ji BK - .
HI INTERNATIONAL PRESS ASSOCIATION. .
C CILAPTEtt XIII. ( Continued. )
Dp They passed from room to room , Hud-
H K Ing each one gloomier than Its prcle-
V , xesaor. The old man pointed out < Ae
B .pictures and various relics which tic
Rk thought might he interesting , tuid
BaCaussidiere glanced ahout him \ lth
Bjf -eyes like a hawk. As they passed on-
K | > ward his face became less radiant ; a
Hw frown of weariness and dlsappoint-
BR .ment began to cloud his brow. At
Btf . iength the whole of the castle had been
Bf 'examined , and the two men began to
HK descend the quaint oaken stairs. Caua-
k sldiere , lingering as if in no haste to
Hft go , still talked pleasantly and glanced
f n impatiently about him.
Bf Presently they passed the half open
HBji door of a kind of boudoir. Caussidiere ,
HEL who had looked keenly in , paused sud-
Effgl itlenly. .
RfV / "Surely , " he said , "I know that face ! "
BL V The olcl man went forward and
BB t jpushed open the door , and the French-
Bi ' ' I .man , following closely behind him , en-
7 * " itered the room and stood thoughtfully
r .regarding the object which had arrest-
VJg t > ed his attention. It was a picture , a
If good sized painting , which hung above
B ? the mantelpiece.
Bl j " 'Tis Marjorie Annan , " explained the
if old man , "foster daughter to the minis-
l | ter. 'Twas painted by Johnnie Suther-
Bf land. The mistress bought it because
K she likes the lassie , and because it has
In , a favor o' hersel' . "
K The Frenchman stared.
HIE ' 'Like Miss Hetherlngton ? "
XT "Ay , like hersel' , " returned the old
Ht " ' itself if
tnaa. "You'd be no denying
HB you saw the picture in that press. 'Tis
ffi Miss Hetherington at seventeen or
WKLeighteen years of age. "
Mp "I should like to see the picture. "
BE "Aweel , aweel , you should see it ; but
Bfthe has the
-the press is locked and Mysie
II key. "
By "You could not get it , I suppose ? "
ft "Ay , I could get it , " returned Sandie ,
B | -still under the influence of the French-
M man's gold. "Bide awhile and you
K ? shall see. "
K | He shuffled off , leaving the French-
b | < man alone.
Bl3 The moment he was gone Caussi-
| pr Micro's faoe and manner underwent a
Bf | complete change. He sprang from the
lm room , as it were , with cat-like fury ,
B i turned over papers , opened drawers ,
BJ0& ransacking everything completely. At
BflP last he came upon a drawer which
B2 would not open ; it was in a writing
BfLcabinet , the counterpart of one he had
Kfj | -at home ; he pressed a hidden spring ;
Hr in a moment the drawer flew open , and
Bb Caussidiere was rapidly going over the
BTt papers which it contained.
B } 5 . , • Suddenly he started , drew forth a
B ( ft jpaper , opened , and read it. A gleam of
BJ usht passed ° ver his faceHe folded
B'nf * ne Paper , thrust it into the inner
Btf > pocket of his coat and closed the draw-
Bler. . When the old man returned with
IB "his key he found Caussidiere , with his
II liands behind him , regarding the pic-
Bf iuro ° f Marjorie Annan.
Wm CHAPTER XIV.
the persever
ing Caussidiere was
inspecting the in
terior of Annandale
Castle , Miss Heth
fHILE was busily
making inquiries
about him at Dum-
To her own dis
appointment she
Hff 'l learned nothing to
Bill ? * k8 Frenchman's discredit , but , deter-
{ f ' < t .mined to break up all relations between
B * im ' and Marjorie , she visited the
B'i manse the next day and secured Mr.
B W Lorraine's consent that Marjorie should
B m discontinue her French lessons for the
BlW present.
B | L This done , she ordered the coack-
Bini maa to driye to Dumfries.
I'tjf * When they reached the town they
LJjfdrovo straight to Caussidiere's lodg-
tti'v ing , and with a very determined face
K the lady of the Castle descended and
BtY "walked up the doorsteps.
B ? jk Sne knocked sharply at the does ,
BISf ivhich was immediately opened by a
IW servant girl.
WJm , "I'm seeking the gentleman that
Bw * lodges here the French teacher , " shs
WvM .said , stepping without ceremony into
{ $ § the lobby.
Wm' % Caussidiere , who was within , put his
1 $ % head out of the door of his room , and
Iff recognized his visitor at once with a
It' - * beaming smile.
;
B a "Pray step this way , Miss Hethering-
BfL ton' " he criedam deiislited to see
B-iit JouV
| ' < | She followed him into his little sit-
B-JPv tingroom , and stood leaning upon her
WbW staff and looking at him with her black
ifyiii < eyes , while he drew forward a chair
dP and DeSSed ner t0.De seated. She nod' < ?
I JPi i ed grimly and glanced round the apart •
I JjL ment at the table littered with ucrrf-
pj spondence , at the books scattered hero
law' and there , at the roses and creepers
! ' • K which peeped in at the open window.
mi Yjk Then she walked to the chair he had
mk 7 prepared for her , and sitting down ,
Kl looked at him fixedly again. Not in the
V least daunted , he stood smiling at her ,
| Bi and waiting for her to explain her
IBrbusiness. .
B ) ( " At last she spoke in her native
r ) tongue.
F "First and foremost , how muckle is
B Marjorie Annan owing to ye for her
E Fr ch lessons ? "
B Ae shc asked the question , Miss Heth-
W L srington - drew out an old fashioned silk
purse and began examining Its con
tents. Finding that the Frenchman
did not reply , she looked up and repeat
ed it.
"How muckle is Marjorie Annan Ow
ing ye ? Tell me that , If you please. "
"Nothing , Miss Hetherington , " he re
plied.
"Naething ? Then Marjorie has paid
ye already , maybe. "
"Yes , she has paid me , " returned
Caussidiere , quietly.
Naturally enough his manner had
changed , and his courteous smile bad
given way to a cold expression of
hauteur , tempered with gentle indig
nation.
"How muckle has she paid ye ? " de
manded the lady of the castlp.
"She has paid me , " answered the
Frenchman , "with her sympathy , with
her sweet society. I have not taken
money from her. I shall never take it.
My labor , Miss Hetherington , ha3 been
a labor of love. "
The lady's eyes flashed , and putting
up her purse , she uttered an impatient
exclamation.
"Nao doubt , " she cried. "But from
this day forward your labor's done. I
have come here to pay you your hire ,
and to tell you with my ain mouth that
Marjorie Annan's French lessons are
ended , and that if she needs mair she'll
get them from another teacher. "
Caussidiere flushed angrily , but still
preserved his composure.
"May I ask a question , Miss Hether
ington ? "
"If you please. "
"I should like to know what authority
you have to act on behalf of my dear
pupil ? I don't ask out of mere curi
osity ; but you would oblige me by in
forming me if the young lady herself
has requested you to come here on so
peculiar an errand ? "
"The young lady ? a bairn who kens
naething of the world. "
"But , pardon me , had you her au
thority to dismiss me , or that of her
guardian ? "
"The bairn's a bairn , and the minis
ter's old and foolish. I've ta'en the
business into my own hands. "
"Indeed ! " exclaimed Caussidiere , still
sarcastically smiling.
"Ay , Indeed ! " repeated the lady , with
growing irritation. "And I warn you ,
once for a' , to cease meddling with the
lassie. Ay , ye may smile ! But you'll
smile , maybe , on the wrong side of
your face , my friend , if ye dinna tak'
the warning I bring ye , and cease mo
lesting Marjorie Annan. "
It was clear that Caussidiere was
amused. Instead of smiling now , he
laughed outright , still most politely , but
with a self satisfaction wnich was very
irritating to his opponent. Subduing his
amusement with an efliort , he quietly
took a chair , and sat down opposite
Miss Hetherington.
"Weel , " she cried , striking with her
staff upon the floor , "what's your an
swer to my message ? "
"You must give me a little time , you
have so taken me by surprise. In the
first place , why do you object to my
friendship for the young lady ? My in
terest in her is great ; I respect and
admire her beyond measure. Why can
we not be friends ? Why can I not con
tinue to be her teacher ? "
"A bonny teacher ! A braw friend !
Do you think I'm blind ? "
"I think , " said Caussidiere , with a
mocking bow , "that your eyes are very
wide open , Miss Hetherington. You
perceive quite clearly that I love Miss
Annan. "
The lady started angrily.
"What ? " she cried.
"I love her , and hope some day , with
your permission , to make her my
wife. "
Trembling from head to foot , Miss
Hetherington started to her feet.
"Your wife ! " she echoed , as if thun
derstruck.
"Why not ? " asked Caussidiere , calm
ly. "I am not rich , but I am a gentle
man , and my connections are honor
able , I assure you. Why , then , should
you distrust me so ? If you will per
mit me , I think I can give you very
good reasons for approving of my unioa
with Miss Annan. "
"How daur ye think of it ? " cried Miss
Hetherington. "Marry that bairn ! I
forbid ye even to come "near her , to
speak wi' her again. "
Caussidiere shrugged his shoulders.
"Let us return.if you please , to where
we began. You have not yet informed
me by what right you attempt to inter
fere with the happiness of my dear pu
pil. "
"By what right ? "
"Precisely. What may be the na
ture of your relationship with the
young lady ? "
As he spoke he fixed his eyes keenly
upon her , to her obvious embarrass
ment. Her pale face grew paler than
ev6f.
"I am Marjorie Annan's friend , " she
answered , after a pause.
*
"Of that I am aware , Miss Hethering-
ton. I am aware also that you have
been very kind to her ; that you have '
assisted her from childhood with large ;
sums out of your own pocket. May I
ask , without offense , have you done a&
this out of pure philanthropy , because :
you have such a charitable heart ? "
He still watched her with the same
half sarcastic , penetrating look. Her
embarrassment increased , and she did
not reply ; but her lips became dry , and I
- Illl .
she moistened them nervously with the
tip of her tongue.
Suddenly his manner changed and he
rose smiling from his seat
"You are fatigued , " he said , politely.
"Lot mo offer you a glass of wine. "
She declined his offer with an angry
gesture , and moved toward the door.
"I hao warned you , " she said in a low
voice. "I hae warned you and forbid
den you. If ye didn't heed my warn
ing I'll maybe find some other means
to bring you to your senses. "
She would have left the house , but
quietly approaching the door , he set his
back against it and blocked the way.
"Pray do not go yet , " he said. "Par
don me , but you must not. You have
given me your message , my dear Miss
Hetherington ; now let me ask you to
hear mine. "
"What's your will with me ? " she
cried , impatiently.
"Will you sit and listen a little
while ? "
"I'll stand where I am. Weol ? "
' 'First let me thank you for the kind
ness of your servant in showing me
over the beautiful castle where you live.
I am interested in all old houses , and
yours is charming. "
She stared at him in blank amaze
ment.
"The Castle ? when were you there ? "
"Just before I returned to Dumfries.
I regretted that you were not at home ,
in order that I might ask your kind
permission ; but in your absence I took
the liberty of making a reconnaissance.
I cams away delighted with the place.
The home of your ancestors , * I pre
sume ? "
The words were innocent enough , but
the speaker's manner was far "from as
suring , and his eyes , keenly fixed on
hers , still preserved that penetrating
light almost a threat.
"Deil tak' the man. Why do you
glower at me like that ? You entered
my 'house like a thief , then , when I was
awa' ? "
"Ah , do not say that ; it is ungener
ous. I wont merely as an amateur to
see the ruins , and I found what shall
I say ? so much more than I expect
ed. "
He paused.while she stood trembling ;
then he continued :
"The Castle is so picturesque.the ruin
so interesting , and the pictures the
pictures are so romantic and so strange.
Ah , it is a privilege , indeed , to have
such a heritage and such an ancestry ;
to belong to a family so great , so full
of honor ; to have a 'scutcheon without
one blot since the day when the first
founder wore it on his shield. "
It was clear that he was playing with
her , laughing at her. As he proceeded ,
his manner became almost aggressive
in its studied insolence , its polite sar
casm. Unable any longer to restrain
her anger , Miss Hetherington , with
outstretched hand , moved toward the
door.
"Stand awa' , and let me pass. "
He obeyed her in a moment , and with
a profound bow drew aside ; but as she
passed him , and put her trembling hand
upon the door handle , he said in a low
voice close to her ear :
"It would be a pity , perhaps , after
all , to quarrel with one who knows so
much. "
She turned furiously , and fixed her
eyes upon him.
"What's that ? " she cried.
"Who knows so much , let us say ,
about the morals of your bonny Scot
land as compared with those of la belle
France. "
"What do you mean ? Speak out !
What do ye mean ? "
He smiled , and bending again close
to her ear , ho whispered something
which drove the last tint of blood from
her cheek , and made her stagger and
gasp as if about to fall. Then , before
she could recover herself , or utter a
single word , he said aloud , with the
utmost politeness :
"And now , my dear lady , will you
stay a little while longer , and talk with
me about Marjorie Annan ? "
( TO BE CONTINUED. )
ABOUT SUMMER DISHES.
Mro. Borer's "Way ot Kcduclng the Cook
ing : to the Minimum.
"Much summer cooking may be done
on the installment plan , " writes Mrs. S.
T. Rorer on "Summer Dishes With Lit
tle Fire , " in the Ladies' Home Journal.
"If asparagus is ordered for today's din
ner , cook double quantity , and serve
that remaining for tomorrow's salad.
From a fricassee of chicken for dinner
the giblets may be served for giblet
stew for the next day's luncheon. You
will thereby gain a dish without extra
cost. Potted fish , with cucumber sauce ,
may be served as a first course in place
of soup , but if the latter is preferred , a
quick soup may be made by stirring
beef extract into boiling water , and sea
soning it with celery seed and bay leaf.
Where light meats are to be served
some of the cream soups are not out of
placs , as they contain nourishment eas
ily digested. Cream of potato , cream
of pea , tomato , celery , asparagus , rice ,
squash , cucumber and lima bean soupa
are all very acceptable in hot weather.
During the heated term the roast joint
might be served cold , nicely garnished
with edible greens. With it hot vege
tables might be served. The hot meat
dishes should be light and quickly
cooked. ' Do away with the large joints ,
the pot roasts and the heavy boils , and
substitute ! chops , smothered beef , rolled
steak ' , broiled steak , Hamburg steak or
Turkish meat balls. Stuffed vegetables
may ; be served occasionally in the place
of meat egg plant stuffed with meat
and bread crumbs , and tomatoes and
squsa ' prepared in the same way.
Slow I cooking makes these vegetable *
palatable and wholesome. "
Religion without love is fanaticism.
Religion with love is a tongue of flra.
Rev. Dr. Magruder , Methodist , Ciifc *
cinnati , O.
. II x . i H i limn 111 ii hi iiriii - iii irniii iiinn ii iiiiii in \
TALMAGE'S ' SEEMON.
DYNAMITE IS NOW UNDER OUR
GREAT CITIES.
Prom the Text : "Tho Bonr Out , or
the Wood Doth YVunto It , and the
Wild Uentit of the Field Doth
Devour It" runlins 80 : la.
this homely but
expressive figure ,
David sets forth
fluences which in
fY time broke
in upon God's herl-
t a g e , as with
' swine's foot tramp
ling , and as with
swine's snout up
rooting the vine
yards of prosperity. What was
true then is true now. There
have been enough trees of righte
ousness planted to overshadow
the whole earth , had it not been for
the axe-men who hewed them down.
The temple of truth would long ago
have been completed , had It not been
for the Iconoclasts who defaced the
walls and battered down the pillars.
The whole earth would have been nil
Eschol of ripened clusters , had It not
been that "the boar has wasted it and
the wild beast of the field devoured It. "
I propose to point out to you those
whom I consider to be the destructive
classes of society. First , the public
crlmh'als. You ought not to be sur
prised that these people make up a
large proportion of many communities.
In 1SC9 , of the forty-nine thousand
people who were incarcerated in the
prisons of the country , thirty-two
thousand were of foreign birth. Many
of them were the very desperadoes of
society , oozing into the slums of our
cities , waiting for an opportunity to
riot and steal and debauch , joining the
lartfe gang of American thugs and cut
throats. There are in our cities , people
whose entire business in life is to com
mit crime. That is as much their
business as jurisprudence or medicine
or merchandise is your business. To
it they bring all their energies of body ,
mind and soul , and they look upon the
interregnums which they spend in
prison as so much unfortunate los3 of
time , just as you look upon an attack
of influenza or rheumatism which fas
tens you in the house for a few days.
It is their lifetime business to pick
pockets , and blow up safes , and shop
lift , and ply the panel game , and they
have as much pride of skill in their
business as you have in yours when
you upset the argument of an oppos
ing counsel , or cure a gun-shot frac
ture which other surgeons have given
up , or foresee a turn in the market so
you buy goods just before they go up
twenty per cent. It is their business
( to commit crime , and I do not suppose
, that once in a year the thought of the
immorality strikes them. Added to
these professional criminals , American
and foreign , there is a large class of
men who are more or less industrious
in crime. Drunkenness is responsible
for much of the theft , since it con
fuses a man's ideas of property , and
he gets his hands on things that do
not belong to him. Rum is responsi
ble for much of the assault and bat
tery , inspiring men to sudden bravery ,
jwhich they must demonstrate , though
jit bo on the face of the next gentle-
! man.
They are hai'der in heart and more
infuriate when they come out of jail
than when they went in. Many of the
ipeople who go to prison go again and
again and again. Some years ago , of
.fifteen hundred prisoners who , during
, the year had been in Sing Sing , four
hundred had been there before. In a
house of correction in the country ,
iwhere during a certain reach of time
there had been five thousand people ,
more than three thousand had been
there before. So , in one case the pris
on , and in the other case the house of
correction , left them just as bad as
they were before. The secretary of
one of the benevolent societies of New
York saw a lad fifteen years of age
who had spent three years of his lite
[ in prison , and he said to the lad ,
"What have they done for you to make
you better ? " "Well , " replied the lad ,
"the first time I was brought up before
the judge he said , 'You ought to be
ashamed of yourself. ' And then I
committed a crime again , and I was
hrought up before the same judge , and
he said , 'You rascal ! ' And after a
jwhile I committed some other crime ,
'
'and I was brought before the same
judge , and he said , 'You ought to be
hanged. ' " That is all they had done
for him in the way of reformation and
salvation. "Oil , " you say , "these people
ple are incorrigible. " I suppose there
are hundreds of persons this day lying
[ in the prison hunks who would leap
| up at the prospect of reformation , if
society would only allow them a way
into decency and " "
respectability. "Oh ,
you say , "I have no patience with these
rogues. " I ask you in reply , how much
better would you have been under the
same circumstances ? Suppose your
mother had been a blasphemer and
your father a sot , and you had started
life with a body stuffed with evil pro
clivities , and you had spent much of
your time in a cellar amid obscenities
and cursing , and if at ten years of age
yoj had been compelled to go out and
steal , battered and banged at night if
you came in without any spoils ; and
suppose your early manhood and
womanhood had been covered with
rag * , and filth , and decent society had
turned its back upon you and left you
to consort with vagabonds and wharf-
rats how much better would you have
been ? I have no sympathy with that
executive clemency which would let
crime run loose , or which would sit in
the gallery of a court-room weeping
because some hard-hearied wretch is
brought to justice ; but I do say that
the safety and life of the community
demand more potential influences in
behalf of these offenders.
| I stepped into one of the prisons
H * WWM WMliliiHWl ii ifl ! ! ! i wim hi i i ii ft/Tim i . . >
,
of ono of our great cities , and the air
was like that of the Black Hole of Cal
cutta. As the air swept through the
wicket It almost knocked me down. No
sunlight. Young men who had com
mitted their first crime crowded In
among old offenders. I saw there one
woman , with a child almost blind , who
had been arrested for the crime of
poverty , who .was wailing until the
slow law could take her to the alms
house , where she rightfully belonged ;
but she was thrust in there with her
child , amid the most abandoned
wretches of the town. Many of the
offenders in that prison sleoplng on
the floor , with nothing but a vermin-
covered blanket over them. Those
people , crowded , and wan , and wasted ,
and half-suffocated , and infuriated. I
said to the men , "How do you stand it
here ? " "God knows , " said one man ;
"wo have to stand It. " Oh , they will
pay you when they get out ! Where
they burned down one house , ihey will
burn three. They will strike deeper
the assassin's knife. They are thla
minute plotting worse burglaries.
Many of the jails are the best places I
know of to manufacture footpads ,
vagabonds and cut-throats. Yale Col
lege is not so well calculated to make
scholars , nor Harvard so well calcu
lated to make scientists , nor Prince
ton so well calculated to make theolo
gians , as the American jail is calcu
lated to make criminals. All that these
men do not know of crime after they
have- been in that style of dungeon for
some time , satanic machination cannot
teach them. Every hour these jails
stand , they challenge the Lord Al
mighty to smite the cities. I call upon
the people to rise in their wrath and
demand a reformation. I call upon the
judges of our courts to expose the in
famy. I demand , in behalf of those In
carcerated prisoners , fresh air and
clear sunlight , and , in the name of him
who had not where to lay his head ,
a couch to rest on at night. In the
insufferable stench and sickening sur
roundings of some of the prisons , there
is nothing but disease for the body ,
idiocy for the mind , and death to the
soul. Stifled air and darkness and ver
min never turned a thief into an hon
est man. We want men like John
Howard and Sir William Blackstone ,
and women like Elizabeth Fry , to defer
for tbr prisons of the United States
what those people did in other days
for the prisons of England. I thank
God for what Isaac T. Hopper and
Doctor Wines and Mr. Harris and
scores of others have done in the way
of prison reform ; but we want some
thing more radical before upon our
cities will come the blessing of him
who said : "I was in prison and ye
came unto me. "
In this class of uprooting and de
vouring population and untrustworthy
officials , "Woe unto thee , O land , when
thy king is a child , and thy princes
drink in the morning ! ' It is a great
calamity to a city when bad men get
into public authority. Why was it
that in New York there was such un
paralleled crime between 1866 and
1871 ? It was because the judges of po
lice in that city , for the most part ,
were as corrupt as the vagabonds that
came before them for trial. These
were the days of high carnival for elec
tion frauds , assassination and forgery.
We had the "Whisky Ring , " and the
"Tammany Ring , " and the "Erie
Ring. " There was one man during
those years that got one hundred and
twenty-eight thousand dollars in one
year for serving the public. In a few
years it was estimated that there were
fifty millions of public treasure squan
dered. In those times the criminal had
only to wink at the judge , or his law
yer would wink for him , and the ques
tion was decided for the defendant. Of
the eight thousand people arrested in
that city in one year , only three thou
sand were punished. These little mat
ters were "fixed up , " while the inter
ests of society were "fixed down. " You
know as well as I that a criminal who
escapes only opens the door of other
criminalities. It is no compliment to
public authority when we have in all
the cities of the country , walking
abroad , men and women notorious for
criminality , unwhipped of justice. They
are pointed cut to you in the street by
day. There you find what are called
the "fences , " the men who stand be
tween the thief and the honest man ,
sheltering the thief , and at great price
handing over the goods to the owner
to whom they belong. There ycu will
find those who are called the "skin
ners , " the men who hover around Wall
street and State street and Third street
with great sleight of hand in bonds
and stocks. There you find the fu
neral thieves , the people who go and
sit down and mourn with families and
pick their pockets. And there you
find the "confidence men , " who borrow
money of you because they have a
dead child in the house , and want to
bury it , when they never had a house
nor a family , or they want to go to
England and get a large property there
and they want you to pay their way ,
and they will send the money back by
the very next mail. There are the
"harbor thieves , " the "shoplifters , " the
"pickpockets , " famous all over the
cities. Hundreds of them with their
faces in the "Rogues gallery , " yet do
ing nothing for the last five or ten
years but defraud society and escape
justice. When these people go unar
rested and unpunished , it is putting a
high premium upon vice , and saying
to the young criminals of this country ,
"What a safe thing it is to be a great
criminal. " Let the law swoop upon
them ! Let it be known in this country -
try that crime will have no quarter ,
that the detectives are after it. that
the police club is being brandished ,
that the iron door of the prison is being -
ing opened , that the judge is ready to
call ' the case ! Too great leniency to
criminals ' is too great severity to so
ciety. * * *
In these American cities , whose cry
of want I interpret , there are hundreds
and thousands of honest poor who are
dependent upon individual , city and
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state charities. If all their voices M
could come up at once , It would bo a /I
groan that would shako the founda- I
tlons of the city , nnd bring all earth f fl
and heaven to the rescue But for the | I
most part It suffers unexpressed. It I
sits in silence , gnashing its teeth nnd " < I
sucking the blood of lta own arteries. ' " I
waiting for the Judgment day. Oh , I * H
should not wonder if on that day It f B
would bo found out that some of us
had some things that belonged to S
them ; some * extra garment which N M
might have made them comfortable on 1
cold days ; some bread thrust into the M
ash barrel that might have appeased 1
their hunger for a llttlo while ; some M
wasted candle or gas jet that might M
have kindled up their darkness ; some B
fresco on the ceiling that would have j l
given them a roof ; some Jewel which , M
brought to that orphan girl In time , M
might have kept her from being crowded - M
ed off the precipices of an unclean life ; M
some New Testament that would have - M
told them of him who "came to seek < | H
and to save that which was lost ! " Oh , 1
this wave of vagrancy and hunger and < H
nakedness that dashes against our ( H
front doorstep , I wonder If you hear * ! B
It and see It as much as I hear and see ' H
It ! I have been almost frenzied with NJ B
the perpetual cry for help from all H
classes and from all nations , knocking. H
knocking , ringing , ringing. If the " |
roofs of all the houses of destitution | H
could be lifted so we could look down , 1
into them just as God looks , whoso ' | H
nerves would be strong enough to | " H
stand it ? And yet there they are. The ' H
sewing women , some of them in hunger - B
ger and cold , working night after H
night , until sometimes the blood j H
spurts from nostril and lip. How well _ H
their grief was voiced by that despairing - H
ing woman who stood by her Invalid j H
husband and invalid child , and said j H
to the city missionary , "I am down- | H
hearted. Everything's against us ; and 1
then there are other things. " "What H
other things ? " said the city mission- r B
ary. "Oh , " she replied , "my sin. " * w K
"What do you mean by that ? " "Well , " i M
she said , "I never hear or see anything H
good. It's work from Monday morning - - . * ' % , H
ing to Saturday night , and then when 1
Sunday comes I can't go out , and I H
walk the floor , and it makes me trem- ifl
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ble to think that I have got to meet ji H
God. Oh , sir , it's so hard for us. Wo I H
have to work so , and then we have so H
much trouble , and then we are getting H
along so poorly , and see this wee lit- B
tie thing growing weaker and weaker ; H
and then to think we are getting no l l
nearer to God , but floating away from J fl
him oh , sir , I do wish I was ready to H
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I should not wonder if they had a ' j H
good deal better time than we in the H
future , to make up for the fact that H
they had such a bad time here. It * H
would be just like Jesus to say , "Come H
up and take the highest seats. You H
suffered with me on earth : now be J H
glorified with me in heaven. " O thou H
weeping Ono of Bethany ! O thou dy- B
ing One of the cross ! Have mercy on H
the starving , freezing , homeless poor - { . B
of these great cities. " B
I want you to know who are the uprooting - |
rooting classes of society. I want you J
to be more discriminating in your H
charities. I want your hearts open H
with generosity , and your hands open H
with charity. I want you to be made H
the sworn friends of all city evangel- ! |
zation , and all newsboys' lodging fl H
houses , and all children's aid societies. H
Aye , I want you to send the Dorcas H
society all the cast-off clothing , that , H
under the skillful manipulation of the B
wives and mothers and sisters and HmBB
daughters , these garments may be fitted - H
ted on the cold , bare feet , and on the HVHvJ
shivering limbs of the destitute. I ABh
should not wonder if that hat that BVflB
you give should come back a jeweled |
coronet , or that garment that you this J
week hand out from your wardrobe B BB
should mysteriously be whitened and B
somehow wrought into the Savior's | |
own robe , so in the last day he should B
run his hand over it and say , "I was B
naked and ye clothed me. " That B
would be putting your garments to B
glorious B
I want you to appreciate how very B
kindly God has dealt with you in your HHWJ
comfortable homes , at your well-filled B
tables , and at the warm registers , and s j B
to have you look at the round faces |
of your children , and then , at the review - B
view of God's goodness to you , go to B
your room , and lock the door , and |
kneel down and say , " 0 Lord , I have B H
Leen an ingrate ; make me thy child , O B |
Lord , there are so many hungry and B
unclad and unsheltered today , I thank H
Thee that all my life thou has taken H
such good care of me. 0 Lord , there H
arc so many sick and crippled children - ' " H
dren today , I thank Thee mine are H
well , some of them on earth , some of H
them in heaven. Thy goodness , O |
Lord , breaks me down. Take me once H
and forever. Sprinkled as I was many |
years ago at the altar , while my mother - B
er held me , now I consecrate my soul B
to Thee in a holier baptism of repent- B
" 'For sinners , Lord , thou cam'st to fl
And I'm a sinner vile indeed ; BiB
Lord , I believe Thy grace is free ; H
0 magnify that grace in me ! ' H
Some one has found out that "Tim" |
Campbell's > famous retort , . "Pshaw , H
what's the constitution between H
friends ! " was anticipated two hundred H
years ; ago by no less dignified a personage - H
sonage i than John Selden , the witty H
and ; learned English lawyer. His version - |
sion reads : "The house of commons |
is called the lower house in twenty acts B l
of i parliament but what's twenty acts H
of i parliament among friends ? " New | |
York Tribune. |
He who helps a child helps humanity | < H
with a distinctness , with an immediateness - H
ateness , which .no other help given to j , B
human creatures in any other stage of k J HB
their human life can possibly , giva , * j H
again. Phillips Brooks. \ f H