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REBsCLOUD CHIEF
A. C H08MEW, Fraprletor.
SED CLOUD. ... KERRASTfc
LONE HOLLOW;
Or, The Peril of tbe Penroyi
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ClTAPTEtt XXL-OovnrsTED.
It was highly ncoessary that he should
speedily jjet his hand into the rich coffers
of the late Morgan Vandihle; once thus,
and ho felt that he could bid defiance to all
danger.
Hurried! he -walked from tho spot, ac
companied by the twins. Once more a con
sultation was held in the front room of the
cabin with Mother Cabera as one of the
auditors.
"It is for the bcnclitof all concerned that
you go from this place," concluded Captain J
rsiartirignt, alter a long and earnest talk.
"Go west, anywhe-ro to be out of this
neighborhood."
'A nice plan," cackled Mother Cabera.
"I'm onto your tricks, Cap'n."
''Then you refuse to go!"
"No, we don't," put in Hank Cabera.
"Ef you make it pay for us to go, we'll ab
scond." "You know I will do that."
After a little further parley tho Captain
placed a roll of bills in the hand of the wom
an, a considerable sum of money, which
at some future time Starbright promised to
duplicate many times.
"One of you come to me again at Lone
Hollow six months from this date and you
shall have money enough to make you all
independent," answered Captain Star-bright-
cnAPTEUxxn.
the tjiwteu'b raizs.
Seekmore Gripes sat alone in bis private
office one warm day when a visitor was
announced. It proved to be Captain Star
bright. Of course the lawyer realized
that his client had como with reference to
tho missing wilL
"I have beard nothing with regard to the
lost legal document," said the lawyer,
smoothing bis knee with tho back of his
band while he talked. "It's a most puzzling
case, indeed. 1 never saw any thing like
it during rny long legal experience,
newer."
"What would yon advise!"
"The service of a detective, perhaps."
The Captain corrugated his brows and
looked troubled. i-S well as thoughtful.
"I have but little faith in detectives," he
finally said. "I have a suspicion that I
could paint out the person who is at the
bottom of the theft."
"Well!"'
"Mrs. Martha l'cnroy."
"Who inherits in case no will is found."
" Certainly."
"Did I not understand vou to sav some
tiino suico that you had perfect confidence
in this woman and that in fact she was
anxious-for you to marry her daughter!"
"J might have said all of that," returned
i2u
Captain. " It was true four weeks since.
but now "
"And now!"
Now a great change has como over the
woman. Sua itiMsts that no will was
made."
"Indeed."
' She has gone so far as to order me out
of t'jv'yiiiusc as an interloper."
m' That is bad.' agreed tho lawyer. "She
doesn't seem to bo tho weak creature you
imagined."
" Tar from iL Something must'bo done
at once or 1 am ruined,"
The Captain seemed really pale and con
corned. Scektnore Gripes regarded the
flour intently, :iud slowly polished his knee
with the back of his hand.
"It's a peculiar case, as I said before,"
finally proceeded tho lawyer. Thero ccr
taiuiy was a will made, and it rs exceedingly
annoying that it can not bo produced.
Time may aid us. If this woman has
50411 red tho will through a second party it is
evident that she has made sure of its de
struction." "True. Yet I am not suro that she Las
had a hand in the theft."
" IKi you suspect any one else!"
"Nooneiu particular," Anally answered
Starbright. "1 liavo enemies, however,
and it is possiblo that some of them are at
tempting to rum me. 1 would giro ten
thousand dollars to get hold of that will
once more. Mrs. Penroy knows that no
will has been probated. She imagines none
was made, and unless something is done at
ouec to prevent, sho will institute proceed
Mies for a settlement of the estate m her
favor. Sho has threatened it."
For some time Mr. Gripes remained lost
in thought.
" She will undoubtedly visit the city to
consult soaie legal authority,"! he Busily
aaid. "If you could manage to send her to
me every tlnng would he well."
"Possibly I might do that."
" I think that would be the surest way out
of the difficulty," said Mr. Gripes.
Tho Captain eame to his feet.
"I will endeavor to send her to yon," he
said, slowly. "First, however, I shall an
nounce to her that the will is in court ready
to le probated, and, if possible, prevent ber
visiting the city at all, that is, for the
present."
A clang of the office bell cot short farther
speech. Mr. Gripes came to his feet.
" I will call again to-morrow."
And then Captain Starbright left the
place, unheeding the presesce of the railed
woman who passed in as he went out.
Mr. Gripes, the great lawyer, I 'spose,'
Said the woman, as she confronted the law
yer. "My name is Gripes, but I can not take
any mora cases jast now," returned he,
aoung with keen precision that his visitor
was poorly clad, and evidently from the
lower walks of life. He was courteous
enough to show her a chair, however.
She made no move to be seated.
I've got a4aso 'at you maybe willing
to look at anynow," proceeded the woman.
I reckon you're Cap'n Starbright's law
yer, hain't vou!"
He sometimes employs me."
"Hain't you'n hisn got into trouble lately
kind of a muss like over tho Lore Hollow
property!"
. "Madam, please corao at another time,"
grunted Mr. Gripes, with manifest impa
tience. Mcbbe, now, yon wouldn't give some
thing for this."
Stio drew from the folds of bcr dress a
lsrge legal cnvelopo and hold it toward the
lawyer. He took it mechanically, drew
forth Us contents, a folded sheet of legal
cap. arid then, as ho glanced at the first
piKj j-ted aud stared at tho woman a
cvkJel perplexity and surprise.
" Wash afcy th:ng !' questioned the woman.
"Something. Where did you tend it!"
"In the woods, on tho ground, where
crazy fellow'd dropped K, furl see him look-
in' at :t putv close jest afore I picked it
tup."
"Indeed r
Mr. Gnpes thrust his hand into his pocket
ad drew forth several pieces of silver. He
held these toward tho woman.
She lifted her vail thea and regarded the
weazen-faced lawyer with u contemptuous
ear. We have seen this woaaa aefare
Slather Cabera. of Hangman's Gulch. She!
feed purchased a new outfit, however.
tasemed less filthy than when we lust toolssa FSaftaL TayeuagauBtYesdsiBfBlay rs
tayon her nsreafeut coast . tsuwitheprager ef frieuiihif Rackiaf
lt wuth more," she said, harshly.
"How much!"
"Give me a hundred dollars. I don't sur
render valyble papers like this fur nothin'
short of that figure."
"See here, madam, if I did the proper
thing it would be to pat you under arrest
for stealing this paper. I don't propose to
compound a felony by rewarding you for it."
" But I didn't steal it."
"Not a word. Go, or Til put you trader ar
rest," retorted Seckmore Gripes, sternly.
Mother Cabera realized that she had sold
out "dirt cheap." She had permitted the
paper to go out of her hands, and now it
was too late to make demands. Accepting
the paltry reward, she turned and shuffled
from the room, dropping her vail as she
did so.
" So," muttered Seekmore Gnpes, as be
went to the window and examined the pre
cious document. "This was stolen by that
old woman for the purpose of extorting
money. 9hc didn't make a fortune out of
me, the poor fooL It takes somebody
mighty sharp to get the start of Seekmore
Gripes."
He chuckled ai the last, and then made
preparations v go out, secreting the will
on his person.
A little later ho might bare been seen
driving out of the city on the road leading
past Lone Hollow.
In the meantime Captain Starbright
drove swiftly from the city, and a little past
noon halted at the gate next the stables at
Lone Hollow.. Soon the stable-boy grinued
at him from the open door of the stable.
" Here you, Sam," called tho Captain m
a peremptory voice, "put out my horses,
rub 'em down and feed well as soon as they
are cool."
The darkey only grinned without mov
ing. " Aren't you coming, you black rascal?"
demanded Captain Starbright, angrily.
" Deed, Cap'n, mistis said I wasn't to
permit your houses in de stables again,"
finally articulated the black boy, the grin
fading from his face when be saw the
wrath gathering in the countenance of the
Captain.
'Not to permit my horses in these stables 1
Your mistress said that?"
"Deed she did, Cap'n."
"Miss Grace!"
"No, Cap'n: Mistis Penroy."
"We'll see about that," muttered toe
angry Captain under bis breath. "Mrs.
Penroy shows ber band early."
He sprang to the ground and went about
caring for his animals with his own hands.
Sam said nothing, although he realized that
he was just now between two fires, a po
sition not enviable by any means.
'Now, you black rascal, you can go I"
thundered Captain Starbright, turning
fiercely upon the stable boy. "I am master
here, and, since you refuse to obey me, I'll
employ you no longer."
As tho speaker reached out to seize the
black boy by the collar that individual dart
ed away and scampered to the rear of the
bouse, thus eluding for the time the hand of
punishment.
With frowning brow Captain Starbright
strode toward the bouse, only to meet
Louis FMgal on the veranda. The young
hunter was smiling and apparently in a
pleasant mood, which fact annoyed tho Cap
tain more than a frown would have done.
"That boy seems to cross my path every
where 1" was the mental ejaculation of the
Captain.
"What are you doing here!" demanded
Starbright, in a curt tone.
"lama privileged cnaractcr," answered
Fingal. " I might with more propriety put
the same query to you."
Captain Starbright was boiling beneath
the surface. He had been crossed so many
times that now ho was fast losing his tem
per. 44 Confound you 1" ho said, hoarsely. "I
behevoyou are leagued against mo with
that woman, but "
"Just a word." interrupted tho imper
turbable young hunter. "How about tho
strange gentleman who frightened you so
in Stouelicld a few days since! You re
member him!"
" No."
"The fellow that stared at us through
tho window. Surely you haven't forgotten
that."
"No. He had escaped from nti insane
asylum. His look was enough to frighten
anybody," and tho Captam forced a laugh.
44 You met him ngain i "
44 Yes. A dangerous lunatic whom I
turned over to tho proper authorities. Ho
is now in an asylum from which he is not
likely to ocijk; soon."
"Now, Captain Sturbright, do you expect
mo to believe that! "
Fingal lient forward and pierced the
guilty Captain with eyes of steel. A throb
of alarm swept to tho villain's heart.
" I do not care"
" But I do," interrupted the youth, stern
ly. "The blood of Karl Vanditilo cries out
from the grouua for justice on his murder
err' 44 Ha, do you accuso mo"
44 1 accuse you of murder," hissed Fingal.
The next instant a set of digits closed
about the younjj hunter's throat, and be
was forced backward, gasping.f or breath.
CHASTE!: XXI1L
IDS WIDOW'S DETIAMCK.
All the evil passions of Captain Star
brlgnt's nature mastered him at that mo
ment. Both men had made a mistake. Fin
gal in accusing the Captain of murder, and
tho latter in resenting the accusation as he
did. Conscious guilt, however, mado the
Captain a coward.
In vain Fingal struggled trader the ter
rible grip of SiarbngbL Ha was as a babe
in tho hands of a giant. Be ooukl not even
cry out for be! p. and had not a third person
appeared on the scene at that moment the
angry Captain might have perpetrated mur
der then and there.
As Fingal was sinking down helplessly
door opened and some one appeared on
the veranda, a man who. takinc ia tho sit
uation at a glance, sprang at once to the
rescue and tore the enraged Captain from
his victim. When Starbright faced about
he found himself confront.! hr Austin
Wentword, the Stonefiekl mechanic
The two had not come in contact in many
weeks, not since the scene in the grove
where they collided with what would have
been fatal result but for the interference
of Louis Fingal, who, as it will be remem
bered, saved the Captain's life at that time.
Today tho mechanic had met Grace Pen
roy and a reconciliation had taken place, all
of which had been brought about through
the good offices of the young hunter and
Lura Joyce. The latter, however, had ab
sent herself from Lone Hollow since her
narrow escape from death at the hands of
Captain Starbright.
Did you mean to murder the boy!" de
manded Wentword, sternly, as he faced
the Captain.
He insulted me. I meant to punish him
for insolence."
Fingal, looking pale and weak, leaned
against a post and regarded the two men
without speaking.
You are a miserable coward," declared
the indignant Wentword. "I have a notion
to thrash you blind."
"I think you had better let the job out."
sneered Starbright. as he laid his hand on
the butt of a revolver that protruded from
his hip pocket.
This movement was observed by Fingal,
who cried:
" Draw a weapon, Captain, and it will be
worse for you."
Then the rattle of wheels fell oa the cars
of alL A carriage halted ia froat of the
great mansion, and a little, thin old ia
alighted.
captain starbngst at once recognized
his lawyer from Stoneficld. Something of
japortaac must have sent him here so
oca after his interview with his client.
The Captain was at once anxious to he rid
of the two men, and so, forcing a laugh, he
saM:
-Iwas angry, gentieaea. I bee your
pardon for what has occurred. I hope we
ay he f Heads hereafter."
he actasllyheUcjut a hand toward
the sleeve of the mechanic he led him dowa
the steps, and the twain harried away with
out attempting to continue the conversa
tion. "I should like to know what brings that
sneaking lawyer here just now," said
Fingal, after they had passed into the road.
The Captain employs him, evidently."
"Evidently, and but the schemes of
that man must be thwarted. I have learned
something of the utmost importance during
the last few days. I think that scoundrel
will hear something drop before he is many
days older."
"What have you planned! "
"This, to place a detective in the bouse in
the person of Lura Joyce "
"Then you have seen ber, and know that
she still lives!"
"I have. She will help us to thwart the
evil Captain and save the Penroys. Of
course, Grace can not be deceived by him
further."
"No. I have found her true as steel, and
determine d to assert her rights."
In the meantime Captain Starbright and
Seckmore Gripes melon the veranda. The
Captain saw that in tho face of his lawyer
that told him to expect good news.
The will has been found."
This, then, was the good news that brought
Mr. Gnpes so swiftly to Lone Hollow.
The two men consulted for a short time on
the veranda.
'Mrs. Penroy has not vet attempted to
carry out her threat," proceeded the Can-1
tain, after a short consultation. " Would it j
not be best for you to show her the will and J
explain the situation! It may save consid-.
erable trouble in tho future." !
"You are right. Captain," agreed the
lawyer. " I will sec Mrs. Penroy. Let us
hope that she may be sensible. In any
event she can only cause delay and trouble,
without affecting the result. I am satisfied
now that she had nothing to do with stealing
the will. It was simply the act of a common
thief for tho hope of reward."
This was a keen relief to Captain Star
bright, who had no idea that the woman
who had returned the will to Lawyer Gripes
was Mother Cabera, who he supposed many
miles away by this time.
Mrs. Penroy bad just taken a sniff from
her gold snuff-box when Seekmore Gnpes
was announced.
"I am come, madam." ho said, ir his
keen, business-like voico, " to seek an ad
justment of the affairs of your lata la
mented father. The will that 1 had the
honor of drawing before Mr. Vendible died,
and which was left in my care, has not
been yet read to the heirs at law. The dolay
has been unavoidable, but I am sure you
will overlook it, since I find the business
affairs of the deceased in a somewhat mixed
mtnrfitinn
Ho caressed his knee with the back of bis
hand, and regarded a distant object
fixedly, his bald bead moving up and down
as he talked. When bo paused she made
no reply, and then he drew forth a large
envelope and proceeded to unfold its con
tents. 'This is the last will and testament of
your lamented father"
"I thought he left no will," Mrs. Penroy
interrupted at this point. " It seems a little
strange that so many weeks have passed
without its being produced."
" I can explain that satisfactorily," pro
ceeded Mr. Gripes. "You will pleasa
listen to the reading of the will."
She made no objection, and so be read the
document which left tuc Yandiblo million
to Grace Penroy, providod that sho married
Clinton Starbright, and lived to reach ber
majority. In caso of her death before com
mg of age, or hor refusal to become Mrs.
Starbright, then tho property reverted to
the Captain.
It will bo remembered that the dying old
millionaire was not aware of tho clause re
garding Grace's marnage.
Although Mrs. Penroy was not one of the
brightest women in the world, this clause
in tho will at once aroused her suspicions.
She believed she saw a chance to break the
will, even should sho fail to prove that the
signature was a forgery. Sho was com
pletely out with Captain S la r bright now,
and determined on securing tho wealth left
by her father for herself.
"Does Grace know of tho contents of tbst
paper," asla-d the widow, nervously partak
ing of a pinch of snuff.
"Not yet. I expect to read it to bcr at
once.1'
"Your manner of proceeding seems to mc
extraordinary," ussterted Mrs. IVnrov. !
shall not submit to be disinherited by a
forged will."
'Madam, havo a care," uttered Mr
Grilles, warninglv.
"It i a forgery, and I can prove it," reit
erated the faded lady with nervous em
phasis. "Madam, Iwouldadviso you to proceed
in a sensible manner. Sj far as I am con
cerned I havo no personal interest in this
matter, but I drew up this document in a
legal manner, and witnessed the signature
of Morgan Vandible. It can not bo broken on
any sucb ground as you imagine. Of course
you are able to make trouble and much
cost, without result to yourself. It was
well understood that the old gentleman
meant to leave all his property to his
granddaughter, this is suseeptiblo of
proof"
" I know that paper is a forgery," inter
rupted Mrs. Penroy. becoming excited and
warm "I will not submit to be robbed by
Captain Starbright and an avaricious law
yer."
Thea she flounced up and began to pace
the room.
"Ne. sir!" ericd the excited woman, paus
ing at length in front of the lawyer, and
shaking her bony hand within an inch of
his hooked nose. "I will aot submit to
being robbed of my inheritance by you and
the Captain. This property is mine, and I
will fight for my rights to the death. Don't
you dare attempt to probate that will! I
can prove that the name of Vandible was
forged to it, and that will ruin you and the
Captain hotn."
Such proof would indeed rum thetSL
Seekmore Gripes made no further at
tempt to conciliate the angry woman, hut
rose and said:
"This paper will be advertised fer pro
bate to-morrow, and I hope you will see the
folly of attempting te break it, before the
three weeks' public notice is up."
Then he went from the room to meet Cap
tain Starbright. who was waiting his coot
ing most anxiously. The lawyer related how
Mrs. Penroy bad received his well-sweat
advice.
Can it possible that she knows whereof
she asserts !" queried the Captain, traeaeily.
"I think not. It is barely passible, how
ever, that the young lady made a discovery
when she rushed in on us that fatal night
so unexpectedly, as you of course riasa
D0f
"How could that be!"
"Well, some people have sharper eyes.
than we credit tneta with." proceeded the
lawyer. "Miss Penroy entered the sack
chamber just as her grandfather expired.
and at that time, you will rcaeaber, the
will was unsigned."
"I had forgotten, hut now that you speak
of it I do remember that sack was the fact,
yet I do not believe Grace knew that the
old man was dead, or that the will was aa
signed," declared Captain Starhrighl.
Possibly not"
" Do you imagine so!"
' I da" wih a wise skein ef the head.
'Depend oa it, Captain, you have both
mother and daughter to fight, and should
they be successful your character would he
ruined, and 1 am afraid that I should aot be
able to keep you out ef the penitentiary."
- sat taere is no chance for their s:
Grace woukl he a fool to threw sway a
"raae."
The two men left th
Caff-iis lahoring under tetcaee ad1
TMroareys, mother aad daughter.
woeiaMaguea
uaknowa aaaatt4MB srere Austia WeaV
word, the hunter Fhtgal aaa thai witch
uuweyce, whs as the
am ana whii to
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EVIL INFLUENCES.
Or. Talmage Discourses on the
Temptations of Young Men.
Tho Cvtl of Iteekles Borrowing A I'letare
of City Life Th flay of Itreknnlufr
Bare to Come How to tUued
the Evil.
Rev. T. De-Witt Talmnge in a recent
sermon at St. Louis took for bin subject
'The Slaughter," and hi text Proverbs
viU21: "A an ox to the slaughter." Hs
said:
Taere is nothing in the voic- or in
the manner of the butcher to indicate
1 to the ox that there is death ahead.
The ox thinks he is going on to a rich
pasture field of clover, where all day long
he will revel in the herbaceous luxuri
ance; but after awhile the m-nand the
boys close in upon him with rt cks and
tones aud shouting, and drive him
through bars and into a doorway, where
he Is fastened, and with a well aimed
stroke rtie axe fells him; and to the An
ticipation of the redolent pasture field ia
completely msappointeu. so many a
young man has been driven on by tempta
tion to what he thought would bs para
disaical enjoyment; but after awhile in
fluences with darker hue and svrartbier
arm cloie in up m hint, ami he tindi that
instead of innking an excursion Into a
garden he hat been driven "a an ox to
the slaughter."
First We are apt to hlime young men
for being destroyed when we ought to
blame the influences that destroy them.
Society slnuhters a gr-at many young
men by the behest: ''You must keep up
appearance; whatever le your salary
you must dres as well as others, you
must wine and brandy as many friends,
you must nmoke ai costly cigar, you must
give as expensive entertainments, and you
must live in as faihion-ible a tioardiug
boue. If you haven't the raony, borrow.
If you can't borrow make a false entry, or
subtract here and there a bill from a bun
dle of bank bills; you will only have to
make the deception a little while; in a fw
tnonths, or in a year or two, 3 ou can make
all right Nobody will lu hurt by it; no
body will be the wiser. You yourself will
not be damaged." Hy that awful process
a hundred thousand men have been
slaughtered for time and tdaughtered for
eternity.
Suppose you borrow money. Ther is
nothing wrong al-out borrowing monev.
There is hardly a man in the house but
has sometimes borrowed money. VaU ei
tntes have been built on a borrow e I dollar.
Hut there are two kmiN of borrowed
money. Mbney borrowed for the purpone
of starting or keeping up legitimate enter,
prise and expense, and money borrowed
to get that which you can do without.
The first is right; the other is wrong. If
you have money enough of your own to
buy a coat however plain, aud then you
borrow money for a dandy's outtlt you
have taken the lir-it revolution of the
wheel down gradt. Borrow for the lux
uries that tipi your prospect over In the
wrong direction.
The ilib'e distinctly says the borrower
is servant of the lender. It is a bad state
vf things when you have to go down ,omr
other street to ecaj meeting some one
w bom you owe. If voung men knew whnt
is the dexpotUui of b?ins in debt more of
them would keep out of it What did debt
do for Iord lincon, with u ni.n.i touermg
nbove the centuri? It induced him to
take bribe nml convict himself a a crim
inal before all the ages. Whut did deb: do
for Walter Scott? ilroken-hearted at Ab
botsford. Kept him writing until his hand
gave out in piirnly'u to kop the sheritf
sway from Inn pictures and stntmry.
Better for him if hehad m tided tho innxliii
which he had chiseled over the. lirepltico at
Ahltolttford, "Wa.tt not, want not"
The trouble is, my ftiettd, the people do
not understand theethicsof go.ng in debt
nml that if you purchase goods with no
pxectfttion of paying for them, or go into
debts which you can not meet, you steal
just no much money. If I go into a uro
cer'i tore and I buy -UKars and colTers
und mentsuith no capacity to pay for
them and 110 intention of paying for them,
I am more di.houest than if I go into the
store, and it hen the grocer' fnc is turned
the other way. I till my pockets with the
articles of merchandise and carry off a
hsm. In thuonerasel taL the merchant's
time, aud the time of his messenger to
transfer the goods to my houe, while in
the other case I tnku none of tho time of
the merchant ami I wait upon myself.
and I transfer the coods without any
troubl" to him. In other words, a sneak
tbief is not so bad as a man who contracts
for debts he never expects to pay.
Yet in all our cui.M there are families
that move every May day to gel into prox
imity to other grocers aud meatshops and
apothecaries. They owe verytody within
half a mile of wlrnre they now live, and
next May they will move into a distant
part of the city, finding a new lot of vic
tims. Meanwhile you, the honest family
in the new bouse, are bothered day hy day
by the knocking at the door of disap
pointed bakers and butchers and dry
goods dealer and newspaper carriers, and
you are asked w here your predecessor is.
1 ou uo not snow, it wns arranged you
should not know. Meanwhile your pre.
decessor has gone to some distant part of
the city, and the people who have any
thiag to sell have sent their wagons end
topped there to solicit the "valuable"
custom of the new neighlmr, and he, the
new neighbor, with great complacency
and with an sir of affluence, ordsrs the
finest steaks and the highest priced sugars.
and the best of the canned f raits and per.
haps, all the newspaper. And the debts
will kep on accumulating until he gets
his goods oa April 30 in the furniture cart
They cheat the grocer out of the green
apples which makes them sick, the physi
clan who attends their distress, end the
undertaker who fits them out for departure
from the neighborhood where they pey
the debt of aatare, the only debt they ever
depay!
How, let me say, if there are any such in
the hoes, if you have any regard for your
own convenience, you had better remove
to sosae greatly distant pert of the city.
It is too bad that, having had aU-the
trouble of consuming the goods, you
should also have the troehle of being
dunned ! And let mo say that if you find
thatthis pictures your photograph, instead
of being la church you ought to be in the
penitentiary. No wonder that so many of
our merchants fail is business. They are
swindled into bankruptcy by these wan
dering Arabs, these nomads of city life.
Now our young men are coming sp ia
this depraved state of commercial ethics,
and 1 am solicitous about them. I want
to warn thea against being slaughtered
oa the sharp edges of debt. You want
many thins you have not, ay young
friends. You shall have them it you have
patience and honesty and industry. Cer
tain lines of conduct always lead out to
certain successes.
There is a law which controls eves
things that seea haphazard. I have been
told by taosv who have observed that it is
aossible to calculate jast how asay letters
will he seat to the dead letter office every
year through atedirection: that it Is pos
sible to ealcalate jaet how many letters
will he detained for lack of portage stamps
Ureeghthe fergstfslaees of the senders.
and that it is aoesible te tell Jest how
aaay pecmJe will Call ia the street hy
slipesag oa aa oraege aeeL la
word, there area sccissi
hsstgnlflcaat evemt yea ever heard ef is
the liak hitwna two eternities the
eternity eTtbe past sad tae eternity ef the
Sfta Mm ffifsft wsy
wJUeaBwaCarith
Bring nw a young man and tell me
what bis pbyi:at health is. and what bis
mental caliber, and what his habits, and I
will tell you what will be his destiny for
this world and the destiny for the world
to come, and I will make five Inaccurate
prophesies oat of five hundred. All ths
makes me solicitous in regard to young
men. and I want to make them nervou in
regard to the construction of unpayable
debts. I give you a paragraph of my own
experience:
My first settlement as pastor was in a
village. My salary was JJSX and a par
sonage. The amount seemed enormous to
me. I said to myself: "What: all this for
one year?" I was afraid of getting world
ly under so much prosperity! I rrsolveJ
to invite the congregation to tar home in
groups of twenty-five each. We l-egan,
and as they wero the best congregat:on In
all the world, and we felt ttiat nothing
was too good for them, we piled all tho
luxuries on the tabic. I never completed
the undertaking. At the end of six
mouths I was In financial despair. 1
found what every young man find in
time to save himself or too late, that you
must measure the size of a man' body be
fore yen begin to cut the c.'otb for his
coat
Now he Is dead and you say: "Of course
they will let him alone," O. no! Now
they are watchful to see whether there
are auy unnecessary exp:nes at the ob
sequies, lo .te wnttfcer there Is auy ue
lefs handle on the caster, to so whether
there is any surplus plait on (the shroud.
to see whether the hears is costly or
cheap, to see whether the flowers sent to
the casket have been bought by the fatuity
or donated, to see in whose name the deed
to the grove is mad- out Then they ran- '
ack the bereft household, the books, the
pictures, the carp-its, the chairs, the sofa,
the piano, the mattresses, the pillow on
which he dies. Cursed be debt! For the
sake of your own happiness, for the sale
of your good morals, for the sake of your
immortal soul, for God's sake, young man,
as far as possible keep out of it
When a j'oung man wilfully and of
choice, having the comforts of life, goes
into the contraction of unpayable debts he
knows not into what he goes. The credit
ors get after the debtor; the pack of
bounds in full cry and alas! for the rein
deer. They jingle his doorbell before he
gets up in the morning, they jingle his
doorbell after he has gone to bed at uight
They meet htm as he comes off his front
steps. They send him a postal card, or a
letter, in curtest style, telling him to pay
up. They attach his goods. They want
cash, or a note at thirty days, or a not on
demand. They call him a knave. Ttmy
say he lies. They waut him disciplined
at the church. They waut him turned out
of the bank. They come to bun from this
side, and from that side, and from behind,
and from atove, and from beneath, aud
he is insulted and gibbeted, and sued, and
sworn nt until lu gets the nervous dys
pepsia, gets neuralgia, gets liver am
plaint gets heart disease, gets convulsive
disorder, gets consumption.
Second Hut I think more young men
are sluugntered through irreligion, Tnk
away a young man's religion and you
make bun the prey of evil. W all know
tbat the Ihb'.e is ths only perfect system
of morals. Now if you want to destroy
the young man's morals take thi Bible
away. How will you do that? Well, you
will caricature bis reverence for the
Scriptures, you will take ail those inci
dents of the Bible which cau Le made
mirth of Jonah's whnle, Samson's foxj's,
Adam's rib then you will caricature ec
centr.c Christians or inconsistent Cbris-
laius, men vou win pas on as vour own
all those hackneyed arguments against
Christianity which are as old as Tom
Paine, as o.d as Voltaire, old as sin. Now
you have captured his Bible and you have
taken his strongest fortress; the way is
comparatively cl-ar nnd all the gates of
his .oul are set o,nii in invitation to the
sins of earth nnd the sorrow of death, that
th-ty limy come in nnd drive the stake fur
their encampment
A steamer llfteeti hundred miles from
shore, with a broken rudder and Iot coin
pass, and hulk leaking tlfty gallons an
hour is better off than a young man when
you have robbed him of his Bible. Have
you ever noticed bow desp.cably mean it
is to take away the world'. Bible without
proposing a suttstituto? It is m'smr than
to come to a sick man nod steal his me 11
cine, meaner than to come to a cripple
and steal his crutch, meaner than to com"
toatmuper and steal his crust meatier
than to c me to a poor man and burn his
liousi down. It is the worst of all lar
cenies to steal the Bible, which has been
the crutch and medicine and food to so
many. What a generous and magnani
mous business Infidelity has gone into!
This splitting up of lifeloats and taking
away of tire escapes end extinguishing of
light houses.
I come out and say to such people.
"What are you doing all
this:
O."
they say, "just for fun." It is uch fun to
see Christians try to hold on to their
Bibles! Many of them have lost loved
ones and have been told that there is a
resurrection, and it is such fun to tell them
there will be no resurrection! Many be
lieve that Christ came to carry the bur
dens and heal the wounds of the world,
and it is snch fun to tell thea they will
have to !e their owe savior! Think of
the meanest telng you ever heard of; then
go down a thousand feet underneath it
and you will find yourself at the top of a
flight of stairs a hundred miles long;
go to the bottoa of the stairs end
you will find a ladder a thou
sand miles long; then go to the
foot of the ladder and look off a preci
pice half ae far as from here to China and
you will And the headquarters of the
meanness that would rob this world of iu
only comfort in life. Its only peaoe la
death aad its only hope for immortality.
Slaughter aycung aaa's faith in God and
there is not auch aore left to slaughter.
Now, what has become of the slaugh
tered Well, eoae ef thea ere in their
father's or aether's house broken dowa is
health, waiting to die; sthsrs are la the
hospital; others are in Green wocd. or
rather their bod lee are. for their souls
have gone oa to rettnbutioa. Hot auch
prospect for a young aan who started life
with good health and good education, sad
n Christian ezaaple set hla, aad oppor
tunities of usefulness, who gathered all
his treasures and put thea in one box and
then dropped it into the see.
so, now is this wttoseeele slaughter to
be stopped There is not a pereoa ia the
house but is la teres ted in that question.
Young aan, ana yourself. The object ef
ay sermon Is to pat a weapon in each of
your hands for yoer own dsfeeee. Walt
not for Young Men's Christina aeeociatioae
to protect you or churches to protect you.
Appeahag to God for help, take care of
yourself.
First, have a room somewhere that you
can call your own. Whether it be the
back parlor of a fashionable board mg
house, or a room in the fourth story ef a
cheap lodging. I care not. Only have that
oae room your fortress. Let not the 41
sipator or unclean step over the threshold.
If they coae up the long tight of stairs
aad knock at the doer, aeet them face te
face aad kindly yet traly refuse theta
edaittance. Have a few family portraits
ou the wall, if you brought thea with you
froa your country house. Have a Bible
oe the stand. If you can afard it aad you
caap'ay oa one. have aw raetruaeatof
ausic harp er fate, me cornet, or aele
deoa. or violin, er piano. Evstry aeraag
boere you leave that room, pray. Kvery
night after yea cca house ia that reuav
pray. Make that ret a year Gibraltar.
year Wihasinps. yew Meant Ilea. Let
aay aore taaa ye, weald aUew a
Um4l mm ywmUkU.
Take ear efyearsell. Sefssdr else will
fye Tear heip will aedasmw
aehad
nptwuor three or four Sights of stairs;
your help wit! come through the root,
down from Heaven, from that God who
hat :n the s.x thousand rears cf the
world's h. story never tetrayed yi3g
man who tr.rd 10 be gcod and a Chnstisa
Let m sar in regard to your adverse
world. y Circumstances, in pissing, that
you are on a lord now with those who are
finally to succeed. Mark ay word.,
young man, and lb ak of it thirty years
from now. Yvuw.ll 2nd that those who
thirty years from now are millionaires of
thlscvuntry, who are the orators of the
country, who ere the poi. tf lb cocntry.
who are the strong merchants of the
country, who er the great philanthro
pists of the country mightiest In Church
and State are this uurn.a; oa a .evel
w th you, no: an tnee alws you, and la
straightened circumstances now.
Heochel earned his Uvug by playing a
viohn at parties and in the intrtlces of
the play he would go out and look up at
the midnight heavens. th fields of his im
mortal conquests. Gsorge Stepheuson
rcse from being the foreman la a co.tiery
to be tho most renowned f the world's
engineers. No outtlt no capital to start
with! Young man, go down to the Mer
canti.e L.brary and gel some books and
rend of what w.nd-rfnl luecaanlim God
gave you in s our hand. In your f4t in
vour eye, in your ear, ntid then ask so rue.
1 jctor to take you into the dis.cting sov4a
nnd illustrate to you wLat sou havo read
about and never again cmuitt th bias
phemv of ravine you htve no capita! to
itart with. Equipped! Why, the pjre.s
young man iu this house is eoip,d as
only the Uvl of the whole un.ver vouid
ntford to equip him. Than Lis lsdy
very tuor atf sir compared tw biswcalrr-
ful ou' O. that Is what makes me solici
tous. 1 nm not so anxioss about you,
young ciaii, because you Lavo so little to
do with, as 1 amanxioutab. ut you because
you hbve m much to ri.ic and lose or gain.
There is no class of j.rious that so allr
my sympathies as joung wen In great
cities. Not qu.te enough salary to live on,
and all tho temptation that come frota
that deficit. In vttssl on all hands to drink,
aud their exbuustei nervous systta seem
ing to demand st.muiu. Their religion
caricatured by the most of the clerks in
the store an l mot of the operatives In the
factory. The rapid of temntatioa and
death rushing against that young au
forty uules an hour, and he ia a frail boat
bsaried up stream, with nothing but e
broken oar to work with. Unless Almighty
God help them they will go under.
Ah! when I told sou to take care of
yourself you misunderstood me If you
thought I meaut you are to depend upon
human re.olution, which may be dissolved
in the foam of the wine cui, or may be
blown nut w,th the first gust of tempta
tion. Here is the hlmt the sword of the
Iord God Aimighty. C'otbe yourself ia
that panoply and you shall uot l-e pat to
confusion. Sin pars well uvithtr in this
world nor the next, but right thinking and
right t-elieving and right acting will take
you in safety through this lire and lu
transport through the next.
I never shall forgai a prayer I bard '
young man make soma llfU-eti years ago.
It was a very short pras er, but it was
tremendous prayer: O, Lord, help us.
We find it so very eay to do wrong and
so hard to do right Lord, help us." That I
praver, I'd warrant you. reached the ear
of Ood and reached his heart. And there
are tu this boussa hundred men who have
found out a thousaud young men, per
haps, who have found out that very thing.
It is so very easy to do wrong and so hard
to dor-glit.
1 cot a letter, onlv one naracratth of
which I w H read: "Having moved around '
much I hav.t run across mauv young men
of intelligence, ardent strivers after that
will-o'-the-wisp, fortune, and of one of
these 1 would speak. He was a young
Englishman of twenty-three or twenty- I
four years, who came to New York, where
he had acquaintance, with barely enough
to keep ami a couiie of weeks. He had
bet-n tenderly raised; perhaps I should
say too teri'lerly, and was not used to
earning his I. ting, an 1 fund it extremely
d fficult to get any pot Moo that nV was
capable of filling. Aftr many va n ef
fort In this direction he f. und himself on
Snrdiy evanlng In Brooklyn near viu
churcn w ith about $3 left of his smaUcao-
ttal. I'rovidenc fined to lead ttlru to
your d or. and he determined to go ia and
hesrjou.
"He told m his going to hear you that
night was undoubtedly the turning point
in his life, for when he went into chuich
he fell desperate, but while listening to
your discourse his bttrr nature got the
mastery I truly l-ellet. e f rom what this
voui g man told me that your sounding the
d'ptbs of his heart that nisht alone
brought him back to hie God, wkui he
was so near leaving."
The echo, that is. of raulttadee the
ho-ise. 1 em not preaching en ebatraoilon.
but e great realty. O! friend lees yeuaf
man. O! prodigal young aan. O I broken
hearted young man. I cowmeud you te
Christ this day, th? best friend e aan ever
had. He meets tou this morning. Yon
havs come here for this bleeelnjc Despies
not that emotion rising la your eoelt It is
divinely lifted. Look into the faee of
Christ. Lift one prayer te your tenser's
God, to your mother' God, and get tb
pardoning blessing. Now, while 1 sneak,
yen are atlh forks of the reed, aad taie
is the right road end that la the srreag
road, nnd I see you start oa the right read.
One Sabbath morning, st the etas f
my service. I saw a gold watch ef the
world-renowned and deepty-laaeesed vio
linist, Oie flu 1 1. You remember he died
in his Island home off the reeet ef Hor
wsy. That gold watch he had weasd a
dey after day through his I lines, aad
then he sold to his eompeaeca: "Hew I
went to wind this watch se leeg ae I eaa.
aad then when I ea geae I want yea t
keep it wound up us til it gets te ay
friend. Dr. Doreaas, in Hew Turk, aad
then he will keep it woued up until hw
life is dene, nnd thea I west the sratea te
ge te his yeung eon, my especial tavswaa"
The great musician, who, aero than any
other artist, has aade the violin speak
and sing aad weep and laugh aad triaaph
for it seeasd when he drew the
bow across the strings ee if all earth aad
heasea treab'ed in delightful eyaaathy
the great auslciaa, in a reoa leaking euT
upon the sea. aad serroaeded by hie
favorite instruaeata of music, aiouded hie
eyes in death. While all the world wee
aourning nt his departure, sixteen
crowded steamers fell la to liae of fen seal
procession to carry his body to Use aula
land. There ware tfty thousand hw
people gathered la an amphitheater ef
bills w a-ting to hear the ee'egiaa. aad it
was said when the great orator ef the dey
with stentorian voee began to epk. the
fifty thousand peop. on the h'JUlde burst
into tears,
o: taut si the close of n life t
done so asch to make tae world
ai 1 nave te uh yoo. yestag aeaa. If y
live ngai ana ave ngnt, taut u a
scene compared with that which wJU rreat
you whea frca Ik gallerlee .of tteav-a
5!L?i r!L """T
sand shall accord with Christ in crying:
-well diss, thou good sad faithful ear
vent."
And the isflsscese that ea earth yea
put ta motion mm go oewa fro
tkw te generation, th beta
wxuad up handed to your esiieVva. and
taecr children an tfl watch
ended to aark the
tins lue.f -. be ae
A bearding house
and astss-jy kleiod
recently ea
jsorwegian
H-mriag (Captsia
fr
y
tae aaae ef the hark
New Jack. It was
aea was try lag to
HE FLEW
Y HIMSELF.
Way jj,Je ,arstw Krese4 I
With Ills Heloeesl Tap"-.
'Tapioca, dear, cucio and put oa
your little re! hoc! and fir with e to
JerxT eat! TU ranko you Duchess of
aUO'oucv-tcr."
Thus .-oVe Andy SchaJrow In a
tremulous voice th.v. souatirsi as If it
had jus; t- en now "7 polished. H!
warm breath dalHrsl with the ruttssl
collar around Taplcva's neck a they
sat tacthr Is tho jxarlor of an Kil
eorth st.-tw,: resltieace. Is it to bo
wuadervd thut the brvath dallies! with
tho ru5 when they both occupied
the s.v:ne chair?
"Coar. Tap. let us fy out of ihl
en:.!, tiot-burdoactl wot Id uad lake U
our nKsJe Is Jersey."
"Oh. Andrew, thb U o sudden. If
yo:d only fire dm tea days notice
I'd hao txira ready lo do the Srln;
act"
"Hut, Tapioca, siy paddlnc. yu
stodn"; -.:! to pack your i4hr-lNru.
but fly with me now.
iVn... if you fay fly. e flets."
Then tho young girl boitaded into
ar.idhor room ami jirosently rrnpjVArrsJ,
w ;tb a wwcl box tuni a pack.a:e ttatier
her nrai.
"I'm ready.
hat have you there?" askex!
Andrew, with a !mk of suspicion oti
his mnn'.y count'nani-
Thoo are my letters I rvsX'lvesl
from FrJiLe Malum and the braeolnts
he gttw m- iat Oirlstmn. I wrjt!n'i
c'uvo the- trvtt.ure behind."
"Trctwirrs. eh'" exclaimed Andrew.
Uh his irr aiolo on full, "you can re
main here with your treasures, and
I'll fly all bv tuysc'lf "
And then Andy Schndrow went out
and soared hijh In tho air. o that ho
could drop on Freddie Mlon, tho
disturber of his pe.ico and happiness.
Fhlladnlphia North-Ataorlcan.
The Value of Longevity.
Dr. Feds L. Oswald, In writing of ttxr
value of lougrvlty, savs
Can there bo a docbt that Hums an J
(vesta forvsw the Issue of their stnigcle
against blttvtry. or that Cervantes. In ths
gloom of bis misery ivuld read ton signs ol
thetUwa pressing a sunburst of jsithu
mous fetncl
"Spinoza und rVhiiicrdlcd at tho threshold
of their goal, Paso!. Harvey, Maoettir,
Buckie and Itichal left their Inbnltablr
works haif finished; llaiied. Muirl ar.J
llyron died at tho vrrgo of a summit
which perhaps no otaer tool shall eer ap
proa., h
( "Who knows bow often, eluca tho dawn
of tnfvlcrn science, the chill of death hat
palsied a hand that had all bet lifted the
veil of lsis templet Or la how many thou
sand Uses Uaic alonn would turo iiel all
. diords into harmonies! Aa lneree of
' toQKCtity would indent, solve tho Taxing
ridd.re tf rslslec4e. It wouid furnish tin
Icullur cmlrrimcnt of Mr. MslVk s con
clus.oa. It would give tho vkissltudrs ot
fortune a rhsnen to assert their rju)ulns
tendencies, it would aupfily a missing link
in the argurccnta of that nature! ruiigiwn
that trusts Uo equipoise of Justice in the
apjsircnt raprlrea of human fate.
"Tin prU o n" longevity wouid redeem the
Biortajro of our earthly paradise" -ad It
can be tiroloa Jed and should U, with rare
and the U1.0 ci pro-sir medicine at the right
tilbO.
I Owing to tho stress, tho worry, and the
annoyance of rvery-day life, there is no
loubt but that tens of thousand of toon and
women yearly fid premature grares.
( Estevi-u.y after middle llfo should a care.
. ful watch f kepturcront's physical couitl-
I lion. The symptoms of kidney ulsrosn. nsca
; as bee. 1 ig Ly tired, hcadierbe, nrural-
Kki, fe. jii brt aetoa, fickle folltr. a
11 Ispirini.d feeilng one uy and an au guar
r '-nethe next, persistent oongh, trouble la
urinuUng. etc, should he ctllgeetir i"-Wrd
. Into und at once stopped through a faithful
uo of Warner's Hfo Cure, wkU'd. has
( cured tens of thousands of such trouble
anil wld cure your,
" Kteriencir.g no pain In the region of the
' kidneys is no evidence tb-i they are net
diseased, a thoe great, purifying organs
hvc very few nerves cf aeusatlea, and
oliewUmca the kidneys are posiuvsdy roU
ling and itng pasted swy through if..
urine befom the victim Is awaro he 1
suffering frota edvanco kidney disease.
which is omy anothtr name (or UrUht's
lseae.
To preserve life and te he well while yes
live are two cardine! rlrUins, and It ia Ua.e
ssril sj--ct Vi tire this vital subject earnest
and ceref ut atu-nlVro. and to um live know,
edge enquired la a judtounte nad ineUlTst
manner.
How Shoe-Pegs Are Made.
Some of tho shoe-peg faetori'se
of
ew Hampshire now turn out th
hundred bushels of psgs daily. The
wood, being divided Into sections cor
responding to the desired length of
the peg. Is first peeved under a small
revolving cylinder which pre it
upon pointed knlvee, thee making
minute grooecs la the upper surfacn
of the wood, as it reuse on toward
completion. The slock Is thea take
aad paseed under another cylinder,
the knives of which aake grooves
transverse to those aade beforsv After
this the block ie placed uadr the
splitting knife, which is no arranged
as to fall into eaefi of the groove
aade in one direction. pUulsjr. the
wood V) the base: it Is again pnee-d
under a kalfe. which splits it croee
wUe, thus separating each peg frota
every other peg; f sally, a large rw
voving cylinder, healed, take the
p-gs and dries-, tk, a revolvUf
wire cylinder sifts aad sort the va
rious elxs. snd they are aow rmdj
tor shipment X. X. San.
Ca t the
I I woold have the teachers etoiy the
heart and endeavor to icsplat rigfci
i, nnolleee to go to the very root and
establish sound principle). Outward
il goodness is a avrre sheiL the shadow
; of a shade. There suet he eoavrthiag
within, er it a no saWtaae. Jrsh
goodaeee will only follow religlea. Ike
09m of John KaaynVs character, while
it wears it wilirr slitwrs.
oodn fall, in the hour f Iraipt.
tioa. It remit-d. oae of the Oriwul
tale Lord Hc9 vd'a qf where a cat
was chanced la a Lady, aad se V
fcaved very lady.Hke till a ano-see raa
throsgh tbe rwu, whsm eke rpraag
dowa spos her haad aad -"rs-td. iu
So with eiiiarcc; If th-rir foceteai
only as entward thlmr.
tie coves thy wl dowa aid
Give taa right avottvon. ntj aria.
rirlee, ami taey will be Ira, U after
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