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v . v , : Jl.l lllL LlUl 1. 11 : HJBIiLWIHK IN TttE TIME Of MB - . . - AUTHOtOf v - BEN HOLDEN, D'Rt AND X DARREL OF THE BLESSED IStfV - - ' REEPIKO VITH LIZUE. ETC, ETC '!,: .;:; v-'.-. t. --. corniOHr NimrwKnwiNTaN. viNa CmO'J GETS? NEW INSPIRATION FROM THE THE WORDS v OF THE GREAT SILAS WRIGHT. S$ywrp.--Barton Baynes, an orphan, oes to 'lire with his uncle, arsailiqy Jtoynes, and his Aunt Deel on a farm on Rattleroad, In a isawWl called Lickitysplit, about the year 1826. He meets Sally gtCTtorfg; about his own age, but socially of a class above the arrases, and Is fascinated by her pretty face and fine clothes. Barton 0s ! meets Roving Kate, known in the neighborhood as the Silent ! VtiMiL Amos Grimshaw, ' a- young son of the richest man In the town-, afttfc. as a visitor at the Baynes home and Roving Kate tells the boys' Staftss. predicting 4 bright future for Barton and death on the gallows furAxws. Reproved for an act of boyish mischief. Barton runs away, Sdtraffixig to make his home with the Dunkelbergs. He reaches Canton mad asJeep on a porch. There Is he is found by Silas Wright, Jr., a mmm prominent in public affairs, who, knowing Peabody Baynes, takes 2Sin&a feorae after buying him new clothes. Silas Wright evinces much ita&3ts3 is Barton and sends a box of books and magazines to the 22B&m home. ' A. short time later the election of Mr. Wright to the 32BaJ States senate is announced. Barton learns of a wonderful power lasnKB ajfMoney," and how through its possession Grlmshaw is the awasft porrerfal man in the community. Grlmshaw threatens to take the qjaes farm if a note which he holds is not paid. 4 hi at 5 CHAPTER V Continued. Aaai Deel : wagon grease was J&t wiwst eaemy of a happy and re ?xTixlfe boane. Mtebed our team to the grass iuS&er sBptiog wagon and set out on nr 5ssKiey: It was a warm, hazy olaxKsssmxaer day in November. As srrjsjssed "the mill" we saw the Si ittstt urtasaa looking out of the little nAnSmr f her room above the black an3V hijp a low, weather-stained, SCaaor 3buD2ng, hard by the main sd, a narrow hanging stair on sSife ef It. Sf keeps watch, by the winder ts& sSnc ixint travelln," said Uncle Zttat&M&tj. "Knows all that's goin ar-&lat wnaaac knows who goes to ylRBgy an' how long they 6tay. TT b&&9W crops hv thev sav she .ttascar sfiT dotm the road in her rags. Ske flats Eke a sick dog herself, but jTw - that she keeps that room 4?, 3m 'xst as neat as a pin." iS&seribe village we passed a smart- diwiLnr iaaitiz:- uiann 1 1 v n mii y-iuul Ijnae ia shiny harness. Then I instilled vftb a pang that our wagon "&s cawtsad with dry mud , and that asrlsarsEs were rather bony and our 9acawa a kiud of lead color. So I a &t aa iHuuble state of mind when ro tsssred the Tillage. was a crowd of men and ia frost of Mr. Wright's office t&rwjsa its open door I saw many SMSeSam townsmen. We waited at sa3r r a few minutes. I crowded Si mtiSe ITnde Peabody stood talk OBg& villager. The Senator caught 3?53 sf b and came to my side and Sfis 2faaxkd on my head and said: TUftBo, ISart ! How you've grown ! -tfrnflamw-facpdsome you look I Where's "SI'' tfeta by the door," I an AsflRcsdl ' - "Bra!. 3es g and see him." 12a. irriEbt was stouter and grayer oa cjandw than when I had seen lai aaJL He was dressed In black &aas2fc3Wi aaj wore a big beaver hat jwaaSsJk csiiJlar and his hair was al acat 4fitB. I remember, vividly his jrinrt. tiafy, gray eyes and ruddy "SEStJw v glad ' to see you," he SBfifl 3wiay. "Did ye bring me any ilDa2art think of , it," said Uncle Saaftofly. "Bat rve got a nice young aOQ. Jerked an If . you're fond p' 1 STB Irfngr ye down some to-mor- ..."Ml aa- to take some to Washing . ana, loft J wouldn't have you bring "ffa late to bring it I want a "afenm t talk with ye for half an tSdso- 4or cta a matter," said my un- 1 Tw got a little trouble on my laanfl'-v.. -,;r- . 32a Sesator took us into his office ssa2 atotrodoccd us to the leading men ' -af S cvsoAj. THBATaaild the Senator as he put laaa cn wy : .head, Mis a coming .tnsm 3a the Democratic party." - Thr great - men laughed at my JWnj3as sad we came , away with a &K3 arose et pride in-iis. At last I jA egsa tt the ordeal, .of meeting tlDcaSergs. My uncle must have taBainfi'ziBj f Hfig, for, to my delight, wul straight to the basement actarr abTe which was the modest ianr "SL Donkelberg, Produce." -aO I swan !" said the merchant Sa -Ifltat trASe voice which I remem-aarrfso'sn-n. "This is Bart and Pea ;K2S35tr2 Bsnr 'are "you ?H ;'' "C ' SSMa.'-ada I' Wswer3 my !im- . , . " vi III ISUi', S30 iproiwlety: v"How Is gal- ; '- tor-czdmrassment.''' ( ; : s3&&,J&mBg rigt'i down . to bust- -SA V uncle. ' ' NORTH COUNTRY" SILAS WIGHT "That's right,' said Mr. Dunkelberg. "Why, Bart, she's spry as a cricket and pretty as a picture. Come up to dinner with me and see for yourself." Uncle Peabody hesitated, whereupon I gavo him a fuirive nod and he said "All right," and then I had a deli cious feeling of excitement. I had hard work to control my impatience when they talked. By, and by I asked, "Are you 'most ready to go?" "Yes come on It's after twelve o'clock," said Mr. Dunkelberg. "Sally will be back from school now." So we walked to . the big house of the Dunkelbergs and I could , hear my heart beating when we turned ' in at the gate the golden gate of my youth it must have been, . f or . after I had passed it I thought no more as a child. That : rude push .. which Mr. Grimshaw gave me ,hail hurried the passing. Vj I was . a little, surprised at my .own dignity when Sally..- opened? the door to' welcome lis.' My unci ei told Aunt Deet that I acted and-'spoke like Silaa Wright, "so nice and proper." Sally was different, too less, playful and more beautiful with long yellowv curls covering her .shoulders. ... "How nice you look !" she said as she took my arm and led me into her playroom. "These, are my new clothes," I boasted. "They are very expensive and I have to be careful of, them." I behaved myself with great care at the table I remember that and, after dinner, we played in the door yard and the 6table, I with a great fear of tearing my new clothes. I stopped and cautioned her more than oncei : "Be careful ! For gracious sake! be careful q' my new suit!" As we were leaving late In the af ternoon she said: "I wish you would come here to school." - , "I suppose he will some time," said Uncle Peabody. , A new hope entered ray breast, that moment, and began to grow there. "Aren't you going to kiss her?" said Mr. Dunkelberg with a smile. I saw the color in her cheeks deep en as she turned with a smiie and I'm Not Afraid of Him." walked away two or three steps while the. grown neonie lanhwl nnd omiA . " " w vvrv with her back turned looking In at the'1 window. v;-V-;: ..,, ":"...v ; :-v "You're looking the wrong way for the scenery," said Mr. Donkelberg. ; She turned and walked toward me with a look of resolution in , pret. ty face and said ; BACfiELLER- Iff "I'm wot afraid m.r-sti We .kissed each other and, again, that well-remembered todebf i her hair upon my" face T But the feel of her warm Hps upon my own that was so different and so sweet to remem ber in the lonely days that, followed ! Fast flows the ; river to;the sea when youth Is ealilnr 'on tt,ft;They;Had shoved me out; of the quiet -cove Into the swift current those dearlctndly, thoughtless people. Sally ran away Into the house as their laughter con tinued and my txnele and I walked down the street How happy I was! ,1 observed with satisfaction that the "village boys did not make fun of. toe. when I passed them as they did when I woie the" petticoat trousers. Mr. and Mrs. Wright came along with the crowd, by and by, and colonel Medad Moody.- We had supper with the Senator on ' the seat with us.' He and my uncle began to talk about the tightness of money and the : banking laws and I remember av remark of iuy uncle, for there was that in his tone which I could never forget : ; ; "We poor, people are trusting ' you to look out for uswe i poor, people are trusting you to see ' that t we get treated fair. .We're havln'. a ; hard time." ; ;;V. - My uncle told him about the note and the visit of Mr. Grlmshaw and of his . threats and upbraldlngs. ;1 -"Did he say, that In Bart's hearing?" asked the Senator. i y : f ' "Ayes ! right out plain." . ' t o "Too bad ! v I'm' going to tell ; you frankly. Baynes, that the best thing I know about, you is your conduct to ward this boy. I like It The next best thing is the fact that you signed the ' note. It was bad business but It was good Christian conduct to help your friend. Don't regret it -j Ton were poor and of an age when the boy's pranks were troublesome to both of you, but you took him in. I'll lend you the Interest and try to get another holder for the mortgage on one condition. You must1-let me at tend to Bart's schooling. I want to be boss about that. We have a great schoolmaster in Canton and when Bart is a little older I. want him togo there to school. I'll try to find him a place where he can work for his board." "We'll miss Bart but we'll be tickled to death there's no two ways about that," said Uncle Peabody. The Serator tested my arithmetic and grammar and geography as we rode along In the darkness and said by and by: "You'll have to work hard, Bart. You'll have to take your book into the field as I did. After every row of corn I learned a rule of syntax or arithmetic or a fact in geography while I rested, and my thought and memory took hold of it as I piled the hoe. I don't want you to stop , the reading, but from now on you must spend . half of every evening on your lessons." .... As. I was going to bed the Senator called me to him and said: "I shall be gone when you are up in the morning. It may be a long time before I see you; I shall leave something for you in a sealed envel ope with your name on it You are not to open the envelope . until you go away to school. I know how you will feel that first day. When night falls ycu will think of your aunt and uncle and be very lonely. When you go to your room for the night I want you to sit down all by yourself and open the envelope and read what I shall write. They will be, I think, the most Impressive words yOu ever read. You . will . think them over but you will not understand them for a long time. Ask every wise man you meet .to explain them to you, for all your happiness will depend upon; your un derstanding of those few words in the envelope." . ' , In the morning Aunt Deel put it in my hands. ! wonder what in the world he wrote there ayes!" said she. "We must keep it careful ayes ! I'll put It in my trunk an' give it to ye when ye go to Canton to sciool." , "Has Mr. Wright gone?" I asked rather sadly. "Ayes! Land o mercy! He went away long before daylight with a lot oV jerked meat In a pack basket ayes! - Yer uncle is goin down to the village to see 'bout the mortgage this afternoon, ayes!" , . It was a Saturday and I spent Its hours cording wood in the shed, paus ing now ' and then for a ; look Into my grammar. . " , , What a day . It . was ! Jhe first of many like it. I never think of those days without saying to myself : "What a God's blessing a man like Silas Wright can be in the community in which his heart and soul are as an open book !" :' As the evening came on I took a long look at my cords. The shed was nearly half full of them. Four rules of syntax, also, had been ; carefully stored away in my. brain. I said them over as I hurried down into the pasture with old Shep and brought in the cows. I got through milking just as Uncle Peabody came. I saw with joy that his face was cheerful. "Yip I" he shouted as he stopped his team at the barn . door, where Aunt Deel and I were standing. "We ain't got much to worry about now. Pve got the interest money right here in my pocket". r . W.e unhitched and went In to sup per.C. I v was hoping that Aunt Deel would speak s of ., my. work V but she seemed not. to:. think of It " ? iX ! I went out on .the' porch and stood looking down "with a sad countenanced Auntv Deel followed me. r : ij; ' rWy, Bart!" she Exclaimed, "youre too tired to eat ayes! Be ye cicfc?! I shook mjr head. PfcAUoAy,' cai-t. uin ooy nas worked like beay ''ry v xvtptye ilnce'you leftayes he ;tas ifhever see anything to ;b,eat it never! I want-yod to come 1 right out intq the wood-shed - an see what he's done this minute ayes !", ":SS -, . I followed .them Inte the thed. 4 V'y. of ail things r my uncle ex claimed; "He's worked like a - nailer. J ain't he?" There were, tears in his eyes when he took my hand in his rougn paim and squeezed It and said: . ' ' "Sometimes I wish, ye wasJlttle again so I could take ye up in 3 my arms an kiss ye Just as I used to. Horace Dunkelberg sayst that, you're the5 best-lookln' boy-liVevW;6eeii -t" I repeated the rules I had learned as we went to the table. ,. . ? ' "I'm goin to be like Silas Wright If I ' can," I added. vV' Ai. ; That's the idee !" said Uncle Pea body. "You keep pn as you've start 'ed an everybodyll milk Into your pail." : VV. .Tr --2 I kept on not with the vigor, of that first ,day with t w inspiration but with growing strength and effect One Day Mr. Grimshaw Came Out in the Field to See My Unele. v tiveness. Nights and mornings and Saturdays I worked with a will and my book in my pocket or at the Bide of the field and was, I know, a help of some value on the farm. My schol arship improved rapidly and that year I went about as far as I could hope to go in the 'little school at Leonard's Corners. , : . s -, ; :,-., i"I wouldn't wonder if ol' Kate was right about 'our boy," said Aunt Deel one day when she saw me with my book in the field. I began to know than that ol Kate had somehow been at work in my soul subconsciously as I would- now put it I was trying to put i truth into , the prophecy. As I look at the whole matter these days I can see that Mr. Grimshaw himself was a help no less important to me, for it was a sharp spur with which he con tinued to piod us. CHAPTER VI. My Second Peril. ; One day Mr. Grlmshaw xame om: In the. field to see my uncle. They walked away to the shade of a tree while the hired man and I ' went on with the hoeing. I could hear the harsh voice of the money-lendez speaking in loud and angry tones and presently he went away. "What's the rip?" I asked as my uncle returned looking very sober. "We won't talk about itnow he answered. v In the candle-light of the evening Uncle, Peabody said: "Grimshaw has demanded his mort gage money an he .wants It in gold coin. We'll have to git it some way, I dunno how." "W'y of all things !" my aunt ex claimed. "How are we goin to git all that money these hard times 7 ayes! I'd like to know?' ' 7, . "Well, I can't tell ye,' said Uncle Peabody. "I guess he can't forgive us for savin Rodney Barnes. ; "What; did he say?' t asked. Why, he says we hadn't no busi ness to hire a man to help us. He says you an me ought , to do all the werk here. He thinks I ought to took you put o. school Jon ago." . ; "I can stay out o achool and keep on vfith my : lessons, I said. - ? "Not an please him. He was mad when he see ye with a book in yer hand out there In the corn-field.'. What were we to do now? I spent the first sad night of my life, undoing the plans which had been so dear tc me but not so dear aM my aunt and uncle. I decided to give all " my Ufa and strength to the saving of tht faim. I would still tiy to be great, but not as great as the Senator; : . v r Barton, passes tiiroughr what are looked upon a ;the second and third of the four perils pre dicted for him byRov!n Kate.? Dont fail to read of hra expert- encea In the next installment v 4TO BE CONTINUED.) I r V: Ifa i Ended Then. X?nnghan towv can I tell whci., the Jioneymoon Is over?". Oldhanw ' nrueo your wue ,mioiM teiix&s talnr suus wvuus amag HPE0VO UKIFORM IHTEBMATIOIIAt' LESSOM (By REV. P. B. ' PITZWATER. D. T.. Teacher of English Bible In the Moody . Bible, Institute of ChicasTO.) Copyriicbi. Idl. by Wstrra Kftwipaper Uotoa. LESSON FOR MARCH 23 ISRAEL WARNED AGAINST COM- PROMISE. . 'UK- (May be .used with Temperaoce Appllca- LESSON TEXT Joshua 23:1-16. GObDEN TEXT Evil ' companionships corrupt good morals. 1 Corinthians 15:23. ADDITIONAL. MATERIAL. Numbers r5:50-56. Joshua-5:3-27; Judges 3:1-3; S:l-f; Colossians 2:8. ; ; - PRIMARY TOPIC .ovlng and obsylng God. Joshua 24:16-23. 1 ' ' JUNIOR TOPIC-Standlng up - for., th right. .: -,":' "U- ' .: INTERMEDIATE TOPIC Dangerous company. . ' f .lashua. knowing that his life .was drawing to a close, summoned the leaders of Israei Jto appear before him. He knew the tendencies which the na tion was developing and the peril which faced it as his leadership was coining to an end. His jealousy for God and solicitude for themprompted him to assemble them and point out the great dangers which confronted them. 1 A' I. A Review of What God Had Done (23:3. 4). 1. God had fought Israel's battles (v. 3). He gave them victory over the strong - nations which Inhabited Ca-. naan. Striking evidences of this are the capture of Jericho and victory at Gibeon when the sun stood still at Joshua's command This victory had been secured quickly, which indicates that God had interposed in their be half: 2. God by the hand of Joshua had apportioned the land among the tribes (v. 4) for an inheritance. In chapter. 24 Joshua rehearses the wonderful things God had done for the nation extending from Abraham down through the ages. , II. Points Out the Promises as Yet Unfulfilled (23:5-10). ,1. "He shall expel them before you" (v. 5). The actual possession which God had given was the pledge that he would give them full-possession God's promise was the guarantee of this, in view of God's faithful , performance of all his promises there should be no room for doubt; r 2. ''One man of you shall chase a thousand" (v. 10). The reason of this was because the Lord God would fight for them. To have the Lord fight for us is to have the assurance of victory regardless of how few or how many. 3. The condition upon which these promises would be realized. (1) J'Be very courageous" (v. 6). At a time like this it required courage to look to God for all the nation's needs. (2) 'Tveep and do all that Is written in the law of Moses" (v. 6). fidelity to God's law was essential. Turning aside in any particular would forfeit their claims upon V him. . (3) "Keep aloof from the Canaanltes" (v. 7) . This separation was to ' obtain . with reference to (a) marriage, among them (b) idolatrous customs. (4) Cleave wholly unto God (v. 8). III. Solemn Warnings Issued (23: 11-16). ' 1. Take good heed that you love God sincerely (v. 11). Love to God is the sum total of duty toward him. 2. Refrain from Intermarriage among the Canaanltes (v. 12). For God's peo ple to Intermarry among the heathen Is to set in motion influences whicn would Issue In confusion and disaster. 3. God will make the heathen snares, traps and scourges Instead of giving victory over them (v. 13). 4. Evil things will come upon them Just as good thinr had been done for them even to their destruction (v. 15). 5. The wrath of God kindled against them (v. 16). J Peace and Righteousness. Righteousness means victory with the help of the Spirit of God over our selves, over our inclinations, our pas sions, our tempers, our whole sinful natures. There is no peace without victory in the spiritual life, and I am Inclined to ' think that, holds good be tween men and nations: There is no peace until 'righteousness is done. The Prophet said : "They have healed also the hurtf my people slightly, saying Peace, Peace, wben there is no peace. There must be righteousness toward God and our fellowmen If there is to be peace and good will on earth. If We Suffer. . "v T"Tf we suffer, we shall also reign with him," says St.' Paul. What a crown Is that for . this, O sufferer ! Thy pains and sickness are ail, cured ; thy body shall no more burden thee with weakness and weariness ; thy ach ing head and heart thy hunger and thirst, thy sleep and labor, are all gone. Oh, what ; a jnigtity change 1 Is this which shines as the brightness of the firmament I" Baxter. . ' God'sWill. ' - The kingdom of heaven Is not come even ; when God's, will is our law. "-- It is.icome 'when God's' will Is our will. When God's will is our law. we are but a kind of noble slaves. When his will is our will, we are free children. : George alacdonald.. - .v - Follow Jewutt Only. Let this be thy whole endeavor' thi thy prayer, this thy desirethat thou mayest he stripped of all selfishness, and with - entire, - simplicity - follow Jesus only.7rbomas a Kempia, - SEA SCOUTS TRAIN This is undoubtedly one of the division of the scoutini? nw. .' nt biSf tn dMl tvitH that au " t cicujt'ni; J u hnv'c Ufa nrhlh le caUn, it satisfied unless he artuntiv mn uns aw and e-nes tn spn. " .u (iivgiaiu uluuuea every nho of nautical work. It is basJ.i program outlined by and in ehar t Tamos A WIIHai- 1- miu.. . " the heartiest co-operation in devein AUK uuia uuui iixc mgu omciais of tK. xue yiuu. la n luorougniy worW one and its promotion attracts a grej rm . Ki At , , . JAMES A. WILDER, Chief Sea Scout o' the Sea Scoutx f the Boy Scouts of America. deal of attention. It i;? new and is in tended to work with older scouts. It's not, however, entirely a sea board , affair. It's so designed that an inland city can produce practically the same results. The idea, of training seamen inland is not a new thing. Ifr has been ex- , tensively Adone both in Sweden and Norway for generations. I- HOW SCOUTS, HELPED FRANCE. A recent statement received at na tional, headquartersof the Boy Scouts of American by General Baden-Powell, head of the English scouts, contains the. following: The fighting is over at last, and the scouts, -whether from home or over seas, have distinguished themselves in noticeable proportion throughout the war. Among the highest, three out of General Haig's five army command ers in France are scout commissioners Sir ; Herbert Plume r, Sir William Birdwood and Sir Julian Byng. ' ".Whllfe at Lille I heard of the pluck of a boy scout during the German oc cupation. No sooner had the German H staff received news by wireless as to the progress of the war and events in other countries "than It was at once known by. all the" inhabitants of Lille. "Till the time of their departure the Germans never discovered how the news leaked out. As soon as night fell every evening this boy rigged up his 'wireless apparatus on the roof of hte home, received all the news that was going and had it typed and communi cated to his friends. The apparatus was all down and 'showed away before the day dawned." NOT EASY TO STAY A SCOUT. Being a scout s,tan ds for service. This service. may mean a sacrifice or the changing of his entire mode of living, such as the rearrangement of his studies or the giving up of amuse ments or things he may like best. This of course is the real scout's program of Unselfish and patriotic service to his country. . ; . In these days. each scout feels that he has been called cpon to make just such sacrifices and still has a debt to pay to his brother scouts and scout officials "over there." DOINGS OF THE i)OY SCOUTS. Eleven scouts and a leader left Akron, Ohio, with' tented, blankets, cook ing utensils and food for a gypsy hike through the Ohio country, carrying their equipment on a wagon furnished by a local liveryman, drawn by a horse furnished by a farmer. - War , Savings stamp sales of .$54,606. Liberty loan sales of $23,450, and 816 black walnut trees located, form the war record of Kalamazoo scouts. Since June 1, 212 scouts lure beer recruited n' that city.' - ' v Si I
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