Mildred
^ Ur gh)g nion
DY THE DUCSIESS.
CHAPTER XIV.—(Coutiuued.)
“Can't my dear fallow; don’t you see
how engaged I am?” answered Eddie,
casting an expressive glance at Silvia
Elsie, who blushed and simppred, and
lowered her white lids In acknowledg
ment in the most bewildering manner.
“Denzii, you are doing nothing—go
and succor the lost damsel, and re
store her to the bosom of her benmved
family.”
“Yes, do go, and explain things to 1
her, Younge,’ implored the unsuspect
ing Lyndon, "and just say how it was
I was put in for my cousin. It is an j
awful bore,” confided his lordship in a
heartbroken whisper, “but what can a I
man do when a girl comes crying to
him about some miserable boy’s stu
pidity? You bring Mildred home
safely, there’s a good fellow; remem
ber, I leave her to you;” and, without
waiting for a reply, Lyndon bustled
off, greatly to his cousin’s relief, who
dreaded lest some inopportune chance i
should again consign her to young
Summerton’s care.
Both Lady Caroline and Mabel, who !
alone there knew his secret, had gone
long since, so Denzii was left with no
one to assist him in this hour of per
plexity— with no one to aid him in es
caping the tete-a-tete drive that appar- j
ently lay before him. Ever since his !
arrival at King's Abbott he and Mil
dred had scarcely spoken to each other
—had shown, indeed, a mutual, though
unspoken determination to avoid each
other in every possible way.
Then came the thought that she— ;
knowing nothing of the circumstances
—would perhaps imagine that he had
connived at this arrangement, and hail
made the most of the opportunity of
fered to gain undisputed possession of
her society for tiie long homeward
drive.
Mildred was in a sadder plight than
Deir/.il dreamed. Having wandered
rather farther than she had had any
intention of doing on first setting out.
and discovering that a wood in Jan
uary is by no means the same thing
that it is in July, she began to icfraco
her steps with the design of return
ing home with her mother. Dreading
that she might lie late, and feeling
besides intensely cold she commenced
to run, and as she ran her foot came
upon a frozen pool, slipping upon
which she came heavily to the ground.
Raising herself up again directly and
thinking nothing of it she hurried on
once more, but presently an intense
pain in her foot startled her,.which In
a few minutes increased to such a de
gree that she was obliged to seat her
selif on the trunk of a fallen tree anil
acknowledge herself disabled, consider
how best to acquaint her friends with
her mishap.
Fully half an hour passed thus, and
Bhe was almost upon the verge of de
spair, when footsteps coining hurriedly
toward her from a side direction
roused her, and raising her eyes, she
beheld DenzlI. She blushed c rimson.
“What has brought him?" sin* won
dered. “Surely Lyndon-’’
“At last I have found you.’ said Don
zil in his coldest tone, and as though
he were politely bored .it having been
put to so much inconvenience. “I have
come to tell you that the others are
all gone.”
“Gone!” echoed Mildred, with as
tonishment. “Then where is Lord
Lyndon?”
His cousin, miss uttvunii, -u
nervous that she insisted on his driv
ing her home, so lie commissioned me j
to find you, and bear you his apolo- |
gles,” returned Denzil, repeating ltis
lesson with prompt decision.
“I do not understand ids treating
me in such a manner,” said Miss Tre
vanion, very paie and proud; “and
where were Eddie and Charlie?”
"They also were fully occupied,"
Denzil said bitterly; ‘but your sister,
preferring to return home with Lady
Caroline, unfortunately left me free."
Mildred bit her lip.
“1 regret very much that you should
have given yourself this trouble,” she
Bald slowly—“I am sorry you have
come.”
"And so am I.” returned Denzil.
haughtily; “but it is not my do
ing. I beg you to believe. Miss Tre
vanion that if I could have avoided it
I would have done so.” Then, seeing
she made no attempt to move, he
ndded, “Had you better not come? It
is getting very late.”
She made no answer, but, putting
her hand against the side of the tree,
raised herself to a standing position.
As the injured foot, however, was
brought more firmly to the ground a
spasm of pain contracted her face.
“What is the matter? Have you
hurt yourself?” he asked, in a some
what softer tone.
"I have strained my foot in some
awkward way—it is nothing, she an
swered.
“Perhaps you had better take my
arm.” said he, still coldly; and she re
turned.
"No, thank you; I think I can man
age to get on,” and she did manage
for a few yards or so, when she fal
tered, uttering a faint moan.
“What is the use of your persisting
in this folly?” exclaimed Denzil, an
grily. “Do you wish tc be laid up for
a month? Take my arm directly or—”
ungraciously—"shall I carry you?
I think it would be better. I dare say.
1 could do it without breaking down,
os it is not very far.”
“No." she answered indignantly—
“certainly not. I can walk quite well,”
But she took his arm for all that, and
for a while hobbled along, miserably,
beside him, her face white with pain.
“This Is madness!” cried Denzil, and
forthwith, not asking any further
leave, took her up In his arms, and
walked on again, so burdened, with a
frowning brow and a set, unpleased
expression about his lips.
Miss Trevanion was so taken by
surprise and so utterly prostrated
with pain, that at first she made no
protest, but presently began to cry
quietly in a broken, wretched sort of
way. Denzil stopped.
“Shall I put you down?” he asked,
sternly.
The situation, being unsought by
him, and extremely distasteful—with
his heart beating passionately, as if to
warn him how Insufficiently under
control it was—compelled him to as
sume an ill-temper he was very far
from really feeling. Miss Trevanion
sobbed on, but made no reply, knowing
she had none to make, and so wisely
refraining from speech of any kind;
whereupon Denzil marched on as be
fore not addressing another word to
her.
He was a strong man; but a full
grown, healthy young woman was r.o
light weight—so it was no disgrace to
his manhood to confess that when at
length he had her safely deposited in
the carriage, he was rather glad than
regretful. Taking tlie reins from the
hoy and throwing him some silver, he
drove away without a single glance at
liis companion, as she lay back ex
hausted among the cushions ho had
carefully, but sulkily arranged for her.
Mildred's foot, having been examined
and pronounced “likely to he tedious
but not serious," she was comfortably
ensconced on a sofa in her mother's
sitting-room, whence, after dinner, she
sent word that she would he very glad
to see them all if they would come
and sit with her. So consequently
about nine o'clock, considerable noise
and laughter might have been heard
issuing from the boudour, where they
had all assembled obedient to her
commands—all, that is. save Eddie,
Miss Lisle and Denzil Yonnge, with
one or two others who had lingered in
tlie billiard-room. Lord Lyndon had,
of course, been the first to approach
Mildred to inquire how she was and
express his tender, loving regrets that
she should have no injured herself;
but finding her. though sweet and gra
cious as usual, somewhat disinclined
for conversation, lie had left her pres
ently with the entreaty that she would
try to sleep, and so subdue all fever
ish symptoms. But she was flushed
and restless, and could not compose
herself, so lay open-eyed, though si
lent. with her gaze fixed upon the
door.
CHAPTER XV.
“Mildred,” said Sir George, one night
about a fortnight later on, “if you
really mean limiting tomorrow, you
will have to be up betimes, as we
shall have to start more than usually
early on account of the distance we
have to go.”
“I shall be ready," answered Mildred.
Accordingly, the next morning, true
to her word, she was down-stairs
equipped, even to the dainty little whip
she carried in her hand, before any one
but Denzll had put in an appearance.
Dydon r; jiving shortly afterward in
time for breakfast, they hastily dis
patched that meal, and started direct
ly after for the meet, which was at
some cWlfcMerable distance—Miss Tre
vanion and the acknowledged lover in
front, Sir George with the discarded
in the background.
On their way they fell in with
Frances Sylverton, attended only by a
groom—Charlie having gone to rejoin
his regiment some days before-- who
called out gayly that she had come
this route on the mere chance of meet
ing them, and was therefore, for once
in her life, unfeignedly glad to see
them.
“And what has happened to you. O
knight of the rueful countenance?”
she asked, merrily, of Denzll, reining
in her horse beside his.
“I had no idea 1 was looking so lu
gubrious,’ he said laughing, “and I
don't believe I am either. It is the
morning mist that has got into your
usually bright eyes."
“No, it is not.” persisted Miss Syl
verton, emphatically, shaking her
head; “the signs of woe upon your
face are unmistakable. I suppose
you have a presentiment that you will
be slain today, and naturally don't rel
ish it.”
“You are wrong,” said lie—“entirely
wrong. If I felt the shadow of such a
feeling upon me, I should go straight
home again and wait for the dawning
of some luckier day.”
And then immediately afterward
they came within full view of the
hounds, as they stood clustered to
gether in the hollow, for the most part
seeming one mass of spotted skin and
waving, restless tails.
Three hours later, and Miss Treva
nlon. with heightened color and
warmed blood, was riding excitedly
along to the occasional m”sie of the
forward hounds. A little In front. Sir
George and Lyndon gave her the lead,
while behind there were none; for of
all those who had met that morning
but few now remained to be in at the
"death.” Some finding the pace to hot
in the beginning had wisely drawn rein
and solemnly plodded home again;
others, more adventurously hut scarce
ly so well judging, trusting to iliekle
fortune to favor the brave, had come
to a violent end and now sat or stood
lamenting their fate and abusing their
goddess in no very measured terms;
while of those who still held on—
among whom was Frances Sylverton—
most of them rode to Mildred's left,
down deep in the hollow of Hart's
Chase, leaving to her right but one,
and that was Denzil.
A passionate lover of riding and de
voted to sport, Younge's keenest en
joyment was to feel a good horse un
der him, with the certainty of a hard
day's run in view; and today, his
mount being undeniable, he was grow
in? nlmnst hannv fieain.
Having made a false move about
half an hour before lie was now
crashing through or over everything
that came in his way, to make up for
lost time, and gain on Sir George anil
Lyndon, who—clever and wary sports
men both—had sailed along from the
beginning straight in the line of vic
tory. without a moment’s swerve.
Just as Denzil at last caught sight
of them and knew himself to be once
more in the right way. he found he
was on the same ground with Middred
Trevanion. only considerably higher
up. It was a lengthy meadow, strag
gling and untidy in form, and Mildred,
entering at the lower end, could
scarcely distinguish her companion
above, but succeeded in making a
shrewd conjecture nevertheless.
From where she was it was easy
enough to get into the adjoining field,
l>ut with Denzil it was far different.
A short ugly wall rose before him, sur
mounted by a hedge of some sort,
thick and prickly, which effectually
concealed from view the heavy fall on
the other side. Still, it was not ex
actly an impossible thing to take,
though decidedly a “facer,” and Den
zil, understanding the danger and
trusting to his horse to carry him
through, determined to risk it, come
what might.
Miss Trevanion, slightly ahead of
him now—having managed her last
jump satisfactorily—turned nervously
in her saddle to see how it would end.
She wondered breathlessly whether—
whoever he was—he knew of the-.
And then she saw the horse rise, land
i at the other side, stagger, and then,
I plunging helplessly forward, bring it
i self and its rider heavily to the ground.
Mildred shut her eyes and pressed
her teeth cruelly on her under lip to
suppress the scream that rose so nat
urally from her heart, and when she
summoned courage to look up she
found the horse had risen and stood
trembling at some little distance off,
while on the grass lay motionless a
mass of brilliant scarlet cloth and a
gleam of golden hair.
(To be continued.)
roll Tuxes In A. 1>. 13 *.
The Rev. Dr. William C. Winslow,
vice-president of the Egypt exploration
fund, says that in addition to tho
papyri recently presented by the so
ciety to several universities there is
a valuable lot of forty-three papyri
which have been received for distribu
tion. largely treating of business and
civil matters in the first centuries of
our eta. Among the seven papyri for
Columbia university is a tax collector’s
return showing items and how the col
lectors' made returns in A. D. 196.
There were poll taxes in A. D. 122.
The rise of the Nile was the greatest,
annual event, and upon it taxes were
calculated. Hence one of the six
papyri sent to Johns Hopkins, treat
ing of the unwatered land tilled by
Ptollarous, A. D. 163. is peculiarly in
teresting. She declares that her field
at Euhemerla did not get the water.
Her plea, in a word, is: “No crops,
no taxes.”
How I.oiulon Could He Defended.
If the Dutch ever sail up the Thames
again, or a Norman force land, London
will not be unprepared. In the archives
of Pall Mall repose musty schemes for
the defense of the metropolis which it
was thought would be undisturbed un
til the war department commenced to
move into its new palace. But there
are busy men about and as a result new
schemes will be forthcoming for the
defense of I/ondon. Something like 60
batteries of artillery will be allotted to
the defense, including guns of heavy
caliber, 4.7 and 6 inches, which will be
mounted in commanding positions,
covering a wide, sweeping arc. The
mobile force for defense will includa
nearly 100 15-pounder field guns, and
an army corps of three divisions of
regular infantry and 100 volunteers.—
London Express.
Heating Ola litone In Argument.
Mr. Eden Eddis, a famous English
portrait painter in his day, who was
once nearly elected an R. A., has just
died within a few days of his 89th
birthday. He once was discussing with
Mr. Gladstone what was the bright^
color In nature. The statesman elaifned
that red was; the artist said that even
in the dark you could see the blue
(lowers in a garden. Mr. Eddis
showed Mr. Gladstone a photograph
where the red flowers remained dead,
undetached from the leaves, but the
blue flowers were light and visible in
all their forms. Then the controversy
terminated abruptly with "Good-night,
Mr. Eddis!”
OF MOIIAWK INDIANS.
TO HAVE NEWSPAPER IN THEIR
OWN TONGUE.
The Editor Is the Son of a Mohawk
Chief Who iVm Educated at (invent
nicnt School.—Sp.cliuini Paragraph
from the I'upcr.
The Mohawks of Canada and New
York state are to have a newspaper.
It will he edited by Charles A. Cooke,
a full-blooded Indian emplojed in the
department of Indian affairs at Otta
wa, says an Ottawa correspondent of
the New York Sun. Some time ago
Cooke began publishing the Onkweon
we, a semi-monthly magazine, printed
in the Mohawk language, and it was
so successful that ha has decided to
turn it into a newspaper, the first of
its kind in Canada and the second in
America. There are other Indian pub
lications not newspapers, but the ma
jority of them are issued by mission
ary societies and they are edited by
white men. The Cherokee Advocate,
published in Indian Territory, is the
only other Indian newspaper in North
America. The Onkweonwe will pub
lish some telegraphic news from differ
ent parts of the world, market nows
and reports of prices of furs, skins,
fish, etc., and will have an inquiry de
partment, which will be one of its
leading features. Editor Cooke is the
son of a Mohowk chief and was edu
cated at government schools and after
ward took a course in a Canadian col
lege. When he had been graduated he
got a clerkship in the Indian depart
ment. lie is a dark-skinned young
man, with pronounced Indian features.
He is a good singer and is a member of
the choir of the leading Methodist
church in Ottawa. Two other Mohawk
minima, miss Maracie and josepn ue
lislp, are employed In the same room
with Mr. Cooke. All are well edu
cated. Few of the Indians can read
English, but about 10,000 are able to
read anything printed in the Mohawk
dialect. The Mohawk alphabet con
sists of twelve letters and n and k are
used much oftener than any of the
others. An ordinary eight-page issue
of the Onkweonwe contains about one
quarter n's and k's. For this reason
the editor has had some difficulty in
getting his copy set up, as the printer
soon runs out of n's and k's. English
characters are used. Here is a speci
men paragraph from the Onkweonwe:
"KONONK W E AO T IK IW A SO X H A.
"Iakonnewata iaiakoseke enska ne
tens teken 'niinit' jlnikariwes onon
warejerakeriko tionekonties enska me
jiaiaiaksera tenwatiaseren senali jiien
wakatsteke jieniontste."
When the Onkweonwe came out first
many of the old cheifs objected to it.
“The great Spirit, Giteliee Manitou
the Mighty, says good Indians never
read newspapers,” said they to the
younger braves, but the paper became
popular. Indians like to hear about
the doings of the white men. When
Editor Cooke started the paper he
published incidents about the Indians,
and soon letters were sent to him
from his fellow braves saying, “Stop
publishing news about the Indians; tell
us about Laurier and others.” They
did not object to the name Onkweon
we, which means in the Mohawk
tongue, “the only human being,” or
“the real human being,” in contradis
tinction to others who are looked upon
as being less worthy of the name of
man, or as lacking in qualities of
manhood. “Onkwe” means a human
being and would lie applied to a pale
face or to an Indian of another tribe.
The addition of “onwe" is Mohawk for
"the real thing.” The Mohawks are
inquisitive. Among the questions Edi
tor Cooke has had to answer are the
following: "Why does the government
try to control Indians?” “What is
electricity?'' “Who was Papineau? and
what did he do?” "What is an In
dian?” To the last question Mr. Cooke
answered "An Indian is an Indian who
has native blood in his veins, and
who is on the reserved lands under the
protection of the government.” The
Onkweonwe recently published the fol
lowing story about an Indian living
near Bganville, not many miles from
Ottawa: "Indian John, a celebrated
Mohawk guide, who is now 80 years
old. has been sleeping in his cofiln for
some months. John, although still a
vigorous man, knows that he must
soon leave for the happy hunting
grounds, so some time ago he made
himself a cofiin and began sleeping in
it. Since then he has used no other
lied, and he has told his family that
if death comes to him while he is ly
ing in his coffin they are to put. on
the lid and bury him. Until the call
comes John will continue to hunt lr
the land of the Mississaugus.
Odd S|k«»h In Envelope*.
German postmasters have been so
annoyed by eccentricities in the shapes
and sizes of the envelopes inclosing
mail matter that a bill is to lie intro
duced in the Reichstag prescribing the
size and shape of envelopes. The chief
annoyance is the de’ay in stamping
the letters with postmark and cancel
ing stamps, for these odd-shaped and
odd-sized missives will not pass
through the stamping machine in such
a way as to receive the .-tamp properly,
and have to be gone over again by
hand.
A CilgatiUe Knitting Proposition
The information of the large size
of the government budget, which the
members of Lord Salisbury’s cabinet
are imparting .to the Britons a< gently
as possible, indicates that the Old Lady
of Threadneedie street will have to do
a little extra knitting.—Baltimore Her
ald.
FISH THAT CLIMD STAIRS.
In TrnT»llng to Summir ll.umti Thtj
Display A'Totmtlr Ability.
It is not an uncommon thing to see
on pleasant days, when the fish are
running at East Taunton, hundreds of
nii'ii. women and children clustered
around the fishway watching the fish
struggling up against tiie strong cur
rent and trying to get into the smooth
er waters above the dam, where they
may shoot off at leisure to the spawn
ing place in the Nemasket, says the
Boston Herald. The fishway is so con
structed that it Is impossible for the
fish to make a clear swim from top to
bottom or vice versa. They must work
tip the river in the eddies, for the tide
is also very strong there near the dam
and until they reach the lower part of
the fishway. Thence they struggle and
wriggle into the lower entrance of
the fishway, thus making sure of at
least a chance to rub up against the
boards and rest before they begin their
wearisome fight for the top and smooth
water. It is in the fishway that the
Interest of the average spectator is
centered, since here the fish can be
seen plainly in bunches almost thick
enough for one to walk across on their
backs, and where one may easily reach
down and pull them out of the water.
They are generally packed In so thick
that they cannot escape the quick
moving hand of man or boy. From
right to left and from left to right,
steadily, slowly, they keep on In the
effort to get out of the fishway, and it
is one of the prettiest sights imagin
able to watch the little fellows,plucky
and game to the last, as they almost
imperceptibly work out of one passage
way into another and crowd each other
against the corner. No matter how
many people are close to them, so close
that they could be touched with the
hand or cane, they appear to pay no
attention to their interested audience,
but keep right on about their business.
A watchman is on duty at the fishway
all of the time to see that no one dis
turbs them, but when his attention Is
taken up by questions that are asked
frequently, those who like the fish
right out of die water smuggle them
out and are away before they have
been apprehended. It is understood
that there are thousands of these her
rings stolen, in this way and other
ways before they get trt the clear water
but there doesn't seem to lie any help
for it
TALLOW DIF’S IN MEXICO.
01*1 Commercial House* Adhere to Primi
tive Method of L‘if tit inif.
Electric lights are coming into more
general use all the time in the City of
Mexico as the various companies add
to the capacities of their plants. Three
companies are now furnishing electric
light and powrer. An American com
pany is preparing to erect a modern
/as plant. Several gasoline lamp com
panies are operating in the republic
throvgh local agents. Candles, how
ever, remain in very general use among
all classes. Petroleum costs from GO to
TO cents a gallon, while tallow candles
of local manufacture can be purchased
as low as one cent each, this price nat
urally for a smell taper. Mexican
workmen can get along with less light,
apparently, than any other class. In
some of the old fashioned ofllces of im
portant commercial houses no other
light than tallow dips Is over known.
A bookkeeper may be seen making his
entries in a great ledger with the light,
of a single candle, and the wealthy
proprietor may be found bending over
his big mahogany desk Hanked by two
tall and stately candelabra. A Mexi
can printer can work with a candle
stuck carelessly Into one of his boxes,
and two tailors in the small shops can
he seen sharing the rays of a single
dip. The opportunities for the sale of
better lighting apparatus in Mexico
will be great when it can he provided
cheaply and of simple construction.
I UC II1 111 V. If 1 Lj rApCJKIIlCU Willi
most of the gasoline lights that are
on the market here is that tl\ey require
careful attention, and in the hands of
ignorant Mexican servants they soon
get out of order.—Pennsylvania Grit.
A rll(i<inl Silk l» Valuable.
Artificial silk apparently can be
made, but it answers to the real thing
as oleomargarine answers to butter.
Going the rounds of the papers of Con
tinental Europe is an item that three
factories for the production of artifi
cial silk are in operation; that one, in
Wolston, England, produces 0,600
pounds a week; one in Besancon,
France, 12,000 pounds, and one in
Spreitenhaeh, Germany, 3,500 pounds.
It is stated, furthermore, that other
factories will soon he built in Belgium
and in Germany. Before the Frankfort
Society of Natural Philosophy Dr.
Freund, In a recent lecture on the sub
Jed, said that though artificial silk
can compete with natural silk. It is not
as valuable. Artificial silk has been
used as a covering for cables and as a
substitute for horsehair, hut It has a
tendency to break if wetted,and, there
fore, it must usually be mixed with
natural silk and cotton. The artificial
silk is cheaper than the natural, and
more brilliant effects can lie produced
with it. This industry, which Is said
to lie purely chemical, is expected to lie
developed to its fulleset extent in a
few years.—New York Press.
Million* Invented in Teutn Oil.
Since the big Lucas oil geyser was
struck in the Texas oil fields last Jan
uary nearly 100 companies have been
organized to sink wells, with aggrega'e
capital of nearly $.>0,00u,000. Six of
the companies are capitalized at $1,
000,000 each.
Many a stylish hut covers an empty
head.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON X. JUNE 9 —ACTS 22:
6-16.
(inlilcn Tezt: I Was Not Disobedient
t’nto the Heavenly Vision—Arts 88:
19—Jr.iis Appear* to 1’aut—Tlio Work
of the Living Christ.
*>. And It came to pass. that, as I made
my journey, and was come nigh unto Da
mascus, about noon, suddenly there shone
from heaven a great light round about
me.
7. And I fell unto the ground, and heard
a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why
persecutest thou me?
K And ! answered, Who art thou. Lord?
And he said unto me. 1 am Jesus of Naz
areth, whom thou persecutest.
!•. And they that were with me saw In
deed the light, and were afraid; hut they
heard not the voice of him that spake to
me.
10. And I said. What shall I do, Lord?
And the Lord said unto me. Arise, and
go Into Damascus, and there it shall he
told thee of all things which are appoint
ed for thee to do.
11. And when I could not see for the
glory of that light, being led by the hand
of them that were with me, 1 came Into
Damascus.
11’. Anti one Ananias, a devout man ac
cording to the law, having a good report
of all the Jews which dwelt there,
13. fame unto me, and stood, and said
unto me, Hrother Saul, receive thy sight.
Ami the same hour I looked up upon him.
14. And he said. The God of our fathers
hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest
know his will, and see that Just One, and
shouldest hear the voice of his mouth.
15. For thou shalt be his witness unto
all men of w hat thou hast seen and heard.
IS And now why tarrlest thou? Arise,
and he baptized, and wash away thy sins,
calling on the name of the Lord.
There arc many ways In which men be
come disciples of Christ. Note the great
variety shown in the New Testament his
tory. as In the case of the early apostles,
N'lcodemus, Cornelius, the Ethiopian, the
three thousand on the da.V of Pentecost.
The New Jerusalem has twelve gales.ami
people can come Into It from every direc
tion. and In many ways They may ride
or walk, they may go swiftly or slowly.
The one ipiTstlon is whether they enter
at all.
iiiusiiouon. Mi-n come imo ini' King
dom of God in ns many different ways as
plants come to flower. Some come right
up out of tlie earth to blossom; some
come up and urinv the whole Rummer,
and then blossom; some grow a year, and
then blossom the second year; some grow
tip like trees, and do not blossom tilt
they are three or six years old; some put
the leaves out lirst. and some put out the
blossoms first and the leaves afterward.
There Is every possible inode of inflores
eenee. I leecher.
Paul's experience brings out In distinct
outlines and vivid coloring the great es
sentials which underlie the common ex
perience of conversion, but which are not
always distinctly recognized. It is a no
ble example of what Jesus is continually
working on earth in the redemption of the
human race.
The vision of Jesus, coming to F’aul pre
pared "as tbi‘ soil Is for the seed, as the
eye for the light." convinced him of his
sin and need. It showed him his own
heart. lie saw that he was far from
God; that even In Ills conceit of goodness
lie was doing wrong: all tils life his mo
tives. ills purposes, must have seemed
poor and sinful contrasted with the good
ness and love of Jesus whom lie now saw.
It Is the vision of Christ, so holy and
loving: it is tlie perception of the good
ness of God that leads men to see them
selves as they are, and convicts them of
sin.
Illustrations (1). We go Into a room,
and the air seems pure and clear from
dust: hut If one bright ray of sunshine
Is let in. we see that the alt' is full of
particles of dust. (2) During the discus
sions on spontaneous generation, many
sclentlllc men thought they had purified
tlie air used In their experiments entirely
free from every germ. They passed it
through tlie tire and sulphuric acid, and
fill sure of Its purity: and yet in time
growths took place In it which they
thought must lie spontaneous. Hut Prof.
Tyndall put some of this purified air In a
glass tube, and sent a ray of sunshine
through il, and lo! the germs were still
there. The light showed evil where none
had seemed to be.
t. Paul saw in Jesus ids rightful laird
and Savior; a glorious Savior, the Son of
God, whom lie ought to love and trust
and obey.
fi. I’util repented of ills sins. Ills self
righteousness, his pride, Ids errors.
fi. He accepted of Jesus as his Lord and
Teacher and Savior. He believed in him
with ills whole heart.
7. Tie confessed Christ before men. He
took sides for him. at great cost.
S. This was the beginning of a new life.
The sliip had changed Its course and was
sailing for another port, under a different
captain, but tlie voyage was only begun.
Hlshop Williams represents those who be
IH-ve III run vvi miuiih an nuiuiiif,
"that the work of and for St. Paul, In
character and life, was nil done at once.
•In the twinkling of an eye,’ in his con
version." But I never knew any con
verted person who so believed. Conver
sion Is but the beginning of the Christian
life and character. But the turning may
be a sudden change of direction, or the
movement in a circle so large that one
does not know the exact time when the
direction of his course was reversed.
Illustration.--Ofiethe, In his "Tale of
Tales," speaks of a fisherman's rough log
hut, which by virtue of a lamp within
was gradually transformed Into solid sil
ver, and the uncouth hut became an ex
quisite temple of finest workmanship.
However suddenly the light tlrst shone,
the process of transformation was life
long.
Hush Fires In Australia.
The bush fires nf Australia, one of
the common terrors of the life of the
early settlers, have apparently lost
none of their horror. A correspondent
states that recently a great part of
four states was a mass of flame and
smoke, rising from leagues of flaming
forest and burning grass. Thousands
of miles of fencing, hundreds of farms
and orchards, disappeared in this fiery
furnace. Huge flocks of sheep, mobs
of tattle, tens of thousands of kanga
roos, wallabies, opossums, parrots and
lories were burned alive. Tales of
terrible races for life in coaches, carts
and even by mounted men filled the
papers.
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
A great mind is always a generous
one.
Economy supplies old age with an
easy chair.
Only a mother can understand the
language of an infant.
The blacksmith puts a horse on his
metal by shoeing him.
Poor men 'should be polished, for
they receive many hard rubs.
Every man set3 himself up as a stan
daid by which he measures others.
