TTherky . I
A NEIGHBOURLY NOVEL
] [_ ^ „ by GRACH S. RICHMOND
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'fe Sally’s rcTicf, Schuyler i
tear werei/uHy spared seasick
wa. But the pray days per
«ftatawfl. *nae, after another, after
•hr fcnef storm of the second :
set, be became depressed
te si try.-np extent by the mere
■**»*S*ry of sea and sky. Ly
k>11 in hi1* deck chair in a shel
tered *rook, lookinp throuph
the War k plnssrs at the seem- |
illimitable pray expanse :
teasnir and fallinp like the
Wcviaf's of some pipantic mon
ats» unable to breathe coinfor
tai*y, Schuyler’s nerves pot
Hfen better of him apain. ns they
bmim the bud da vs before Sal- j
arrival.
' '‘•J tue beinp in mid-ocean,”
mmi, on the tliird day out.
12".I always did. It’s like beinp
AMgaan-o*^ between heaven and
bHtrfikv and a million miles cith
fSSf *».}' 1 feel ns if I should
there, world without
ami. It's a damnable sensa
**H\i a nonNensieal one,” she
ftoid ki» rather sternly. “You
Bm wkA t* let such fancies both
v yea In two days we shall
|at aw*' np Sandy Hook.”
**f5*»*dim<e* I think I
*ik\n
A* rtadied him closely, bis
Marty air troublinp her more
H*am au (id. 44Come, I’m po
W t* find you some pleasant j
asaanpanv','1'’she announced with
BUsrwcre. "That nice foreipn
^ - — *- - ■ — kkl A n mb A id A l\D 4 A
each morning is taking
Sl\» cnmlitutional. I know he’d
Kdk» to talk with you a little if
Jftft iwviled him.”
*"B»»'t want him,” muttered
i&dwiTJrr, but Sally was off.
IFThr* wan looked like an inter
im w*£ person to her, and he j
Sforfal been too conversational
tie h« *,hort. stops beside their
•Kaini. She called to him and
be ♦mme alertly, taking the !
ftlkair beside Schuyler with the
•wr rhe recognized it too lata
<►-of ft iwrgeon Kitting down be
■awie Wi* patient.
“Hew iss de eyes today!”
lie began.
**‘No good,” said Schuyler
ftbortly. “Thank you,” he
ftdded
““ Jwphril ic retinitis!” in- I
ynwi the other.
Cdkftyler nearly jumped in
him efea ir, tlie shock was so sc- I
wrwft. flut lie pulled himself
fwgwibrr, while Sally stood re
Jponu for her impulse. The man
Wmw ft doctor, and evidently not
•dmt mt delicate sensibilities.
■“Te*. 1 believe so.” Schuyler
bwrrwMcrrtl reluctantly.
Th* doctor nodded his head, j
"“1 dfcought so.” Then he
■Actfdt hi* head -it was a liig
jgr«^ hrxrl, nml looked as if it
*«*d the wisdom of the sciences
and tlx* philosophies combined.
*"Teo bsdt. 1oo badt,” he said
bn bm deep voice. If Sally
•wwl'd have pitched hint over
Iwxsrd *he would jovfullv have
to Hut lli*» iltininirp was
4«n%e. Though Sohnvlor had in
anwoc way learned the technical
starer a? his disease, he had not
lbwd »ny heads shaken over
•ton. and the shaking of this
kntt twcrigner’s head was hound
1b hr 1* li im portentous. The
aw*-* *ndeed looked as if he
■ssgVt he s most d's^inguished
grwi-iietsa^** from a elinie in Vi- !
«!>ns
-n« 1 omdon phrsieinns nr" ,
***** wirr a complete rest witl i
■ping ivw out perfectly,” Sally
lhm> nstrrpbscd. Hut again the
fc*.,r*ie«i one made the same ges
tbrr af dmiht.
you a hemorrhage off
4b vefinat” he inquired, and
bvhavt Schuyler nodded, Ida
ymW cheek turning paler, the
Univ.** head was once more
•Xus(i«*t “ll is a qvest ion.” he
•bat “You should eomhlet"
renal ?aV.e. Hut <lot ia* not all.
'Taw , tfitsuhl he under de closest
aahbeswbtmn. unt you should -
it thti point Sally hurriedly '
•*4ast'rd Marker*. i
Pram i»»* Nrw York World
•km a *ct of remind it Ir get to
•*»>-*' i* arrange an elaborate
•wrafto ttrrb sut ce*s depend* iitsan
kaa trsnpHtattr Ikrr ran dope their
•vnaam Ttwy have to find some
way f| MkamUti tiii! an aftarsttiet
It •an wilt deprive their victim*
•i aR ordinal v custmnn sense and
at aid mart! (a discriminate rrlt
•aadty Th th can be dm e with drug*
XV. • art be dor • with Iwpio itwl In
moss* b sonb' operation* It Is not
»«c Ikilb Is use d»'u» or dr.nk
la ?*•«■» tvs* a mm-h rheattey and .
*ar »*'> iVIrrlir - naittHIr They use |
•» oga
TS*»ja *n word* which arouse
called a passing steward.
“Thomas, please help Mr.
f'hase 1o his stateroom. .You
will excuse us, sir,” she said to
the new and now unwelcome
acquaintance. “I can tell by
ray husband’s faee that he isn’t
quite up to talking, after all.”
The wise man nodded.
“Qviet iss best,” he said kind
ly, and stood watching the tall
invalid walk slowly away on
the arm of the steward, fol
lowed by a young wife whose
lovely eyes had darted unex
plainable lightnings at the for
eign doctor as she left. He bad
no idea what was the matter,
unless the patient was subject
to attacks of faintness, which
was a bad symptom, certainly.
In the afternoon Sally had a
case of near-hysteria to deal
with. Schuyler’s bead was
plunged into his pillow, his thin
shoulders were heaving, the
ldack glasses had been torn off
and thrown upon the floor.
“Schuy, dearest!” Sally
pleaded beside him. “Don't
You mustn’t, Schuy! (let bold
of yourself, my brave boy!
Don’t let a perfect stranger up
set you so. (lood Doctor Bur
ton knows, not this man, who
may know nothing.”
“He does know. Everybody
knows—even you, who try to
keep it from me.” And then
he was sobbing uncontrollably,
and Sally was on the point of
summoning the ship's doctor,
amice hip iiul ipars wen* so ipr
ribly bad for the inflamed ret
ina. Then the invalid drew
himself up to a sitting position
again, his face in his hands.
“God!—but I’m a coward!”
lie groaned. “That’s almost
the worst of it, that I can’t
face the thing like a man.
What’s the matter with me,
Sally?”
“That’s better, dear,” she
said, as she gently stroked his
heavy hair. “You’re not going
to let go of yourself again.
That idiot of a doctor shocked
you, with his dismal sugges
tions. He had no right to he
professional with you. Forget
him and think how Richard
Fiske will cheer von up.”
“With lies, ‘’m afraid.”
Schuyler got up weakly,
walked across to the porthole,
ami stood looking out at the
moving gray waters. “Oh, I’m
a poor hero, Sally. Rut what
g s me is the thought of being
done at hardly past 40! My
p r e a e li i n g -m y work my
name—”
That was it, she knew his
name! How could she expect
hint not to lie frightened at the
possibilities before him? Yet
she did want hint to he he
roic about it lie who had set
forth the heroic life from his
pulpit. Poor Schuyler! Her
heart made every excuse for
him. he had been away from
her, his was a sensitive, emo
tional t enipcrainent which
could not stain! heavy shocks.
V 11 nvpi'v 11« u’iwL' mat in.an
might have stood up under tin*
trial, refused to believe that
there was no hope, have been
stolid or self-contained. A min
ister of another type would
have been sustained by his
faith in God, by prayer, by the
“All things work together for
good” of his Bible. Where was
Schuyler’s faith!
He told her. Everything
seems dark to me. Even God —
the God I’ve preached seems
to have forsaken me.”
It was at this point that Sal
ly t’hase ceased to argue or
console. She put him to bed,
ami gave him the heavy dose
of bromide that would quiet
and ultimately send him off to
sleep.
It was good, two days later,
to see Dr. Itieliard Pinko's face
at the New York pier. And it
was a brave fared Schuyler
with whom lie shook hands,
who stood erect, smiling behind
bin black glasses Sally bad
tremendous emotion whenever they
are uttered These words have a
terrible power, and there ats few
people in any community who have
the courage to resist the words
which befjttg to the vocabulary of
patriotism and religion ’Hies*
word4 have acquired their power
because they are aaaocuunl with
the usual tarred loyatte* ol men
They were spoken originally by i»s•
trim i and prophets and they evoke
aim at automattnrally a reeling id
awe and of reverenc!*. Uriauu of
this the swindler who wrap, him
k'lf In the flag or out* iws the man
tle of the prophet 1* very often able
to h)|iu<ru44 his victims witb u*
counted on the expectation
that her husband would care
too much for Rich’s good opin
ion to show him his fears at
the first meeting. Doctor Fiske
above all tilings hated a cow
ard, and the knowledge of this
trait had braced many a weak
patient to the point of real for
titude.
If Fiske tlie physician could
see for himself how shaken was
this patient, how ill of body
and mind, Fiske the friend suc
cessfully disguised his impres
sions. He made the trip to
Cherry Hills as easy for the in
valid as could be managed in
a luxurious motor. As in the
early evening they drove up to
Cherry House, its candles in ev
ery room lighted b}’ Jo Jenney
when a telephone message told
her of the near arrival, Fiske
said with a ring of confidence
in his voice, worth as much to
Sally as to Schuyler: “Here’s
the place, old man, where
you’re going to get well!”
And for the moment both
could do no other than believe
him.
(From Josephine Jenney's
Note-Book)
Poor Doetor Chase! Can
hardly believe this despondent
invalid is the man who seemed
in pulpit a creature above
touch of earthly things. Rea
son told me he wasn’t, and he
now proves it. Fearfully sorry
for him, but almost sorrier for
bis wife. She stands up like a
soldier, and half holds him. Be
gin to realize she probably al
ways has done it. Very likely
she’s been part of his genius,
all along, though he doesn’t
know it. Anyhow, leans
against ner now ime a nroKeii
teed. Strain must be terrific
for tier, for he sleeps little, and
I'm sure she never leaves him.
Doctor Fiske seems even
more solicitous for her than for
patient. (’an read him, I
think, though he doi‘«£*$ Intend
anybody shall. Mrs. Chase
either doesn’t or won’t see
which of them lie’s most devot
ed to. One can’t blame him,
she’s so lovely and so brave.
She should have had—Oh, well,
life seems seldom to give peo
ple what they should have had.
And 1 don’t suppose the force
ful doctor is a superhuman,
either. He Is intensely human,
and that’s why we all like him.
No pose about him... .What’s
the use of anybody’s ever pos
ing. anyhowT It’s always rec
ognized and derided.
Who am I to say that!
Oh, Julian!
My dear Josephine Jennev,
I want to have you know exact
ly how l feel about you, and
what 1 want you to do.”
“Yes, Mrs. Chase, I want to
know, too.”
Sally and Jo faced each oth
er in Jo’s own room, which was
a pleasant old fashioned spot
under the eaves, its quaintness
retained but made comfortable
in every way Sally could de
vise. It was down a step and
round a turn in the back ball,
remote and quiet. No better
place could have been found
for a consultation.
It was the morning after the
Chases’ return. Schuyler was
ut ill ulooiMMi* o P t e o a n
night in which he hadn’t Wen
able to settle down. After a
late breakfast Sally’s first care
hade been to seek a conference
with .To; she had had her on
her mind.
“It's perfectly evident to
me,” Sally said, with her dis
arming smile, “that we’ve got
to have a readjustment. Two
things are unthinkable: that I
should let you go, or that I
should use you as a maid again.
You see. I know a good deal
about you, now.”
“Do you, Mrs. ChaseT I
should really like to know what
you know,” .lo answered quiz
zically.
“1 know that you’re a lady—
in both ways in which we use
the term. And that you put on
a uniform only so that you
might try a bit of adventure,
because the little town was
very dull, and you must stav in
it.”
do nodded. ‘‘So far you do
ered words while lie picka their
pocket*
Thu fame ha* neen worked again
and again in human htatory. but
unfortun«tety there are alwa)*
plenty of people who know no hM
tory and have learned nothing from
It They are the tc*darVed suck- j
era who throughout human hu*«wy
have supported every swindle
Somebody wavea a (lag at ‘.Item and
they |t Into a coma Homebody
makes paues at them with i u*
rred formula and they are overcome
with sueli palpitation that they
. rant think rhev become so be
witched with word* that they will I
endure iIdumi anything.
I People aha know aomethlne
know,” she admitted.
“I really don’t discern much
further, as far as you are con
cerned, though that's quite
enough. As to my side of the
matter, I feel that I can’t spare
you. 1’ ingoing to have to de
vote most of my time to my
husband, until he is well. What
I really want to do with you is
to keep you in charge of things,
just as you have been in my ab
sence. Make you housekeeper,
virtually, and yet—with a dif
ference. I want, you see,” said
Hally Chase, as one young wo
man to another, “to have you
one of the family, my dear. Be
cause I like you very much,
and it’s the only way in which
I can really get to know you.”
If anything could have con
firmed Mrs. Schuyler Chase in
her estimate of .Josephine .Ten
ney it was the way in which
she met this announcement.
Surprise, gratitude, delight—
none of these were in -Jo’s face
or manner. Instead there was
to he seen only a well bred ac
ceptance of the new situation,
combined with a charming look
of content.
“It's very nice of you to put
it that way, Mrs. Chase,” she
said. “Thank you. I should
like to stay—until September,
at least, if 1 can he of use to
you. My plans aren't fully
made after that.”
“Then that’s settled, and
Tin very happy about it.” And
Hally looked it.
It was Adelaide Sturgis who
disputed Jo’s claim upon Sal
ly’s interest. That was to be
expected. When Sally half an
hour later, announced quietly
to Adelaide that .Tosenhine Jen
ney was to remain in the ca
pacity of friend as well as
housekeeper, Adelaide did not
try to restrain her wrath.
“Sally Cherry Chase I Are
you crazy?”
“I think not. Perfectly sane.
I’ve seldom known a girl who
interested me so much. She’s
entirely acceptable in every
way as a member of the liuse
hold. More than that, she’s a
distinct accession.”
“She’s a mere rustic. She
docs very well as housekeeper,
but if you intend to make her
one of us”
Sally 's eyes sparkled. She
hoped Adelaide was going to
say that she—Adelaide—
wcrrdd, in that case, pack her
expensive bags and go home.
Hut her cousin stopped short of
that. She seemed to have tak
en it for granted that she and
her brother, being settled in
most comfortably, would re
main for an indefinite period.
Sally didn’t quite want to send
her away at once, though she
had made up her mind that if
Schuyler didn’t want the Stur
gises, out they should go with
out ceremony. The question
had come up on the way home
from the ship; Sally had put
it to both Schuyler and Richard
Fiske.
I don’t care what they do.”
Schuyler had murmured, “if
they aren't allowed to keep up
a racket of jazz when I want to
sleep. ”
“l rather think,” Doctor
Fiske had said thoughtfully.
“having a tew people about
may be better for Sehuv than
having the house turned into a
hospital. Proceed with things
in their normal course, that’s
mv advice. Your cousin Ade
laide is pretty attractive in her
way; Bradley’s a good sort.
You don’t want to be depend
ent for society on the Cherry
Hills people alone—they’d bore
Scliuy much more than the
Sturgises.’’
“But if you intend to make
her one of ns.” Adelaide now
repented—and paused, with
Sally’s inquiring gar.e upon
her. Adelaide well knew that
Sally wouldn’t hesitate polite
ly to turn her cousins out. So
she finished, with an effect of
contempt rather than of threat,
“You’ll discover what an ab
surd mistake you've made.
You can’t turn an ugly duck
ling into a swan by putting her
in the pond with the swans.”
(TO III lONTiNUKDt
about human nature know quite
well how the game I* worked, and ;
are on their guard They know that
In 99 case* out of too a man who
advrrtlaes hU patriotism or hla re
ligion loudly la a *u*ptcioua char
acter Really patriotic men and
really religion* men let their ac
tion* *peak for them Thoae who
have to make a thow of their loyal
ty thetr idralUm and their virtue
almost invariably have tomrthlng
else to hide
N* Telling.
•Yom Tit-Bits.
"Am l the Bret gtrt yeu’re ever
kUaedV"
"As a matter of tact, vee."
WEEKLY SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
The Authority of Jesus
L-ig_-*-»
Text: Mark 11:1-10, 15-18
And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethphage, and Beth
any, at the mount of Olives, he sendeth forth two of his disciples.
And said unto them. Go your way into the village over against you:
and as soon as ye be entered into it, ye shall find a colt tied, where
on never man sat; loose him, and bring him to me.
And if any man say unto you, Why do ye this? say ye that the
Lord hath need of him; and straightway he will send him hither.
And they went their way, and found the colt tied by the door
without, in a place where two ways met: and they loosed him.
And certain of them that stood there said unto them, What do ye,
loosing the colt?
And they said unto them even as Jesus had commanded: and tney
let them go.
And they brought the colt to Jesus, and cast their garments on him;
and he sat upon him.
And many spread their garments In the way; and others cut down
branches off the trees, and strawed them in the way.
And they that went before, and they that followed, cried, saying.
Hosanna; Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord:
Blessed be the kingdom of our father David, that cometh in the
name of the Lord: Hosanna in the highest.
And they came to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and
began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and over
threw the tables of the money-changers, and the seats of them that
sold doves;
And would not suffer that any man should carry any vessel through
the temple.
And he taught saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall
be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den
of thieves. <
And the scribes and the chief priests heard it, and sought how they
might destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people war
astonished at his doctrine.
The International Uniform Sun
day School Lesson for May 13.
The authority of Jesus. Mark
11:1-10, 15-18.
♦ ♦ ♦
BY IVM. E. GILROY. D. D.
Editor of The Congregationalist.
This lesson begins with a very
remarkable story, the full de
tails and the explanation of which
are not given.
Jesus, planning his entry into
Jerusalem, sent two of his dis
ciples into a nearby village in
forming them that as they entered
It they would find a colt tied. The
disciples were instructed to loose
the colt and bring him to Jesus,
and were told further that if any
one should ask why they were do
ing it they should answer that the
Lord had need of the colt.
Did Jesus know of a friend at
whose door the colt would be tied,
or what miraculous circumstance
lies back of the narrative? More
over, it was sufficiently amazing
that the triumphant entry should
be planned with the Master rid
ing an unbroken colt. Colts that
have never been broken to saddle
or horseback riding are not apt
to be quiet or amendable to guid
ance at the first time that anyone
attempts to ride them.
The Main Fact*
However, all thesie details and
questions, while they relate to an
element of wonder in the narra
tive, have little to do with its main
facts and teachings. This main
fact is the entry of Christ into
Jerusalem amidst the hosannas
and plaudits of the throng—an
event which we have commemor
ated in our modern world the insti
tution of Palm Sunday.
Surely those who hailed the
entry of Jesus with the words.
“Blessed is he that cometh in the
name of the Lord: Blessed be the
kingdom of our father David, that
cometh in the name of the Lord:
Hosanna in the highest," must
have believed, in deed and in truth,
that the Kingdom of Ood was com
ing on earth. How different the
scene in but a few days when the
mob turned against Jesus and he
was led forth to be crucified!
It is in these events at Jerusalem
that we find the title of the lesson
justified. Jesus stands forth as a
teacher of authority, through the
power of his moral indignation ov
erturning those who had turned
religion and the temple to their
own purposes of gain, and through
the beauty and truth of his dis
course making an impression upon
the people in marked contrast to
F.asy.
From The Pathfinder.
Minister—And how u your son
getting cm with hU wireless. Mrs.
Mtttsf .
Mrs Mlggs Oh, > understand*
the wireless part ail right. iur—It's
all them wires an' suchlike that gets
tm puttied!
• •
Three thousand volume*, sent
front the United State*, form the j
nucleus of the Abraham Lincoln
Library in Benito Jus re* school.
Mexico tetty. The book* have been
donated at different time*, most of
them by members of the society (
called Friends of Mexico."
tnat made by the Scribes and
Pharisees who were the constituted
authorities of the day.
In this, and in similar incidents
in the life of Jesus, there is a great
opportunity to study the ultimate
nature of true authority. After all,
men are greater than institutions,
and the power of a life given to
right thhe truth is the greatest in
fluence in the world.
There are times when this does
not seem to be the case, when pow
er seems to be in the hands of the
selfish and dishonest. But the story
of history is full of the wreck and
tragedy of power and institutions
founded in unrighteousness or
tainted with corruption, while his
tory in its glorious pages of progress
and achievement tells how truth,
often represented and symbolized
in one man's courage and convic
tions, has ultimately prevailed
against wrong.
Copernicus and Galileo against
the world assert scientific truth
that the world before long is ac
knowledging.
Jesus dies on the cross in fidel
ity to his convictions and his mis
sion, but even in the very hour of
the Cross Christianity is emerging
a L3 a annrAK ♦ n ♦ niton in Ha mi4n..>M»l
influences is to dominate the des
tiny of empires.
Small Voice of Truth
The power of the still small voice
of truth continues in this world.
The principles of the divine econ
omy have not changed. The thing
that is not true and right is weak,
no matter how much authority it
may take unto itself, and the thing
that is right and true is stronger
than armies and empires. Would
that there might be a triumphant
entry of Christ into the hearts of
men and into the scenes of our
modern life!
The kingdom did not come as
those who hailed Christ exacted it
would come, but it came in larger
and fuller measure, and It Is still
true that the Kingdom of Ood in
its ultimate power and authority
is in the hearts of men.
This is where the true authority
of Jesus attains its sway in mak
ing men Christ-like.
• •
Q Where is the largest pipe or
gan in the world? T. D.
A. The Ktude sava that the larg
est organ is in the Wanamakcr
store in Philadelphia. The lateat
published spec)ftcat ion of this or
gan gives it 5 manuals. J3J speaking
stops. 34 couplers. 103 piston com
binations. 130 other accessories, and
17.9M pipes Other stops may have
been added.
What He lacked.
From Kuprox.
A colored agent was summoned
before the insurance commDaioner
Don't you know," aald the com
missioner. "that you cant sell life
insurance without a state UeengtP
' Bow," said the darky, you shush
sold a motifful. 1 done learned T
couldn't sell it. but 1 didn’t know
the reason "
• • —
Q Why are the front whe-ia of
automobiles slightly pitched? A A
B
A They are so pitched to make
steering easier and to avot<: dink*
to the steering g«w