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I; By Walter Joseph Delaney
I Copyright. 1917, by W. G. Chapman.)
' The man was attired In the height of
fashion. He wore no ornament except
small discolored ring, pendant from
silken watch ribbon crossing his
Test. His face was bronzed, his hands
scarred and rough. With all of these
Incongruities, It would . have puzzled
even a skilled physiognomist to deter
mine his exact social and business
status.
He bore a thin package about the
size of an ordinary window pane, cov
ered with wrapping paper, under his
arm. "Whoever or whatever he was,
he was seriously Intent upon the busi
ness in hand. He stood with one foot
on a kitchen doorstep, his ear bent
within. Then he placed his package
carefully tilted against the house and
etole on tiptoe across the first room
beyond.
In the adjoining one a table was set
with three persons around it, a gray
haired old man, his gentle-faced wife
and a girl of about twenty, evidently
their daughter. At one side of the
table was a plate reversed, knife, fork
and spoon, cup and saucer and a nap
kin encircled by a silver band, and as
the eyes of the intruder noted this, he
fairly suppressed a great gasp and his
eyes moistened and his strong face
quivered.
"Dear old folks I" he breathed and
then off and down went his hat, his
head bowed reverently. The old man
was asking a blessing upon the homely
meal. The watcher stole across the
kitchen floor, noiselessly dropped Into
the empty chair at the table and sat
there trembling and expectant as the
old man's voice concluded the formal
grace with the earnest words:
"And bring back to us our dear
wandering boy."
' And then the reverent heads were
lifted and old John Davis, his staring
eyes fixed upon the wandering boy re-
He Arose and Reached Behind a Door.
tunned, slowly arose, but stood rigid,
unbelieving, at this apparent imme
diate answer to prayer. The mother
uttered a fervent cry, the sister, Leila,
was at his side in one swift whirl of
her supple body, her arms about his
neck and crying, laughing, sobbing for
sbeer unrestrained joy. . And then none
thought of the meal for the moment.
The glad greetings over, the father's
set, wrinkled face was restored to Its
usual grim composed aspect.
"So you have come back to us?" he
- spoke.
- "And you are glad of it!" cried
Eldred Davis. "Dad, think of it,
twelve years and I'm back at that far
away morning, when you ordered me to
,take the money I had saved and pay
for putting in the window pane in Mr.
Sloan's shed you insisted I had broken.
Recollect? I was to get the strapping
of my life If I disobeyed. Well, I was
full of spunk and I rebelled."
"H'm !" muttered the old man.
"I wandered everywhere. I've had
great tips and downs. Then I hit it
last year in Alaska. I'm back a rich
man," and Eldred produced from vari
ous pockets rich articles of jewelry
a diamond brooch for his mother, a
gold watch for father, an exquisite
pearl' necklace for fond, faithful Leila.
An hour went by, two, during the re
cital of extraordinary adventures. In
buoyant plans for 'the future, such as
settling down In business In the home
town.
"I've something to say to you," said
Mr. Davis, as the women folks busied
themselves In another room. "Ton re
member I have made it a point all of
my life never to break a promise."
"That's you, dad!" declared Eldred
emphatically.
Tm proud of you, for you've made
a man of yourself, I can see that,"
pursued the old man, "but my word Is
my word. I sent you out to mend' a
window. I told you a strapping was
coming if you disobeyed."
"Why, yes, that's it, father," assent
ed Eldred, rather taken aback.
"Well, you disobeyed- and you've
.got to take your medicine."
"Say, ' dad, you're fooling!" ex
claimed Eldred. -
"I never was more In earnest, In
sisted the old man. "See here!"
He arose and reached behind a door.
Thence from its hook he took a broad
leather strap that had been the rod of
justice In Eldred's boyhood days.
"You don't mean it ' he began. .
"Take off your coat, ordered the fa
ther grimly. "You're a man now, but
the principle holds."
"Dad, you come here," invited
Eldred and he led his father outside.
Then he lifted the package he had left
tilted up against the clapboards.
"Know what's In that?"
"I don't."
"A pane of glass and some putty.
Nine by fourteen say, all through the
years I've remembered the measure
ments of that unlucky window pane i
I even snooped around the old Sloan
place before I came here. Bless met
If that - shiftless old Jediah Sloan
hasn't let that shed window stay out
all of these years. I'm going over
there now and set it. I'm finally able
to obey you, dad. Surely that settles
the score, hey?"
"You're the same quick-witted rascal
you was as a boy, hain't you?" almost
chuckled his father. "Yes, call it
quits and taking out his pocket knife
he slowly cut the leather strap into
bits and threw them aside.
"I say, dad," broke in Eldred afresh,
"how's Miriam r
"Oh, she's grown to be a likely girl,"
responded the old man.
"Not married yet?"
"Oh, no ; she don't seem to care' any
thing for fellers."
A bland, satisfied smile covered the
face of the returned wanderer. He
tucked the package under his arm and
crossed lots to the Sloan place, whis
tling thoughtfully, but with his usual
innate heartsomeness.
Eldred came to the Sloan home by
the rear. There was the old shed used
as a kitchen as of yore, there was the
unglazed gaping sash. Eldred sat down
beside a sheltering lilac bush and re
moved the covering from the pane of
glass and the putty, placed these handy
for his meditated operations and drew
a putty knife from his pocket.
A keen mental retrospection held
him within its" thrall for a few vivid
moment. His thoughts ran back twelve
years and the picture was dominated
by a vision of sweet Miriam Sloan, a
child of his own age. How tenderly
had they exchanged love tokens! She
had given him a cheap metal ring,
which time had worn and tarnished
and the luster of the glass imitation
ruby was dimmed. He had used his
small savings to buy Miriam a tawdry
neck chain and this was one of the
reasons that he had run away from
home, for the discovery of this quasi
embezzlement would have certainly
won him a double castigation.
"And the further reason was Miriam,
dear little Miriam !" now soliloquized
Eldred and his eye brightened at the
memory of her bewitching beauty.
It was Miriam who had carelessly
flung the ball that had shattered the
shed window, and she had run affright
ed as she heard her father come
around the house, and Eldred had
darted homewards. Mr. Sloan had
held Eldred the guilty one and had so
apprised his father.
"I wonder if Miriam is as sweet and
bewitching as ever," murmured Eldred,
and proceeded to the denuded window
sash. AH the lights were gone, but he
set the one in place the destruction of
which had sent him wandering over
the globe. He had just finished when
a merry thrilling voice echoed through
the house. It approached nearer and
nearer. Miriam Sloan, headed for a
clothesline where hung some laces and
kerchiefs, paused with a shock.
"Oh, Eldred!" she cried, and stood
stock still and trembled.
He advanced and clasped her willing
hand between his own. She was flut
tering like a frightened dove.
"The window," he said all a-smlle
"I came back to fix it after twelve
years."
"Then you did not forget "
"You? See," and Eldred dangled the
cherished ring before her gaze. "You,
I suppose, have never thought of me
since that day in the long ago."
"Walt!" she said, her face flushed,
her eyes dancing.
She sped away like a deer. She re
turned breathless. Miriam removed
the cover from a little pasteboard box
in her hand.
"Look !" she breathed, and he saw in
side a faded rose, nestling in a downy
mat of cotton, the tinsel neck chain he
had given her in the far past.
"And I broke the window, and you
took all the blame !" she chided herself
mournfully. "Have you come back to
stay?" ' .,
"That rests with you, Miriam, said
Eldred Davis simply.
Sparrow In New Role.
An Incident probably unique in the
annals of the stage was witnessed by
a crowded house at the opera house
in Cape Town during a matinee. .Im
mediately the curtain rose on the gar
den scene in which a parrot and perch
ore a feature, a sparrow flew down
from the dome of the theater onto the
stage and hopped and flew about quite
fearlessly, -picking up the parrot food
and the ground rice (thrown in this
scene) at the feet of the astonished
actors, taking not the slightest notice
of their movements, not even the danc
ing disturbing its equilibrium. When
the scene n eared Its end the sparrow
flew up onto the front of the dress cir
cle and then disappeared In the dome.
The Incident caused the greatest
amusement, both to the company and
to the audience the latter being quite
under the impression that the sparrow
had been trained and was part of tb
show. v v
Four Steps
in the Path of
. Grace
By REV. JAMES M. GRAY, D. D.
Dean of Moody Bible Institute.
Chicago
TEXT Repent ye therefore, and turn
a Rain, that your Bins may be blotted out.
that so there may come seasons of re
freshing from the presence of the Lord;
and that he may send the Christ who
hath been appointed for you. even Jesus:
whom the heaven must receive until the
times of restoration of all things, whereof
God spake by the month of his holy
prophets that have been from of old.
Acts t:l-2L.
Here are the four great steps In the
path of Divine grace.
(1) The First
( ml Repentance,
"repent ye, there
J it- 1 ' I fore." Repentance
means a change
of mind. These
Jews to whom
Peter was speak
ing had "denied
the Holy One and
the Just," and
"killed the Prince
.of Hfe." For them
to repent was to
change their mind
about him, and to
come to look up
on him as he was,
namely their own
Messiah and the Savior of men. The
change this would produce in their
lives and in their attitude towards him
is very obvious..
Repentance means the same in your
case or mine. It means believing on
Jesus Christ as he is presented in the
Bible, and conforming our lives there
to. (2) The Second Step is Remission
of Sins, "that your sins may be blotted
out," the sins even of these murderers
of his Son whom he had raised from
the dead, If now they would believe
on and accept him as such. And this
same promise holds good for us, no
matter what our guilt is.' "Though
your sins be as scarlet, they shall be
as white as snow, though they be red
like crimson, they shall be as wooL"
"Blotted out" is the translation of a
Greek word which means so much!
Xenophon and Demosthenes use it in
the sense of "expunging" a thing.
Aeschylus employs it In the sense of
"extinguish," Herodotus to "plaster
over" an object, and others to wipe
out as with a sponge or a cloth. Judi
cially considered in the sight of God,
there is no more trace of your sins
the moment they are covered by the
blood of Christ. And that is the mo
ment when In repentance you receive
him as your Savior by faith. That is
what Peter means in his first epistle,
where he speaks of the "abundant
mercy" of God.
(3) The Third Step is Refreshing,
"that so there may come seasons of
refreshing from the presence of the
Lord." It suggests agriculture. There
is first the plowing up of the ground
and sowing of the seed, that is re
pentance. Then there is germination
and the coming up of the blade, then
the ear, then the full corn in the ear;
that is the blotting out of sin, and the
entrance of the sinner upon a new
life. But following this there must
be the refreshing showers of rain to
keep everything green, and to bring
the life to its complete and beautiful
fruition.
And so in the spiritual life, God who
begins the good work in us continues
It. After we are saved and forgiven,
he does not leave us to ourselves, but
provides for our growth in grace and
in his knowledge. Times of refresh
ing are sent from his presence. On
the day of Pentecost such a refresh
ing came when the disciples were
filled with the Holy Spirit. Later on
they were filled again. The same spir
it came on them of Samaria, upon Cor
nelius and his household, and upon
the young Christians at Ephesus. The
history of true revivals in all the cen
turies has been a fulfillment of this
promise. They have been times of re
freshing to men's souls.. Every sin
cere Christian of long experience can
look back over the years and count
the times Vhen God has seemed to
open the windows of heaven to him
and poured out blessings on his soul.
It is for such a time of refreshing we
'plead every time we sing that familiar
werse,
Come. Holy Spirit, heavenly dove.
With all thy quickening' powers;
Kindle a flame of sacred love
, In these cold hearts of ours.
Oh, for such a time of refreshing to
come now in the heart of every Chris
tian thus addressed ! What treasure
on' earth is comparable with such a
fresh breath from heaven !
(4) Finally, There is Reward, "that
he may send the Christ who hath
been appointed for you, even Jesus."
The coming of Jesus again is a certain
eveDt of the future, and how near it is
none of us can know. To the wicked
and unbelieving it is a time of wrath
and of fear, but to them who have
come to God through him, it is the
rime of their salvation in the fullest
sense. It is the time of resurrection
If they have died, and dead or alive
when he comes, it is the time of their
glorification with him. It is the time
of their reward, for then will he set
up his kingdom.
Oh, who that has never done so will
be persuaded today, thus to turn to
God? Who will be moved by the ten
der pleadings of his mercy towards us
In Jesus Christ? "Today, if ye hear
his voice, harden not yoor hearts.
WAYS OF SUMMER BOARDERS
They Are Usually-Very Witty Persons
Who Make Comical Remarks to '
' the Farmer.
Summer boarders are people who
spend several weeks in the country
each summer longing for a trip home.
They are usually very witty persons
and make comical remarks to the farm
er. Aside from the board they pay
him the farmer cleans up a tidy sum
each summer by sending the things his
boarders say to the comic weeklies. A
summer boarder can merely look at a
cow and quick as a wink he will say
something funny. The farmer puts
this down In a book he always carries
around with. him. In the course of a
couple of weeks he has several pages
of good jokes to sell at his own raters,
says the Philadelphia Star.
If you board with a farmer this sum
mer say some funny things to him
about the cows or the pigs. If he
keeps a horse always poke fun at his
horse. He will laugh at the funny
things you say. Then he will go in and
open up a can of fresh country peas
out of his own cellar so that when you
go back to the city you will miss the
country vegetables. When you leave
be sure and tell him how you enjoyed
the country eating so that he can laugh
some more.
He Found the Key.
"Oh, Clarence ! Clarence !" cried lit
tle wifey. Just returning from her holi
day. "Come up quickly. We've had
burglars! There's not a thing in my
wardrobe. All my dresses, are gone."
"Oh, that's all right," Clarence calm
ly replied. "There's been no burglars
here. It's really your fault."
"My fault! How?"
"Well, after I'd nearly starved for
two days, you wrote and said that the
key of the pantry was in the pocket
of your crepe de chine, and
"Walking skirt, I said. Idiot!"
"Well, I didn't know the difference
between a crepe de chine and a walk
ing skirt, and I was hungry. So I took
the whole bunch out Into the garden
and made a bonfire. Then I raked
among the ashes and found the key!"
Boston Globe,
ANY CORN LIFTS OUT,
DOESN'T HURT A BITI
No foolishness! Lift your corns
and calluses off with fingers
It's like maglcl
Sore corns, hard corns, soft corns or
any kind of a corn, can harmlessly be
lifted right out with the fingers If you
apply upon the corn a few drops of
freezone, says a Cincinnati authority.
For little cost one can get a small
bottle of freezone at any drug store,
which will positively. rid one's feet of
every corn or callus without pain.
This simple drug dries the moment
it is applied and does not even irri
tate the surrounding skin while ap
plying it or afterwards.
This announcement will Interest
many of.our readers. If your druggist
hasn't any freezone tell him to surely
get a small bottle for you from Ms
wholesale drug house. adv.
Wouldn't Have Him.
"Very handsome typewriter you've
hired," commented his aristocratic sis
ter. "Urn."
"I s'pose shell be marrying you for
your money next."
"No danger, sis. She knows too
much about the business."
Frequently the little green apple is
compelled to occupy cramped quar
ters. Net Contents 15 Fluid Dradnrf
f .ALCOHOL -3 PEK CENT.
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Many Women in this Condition Rev
gain Health by Taking Lydia EL
Pinkham's .Vegetable Compound.
Convincing Proof of .This Fact.
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was treated by
Mrs. Idndsey Now Keeps House For Seven.
Tenmlle, Ga. "I want to tell you how much I have been benefited
by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. About eight years ago 1
got in such a low state of health I was unable to keep house for three i&
the family. I had dull, tired, dizzy feelings, cold feet and hands nearly
all the time and could scarcely sleep at all. The doctor said I had at
severe case of ulceration and without an operation I would always
be an invalid, but I told him I wanted to wait awhile. Our druggist
advised my husband to get Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
and it has entirely cured me. Now I keep house for seven and work
in the garden some, too. I am so thankful I got this medicine. I feel
as though it saved my life and have recommended it to others and
they have been benefited". Mrs. W. E. Ltndskv, R. R. 3, Tennille, Ga.
If you want special advice write to Iiydia E. Pinkham Medi
cine Co. (confidential) Lynn, Mass. Your letter will be opened
read and answered by a woman and held, in strict confidence.
No Quarter for Him.
Mrs. Jones was standing in the door
way talking with old Mr. Ham, a
neighbor. They were speaking in un
complimentary terms about an Impos
tor who had lately passed through the
village, swindling right and left.
"He'd better not come round here
again !" exclaimed Mrs. Jones indig
nantly. "If he does, I'll give him no
quarter." '
"Quarter!" shouted the enraged old
man; "quarter! Well, I guess not! I
wouldn't give him ten cents !" Youth's
Companion.
Most particular women use Red Cross
Ball Blue. American made. Sure to pleaae.
At all good grocers. Adv.
Mother's Joke.
Judge Addams of the juvenile court
Is an exceedingly bald judge. His head
looks like a new-born ostrich egg. The
judge is also possessed of a Quaker
mother who has a sense of humor.
In the presence of his mother he was
being spoofed about his lack of hirsute
adornment.
"Well," said he finally. "I keep my
gray matter pn the inside of my head,
not on the outside."
"Yes, George," replied his mother,
mildly, "and thee has plenty of room
for It where thee keeps it." Cleve
land Plain Dealer.
What would be the result if we
always followed the advice we give
to others?
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What is CASTORIA
Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor OH, Paregoric, Drops
and Soothing Syrups. It is pleasant.. It contains neither Opium,.
.Morphine nor other narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee.
For more than thirty years it has been in constant use for the
relief of Constipation, Flatulency, Wind Colic and Diarrhoea;
allaying Feverishness arising therefrom, and by regulating the- -Stomach
and Bowels, aids the assimilation of Food; giving:
healthy and natural sleep. The Children's Panacea The
Mother's Friend.
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
S7
iBears the
In Use For Over 30 Years
The Kind You Have Always Bought
THieNTauaeMaAas.asaveaemr,
Ridgway, Perm. "I suffered from female
trouble with backache and pain in my side for over
seven months so I could not do any of my work. X
three different doctors and
getting discouraged when my sister-in-law told :
how Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound had
helped her. I decided to try it, arid it 'restored my
health, so I now do all of my housework which i
not light as I have- a little boy three years old.
Mrs. O. M. Heltsea, Ridgway, Perm.
Kill All Flies! TH,Ss!I,T
Plaaad aorwbars.Deley Ptr Klner attracts ariUkA
Aim. MMt, r l.sa, nrnaaaantal. aMNnint, u4 tk
IvuLu'l ill all
'Daisy Fly Kill
Wll MUnt, IH M MLB Ava, MMKLVM, Sk
TVf Kidney trouble prey. nf
M.mtxi on tije mind, discouraaes
AMI") , and lessens ainbltlasa
beauty, vigor and. cheep
WOM rT'NT fulness often dlaapaaa
" WlV.l.Ji.l'N when the kidneys are mi
of order or diseased. For good reaultai
use Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the a'i ses)
kidney medicine. At druggists. Sample
size bottle by Parcel Post, also' pamphlet.
Address Dr. Kilmer A Co.. Blnajhamtoas,
N- T., and enclose ten cents. When writ
Ing mention this paper.
TYPHOID
ttau Smallpox.
nricKliaiam
tha l.il ail ram li
Cecy, a4 kiwlmiul. at Antityphoid v.
Be vaccinated HOW by yoar physician, m i
your family. It U snore vital than lioase Insurance,
JSk yoar physician, drurflst, or sand for Hss
you had Typhoid?" telling of Typhoid Vac r laa,,
results from bh, and dagger from Typhoid r-...t-
Presorts, Vacslaes aa. Straus aider II. S. tineas
Ta. Cottar Laaeratary. BsrksUy. Cal Chlsaaa, III,
.PARKER'S
HAIR BALSAM
A toilet prenaratioa of arl7
Helps to eradlcata duant.
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DATCriTQ Watson K. CoIaaaa.SK,
U I CI J I O "at.nt Lawyer. Waahtnavosa
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