O ’ H E A R T S
PH VANCE
One Episode Each We e
•mmmmm!' \
' .«*m|
j which tot-1
of hi* ratara to New
Tort. Mr. to* waa permitted to «a
l«*a UbmII .‘ha happlaot cf mortal*
AM laaaaMch aa this la aot aaly a
aalotcmptad tarn af happt
la bvmaaly common bat to
aaaetloa than ordinarily
tba whole or a lifetime, Alan
waa parhapa to ba carted, area thouab
dMIlaa too meat wbaa It came vat tad
da*, sharp, aad to hba aaapeababty
from eaalK peaks of supreme contact
ta tba Meek depth* or a bleak Aver
aos of despair.
Tba haptaalap of tba period waa
ayatfeiaauaa with Um atom ot a taxi
cab door that abat away a sapwrtuoa*
world from tba aompaay ot two who'
torad.
Tba aeend opened aafaty «a won u
aaeeaaa In Alan1* aadarataodlac.
Tba car slipped smoothly away from
tba carp, panned naly by a Util* cost
Of aamt-lraaic cheers from tba little
company of workims mao who bad wit
aaaaad aa wan aa measurably particl
Pa tod la the putative elopement from
tba boo** ot Triae.
Tlgltoat for any Indication that their
aeaaloo bad bad a witoe** la that
stiaaga homo of deathless hatred.
Atom watched H through the little
tnnaow a tu back of tba cab until a
aucnci Matted oat the vlaioa of It;
ttaB wttb a slab at rallaf aaak down
ky tha atda at tha x»u to ebon bta
any thought, lapnlaa and emotion
"■oaal” ha whtepathd. and tanta
Ovaty toachgd cm of tha baada that
My atnchad M bar la*.
•ha napaadad with aavar a dn to
•tftaato coasclouaoaaa altbar of hla
And reminding hlmaatf at tha atraln ;
bmponad upon bar by tha at partaa rig
thrnagh which tbay had Mat paaaad,
Alan paaaad bar unraapoaalraoeaa on
makh at reaction, and tar tha tlmi
Ml coontruaed to tet hla awaathcart
raet aad mala bar aonaal polaa:
than am Mlaa aaoagh lor Mm la tha
—*t*d—aad that ha had van bar
■ntety away, that nothing now nan
*•»
wtU
lk«
mi
«* I
elun* passionately to him. "T*U mo
■gain that jroo lore m! aba pray ad
•Promise mm yv.u'll nitar 1st anythin*
•o»« bet seen as. Promise mm. Alan
— promt** mi you'll ba bind to me al
ways. dear!"
"Caa yon doobt I will ba klndr ba
murmured reproachfuDy.
“1 am afraid . . ." aba whl* pared
-flow coaid I ba a ay thin* ala*. tor
lo« you aa 1 dor
'1 am afraid . . .“
'Why should I be unkind to your
'll isn't that . . . I'm juM
afraid"
“Of whatt
"Of loaing you.”
”Bul that can sever bel”
Tou cant be aura. What tf yea
war* lo find roo d been mistaken r
She caught bar breath and addad
baatily—"That yoa didn't really fora
■in. I mean."
”0h, that's ridiculous!"
”1 can't bo sura. Nothin* la Ufa la
permanent What Is lovel Illusion of
lira senses I What I* happlnoai? A
wtlKo’-the-uisp! What ts Ufa? A
make-baneeul”
"Dearest!" He bald bor more close
If »tlll- "You era nervosa sod over
wrought Yoa dua l kauw what you rs
saying. You cant mean what yoota
anyth*. ... Bat lay that tt‘e so—
that Ufa la all make twUava. Than
make-believe yoa loro me—"
-Oh. but 1 do. I do!”
“And make-believe for a little we've
caatkt tho wllKo' tbe-wlap—only for a
little—until you wake up and realise
that It's ail real and true.”
She dosed bar eyas a*aln: “Yea.”
aba breathed, “you are right. Lets
make-believe It’s ill true for a little
•wa*er ... slid forget . . -
Ha coaid by no means account for
<hla strange humor; bat be did bis
bast t<i comfort bar, none tba leas ten
derly because of bis mystlilcatlon. And
for a long time she 1st lUaalna blind
bar. mating quietly la bis arms, task
ing believe . . .
Only Oil approaching tba Twenty
third street tarry they must Beads
roaaa and sit apart constrainedly for
fear some one might slant's ihroigh
tbo window and surprise their secret.
As If uoe needed tbo evidence of a
caress eachaasod to know that they
ware lovers, who had oyas to SCO the
flashed loveliness of the girt Shrink
ing bank ln-fcer corner or wit to Inter
pret tha radiant happiness that sheas
ia Aina’s faoa as ba bant forward and
watched warily from tba window.
CHARTBR XXVil.
Tba Ring.
Thetr* was tba last vehicle to swing
between tha gates before these last
WTf clOUd
And this was quite as well; for Alan.
rtMng (or one last backward glance
through the rear window, started In
voluntarily and chukad a pan an ex
clamation when be descried a power
ful touring car tearing madly toward
the ferry bouse, lie una passenger half
rising from tba front seat, beside tha
driver, and eahlbitiag a countenance
Purple with congested chagrin as be
saw bit car barred oat of the carriage
entrance
Quickly senalUve to his emotion. the
girl aanght nervously at Alan’s band,
bat la It, dear?"
"Marrophat." be snapped.
Rbe ottered a bushed cry of dismay.
■Posl be alarmed, however," he
hastened to comfort bar. “Ha’a lost
tba race: Ike gates era shot—even tha
passenger gates—end there must ba
a oompony spotter somewhere near by,
tar tha gat a man la virtuously refusing
; to ba bribed by a roll of momer as
thick as my wrist!''
At that Instant the lulnt roiled
aboard the ferry-boat; the deck gates
war* dosed; a boars* whistle rest tho
roaring client* ot the city; winches
rattled and chela* clanked; and the
boot wore ponderously out of Its clip.
"So much for Mr. Marrophat!** Alan
crowed, bitting down. ~ Foiled again I
lie can't atop aa •owl"
“Perhaps . . ."
"Why that perhaps? Why that
toner' he demanded sharply, atroeb
by the foreboding her accents con
"Tbia Isn't the only ferry. Tbore’a
the Peansylraola and the Lacks wen oa
—**d by hard driving ha might oven
manage to catch tbs boot that con
nects with (kta from tho Christopher
•treat ferry of the Erie!"
"Impossible! I don't believe It! |
woo'tl"
“Lath sot,' aba agreed “Dot. Alan
«•
-Tsar
“Promise aao— If bo should manage
to cotab up with **—you won't lot him
talk to yoa I mono, goal lot bier—"
“Wo fear of that!" ho aao*rested
hotly. “If bo tries to eecbaogo oo«
word with me—I only wish bemoeM!"
■he aoeised aatlaAed with that; bat
the Incident had served appreciably to
I chil their eptritai They nnooaaplWted
I tho remainder of that voyage In a
etteaee that wag no teas depressed ho
es*** they ant bend tn hand throogh
Mar wag their taaieab thro* mlaatoa
owt *f the lorry hoes* on the Jersey
, etlmn
IWa era* momaatartly glowing tans
noticeable.
As Msrvophst'e car draw ■ bread
Alas nodded and said ge telly: "Deal
w alarm ad; I cat attaad to this gen
tleman stoglehsndeg."
Aad this ha irnrmlif to
drato with admirable sees rroa
though called opoa to do ao tor soon
at than ha had thoaght to Tr thinhr
to Msrrophst's Wr brained proeipt
tnney. For. talHag to laflsaaee Urn
tad driver by ahowtod tinh or
thraata. or to gala the lead attention
from Also. Trtme'e drat --»t>
roptiy aad surprisingly took kit Ufa
ta hla band* aad la ana wild hoaad
bridged tha distance between the two
Sytog enra aad landed on the taxi's
running- hoard.
■topi" ho aoroamod madly. "Stop.
I eay I Ton dost know what you Ye
doing I Let mo toll you—■"
Ho got that far hot ao torthsa ta
the owe breath Alaa had Snag wide
the door aad was at thetoUoWi throat.
There wae a.struggle of aegUgibte
duration; Msrrophst was la ao way
hla antagonist's match; within three
seconds ho throw oat both taah
clutched hnpiliaaly at tha framework
ot the cah aad toll heavflp ta the
•treat.
The tail apod on without panes Its
driver deaf to the n-n. at tens—t if
Indignant bystanders. Alan pelted
himself together aad looked back tost
la time to catch s gUispaa of s num
ber of loafer* lifting tterrophat to hte
feet end helping him to the stdowslk
1 ——.i
Incllud to MUtb (tal Kirrop4ct
hoped to atop tho taxicab by deprlr
•M K. to coarse of tfcMi of lta faoL
And with thla to mtod ho woo proaaal
to mrprlsed. as the eeb took a corner,
to ooo Harrophath oar atop at that
aorear aad Kanophat himself pat
down. Tha brow at a bin totarraaad.
■batting off sight of tho blaohgnard aa
ho kaslt and Ut a match. It was tho'
girl who garo tha alarm, oaddaoly
withdrawing bar hand tram tha win
dow to serous at Atoa;
"Hal And tho gasoline! It1* earn
ing along tho atroot, toUowtng tho Kne
of tho look—and catching up with net*
Wlthoot pausing to put hla hand to
tha latch. Atoo kicked tho door opaa.
“Jump!* ha orlod. 'For poor life—
lumpl Aa aooa aa that Aaaao natchoa
up with tha laah—P
Aimultaaooualy tha chauffour, oror
i hearing, abut of tha power.
Tho throe gatoad tha sidewalk bara
! to to time; tho ttojr trull ot Aaiaoa, el
■«t Imperceptible In tha sunlight,
waa not a yard treat tha lot that (part
ed through tho bo Hat hole to tho tank,
la tha hatter ot aa oyalaah tha explo
sion followed. Bad tha cab beta load
ed wKh oltrogtroerto lta daatraetloa
could hare boon ao mere abooluto.
Thera waa a roar . . . aad than
a heap of amoklag ruin a.
Without walttag to ad astro tha epee
taels, Atoa caught tha arm of tha girl
and harried her up the street, ut tha
same Urns catling to tha ekaaffoar to
follow. Aad chance brought them to
tbs next eorncr aa another tab, taro
"That Waawn la 4«IKh Trl«a, >
I
of an ausarory lookleg tenement,' bo
fora tba cab took a ooraar oo two
wheats . .
"Not seriously Injured, 1 fancy,' ba
told tha girl In response to bar aagwr
look. "Worse luck!" ba addad
gloomily.
But It a seemed tbat ba was to bare
Croatsr causa tban thla ta complain at
hia lack, before that ride waa ended,
Three blocks further on a tire Maw
oat with a report ilka a cannon-creek
or. and tba taxi latched perilously,
hesitated, slowed down, and limped
dejectedly to the curb.
-Alan aad tha ehoufwur piled oat la
1 tha same Instant, tha ana ***“*wg
• guard—with aa aye oat as well far
\ another cab—while the other aasaoMd
| damages.
"Nothing tor It bat a aaw tire, ah."
; thla last reported «r ra pel helically. "It
1 most hare boon a brokaa bottle or
j something Uka that—M sure did rip
t Iba usefulness clean oat of that shoe."
J "Oo to It," Alan advised him terse
ly; "aad If you make a quick Job of H.
lH stand tha east of the saw lira."
"Bat If another aab nomas slang
while yooYa at It rouH teas aa as
quick as a wink. Haro's my sard, ta
cans era bare to duett yoe In a bony l
you understand this la a sutler of Ufa
and death, aad HI hara no liana ta
settle up with you. But you ana euM
at Mr. Dtgbrs office sod ha'll Ax
things up to your aottefasllaa."
The man took tka sard aad after a
glance at tha name touched hte hat
with more noticeable respect.
"All right. Mr. Law,” ho agreed;
"anything you any." Aad forthwith
I rrd in wnrk
Tha rapidity with which ha eoaa
piatad tha changa at tiraa paw*ad Mat
aa aacallaat c handcar, aa adapt at hf
erafl: hot tha delay waa ana dlaaa
trooa for all that. It warhad togatbsr
with what Alaa pardonably deacrlbad
as tba dartTa ewm hash to bring tha
lourhig ear ta sight at tba praalai —
seat whan tha abaaffeur waa srmnktag
ap aad Alaa aa tba point ad ra eater
lag tba cab. Aad thoagh thay wars
l off again More Aina cnold alaaa (ho
door, tha atteapt waa hapalaaa baa
tha atari.
Aad rat--whether or not hoaaaao
Alaaa diatasta for latarfarsaaa had
boon tea caarlaatagly demonstrated—
the loturlDg ear far tha baa hadag
, aontsatad Itself with trail lag a hoot
1 (by feat la tha roar, while tha taxi
| dad tha tenement portions ortho
hohaa waterfront aad (onad IU way
lain the braadar elraada of aa aapra
laatlaaa aabarhaa goarter.
I Mot aatU thay warn wau Iota tha
aaborha. with lew dwellings near and
| no pad—tteas to latorfara. did Marrw
ghat, rising la hda anil, frill« a ro
rotror or or tha whdfhM aad draff
Tha araah at hf wwapaa waa prea
tmothUbTrsar aau at Urn*——?4
Matter wath piati dU Um ap
hr—ig that tha pmn tend had
b— M—»d » fa bnOte. ha —
oat of
Unhindered,
end U determined,
without covered the
brief la a pile
fully
Thi behind a out
oT stood shoul
der to dooryerds ways
ecaat. The up to a corner
house of homely aspect.
Two mlnntee Alan was ex
with sad me kin*
to Dlgby* good
Mr. Wright.
ooafastoa
with facol
tie*. A* tan moment approached
when two should bo made one who bed
goae through Are end flood, literally
ea wall aa figuratively, for each oth
er's sake. Incredulity drew e veil be
fore hie vision, lie viewed the wo-*d
ea la a glass, darkly.
He was aware of a decently fur
Dished mlnkler‘1 study; of two wit
eaooao la the guise of unassuming
womenfolk of the minister s house
hold; of the Rev. Mr. Wright himself
ee a benevolent voice rolling sono
rously forth from a bltea-ciad pres
ence; of the woman of bis heart stead
lag oppoetta him; of questions sated
and responses mads; of a ring that
■lor* apparently maintained agalnal
proetsely similar emergencies; ol a
band that took the band that waa to hi
kla wtfe'a and placed h la bla: of hh
elumay and wltlaea btingttng with tba
teak of felting that rteg to tha Beget
of bla awaatbaart'a hand . . .
And tha* ha waa aware of a doot
that banged rtoiaatly In the hnilway;
of tba aoond of a man's rolrr making
• om* Indistinguishable demand; that
Rene's hand wan owddanty whipped
away, before ha ooald at on tha rtag:
that the study door waa twng open aad
that thla animal of a Merrophst had
praalpitated hlmaalf late tha root*.
Ka opaaed bla month to protest—
and Marropbat eila*eed him with a
cry.
"To* fool I Drop that rtagt Map
•bla farm! Don't yoa know whom
you're marryingr That woman la A*
dMh Trine, you Idiot—not Roeel”
Blankly Aina turned to tba girt.
Her darning Mm. bar Milan area
bar rary pete, from which the mao
ear of Roee had dropped Ilka a r±M
carmant. aonfasaad tha troth of Man
rophafp aaaarttoo And aa if thla wan
wMh • sodden outbreak at naknm
aa merer Halt hare beam browed M
Rom's matte nature.
Tee dark I" aha arlad aad fbrwo
hareaM la front ad Marmphal wMh a
spring ad Mtba aa that of a toapardaaa
"Tbha warafag haw from at; heap
oat ad my tray forever after thte at
tab* tha awaaawmataf Ood keen,’
■fed ftad. "why I Aaa*t kill yea aa
yaa staadt*
■a waa la bar way. batwam bar tad
the apaa tear, me mm him aa
* > *•* * *
ckM to mere on]do. hot seised Mas
so dereely by ths wrists that bo la
•tlaotlvely lifted to protect himself,
ead ebe fairly threw hla half a doscn
feet dm her. Ha brought up with
a crash agalast the wall even as the
door slasoaed behlad the girl.
Whsa Alan, the grot to recover,
gained the sidewalk, she wee already
la tha tartcah. Whatever reward she
had prom Had the soao. ha whipped hla
aaehtae away ad If from the tear of
suddea death.
had darttng from the bones bard
on the Minister's heals. Marrophat
leaped Into hla own ear and, as If he
had sot hoard her threat or received
substantial proof of her earnuatneat,
tore of la pnreult.
CHARTER XXVlIf.
And the Rose. j
Taking the daaad yotmg men by the
head, aa though ha had been m child,
the Reverend Mr. Wright lad AUa!
hank to hla study and aatablUbed him!
In a comfortable armohatr beside hla
dash.
"Sit there and compose yourself, my
dear young friend." he Insisted In s
soothing voice.
At tha elbow of the Reverend Mr. j
WHght a telephone shrilled Impels-,
tfvely. With a gesture of professional
pattaaoe he turned to the Instrument,
lifted the receiver to hla ssr. and
speks la musically modulated accents
"Tea . . . Tea: this Is Mr
Wright. ... Ah. yea. Mr. Dlgby.
. . . Not coming 1 But. my dear sir.
Mr. law In already hern. I must tell
ytm—“
He checked with s reproving glance
for Alan, who was twitching hla sleeve
Insistently.
"If you please," Alan begged, "let
i me speak to Dlgby at oace. Forgive
■a—“
Mtiueuntiy the minister eurrcnacreo
the telephone
"That 700. Dtgby V
"Alee! Bless my soul, whet are you'
doing over there? la Miss Trine with
yon? But bow can that be pcaaibler’ '
"Roes? No. Whit about bcrf“ Alan
demanded, summering with anilely.
“Why—one of my eples haa Juat re
ported by telephone. He wee going on
duty Ifaii morning when be saw a
young woman—either Rose or Judith
—weartng a rough coat over boudoir
trees—climb out of one of the base
ment windows of Trlae'e bouse. She
waa apparently in great dla tree* of
mind end anxious to escape without
halu aaae teem iy Mem mi Wsdass
my mna—whose porii of 0hear ration
h ta U>* third story of ona of the
homes* opposite—could gat to tha
street eh* had beeo caught by several
rough loosing customers, who rushed
out of Trio* * hone*, sailed the girl,
and made off with her la a motor car
hearing a New Jersey license number
1 am sending man to watch the Jersey
tarries Call me up tn an hour—"
Without u word of response, and
without a word of apology to tba Rev
erend Mr. Wright, Alan dropped tha
receiver, snatched up hla hat. and Sad
that bowse like a man demented.
Roee, escaping from Trine'a bonae.
overpowered and made the captive of
rrtart lowest creators*—gunmen poa
Nhly, or the sump of teat animal
wham Trtae had charged with the es
u eel nation of Alan tha night before!
There waa a either a motorcar U
tight for him to charter nor any Um*
to wants ta soaking one. Alan could
only bops to find ona on bis way back
’ toward tha tarry. It must have bean
apwarda of aa hour before be cane
Into a street which be recognised, by
tte dinglntas sad squalor, ga that In
which ha had throws Marropbat from
the running board of the taxicab
Aad than, ea he passed, breathless
and footsore, to cast about him for tha
way ta tha tarry, a touring car turned
a corner at top spsed and slowed to a
stop before that eeltaanaa tenement of
tha unsavory aspect to wbaua sidewalk
ha had aeeu Marropbat assisted by
thu loafers of the quarter.
»»» ™ louring oar ni occupied
by PO«o balf-e-doeea rufflens la whose
bands a young girl wrltbad aad drug
•lad wbaa, launadUlaly oe tba atop,
tbay lumped oat aad wraatled bar out
wttb brutal taeoaelderatlon
Libs a abot Alaa bad croasad tba
atraot—bwt only to bring np none to
tha panala of tba tanamant door, pod
ta dad blmnatf pained end thrown
roughly aside by a burly deaisen when
be creeps* the knob aad made aa If
to follow ta.
"Heap bask, young fattorl" bla aa
aallaat warned hlaa rldounly "Keep
ewta tbta. new. If yoa don't want to
get Mo trouble."
To tbe apeak Sr's aide another
maced, ryetag Alan with a formidable
aeowt At leirilloe be ateppad back
and tamad aa If peraeadad to mind bln
earn boaiaeae. than awaag on bla host,
caught tba two la tba eery act of opao
tag tha door, aad threw himself bo
pleated heavily la the pit
of ooa dieposad of him
A blow from tba
tba other reel las to the
waa la tba teae
hafl a fool aad
dark aa a pit Us
door waa ntaaad. IU mark
rafter ad anty by tba dams of a hem
! aaaa lamp meoklmg ta a braebat near
, tba Ibat af tba ataira.
af min af fast wars an
landtag. Alan ad
Impataeeety to tba
Ha top ta half a
ad only In lima ta sao a
af tba forward and af
a bay tamed la Ha
Moehed tbe way.
to wall tor H to be
ad by (Mat af tbe
Wbrtn had gained th* doevd door
before they recovered and sought to
•tty bln.
IndUTcrnnt to them all, be ebook the
knob eud abouled: **110*01 Roee!" j
Her cry oanie beck to him. a rnuf I
lad acreem: "Alan! Help! Help!" I
Decking away with a mad Idea of
throwing hlmatlf bodily against the
door and breaking It down, ho was eud
donly confronted by a hideous maah of
humanity—race of man all misshapen,
braised and swollen end disfigured
with smear* of dried blood und a dirty
bandage round his iample*, but noae
(h« lose vaguely recognisable.
The words that slrenmnd from Its
dielnrtad lips drove recognition home.,
"Gee. fellers, looh t who'a hvrel If
It ain't th' guy what threw me off’a
llial gtnicr title morn in'. Stand back'
and let me kill th'—"
Without the hesitation of a heart !
beat Also swing heavily fur the ihug'a!
l»w The blow went eolldly home
The man feil Ilka a polod ox. ^
Pandemonium ensued. Rallying to
their comrade, the ruDana attacked
Alan with one mind end one inloat.'
Murder would have been done then
-nd there hail it Dot been for e rotten i
bau'stcr rail, which cava way, preclyl-l
biting the tot to the ground Boor of
tho hallway.
ailll\iluuicoiiBi7 Lira ump on lav v«u ]
wee struck from Ilk bracket mod
crushed to the floor. tU glass well'
breaking and loosing a flood of kero
sene to roccive U>e burning wick. The
explosion followed Instantly. la e
trice tbo hallway waa a lake of burn
ing oil. and hungry flames were lick
Ing up the rotting wallpaper end eat
ing into deoayed baseboards and stair
I reads
Killl lighting Uka e madman, con
testing every foot of the way. Alan
was boras down tba hall and out ol
tho front door. A scream of Tire!"
greeted him as be reeled oat Into the
open. It wee echoed by a doteo
throats
Tbo doorway vomited man and
women of the tenement. They choked
It for e time, blocking both egrets and
li'ltes By the time tkay broke out
and left the way clear a solid well of
Berne stood behind It
Thrice Alan essayed to pate that
barrier of Ire. end thrioe 11 threw him
back. Than, struggling and kicking
to release himself and try again, be
was seised by a brace at able-bodied
policemen and rushed flay feet from
the boose before let.go.
j^kp* >«?-*#•**■**%*•»«*
He looked up. dashing from hk
smarting ayes tears drawn by tbs
stifling clouds of smoke, sad taw
vaguely at the second story window a
woman leaning out and shrieking for
help.
That It wee hopeless to attempt the
■talrcaae be well knew. ’Drawing
aside, be endeavored to eons to bis
sober senses, and cast about for some
more feasible way to effect the resene
or hit Rose.
The tenement occupied one corner
of a narrow street. Directly opposite,
a storage warehouse stood upoe the
other corner. Before this last was tbs
common landing stage tor truck d»
liveries, protected by a abed-roof.
And. suspended from e timber that
| peeieaJ out over tho saron, a hoisting
Ch.rpad With tha Aaaasalnatlea «
Ala a.
taekla dragged tha ground with tti
ropes
U waa tbs work of a minute to cod
aloes a thick headed poUoemsa that
the attempt waa faaslbla and shook
ba permitted It was tie work of lam
Uiga another attests to rig a loop It
Cho line and fasten round bis bodj
baoaatb tha anas. Votaataara did no*
lack; a eoapte of hoakr loagahoramaa
sprang to tbo ropes at hit Bnrt call
They heaved with a will Hie last lad
the ground, ha soared, ba caught tbt
aavaa of tbs shad-roof, tad shoaling h
ceare banting, draw hlmaalf ap on thlt
last, hacked a tittle ways down It sat
calculating hla direct toe aloalr. wNl
a rnnnlag Jaap Isnnshed hlmaalf am
ever (ba streak
The taeasestOm of hla leap canto
btar wall oat over tha beads of the
throag assembled la the street sot
truly toward Ibat wUdow wbara Row
waa waiting. Than its fares alack
aaad Vor aa awdal last sat ha ba
Iteved that bs bad (idled Bat with tb*
last anpirtag owaca af Impater, ba wai
brought within grasping distance a
the window am
WATCH THIS COLUMN FOB;
MISSIONARY ITEMS
THE AMERICAN HIGHLANDERS
(Contributed.)
Dr. iTalmage said: “1%e inhabi
tants of the mountains are the laat
of Mirth's children who shall yield
their hearts to the conquering march
of Christ. Win the Highlanders for
Christ and you win tha werid for
Christ. Tho mountains are the nat
ural entrenchments, where the laat
battle .hall be fought and tha foroee
of ced be rooted by the everlasting
cohorts of tight. This fact can be
easily understood by studying pro
fane ae well as religious literature.
Tha world will never be won low
Christ until tho roe pel shall have
been preached unto all people. The
last places to be ranched are tha high
places of Urn earth. Tha mountains
of the South are your Macedonia.
They are the open door, near at
band."
Stuart Robinson College, Highland
College and tha Canyon Falls Acade
my, (Presbyterian).
"The Stuart Roblnaon Collage baa
a very remarkable record la Ha sec
ond year. Tbe boarding department
et Highland Collage it tbe largest In
lu history. Tbe Canyon Tails Acad
emy maintains Its excellent record
of attendance and work In all depart -
1 Dents"
1 Southern Methodism has Sue Ben
nett Momorial (London, By.), Bre
vard Institute < Brevard, N. C. , San
dy Valley Sensinary (Pointevilla, By)
| Young Harris Collage (Bockmoth,
' Gs.), and Reinhardt Collage (Wales
I ka. Ge.)
For the Sue Bennett “twenty-frv*
1 acres, on e beautiful hill crest over
! looking tbe valley around, was given
for the campus, and. ia tbs fall ef
1887 the school was opened. Seven
ty-live student* responded to tbe
drat roll call. The succeeding eigh
teen have seen more than twenty
three hundred students enrolled.
Five building* and eight cottages
have been erected, and the property
la now valued at 180,000. Total on
rollment in 1914 well over six hun
dred. Tbe word of God la a text
book ia the hands of every rtudant.
Hrevard Epwortb School eras foun
ded in 188b. out of which grew Bre
vard College. Tbe people at Tran
sylvania county cared as little for
education at that tuna, tbe ft ret
boarding pupil bad to be paid to at
tend. Lent year there were twe hun
dred and eight students and every
available space was occupied. TVs
campus now covers tweaty-six acres,
and a ha
mg la
records
ef U __
the Chris
tk __ i ef High
landers. who _ oppor
tunity. Ace helping?— Com
piled from the Soul Winner (Proa.)
end tbe Voice (Math.)
When over the. fair fanm of triaod
•r foa
Tha shadow of diagram shall fail;
in stood
Of words of blaass, or proof of thus
and so,
Lot something food be said.
»j /
•i I'orgst not that no fallow-being yet
May fail so low but Ursa stay lift
bis head.
Even the cheak of shame with tears
| *» w*t.
If lomething good bs said.
I
Ko generous heart may vainly torn
In ways of sympathy; no tool aa
dead
But may awoken strong and glori
fied.
If something good be sold.
And so 1 charge ye, t>y the thou/
crown.
And by tha cross on which tits
Savior bled.
And by your own soul's hope of fair
ran own,
Let something good be said I
A BEAUTIFUL FSATEB
Cut the following prayer out and
put It whoro you eon rood It *ve.-y
day .It ii good enough for Uw yout^
tho middle ogod end Uw old people.
It is tho beet we have Men in i long
time,—Honor McKee:
Teach me that 60 mlnutaa maka
one hour, M ounces on# pound, and
100 coats ona dollar.
Halp me to lie* so that I can tie
down at night with a floor coneciooeo'
without a gon oodor my pi]law and
haunted by tha facet at there to
whom I have brought pain.
Grant, I beaeech Ume, that I may
aorn my maol ticket act Uw square,
and in doing tharoef that I stay no*
etlek the golf whoro it daee net be
long.
Doofto mo to Uio Jingle at tntet
«d money end. Uw ruoUo of nMr
skirts.
Blind mo to tho faults of (ha ott
er fallow, but reran! to me my *wr».
Ouida mo so that aaah night whan
I look serosa Uw dimwr table St Oly.
wife, who has boon s blessing to ma
l will have nothing to annual
hoop m# young enough to tough,
wkh my children and to loo* mpaolfi
in Uwlr play.
And than whan eonwa tho smoM
of dowers and tho trend of soft stops
aad Uw crushing of tho hiseoaV
whoelo la tho gravel out hi front of
my place. maka tho oaramaay ttoot
aad tho opitaph sinspioi—1"Bore Mm