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?)DODD?DDPg [PfflflDffl J By Guy de Maupassant. The clocks were striking noon. The t struck him tnen oy nis iranqun appearschool-door opened, and the urchins ance, with his pale cheeks, his long wet rushed out, fslllng over each other in beard, and calm open eyes. People had their haste. But Instead of dispersing said round about, "He's dead." Some rapidly and hurrying home for dinner one had added, "He's very happy now!" as was their wont, they soon came to a And Simon wished to drown himself, standstill, formed themselves Into because he had no father, as that poor groups, and began to whisper. man had had no money He That very morning, so It seems, 81- reached the river and watched it flow, roon. the son of Blanchotte, had come Some fishes were sporting in the clear to school for the first time. All had water, and now and then made little heard Blanchotte spoken of at home; leaps, snapping at the files on the surund. although she was generally well face. He stopped crying to look at received, the mothers among them- them, for their manner of feeding Interselves referred to her with a sort of ested him Immensely. contemptuous pity that had influenced But, as In the calm of the tempest the children without their understand- ever and anon a furious wind sweeps Inn exactly why. along, crashing through the trees and As to Simon himself, he was a total finally losing itself on the horlson, so stranger to them, for he seldom went that thought kept recurring to his mind, out and never raced through the village "I am going to drown myself because I streets or along the banks of the river have no papa." with them. So they did not like him, it was a beautiful, mild day. The and felt a certain pleasure, mingled gentle sun was warming the grass. The with considerable astonishment, in re- water was like a polished mirror. And peatlng to each other the words of a simon enjoyed some of the blissful mocub of fourteen or fifteen years, who rnents of that languor that follows acted as if he knew all there was to tears, and he longed to lie down on the know, as he said with a sly wink: "You grass und sleep in the sunsnine. a liny know?Simon?well# he hasn't any green frog leaped from under his feet, papa." He tried to catch it. It escaped him. Blanchotte's son stood on the thres- He chased It and made three futile efhold of the door?a child of seven or fortB l0 8C|xe lt> xt |Mt he grasped It qlght years, a trifle pale, very neat,with bjr the end of hlnd leff8< ^ laUgha timid, almost awkward, manner. lie ed t0 tj,e struggles it made to get Was going towards home when the free. It gathered up its long legs; then groups of . his whispering comrades, wuj, a rapid movement suddenly threw watching him with the cruel, malicious out, atltt as pokers; while with Its ?yes of children who are meditating eye8 wlde opent enc|rcied with n ring some mean attack, gradually surround- of ^ lt bcat the a,r w|th ltB ftt)nt ed him and flnaUy hedged him in com- leg9 wh|ch ,t moved jike hands. nletely. He stayed there, in their That ma(je j,|m think of a plaything mld.t, surprised and tmbarrassed.wlth- In0(Je of narrow pleCM of wood fasten. out comprehending what they were go- ^ Ilf.lal on(, 0Vfr the othei. wh|ch by lng to do to him. But the box who bad a ,|mnttr movement regulated the exerspread the new., proud of the .ucceu c?e ot th, Boldl<irt, thlt were already won. demanded: "What . your ^ on 1L ^ he ot ?? aamer He replied. "Simon." "Simon home ^ h|g then. over. what?" a.ked the other. The child ^ R udnel,. he t0 tonftued repeated. "Simon." The cub cfJr ? The shiver, ran through hi. exclaimed "Your name. Simon some- UmU_ht on ?? and roclled at 1 ?? "TrT S1r??, hi. prayer ? If he were going to .leep. And the little fel ow with tear, in hi. But he coula fln|5h ey? .aid tor the third time. "My name came ^ tumultuou?y that they com. Ttie"chlldren began to laugh. Th. ple'jr '<"* ^M"'0n of. hl? He spokesman ral.ed hi, voice. "Ton see no think any more-he no longer Well enough he ha.n'1 any papa." anyt*ln? "ear h'ra: crled' "ici' Perfect silence. The children were v|Sudd"n y1 a heay hand W" laId ?n tupefled by .uch an Importble. mon- ^f0Uld"' and a V? " "Ud: Btrous, extraordinary thing?a boy wltb- What mak" you crJr llkc lhat' my man?" Simon turned. A big workman out a papa; tney considered aim a. pne- r nomenon. a freak, and the contempt wl,h b,a<* and 1y black hair that their mother, felt for Blancbotte. wa ^ln* ?lm ln tt fjrle"dlIr inexplicable hitherto to their mind.. He replied with eye. and throat full of .prang Into exl.tence at that tn.tant. Th'y beat becau.e-I-1Slmon wa. leaning agalnat a tree for *n ' anJr papa?<lny papa! .upport, and remained a. If overwhelm. How 1 tha,T' ?ld thB man '???' ed by an Irreparable dl.a.ter. He ?n- ln?" "Everyone ha. one." The child -J avnioin H.? he could *=?were<i painfully, "I-I?haven't think of nothlnv else to say and give any?" the lie to that dreadful assertion that workman became serious; he reche hadn't any papa. At last, livid ?gnlsed Blanchotte's boy. and. although with emotion, he cried at random, "Yes, a ?tranger In the province, he knew her I have one." ' 8lory vaguely. "Where Is he?" cried hla tormentor. "Well, now," he aaJd, "console yourSlmon waa silent; he didn't know. M,f. my little one, and come home with The children, greatly excited, screamed me t0 y?up mother. Some one will give with laughter; and In that moment you?a father. those sons of the soli resembled brutes. They started off, the big man holding Inasmuch as they felt that same Cruel boy's hand, and he smiled again, for impulse that prompts barnyard fowls he waa not displeased at the idea of to fall on and destroy a member of their *lng this Blanchotte, who was, they community as soon as It Is wounded. on? ot the prettiest girls In the All at once Simon caught sight of a country. small neighbor, a widow's son, who. They arrived at the small, very clean like himself, had always lived alone *hlte house. "That's It," said the child, with his mother. and called, "Mamma!" "And you," he said, "you haven't any Blanchotte appeared, and the workpapa. either." man no longer smiled, for he under"Oh! yes, I have," replied the.other, atood at a glance that no one could Jest "Where Is he?" demanded Simon. with the tall, psle young woman, who "He's dead," declared the child with atood sternly at her door, as if to forsupreme pride; "my papa Is In the cem- bid another man to cross the threshold etery." of the house where she had already A murmur of approbation ran through been betrayed. the group of urchins, as If the fact of Intimidated, and cap in hand, he having his father dead in (he csmettry stammered: "Madame, I am returning had advanced their comrade at the ex- your little boy, who had lost his way pense of the other, who hadn't any At on the liver Darnc. atl. And those scamps. whose fathers, But Simon sprang to his mother's for the most part, were drunkards, arms and said, bursting into tears: "No, thieves, cruelly maltreating their wives, mamma, I was going to drown myself pressed closer to each other, as If th*y, because the others beat me, beat me? legitimate offspring, wished to suffo- because I haven't any papa." cate as in a vl?e the one born out of A vivid red colored the young woman's wedlock. All of a sudden, one who cheeks, and wounded to the depths of stood opposite Simon thrust out his her soul, she clasped her child .quickly tongue at him with a mocking air, cry- In her arms, the tears streaming down lng: her face. "No papa! no papa!" " The man, moved, stood there, not Simon seized him by the hair with his knowing how to leave. But Simon sud' two hands, and began to rain kicks on denly ran to him and said: "Will you his legs, while he bit him savagely. be my papa?" Tremendous excitement ensued. The There was a pause; Blanchotte, dumb two combatants were separated, and and tortured with shame,leaned against 81mon found himself beaten, torn, the door, her two hsnds pressed over bruised. rolled on the gTound In the j,er heart. The child, seeing that no midst of the circle of applauding raga- answer was given him, said: "If you muffins. An he rose, mechanically won't, I shall go back and drown mybrushing the dust from his little blouse self." The workman regarded It as a with his hand, some one yelled at him: joke( and replied laughingly: "Of "Go tell your papa all about It!" course; of course I'll be." Then he felt a great weight at hlf -what's your name, then." demandheart. They w?re stronger than he had ed tho chlIdt -,,0 1 tell |t to the beaten him, and he could not answer othon| whfn they Mkr -phlllp," rethem, for he realized perfectly It wis *ponded the man. Simon remained sltrue that ho hadn t any papa. Pull of J<>nt ft moment in order to fix the name pride, he tried, however, for several In h? h<,atl_thf.n he held out his arms, seconds to wrestle sueeestfully with the , omforted entirely, snying, "So then! tears that were strangling him. A mo- phlUpt you nr? my pnpa .. Th,. w<jrk. ment of suffocation, then without a cry ^ hlm from lh<? Kround> klM_ ne uurnt into great bods mm snooK nts ^ h,m ha8tj|y 0n both cheeks, and whole frame. strode away. A ferocious Joy broke out In the rank* When the child went to school next of hln enemies, and as naturally as sav- waj| g^ted by a malicious ages In their frightful gayety. they ftn<, ftt ,he r|OM> of thfr nrnnltMt joined hands and began to dance around him. repeating like a refrain. "No papa: ^ D But suddenly Simon ceased to sob. Rage took possession of hlro. There f ^ vrerc some stones under his feet; h?* picked th'-m up and hurled them with TVt rill his might at his tormentors. Two ^ W or three were struck and ran away cry- V ! Ing; he looked so formidable that n \ k I panic overcame the others. Cowardly. ? B Jfcj* W as th?- mob always Is when confronted l 1. by an exasperated person, they disband Left alone, the little fellow with no father ran towards the fields; for a re- * membrane* had come to him, bringing If You HT^gtrrff/^A Of ft " * resolution In Its wake. He was going Feel * vJUlf to drown himself In the river. He recol- Have HEADACHE. leeted that eight days before a poor RArKArHF devil of a beggar had thrown himself SnrwAPOTTTrR Into the river because he had no money. BJmon was present when they fished BAD COMILEXIONj him up?and the poor fellow, who ordl- I andwoald Jlko to feel.and look wtll^letus I , ,i . ^ recommend CELERY XllfO to you. narilj- Olrty ?n? u?ly to him. I hJr i,ru,??u. 171 Br-.nd Mr. J I Winsomeness in Women. Hi*h from Dr. Htrtmtn tonctrning ttauly oiui groctfulHtu. happy possession! health feminine orj^na, the kidney* or th ///fjBfj.BT'T ^7/Vs' / /fW atcmaen, arr catarrnai, ana mi /FiitL. MMgS JBL mftaly assoolated with the nerve C?^*rrh la loflaminatlan, and W WjBHUmK' eSMntlally the ume ererywhen //O ? fW rK>5ffT~5 whether In the head, stomaeh < AJC (^* " '# peWeorgans. ThesdeatlUc,sucoes C, C?I I 1 vvpjjb ful repiedy for all phases of catarr | r 1 is Pe-ru-na. Ita action la through tl nerves, driving all Inflammation oat of tl membranes. Mrs. 0. T. McHargue, Bozeman, Mont, writes; Pt-ru-na Meikint Co, Cc/umtui, 0. Dear suu:?" By the time I had taken one bottle of Pe-ru-na the polypi from which I suffered had disappeared, and three bottlea cored my eatarr and throat trouble. I hare given trial bottles to a few friends. I wish yo abnndant success so long as you merit it so rlehly as you have heretofore." Women who hare suffered and been cured know how to sympathise wit others. Tho wearying pains and aches .they endure are so mysterious, an permanent relief so difficult, that once the correct remedy is found they be com Its warm advocates. Hiss Maggie Watldaa, Carnegie, Pa., writes: Dr. S. B. Hartm'an, Columbus, 0. De\n SiS!?" I am enjoying life better than 1 bare for two years. I feel 111c a new woman; my appetite Is good and I have gained at least ten pounds, feel it my duty to recommend your treatment to all oiling sisters with whom come In contast I cannot say too much for your medicine." Dr. Hartman's special book for women, called " Health and Beauty," is malle free by the Pe-ru-na Medicine Co., Columbus. O. All drngglsts sell Pe-ru-na. when Jils adversary waa ready to begin had his Sunday blouse on, a fresh shh tormenting him again. Simon hurled and his beard trimmed. The your these worda at his head, as If they had womun appeared on the threshold, at been a stone: "My papa's name 1s said with a sad face: "It Is not kind phlllp." you to come here after dark, Mr. Phi There were howls of derision on all ip." He wished to say something, bi .s ?-^ wu?* nnlv Ktammered and screw more C01 ?iuew. Jinny wnui x-<unp nnmi ttum , Is ho? When did you And your Philip?" fused lender her gaxe. Simon made no answer, and, unwav- She continued, "You understand th ering In his faith, he defied them with I have to be careful so that hencefori Us eyes, ready to be martyred rather no one can say a word about me." than run from them. The school- Then he flashed out, "What of tha teacher delivered him, and he went if you will be my wl/e?" home. No voice answered him, but 1 For three months the big workman, thought he heard In the darkness wit! Philip, passed frequently near Blan- In the noise of a failing body. He ei chotte's cottage, and sometimes he ven- tered quickly, and Simon, who was tured to speak to her when he saw her bed, distinguished the sound of a k! sewing at the window. She replied po- and tome words that his mother wt litely, always gravely, never laughed, murmuring. Then all at once he fc end never permitted him to enter, himself lifted In his friend's hands, ai Nevertheless, a trifle conceited, like all Philip, holding the child in his herci men, he imagined that she had more le&n arms, exclaimed: "You can tc color when she was talking to him than your comrades that your papa is Phil ordinarily. Remy/the blacksmith, and that he But a flawed reputation is so difficult split the ears of any one who hur to make whole again, and always re- you." mains so brittle, that In spite of Blan- The next day, as school was about chotte's sensitive reserve, the country begin, little Simon, rose, pale, and wlf people were already gossiping. As to trembling Hps: "My papa," he said In Simon, he loved his new papa dearly, ciear voice, i? rnmj? iwm/, mc and took a walk with him nearly every smith and he has promised to split tl evening after the day's work was done, ears of any one who hurts me." "He went to school regularly and mln- Tljat time no one laughed, for th< filed with the pupils, but never replied knew Philip Remy, the blacksmiths to their taunts. he was a papa to be proud of. Ore day, however, the boy who had /-cnur-Tca 01 teen the Instigator of the attack ?ald uiuxuiia t-A to him: "You told a He; you haven't a Attempts to Explain Wliat is Wror fcapa named Philip." "Why not?" de- "With Mr. Astor. manded Simon, much perplexed. The Chicago Times-Herald: "8ay, Paw boy rubbed his hands. "Because, If you That's what maw said when paw wi did have one, he would be your mam- ? carven the roast lam last nlte. ma's husband.' "What's rong?" paw ast. Simon was disturbed by the justice "I wisht you'd tell me what's all th cf this reasoning; nevertheless he re- fuse about Astor. What made him | plied, "He's my papa, all the same." and git to be Nlngllshman?" "That may be," declared the boy, "but "Cause he'd ruther Be over thei he isn't your papa at all, you know.* } where he kin sneak up and peek thr Blanchotte's son bent his head and the not Holes In the Fence arour walked dreamily over to Uncle Lolxon'i^ Queen Victory's Cassel than run a H< tmlthy, where Philip worked. The tel In New York," paw says, glvln tl smithy was as If burled under the trees. Carven nlfe a ox try jab and makl !t was very dark, only the red light of greese fly all over the Table cloth, a formidable Are Illuminated and re- ''And who's agoln to Run the Hot fected Ave blacksmiths with bare arms. W||?J Vduwa I?guSf ho?ito the Bai who were hammering on their anvils tender to come In and Look afu with a terrible din. They were stand- things," paw says. .. . "Mv irnodneii*." maw told Him. "E Ing, blazing like demons, ineir eyea r?v- f ?- . tied on the red hot Iron that they were tbZvr * Sa,oonln 8,tch a flne plac shaping, and (heir heavy thought, rose "Well." paw aiuered, "I Ounno as yn and fell In unison with their hammers, ot to Say It That way. They general! Simon entered unnoticed, and, softly. fia.v? lho Sal??n and then Blld th .lipping up tohl.frlena. pulled him by mSnn/SSlV V, the ileeve. Philip turned. Suddenly pend on what they take In t< work ceased; all the men were watch- Drink..-' In* attentively. Then, In the midst of "Ho,v dM h? makc W" other munny? the unaccustomed silence, Simon', little By"utln to be the Son of a ma frail voice was heard: "Say, Philip, what Saved up." paw told her. "HI Mlchaud'i boy Ju.t told me that you father Hafmore munny than a ox teci v ere not my papa at all." "Why not?" |t?ui2.,p?JL Be5?" tho P*"' . . ' , _. . . Ily Bot Hldo. fcr a Llvln. demanded the workman. The child re- ..My maw piled with all a child's naivete, "Be- Why I always Herd the Astors wfl ...? ftwfaj Blgarlstocrats." cause you ure uuv ???> > ?. 41 v- . oKiiin Woll, they are," paw Toia ner >o one laughed. Philip remained "Th^y Don't Haft to rent their hous standing. his forehead resting on the and ther keep two Ourls nnd lake le bnck of the large hands holding the all winter and send their wnshln out. handle of the hammer which stood on .. ? ? . , - ... maw Bed as If she couldn't Hardly Be the anvil. He was dreaming. His four ft. companions kept their eyes on him, "Yes," paw nnsered. "But you otteti' nnd Simon, so tiny among these giants, to Blame Him. If he would of knowe ?a? anxiously listening to what one of Vte MhnmMrfT the smiths, the spokesman for the rest, n?t you He woulden't of Done It. In was saying to Philip. stead of Goln around the Country m "All the same she's a good, honest tin the folks If thay had bin Klllin en .riri rtiiif<fev nnrf ttosfiv in anit. nf l*lt!y and glttln the skins fe girl, plucky and steady. In spite of her two ffntJ| n pound ,eJW, th|in thf?y nh misfortune?she'd be a good wife for an He would of probably wrote poetry o honest man." kept a grocery nnd Bin proud nnd Re "Yes, that's true," chimed In the three ,? Wouldn't of got muc ' . . , . I munny that way. But he could o others. The man continued: Is It her] kapt 8ttyin to Himself when thing fault If she tripped once? He had prom- wasen't Comln his way in procession* lied to marry her. and I 'know more '"Nover mind ole man. you're agol *, ??. ,u? mnrn? fKincr to have arlstocratlck dlsiiondonts 8om tlmn one th.t don. the nine thing day ar<] Then [h(Jr wo?., ?ave n and Is not thought the Ie?? of to-day. Cause to Blush fer Shalmo when the yen, that's true," the chorus took up are out Blowln the folks off to a Goo tho refrain. Time with the Durty dollars you Sav He wont on: "Ood only knows what ?E??ry man what's pllln up welth t the poor thing has put up with to bring Day ot to Think about this. You nev* up her boy, and how she's cried since can tell who's anaestor you mlto Hap left off K0lnr adhere hut to SMuftTS church h arlstocratlck ansestor. If ho dus thn "It's nil true," said the others. He can't leave nothln fer Ills dlwion Thnn nothing was heard but tho dents to He arlstocratlck with." 11* i. fh. twllnua Phltln liont 'nut* WJ'i' 1 8on* blowing of the bellows. Philip bont p)ar(| tfmt lh(l A||t(,rH claim ,h(. swiftly over Simon. "Tell your mamma Come from a proud old Hugonot fam I'm going to have a talk with her this bly." evening." Then he pushed the child /"orJ n^^e* Claim they Do," pa 1 ' B , Hod. "Flut that * Jlst a Josh sumbudd out by tho shoulders. probly Give thorn when Flo wanted t He returned to Ills work and with one Borrow munny or Git a nlto'u lodgln fu accord th?* five hammers fell again on nawthln at the Hotel. Thr.y jiln't n .i un ,h..v iw.nl fiwnv nt th.. mor* Hugonot '?? tho Astnrs than the tho nnvlls. Ho thoy beat awa> at the ufo |f) QUr |))jpp Them k|n(J of tn Iron till nightfall, strong, powerful, jhuns makes mo laff. If I would of HI happy. But as on a feast-day the great a Hugnnot and thot I would Ever B? bell of the cathedral sounds al>ovo the? cum' l'>" Ancester of 8|ch a purson o ^ . # .?. ?.. II. I?hin?'? ham ^ount of It I would of quit rite than p*al of the other bells, so I hlllps ham- j wou|,j 0f p,.,j to mer, dominating the blows of his oom- " 'Willie. It Ih fur. fur Fletlnr not t radon', fell every other second with a be u Hugonot than Have dissentient deafening thud, and he hlmiiolf, his ^at ralte firing the Blush of 8bame t . , . your rais. eyes atlame, wrought Impassioned amid "Well, paw," maw Ant when she rout thf xparks. git the C ha net, "Whit Is a Hugono! The - i<y was studded with stars when he knocked at BludlMttt door. H? ?%???!'.? "V'lU Sm"b3 ' and purtendad Be mi latfln at m?W? HON. BILL SEEDER'S DEBUT. Ignorancr. So tat hapened to think all of a Sudden that the Carvtn nlfe waa k.?.,.vi?Ii? \Va?h tumble dull and He went out In the CoiiKreaamau of Kanaaa Vlatta w a?n kitchen to Qlt tho Whetter and when Ingtoji to Become Acquainted. He Come Back he Scolded maw awful Kanaaa Cltr Times: Politicians ar i about the War our gas bill la Ooln up ? * and I didn't feel Like Beln the Scratch '"Joy1"* a *00d tor' ? the expenae o man In a aprlntcn match Jlst then, ao I Bill Reeder. the new Republican con f Dlden't aat Him nothln' more about gressman from the Sixth dlatrlct. U no Hugonots. ^ OEOROIE. went y, Washington early thla aummei iynpnarii.i/a KCTHnniwmimn and Joe Brlatow, of Kansaa. the fourll t. - aaalatant poatmaater general, agreed t >t A Story Vouched tor by a Woman (^ow hlrr. around and put him onto th I. Resident of Penniylranla. ropea. The tlret place they went wa n Bradford Evening Star: The Incident, into the office o? Charles Emory Smith Is win related by a Bradford lady who re- the postmaster general. They were In l- quested that her name be not men- traduced and chatted for awhile, and a la tloned In connection with it. Reeder aroM to go he said: : "It wiia In Plttaburgh," ahe aald, "I ?i beg your pardon, but I didn't catcj believe In the Library hall, where I Drat y0nr name." 10 heard Col. Iniwrsoll apeak. There waa -smith," replied the poatmaater gen a large audience gathered there, among era| I- them being clergymen and the cream of "And what position might you hold?1 ? professional life of tha city. Col. Inger- >> ?m n?.>mn.t?r ..noral la soil*s apeoch wu magnificent from an * J" poatma.ter general. ? oratorical standpoint, but his attack on yes? 84,(1 K^der, as be backe< religion and tbe Bible was blasphemous, out awkwardly. ? However, the man', power as an orator Brlatow woa blushing like a school s- and as an actor made a deep imprea- . , h alon on his hearers and seemed to affect 8 " lft one man in particular, the Rev. Alex- Then they went tL the war depart " ander Clark, pastor of the Methodist ment, and Mr. Brlstow took the Kansai Srw^^OMHjr PIt"bUrKh ??? Acer's private office "At the conclusion of the lecture Col. R?dcr Put hla haf down on the desl Ingersoll was backing from the stage In front of the secretary of war, aftei is in his peculiarly graceful manner, when the Introduction, and the three chattet h the Rev. Mr. Clark bounded to the fo- . . ' . . \x rum and aaked to be Introduced to the *or a w",,e? "Tien they started Reed speaker. Thin formality having been er nearly stampeded Brlstow by ask gone through with the minister and the the secretary: ' h* nmnirlp Pluinad hand* thn minister A with eagerness, the agnostic with u ??. you ^ y?ur name wftS? grace peculiarly his own. I well re- Alger?Russell A. Alger." member the pleasant, hearty, honest "And," continued the new congressSS the h^ofMood SEE! ?? ^ ""S whose fame as a Christian of the real lightened, what are you secretary of. 5 klntVwas known throughout Pittsburgh. "Secretary of war." replied Alger. I 2^<Wf *Ie, <??1' In'^" During this seance Brlstow stood flrsl i soil's hand In his held It tightly while . .. he lifted his eyes toward heaven and 0D one ,00t and ,hcn on the ottlfr' ' prayed In' a fervent manner that Oocl Before leaving the state, war and d would direct the wonderful talents of navy building they ran Into Vice Preslthis m?j> In another and a better unhurt rh. ...ik., <? sphere. His prayer waa not a long , There was another lnone. but It was from the heart and it traduction, and this time he rememberhad It* effect upon Ingersoll. Tho ed the name. Reeder, still thirsting foi lg great agnostic, looking tho good Christ- knowledge, asked: ... fan In the eyes, thanked him most 1>rto ? heartily for his kindness and solemnly 00 rnu rt8lde here ln "e city, Mr, added that Mr. Clark was the first Hobart?" il- Christian minister that had ever wish- "Part of the time," replied Mr. Ho* tfnStnrfi ta.rtw'r;my IT a"J out of the building. We,,? 1 m mighty glad to have saw "The sequel, though, shows Ingersoll you." replied Reeder with cordiality at as he was. It brought out the great typical of the boundless west. Later h< th manhood of the agnostic. Rev. Alex- . <.wx?* a*. - ?k * under Clark went west. I am not sure Brlstow. What does that fellei to what state he emigrated, but I be- do?" and when told that he was vlci Lt? llflVe It was Missouri, and there he be- president and therefore didn't do anyr came ill. He waa at a hotel, and the th, . areativ governor of the state, who had known ne was greatly surprised. 1? him many years, had him removed to Then they encountered Senator Cul i- jus own nome. Mr. uiara grew worve jom, ana arter me Introduction, Reedei ti. and was threatened with death. The agice^. news came east and Ingersoll heard It ' tk 4 ^ In Washington, where he was lecturing, 1 ?,dn1 catch your name, senator?' ?f and Immediately went west a8 quickly "Mr. Cullom," replied the senator. - Wh^r'mK i5ra?h?.f J death of Mr. Clark was almost contln- What state might you be from? ,d ually In attendance upon him. When "Illinois," said the vonerable senator u? Mr. Clark died, Col. Ingersoll took modestly. ,n charge of the remains and brought "aiad t .A?n vn.. ? ; them east to New Castle where they ",ad 1 ,Beon you> continued Reeder lp were burled. At the funeral, after the Do you know, you look like the pic '11 officiating minister had concludcd his tures of Abraham Lincoln?" " r^7iuchl^u;cn,'.h;,;vr^ life and uM re. character of the dead man which mov- cover from his astonishment Joe Crista ed his hearers to tears. It was one of tow had him by the arm and was leadth. his beit efforts and wan from the ing him back to the post office departa heart. ^ ment. The? had an engagement to gc EqB.IP.rtiier.hlp. to the ,vWtehou? toother, but Brl.. 18 "Phallm," wearily said Mm. McGor- t0 be "???? on th< ry with Kmc dlfHculty making hereolf ,h"t h? n t m?ndoui Z heard above the lu.ty howl, of her ?mount ?' "?rk ?? a?- ,h" ,d leather-lunged offspring, "y? will hov he would a.k Mr. McKlnlej to howld dhe baby for a wholle. Try "ha "ta'e ? from- and ?">at he I. to git blm quieted, av y? can. Sure Ol'm ' 'n *hI yT" J,?!!1 Zl ALWAYS ask your grocer for Wheelhowl"? h'm! Indifferently replied her |n- nakery Bread. Cloud. Big. Chcao husband, who wa. luxuriating with his ? ,? pipe and newspaper. "Ut's your duty, not molne. Av yet can t keep dhe lit- 72SA lliuni IHjmDT TTU/f"Kl? tie monkey still, lave him yell, for ahl jtKAHnrninW?l*|nV,vS)i ol care." "Ufa yure duty as much as MM|||Wi " IllllWgffl It's molnel Half av him belongs to ye. MPI' OjtUti X^BRp i. anyhow.'' "Wull, thin, do phwot you ffiMj!) vTWJ plate wld your half, an' lave my half RBSFgy \A i / holler ahl hi- want, to . Ol'm busy." (aRS?/ ^ The loteroationai Sundiy School Lesson \ Amp. 13,1809. Kzckfcl XXXVIM-14. 10 The Bible abounds In visions given to WHftj/wvi jSKrJi n patriarchs, prophets and apostles. 7B3J: \ J^SPpS/ \SSaJf Some are wierd and startling, others %("Jy simple and beautiful. So they vary in II r- the case with which they can be inter- UUk / jO\ "" preted. Exeklel's vision, for example, JBfiftpi [ Aj^l VtPB |Q has a direct and practical application. jl VfV -*&' ^ *JrV.j/]ffy o The hand of the Lord carried P f*f$4 IIIs him out and set him down in a valley *1 11 full of dry bones. The scene may havo jj been purely visionary, or it may havo jjf Ui been real. If the latter perhaps it was M p|ScTD?nj?tt?ieh like COATED IB ;J ? battlefield. The prophet was caused then. E.ch onV^?" "JS fi n to examine the place carefully. His yJ f/.^^'^'^^DBUnceas is con- w .{ first conclusion was that the number M coa.???.^ rwT^ThtffiSh" of the bones was great, and from tho Se^.5fle 55?** thoawiKUof cane# K| n dryness he Inferred that the victims * W ? had been long dead. As Eieklel stood <1 <:!"' Ja i. gailng over this wide campanla of 34 hr^hr <L bleaching skeletons, the Lord said to U th?eawh?!i,??n.rt bou?'1i,n?r ?l*or to m I weakening Iff " him: "Son of man, can theio fioiiog live? m uwurmcumTigj arum ami pr ' . Thi. valley of dry bone. ?aa P, r. a symbol of tho ruined and dead state jJl an?J5>cath- M n. of Israel. Rejected of Ood on account I n<l7d SfJS^o'TlS R) JJ! of their sin, exiles from Canaan, cap- ^ t?2iH^onc3r,**$* Dook ??nt*bdng Mt ? tlves of the enemy, their national and MedleJne*r2u,ClMrtloadfo^* - ecclesiastical life all but extinguished, __ _ ' what hope remained to them? This Twelfth nntTMark" StreetstlC' Dru*,tot* (J strange vision was Intended to set be- * ? . fore them In the most vivid and InsplrI lng manner possible tho hope of r?-w?u $ and restoration. In their despair they & . . . ?^ W " might cry: "Our bones are dried, our $ \m. I a | | f I r hope Is lost, we are cut off." But He a W y V V |C I I I it who could to tho prophet's eyo make % ' T ^ ^ an army of skeletons take on the sem- & h blnnce of life and stand upon their if feet, could say through him to His de* spairlng people: "I will open your .*! ^ graves, and cause you to come up and P bring you Into the land of Israel." <*. o - i I ** I 1 TntermcdiAte marles? Oitaf > Tho Toacher ?Lantern. x ^ (i) "Son of nun, can thcso bono i Quarter Mile, J-07 3-5. / live?" is the question of the soul as It X <lt WtW OCQlOrdf IVxcLSS.; J ?r looks Upon tho resting place of the 7 dead. The wide world Is fust becomlnK <S M \ I I | JL jfl I " a valley ??f bones. "Can they live?" x I 1 II II I I r. 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