:nzzr ' I p There Was Frank, Open Admiration In His Glance. WvlttCr ftC V..' .Vf 3U.j VI caM.'; n-r1 xas vji SYN0P8I8. A foolish joiiiik tt'iiderfoot tirrnmea rasrtnatoit with tlio bold, artful wife of a Srunken proeprctor In a western mining (own. Thuy ptrpurn to elopo In a blind ing bllszaril but ore confronted by tho aiaudlln husband. Ita In aliot by th wife, but the chlalroui boy pint note to the body taking the crtinn upon hlmielf. In their flight to the railroad atntlon the woiiiiii'h hnran fall exhausted: the youth put lin en hi own and follows haiiRlnR to the tltnip atrop. fleeing he Is an Imperil tent, the woman thrusts her enoort Into snow drift and rides on. Hulf-froien he atumblea Into the railroad station Just a the train beam the woman nway. Twenty-tlve years later, this man, George Oormly, Is a multl-mllllohnlre In New Tor. He meets atltanor Hnldane, a beautiful ond wealthy settlement worker, and co-operntm with her In her work. OoTMly becomes owier of a stnamshlp line and flncM himself frustrated In pier nd track extension plans by grafting; al demon, bached by the Oolham Tnutlon Company. An automohllo accident nenr hla country hoino. on a stormy Christmas ve. brlnn nbout u meeting with the 5 embers of Miss HuMntir's family Conn--i" ."" ,'M, maronetl part) t'otufortnblt' and referring to a worse etorm hn once fsperlom'od In the west, offers to notify the people at the It.ildiino pluce of the accident. An nutonmbltn accident near blB country home, on ti stormy Chrlntmat live, brings nbout a meeting- with the membern of the IluMnn.t family i CHAPTER III. Continued. He had never seen hor oxcupt In the tjulot conventionality of a street dresw lie had imagined hor In all sorts of guises. When she burst upon him that way however, tho sight dazzled httn. It wns so fnr beyond any drennt he had evor ludulsod that ho could scarcely comprehend It Ho stopped and stared at her. For once his Iron control deserted him Thoro was thnt frank, open admiration In his glanco of which no one could mistake the meaning "You must pardon my surprise," aald Oormly; "I ha?o nevor seen you In an evonlng rowii, and I confess my Imagination unequal to" "Do you llko It?" said tho girl nerv ously "I im scarcely conscious of it, Miss llaldane," ho returned directly. "I son only you." "How singularly unobservant," sho aid lightly, recovering hor equipoise, ror a man v. none business it is to buy and sell hucIi things not to notice them." "In your picoence tonight, Miss Hal dann. business Is as far from mo as If It was on tho other side of the world It is on the other sltUi of tho world," ho continued tswirtly, "for this Is n different world from any in which 1 have ever moved, and I" Ills speech wus broken by the en trance of Mrs. Hnldane and Mhs Stew art Tho latter was a fragile, giuce. ful. chnrmlng girl, who would uavo attracted Instant attention and notlco anywhere, except beside hor regal companion and friend. Mrs Hnldano wan h not unwoithy eoniplemont to the other two. These two also were wearing elaborate dinner gowns. At this moment llaldane, followed y the two other muu, came In from U library. "Mr. Oormly," began llaldane, sen MAn T With SOME INCIDENTAL RELATION lb VIE WOMAN CYnusibwn send Brady utarPATOHS By Dcwoohm Mo.vhl rangr irmmx ttc cmtmrr ior. "I am unable to get anybody over tho telephone" "I am sorry to hear that. I suppose that the wires are down on account of tho storm." "Kxactly Meanwhile, I scarcely know what to do. Could you send a man on a horse ovor to my place!" "I should bo glad to do so, did I pos sess the horse." "The pair that brought ua up from the lodge?" "Neither Is broken to saddle, I be Hove, and but Ican send a man over on foot. I have no doubt " "I hardly think that would be pos sible," Interposed Dr. Doveaux. "I should not like to be responsible for any man on foot In such a storm as this." "I'll go myself," said Oormly quick- ly. "You, Mr Oormly!" exclaimed Mrs. Hnldano. "Why, wo couldn't think of such a thing. Tho dnngor!" "Madam, I hnvo been-afoot In worse storms than this," ho answered, "whon I was a mero boy in tho far west." It was the first Intimation anybody from Now York hnd hnd as to any period of Oormly's life outside of Now York, and ono of the company at least pricked up his ears at this remark and listened attentively. "We couldn't think of allowing you to do so," snld Miss Haldane. "I suppose that pair you have could naraiy lane us over?" questioned Llv Ingstono Haldane. "I nm afraid not," answered Gormly. "They have been driven rather hard today, and they are a light pair at best, as you notice." "Well, wo arc thrust upon you, then, marooned as It wero." "I hope you won't find my house the typical desert Island," answered Gorm ly, smiling "Indeed, I scarcely know what tho resources of the establish ment are, having enterod Into posses sion only today; but whatever they are, they nro at your service." "Thero'B no help for It, I suppose," answered Haldano somewhnt gloomi ly. "I ClieSS VOII Will hnvo tn Venn iib until morning." "Think how happy you mnko a lone ly old bachelor," returned Gormly, "by being his Christmas guests. And if ou will accept this situation, as In deed I fear you must, I shall mako ar rangements so that you can bo taken to your own placo on Christmas morn ing Let me consult my butler, vho wns Mr. Goodrich's major domo boforo I bought tho place, and sco what can be done " A lnlef convocation with that func tional y throw somo little cheer over the sltuntlon. Gorraly's own ward robe, which had been sent down. would amply supply tho men with whatever they needed, and tho butler imparted tho cheering nows that tho lodgeltooper was a marrlod man with two grown daughters, and ho had no doubt thnt such things as tho women required might be secured from tbrm, "flend at onco," said Gormly quick ly, "and ask Mrs. Bullen to coma up to tho house and be of what servlco sho can to tho ladict. How arc we off for bedrooms 7" "Plonty of them, sir, and all ready for guests. "Well, seo that they aro prepared, and liavo Mrs. Uullen hero Immediate ly." As tlio butler went off to attend to these orders, Gormly reentered tho room and found tho wholo party com fortably gathered about tho fire. Ho oxplnlncd that he had found a wom an on tho placo, tho lodgokenper'a wife; that ho had sent the stntlon wagon for hor; and that sho would be nicBcnt doubtless within a half hour with such Indisputable articles of at tire as might bervo to mako tin wom en guests al least comfortable. "If you were only In communication with your shop, Mr. Gormly," bnld Mm. Ilnhlnnc and whrthrr nho moant to be offoTiulve or not. Gormly could not toll "wo would lack nothing." "I am eorry for your sake, madnm, that I am not. Ac It Is, we shall havo to do our best with tho limited r soiiicoa at hand." Conversation ran on desultorily this way for u short time, when tho butler announced the arrival of Mrs. Uullen. As ho did so, tho tall clock musically chimed out the hour of nine. "Now that your woman Is here, Mr. Gormly," said Mrs. Haldane. rising, "as I am somewhat fatigued from the ride and the experience, I ahall retire to my room. I suppose you young people won't tblnk of going to bed at this unearthly hour?" "No, Indeed," answered Miss Stew art. "I think I'll stay awako until ChrlBtmas." "Will you go, Beekman?" said Mrs. Haldano, addressing her husband. "Why er my dear" "I was about to propose a table of bridge," said Dr. Deveaux?" "An excellent Idea," returned Hal daue quickly; "but there are six of us hero and" "I don't play," said Gormly quickly. "I'll stay out also," said Eleanor. "I don't enro much for bridge at bent." "Good night," said Mrs. Haldane, moving away, escorted by tho butler, and met outside presently by Mrs. Hulleii "Mr Gormly and I will watch your game," said Hlcanor. "Hy tho way, Klunnnr, may I nslt whoro you met Mr. Gormly?" quelled her father. "Ho Is very much Inteiested In our soclnl settlement work. Many of his employees llvo In tho vicinity of tho now settlement homo wo are building, and I hnvo had occasion to consult him at hla office n great many times." "Ah," nald tho elder man reflective ly, wondering how much might bo bo hind that entirely innocent statement. Meanwhile a footman arranged a card table, at which the quartet took their places and Instantly became ab sorbed In the game. Miss Haldane manifested no special Interest In the play, and at Gormly'a suggestion she left the hall and went with him Into the Inviting little library through the broad open doors that gave access to It from the hall. Another Are was burning there. He drew a low chair before It in which she sat down. He himself stood with hla arm resting on the mantel, looking down on her. The two were in plain sight from tho brldgo table; but as they talked In low tones their conversation was In audible In the hall. - Haldano glanced curiously and uneasily at them from time to time; but finally, becoming absorbed In his game, paid thorn neJ further notice. CHAPTER IV Mlsa Haldane la Charmed and Charm Inq. "Mr. Gormly," began Miss Haldane, "I havo not seen you for Bomo time." "Not for two months and eleven days, Miss Haldane," answered Gorm ly qulotly. "Gracious!" exclaimed the astonish ed girl. "How pat you have tho time! Do you keep a calendar of my visits to your office?" "I have a marvelous memory for de tails which I wish to remember," said tho man. "And I am so much interosted In the settloment houso that How does It progress, by the way?" ho contin ued, gravoly aa If his recollection of anything connected with her was a mere matter of course. "Oh, beautifully. You see, there Is nothing to consult you about now It Is all In the architect's aud builders' hands. You have been so helpful to mo I really don't know what I should havo done without you." "And you have, of course, respected my confidence? No ono knows any thing nbout my connection with the enterprise?" "No ono at all." "Not ovou your father?" "Certainly not. I never dlscusa busi ness with my father, nor dous ho discuss business with mo." "And et," said Gormly quickly, "I should think ho might discuss busi ness with you to advantage." "What do you mean?" asked tho girl. "I am u business man, Miss Haldano, accustomed to deal with men and women In a business way, and much depends upon my ability to estimate the capacity of those with whom I work. I havo not often seen a woman, or even n man, with a better head for business than you have." It was tho deftest thing the man could have snld to her. Women, she know, wcro not naturally business llko, and to havo such qualities at tributed to her was tho subtlost kind of flattory. It camo, too, from a man who was a power In tho business world, and was therefore tho moru valunblo. "It Is very good of you to say that," said the girl, smiling pleasantly In ap preciation, "and I am more proud ol It because everybody rniya yon a. suck a fine business mnn yourself." "1 should like to do something real ly worth while," said the girl after a llttlo pause. "I llko people who Co something worth while." "So do I," said tho man, with obvi ous meaning. "Mr. Gormly," she exclaimed Im petuously, "why don't you do somo thing worth while?" Gormly smiled. "My dear young lndy," h" answered really, he vub old enough to bo her father, ho thpught half tiadly, as he noted hla form of speech "I havo tho largest store In the world, I hnvo agents In otcry cHlllsed country and in.iny that are uncivilized. 1 own and control a fleet of steamers. 1 havo my privnto woolen iuIIIh, and silk mills aud fac tories. I suppcni! thoro aro ten thou sand people In my employ. I can glvo ou a check for another million for your settloment work as often as you wish It. and " "These aro all very well, Mr. Gorm ly," nald tho girl gravely. "They spell' tremendous material success; they show your ability and acumen; In tho eyes of the world they count for a great deal; Indued, I find lately that they are counting more and more; but they don't really amount to any thing after all. What Is monoy, what aro power and Influence? My father, for instance, was born with more than bo could possibly spend, moro than he knew what to do wtth, Inherited from thrifty ancestors who bad the wit to buy land when It could be bought for a song. Ho has Influence, power. What does It amount to? I want him to do something, really to do some thing In the world for the good of mankind I nm preaching to you Just as I preach to him." "Do you look upon me as you would a father?" asked Gormly quickly. "Why, no, not exactly. Certainly not," answered tho girl. "I am forty-four, you know." "No, I didn't know; but what If you ar? You aro still a young man. My father is fifty-live, and I don't call him old" "Wonderful consideration from twenty-two!" said Gormly smiling "Well," resumed the glil, "I was saying that you ought to do something in llfo, You have made youitwlf. Ymi started with little or nothing, if I may bollevo tho newspaper nccounts of j on " "Havo you been reading them?'' "Kvery word," answered the girl. "I was quite proud of being able to say to my friends that I know you nnd what they said about you wis true." Never in his llfo had Gormly been hnpplor than,at this frank, tpontan eous expression of approval. "You ought to put theso great tal ents of yours at tho service of your fellow men; not in buying and selling, hut in doing something 'for thorn," she ran on. "Don't you think that In selling them honest goods at a fair profit. In telling them the strict and only truth about what yeu have to toll, in allow ing them the utmost freedom of re turn and exchnnge, tn providing gen erously for employees, 1b doing serv ice to your fellow men?" "Certainly, It Is. It Is doing scrvlca to the little world which you touch, a larger world perhaps than most ot us can touch. But I want you to do something, 1 want every man and every woman who has the ability to do something, In a great, splendid way." "But what would you have me do?" "I don't know," answered the girl. "I don't know what I would have any body do; but there are bo many things to be done, so many wrongs to bo righted, so many things to br achieved. Tho groat man goes out and makes opportunities. Part of his greatness, I tako it, consists in seeing what thero Is to do. Ruskln says somewhore that the greatest thing anymxly can do ts to see something. If I were a great woman, I could answor your question hotter; but I am only " "I tnlnk yon nro a great woman," said Gormly softly, "and 1 would bo perfectly willing to take jour answer and abldo by it." "I would not have It that way." an swered the girl dreamily. "When my fathor.asks me what 1 would have him do, I say to him, 'Go and see.' He laughs at me; most piople laugh at me. You don't, Mr. Gormly." ITO BE CONTINUED ) No More Room. The elovntor slipped rapidly by one floor after another, while many In mates of a large office building rang the bell nnd demanded to bo carried to tho street. It was the noon hour and every one at the elovntor shaft was anxious to get luncheon. Tho elevator seemed to be only half filled. Actually there wero three girls and a man In It who bad got on nt the fifteenth floor. "Pilled up," shouted tho operator, as ho sped by tho angry crowd at the door. Finally ho reached a floor whero ono of tho officers of tho company had his office, and tho man was there nnd wanted to gu down. Ho shouted to him, "Filled up," aud tbu man said something positive. Then the operator added; "Filled up with hats." Demand for Granite. Although Abordcen Is tho home ol Scotch granite, a shipment ot 350 tons recently was exported to that city from South Carolina quarries to meet a demand for a variation In color from the natlvo stone. "Why does he let his wife venturt out alono In his auto?" "He's anxious to seo what will hap pen whon two unmanageable thing come together." Smart Set Manasseh's Wickedness and Penitence ScatUy School Ltuoa for Jsly 10. 1011 Specially Arranged for Ttili Paper LKSHON TKXT-lt Chronicles 23:1-20. MKMOIIY VKHSi:8-12. 13. OOMJK.V Ti:x.T-"Ccaso to do evil; lonrn to tlo well." Isn. 1:10-17. TIMK Manns li reigned iw years, from H. C. 0SI-GI0. Ho hcKan In tho 2s9th year of tho Itlrurriom of Jticluli. I'IjACI' Judnh nnd Jerusalem Its cnpl tnl, Mnna-i-ioh was carried cuptlvo to IJahylon for n time. Thf Kingdom of Israel hid been de stroyed n quarter of n century beforo Miuiussch began to rolgn. Tho teacher of boys or girls may bo Rln by asking what a lighthouse is for, or n foghorn, or boll buoy In tho har bor. Is It to tell tho sailors whero to Ko? No, It Is to tell them whero not to go. Why aro stories of bad men told In the Bible, Buch as tho one in thlu lesson? They aro a warning. They nro pictures of a chnracter that repels us, that urgca us not to enter any path that leads to that end. During tho long reign of Manassoh 'Jerusalem was at peaco while tho neighboring lands were harried by As syrian armies, so that Jerusalem had a largo share of the trado of Palestluo. The king nnd his subjects benefited In mnny ways from the lmmenso In crease of traffic caused by tho Inclu sion of Egypt and .western Asia uudcr ono empire. Tho political rank of Jerusalem secured to her tho chief markets of tho internal commerco of Judah, as well as tho gifts which It was customary for foreign traders to leave with tho lords of the territories they visited; and thus In spite of the disadvantages of Us site, the city must havo become a considerable em porium. Manassoh was tho son and heir of Ilczekiah, n great, and, on tho whole, good king. His mother's name wa3 Hepzlbah, tho delight of her husband. He was only twelve years old when ho began to reign In form. But In Judah a king was not supposed to bo of ngo until ho was eighteen. For six yearn Mnnaesph must have been to a great extent under the Influenco of his re gents nnd counsoloui. He was tho six teenth king of .Tudah. He reigned fifty and five years. The longest ielgn In the history of Jutlah and Israel. And he did that which was evil In tho sight of tho Lord. Manasseh was king of tho Lord'a people, and his business was to carry out God's plan of n peculiar people who should teach tho nations righteousness, and the truo way of living. He was a mere boy, unable at first to assert himself as a ruler. He doubt less was waited on, petted, flattered, courted, treated nB a superior being, whose will should never bo chocked, nor fancy thwarted; with no regular business, no hard taskB. What Manas sen did was popular and fashionable; following the ways of the greatest, most cultured, most Influential nation In the world, then the master of Judah. Tho people were doing business with the Assyrians. Trade demanded con formity. Society was dominated by Assyrian Influences. Moreover, many doubtless used the same argument Rabshakeh used to Hezeklah that tho prosperity under heathen gods, and their conquering power proved that these gods were mightier than Jeho vah the God of the little Province of Judah. Mannasseh degraded true religion that was meant for tho comfort and elevation of man, by leading his peo ple away from the ono true God, tho only source of help, Into all manner of useless, irrational, degrading enchant ments by which tho peoplo sought for guidance and help. Thus theso prac tices were treason and disloyalty. The Lord spake to Manasseh, by means of tho prophets, of whom Na hum may have been ono; by means of his conscience, by tho ex ample of his father, by moans of his conscience, by tho written word, by providence. It Is not known just when Manasseh was made to pay tho pen alty of his sins, but It must have been after many years of idolntry. Wherefore tho Lord brought upon them the captains of the host of tho king of Assyria and Manasseh was made captive. The records of Assur banlpal record a review of the 22 kings of whom Manasseh was one ap parently at Nineveh. Which took Manasseh among tho thorns, "In chains," margin, "with hookB." "As syrlan kings sometimes thrust a hook Into the nostrils of their captives, and so led them about. Ho had been nailing down the Niagara rapids carelessly, and now he feels tho tossing of tho waves, the current swiftly flowing by tho rocks, ho sees spray over tho cataract, and hears Its roar. Why? In order that he may stop ere it Is too late. Tho bitter fruits of hiB wrong doing wrought the desired effect. Tho prod igal came to himself. He besought the Lord, Johovah, not tho heathen gods ho had been worshiping, who failed him In his trouble God showed Manasseh clearly that ho forgavo him, by tho fact that ho brought him again to Jerusalem. God forgave him. God loves to for give. Ho docs not lovo to punish. As he tells us through Ezeklel: "Have I any pleasure at all that tho wicked should die? salth the Lord God; and not that ho should return from his ways, and live? Repent, nnd turn yourselves from all your transgres sions; so Iniquity shrill not bo your ruin. 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