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RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF i It 8 1 IftU m V THE 1, The Hidden Power Most of us never learn whnt great powers llo undeveloped within our mind nnd body. Wo go through life working nt about llfty per cent pressure. Unless there como n crisis which cnlls out to duty tho last ounce of bodily strength nnd tho most acute mental energy, wo go to tho end of life's string knowing not how much of tho Creator's gift wo novo neglected nnd let go to wnste. "Tho Real Man" Is tho Btory of a young fellow who had tho good fortune to face n renl crisis when he was twenty-live years old. It called out his entire re serve of strength and courage. For 25 years thcro existed a smug person, hide-bound, soft, shrewd. Then cuino tho blow off I Tho real mnn stepped out of that smug disguise nnd showed the stuff that was In him. It was great stuft, too. All of you will nJoy "Tho Real Man." It will entertain. It will provoko serious thought. It may lend you to examine tho Insldo of your shell of llfo In search of the real man or the real woman. It may help you to discover a way to work at higher pressure thnn fifty per cent and If you do, you'll know tho secret that has made men fa mous throughout tho world's history. THE EDITOR. CHAPTER I. Bank Cashier and 8oclety Man. It was ten minutes of eight when J. Montague Smith had driven his run about to Its gnrago and wus hastening across to his suite of bachelor apart ments In tho Klncald terruce. Thcro was reason for tho haste. It was his regular evening for calling upon Miss Verda RIchlander, and tltno pressed. The provincial beatitudes had chosen a nt subject for their illustration la the young cashier of tho Lawrence vlllo Bonk nnd Trust. From his earliest recollections Montague Smith had lived the llfo of tho well-behaved and tho conventional. Ho had his niche In tho Lawrcncevlllo social structure, and nn other In tho smnll-clty business world, and he filled both to his own satisfac tion and to tho admiration of all and sundry. Ambitions, other than to tnko promotions In tho bank as they camo to him, and, eventually, to make money enough to satisfy tho demands which Joslnh RIchlander might mako upon n prospective son-in-law, had never trou bled him. An extremely well-balanced young man his fellow townsmen called him, ono of whom It might safely bo predicted that ho would go straightfor wardly on his way to reputable inlddlo life and old age ; moderate In all things, lmpulslvo In none. Even In tho affair with Miss RIch lander sound common sense and sober second thought had been tuado to stand In tho room of supersentlment. Smith did not know what It was to bo violently In love; though ho was a charter member of tho Lawrcncevlllo Athletic club and took a certain pride In keeping himself physically fit and up to tho mark, It was not his habit to be violent In anything. Lawrenccvlllo expected Its young men and young women to marry and "settle down," and J. Montaguo Smith, figuring In a modest way as a leader In the Law rencevtllo youngest set, was far too conservative to break with tho tradi tion, oven If he had wished to. Miss RIchlander was desirable In many re spects. Her father's ample fortuno had . not come early enough or rapidly enough to spoil her. In moments wlion his feeling for her achieved Its near est approach to sentiment tho conser vative young mnn perceived what a graciously resplendent figure she would make as tho mistress of her own house nnd tho hostess at her own table. Smith snapped tho switch of tho elec trics and began to lay out his evening clothes, methodically but with a cer tain air of calm deliberation, inserting tho buttons in tho waistcoat, choosing lioso of the proper thinness, rummag ing a virgin tio out of Its box In tho top dresslng-caso drawer. It was In tho search for the tlo that ho turned up a muto reminder of his nearest approach to any edge of tho real chasm of sentiment : a small glove, somewhat soiled and use-worn, with a tiny rip in ono of tho fingers. It had been n full year slnco ho had seen tho glovo or Its owner, whom ho had met only once, and that entirely by chance. Tho girl was a visitor from tho West, tho daughter of a ranchman, ho had understood ; and she had been stopping oyer with friends In a neighboring town. Smith had driven over ono eve jnlng in his runabout to mako a call upon tho daughters of the houso, and had found a lawn party In progress, with the western visitor as tho guest of honor. Acquaintance such an acquaintance By FRANCIS LYNDE (Copjrlgtit by Clitile Scribner'i Soni) i ns can bo nchlevcd In n short social hour had followed. At all points tho bewitching young woman from the wil derness had proved to bo a mocking critic of tho commonplace conventions, and hud been moved to pillory tho same in tho person of her momentary entertainer. Some thrills this young person from tho wide horizons had stirred In him were his only excuso for stealing her glove. There remained now nothing of tho clashing encounter at tho lawn party save tho soiled glove, a rather obscuro memory of n face too piquant and nttrnctlvo to bo cheapened by tho word "pretty," theso nnd n thing sho had said ut the moment of parting: "Yes; I nm going bnck homo very soon. I don't like your smug mid dlo West civilization, Mr. Smith It smothers me. I don't wonder that it breeds men who live nnd grow up nnd die without ever having a chnnco to And themselves." Some day, perhaps, ho would tell Verdn RIchlander of tho sharp-tongucd llttlo Western beauty. Verda and all sensible people would smllo nt tho Idea that he, John Montaguo Smith, was of those who had not "found" themselves, or that the finding by which he had understood tho Western young woman to mean something radi cal and upsetting could in nny way bo forced upon a mnn who was old enough nnd sane enough to know his own lengths nnd breadths and depths. Ho was stripping off his coat to dress when he saw two letters which had evi dently been thrust under the door dur ing his nbsenco at supper time. One of the envelopes was plain, with his name scribbled on it in pencil. Tho other boro a typewritten address with tho card of Wcstfall Foundries company in Its upper left-hand corner. Smith opened Carter Westfall's letter first and rend It with a llttlo twlngo of shocked surprise, as one rends tho story of a bravo battlo fought and lost. "Dear Monty," it ran. "I have been trying to reach you by phono off and on ever alnco tho adjournment of our stockholders' meeting at threo o'clock. We, of the llttlo Insldo pool, havo got It where tho chicken got tho nx. RIch lander had more proxies up his slecvo than we thought ho had, and ho has put the steam roller over us to a finish. I 1 Tn -vna ntlA tn tfntn KK Vint, nnnf nP ViA stock straight, and you know what that means: n consolidation with tho Rich lander foundry trust, and tho hearse and whlto horses for yours truly nnd the minority stockholders. We're dead dead and' burled. "Of course, I stand to loso every thing, but that isn't all of it. I'i hor ribly anxious for fear you'll bo tangled up personally In somo way In tho mat ter of that last loan of $100,000 that I got from tho Bank nnd Trust. You will remember you mado tho loan whllo Dunham was away, and I nm certain you told mo you had his consent to take my Foundries stock as collateral. That part of It is nil right, but, as mat ters stand, tho stock Isn't worth tho pnper It Is printed on, and well, to toll tho bald truth, I'm scared of Dun- hnm. Brlckley, tho Chlcngo lawyer they have brought down here, tells mo that your bnnk Is behind tho consolida tion deal, and If that Is so, thcro Is go ing to be n bnnk loss to show up on my paper, and Dunham will carefully cover his tracks for tho sako of tko bank's standing. "It is n hideous mess, and It has oc curred to mo that Dunham can put you In bad, if he wants to. When you mado that $100,000 loan, you forgot and I forgot for the moment that you own ten shares of Wcstfall Foundries in your own name. If Dunham wants to stand from under, this might bo used against you. You must get rid of thnt stock, Monty, nnd do it quick. Trans fer tho ten shares to me, dating tho transfer bnck to Saturday. I still havo tho stock books in my hnnds, nnd I'll make the entry In tho record nnd dnto It to fit. This may look a llttlo crook ed, on tho surface, but it's your salva tion, and we can't stop to split hairs when we'vo Just been shot full of holes. "WESTFALL." Smith folded tho letter mechanically nnd thrust It into his pocket. Carter Westfnll was his good friend, and tho cashier had tried, unofficially, to dls suado Wcstfall from borrowing nfter ho had admitted that ho was going to uso tho money In nn attempt o buy up tho control of his own company's stock. Smith was thinking of tho big bank loss nnd tho hopeless ruin of Carter Wcstfall when ho toro tho sec ond envelopo across and took out tho Inclosed slip of scratch-paper. It was n note from tho president and It was dated within tho hour. Mr. Dunham was back In Lawrcncevlllo earlier than expected, nnd tho note had been writ ton at tho bank. It was n curt sum mons; tho cashier was wanted, nt once. At tho moment, Smith did not con nect tho summons with tho Westfall cataclysm, or with any other untoward thing. Mr. Watrous Dunham had a habit of dropping in nnd out unexpect edly. Also, ho had tho habit of send ing for his cashier or any other mem ber of tho banking forco nt whatever hour tho notion seized him. Smith went to tho telephone and called up tho RIchlander home. Tho prompt MAN ness with which tho multimillionaire's daughter came to tho phono was an Intimation that his ring wus not entire ly unexpected. "This Is Montague," he sold, when Miss Rlchlander's mellifluous "Main four six eight Mr. Rlchlander's resi dence" came over the wire. Then: "What ore you going to think of n man who cnlls you up merely to beg off?" he asked. Miss Rlchlander's reply was merciful and he wns permitted to go on and ex plain. "I'm nwfully sorry, but It enn't very well bo helped, you know. Mr. Dunham has returned, nnd he wants mo nt tho bank. I'll bo up n little later on, If I enn break away, and you'll let me como. . . . Thank you, ever so much. Ooodby." Tho Lawrenccvlllo Bank nnd Trust, lately installed in its new marble-veneered quarters, was only four squares distant. As ho wns approaching tho corner, Smith saw that there were only two lights in the bnnk, ono In tho vault corridor and another In tho rnlled-off open spnee In front which held tho president's desk nnd his own. Through the big plate-glass windows ho could sco Mr. Dunham. The president was apparently nt work, his portly flguro filling tho padded swlng-chnlr. He hnd ono elbow on tho desk, nnd tho fingers of tho uplifted hand were thrust into his thick mop of hair. Smith had his own keys and ho let himself in quietly through the door on tho side street. The night-watchman's chair stood in its accustomed place in the vault corridor, but it was empty. To a suspicious person tho empty chair might have had its significance ; but Montague Smith was not suspicious. Tho obvious conclusion wns that Mr. Dunham had sent the watchman forth upon somo errand; and tho motive needed not to bo tagged as ulterior. Without meaning to bo particularly noiseless, Smith rubber heels on tiled floor assisting wns unlatching the gate in the counter railing before his superior officer heard him nnd looked up. There was an irritablo note in tho president's greeting. "Oh, it's you, at last, is it?" ho rasped. "You have taken your own good time about coming. It's a half hour and more since I sent that note to your room." CHAPTER II. Metastasis. Smith drew out the chair from the stenographer's table and sat down. LIko the cashiers of many llttle-clty banks, ho was only a salaried man, and tho president rnrely allowed him to forget the fact. Nono tho less, his boy- "I Am Not Going to Do What Want." You Ish gray eyes were reflecting Just a shade of tho militant antagonism In Mr. Wntrous Dunham's when he said : "I was dining ut tho Country club with a friend, and I didn't go to my rooms until a few minutes ago." Tho president sat back in tho big mahogany swlng-chalr. His face, with tho cold, protrusive eyes, tho heavy lips, and tho dowlnp lower law, was tho face of a man who shoots to kill. "I suppose you've heard the news about Westfall?" Smith nodded. "Then you nlso know that tho bank stands to lose a cold hundred thousand on that loan you mado him?" Tho young man In tho stenographer's chair knew now very well why tho night-watchman had been sent away. Smith saw tho solid foundations of his small world tho only world ho had over known crumbling to n threatened dissolution. "You mny remember thnt I advised against tho making of thnt loan when Westfall first spoke of It," ho said, after ho had mastered tho premoni tory chill of panic. "It wns a bad risk for him nnd for us." "I suppose you won't deny that tho loan was mado whllo I was away in Now York," was tho challenging re joinder. "It wns. But you gavo your sanction before you went East." Tho president twirled his chair to faco tho objector and brought his palm down with a smack upon tho desk slldo, "Not" ho stormed. "What I told yon to do was to look up his collateral : I and yon took a nap Judgment and lot J him have the money I Westfall Is your friend, nnd you are n stockholder In his bankrupt company. You took n chance for your own hand and put the bnnk In the hole. Now I'd like to nsk what you are going to do about It." Smith looked up quickly. Somewhere Insldo of him the carefully erected walls of use and custom were tumbling In strange ruins and out of the debris another structure, formless ns yet, but obstinately sturdy, wns rising. "I nm not going to do what you want me to do, Mr. Dunham step In and be your convenient scapegoat," he said, wondering n little In his Inner recesses how he was finding the sheer brutal mnn-cournge to say such n thing to tho president of the Lnwrcncevllle Bank and Trust. "I suppose you have rea sons of your own for wishing to shift tho responsibility for this particular loss to my shoulders. But whether you have or haven't, I decline to accept It." Tho president tilted his chair and locked his bands over one knee. "It isn't n question of shifting the responsibility, Montague," he said, dropping the bullying weapon to take up another. "The loan was made in my absence. You havo taken the bank's money to bolster up a falling concern In which you are a stockholder. Go to any lawyer In Lawrencevllle the best one you can find and he'll tell you ex actly where you stand." While tho big clock over the vault entrance wns slowly ticking off a full half-minute the young man whose fu ture had become so suddenly and so threateningly Involved neither moved nor spoke, but his silence was no mens uro of tho turmoil of conflicting emo tions nnd passions that were rending him. "I mny not prove quite the easy mark that your plan seems to prefig ure, Mr. Dunham," he returned nt length, trying to say it calmly. "Just what are you expecting me to do?" "Now you are talking more like a grown man," was the president's crusty admission. "You are in a pretty bad boat, Montague, and that Is why I sent for you tonight." "Well?" said the younger mnn. "You can see how it will be. If 1 can say to the directors that you have already resigned and if you are not where they can too easily lay hands on you they mny not care to push tho charge against you. There is a train west at ten o'clock. If I were In your place, I should pack a couple of suit cases and take It. That Is the only safe thing for you to do. If you need any ready money " It was at this point that J. Montague Smith rose up out of the stenographer's chair and buttoned his coat. "If I need nny ready money,'" ho repented slowly, advancing n step to ward the president's desk. "That Is where you gave yourself away, Mr. Dunhnm. You nuthorlzcd thnt loan, nnd did It becnuse you were willing to uso the bank's money to put Carter Westfall In the hole so deep that ho could never climb out. Now, It seems, you are willing to bribe the only dan gerous witness. I don't need money badly enough to sell my good name for it. I shall stay right here lu Lawrence vllle nnd fight It out with you 1" Tho president turned nbruptly to his desk nnd his hand sought tho row of electric bell-pushes. With n finger resting upon the one marked "police," he said: "There isn't nny room for argument, Montague. You can have ono more minute In which to change your mind. If you stay, you'll begin your fight from the Inside of the county Jail." Now there had been nothing in John Montague Smith's well-ordered quar ter century of boyhood, youth, nnd business manhood to tell him how to cope with tho crude nnd savage emer gency which he was confronting. But In tho granted minute of respite some thing within him, n thing ns primitive nnd elementnl as the crisis with which it was called upon to grnpple, shook it self nwnke. no stepped quickly across tho Intervening space nnd stood under tho shaded desk light within arm's reach of tho man In tho "big swlng chalr. "You havo It all cut and dried, even to tho setting of tho police trap, haven't you?" ho gritted, hardly recognizing his own voice. "You meant to hang mo first nnd try your own case with tho directors afterward. Mr. Dunham, I know you better than you think I do: you are not only a crook you aro a yellow-livered coward, ns well I You don't daro to press that button l" Whllo ho was saying It, tho president hnd hnlf risen, nnd tho hand which hnd been hovering over tho bell-pushes shot suddenly under tho piled pnpers In tho corner of tho desk. When It como out It was gripping tho weapon which Is never very far out of reach in a bank. The next installment tells you how Mr. Dunham got the sur prise of his crooked life. And J. Montagus Smith camo to know quickly the value of using all his latent power. no arWRmwumT MnMnoNAL amMaiooi Lesson (By E. O. SELLHRS, Acting Director of tho Sunday School Course of tho Mood lllble Institute.) (Copyright. 1917. W-gt-rn N-w-pnpcr Union.) LESSON FOR JUNE 17 THE RISEN LORD. I.HSSON TKXT-Jolin 20:2-16. GOLDEN TEXT-But now in Christ risen from tlto dead, and become the first irults of them that slept I Cor. 15:20. Tho dpnth of Christ made n deep impression upon tho beholders (Luke JJ.1 :48, -10). Joseph, who seems to hnve been n secret disciple, obtained tho body, nnd gnve It burial (Mark 15: 42-47). In Mnrk's record we have the story of tho discovery of the resurrec tion by the women, nnd Matthew tolls us how his enemies denlt with that fact. Bo sure to uso n good harmony of the four gospels iu presenting nil of those lessons, else some Important detail will be overlooked. I. Mary's Visit to the Tomb (w.l 10). Tho Sabbath ended nt sundown, nnd the shops were then open, nnd Mary Magdalene was nble to purchase spices with which to anoint tho dead body of Jesus. There Is strong prob nblllty thnt tho women paid n visit to tho tomb late on Saturday (Matt. 8:1, R. V.). Starting tho next morn ing, "whllo it wns yet dark" (v. 1), they camo to tho tomb to perform this last service of love. Jesus had no need of such servlco (Matt 10:27; 20: 10), but tho women were rewarded by receiving tho first glimpse of the risen Lord. Thero were five nppenranccs on this first dny of the week : (1) to Mary Magdalene, (2) to the "other women," (3) to Peter; (4) to those on the way to Emmaus, and (5) to the ten dis ciples, Thomas being absent. Nono of theso seemed to expect Je sus to be risen, for they had each failed to listen to and ponder his words. Tho extent nnd genuineness of tho affection of tho women is found in that they went to servo Jesus when apparently nil hope had failed (I Cor. 13:8, R. V.). As soon as Mary saw the stono rolled away, she concluded thnt the tomb hud been rifled, and hastened to report to the disciples (v. 2). This report of the women to tho disciples wns considered "as Idlo tales" (Luke 24:11). With Intense eagerness Peter nnd John ran to tho tomb thus reported as being robbed. John, tho younger, reached tho tomb first, but in reverence did not enter, only stooping to look in (vv. 4, 6). Peter, the impetuous one, rushes In Bide, and sees the linen clothes lying, nnd the napkin that had been nbout tho head carefully folded and lying In a place by Itself (v. 7). This appar ently Insignificant detail Is one which is really significant, Innsmuch as it shows that tho tomb had not been rifled, leaving disorder behind. In stead of excitedly snatching the nap kin from his fnce, nnd hurling it whither It might fall, he had quietly taken It off, nnd In nn orderly wny laid It aside. It Is In such minute de tails as this that we see the grentest evidence of the veracity of this rec ord. II. Mary Weeping (vv. 11-15). Tho disciples returned to their own homes, nnd doubtless to the other disciples (v. 10), but tho loving Mary remained behind In this plnco mado snered as having housed the body of the Lord. It Is nntural for us to linger In silent meditation In places of our grentest revelation or of our deepest soul ex perience. Jesus hnd told his disciples over and over again thnt ho should rlso ngnln, nnd It seems strnnge thnt his enemies should havo remembered It (Mntt. 27 :03) nnd his friends not. III. Mary Worshiping (vv. 10-18). There must have been an Inflection In tho volco of Jesus, for, upon the utter ance of thnt ono word, "Mary," sho recognized her risen Lord. Joyfully sho exclaimed, "Rabbonl," that Is to sny, "Master" (v. 10), and would have poured out her love and worship nt his feet. Jesus, however, does not suf fer her to hold him fast. Mary must leave him, and tell t.e others. Llter nlly, ho snys, "Do not lay hold of mo but go and make known the glad truth that I am risen again." The risen Lord must return to "My Father" and "My God," whereas tho ono who would gladly havo remained nt his feet must go to tho brethren, nnd mako known tho facts of tho fulfillment of prophecy and tho resurrection of our Lord. Tho bribed soldiers sprend abroad tho talo that tho disciples had stolen his body. Tho later lives of theso dis ciples, their heroism and mnrtyrdom, aro evidence of tho absurdity of any such act on their part. Tho resurrection of Jesus Is a vln dlcntion of his claim to being tho Son of God. Wo do well to emphasize his birth, and to dwell much upon his death, yet both of theso havo no es sential value apart from his resurrec tion. Apart from this, tho cross is tho end of n failure. Tho resurrection dem onstrated that Jesus Christ's redemp tion was not completed upon tho cross. Tho resurrection Is better authenticat ed than any other event In history. Tho risen Lord called this weak band of disciples "my brethren" (Matt. 28:10). Ho Is our brother still, and wo aro to proclaim his work of redemption, tho proof of which Is tho resurrection, unto others who know It not, for this story is no fiction. It is tho world's most tremendous and awe inspiring and glorious fact. SICK WOMAN HAD CRYING SPELLS Restored to Health by Lydia ELPinkham's Vegetable Compound. Enhnut, Pa. "I wns all run down and Weak inwardly. I had female troubles anu nervous leeungs and my head both ered me. I would often havo crying spells and feel as if I was not safe. If I heard anyone com ing I would run and lock tho door so they would not aeo me. I tried several doc tors and they did not help me so I said to mv mother 'I cruess I will have to die as thcro is no help for me.' Sho got mo one of your little books and my husband said I should try one bottle. I stopped the doctor's medicine and took Lydia E. Pinkham'a Vegetable Compound. It soon mado a change in me and now I am strong and do all my work." 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