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t1"THE BABY CROP IS SCANT
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WOMEN IN EVANSTON , ILL. , HOWEVER -
EVER , ARE PLENTIFUL.
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Feminine Population of Fashionable
Chicago Suburb Greatly Out.
numbers Masculine-Figures
of Recent Census.
Chlcago.-Evanston , north shore
city of wealth , pride and culture , Is
gaining in feminine pOll\llation , Is los.
ing hcr masculine Inhabitants and Is
. . confronted with race suicide ,
This situation , regarded by soclolo.
gists as affording food for reflection ,
was revealed the other day with the
COmlletion of the city's ! .mnual school
census ,
'rho figures showed an Increase of
470 in the feminine population , a decrease -
crease of 42 in the number of mascu.
line inhabitants and an Increase of
only seven In the number under 21
yeal's of age.
The census taker found that race
WIR [ IN MAN'S ' HART [
A REMARI < ABLE OPERATION OF
PHILADELPHIA PHYSICIANS.
Negro Afflicted with Aneurism of the
Aorta-Sliver Thread Is Coiled
Inslct ! Organ and Then
Taken Out Again.
Phlladelphla.-Nature and a silver
wire 20 feet long saved the life of
Fred Williams at the end of one of
the most remarkable operations on
record.
It was for aneurism of the aorta ,
and was 11erformed on Williams in
the l\ledlco.Chlrurglcal hospital by Dr.
James P. hu1l1 ,
Williams , who is 39 years old , a ne.
gro barber and a man of wonderful
vltallt ) ' , noticed a swelling on his
breast some time ago , and went to the
1\Iedlco.Chirurglcal hospital. There he
was placed upon the operating table
without having been etherized , A hol.
low needle was plunged Into the aorta
and through this the sliver wire was
fed from a spool. The thickness of
the wire was about that of a No , 60
cotton thread. As the wire was fed
Into the great hlood vessel It called
Itself closely In the form of a cylinder ,
which fitted exactly thQ Inner smface
of the affected part.
Then the needle was withdmwn and
the little wound made b ' It. was
. . . dressed.
The prOcess that was then set up In
the weakened part was this :
\ The blood clotted over the wire and
1 "organlz..J" a new wall , strengthening. . .
that wblch had been weakened by the.
. _ . . . ( anourltlc growth.
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The opemtlon was performed two
months ago. Last week he came Into
the hospital with blood trickling
steadily from a pin hole In his chest.
. . . The Interne and the nurses who saw
the trickle were alarmCll and sent for
the sllrgeons.
Again W11liams was placed upon the
I operating table. The blood was found
to be coming from a wound tram
which protruded the tip of the sllvor
wire that had been coiled Inside his
aorta. With Infinlto care the whole
strand was tal\On out , and then , to the
amazement of over'bodY. the bleeding
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stoPllOl1.
'I'here Is every Indication that the
Imrbcl' Is now absolutely well , and
that the now Inner coating of the
aorta Is sufficiently strong to rolnforce
the weakened tissue that lies outside
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"I feel as well as I ever did In my
Ufo ancI work every da ' without fa.
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suicide was prevalent almost altogether -
gether In the homes of the wealthy.
In that part of the city given over to
luxury , which furnished a total population -
lation of about 12,000 fn school dls.
trlct No , 75 , there were just about the
same number of children that there
wore In the Fifth and Sixth wards ,
which furnished only 4,000 people , Vic.
tor McCulloch , the census- taker , who
is a Northwestern univorslty student ,
said that even this showing In the
wealthy homes was much bettor than
it would have been had It not been
that the maids and other servants
under 21 years of age were included
as among "the children , "
And there are considerably less chll-
dl'en altogether In proportion t9 adults
than there were a year ago , Especial.
ly in large districts of the city , which
show an Increase in the total population -
tion , there was a sharp decline In the
number of children from last year. In
the city as a whole there was an in.
crease of just seven children under 21
years of age during the year. There
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are 4,197 bo's ullder 21 ) 'oors or agc ,
a IOS8 of fi\'o for the ) 'ear , and thcro
are 4,769 girls \1IlIler 21 ) 'earB , an In.
crease of 12. School district No , 7G ,
'thlch Includes the 'fhlrd alld Fourth
wards In the southern part of the clt ) . ,
showed a total growth of 79 , but at
the sumo tlmo 1\ loss of 6G children
under 21 ) 'ears of age.
That Evanston Is a woman's para.
dlso Is shown In the census' rovelatlon
that there are 1,968 moro females than
males In the clt . . Last ) 'ear the pre.
ponderanco of women , was onl1,466 ,
but with 42 men gene there were
enough females born or who moved
Into the town to add 1\12 \ to their ma.
jorlty. In fact , the clt "s growth 1m ! :
been entirely among Its femlnlno population -
ulation , no male having arrlvod to 1'0-
place the 42 who departed , So the
women have brought the total figures
to 24,324 , an Increase of 428 over last
yoar.
"If the women continuo to Increase -
crease and the men continuo to decrease -
crease the situation , vIII offer a problem -
lem too deep for oven Presldont
Roosevelt , " said ono observer. "No
matter how much the women might be
Inclined toward matrimony , tholr op.
portunltles are lacltlng' , Evanston will
become an old maids' home. "
A clrcumstanco that Ims proved n
surprise Is the growth of race sulchle
nmong the negro population , Mr. Mc-
'Culloch said that on Denson avenue ,
and In other districts occupied by negroes -
groes , the number of children was surprisingly -
prisingly small , not larger , In fact ,
thnn In the homes of the rich whites ,
Almost the only exception to the rule
of small fnmllleB among negroes was
In the homo of Rev. Mr. Gales , pastor
of the Second Daptlst church , where
there was R fnmlly of eight chlldron.
Unlvorslt ) . students were not Included -
cluded In the census , Had they been ,
the totnl p01mlatlon would have been
nearly 2,000 greater and the disproportion -
tion of women oven larger.
GIRL'S I'FIDDLE" STOPS WORK.
St. Louis Contractor Cannot Pave AI-
ley Because Men Want to Dance.
St. Louls-Recont developments on
Eads avenue would Indicate that
walltlng delegates and union labor
pickets are not the only people who
force other people to quit work ,
Miss Louise Myers , of 3436 Eads
avenue , is a high class performer on
the violin and Iteeps herself up to the
mark by regular practice. A can.
tractor for the city Is at present en.
gaged In paving the alley In the rear
of the Myers residence and eml110ys
several negroes In the worlt , The
other day the contractor asked Mr.
Myers to "layoff" his daughter ,
"You know , " he said , "this Is a time
contract. When ) 'our daughter plays
that fiddle I can't get a lick of work
out of my men , When she tunes up
they just drop their spades and begin
to hoe It down , "
Miss Myers agreed to susllend op.
eratlons for a Neek.
ALGONQUIN NATIONAL PARK OF ONTARIO
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This scene , Caoha Lake from Lookout Point , Algonquin National Park of
Ontario , Is taken from one of the most beautiful sections of the Province of
Ontario , Canada , and a territory that has been reserved for the especial purpose -
pose of preserving and protecting fish and game life. It Is a popular district
for the summer tourist and sportsmen , those of whom make It . their objective
point each summer.
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NOT ELKS' TEETH A TALL.
Commercial Article Made from Bone ,
Declares Fur Buyer.
Kansas City , MO-Local hide and
fur dealers are laughing right loud
over the news froll Philadelphia that
the Elks adopted the 111an of discard
the elk's tooth as the emblem of the
order so "that there may be an end
to the wholesale slaughtorlng of the
elk , "
Jewelers who handle elks' teeth say
the stocks are low , and that they have
not been added to In the last two
) 'ears , but that the price has jumped
from 50 cents to $10 per pall' for the
teeth , M. Lyons , who has been buying
furs In Kansas City for a quarter of a
century , declared that 60 cents a pall'
would be robber ' for the commercial
"elk's tooth" of to.da ' ,
"Decluse the supply Is so great , "
was his reason. "The Elks need not
worry about the supply running ou-t
so long as Armour Is running and has
a bone pile. Armour sorts the bones
for knife handles , l11ano kers and elks'
teeth , among other things , The 'Dest
Peol11e on Earth' ma ' weep as they I
sit In their lodges , for the slaughter of
the poor ellt tll1\t thE ! members may
have their teeth chattering all over
their watch challis , their coat lapels ,
and In theh' 11ockets , but It would be
going too far to stop the Industry of
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hunting the olk's tooth , The clubman
who thinks the ellt's tooth' Is hunt(111 In
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the far north might bo shocked to
learn that It Is hunted In the bono
pile. The dentists might tell him
something about the porcelain elk's
tooth. "
"About how man ) ' elk hides a year
does your house get ? " was asked , expecting -
pecting the reply to be several thou.
sand ,
"Not over a couple , " It was thought.
"How many ellt hides are sold annually -
ally In the entire United States ? "
"Not over 100 , "
"How many are shot..by prlvato
hunting parties and the hides carried
home ? "
"Not ever 200 elk a year are shot on
the continent , " the fur buyer declar.cd
ruthlessly.
"That menns not over 400 elks'
teeth available for the clubmen ? " was
suggested.
"It docs not mean anythIng of the
sort. Half the number of heads are
mounted Intact , keeping the teeth In
them , "
Catch Is Woman's Scalp.
Hartford , Mich.-While fishing at
Hull lake , near here , Pllen brought to
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the surface pieces of a woman's scalp
with long hairs attached , I.ato last
fall screams were hoarll at the Milo
Hoot home , but as nuno of the women
were at home no Invostlgatlon was
n1l de and nothing was said until the
ploco of scalp was ffund.
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FINALLY ROUSED UP UNCLE ,
How n Crowd of Villagers Stirred the
Sage of the Cracker Dnrrel.
There was the usual crowll of vII-
lagers sitting on tbo postoffico stops
waiting for the l1u l to bo dlstrlb-
utod , and among thom was Uncle
John. 110 had jolnell the slttora without -
out sa 'llIg n wOl'll , al1l1 at the 01111 of
fifteen minutes ono of the mon winked
nt UI0 crowll and said :
"Woll , Uncle John , h3\'o ) 'OU hoard
about the big earthquake In Vermont ,
with 10,000 } 1eol1lo It1110117"
Uncle John looked at him In a
weary way ntHl shook his heal ) .
And the c 'clono In Connoctlcut ) ' 09'
torda ) ' nt1l1 600 houses blowndown7"
continued the man ,
Uncle John rawned and was not
the least Intorostell ,
"Tho Ohio river rose 200 feet of .
sudden the other da ' and carried the
clh' at Cincinnati down stroam. 'l'en8
of thousanlls of pool110 lost their Uves ,
Any of 'our relatives down there ,
Uncle , John7"
The 0111 man slowly shook hili head
and reachell down to plcl < Ul1 a ell\'o1'
and pick his teeth with It ,
"Aud the whole state of Pennsrl-
vania Is caving In , " said the jolter ,
"and by to.morrow there will bo n
great lake where 6,000,000 or 6,000,000
people have lived , "
Uncle John took the news without
1\ word , In fact , ho yawned and
stretched O\'er It ,
"Dy tlmnller , but there goes a rat
under that plIo of lumber across -tho
street , " exclaimed the jolter as ho
rose up , "Sa ) ' , you follors- "
Dut he got no furthor. Uncle John
was across the street and had 1\ club
In hie hand , and within the ncxt ton
minutes he had done n llRlf day's
work tearing down the plIo to get at
the rat. He hall been aroused at
last.-Kansas City Journal.
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TWO WAYS OF LOOKING AT IT.
Wife's Sneering Comment Met with
Shilrp Answer.
Gelett Burgess at the recent dinner
of the American Dooltsellors' assocla.
tlon of New YOl'k said : "I once knew
a San Franciscan who married a girl
for her money , She was not a pretty
girl , and as time pas sod and love
c.ooled , she developed a rather tart
tongue.
"Ono day her husband bought with
his quarter's allowance a 20-horso.
power automobile. lIe toolt the car
homo gayly and brought his wlfo out
to the front door to look at It. She
gave one sneering glance , and then
said :
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'It's very fine , but If It hadn't
been for my money , It wouldn't be
here :
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'Well , Mamlo , ' said the husband ,
quickly , 'If It hadn't been for your
money you wouldn't be here your-
eelf. ' "
USED BY THE DOCTORS.
Ninety Per Cent of the Drugs Proscribed -
scribed Are Patent Medicine. .
Desplto the opposition of physlclal1l ,
especially of those whoso experience
has been neither far reaching nor
profItable , to "vatent" medicines , ninety -
ty per cent of all drugs that physicians -
cians use are put lIl } and compounded
by manufacturing coucorns-are , In
f.act , "patent" medicines just as truly
as if they were advertised In the
nowspapers.
The average doctor Imows lIttle or
nothing of pharmacy a11l1 Is , there.
fore , glad to depend on the vCl'y medl.
clnes , , vhlch In publlc he condemns ,
just as he Is obliged in many cases
to depend on the diagnosis of the pa.
tlent himself , oven while pUblicly decrying -
crying what ho calls "solf.dlagl.losls. "
lIow rapid has been the growth of the
professional use of "patent" or "pro.
prletary" medicines Is shown In an
article written for the Journal of the
American Medical Association for
September 29 , 1906 , by A , Jacobi , 1\1.
D. , LI.J , D , lIe relates that fiOOOO prescriptions -
scriptions , compounded In soeral
drug stores were carefully examined ,
From 1850 to 1870 no prescription was
founll for "patent" or "proprietary"
medlclnos , In 18H but ono prescrlp.
tlon In 1fiOO called for ready.to-uso
romcdles. Between 187fi and 1880 the
number caHlng for "patent" or "pro-
prietary" medicines equalled t vo per
cent of the total , This Increased te >
5 1101' ccnt In the period between 1880
and 1890. In 189fi It was 12 per cent ,
In 1898 It was 16 per cent , and in 1902-
1903 was from 20 to 25 per cent ,
Dr. Jacobi says that In a large
store ho was assured that 70 per cent
of the prescl'lptlons were for "patont"
or "llroI1rletary" medicines , and this
probably Is approximately UlO correct
proportion at the present time. From
this It would seem that If the "pateat"
and "proprlotary" medicines are good
enough for physicians to proscribe In
Boven cases out of ten they are good
enough for family use In cases of
necessity aad where the uymptoms
aI'well known and as easily understood -
stood by the peol110 as by tlto doc-
tors.
Always the PolitenelSl.
A Germantown woman was not long
ago watching a workman as ho 1111t
up new window fixtures In her house ,
"Don't you think that you have placed
these fIxtul'cs too high ? " as1ted she ,
having reference to the curtain rolls
last llUt In pineo. 'fho wOI'kman , a
stolid Garman , made no I'epl ) ' , but
contlnucd to adjust the flxtures.
"Didn't 'ou hear my question ? " demanded -
manded the lady of the house. "How
dare you he so rude ? " \VhereullOn
the GUl'1nal1 gulped convulslvoly , anll
then replied In the gentlest of volcos :
"I haf my Juouth full of schrows , und
I coulll not sllheak till I svallow
some ! " -Hal'\lOr's \ Weekly.
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ABIGAIL
STORY BY THE "HIGHWAY
AND BVW A V" PREACHER
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( CorrrlarhtINI , b7 Ibe Anthur , W 8. &lIon. ,
Icrlpture ! ' ! Authorlly-I : , Samuel ,
cha1)tor 26.
QOQOQOQOQOQOQOQOQ
SERMONETTE ,
"For the LorGi will certainly
make my lord a sure hOl.se . ;
he cause my lord flghteth the
. battles of the Lord-A good
woman's testimony to n good
reputation. Abigail had heard
of David and evidently held an
opinion concerning him which
was entirely opposite to that
held by her evll.hearted hus.
band. She was a Godly woman
and n believer In the ultimate
triumph of righteousness , else
could she not have so confidently -
ly spoken of the certainty of
David's future ,
How splendid to be known as
a man who "flghteth the battles -
tles of the Lord , " The forces
of evil are at work In the world
and It requires strong men to
withstand them. There arc
enemies within and without
which assail the soul of man.
It Is the Lord's battle that they
should be withstood , nay more ,
that they should be attacked
and driven back ,
The man who fights the
Lord's battles should be on the
aggressive ; should push the
line of battle. And how mighty
Is one man who Is ready to
stand with God , Scripture salth
that "one man shall chase a
thousand , for th" Lord your
God , he It Is that 'Ighteth for
you. "
One must needs see with the
prophet of old the Lord's In.
numerable hosts standing be.
tween himself and the threaten.
Ing army of the enemy. He
must realize that the final trl.
mph will be his no matter how
desperately the forces of evil
may fight , no matter what tem.
porary victories may be won.
Through all thOBO long , weary
years of struggle , when It
seemed as though his best and
noblast efforts were of no
avail , David never forgot that
God was faithful and that .ulti-
mately he would be vindicated
and would be established In the
kingdom as God had promised.
Faint heart take courage from
this noble example , and know
that he who patiently and faith.
fully fights the battles of the
Lord to him will the Lord give
certain victory.
"But the soul of my lord IIhall
be bound In the bundle of life
with the Lord thy God.-A
beautiful figure of speech Is this
whIch Abigail has given us ,
She must have been a woman
of mental gifts and education ,
as her address to David would
Indicate. What a thought does
her words open up to the hu.
man heart. That of such close
Identification with the life of
God that they are practically
one , It was the condition which
Paul speaks of as the "life hid
with Christ In God. "
QOQ OQOQOQOQOQOQOQOQ
THE STORY.
ALT. Israel It would 111\\0 been
I hard to have founel a more Illy.
matched cOllllle than that of the
wealthy Nahal of Cannel and the fall' ,
rOllng Abigail. lIe was mlsol'ly , with
a greed for gold that stilled every
other Imllulso and desire , and It had
CI'eated no small amollnt of wandoI'
when ho had suddenly decided to
many. 1 > eollle marveled that he
should be able to turn his thoughts
from his fields and his fIocks and his
herds long onollgh to take a wife ,
Ills nelghhors and friends knew that
sentlmont had little to do with the
mal'1'lage. and much was the specula.
tlon as to what had Ilroml1ted the
move. .
At any rate , whatever the motlvo
that stirred within his selfish old
heart , he had sought out the parents
of the fall' A lJlgall allIl then had come
the arrnouncement that she was to
become his wlfo.
Never hefore had there been sl1ch
n sl11endld wedding feast as that
which Nubal 11rovlded , and If UlO an ,
nouncement of the coming marriage
of Nabal hud caused surprise , the
hountlful hand with which he had ar.
ranged for the celebration created
greater surprise , tor never beforQ had
ho been Imown to open his heart or
his hand to anyone or for any occas.
Ion.
And Abigail-while hel' heart had
not been won , she gave herself freely
und fl'ankly Into the keeping of the
man who had pledged his troth to her ,
for duty and obedience to l1 rents
stood far above any other thing In
lire and their wishes In the matter
were law for hel' , Fortunately she
was heart.free , so that there was no ,
stilling of other affections , She was
too true and pure a woman to enter
the solemn relationship with other
than the highest motives , and actol'
the cercmonles wore over and the
glhl'Jtu hall dellllrted she took her
III-'J" o In the home of Nubal and strove
cr. I nestly to ho to him all that a wlfc
should.
nut It was not long aftOl' the mOl'
rla e vows had heen taken when tht
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IIlIry ] , lIof1sll ] sillo of UIO man begnn
tn ass crt Ilsolf , nnd Abigail had her
first gll11111Be of the real man , within.
1I0w hl'r IlIIre , ulIlflsh \ ] soul recalled
from the mennnoss , the selfishnClm ,
the hm'll.henrtednes8 of his warped
mill shrlvoled nature. She hnd 1'0-
jolced In the thought thnt nB the wife
of the rich Nahal she w01lld bo able
to do much to hell ) her lesB fortunate
neighbors , When at homo before her
.
n1l1l'l'lngo. hall alwaYR been ecok-
Ing out Rome homo where she might
hClflow the worll of comfort or thQ
trillo of fooll or raiment which her
scant menns 110rmltted , and now thnt ,
largoI' means wore at her comluand
she found Increnslng delight Rnd
comfort In this 1vork of ministry.
The dny before there hatl como to
her attention 1cnso of slleclal need
1)'lng at the fnr sldo of the lIttle vII.
lago I\ljncent ( to Nabal's os tate.vUll. .
out au ' thought of Inc1ll'rlng Nnbnl'l
dlHpleasul'o , 01' of bestowing that to
which she did not hl\vo a porCect
right , she had selec d ono of the bcst
of the lambs nnd , together with n sack
of gl'l1ll1 , hnd Hont thom to the homo
whel'O the Cathor had just died nl1l1
the )1001' ) widow hnll been loft with 1\
fnmlly of IIttlo ones to care fOI' . Ii'lllcd
with the thought of the joy and com-
COI'l which she had thus been able to
bring .to that 1lOmo , she had related
the story to hOl' hUBband In the ovon-
In nttel' ho had come In from the
110111.
" \Vhnt , " ho had exclaimed , savag&
I ' , "you giving nway what I work Sl )
hnrd to got7"
"But I was giving out of our abuIlll.
ance , " she hnd rOl1l1ed. "Suroly YOlt
woulll not see another suffer wanU"
"Lot thom worle for their bread , as
do I. " '
"nut the fnthel' has just died , I\ml
the Jl1othOl' nnd lIttle ones are dostl-
tute , " And Abigail had gene on to
relate the saIl circumstances , .
"Let the rolntlvos loole I\fter them ,
then , " Nabal had surllly ejaculated ,
"Tho Cellow was a lazy , gooll.for.noth.
Ing. Did I not have him worltlng for
m07 nnd dhl not I hnvo to send him
nway because ho would not do the .
WOl'le assigned him 7"
"Pel'hnps he wns slcle and could
not. "
"Then what right hall ho to asle
for wnges Cor worle he dill not d07"
Ablgnll had not roplled , hut' ' turned
away slcle ot heart , a contempt for
the man rising within hor. And from
that day his s 111'1 y , gl'eedy nntul'o hall
asso.rted Itself , 111111 Ahlgall had 10ft
him much to hlmsolf , and ho , busy
with the affah's or his estate , paid
little heed to hol' , HaVe to wntch with
alllll'ehensive e 'o to see thnt she did
not give away his substance ,
So It hnd gone on for noveral yonrs ,
and the suhstl1.nce of Nabnl 'increased.
It had been an unusually prosperous
'ear , ' 1'ho shelhordR hnd returned
fl'om a dlstanco with larger and moro
thrifty flocks than over before , and
the shenrln(1 ( had begun a11l1 promised
to he the most bountiful yield of woo\ \
that Nnbal had ever had , Nnblll was
too occupied with the thought of hlB
prosllcl'lty to pay much heed to the
talle of the shellherds as they told tho'
atorles of their exporlences , but Abl-
gl1l1 , as she ministered the household
affairs and directed the servants In
prollaratlon for the feeding of the
workmen , heard the stories which
the maidens had heard from the lips
of the shollherds , lIow n cortaln
bravo cal1tnln namOlI David nnd his
men had protected them and tholr
Hoclts not only from the dopredatlng
hands of robbers which Infested the
countl'y , hut from the wild beasts as
well , and hrlll enahled them to OCCU11Y
the most lux1ll'Iant lJastures which
the country afforded , And many were
the tales of David's IIrowess which
the shepherds lll'Ought back , Abigail
listened to the stOl'les with growing
Interest , and she exclaimed to herself :
"JIm'e , Indeed , Is 11 man In whom the
slllrlt of God ahhles , "
So the days went by and the busy
season of shearing was almost over
and tllO.shoI1herds were lll'epnring to
return to the fIelds with their sheel ) ,
'I'ho next day Nabal had arranged for
a great feast In celebration of the
s111endld harvest of wool , and Abigail
was deep III the work of the prepnra.
tlons , when one of the servants came
to her In much excltoment.
"Nahal and his household are as
good as dead men , " he exclahned , and
then went on to explain how a com-
llany of David's men had come asking
for an offering from Nabal , which ho
had savagely refused , and the men
bad departed with dlro threats as .to
what would follow.
"And DavId and his mon will return
and none will ho left allvo ngalnst
the morning light , " the man conclud.
ed.
It did not take Abigail long to
grasp the situation and to make her
preparations for the journey to meet
David , She would take an offering
and see whethel' the wrath of David
could not bo stayed.
"If he Is a man In whom the spirit
of God dwells he will listen to my all-
Ileal and stay his hand from shedding
I Innocent blood , " she said to herself ,
, roassurlngl ' . as she pressed forward
In the wake of the lallen nsses bear.
Ing the provisions she had hastily col-
lected.
And It 'Nas so , as she rode on the
ass , that she came down by the covert -
ert of the hUl , amI behold David and
his men came down against her : and
she met them ,
'I'hat was an Intel'vlew In which the
80uls of both David and Abigail were
drawn togethel' In sympathotlc apllre.
clatlon , 80 thnt under the unfolding of
the wonderful III'ovhlences of Gall
. eventually Ablgnll became the wlfo or
, I David.