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    A DOCTOR'S MISSION
"Glekroy,
BY EMILY THORNTON
Author of "Roy Rcssf.ll's Rot-e,"
" "Thk Fashionable Mother," Etc
CHAPTER VII.
We will now return to look little into
the welfare of Mr. Nevergail and her
sorrowful niece, after they had reached
the home of their relative, Mr. Charts
Rogers, in Charles atr-et. Liverpool, and
bidden the handsome young Ph-v,If "
farewell, who had cared for them both
to tenderly during their passage across
the Atlantic.
It need onlv be said, in reference to
that farewell, that the tears rushed to
the hazel eyes of Ethel as she law him
flit-appear iu the distance, and a great
nd lonely void seemed suddenly to have
dropped into her heart.
Ql,a I'niftur not whv she had taken suen
deep interest in this grave and often
tre-occupied stranger, but from the hrst
T.-,,t f Lindmw he had spoken to her,
the first glance into hi earnest eyes, she
1 ad felt towards him as she had never
done towards auy person of the opposite
sex before.
.,f v.- it- hII over, he bad gone
and henceforward she can but learu to do
without him. For a day or so it bad al
oomort no iniDOSsibility, but with
rr,A fnilnre of her aunt's strength
t-r thoughts were forced into another
channel, and her own lonely feelings hud
. i. ..mhA oiHa for the iiiorv niotuent-
I'J UC yUOVW " ,
and important one of their imp-ad-1
separation.
' "a; third week was drawing to a elost
r-ui the young girl had thrown herself
upon her knees by the bedside of the
invalid to catch the last words that sne
bad to speak In her ear. At her request,
she had been left alone with her chi.d.
. and now, with her hand in hers, she mur
mured:
"EsheL darling, I feel th.it I have but
i few hours more to be with you. as my
strength is fast waning; but wane I map.
I wish, to tell you what I thought might
' ba kept from your ears until your twenty-first
birthday; but as I shall not be
with cu then, I mnst impart to you now
an important secret, and give into your
charge some documents not to be opened
nntll that day. My dear,, will you take
l.i.-;e papers, and promise me that you
will not break their seal until that lime
arrives?"
"I will, dearest aunt; rest assured I
will do exactly as you wish."
"The papers I speak of, then, are in
my trunk, inside a small wallet. Takf
chargs of them immediately, and be sure
to aottend to them at the time 1 mention,
Now, I must tell ou a fact that I hove
withheld from your knowledge for She
beat of reasons, and in order to keep a
solemn pledge of secrecy given to your
father when a babe, I took you, as you
re aware, when a child of a few weeks
old, as my own had died. a well as taj
husband's sister, who we your deai
mother.
"Toti were so young, and to be so en
tirely ours until your twenty-first birth
day, that all thought it best to call yor
by our own name. I now tell yon, for
the first time what has been kept secret.
Your father still lives, but for variot
reasons did not wish to claim you or t
known to you until that time. I have
Informed him of my husband's death,
my failing health, and of my return to
Enzland. I have also given him Cousin
Rogers address, who will tell liim where
vou can be found when that date arrives
"I will only add that there is nothing
to be ashamed of in your birth. You are
a true renilewomun, and when twenty-
one will come Into possession oi
property sufficient for your support; but
this fact is not to be generally known.
Four months will elapse before that
time coines, and I can leave only enough
to bury me and purchase suitable
mourning apparel for yourself.
"I dare not leave you without a pro
tector and guardian, and as our present
host is poor and has a struggle to pro
vide for his own Ear children and wife.
I have written to my brother, Sir Regi
nald Glendenning, asking him to take
charge of you. I told him unlss he did.
you would be obliged to earn your own
living, and I hated to send you out into
the worlo alone for such a purpose. I
ssked him if yon eouid not be of use in
some way to 1 im, until the fifth of Oc
tober, when you would be otherwise pro
.iHt for. This tetter must be sent af
ter my interment. Let him be not! lied of
my death and invited to my Iiilierai,
then, after ail 1 over and your mourn
ing garment re made, s-md him the letter.
"Vow irr love, I wish you to promise
me that yon will go to him if he uends
for you. and assist htm in whatever ca
puctty i offers, even though it may be
distasteful. Will you do this for your
dying aunt, Ethel, my child?"
"I surely will," was the low reply, sob
bed out almost with a wail; "but i can
not think of your dying. O, auntie! I
have loved you so, bow can I live with
out yon?"
" 'As thy day, so shall thy strength
ue,' k all I n " -J(,d wi" comfort
mi and In few more months your
f itber will claim and protect you. But
what is thi? I cnnot see! 1 am grow
i., n.imb cold! Ethel Ethel 1 am
Kh enoka do more, and a. Mr. and
uM r oxers battened back to the room
t Ktbel's hurried call, tt f y saw that
he was Indeed breaming oar in si.
Khi mourned, as on with aucb a
k-vinf heart woald naturally do, over
her great kaa, but amid all her grief
aha wuiiMimerea oarancuj every uirav
tnn aha had received from those loved
dying Up. The package -poke of was
t AA. inatantlr amid bar own poes-
, aions, and diapatchtd to A
- kfVWtarf
Tb Mtt f trtagwphk Q.pt
MmmAaad th NW ghH hnmedlataly
a. that DfMBttW Of tU kMNML M1fl
"thai he wa iU, aad a4d bar at "
... kaaw lrtar mW hT Mafad il Mll-
ttt mMtm- tfca HattlW
sf'Av tot taww wha awattasl ber
Glendenning of Lady Constance, as he
distinctly heard a carriage top before
iU ,u,r,r nd hia own coachman a voice
speaking to the horses.
She has; shall she be brougtit uirecv-
ly to your presence?"
"Yes; and see to It that no one emera
this room until they are summoned, as 1
wish to see this girl alone. lo you hear?
Aloae! entirely alone!" replied toe baro
net.
Lady Constance withdrew, and very
J , .. j ..,,,.. In .nd
soon ripetii rne uiwjr iu uu
present to her sk-k husband iutbel ever
gail, his sister's adopted niece, then in
stantly retired, closing the door behind
her. Very beautiful looked the young
girl as she ood by the side of the bed,
her heavy crape veil thrown back, re
vealing her sad. sweet face and large,
pitying eyes.
"Oh, sir!" said she, after an eager,
rt hnlf haurhty creeling. "1 grieve to
see you o helpless! Have you just been
injured?"
"Yes; this morning I was thrown from
my borne, and am to lie hre helpless
for mouths. I sent for you then, in an
swer to a letter received afew moment
before the accident from my sister, writ
tea bt'fore her death.. In that she asks
me to give ron a home tor rour oimm m
return for any service I may wish ren
dered. I sent, because I need assist
ance Immediately of a very peculiar na
ture. Are you willing to undertake it,
at a fair salary?"
"Probably. I can tell better when 1
hear what the duties will be."
-Before I tell you that, I wish you to
hand me the small Bible you fee upon
ibat table."
With wondering eyes, fcitneJ fianaeo.
iii in the book.
The duties to be performed are or a
purely eor.M i-.tial nature. No human
;.cin; must kno.v what I tell you. Vlf,
ii-"-;tht:-iv. ntwre, man servant, nor maid
servant uiut evr know that you do more
lhan re.id to and amuse nv, write my let
ter and attend to my daily business af
f..;. Thm tmw i!itrle will b." Derform-
in haif an hour each evening, alone, j
Will you swear on this book to ke-p my
secret 7"
I will swear, if you will as;ire me
that these duti-s can be done w ith a pure
conscience, and that they are perfectly
proper for rae to do.
"I assure you you can ao mem nu
nerfect propriety. W ill yoa tane tue j
oathr
"I will," came from tie lips of the
trembling girl, reluctantly, it miwt be
confess, but still came, because of the
promise given to her dying aunt that the
rt-ould not refuse his offer.
"Then kins that book, and repeat af-U-T
me tlie-e words: 'I, Ethel Xevergain,
' A ear I will U.-U no person tlie nature of
ny nightly duties, and that -I will per
form them to the bet of my ability. "
Again Ethel shuddered, yet tiid as be
ruiiuired; and, after Visslng the book,
repeated the words.
"Sit down, and come very close, so you
can bear, while 1 whisper the wcret
Xow," be continued, "listen to me in
tently. I htve in my possession a very
rnre animal, one entirely unknown. It
is the property of a frifnd, and 1 am
ccretiy taking care of it for him. lis
is absent now abroad, senroiilng for more
wo;i rs to add to a collection. On bis
return be is going to exhibit ail, and ex
f'ts to realize s fortune by doing so,
which 1 fim to Khstre. Now, although,
wealthy, I love money, and always have;
therefore, I take every care of this crea
ture, in order to obtain mora gold. No
human being, save myself nix! Its owner.
m aware of its existence. It is bidden in
a ruined pnrt of this house in fact. In
a concealed room, the existence of which
no one knows bnt myself, arid in clo
ooanection with, but not in, a place we
call 'The Haunted Tower.' What I wkh
you to do is thist I myself have alwc.ys
fed thi ape. or ournng-outang, for it pos
sesses some of their nature, and if h Is
not attended to be will starve. A!ut
ten every evening you are to do this for
me.
" basket is always taad!",g in a cer
tain place in the ruined part. A person
I nav well come every evening, und.
a promise of secrecy, and puts food In
it. You must gt this bas'u-t, go tiiroiieh
fhis tower to the main buildjig and opens
diractly into a small ball, or passageway
near your room, and the do-r from your
room is hidden by a wardrube.
Ooen it. and pans tnrough, taking l
knife of a pf-culiar shape that you will
find In a bookcase drawt-r in your room,
together with plenty of candles and
matches for your ne, also tare; and to
this drawer I will give you the key.
You will find several of tbee knives
put there, for fear one might accidentally
get broken. Take one, with a lighted
nud e. I say. go down the parage lo m
tower, then count on the wall from the
door that leads up the tower stairs, bam
ward, three Danel, into a seeming crsclt
that vou will see there insert tue mine
point, and then turn it around three
tlme. rhan the Dsnek will fly apart, re
vealing a small opening, where a set of
revolvina- Iron shelves will be seen.
"On these Dlace the food. Water 1 tn
th room, where the creature can blp
himaelf. as he wMie it. Keep and re
store the basket t It place; also be sure
and keen the knife. rush then the
shelve, and they will turn slowly around
and come back to you witn tne plate
empty.
"After thi. mil ace the panel anil re
turn to your room silently. That will be
all for about two or three weeks, wnen
I shall add a small service, aucb a plac
ing a llft of a certain nature In the
tower, and winding up a little machinery,
WU1 to do all this?" asked ha, eagerly
Tat," half moaned the poor girt,
wbaaa aenl shrank In horror from the
taak; 'If you assure me I will art be
kanaMd by tha baaat."
"Tea aavar will. He is aunm a
haaY km bott: betide, tbia ra ka la
( kaa M
ed from the csiling, and th. re ss no mode
n.i.hinv M:n. save bv ibose k-Vlve. 1 1
i could not; you can never even see him.
i nr be seen by him. When my friend re
turns, and wants him, we will unscrew
the iron shelves, and so take him hence.
"Will you stay now, as ne must ue iru
to this very night?" asked Sir Reginald,
after a pause. "You can send for your
trunks when you wi h. I wUl pay yoa
twenty pounds a month."
"I will stay."
"Then piease ring the bell you see yon
der, as 1 must inform my wife."
The bell brought a footman, who. took
the desired message, and Lady Constance
soon appeared.
"Mia Nevergail la to remain. She la,
to be my amanuensis, reader, and assist
you aad the nurse generally. Id my care.
I wish the room next this prepared for
her Immediate ue."
"Why that one? It will not be wise to
put ber there.
"Wise or not, there she goes, so have it
In readme."
, CHAPTER IX.
In about an hour a servant maid en
tered, to say that the room was in readi
Takine uu her bonnet and wrap.-s
the young girl passrd through the front
hall Into the room adjoining, which she
fnnnrt vcelinelv beautiful. It had evi
dently always been exclusively a guest
M,.mher and so richly was it funmhed,
that she gues-d at once why Lady Con
stance had objected to it daily us.
oon as the maid bad withdrawn
Ethel commenced an examination of the
imnWient Sir Reginald bad meutioueu.
The bookcae he had spokt-n of the knew
thither from the library
for her use since her arrival, rue draw
er to which he had given her a key of
peculiar shape waa a secret one, found,
he had whispered, behind the book,
and remembering his directions, she pro
ceeded to open It, after carefully locking
her door.
Th. lav the three singularly fiinped
t- in!ti with lonii. aharp-poiuted
Uariea. tliere. also was a china candle
stick, with three or four dozen wax can
a:. Mj-rfiM were in a large tin box
ready for constant and Instant use.
Refastening the drawer, and replac
ing the books, the young girl proceeded
to the wardrobe on the opposite side of
tha room, and unlocking it, she saw at
the back a door bo!tl on her ;de, which
gave her aa iinmvdlaie feeling of se
curity. K.f!iv drswine the bolt, she looked out
into small passage that h-d merely from
her own room to a similar door inside
a wardrobe she had seen in the baronet's.
The two rooms communicated with
this lUtle passageway from the inhab
ited part of the house, find these alone.
Directly opposite her door wa a smaller
one, which the at once knew must lead
to the Haunted Tower, and d..Tted
rooms, belonging to this singular old
mansion.
Retreating to her own apartment
through the wardrobe, Ethel bathed ber
.,.. ,t hanric smoothed her hair, and
lS .J HH..--,
oace more turned towarus tue room or
the invalid.
At the threshold, however, she met old
Mr KredM. the nurse, who had been in
the family for year, who wUupcred that
the baronet had fallen ash-p, therefore,
she might walk around the grounds if
she cbofee.
Feeling that the freiJi air would revive
her shrinking spirit, Ethel tripped down
the broad staircase and stepped UX.n
the piazza. As she did so, she almost
ran against a gentleman just entering.
Raising berfeye to apologize, she
found bereelf face to fae with Dr. Elfeo
atein, the kind friend that she had part
ed with a few weeks before. He was aa
much astounded as herstdf it seemed, at
her unexpected appearance.
"I it iwssibie that this can be Mis
Nevergail ?"
"It is. indeed: but I can scarcely be
lieve this my friend. Iir. Elfenstein. How
Is it we meet in this unexpected place
and manner?"
I was alxmt calling on my parent,
Sir I'agiiiftld Glendenning, when, instead
nf heinit received by a wrvant. Miss Nev-
crgnil comes flying towards me. How ia
it you are here I i see ny your uiacs
robe tii at your aunt must nuv pasaea
.nriiv! But come out upon the piaaxa
as you were about to uo, ana ten me or
vnnrslf "
Passing from tne floor to tne snaoow oi
the trained vim, followed by the phy
sician, the young girl related the occur-
Tnc of the last Jew weens.
"liid I understand that you were to re
main here mine time?
-yes! 1 am to Ix Hir Reginald' secre
tary, amanuensis and reader. For this,
sud helping to amuse him, I am to re
ceive a good salary, and will have a home
for the summer.
(To be continui d.l
DESIKJNO AMI tiKi.il.MV ..
Br Rev. r. n. Cnelwooo
Ask, and it shall be given you; xcok,
and ye shall find; knock, and It shall
be opened unto you. For lie that nsk
cth recclvcth. and he that awkPth flnd
eth, and to him that knockPth It fbnll
be opened.-Kt. Matthew vil.. 7, 8.
p. s.!iil;tU- cf tin- human t-oul or tha
iiioi inlty of the dcpradntlon itJ
,vl,x!i tlify a low iliemsrlvcs to dmp.
o ,-HK'lv as the dintlnleo of th" hu-
nmn tucare b'.cb and cMim-d. so sure
ly i the dcsrai'ation to which ulie hu
limn bfing can fail horrible to oontew
I late. To or. i-nd ail It U time to crj
out for clt-.tr thinking, for a (lefinite
definition of l'.fe t Tms. for a metuturm
of plans and purp nes. for l.ernlng th.)
art of CbrlHtian thiiiKing. tor uu:in
one's place In the crowd and knowlna
what tiiidci one weacs. 11) urtsium
onla to harn how to think of other,
how to think of himself, and what to
think of his work.
Money In tatlroalmj.
A New York boulevard car waa go
ing north one day reef ntly when, with
a uduen jar, the current was thrown
off Hrid the mriifcvTS ocre bttmpct!
rudely together. The car rame to
standstill. The motornmu, says the
New York Tlnxti, threw (ien the front
door and ran back to the conductor
on the rear platform.
They exchanged a few words; then
both ran through the car to the front
platform. Every pftssenger sat mute
with surprise. Suddenly the car start
ed, a-nd then bai-keJ. Then It utarted
again, and omre wore backed. Then
It stopped. Off Jumped motormati and
conductor, anil the untouched pas
senger looked out of the windows
they saw the two nien down ou their
hand and knees, trying lo crawl un
der the car. rrwntly, with aa ei
clamatlon of delight, the niotorman.
covered with mud and grime, alowly
emerged. EntirluR the car and hold
ing up for Inflection a ten-dollar bill,
be aald:
"Excuse nie, passenger, for Jarrlni
you and ktepin you waiMng; but I
rame near running over urn teii-uonur
bill, and I hated to do It and leara It
for the motorroan on the car behind
m" ,
The Mean Thing.
Patlenea And she aald he fell at
her feet.
PatrlceOb, wall, it ha fall ny
wbrro la the room It would h uear
her feet Ton bar matesmtn.
krtda la llnaeia.
fallj 3jOU,perona commit suicide
la Bwata rmj rear.
These words proclaim an unchange
ahle universal, i-temal law of the
kingdom of tlod. They are not a three
fold repetition of a single thought.
They are rather an announcement of
the three sm-cessive stage in the up
ward progress of the one law of de
siring and obtaining. These uteps are
not interchangeable. Peeking la not
askins. Knocking is neither flk!ng
nor seekinc. Asking Is desire; decking
Is desire la action; knocklns is active
mnntmt1 11110I1 ft dctlllite
purpose and plan.
The words of the text are. we be
lieve, not the language of a "charac
ter" in Bction. but an utterance of .le
ans Christ. Two of their most ltn-nressh-e
nu.tlities are their unques
tioning confidence and their unlimit
ed seone. There is no suggestion in
them of doubt of the reality of the
law; no hint of a limit to the law in
time, or In pare. or in the nature of
things. Ask, seek, knock, at any time,
anywhe.v. and for anything, and you
shall receive, you shall find, it shall be
opened to you. Painful or pleasant,
good or what Is thought to be evil.
what you wish for, wnat you mu
what you work for you shall have.
The "h-sson of Che reality and the uni
versality of the law of desiring and ob
taining' i hard to be learned. Like
other hard lessons of human life, this
Is to be learned only by experience.
Man gets opinion and belief from ob
servation. Experience alone brings
knowledge. When one has seen the
fulfillment of a law of God's kingdom
in his own Mtc he knows that the law
is real. This is the foundation "i n
fnlth in the law and In the God ex
pressed in the law. His faith, too, is
the real faith, which results from real
understanding, which grows out of
real knowledge acquired by rnan In his
own individual experience. No argu
ment can shake such faith. No denial j
can destroy it Once attained, it is Immortal.
tt would seem that this kind of
knowledge was the foundation of the
failh of Jesus Christ in the reality and
ie universality of the divine law oi
desiring and receiving. He believed
that the law was real ana umiinstea,
because lie saw and felt Its operation
In the concerns of his own holy life.
Ha knew that what he asked was be
ing given to him; that he was finding
what he sought; that the doors at
which he knocked were opened to him.
He lived to do good to others; he de
sired, he attempted, he planned, to do
good to them, and the sick were made
well, the lame walked, ttie minu raw,
the deaf heard, the dumb talked, lep
ers were healed, the dead were raised,
and broken hearts were mended. How
could he question the universality oi
the law when he found that whatso
ever good he determined to do. and
whensoever and wheresoever lie ueter
mined to do It, the good was done?
This wag actually receiving what he
asked, finding what he sought, the
opening of the doors througn which tie
purposed to pass.
From the point of view of human ex
perience there was nothing peculiar In
the earthly existence of Jestis Christ.
Tested at all point as all humanity Is
tested, Jepus found what all humanity
And the knowledge that result fro-m
experience, the understanding that ac
.otupunles knowledge, the power, the
.... .i. i.t ,...r,.u from under
lain, " i
s.aiidirig. He came into ibis world fl:
baby groping after power, with almost
aimless hands. At the end of his expe
rience on earth he went out from bis
cross the Ood-inan, Imbued with all
power In earth and in heaven. Because
we believe that the faith of Jesus 111
the reality and the universality of the
law of desiring and obtaining was an
outgrowth from his experience and
that his experience was In no essential
particular peculiar to himself, we be
lieve the law to be as real for all as
It was for b!m, as real for ourselves
as It Is for all others. More than this,
we ourselves grow Into B'-tu.il faith in
the reality of the law, because we find
It fulfilled In our own experience,
whether In the good which we have
desired to do or In the mistakes which
we have undoubtedly made.
Whntever we may be doing, there
fore erever we may tie uoing u, we
will iif.e faith thnt God gives to tnose
. . .... i. .....1 I,..,. ..Is aii.1 lUnt
who ask anil seen ,
If we desire them and seek them and
knock for thm we shall receive In due
timethat Is, In God' ood time, nil
.good thlUK-all Hie knowledge, nil the
tmdersUHiHitif, all the wisdom, all the
power, nil the faltli, ami a'l t !"ve
of which humanity Is capable!
SHF.II Hill CLKAll TIIINKiXO.
fr trot. ttr A. Ott
There la no cist 'c hm that Ienl to
charity so quickly, t or one, pe,bnps,
that ia ix-arer (lie r.Uli I"
of (' Uvea Hut !- i-l ' te living limn
tha. tlittx aluiply t oniiminnl tb
HTI1AXGEH8 AM) SOJOLKNKKS.
By Rer. T. W. Wood
We are strangers before thee, and
sojourners, as were all our fathers.
1 Chi on. xxtx., 15.
When David's long and eventful life-
,1.,,.. rtrnutllff til 11 ('lose. With
much to look back upon with thank-
fulness, and with much filo to oon
tiini.laie with regret, the agc't
dtn-l-red that, after all, we on (unh
and r.Journers. If,
then, one so exalted as David was,
who had passed through ho many
eventful periods of lift who had d mo
so much for G d and for hU own peo-
Die. in mite of his shortcomings
Kins David, who had left hj much be
hind blm to til! of his greatness, hH
itower. and his might, showing that ho
had really lived to accomplish mighty,
purposes If David could say truiy
hen all was marly over, "We ara
strmigers ami pllgfltna." surely wd
shoiihl consider, now we are passing
throuuh the world, as he once did
that we also are strangers here, only
going through the world as if we werfl
on a pl!j,'riimigc. And yet now ie.
seem to rehire what they know well
is a plain and straightforward fact,
(tie there Is n denying, though much
attempt at ea ilug, T at least an in
teniiit to persuade ourselves that out
sojourning ta-re is far from being near
iy over, and that our pilgrimage hai
not nearly reached lt termination.
Vf.t strnnaers and sojourners we are,
and so we must remain to the end of
lifp. in this world.
... , t... 1 "lrqn(.frtl 111
v e uir I"' r-
common talk in difUrent ways: or, per
haps. I t-U.Aiid s'..v, wu.i o.u.-.r.u
iti.-h!i!!K. We tulk of people al
"stianstra" at one time; but they do
not remain strangers always e. g.i
when a lad first leaves home and goes
out into the world he is ft siran-i
among the people where his lot Is cast;
hut In course of time and by degrees
he find out that he knows mem auu
they know him. Then be ia a strati
ger 'no longer. Again, a man who is
traveling In a foreign country, know
in hnnerfeclly the language ot tue
people, unaccustomed to their mode of
life, and feeling strange at igms o
sounds with which be Is not familiar,
Ik. Indeed, a stranger In a strange
land; but supposing he remains there
for some years, by d- jrree the strange
ness wears off, and at length be teen
at home where once he s-emeJ to ba
much out of place. So he 1s a stranger
no more. Or, again, let us Imagine
another case. Take an enterprising
traveler who, burning to make disco v-
eries. venture across the twutidariel
of civilization and encunters people
and objects which are new and alto
gether different from what he or any
one else bas experienced before. Every
man he meets Is a savage, and every
savage perhaps thirsts for his blood,
With such surroundings and among
such people he Is ever likely to remain
a stranger. And it is In some such
way as this we are taught to look upon
our paasage through the world ns be
ing, I mean, a place where we have
no continuing city, but are only strati
gers passing through it. At any mo
nient we may find out this is true, foi
at the time appointed, not by ourselvct
but by God, we may have to strike out
tent, and the frail tabernacle ui whict
we now dwell may be broken up. whiU
we ourselves are conveyed to anothet
-C-ne,
And we may we'd ask ourselves,
what will that other ci ne be to Usl
We know that there remained! a n-t
to the people of God who have passed
as strangers and pilgrims through tha
orld. And we know, moreover, we
nre admonished to labor to enter Into
thnt rest. Let us strive, then, so to doj
and give all diligence, and take all
heed to enter Into that eternal rei
when our sojourning here Is over. Let
us not, through negligence or Hotii,
come short of the promised rest. A
gooil soldiers of Jesus Christ let tij
fight manfully under his banner. la
lug aside every weight and the si
(whatever It tiny bei which so i-asll
beets us. It us run with diligem
and patience (be rate which Is set Im
fore us, looklnif unto Jesus, the au
thor and finisher of our faith. Let ui
always remember that although out
tolling along here may not be always
td.flsant nor airreeable. yet there w
be a glorious and nt-rlustlng rest for
those who have passed through th
world, a stranger pas through
country which Is not tbelr home. When
w now loo'i towards this home and
hop one day to uler therein, we may
truly say:
Ab! thea my tWt falnta
To reach the land I love,
The bribl lafhsrltaoce of saint,
Jcrnaataa above.
It la not what be baa, or even what
he doe which ipreasea) the worth of
a man. bat what ha aMaltl,
GRANT LOYAL TO LINCOLN.
TVonld Not Let III ' i:"d fmr
I'raatdent In 1M4.
Colonel James Malelock Scorel. of
New Jersey, contributes to the .Na
tional Magazine a paper entitled
Sidelight ou Llnenlu." Colonel S.-o-vel,
who enjoyed . lose personal rela
tb.tis with rresldeiit l.iii.-oln during
the Civil War period, says that Lln
.olu was seriously afraiil Gntnt would
allow his name to be used in the He
publiean latioiial eonveiition of 101.
Lincoln sent Heovel to tearu
Intention. Kcovcl saw General Will
iam llillyer, of Grant's staff. Ililiyef
said:
1 ...11 . V. A
Colonel, you ian go aim u-u
resident that there is no ls.wer uu
tliis earth that eouni urug i.v.
Jratifs name Into this rresiuenuai
auvass. McClcllau'a career was a
lesson to him. The latter trieu 10 cap
ture Klchniond with Washington a
his base. Grant is as wise as be i
vnl tn Lincoln. Talking of this very
subject, aiieiit the expected action of
his Missouri friends iu tne coining
convention, General Grant said: 'I
..iil.l not entertain for an instant any
competition with our great and good
President for the succession. 1 owe
him too much and it's not my time,
t regard A bra bam Lincoln as one of
the world's greatest men. He la on-
luestSomibly the biggest limn I ever
met. I admire tin courage
spevt his patience anil Ills niiimess.
His ffentieiiess of character does not
conflict with that noble courage with
which he changes hU convictions
when he is convinced that he Is wrong.
While stating a complicated ease to
blm bis grasp of the main question
is wonderfully strong and he at onca
comprehends the whole subject better
than the person who states It.'"
Colonel Seovcl took this message to
Lhieoln, whose comment was:
"Ah. Colonel, ym have lifted a
heavy load from my shoulders. I waa
a little airald t General Grant, be
cause I knew the men who want to
get behind the great iiuinc we are all
),n,nn- ! would rather be beaten by
him than any living man. and wtieu
the Presidential grub gets Inside a
man it hides well. That 'basilisk'
sometimes kills."
Mr. Lincoln, still P'iiig the room,
toltl lmw General MeClertiaml of Ml'
nois trlul to leap Into Grant's place!
before Vlckslmrg. when lie laid his
Presidential -to " h" intriguants
and strengthened Grant's hands till
Vi.-ksburg was captured. Lincoln,
said:
-I met Grant March '.. IW'-l, and o
I tvttidcd liim ''is -nmm'sslon I said:
'As the country herein tnist you, so,
under God, it will sustain you,' "
A li beral Coin ritnit Inn.
Two young merchants ho occupied
odjolning stores in a suinil t"wn wer
Intimate friends. When busims wa
dull they visitel back and forth front
one store to the other. Each was
f.md of tt joke. The Brooklyn EagH
it.,.(r iiniiips as John Hruce ami
Clint" Pease.
One cold, -blustery day when cus-
turners were lew, t um -n """uu "
stove in John' s;ore. A youuff wom
ana stranger -rame i. JoUB
siepid forward to wait m her.
1 am soliciting stilisi rip, ions 101
the I'resli Air I'umL" ca d she.
Now. siilicltors for one cbnrlty m
another were mitiierous, ar.d the men
chants usually tried to evade theli
claluis, since it was poor policy t
refuse to contribute. So Joha wai
greatly pleased with himaelf when a
happy way out of his present d ffl.
culty suggested itself to his quick
mind.
"You'd better speak to the propria
tor alsiut It," he said, politely, "Yol
will find him a very .liberal ninn. Hi
Is back there by the stove."
John grinned as the young wotnai
approached Clint and related her case,
"How much are the merchants B1'"'
.rally glvlm,'?" Clint asked, wits
jjrave IntereNt In the cause.
"Rome ate tfiving ns mucu as a uo
lar," she answered, "but we arc grate
fill for any sum, however small."
"John," said Clint, with mi air of
authority, "give the young lady twt
dollars out of the drawer." An
John, of course, hud to obey.
W i h Margi i- I Note.
"I have only n speaking ac
qualntance with Jokes," said a learned
man, In great humility. "1 know thai
by the way I take them. If I dont
ask to have them explained to tne, I
am conscious of a c mumlng desire H
explain them to others." Thin tenders
c to fit a wlltlelsm with a conunen.
tiiry Is wld-spn ad. The New Yorl
Tribune says Unit John 1!. dough, H
one of his lectures, told the wory ol
two piM-ts, ail old one and a youtu
cue, who (-pent an evening together
The younger man sngge-sted that
they collaUirtite on a book if vcts.i
but the other answeiTd naughtily
., .i,l,t vtkti 1,11Mi a l,m-Ki II fwl ttU fl KM tf
getherr
My dear sir." retorted the yonugi
man, In nil honesty, "why should yol
ceil yourself an ass?
When the leeture was over, Mr
(lough walked home with the frtin(
with whom he was to spend the night
"Would you mind" said the latter
gravily, "exp'ainiiu to tue tha polo
of that story iilsmt the two poets?
"Well," said Mr. dough, slightly con
fused, "I suppose the point Ilea In tin
deiftness with which the young mai
made the old one ei.ll himself an ass.'
"But," rtnunstratid the other, "thi
Id poet didn't mean that be was thi
aa. lie meant that he waa the horae.'
Nothing makes a busy man quite ft
mad aa for Idle people to liiternip
blm at bhs work, and ask blm fa,
moaty they art not eutlUed to.
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