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4 THE ELON COLLEGE WEEKLY. November 23, 1910. to release him and offered her own life but the chief only rebuked' her the more, aud gave her to Laneeburg. That night she stole out of her chamber away from her father’s keeping and eiept along the shore hopeful to see some ship that would render her aid. She knew how to call the attention of a ship by the signs that Wharton had taught her. At sunrise Ceylia was nowhere to be found about the camp. Commands were gjven to keep a wateb over Wharton and after he has been out of the way, there will he plenty of time to see Ceylia. Fortunately about noon a man-of-war happened to be cruising near the estuary and was attracted by Ceylia Carlstedt. The vessel anchored and three soldieis came ashore. Ceylia told her story in bro ken English that she had learned from Wharton. The native.s had now started with Whar ton and were irounding the steep cliff. The summit was reached. Wharton is tied and pushed off the cliff, suspended by a long rope. He goes down farther and far- to a projection of stone but when the ther as the rope is slackened, he catches rope is slackened the rock breaks and he falls to the extremity of the rope, till he is nearing the surging waves. Will he be carried off by the merciless sea ? He cries, “Ceylia, ze hatz” which is translated, “Here comes Ceylia.” She halts. The sound of g;uns is heajrd.. Lan- ceburg and his friend who hold the rope are killed, the rope slips and the upper end is caught fast. Their comrades flee. Th? soldiers rush up to the scene and pull Marvin Wharton back up the cliff. Marvin 'V\Tiarton and Celia Carlsteadt are gladly received on board the man-of-war, and find a happy hfe together in California. THREE MANLY BOYS. Let me tell you about three splendid boys I knew once on a time. Their fa ther died, and their dear mother was left to bring them up and to earn the money with which to do it. So the boys set in to help her. By taking a few boarders, doing the work heiself, and practicing strict economy, this blessed woman kept out of debt and gave each of her sons a throuough collegiate education. But if they hadn’t worked like beavers to help her, she never could have done it. Her oldest boy, only fourteen, treated his moth er as if she were the girl he loved best. He took the heavy jobs of housework off her hands, put on his big apron, and went to work with a will; washed the po tatoes, pounded the clothes, waited on the table—did anything and everything that he conid coax her to let him do; and the two younger boys never wasted their mother’s money on tobacco, beer, or cards. They kept at work, and found any amount of pleasure in it. They were happy, jolly boys, too, full of fun, and everybody not only liked but respected and admired them. They all married true and noble women, and today one of those boys is president of a college, goes to Europe ev ery year almost, and is in demand for ev ery good word and work; another lives in one of the most elegant houses in Evan ston, and is my own “beloved physician,” while a third is a well-to-do wholesale giro- cer in Pueblo, Colo., and a member of the city council.—Francis Willard. JONATHAN EIGDON’S MONUMENT. “Jonathan Rigdon died very poor, did n’t he, deacon?” I asked. “Yes, they buried him in a pauper’s grave. He spent his whole life and big fortune building a monument to another man.” “Was the monument ever finished, dea con?” “Yes, and Jonathan did it,” “How?” “Well,” said the deacon, sadly, “Jo nathan commenced it early. He commenc ed putting money into the monument at seventeen, and finished it at fifty.” “He gave his whole time to it?” “Yes; he worked night and day. He seemed to be in a great hurry to gel it done. He spent all the money he earned upon it—some say fifty thousand dollars. The* he borrowed all he could and when no one would lend him any more, he would take his wife’s dresses and the bedclothes and other valuable things, and sell them to get money to finish it.” “How self-sacrificing!’’ “Yes, Jonathan sacrificed everything for this monument,” said the deacon, sad ly. He came home one day and was about to take the blankets that lay over his sleeping baby, and his wife tried to stop him; but he drew back his fist and knocked her down, and then w’ent away with the blankets, and never .brought them back, and the poor baby sickened died from exposure. At last there was nothing left in the house. The poor heart broken wife soon followed the baby to the grave Yet Jonathan kept working all the more at the monument. I saw him when he was fifty years old. The monu ment was nearly done; but he had worked o hard at it that I hardly knew him—he was so worn, his clothes were all in tat ters, and his face and nose were terribly swollen; his tongue somehow had become very thick.” “But the good man did finally accom plish his great work?” I said. “Yes, he finished it. There it is; look at it!” said the deacon, pointing to a beautiful mansion. “See—it is high and larsie, with great halls and fireplaces, and such velvet carpets, and oh, what mir rors ! ’ ’ “Who lives in it, deacon?” “Why, the man who sold Jonathan Rig- don nearly all the whiskey he drank. Hd lives there with his family and—” “And poor Jonathan?” ‘ :‘Why, he’s in the pauper’s graveyard. Alas!” sighed the deacon, “the world is full of such monuments, built by' poor drunkards who broke the hearts of devo ted wives and starved sweet "Vildren to do it.’’—Selected. EATING BETWEEN MEALS. ‘Twixt breakfast and dinner, And dinner and tea, A boy may get hungry As hungry can be. But if he’s impatient And eats right away His appetite’s gone For the rest of the day. Whereas by just waiting. This fact I assert, His bread and potatoes Will taste like desert. —St. Nicholas. DRUGGETS FULL STOCK RUGS, DRUGGETS, MATTING, FORTIERS, LACE CURTAINS WINDOW SHADES, MADE TO ORDER. BURTNER FURNITURE COMPANY, GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA. 1890 ELON COLLEGE 1910 A young, vigorous College for both men and women. On Southern Railway, sixty-five miles west of Raleigh, the State capital, and seventeen miles east of the thiiving city of Greensboro. _ „ THE LOCATION IS DELIGHTFUL; WATER PURE, CLIMATE HEALTHFUL. Plant valued at $150,000, is modern in comfort and convenience. Steam heat elec tric lights, water and sewera^'e connections with all buildings. CoursCB Lead to A. B.» Ph. B., and A. M. Degrees. Emmet L, MoffHt, A. B., LL. D., President. People’s House Furnishing Company. HIGH POINT, N. C. Wholesale and Retail Hotise Furnishers and Jobbers. MANTLES, GRATES, TILE, A SFECIALTY B. A. SELLARS i SONS, High-Class Dry Goods AND GENTS’ CLOTHIERS AND TAILORING MERCHANTS. MAIN STREET, BURLINGTON, N. C. FREEMAN DRUG COMPANY. Burlington. North Carolina. Are the leaders in Drugs, Cbemicals and Toilet Articles. , CAREFUL ATTENTION TO MAn. ORDERS. Alamance Insurance (Si Real Estate Co. Insurance. Loans and Real Estate. CASH CAFITAL, IfSO,000.00 MONEY LENT through this Company on ireal estate is secured both by mortgage and Company guarantee. The lender receives 6 .per .cent, interest—3 .per .cent., pramptly every six months—and is not bothered about interest collections. W. K. HOLT, President, R. M. MORROW, Vice-President, W. E. SHARPE, Treasurer and Manager. Burlington, N. C. A THANKSGIVING ODE. How thankful. Lord, our hearts should be For all our hope of victory; For all thy laws that we’ve obeyed; For all the debts of love we’ve paid. So thankful, g;racious Lord, to hear The tidings of a bounteous year. Our thanks, dear Lord, we ought to give To thee, for letting thy children live. We thanked thee. Lord, a year ago Because we knew thou lovedst us so. We know now'. Lord, that thou still dost guide When we follow at thy side. So let us all unite in prayer. And thank Him for his tender care Our thanks to him is slender pay For the blessings of this day. E. T. H. How to Chain a Dog. A good way to chain a dog and give him plenty of ground for exercise is to stretch a clothesline or a galvanized wire between the house and barn on which is placed a ring large enough to slide freely. The chain from the dog’s collar is fasten ed to the ring. This method can be used for tethering a cow or horse, the advan tage being in the use of a short tie rope, eliminatiria' the possibility of the animal’s, becoming entangled.—Selected. No man should attempt to command un til he has learned to obey. Also A Reformer. “Dey’re sendin’ a lot 0’ grafters to jail,” remarked Meandering Mike. “I’m glad of it,” answered Plodding Pete. “If dis high-class patronagie keeps comin’ in maybe de wan dens will wake up an’ improve de accommodation.”—Wash ington Star.
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