TJIB JJKKt OMAHA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1'S,
AUTHOR. .OF "WHISPERING
SMITH," "THE1 MOUNTAIN
DIVIDE," "STRATEGY OF"
GREAT RAILROADS," ETC.
OOMTAIM AILQO'AO UPg
COPYRIGHT, I1I37IY fRANK H. SPEARMAN.
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TENTH INSTALLMENT.
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Kittle Helen Holmes daughter of lion
et! Holmes, railroad man. In readied
from imminent dunsr on a scenic rsll-
tnad by Ueorge Morm. s newsboy.
lirown to young womanhovd. Helen I
vn fttorm. now a fireman, her father, J
and hi friend. Amoe Rhlnelander.
financier, and Kobert eVagrue, promoter, t
from a threatened colllalon. Ha'eoreaK
era employed by Ceagrue steal Uenrrsl
Holmes' survey plan cf the cut-off line
for the Tidewater, fatnllv wound the
sencrsl and eeeerie. Her father a es
tate badly Involved by hU death, Helen
ton to work on le Tidewater. Helen
lecovers the survey plana from Heegrue,
and though thev ara taken from her,
finds an accidentally mad proof of the
survev blue print. Btorm la employed by
r.hneland"r. Pnlke, befriended bv Helen,
In hla turn saves her and the , rishl-of-wsv
contracts when Kesjrrue kldnapa
her. Helen and Htorm win for Khlne
lander a rer-e atalnat Peaarue for rieht-rf-wey.
Helen Ptorm and Rhlnelander
rescue Hplke from Bena-rue's men.
(Continued' from l-at Monday.!
"K HtHII THROI fill FLA MR."
While the fight waa going on in the
two campn. Fesgrur, lunorant of wliat
a taking plare, titled h'.a claims, be
foie the city council In Ls Vegaa for a
right-of-way through their city property.
The council listened coldly to hla de
mand. And the chairman of th ordi
nance committee, after a conference with
I's tnemher, Informed Heacru that
what he srked waa tinreaaonable. "The
I'opner Rang at Tidewater railroad hna
tine rtirht-of.wav through the ettw nron-
Heasrue took the rebuff calmly. With
out abandoning further effort to Induce
favnrabl action In behalf of hla road,
ha atopped a pssslng messenger boy,
wrote a telegram and handed II to him
for dlspsteh. What . tha councilman
thought of tha altuatlon did not aeatn to
disturb) Feagrtia materially, for, having
dona this, ha turned again to tha com
mlltea and renewed hla argument.
Helen, with Rhlnelander, Ptorm and
fcplke waa heading. In fleagruea machine,
for tha bridge on which they had juat
derailed tha outfit car toward ramp,
Htorm. looking back, dl-overed that th
ditched car had caught flra and waa
burning tip.
"It's amall loss," aald Storm. "And.
anyway. It would. coat mora tlma and
money. to get It on tha track again than
tha car la worth."
"Hut," exclaimed Rhlnelander,' urging
haatt a ha suddenly bethought himself
of. the contenta of tha burning car. "my
moat Important deeda are in that oar."
"What do you mean?" demanded Storm.
"I mean what I aay," explained Rhlne
lander. "Tha right-of-way deeda for a lot
of our property around here were In my
desk. And with Beagrue on the job every
minute, trying to hold tie tip, end d la
psing our title for every piece of land
wa acquire, thla will put us in a bad fix."
Alt haste was made to get back to the
bridge, but they reached it too late to
do anything. A hurried conference
brought no relief to Rhlnelander'a view
of the situation until Helen euggeated a
way out. "fncle Amoa, we can get copies
of thoae deeda from the county recorder
In I as Vaga."
"Right"" exclaimed Rhlnelander. "wa
can. I hate to lose tha originals, but alnea
they are recorded, we're aafe. The thing
to do now," he said In haste to his com
panions, "la to get b k to Las Vegaa
without loss of time and hare certified
coplee made before any of our friends
discover our ion)."'
In Bess rue's camp, the fight over, Idle
men hung around in dlaoontented groups.
Tha scrimmage had not added any to
their good temper and the loaa of work
continued to Irritate. A man from the
outfit car brought a telegram to 8ea
srue e foreman, the man known only as
HHI." Itlil opened the message. Ilia ex
perience deciphering telegraphese was not
wide and stumbled over the Pennine-
for some time before he finally made out
tne contenta:
l.as egar refuses right-of-way.
wing outrit into town Beagrue.'
mil atudlej the mesaaga In dismay. It
meant good-by to all hope of patching
up rajruea dlfflcultiea, and tha aban
donment of the construction. Without
much of an effort to break the fall of
the unpleasant Intelligence, Bill told' the
men the orders and though they were
greedy disgruntled and disinclined to do
anything, he hurried them along to the
.lob of striking camp. While they were
at this work one man remembered ea
arte s machine and asked who had It.
It was gone, but no one seemed to know
where. Nor did snythlng In the tracks
'lowing how It had been taksn from
camp afford any explanation. When the
facts were reptrted to Bill, he told the
sleuths to "forget if and hurried the
breaking up to a ich conclusion that
tha train was soon ready to etert for
town.
Helen, with her companlona In the com'
mandeered machine, was approaching
feagrue'a camp when the men with her
d'srovered tl.at the headquarters of the
enemy looked deserted. Not a man waa
anywhere In eight around Beagrue'a
place. The machinery had disappeared
sod the outfit treln waa gone. Every
where were marks of a hurried depar
tuie. "New what the biases does that
irean?" asked Rhlnelandar, gasing aston
'.shed at the deserted village.
No one could answer. "You don't at p-
pose they've1 quit?'' mused Rhlnelsmler,
eprsktng to no one In particular.
dorm aoanned the abandoned camp.
',ood riddance, anyway," he muttered.
"Not for me." declared Spike, dvm
founled aa the others were, aa he got
cut of the car. "Not for me." ha re
peated, looking In every direction for a
mint of 'i-'eagrue'a missing equipment.
"Those guys, wherever they are, have
koi my kit. And Just now," he added
liyly. "it s the only one I happen to be
earning around with me."
A native son. who bad been watching
the cleaning up of Eeagrue'a camp, aaun
tered past the group. From him they
teemed that the men had gone with the
train te town, "pike appeared dtecon
verfd about the loaa of hla belongings.
.'Twvn't worry." aald Helen, lightly. "I
can arrange that for you. I am going
to return tne machine to Seagrue la Las
. Yju can, get your kit there at
the ssiiie time."
'Then you go wilh Helen."' directed
l:tiin iabrier, spesking to Storm, "to get
copies uf the deeds. Ill stsy here In
camp to push tha work while the push
Ing's good."
He drew a pad from Ms pocket and
wrote a note to the county recorder, ask
ing him to deliver tlie certified copies of
the deeds desired, to Helen. Bhe had,
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1 "Ton Mmi Toa Stole It," Exclaimed Bill.
They Xaatsaed, led by mnineUader, Vp
Main Street. 3 BtrdgrUnf to Tear Z.oose
from Hie Shackles. 4 The Crowd Beaded
the Km hi se Off.
meantime, none over to their own camp
with Htorm, where bolh changed for the
ride Into town. When Helen reappeared
Rhlnelander gsve her the order.
"The County Recorder: Original deeds
covering our right of way through I
Vegsa were destroyed by fire. Please
Issue certified ' copies to tiesrer. Mine
Helen Holmes.
' "AMOS RHINKUANDKR."
Helen reed the note and handed It over
lo Btorm for safekeeping. The two got
Into the motor car. called Spike, and the
party started for 1M Vegas. Ithlnolandcr
turned to hla work of uritlng the men
lo make time while they were unopposed.
Beagrue, whose persistence was prover
bial among those who knew him, still
stuck to his argumenta before the coun
cil committee. They had again refused
his requests and the acene had degen
erated Into a kind of wrangle with Bea
grue walking up and down the room In
a rage while the discussion went forward.
It was only after the chairman had told
him for the last time there waa no chance
of their changing their mlnda that Bba-
grue gave up.
"While Rhlnelander' aareementa ex-
iets." declared the chairman finally, "we
must refuse our demand."
Besrrue took hla hat and left the room.
Outside, he met $la friend, the aheriff,
and Into hla sympathetic ears Beagrue
poured hla trouhlee. Hla equipment train
pulled Into the Las Vegas terminal about
the same time with an angry gang of
men on hoard.
Helen, driving Into I.hr Veaaa. atnnned
tha machine near the station, spike's
y fell at once on the missing- equipment
train away from which, Bill, in no very
pleasant mood, waa walking- when flplk
ateppnd out of the machine. Aa Pplke
advanced, Hill looked him over con-
temptuously, eyeing- him from head to
foot, to exprese hla sentiments before he
spoke. Helen and Btorm came forward.
mil, with a lowering- glance, faced them.
"Whafre you doing with 8ea-rue'i ma
chine?" he demanded with Insolent blunP
nesa.
"I took It," returned Helen, "to save
the lives of three men "
"You mean you etole It!" exclaimed
B'll.
"took here," Interposed Storm, "mind
your words, you hobo, or you'll be In
trouble before you know H." '
Helen restrained her companion. "No,
no," she Interposed. "We don't want
trouble. I took the machine." she con
tinued, "and I am responsible for It."
As they left Dill directed Bplke to stsv
there to watoh the train. He, himself.
hastened to Beagrue, whom ho found at
the moment the sheriff waa lenvlng him.
Hill told hLs employer the machine story
and the two went back to the outfit train
to see what condition the motor car had
been loft In.
Bplke came forward aa Barue and Bill
appeared and while the later two ex
amined the machine, frplke looked on.
"The girl and Btorm came up with this
crook In the machine." Rill said, nodding
toward Spike.
"Where are they now?" demanded Sa
ttiue of the convict.
"I'ptown retting something to eat."
answered Spike.
' "You wait here till I eome back,' aald
Beagrue. "I'll axo tlrat what they're going
to da about altallog thla car,"
In the restaurant to which' Btorm had
taken Helen for lunch before they ahould
go up to the court house, Btorm, while
Helen waa ordering, took from hla pocket
the note for the recorder and gave It to
her. . Helen opened, reread and Inld the
nolo on the table with her porketbook.
She and Btorm were Jest enjoying the
prospect of a substantial meal when
Keagme. walking in. approached their
table. He spoke o them unconcernedly
and without wailing for an Invitation
pulled up a chair an1 eat down with them.
Aa tactfully as she could, sue made
her explanations to Beagrue about com
mandeerlng hla motor car. Beagrue af
fected truculent and declined to accept
her apologies But he drew a pencil
from his pocket at length, and using the
note lying beside Helen's pocketbook
fur a pad. wrote on It an exorbitant fig
ure. Showing" this to Helen, he aald
dogmatically: "That's what It will cost
if you want this thing settled without
trouble for you."
Helen flushed a little with indignatl.tr
when she saw what he demanded, bu
she wss resolved not to quarrel. "All
right," aha answered simply, "Mr.
Rhinelsnder will send you a check."
The luncheon Btorm had ordered wai
Just coming In while Helen and Btom
watched the waitress Beagrue. leanlm
forward, looked again at Rhlnelander'
note still lying on tha table. Ha beaa
to read It. htorm saw the Impertincnc
and, leaning over, coolly plckea the n
from under Heegrue'a eyes and, foldln
It. put It In Helen a pocketbook.
Beagrue. somewhat disconcerted a
lin csusht. tone and left the tahl
without further words. By the time he
gained tha street he had charted the .
situation. Imprudently revealed through
lielen'a carlrasness in guarding the In
structions, pretty clearly In his mind.
Returning to the train, he found Bill.
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some and Lug. isjiijig am aside.
rue called I-tig over and told the two
ihout Rhlnelander'a loss of tha doeds
and the effort Helen would make to se
cure certified copies of them. Whllo
he was talking he looked at hla' watoh.
"In five minutes." said Beagrue. "the
men In the recorder's office will atari
for dinner. You two fellows take Bplke
and go quietly up to the court house.
When the office Is empty get the book
of deeds and bring it to my room. Bill,
can you trust Bplke?"
Bill answered he thought he could.
"Iont lose any time." directed Sea
rue. "You may have to hunt around a
little up there. Report to me down at
the room."
Bill and hla companion stepped over
to the train for a Jimmy. Sylke watched
them disappear and hurried up the street
himself. Ha how made himself respon
sible for a further Interruption to the
lunch that Helen and Storm were Juat
beginning to relish.
'Hcagruo." hv whispered, "la up
to
tome work."
"What work?" demanded Helen
in
alarm.
"Hon't know yet." answered Spike,
"hut I'll find out."
"Do, Spike!" alio murmured, hurriedly.
Doti't let him make any more trouble
for us, will you?"
Spike, nodding to reassure her, trotted
away. When he got back to tha train
Illlt and Lug came front one of the cars.
BUI had a revolver In his band." -
"Bill, wherc'a-my kit?"' demanded
fnike. - .
Blow It," . muttered BUI, "and come
along."
When tha three ahambled tip to the
court house square tha clerks were leav
ing the building and the last man out
closed the front door. BUI resolved to
get In through- convenient aide en
trance and dispatched Lug around the
building to force a back window
By the time the street waa clear Lug
had effected hla entrance and opened
the door for his companlona. With Spike,
BUI made his way to the recorder's of
fice, and began a search among the
hooks. It waa not until he had tossed
one book after another aside and when,
finding the last book of deeds, he con
sulted the Index hook and threw open
the pages containing Rhlnelander'a
right-of-way deeda that Bplke got the
least Inkling of what he waa after..
But the moment BUI found the page
he waa looking for he slapped his hand
down on It exultantly. "That's the book
we want," he exclaimed huskily.
Bplke siren hed his eagle neck forms rd.
"fine!" he muttered, grinning. "Hold
on! What'a that?" he whispered in
alarm, grabbing Bill's arm with a start.
Bill alarmed, looked around. "Some
body's coming." riled Bplke. under his
breath. "See if Lug's there."
Bill unsuspectingly ran out to aee If
their lookout had been disturbed. The
Instant he left the room Bplke, watch
ing his ohanae, ripped the two leaves
recording Rhinelsnder' s deeds forcibly
from the book and stowed them Into the
J breast of his shirt Just aa Bill returned.
Hill grabbed the book and going to an
open window dropped the book where
Lug atod waiting. The moment the lat
ter caught the heavy volume he made
hurriedly away with It for Beagrue'a
room.
Spike and BUI were leas fortunate in
their escape. They walked Into the hail
way and had reached the bead of the
atalra when they were seen by the day
watchman. With a ahout he hailed
them.
Bill, without hesitating, whipped out
his revolver and fired. Bpi.e angrily
caught hla companion's arm. wrested the
gun Train his hand and stuck It In hla
own pocket. The watchman, rulllng hla
awn pistol, dropped back Into a aoorway.
Pill dashing down the corridor one way,
while Bplke made a record sprint down
he stsirs the ot'ier. The watchman
aed Bill, and Hill, reaching a win-
low, sprang through it to the groijnd.
etting nn ms revt, t
iota the Street.
ran for safely
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The one shot fired In tha court house
had already made a commotion. Bplke
gaining the foot of the steps hid hlm
aelf Just aa the clerks, oomlng In at the
front, ran upstairs to aeo what was
wrong. And when the coast uelow was
clear Bplke slipped out of the open door
and walked away.
Beagrue, at hla window, had been
watching his men in Main street. After
what seemed an Interminable time, he
heard steps on the hall stairs and the
next moment Lug, hurrying- into the
room as Beagrue opened the door for
him. threw the book of records on the
table.
Beagrue opened It in haste and looked
for what he wanted, but while the Index
sheets Indicated the registry of the
deeds, he failed to find tha pages where
they should be. While he was searching
BUI ran In. -
"Well," exclalmedBlU, "you got what
you want. We came mighty near getting
pinched."
Scajrrue answered testily: "I don't see
how I've got what I want. Rhlnelander'a
deeds are not In thla book. Where are
the pares that belonjr here?"
"Oo. find Bplke." directed Beagrue.
wrathfully. "And bring blm in quick."
"Suppose he won't comer parried Bill.
"Kill him." returned Beagrue without
hesitation. "Bring him anyway."
The men, loitering along Main street
and drinking, had worked themselves Into
an ugly mood even before Spike, walk
ing through the crowd, was recognised
by one and accosted. The man. who waa
quarrelsome, caught the convict by the
coat collar. Bplke shook himself loose and
waa walking away when BUI hurried on
tha scene.
Where are the pax's you tore out of
that book?" he demanded angrily of
Bplke.
Bplke regarded iilm with asmned aa-
tonlshment. "What do you mean, telling
ine I tore anything out of your book?"
he asked. "You carried the bonk out,
didn't you? I know I didn't
Abuse from Bill followed. It wss re
turned by Bplke with usury.
Across the street on a vacant lot th
owner of an adjoining house, while burn
ing some ruhbleh. waa cleaning his rifle.
Aa he Jerked the shells from the msga
Ine one fell . Into the fire. Picking up
those that lie could find of the cartridges
he returned to hla house with the gun.
Bplke and.r.lll were in the midft of tholr
heated ere u merit a n.omunt later when
the report of a rifle Van led them. Both
men, as bullet sunn past, Innt'nclvely
dodged.' In doing so BUI unluckily struck
a projecting awning hook alth his head.
The blow was sharp and the end of the
hook penetrated hla temple. Rill eank
to the pavement unconscious.
Borne of the Idle laborers who kad
been alarmed at the ihot, seeing BUI go
down, rsme forward. Bill, bleeding at
tho temple, lay wh'le Bolke, vondeiing
what had happened, stood by. The sheriff
came up.
"There he in," said one of Beasrun'a
men, pointing to Bplke. "There's tha man
that did the shooting."
The crowd worked in and the aheriff,
despite Spike's protests. Is Id his hand
on Bptke'a shoulder and tuld him that
he was under arrest.
The crowd, angry at Bplke, aurged
forward, the sheriff holding them back
ss best he could while he directed his
depity to tske the prisoner away.
Helen and Storm, finishing their lunch.
had gone to the court house and were
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clerk coming In told about tha fight
down the street, and of a prisoner,
named fiplke, tha crowd was trying to
take from th sheriff.
Storm and Helen, not waiting:' to pur
sue their search, left the room to ascer
tain what the disturbance was about.
By this time the sheriff and his depu
ties had succeeded In getting Spike to
the calaboose, where they pushed him
Inside. But the crowd, now a mob, had
followed hard on their heels. It was
growing larger every moment and the
feeling was running higher.
Beagrue had aent Lug out to look for
BUI, whose disappearance dlaturbed
him. And Lug, finding his partner lying
deserted on the sidewalk, tried hard to
bring hlrn around. He stopped a man
running past and with his help propped
Bill up. ; ' ' - . ' "
Helen and Btorm, reaching , the edge
of the crowd in front of the Jail, aaw
and heard enough to make them realise
the aeriousnesa of the situation. ' They
looked at each other. .
"What do you think?" aaked Helen
anxiously.
Btorm shook hla- head. "We've got to
get help, Helen, and get it quick."
"The only place It can come from la
the camp, thea," responded . Helen with
decision. "And we must go after It,
Oeorge.'
They hastened to the ststlon and told
the story to the agent. Btorm wrote a
message, directing boy to rush up
stairs with it and get It off.
When Rhlnelander opened the telegram
a few momenta later, he read: .
"Bplke working In o'-r behalf In trouble
with Seagrue's gang. They are atorming
Jail to lynch htm. On engine. Have help
ready aa soon as we arrive. Storm."
Rhlnelander. without loss of time, as
sembled his men, told tl.em of the trouble
at Las Veas and asked If they were
willing to help rescue Bplke. , They an
swered with an affirmative yell and he
ordered them to climb aboard a flat car.
In front of the Jail a man was harangu
ing the crowd and urging them to get the
murderer. . And his llstenera were al
ready In a humor to rush tha place.
Within the aheriff rnd hla men were
enxlnualy watching developments. The
sheriff ordered a deputy to slip quietly
cut the back way and get hod of a car
The moment the machine appeared the
sheriff emu fried Spike out meaning te
take him to the county Jail for aafe keep
ing. I.'nfortunstely a alert rioter aaw
the move. He gave the alarm.
Before Bplke a eaptcra could gat him
away the crowd headed the machine off.
It waa then a case of any port In a alorm
and the officer with hla little' party took
refuge In the city council chambers, hsnd-
cuffing Spike to the floor In order to
bave everyone free to hold the rioters
at bay.
Helen and Btorm had boarded a switch
engine in the yards and run It dewn to
ramp, where the flat car filled with men
was coupled to It, and with Rhlnelander
In charge headed again for Laa Vegaa.
The aheriff In the council chamber
found himself surrounded. He went to
the door and addressed the mob. He told
them he would defend the prisoner with
his life. The officer went Inside, fasten
ing the door behind hliu and hla men.
and made a barricade of desks to protect
themselves from occasional bullets that
new- whistled throug'i the big windows
opening on Main street. But though the
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men made themselves safe for the time
l-t-ing. a s'rey shot strtuk the mil" lead
ins from the telephone and In contact
el'h a crath pad. Vnobserved by any
ine In th efletnen. of the moment the
paper r aught by the short .lrcult begin
to smoke. In a m..nent It blazed up;
Illtle tons nt of fire began to IJrk the
wall leside ahu-h t'.iO pad lay. At this
,'rnr-ture Rhlnelander with his inen eager
frr a fray pulled Into the atation.
HMrtolarder, w th H'lyn and Btorm.
I.nd joined the sr.er'ff and explanations
hsd Just t-euri when Helen, looking down
street, called at' en' Ion cf her 'ompanlons
to smoke IssulnR from the front windows
of the city hall.
"By Jingo," cried the sher'ff, dashing
away. "I've cot a prisoner chained In
there Spike."
With eiclsmatioria of horror, Helen and
her companions followed the officer on
the, run. The fire In the council cham
ber waa making headway fast. Helen,
going as clo as he cHrecl to the open
window, called loudly fcr Spike. There
was no answer. Followed ty Storm she
rushod for the door. But the sheriff
caught the voune ei-.tflneman end held
him back. H'.en had already passM
through the doorway and amid the smoke
and flame saw Pnlk", chained to the floor,
struggling with superhumsn strength to
tear loose from his shackles.
Outside, Rtorm, burl'.ne off the hands
of the restraining; sheriff, ran In after
Helen. He found her vainly endeavoring
to release Spike, The heavy black smoke
billowing- from the rear wall threatened
to suffocate him. But. Storm, Helen end
Spike bs'P'ng. salted thn heavy chains
In but bands and, r'pped the boards In
which the aUr!n were emlieddcd, com
pletely out of the floor. Then pushing
Bplke with loud ahoula ahead. dr&gglUK
the boards after him, Helen and Btorm,
half choked, hurried from the burning
room Into the street.
The Perils Around Character
By l.YMAX B. POWKI.l..
President of Hobart College.
His brothder told ma the whole story
ss he tried to sell us a pail of btrries
in our summer home.
From early boyhood the actor had
ahown marked ability In declamation. He
was specially effective In such reclta
t'ona as "Horattus at the Bridge." He
drifted to tha stage and for ten years
was Identified with the leading role of
a play built round him. Then the pub
lic got weary and the actor could find
nothing else to do. . The end came In a
moment of despair. He haa been sleep
ing these years post in the little grave
yard near our summer home,
To have too narrow a range of ability
or of Interest In life brings perils to the
character. Satiety comes too early.
When middle life draw near and disillu
sionment arrives there la no relief such
as a wide ranging Interest or soaring
ability affords.
Everybody should know how to do one
thing well. The peril of character Isaa
great through dissipation of energy as
through concentration without a wide
outlook. But to vocation there must be
ever added avocation. W. must l"1
to olav aa well as work.
The man whose vocation to with booksJ
ought to have the avocation that takes
him out of doors. The man whose works
keeps him under the blue sky may well
become acquainted with libraries, pic
tures, art and crafts. '
The limelight, too. brings danger to
character. The "high mountain" gives
the devil In you a chance to solicit you
to wrong thinking or - wrongdoing noi
because the mountain Is so high, but be
cause there are so few people there; and
where there are no people the devil has
hla chance.
This Is one of the supreme truths In
life the lack of which wrecks happiness
along with character. Of tho manly men
tho country has produced, no one surely
ranks higher than Phillips Brooks, who
died In 189S. fHe felt this truth so keenly
that when he was made bishop and
feared the time was approaching when
official status would rob him of many
of tha simple human comradeships he
had enjoyed, he WTOte one of hla dearest
friends, "Pon't desert me now."
There are no bad people. But there
are many lonely people; many who
through sheer lack of human compre
hension from or of their kind go wrong.
These unpublished stories are the best.
I once knew a man whose whole life was
changed In a single night. He was
called to the morgue to identify some
unknown dead. His mission was a fruit
less one. but before he left he saw a
stranger, forlorn. Impoverished, Ill-clad,
slip quickly to the corpse's side and in
the dim light kiss the unknown desd
and then slip out without a word. Psld
my friend, who told me the story: "If
any human being could show In tuch a
way his Interest in a poor wretch. I made
up my tnlnd that night I would try to
get a little closer to my fellow man and
be a better man In consequence."
Of course. Kipling was alt wrong In
his "If all men count with you, but
none too much."
No warning need be given. We muat
know some people well In order to know
jell In part, to hsve that heart knowl
edge which gives right sometimes to me
blindest and brings comprehension of
Do You Know That-
Scottish blankets are generally a ld by
( weight.
.
j 1 h Blnaiiest coin ever Issued Is the
j -mite." One thousnnd of these are worth
much as a shilling,
j
j when a child awaltows a pin the beat
thing to do Is to give it a bowl of
,ruel. . Emetics shoild be avoided
lemons should be wiped dry and hung
tip in nets, or. If laid on a ahelf they
should be turned every day.
Jews break the glass out of which the
bridal pair have drunk durttg the cere
niony to remind them cif the'r mortality.
In the modern Greek marriage cere
mony tea rlnga are uaed a gold ene
for the bridegroom and a a Iver one for
the bride.
In Feegrue's room, not far away, Hoe
lot Tnrpy was exaaiinlng Ttlll's head.
He discovered slmot at once that the
foreman hsd not been shot at all. ,
"You're not hurt." said the doctor,
laughing. "But they're trying to hang one
of your men down street right now tor
shooting you. Better notify your gang to
call things off." The doctor turned to the
window, threw tip the sash and called out
Into the street.
The sheriff, below, waa turnlrur Bntke
over to a deputy when, hearing hla nam
called, he looked up and ssw Torpy at
the window. The doc'.or beckoned. "Bring
that man tip here, sheriff,"' he cried.
In walked the sheriff, followed by
Spike. Helen. Storm and Rhlnelander.
mil aheepishiy submitted to being made
an exhibit and the surgeon showed to '
the shcrtrf the wound made on hi? tem
ple by the awning b,ook. There was
nothing to do but release Spike with
apolcgi-.. which the letter received with
a dry runt-
Helen could not restrain her satisfaction,
but mure good luck was In store for her.
Phe ssw on the tabln the missing book
of dentin. "There!" she crlod to the Sher
iff, "Is your real expUnatlon." tshe
printed to Beagrue. "Atrost that man, not
Spike!"
Beagrue. knowing the sheriff wss his
friend, boldly denied all knowloO.ro of the
book. "Thoae people," he pointed to Rtorm
and his companions, "probably planted
this here In my absenco. You ought to
arrest them!"
Spike smiled grimly as the sheriff
looked from one to the other of the con
tending parlies and listened to the annry
accusations. The baid-heads J convict
drew from his blouse the two sheets m'ns
Inc from the book of deeds and quietly
handed them to Rhlnelander. "I thought
It Just as well," he said, dryly, " to mak?
sure these didn't get away."
Ta Be Continued Next Monday.)
the most subtle human problems.
Uneasy lies the head that wears a
crown" for the simple reason that tha
crown Isolates and conventlonalixea. Tu
avoid the peril of the high mountain, of
the llraeiight, you must known some
people well. You must not bo afrlad to
disclose your inmost self. You must be
ready for the hurts and stings of-human
reactions. The only way to help people
to their best Is to let them help you to
your best. You may hurt them. They
may hurt you. Hurt is the price of the
higher help. .
No matter what one's faith or seem
ing lack of faith, there to In all of us the
Inner light. We all have a sixth sense.
We must have It to tie up morality with
religion. Aa Bishop Brent has said: "If
religion without morality beoomes super
stitious sentiment, morality without re
ligion becomes for the average man in
operative thlca." s :
No man keeps this sixth sense unless
he cultivates it. No man keeps any
power worth the while without Its con
stant use. No talont ever stays unwel
come. No grace of soul or mind but goes
unless we urge It over to make stay.
The perils surrounding character can
be avoided by the man wholistens al
ways for that still, small voice which
whispers. "He who neglects hla finer
spiritual sentiment shall find that j the
inner light hath failed."
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