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"Was" it' anything , dcario ? " Hho uttered
'
tered an exclamation aa
bollV white face. VThd
going to attack us , Bluebell ? la that
*
It ? " " "
"No * no , auntie not BO far an I
know , " said the girl , "With an attempt
at a wan ainlle. "At Ipast , that waati' ( .
what dnMSwir/lvedY \ \ ( lon't nsk me
tonight , nuntlc , I'm tired. Good night. "
MHH ! Elizabeth was all of mother aho
had over known , . -
"Good night. G od kqep you. 4pirlc' } ' |
the cltloV "woman whispered. Her
worda remained with Bluebell after Biio
had nhtit herself Into her room.
God keep her ! There waa One to
TYhdnVshe Bhonld 'turn'1now"lfor ' iJelp In
thlft mont tc'rrlblevcrlulS of hcr'yminjv
life. Bluebell threw honiulf on hcr
(
knocs , burying her face In her hands.
Oh , God , afiSw nW-'wI/.il / was'rtht' '
right" thlnirtlb do. "Help her1 , oil , God }
for thorj wni np ot.bpj w j could toll ,
her what she must do !
Save her father' from the bouse-1
quonccs of a deliberate crime by HOlUng
hcYfiVlf to this "BcoimflYolfJ It/Wis a
fearful sacrifice ! Did God demand It )
of her ? ffuy , wouJ Bljo j'olns ' rlght (
in making It ? Bluebell was n good.
Hwcetitruehearted girl. She had al- '
waya shown respect and affection for.
the most unlovitblo man who waa her ,
father , oven when Jip waa Jeap warily
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of respect ; hut she' had an n'niimml
amount of coimnhii 'aonHd'or a ydung
girl , and waa not Hkoly to bo betrayed
into any sentimental and maudlin
course of action. ' . - . - . -
Aa Hho knelt there n midden thought
caiuo to Bli(6boll ( , bringing Uio warm
blood In a palpitating wave over the
jtallor of her white face , and quicken
ing the throbs of her heart that had
been boating ao-low and despairingly.
It wan the thought of Adalr Rothes.
"If ho were only hero , " Bluoboirtoai'd
to herself , "I think ho would help mo.
Ho said hoVaa my friend. ' ' ' " * l
Her thougjita ymndorpd . . .from , tjjg
terrible crisis of the moment to the
brief time of happlncna In the after
noon when JllothctD had fir * I mot bar.
It L'n'ljiQt Iftntpil lojjgt that was true ;
but somehow the memory ot Rothes'
clasp of her hand , of hla long look Into
her eyes , brought * u < kind ot brlof
BV/oetnoHa Into Bluebell's heart , which
even the pain and Borrow of the proa-
cnl could .not qulto blot out. -
When aha rose from her knees her
mind waa qiilCo made up.
"I nhnll not marry that man , " she
( laid , and her eyes wore full of at
strange , deep determination. "It would
not make dad's sin the Ions if * I Ilid so.
It would be a sin on my part to marry
a man llko that. ' It would le adding
Bin to Hiiu Dad nuiat cacapo , hut It
will be In some , ( Jthcr way. f will , help
him toido BOHo'iiumt escape1 to Eng
land , and , qiintlo and I , wiU .carry on
the farm horo. " ' ' ' „ " , . „
„ This dotcrmlnaHnnmbrQiyhJt,7a , cer-
taln reatfulneuii to Bliebo ) | ) . She un-
iljTCsscd. .ppt . , , Into , h d , , and , presently ,
went to-Blcep ? though 'It
disturbed by-troubled araunsf 6f BOera
attacking l4bw'
it. nud.ity.lng'up fall ilta bcciipanta to
Bjaltfs' In' . rHqri'.that. they1 , VglMic !
biirntiAlfio. no , - > * > " ' ' " ll
> (
, AJra ( I sliq had 'ay6rso
his daughter ,
and rlfllng eVer . ' . - yaa
returning about 7 b'cloek-hb saw a * tall , "
dark figure approaching'hW oVliorse-
back. He recognjzedjt at. ouee.aml
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his heart sank ,
' ' u > i > t t w
Moore ro'do'qiilcVly'iin.to hhm , Mr.
Leslie could see some excitement on
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the usually dark , hnpassfvb" face.
" 'News , ' Ijps'lie great newali" he ex
claimed , as ho came close to.the other
man , and flung himself off ills horse ,
"lilston * . 'man ; 'but first" ho dropped
hi } ; voice "what of my love affair.
How haVe ( yon ( ( ( witK thu' ytllu !
bride-elect "
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bcslla > s | rubicund ' face , bljiil ( > l'd , but
lie endeavored' put * on an air of as-
sut'nncol
' 'My dear Moore , she will come
roll ml ; Iam not afraid of .that. Of
course you must allow for a little re
luctance at first ; but there Isn't the
slightest fear but she will give In. But
you'll glvo us a day or two more of
grace , will you not ? "
Ills tone of abject entreaty told more
tluin his words did to the keen ear of
Gerald Mdore | who' turned ankle1 tof a
ilicjinont , and passed hla hand over his
lips asIf1 to" " conceal tholr'cxpieUalon. ]
'JYcs , I will glvo you a day or two
more , " ho said presently , "fpr , thqro's
Borne work before you , Mr. Leslie , If.
as I think , you feel inclined to tell
Bomothing which the British general
nt 'I/adysmlth would glvo hla ears to
know. In n few days some ot the
JifKB fit men on the Boots' jde may
Jio Imnde 'prisoners. Ha ! Is that not
tidings wo/th heurjng ? I could glvo
tiq | Information myself , but 1 wish you
to have the chance of a , .1.IU19
and also of a pecuniary reward. You
do not need to sell this Information
undar severalJinmlrod poundR "
Avnrlco.waft. ono of tthe man's heact-
llng niSJi.balt VjtB tho'haato to'b'o ' rich
which iiodi landed him In the net o
the } jllll 'airoaerald. ' ; ; ty&qro1 , ; , t " , '
HQ gmaped Mo'ore's arm.
" m you can give nui this Infornia
tlon-i ? Forfplty'a ' sakd , lob'tiVo-'k'no
nil. 'Mooro. "
The other man bent hla head , am
for a few minutes apoko In a low but
lellbpratc and distinct voice. Leslie
Irank In every word. Hii hatred of
the Boors WHS only equaled by his luat
for gold , and the two passlonu , seeing
way to Do imtlBfled hei'o , rontreretl
lis rubicund faro agitated and con
vulsed with emotion.
"Yon arc willing to Inform ? Then
o. and at once ! " exclaimed Moore.
pt , a , moment ly to be , loaf , It-lp
ittorly Impossible that tie Inforpa- }
( on ran be carried to Ladyamlth In
my other way. I solemnly assure you
hat ; io oje | elao knowa it , but myaelfr
You can reach Ladysmlth by 9
So then , without more mlo , go ! "
As Adam Leslie , full ttt 'the design
atj waa to deliver the very' ' lea < ] ( , > rs
, the Boor army Into the 'hands of
he enemy , hurried within his stead
ng , the other man looked after hfin
with a smllu. .
So-you have worked into my hanUs ,
{ lend Loalle , " ho m\tW9d ( \ ! . .Ana"io }
ubbed these useful' ' membora together
i If Iioallo were literally botweOn
lipm.
, "Now my path will be easy. Yea ,
my chlifmlng Bluebell , you will find
erald Moore Is capable of revenge aa
vofl aa love ! " And ho laughed. "And
f you will not yield to persuasion , my
lear young lady , why , then , wo must
loccla try forcb ! "
CHAPTER V ,
Bluebell had come down prepared to
; lvo 'her father her' answer , and to
n'ako ' her proposal to him , In the
fnclrnlng ; but to her surprise and con-
Riernatlon , she learned t.lmt he had
no off. on horseback , no one knew
whither , not aaylng when he should
return.
"It waa Sam who saw him go , " said
Miss Elizabeth , in a frightened tone' ,
'and ho says he went In the direction
) f Ladysmith ; but of course he nwy
lo ) going much farther than that ho
may.be going by train. Do you know
nothing about it , Bluebell ? "
. Blucljell shook her hpad. She was
uiorj ) , put about even than her aunt by
this now move , What could It mean ? "
"Dear nuntle , you're not afraid of
the Boors' , 110 you ? They' ' have never
lone ua any harm , why should they
now ? Though they are fighting with
Britons , rilt la with -British soldiers
: irmotl' tHeinselv'ca , not1 with helpless ,
unarmed people , especially women. "
The day passed. , the women going
ibmit tholr usual .ayocatlonti ; In } ! ,
Adam Leslie did not return. It was
lot till late In the evening that ho rode
it a hard paces up the avenue and Into
.ho steading , right up underneath the
stoop or veranda. Bluebell wont down
: o ineethlm , then turned away with a
shjiddcr , for.aho could aea ho waa deep *
y flushed and his eyca , blazing , while
! ie staggered slightly as ho got oft his
horse. , j , , o , 4..i
"Sam ! " cried Bluebell to the Zulu
servant who ihad 'apppearod at the
Sound of the horse's hoofs , "take my
father's horso. Father , takeuhytarm,1'
she Bald , In a low voice.
But he Hung her off with1 an oath.
"Away Into the house ! 'You tire a
disobedient creature , and I will 'have
nothing to do with you ! " ho snarled.
He * himself staggered Into the sitting
room , wheie he lay down on a couch
indi fell aaleeep , without oven remov-
ing''hia great riding boots.
Bluolioll could n'bt speak to lilni that
night ; She crept away , bltteily hu
miliated and distressed ; and Mlsa
Ell/abcth came in and endeavored to
uomfort her ; but It was such comfort
is ono who Is Ignorant of the real na-
ure or depth of a wound can give.
By the morning her father had slept
off his drunken fit. Bluebell managed
o get afew minutes alone with him
iftor breakfast , during which he waa
sullen ami 'silent , not exchanging a
word with the women.
Bad as Adam Iicslk was , he had still
few Instincts ot a gentleman , and
one of thesotourhim that he had been
guilty of a baseband dishonorable act
n Bcllllng the Information which waa
o betray the Boor leaders into the
iianda of an enemy.
"Father , I must speak to you for a
minute , " Bluebell said , very pale but
very determined. "I have been think
ing over what you said last night I
pannot do what you wish. It would bo
a crime to sell myself to a man I
oatho and fear. But but you must
( scape. This is the time to do It , when
all the country Is In confualon , and
people are leaving every day. You
must go down to Durban-and got to
England. Aunt Elizabeth and I shall
stay on bore , and wo can send you the
money we make. The only thing we
have to do is to throw Mr. Moore oft
tha scent , "
Ifo had been glaring at her with a
look that vaguely terrified Bluebell up
lo this moment. Now ho Interrupted
her In a hoaifae. , sullen tone
"Ydii uiro mad , child ! You don't
know what you are talking about !
am not'golng'to'oscapo , or to do any
such thing , i In the innantlme , Aa foi %
you , you wll ] have to make , up your
mind sooner or later'ip marry Giirald
Mooio ; but ho. Is not 'Mjlng to Insist
at once. Y.ou , will have a week or two
in which to accustom yourself to the
Idea that seems so dlsagiceablo to
you" - ' 'i ' ' '
Ho turned without another word
and walked out of the room. Bluebell
odkeil after him , with mingled agony
uul humiliation In her heart.
He luid not always1 been llko this.
Bluebell could remember her early
yean of childhood In fur-off Scot-
and. when a aweot-faced , brown-
mlrcd woman ruled the i house , and
Adam J.esllc had been aa different
from what ho was now as day la from
light.
Then the sweet mother had dlod ,
and Leslie had beqn turned out ot the
nherltancc ho had thought would bo
ia | , by a cousin , long supposed to be
lead , turning up ; and , In a sullen , de
fiant mood , the man had sot off for
South Africa , taking his slater with
ilm. Tha passion for making money
md entered his heart , which aeemcd
.o have no longer any sweet home
ifTectlon ( o soften It since his wife
lied ; and ho had become harder and
more atillen and more Immersed In
rioney making until thla fparful end
iad come.
A day or two passed. Gerald Moore
seemed to have disappeared , and BIuoj
boll began to breathe more frceoly ,
Perhaps , after all , he was not BO bad
as ahe had thptiglit ; perhaps her evl ;
lent aversion to the Idea of marrying
him had offended him. and declilod
him ( o act a triorb mrtrclf rpart than
he had at flrot Intended '
Meantime , too , they had heard rib
further nowa of the Invading Boera.
Ono night Bluebell had gone to her
own room rather earlier than usual.
She had had a headache an uncom
mon ailment with her and , saying to
hoi' aunt that a'he fell sure that there
waa a thunderstorm coming , ahe bade1
her good-night and went to bed ; but
for a long time aho could not aleup.
The night was very hot an unusutif
thing at that season , when , though
the daya are awelterlngly warm , the
nights are correapondingly cold-1 and
there was the strange stillnesa In the
air which precedes a thunderstorm.
Bluebell lay waiting for the first sud
den clap of thunder , the first dazzling
blaze of lightning , all her nervea un
strung , not by fear , but by the over
charged electricity In the air , and her
own throbbing temples. > *
At last Bluebell's-cars , strained to
catch any nplse , detected a strange
throbbing sound ; but It seemed to be
very far away. It was certainly not
the rumbling of thunder. Was It a
real sounder did it exist only in her
fancy , in the throbbing tympanum of
her oar ? Bluebell lay still and lis
tened.
No , it waa no fancy ! She heard It
again , and this time more distinct.
It waa the sound of horaes' hoofa of
many hoiscs' hoofs Bluebell well
luiew , though the noise produced was
not that of several distinct sounds ,
but of one galloping along the wagon-
path of the veldt.
Bluebell started up In bed. a flmlden
trembling seizing her. The Bdeis ! Ot
( 'oiirse It was the Boors ! She did not
h'a've a doubt on the subject. But In
What direction \Vere they going. Ah'
th6y were coming towards New Kelso !
She could hear'their horses approach
ing every hidment.
Almost mechanically Bluebell threw
litirself out of bed and dressed herself
quickly , then thrust her feet Into her1
slippers. All the house Waa allent. It
Was about 1 o'clock In' the morning ,
and every one Waa In bed. Should
aho go to wake them ? Bluebell hesi
tated. Perhaps the horsemen would
pass right on ; they must , be going
'
towards Lady'smlth. Was it not bet
tor that hor'father should sleep on In
IgnbVancc that the hated' Boera were
so near. It ho knew of their prox
imity , who could toll what bad step
Ills'hatred oV'them ' might Induce him
to tike9
Bluebell determined to remain where
ahe was and watch. Slie atood behind
the niusllirdtirtalns , whTch alond pro
tected the utishiitt6Ved window , watch-
Ing. Her heart beat fast and un
evenly. anH hoVvous little spool's of
pain lan thioiigh the palms df her
hands1. *
( To 'be ' contlnue'il. ' ) '
with tint IJ : M < if riiitii. ,
Some IdcVof amateur 'photography
as 'It was ' in Us early days may be
gathered' fiom an incident which the
late Bishop Wals'ham ' How confided to
Ill's note book. Before ho became a
blahop he used to call together th
old men of the parish on Nr.v Year's
day. and on one occasion ho displayed
to his guests a photograph of t\\o old
men who had long worked at the rec
tory. They were photogniphpl : n
their working clothes , one with a
spade and the other holding a little
tree as If about to plant It. A v > ry
deaf old man , Richard Jones , took the
plintograph In hla hands , and looking
at It said : "Beautiful1 Beautiful : "
S the reotor shouted1 ' 'Who are. they ,
Richard ? " "Why. " he said , "Its
Abraham offering up Isaac to be sac
rificed ! " The rector tried to undeceive
him , and as the old men who had bqqn
photographed were sitting opposite
him , he said ; "You'llsee.them bofo
you If , you'll look up. " Richard
smiled serenely but al ) ho , Bald was.
"Yes , yes. 1 sees 'em bofnre me by
faith ! " Youth's Companion.
I'rnphnllc.
Mrs. Bingo "You went to Mlckle-
man , the palmist , didn't you ? And how
was he ? " Mrs. Klngley "Wonderful !
Hla powers of divination are leally
marvelous. " What did ho say ? " "He
said I would bo without a cook foi
nearly a month. " Detroit Free Picas.
"DreadiuM" 'exclaimed Cholly A ) glo ,
maixo aa he looked at an old paining
where the costumes Included double !
and IIOBB. "It's plotuiesque. " "Per
haps. But how pould 11'iniin , , roll lip
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hla' trousers' llko they do In 'London ?
Washington Star.
TALfll'AGE'S ' SERMON.
RCWAHDS OF' NDCAVOR SUN
DAY'S SUBJECT.
'ram Uio roIlowltiR T st r "I Hnvn
rlnlnlKMl tlin Work \Vhlilt Thou < ) nn l
AIn to Do" .loliii XVII , 4 The Vrultn
of Well. Won Victory ,
[ Copyright , 1000 , by Touls Klop jch.l
There la a profound satisfaction In
ho completion of anything wo huvo
mdortaken. Wo lift thq capstone with
exultation , whllo , on the other hand ,
hero IH nothing nioro disappointing
Ulan after having tolled In a certain
direction to find that our'tlmo la wast-
; tl and our Investment profitless.
3hrlst came to throw tip a highway on
which the whole world might , If It
hose , mount Into heaven , Ho did It.
( "ho foul mouthed crow who attempted
to tread on him VJoukl nbt extinguish
the subllnlo satisfaction which ho ex
pressed when ho said , "I have finished
.he work which thou gavest me to
do. "
Alexander the Great wa3 wounded ,
and the doctors could 'not- ' medicate hl
woundsand ho seemed to txi dylng.and
In his dream the sick man saw a plant
with n peculiar flower , and he dream
ed that that plant waa put upon his
wound and that Immediately It was
cured , And Alexander , -waking from
his dream , told this to the physician ,
and the physician wandered out until
he found Just the kind of plant which
the sick man had described , brought
It to him , and the wound waa healed.
Well , the human race had been hurt
with the ghastliest of all wounds- -
tiiat of Bin. It waa the business of
Christ to bring a balm for that wound
the balm of divine restoration. In
carrying this business to a success
ful IBSUO the illttlcuUiea were stupen
dous.
The Spiritual UphnlhlliiR.
In many of our plans we have our
friends to help us ; eome to draw a
sketch of the plan , others to help us
In the execution. But Christ fought
every Inch of his way against'bitter '
hostility and amid circumstances all
calculated to depress and defeat.
In hla father's shop no more inter
course was necessary than Is ordinar
ily necessary In bargaining with mon
that have work to do ; yet Christ , with
hands hard from use of tools of trade ,
was called forth to become a public
speaker , to preach In the face of mobs ,
while some wept and some shook their
fists and some gnashed upon him With1
their teeth and many wanted him out' '
of the way. To address orderly and' '
respectful assemblages Is not so easy
as it may seem , but It requires more
energy'and more force and more con
centration to address an exasperated
mob. The villagers of Nazareth heard
the pounding of his hammer , but all
the wide reaches of eternity were to
hear the stroke of hla spiritual up
building.
So also the habits of dress and diet
were against him. The mighty men of
Christ's time did not appear In apparel
without trinkets and adornments.
None of the Caesars would have ap
peared In citizen's apparel. Yet here
was a man , here was a professud king ,
who always worn the same coat. In
deed , it was far from shabby , for alter
he had worn it a long while the gam
blers thought it worth raffling about ,
but still it was far from being an
Imperial robe. It was a coat that < tny
ordinary man might have worn on an
ordinary occasion. '
Neither was there any pretension In
his diet. No cupbearer with golden
chalice brought him wine to drink
On the seashore he ate fish , first hav
ing broiled It himself. No one fetched
him water to drink ; but , bending over
the well In Samaria , ho begged a
drink. Ho sat at only one banquet ,
and that not at all sumptuous , for to
relieve the awkwardness of the host
one of the guests had to prepare wine
for the company.
niiin Without n Ulplonm.
All this was against Christ. So the
fact that ho was not regularly gradu
ated was against him. If a man come
with the diplomas of colleges and
schools and theological seminaries ,
and he lua been through foreign trav
el , the world Is disposed to listen. But
hero was a man who had graduated
at no college , had not In any acad
emy by ordinary moans learned the
alphabet of the language ho spoke.and
yet he proposed to talk , to Instruct In
subjects which had confounded the
mightiest Intellects. John says : "Thu
Jews marvek'd , saying. How hath this
man letters , having never learned ? "
Wo. in our day , have found out that
a man without a diploma may know
as much as a man with one and that
a college can not transform a slug
gard into a philosopher or n theolog
ical seminary teach a fool to preach.
An empty head after the li > lng on of
hands of the presbytery Is empty still.
But it shocked all existing prejudices
in those olden times for a man with
no schplastlqjptfl.tonaion * ' and np grad
uation from a learned Instil ution to net
himself up for a , teacher. It was
against him.
So also the brevity of his life was
against him. Ho hod not come to what
we call mid-life. But very few men do
* lythlng before 33 years of age , and
yet that was the point at which
Christ's life terminated. The first IS
years you take in n\irsory \ and school
Then It will take you six yeais to get
Into your oceup.Ulon or profession
That will bring you to 31 years , Then
It will take you ten years at least to
get established In your lifn work , cor
recting the mistakes you have made.
It any man at 33 years of ago gets
fully established In his life work he
Is the exception. Yet that Is the
point at whlbh * Christ's1 llfd 'terniln'-
atod.
"mossed Ar i the 1'oor. "
Popular opinion . declared In those
days , "Blessed la the merchant who
has 1 a rastlo down on the banks of
Lake 1 Tlborlos. " Thla young man
said. 1t "Blessed are the poor. ' * Popular
opinion aald In UIOHO days , "Blessed
are those who live amid statuary and
fountains fI f and gardens and congratu
lations and all kinds of festivity. "
Thla young man responded , "Blessed
are they that mourn. " Public opinion
in those daya said , ' 'Blessed Is the Ro
man eagle , the flap of uliose wing
startles nations and the plunge of
whose Iron beak InfHfts cruelty upon
Its enemies. " Thla young man re
sponded , "Blessed are the merciful. "
Papular opinion said , "An cyo for an
eye , a tooth for a tooth. " In other
words , if a man knocks your qye out
knock hla out. If a man breaks your
ooth break hla. Retort for retort , sar-
asm for sarcasm , Irony for Irony , per
secution for persecution , wound for
vound. Christ said , "Pray for them
hat dcspltefully use you. " They look-
jd at hla eye. It waa llko any other
man'a eye , except perhapa moro
peaking. They felt hla ha'nd , made
of bone and muscle and nervea and
flesh , Just like any other hand. Yet
what bold treatment of subjects.what
supernatural demands , what strange
doctrine ! They felt the solid earth
inder them , and yet Chrla.t said , "I
> ear up the pillars ot this world. " They
ooked at the moon. Ho said , "I will
urn It Into blood. " They looked at
the sea. He said , "I will hush It. "
They looked at the stars. He said , "I
will shake them down llko untimely
figs. " Did ever one so young say
things so bold ? It was all against
ilm.
ilm.After
After the battle of Antletam , when
a general rode along the lines , al
though the soldiers were lying down
xhausted , they rose with great en
thusiasm and huzzaed. Aa Napoleon
returned from his captivity his first
step on the wharf shook all the king-
loms , and 250,000 men flocked to his
standard. It took .3.000 troops to
.vateh him In his exile. So there liave
been men of wonderful magnetism of
person. But hear me while I tell you
of a poor young man who came up
from Nazareth to produce a thrill
which has never been excited by any
other. Napoleon had around him the
memories of Marengo and Austerlltz
and Jena , but here waa a man who had
"ought no battles , who wore no epaul
ets , who brandished no sword. Ho had
probably never seen a prince or shak
en hands with a nobleman. The only
extraordinary person w"e know of as
being in his company was his own
mother , and she was so poor that In
the most delicate and solemn hour
that comes to a woman's soul she was
obliged to Ho down among drivers
groo'mlng the beasts of burden.
Tim Question ot Mileage.
I imagine Christ ono day standing In
the streets of Jerusalem. A man de
scended from high lineage Is standing
beside him , and aays : "My father waa
a merchant prince. He had a castle on
the beach In Galilee. Who was your
father ? " Christ answers , "Joseph , the
carpenter. " A man from Athena la
standing there unrolling hia parch
ment of graduation and says to Christ ,
Where did you go to school ? " Christ
answers , "I neve.r graduated. " Aha ,
the idea of such an unheralded young
man attempting to command the at
tention of the world ! Aa well some
llttlo fishing village on Long Island
shore attempt to arraign New York.
Yet no sooner does he set foot In the
towns or cities of Judaea than every
thing is in commotion. The people go
out on a picnic , taking only food
enough for a day , yet are so fascinat
ed with Christ that at the risk of
starving they follow him out Into the
wilderness. A nouleman falls down
flat before him and says. "My daughter
js dead' . " A beggar tries to rub the ,
dimness from his eyes and says ,
Lord , that my eyes may be opened. "
A poor , sick , panting woman presses
through the crowd and sraye , "I must
touch the hem of his garment. " Chil
dren who love their , mother better
than any one else struggle to get Into
his arms , and to kiss his cheek , and
to run their fingers thiough his hair ,
and for all time putting Jesus so in
love with the llttlo ones that there is
hardly a nursery In Christendom from
Which ho does not take one. saying
' I must have thorn. I will nil heaven
with those , for every cedar that I plant
in heaven I will have 50 white lilies.
In the hour when I was a poor man
in' Judaea they weie not ashamed of
me. and now that I have come to a
throne I do not despise them. IlolJ
It not back , 0 weeping mother ! Lay
It on my warm heart. Of such is the
kingdom of heaven. "
MHory ( ) > vr
See him victorious over the forces of
nature. The sea Is a crystal sepulcher
It swallowed the Central American
the Picsident and the Spanish armada
as easily as any lly that over lloatel
on It. The Inland lakes are fully as
terrible in their wrath. Some of u
who have sailed on It know that Lake
Galilee , when urouscd I'n u btorm , ib
overwhelming , and yet that sea
crouched in his presence , and licked
bis feet. He knew all the wuvus am
the wind. When he beckoned thoj
i-amo. When ho frowned , they Heel
The hocl of his foot made no liulenta
tlon on the solldltled water. Medlca
science has wrought great changes it
rheumatic limbs and diseased blood
but when the muscles are entlreij
withered no human power can reston
them , and when a limb is onro dead 1
Is dead , But here Is a puraiytlc rhl
hand lifeless. Christ says to him
"Stretch forth thy hand , " and ho
stretches it forth.
In the eye Intiriniiy how many dls
easea A'that delicate organ have been
cured ? But Jesus saya to ono bllndi
"Be open ! " and the light of heaved
riMhea through gatea that have never
before boon opened , The frost or an
ax may kill a tree , but Jesua smltca
one dead with a word. Chomlatry
may do many wonderful things , but
what chemist at a wedding when the
wine gave out could change a pall of
waterlnto acaskof wine ? Whathuman j
voice could command a school of fish ? -
Yet here Is a volro that marshals the '
scaly tribes , until in a place where
they had let down the not and pulled
It up with no fish In It they let it down
igaln , and the disciples lay hold and
jegan to pull , when by reason of .tho
nultitudo of fish the net broke. Na
me Is his servant. The llowera ho
wlstod them Into hla sermons ; tbo
vlnds they were his lullaby whan ho
slept In the boat ; the rain It hung
glltterlngly on the thick follago ot the
> arables ; the star ot Bothlehom-Mt
sang a Christmas carol over hla birth ;
he rocks they beat a dirge at hln
death. Behold hla victory over the
grave ! The hinges of the family vault
jecomo very rusty because they are |
never opened except to take anothorln. t
There is a knob on the outside of the
door of the sepuleher , but none on the
nsldo. Hoie comes the conqueror ot ir
death. He enters thnt realm and saya.
'Daughter of. Jalrus , sit up ! " and she .
sits up. To Lazarus , "Come forth ! " . }
and ho came forth. To the widow's (
son he said , "Get up from that bier ! "
and ho goes home with hia mother.
I'hen Jesua snatoheJ up the keys of
death and hung them to hla glrdlo * f
and cried until all the graveyarda of li
the earth heard htm. " 0 Death , I l
will be thy plague ! O Grave , 1 will bo
thy destruction ! "
Tim .Siiiwrnnturnl Niituro.
No man could go through all the ob
stacles I have described , you say ,
without having a nature super
natural. In that arm , amid Its mus
cles and nerves and bones , were In
tertwisted the energies of omnipo
tence. In the syllables of that voice
there waa the emphasis of the eternal
God. That foot that walked the deck
of the ship In Gennesnret shall
stamp kingdoms of darkness Into de
molition. This poverty struck Christ
owned Augustus , owned the sanhe-
drln , owned Tiberias , owned all the
castles on its beach and all the skiea
that looked down Into Its water , own
ed all the earth and all the heavena.
To him of the plain coat belonged the
robes of celestial royalty. Ho who
walked the road to Emmaus the light
nings were the lire shod stceda ot hla
chariot. Yet there are those who look-
on and see Christ turn water Into
wlno , and they say , "It was sleight of
hand ! " And they see Christ raise tha
dead to life , and they say , "Easily explained -
plained ; not really dead ; playing
dead. " And they see Christ giving
sight to the blind man , and they say ,
"Clairvoyant doctor. " Oh what shall
they do on the day when Christ rises
up In judgment and the hills shall
rock and the trumpets shall call , peal
en peal ?
Christ n Sympathizer.
My subject also reassures us of the
fact that In all our struggles we have
a sympathizer. You cannot tell Cbnat
anything new about hardship. I do not
think that wide ages of eternity wilt
take the scara from his punctured side
and hla lacerated temples and hla sore
hands. You will never have a bur
den weighing so many pounds as that
burden Christ carried up the bloody-
hill. You will never have any suffer
ing worse than he endured , when with ,
tongue hot and cracked and Inflamed
and swollen , ho moaned , " 1 thirst. "
You will never be surrounded by
worse hostility than that which stood
around Christ's feet , foaming , revil
ing , livid with rage , howling flown hla
prayers , and snufllng up the smell of
blood. O ye faint hearted , O yo
troubled , O ye persecuted one , hero ! 3
a heart that can sympathl/o with you !
AtiCnd of Amurlcit.
J know It would be wrong to explain
our being three years ahead of a New
England boy merely from the scholar
ly preparation of our teachers , saya
Professor Hugo Munstcruerg. A second
end factor , which Is hardly less im
portant , stands clear before my mind ,
too ; the help which our school found
In our homes , I do not mean that wo
were helped in our work , but the
teachers were silently helped by the
spirit which prevailed In our homos
with icgard to the school work. The
school had the right of way , our par
ents reinforced our belief In the work
and our respect for the teachers ; a
repilmand in the. school waa a
shadow on our home life ; a word or
praise In the'schobl was U ray of'sun
shine for the household. The excel
lent school books , the wise plans for
the upbuilding of the ten' yoarj *
course , the hygienic care , the external'
stimulations , have all , of course , help
ed toward the results ; and yet I am
convinced that their effect was en
tirely secondary compared with those
two features , the scholarly enthusiasm
of our teachers , and the icspent for
the school on the part of our parents.
Atlantip Monthly.
Help Winifred to t > tli SrtxlH.
A member of congress from an agri
cultural district In the west road a let
ter recently revolved from one of hla
people. It read thus : "To the Very
Honorable Mr. Blank : Kind sir and
esteemed friend I have the seeds.
Thecamo'thla ' niornlhE ; ' and sult < Very
well , specially the cabbage seed which
gro\v.\vfollin ithls sojll. pleas' send rau
L' t'oada ' oTfertillsei' and a'n6w harror
( mine Is broke so It ain't no. good )
and If you couliK nenil mk h 'man ' 'for
a couple of days I would bo obllgad.
, \Vlth ( thh help I kndw the Ranlon stuff
will turn out al ilto and I will sand
some to you and the president. Your
grateful well wisher and Supporter. "
New York Tribune.