is try
ing to catch David and to slay him
David goes into tho house of a priest
and asa him for a sword or spear
with which to defend himself The
priest not being accustomed to use
deadly weapons tells David that he
cannot supply him but suddenly the
priest thinks of an old sword that had
been carefully wrapped up and laid
away the very sword that Goliath
formerly used and he takes down that
sword and while he is unwrapping
the sharp glittering memorable blade
it flashed upon Davids mind that this
is the very sword that was used Against
himself when he was in the fight with
Goliath and David can hardi7 ieep
his hands off it until the priest has
unwound it David stretches out hi3
hand toward that old sword and says
There Is none like that give it me
In other words I want in my own
hand the sword which has been used
against me and against the cause of
God So it was given him Well
my friends that is not the first or
the last sword once used by giant and
Philistine Iniquity which is to come
into the possession of Jesus Christ and
his glorious church I want as well as
God may help me to show you that
many a weapon which has been used
against the armies of God is yet to be
captured and used on our side and I
only imitate David when I stretch out
my hand toward that blade of the
Philistine and cry There is none like
that give it me
I remark first that this is true in
regard to all scientific exploration
You know that the first discoveries in
astronomy and geology and chronol
ogy were used to battle Christianity
Worldly philosophy came out of its
laboratory and out of its observatory
and said Now we will prove by the
very structure of the earth and by the
movement of the heavenly bodies that
the Bible is a lie and that Christianity
as we have it among men is a posi
tive imposition Good men trembled
The telescope the Leyden jars the
electric batteries all in the hands of
the Philistines But one day Chris
tianity looking about for some weapon
with which to defend itself hap
pened to see the very old sword that
these atheistic Philistines had been
using against the truth and cried out
There is none like that give it me
And Copernicus and Galilei and Kepler
and Isaac Newton and Herschel and 0
M Mitchell came forth and told the
world that in their ransacking of the
earth and heavens they had found
overwhelming presence of the God
whom we worship and this old Bible
began to shake itself from the Koran
and Shaster and Zendavesta with
which it had been covered up and lay
on the desk of the scholar and in the
laboratory of the chemist and in the
lap of the Christian unharmed and un
answered while the tower of the mid
night heavens struck a silvery chime
in its praise
The Sternal Master
Worldly philosophy said Matter is
eternal The world always was God
did not make it Christian philoso
phy plunges its crowbar into rocks
and finds that the world was grad
ually made and if gradually made
there must have been some point at
which tho process started Then who
started it And so that objection was
overcome and in the first three words
of the Bible we find that Moses stated
a magnificent truth when he said In
the beginning
Worldy philosophy said Your Bi
ble is a most inaccurate book All
that story in the Old Testament again
and again told about the army of the
locusts it is preposterous There is
nothing In the coming of the locusts
like an army An army walks lo
custs fly An army goes in order and
procession locusts without order
Wait said Christian philosophy and
in 1868 in the southwestern part of this
country Christian men went out to ex
amine the march of the locusts There
are men right before me who must
have noticed in that very part of the
country the coming up of the locusts
like an army and it was found that
all the newspaper unwittingly spoke
of them as an army Why They
seem to have a commander They
march like a host They halt like a
host No arrow ever went in straight
er flight than the locusts come not
even turning aside for the wind If
the wind rises the locusts drop and
then rise again after it has gone down
taking the same line of march not
varying a foot The old Bible is right
every time when it speaks of locusts
coming like an army worldly philos
ophy wrong
Worldly philosophy said All that
story about the light turned as clay
to the seal is simply an absurdity
Old time worldly philosophy said
The light comes straight Chris
tian philosophy says Wait a little
while and it goes on and makes dis
coveries and finds that the atmosphere
curves and bends the rays of light
around the earth literally a3 the
clay to the seal The Bible right
again worldly philosophy wrong
again Ah says worldly philoso
phy all that allusion In Job about
the foundations of the eariix is simply
an absurdity Where want thou
says God when I set the foundations
of the earth The earth has no foun
dation Christian philosophy comes
and finds that the word as translated
foundations may be better trans
lated sockets So now see how it
will read if It is translated right
Where wast thou when I set the
sockets of the earth Where is the
socket It Is the hollow of Gods
hand a socket large enough for any
world to turn in
Worldly philosophy said What an
absurd story about Joshua making the
sun and moon stand still If the world
had stopped an instant the whole uni
verse would have been out of gear
Stop said Christian philosophy
not quite so quick The world has
two motions one on its own axis and
the other around the sun It was not
necessary in making them stand still
that both motions should be stopped
only the one turning the world on its
own axis There was no reason why
the halting of the earth should have
jarred and disarranged the whole uni
verse Joshua right and God right
infidelity wrong every time I knew it
would be wrong I thank God that the
time has come when Christians need
not be scared at any scientific explora
tion The fact is that religion and
science have struck hands in eternal
friendship and the deeper down geol
ogy can dig and the higher up astron
omy can soar all the better for us
The armies of the Lord Jesus Chri3t
have stormed the observatories of the
worlds science and from the highest
towers have flung out the banner of
the cross and Christianity now from
the observatories at Albany and
Washington stretches out its hand
toward the opposing scientific weapon
crying There is none like that give
it me I was reading of Herschel
who was looking at a meteor through
a telescope and when it came over
the face of the telescope it was so pow
erful he had to avert his eyes And
it has been just so that many an as
tronomer has gone into an observa
tory and looked up into the midnight
heavens and the Lord God has through
some swinging world flamed upon hi3
vision and the learned man cried out
Who am I Undone Unclean
Have mercy Lord God
Temptations of the Traveler
Again I remark that the traveling
disposition of the world which was
adverse to morals and religion is to
be brought on our side The man that
went down to Jericho and fell amid
thieves was a type of a great many
travelers There is many a man who
is very honest at home who when he is
abroad has his honor filched and his
good habits stolen There are but very
few men who can stand the stress of
an expedition Six weeks at a water
ing place have ruined many a man
In the olden times God forbade the
traveling of men for the purposes of
trade because of the corrupting influ
ences attending it A good many men
now cannot stand the transition from
one place to another Some men who
seem to be very consistent here in the
way of keeping the Sabbath when they
get into Spain on the Lords day al
ways go out to see the bull fights
Plato said that no city ought to be
built nearer to the sea than ten miles
lest it be tempted to commerce But
this traveling disposition of the world
which was adverse to that which is
good is to be brought on our side
These mail trains why they take our
bibles these steamships they trans
port our missionaries these sailors
rushing from city to city all around
the world are to be converted into
Christian heralds and go out and
preach Christ among the heathen na
tions The gospels are infinitely mul
tiplied in beauty and power since Rob
inson and Thompson and Burckhardt
have come back and talked to us
about Siloam and Capernaum and Jer
usalem pointing out to us the lilies
about which Jesus preached the
beach upon which Paul was ship
wrecked the fords at which Jordan
was passed the Red Sea bank on
which were tossed the carcasses of the
drowned Egyptians A man said I
went to the Holy Land an infidel I
came back a Christian I could not
help it
Universality of Religion
So it has also been with the learn
ing and eloquence of the world Peo
ple say Religion is very good for aged
women it is very good for children
but not for men But we have in the
roll of Christs host Mozart and Han
del in music Canova and Angelo in
sculpture Raphael and Reynolds in
painting Harvey and Boerhaave in
medicine Cowper and Scott in poetry
Grotius and Burke in statesman ship
Boyle and Leibnitz in philosophy
Thomas Chalmers and John Mason in
theology The most brilliant writings
of a worldly nature are all aglow with
Scriptural allusions
Samuel L Southard was mighty in
the court room and in the senate cham
ber but he reserved his strongest elo
quence for that day when he stoed be
fore the literary societies at Princeton
commencement and pleaded for the
grandeur of our Bible Daniel Web
ster won not his chief garlands while
responding to Hayne nor when he
opened the batteries of his eloquence
on Bunker Hill that rocking Sinai of
the American Revolution but on that
day when in the famous Girard will
case he showed his affection for the
Christian religion and eulogized the
Bible The eloquence and the learning
that have been on the other side come
over to our side Captured for God
There is none like that give it me
So also has it been with the picture
making of the world We are very
anxious on this day to have the print
ing press and the platform on the slda
of Christianity but we overlook the
engravers knife ami the palntero
pencil The antiquarian goes andi
looks at pictured ruins or examines
the chiseled pillars of Thebes and
Nineveh and Pompeii and then comes
back to tell us of the beastliness of
ancient art and it Is a fact now that
many of the finest specimens merely
artistically considered of sculpture
and painting that are to be found amid
those ruins are not fit to be looked
at and they are locked up How Paul
must have felt when standing amid
those Impurities that stared on him
from the walls and pavements and ba
zaars of Corinth he preached of the
pure and holy Jesus The art of tho
world on the side of obscenity and
crime and death
Much of the art of the world has
been in the possession of the vicious
What to unclean Henry VIIL was a
beautiful picture of the Madonna
What to Lord Jeffreys the unjust
judge the picture of the Last Judg
ment What to Nero the unwashed
a pjcture of the baptism in the Jor
dan The art of the world on the
wrong side But that is being changed
now The Christian artist goes over
to Rome looks at the pictures and
brings back to his American studio
much of the power of these old mas
ters The Christian minister goes over
to Venice looks at the Crucifixion of
Christ and comes back to the Ameri
can pulpit to talk as never before of
the sufferings of the Savior The pri
vate tourist goes to Rome and looks
at Raphaels picture of the Last Judg
ment The tears start and he goe3
back to his room in the hotel and
prays God for preparation for that day
when
Shriveling like a parched scroll
The flaming heavens together roll
Christs Social Position
So I remark It is with business
acumen and tact When Christ was
upon earth the people that followed
him for the most part had no social
position There was but one man
naturally brilliant In all the apostle
shlp Joseph of Arimathea the rich
man risked nothing when he offered
a hole in the rock for the dead Christ
How many of the merchants in Asia
Minor befriended Jesus I think of
only one Lydla How many of the
castles on the beach at Galilee enter
tained Christ Not one When Peter
came to Joppa he stopped with one
Simon a tanner What power had
Christs name onMhe Roman exchange
or in the bazaars of Corinth None
The prominent men of the day did not
want to risk their reputation for sanity
by pretending to be one of his follow
ers Now that is all changed Among
the mightiest men in our great cities
today are the Christian merchants and
the Christian bankers and if tomor
row at the board of trade any man
should get up and malign the name of
Jesus he would be quickly silenced or
put out In the front rank Of all our
Christian workers today are the Chris
tian merchants and the enterprises of
the world are coming on the right side
There was a farm willed away some
years ago all the proceeds -of that farm
to go for spreading infidel books
Somehow matters have changed and
now all the proceeds of that farm go
toward the missionary cause One of
the finest printing presses ever built
was built for the express purpose of
publishing infidel tracts and books
Now it does nothing but print Holy
Bibles I believe that the time wiH
come when in commercial circles th s
voice of Christ will be the mightiest
of all voices and the ships of Tarshisli
will bring presents and the queen o
Sheba her glory and the wise men of
the east their myrrh and frankincense
I look off upon the business men of
this land and rejoice at the pros
pect that their tact and ingenuity and
talent are being brought into the serv
ice of Christ It is one of the mightiest
of weapons There is none like that
give it me
TRAIN FOOLED THEM
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Few Thrilling Moments and Then 8m
Faint Slaughter
The Fulton street line of the Brook
lyn elevated road branches just before
it gets to the Franklin avenue station
one division continuing out Fulton
street to East New York and the city
line the other going out to Flatbush
and Brighton Beach says the New
York Sun As a train from the bridge
was approaching the station late yes
terday afternoon a stout elderly man
among the crowd waiting for it fell off
of the platform on the tracks The
train was about forty yards away and
coming at a clipping gait Half of
the crowd screamed to the old man to
get out of the way but he seemed
somewhat dazed by his fall and made
two attempts to get up from the tracks
without success By this time the
train was barely fifty feet away and
coming with a rush A half dozen
women began to scream four or five
men rushed down the platform signal
ing the train to stop and a young
fellow in overalls jumped down on the
track ran across it and laid hold of
the old mans shoulders But the old
man was a load and his struggles
didnt help matters Most of the wom
en on the platform looked away and
covered their eyes The young fellow
in overalls made a last desperate un
successful pull and the train turned
off twenty feet from where the old man
lay and rattled on to the Flatbush sta
tion Then after a moment or two
the crowd laughed but not much Tho
young fellow in overalls and several
others helped the elderly man on the
platform and he went down stairs
limping A stout woman went back
into the waiting room and fainted
True fishers of souls have litftle ni
for bread and butter bait