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(led called n little soul to Him,
Forth from His qulrlng seraphim,
A little spirit, spotless white.
Out of His multitude of light.
“Wilt leave the glories of My throne.
And venture thee in ways unknown.
To acquaint thyself, from youth to age.
With yonder human heritage?
"Weaponed for warfare shalt thou go,
In armor such as mortals know,
To wrestle through the unresting years
With sins and sorrows, foes and fears."
“O gallant quest! O high emprise.
To tight beneath my Father's eyes!
Thou. Lord, my perils proudly past,
Shall crown me victor at the last!"
A weary soul, one midnight late.
Knocked humbly at the heaven gate.
With dinted helm and broken sword
And downcast head before the Lord.
"Through mist and storm, Thy will 1
sought;
Witness my wounds that I have fought;
The unequal strife was fierce and long,
Alas! I bring no triumph song!
"Nor wiles I had nor countermines
Against the cunning Foe's designs;
1 can no more—my strength Is spent—
Bid me, disgraced, to banishment!”
Then did the Lord upon Hia breast
Fold that poor bleeding soul to rest.
"Thou strlvest well, my child." said He.
"X spake not aught of victory!"
Crushing a Scorpion.
DV REBECCA L. FRIPP.
(Copyright. 1300. by Dally Story Pub. Co.)
It was the year 1883. that memorable
year which did more to change the ;
geography of the South Sea archipel
ago than ever Napoleon did to change j
the map of Europe. At the time of
which I write, the city of Anjer, with
Its 60,009 souls, still rested in fancied j
security upon the shores of the Java. |
For three' months the solid earth had
been trembling and Krakatoa had set
aglow a lamp which went out neither
night nor day. The people had grown
used to it. They did not shriek now,
nor start up in terror when the
rhythmic tremor of the earthquake set
the windows rattling. Bah! It was
nothing—a mere undulation. As for
Krakatoa—the old mountain would
burn itself out, and then there would
be an end of all this. The ordinary
avocations of life were resumed—at
morn the fishing boats set sail, at eve
they anchored in the bay.
On the hillside, a mile or two inland,
a number of Europeans had set their
beautiful and comfortable villas, thus
escaping the intense beat and deadly
malaria of the lowlands. Here they
lived sumptuously in the midst of a
cosmopolitan civilization with all that
wealth could lend to mitigate the
pangs of exile. They, too, had grown
heedless of the unnatural conditions.
Krakatoa had broken out in May. It
was now mid-August, and all that time
the warning had not ceased to he heard
in the dull rumble of the earthquake.
It was the morning of the 12th of
August, a glowing. Sabbath morning.
The foreigners were sipping early tea
on their verandas. Gorgeous, bewild
ering in its lavish profusion of beauty,
the tropical landscape lay before them,
the dew still glittering on the rich and
varied foliage of the undergrowth.
Great tropical flowers glowed like
many colored lamps in shadowy re
cesses under giant palms.
A young girl and a young man came
strolling leisurely down a little path
almost hidden in the dense shrubbery.
They were unmistakably of Anglo
Saxon blood. The girl was very beau
tiful. with the pallid, fragile beauty of
one who had long languished under
the influence of an enervating climate.
Thoro was no healthy color in her
lovely, oval face, though sometimes it
flushed like a June rose as her com
panion whispered something for her
ear alone. The man was of a different
type; his was a mature youth. Ho
A young girl and a young man.
was perhaps thirty years of age, tall,
eunbrowned and sturdily built. He
had an air of self-reliance and respon
sibility that sat well upon him—a
strong man in every way he seemed.
The girl was the eldest daughter of
a rich American merchant, whose pal
atial villa dominated the height above
them. The man was a member of tho
British Ecological Survey, at present
stationed In Java in order to investi
gate the )ecent seismic disturbances.
It was but natural that he should
spend much of his spare time at the
American's hospitable home. To a
man wearied with wandering in many
lands, it was like a bit of Eden. It
was but natural, too, that be should '
lose his heart to the loveliest of the
lovely daughters of that Eden, al- j
though to her it seemed a strange and
wonderful thing. It was a short woo
ing, whose end was from the begin
ning. The glory of first love lay around
the girl; her footsteps trod in an en
chanted land. As for him, no one else,
he told himself, had ever filled his
A long line of fire.
heart before—no one else had realized
the ideal of his dreams. He was as in
toxicated with her beauty and grace as
any boy might have been. To find her
here, in this out of the world place, it
was like the fairy storips of his almost
forgotten childhood. She was like a
rare songbird that had flown out of
this little world of flowers to blossom
in his heart. He laughed at himself
—he had a trick of laughing when he
did not care to analyze a thought too
deeply. He did not want to go beyond
his love and happiness today. He
would let no vision of his haughty
English mother disturb him; nor did
he pause to consider the difficulties of
his chosen career—today here, tomor
row at the other end of the world.
What business had he with a wife!
l»ve paused not at such questions.
Family pride, interest, ambition, were j
meaningless words before the deeper
reality of this. Love alone was life. Sud
denly, across the path, a little reptile
darted. The girl sprang back, scream
ing. “A scorpion!” she cried.
Her lover laughed, and aimed a care
less blow with the knotted stick he
carried, but before it could descend
a great stone, loosened perhaps by an
earthquake tremor, went rolling down
and crushed the creature to atoms.
It was a trifling incident, unworthy
of mention, but the girl was strangely
shaken.
“It meant to sting you," she declared
with trembling lips.
“Even so, Sweetheart,” he answered
lightly, indulgently. “You see the
devil takes care of his own."
"How can you!" she protested, the
indignant color flashing in her face.
“It is a poor subject for a jest. Tho
sting of the scorpion is death.”
“I know—l know; but Vivien,
Sweetheart, I am too happy to bo se
rious about life or death. Let me
laugh while I can. When I get you
over in England, away from this
beastly malaria, you’ll laugh, too. I
want to show you to my cousins. You
will be like a lily among red roses.”
She shivered in the warm air and
drew closer to him.
"Let us go back,” she said, abrupt
ly; “it is growing hot, and the
ground, how it is shaking! Will these
awful earthquakes never end!”
Below them the city of Anjer lay
in its Sabbath repose. In the bay, the
empty fishing boats were anchored.
It was all very beautiful and peaceful.
“Look!” cried the geologist.
Far out at sea. thirty miles away, a
great tongue of tire darted up from
the bosom of Krakatoa!
****»•
If heaven was in the heart of Conrad
Dunlow, hell burned in the bosom of
Antonio Menzada, the dark-browed
Spaniard. In vain the girl assured
him that she could never love him—
lie would not be denied. With fren
zied jealousy he watched her growing
interest in the young officer, and
warned her, in note after note, that
he would brook no rivalry. She
scorned to answer, and bade the ser
vant refuse him admittance. When
she told Conrad, he laughed, as he
laughed at, everything.
That very morning Antonio's worst
fears had been confirmed. A mali
cious servant from the villa told him
of Vivien’s betrothal to the English
man, and then fled for life before the
demon he had aroused.
There was nothing generous or great
ia Antonio at any time, and now his
whole being was concentrated upon
me idea—revenge! Antonio’s stiletto
glittered as he let the sunlight fall
upon it.
lie was the only son of a rich coffee
planter, and had never known a wish
ungratifled. To be foiled in the su
preme desire of his life was more than
he could bear. To tear the girl from
her lover was now his one thought,
and it possessed his soul like a devil.
The bearer of evil tidings was gone.
He stood upon the shore alone. A
i.ttle boat rocked idly on the waves.
Ho untied it, jumped in, and seized the
oars. A few minutes brought him to
a vantage point, whence he might sur
vey the American’s villa. It was an
old trick of his. With the aid of a
small glass, he singled them out in the
little group upon the veranda. The
tea-drinking over, he saw the young
couple wander away, through the trim
garden out into the screening foliage
of the woods. With clenched teeth
and muttered curses, he turned the
boat toward shore, conscious of the
keen stiletto by bis side as of a living
presence.
He had nearly gained the shore. A
few more strokes and he would be
within reach of vengeance. What was
the matter with his arms! Strive and
strain as he might, he could not ad
vance one inch. His muscles stood
out like knotted iron, but their
strength was useless now. Slowly, re
sistlessly, the boat was dragged back
ward as by an unseen cable. A great
hissing roar became audible, and look
ing up at last he saw a long line of
fire rising from the very bosom of the
sea and extending even to Krakatoa it
self! The ocean was pouring its
whole volume into the abysmal fires
that yet were not extinguished, and on
the crest of that awful and majestic
cataract his little boat whirled on to
doom. The cowering wretch sank down
and hid his face. The tremendous
roar of the waters drowned out his
frenzied prayers and curses. He
strove to make the sign of the cross
in the cold sweat on his brow.
In that inferno of waters, his now
senseless body was drowned and
crushed, beaten and burned, into its
elemental atoms.
* * * » * •
From the commanding height above
supporting the fainting girl in his
arms. Conrad Dunlow watched with
fascinated horror the scene below. He
saw the fishing boats drawn one by
one into the fiery whirlpool, and knew
not that in one of them, a scorpion lay
crushed.
There came a mighty roar, a univer
sal crash as of a world in dissolutiou.
The air grew black around him. He
closed his eyes for one instant, and
when he looked again, the city of An
jer, with its 60,000 souks, was gone, and
the hungry waves of ocean bellowed
at his feet.
Tile Gr»v» of Columhus.
Christopher Columbus, the discoverer
of America, died at Valladolid, Spain,
May 20, 1506, and was buried there; but
in 1513 his remains were removed to
Seville, whence, in 1536, with those of
his son Diego, they were taken to
Santo Domingo, in Hispaniola, now
commonly known as the Island of Hay
ti. in 1796 they were, it is stated,
transferred to the Cathedral at. Ha
vana; but there is some reason to be
lieve that by mistake it was the bones
of the son Diego and not those of his
father which were removed on that
occasion. At present both Havana
and Santa Domingo claim his ashes as
their treasure.
Reflection Unwelcome,
Clara Well, aunt, have your photo
graphs come from Mr. finappeschotte’s?
Miss Maydeval (angrily 1 —Yes, and
they went back, too, with a note ex
pressing my opinion of his impudence.
Clara—Gracious! What was it? Miss
Maydeval—Why, on the back of every
picture were these words; “The orig
inal of this is carefully preserved.”—
Stray Stories.
Death in u Mosquito's Sting.
A mosquito caused the death of Mrs.
Anna I-awler of Elizabeth, N. J. a,
! lew weeks ago she was stung by the
insect on the ankle and blood poison
ing followed. On a recent Tuesday she
I was buried.
Kiport* and Imports of (iold.
In 1896 we sent, abroad $79,000,000
i more of gold than we received; in 1898
we received $104,000,000 more than we
sent; in 1899, $51,000,000 more; ]ast
I year the excess of exports was $3,693,
! 575.
linger for Kcrcngc.
Flat dweller—Say, we had a robbery
l in our hotel last night. Detective—So
I’ve been told. I am working on it
| now. Flat dweller—Say! I'll give you
$10 If you'll arrest the janitor.—Som
I erville Journal.
! BOUNDARY LINES.
NATIONAL FRONTIERS ARE NOT
ALWAYS DELIMITED.
Th* Alimk%-C»n;n1?* I,l»e, for a (lrra<
Part of It* Length, Can Only !>•
(itipsfleri at AiMertM This Writer—
l’onslble t'ontrover*y.
Dr. Mil!, the British geographer, re
cently called attention to the fact that
Great Britain has still one important
colonial boundary entirely undelimlt
ed in a little known region, where
gold fields will probaby be found ox
reported before long, and where there
fore, a serious International question
may suddenly arise. He says it would
cost a comparative trifle to survey
the region in question and to lay down
the boundary line before the gold
fields are touched, so that no interna
tional trouble about it could ever
arise. Dr. Mill did not mention the
particular boundary to which he re
ferred, but there is little doubt that
he was thinking of one of two lines.
The boundary between Alaska and
Canada along the 141st meridian has
not yet been delimited except along
its southern part. The exact frontier
between the two countries, for several
hundred miles, can only be guessed at
until it has been scientifically deter
mined and marked at frequent inter
vals by boundary monuments, such as
the United States and Mexico have
erected along their entire frontier be
tween the place where the Rio Grande
ceases to be the boundary and the Pa
cific ocean. It is not at all unlikely
that gold may be discovered in the
neighborhood of this boundary at any
time. When this occurs it will be a
source of inconvenience to miners if
they do not know definitely whether
their claims a;e in the Cnited States or
Canada and history would only re
peat itself if the misunderstanding
arising from this lack of knowledge
should result in some international
unpleasantness. It is possible, how
ever, that Dr. Mill refers to the bound
ary line between German southwest
Africa and the British possessions. It
is known that the German colony is
rich in minerals. New discoveries are
frequently made, and no one knows yet
how extensive the profitable mining
region may prove to be. The larger
part of the boundary extends along the
meridian of 20 degrees east longitude,
but this line has not been delimited.
It is certainly better to determine by
an exact survey the position of such
boundary lines before the value of the
land near them may give rise to dis
putes and result perhaps in blood
shed. We had an illustration in .Tune
ast of the embarrassment which is
apt to result from ignorance of the lo
• ation of a boundary line. It will be
remembered that some of our miners
have invested considerable money in
claims a little to the north of Mount
Baker, which is in the state of Wash
ington, before it was discovered by
a survey that our citizens had opened
their claims under the provisions of
nur mining laws in territory that was
clearly over the border in Canada. The
result was most energetic claim-jump
ing on the part of Canadians and therr
was some trouble and bad foeling be
fore the matter was finally adjusted.
It was, of course, unfortunate that the
boundary question between our coun
try and Canada in the neighborhood
of Skagway had not been settled be
fore the interests of the citizens of
both countries were determined to
hold on tenaciously to territory which
each declared was in his own country.
This boundary question is still unde
termined, though a modus vivendi has
been arranged.
It sometimes costs a great deg,l of
money to postpone the settlement, of
boundary questions until claims have
been pegged out on debatable land. The
historic controversy between Venezue
la and British Guiana should be a
warning to all nations that danger
lurks along the line of unsettled
boundaries.—New York Sun.
Saved by III* Oulbtntry.
Good matters have always been rec
ognized as a valuable help to com
fortable living, but a story told by An
lrew Lang, who declares that he had
it from a descendant of the gentleman
in the case shows that they may also
afford, on occasion, the only way of
living at all. Roderick Macculloch. a
Highland giant, no less than six feet
four inches in height, had been ar
rested for treason and was on his way
to the Tower, when the procession was
temporarily blockaded. A lady, look
ing out of a window, called to the vic
tim: “You tall rebel! You will soon
be shorter by a head.” Roderick took
off his hat and made a profound obeis
ance. “Does that give you pleasure,
madam?" he asked. “It certainly does,"
replied the lady. “Then, madam.” re
torted Roderick, with another flourish,
"I do not die in vain." The answer so
■aptivateii the sensibilities of the lady
that she made an immediate appeal for
clemency to the reigning monarch,
George II., and Mr. T.ang declures that
he saw the rebel's pardon, beautifully
engrossed within a decorative border,
in the wall of his descendant's study.
A novelist would have married the
lady to the gallant Roderick, hut there
seems to have been some objections tc
chis romantic conclusion.
I’olit** Custom in Sweden.
It is the custom in most cou,.tries
in Europe to hold the hat in the hand
while talking to a friend, in Sweden,
to avoid the dangers arising from this
during the winter, it is no uncommon
thing to see announcements in the
dally paper Informing the friends of
Mr. So-and-So that he is unable,
through the doctor’s orders, to con
form to this polite usage.
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tinder all brands and
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When two women are. bitter enemies
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Lots of worry and trouble is
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