B—--H—MH-SS fe^aTetTIter surnETOns in nervous little rap-tags that penetrated Dr. John’s sound slumber. When he recognized her, tipped the ddttr and nofreed bow v^te She was, he drew her hvsfhntly to him and shut the door. Between chattering t^oth £ho began to fell him the drea®ul„ tala As she. ^ent on ^Wi the story the USfener’s face grew much concerned. “Somebody's trifid to poison him,” he cried, taking a long breath. “My Through the Break in the Netting She Thrust Her Flat. God, who efeul4 be so damnable , as that? COine, let me get the‘stuff.” ^Sgeth,^ ^ey 'st51e back to Tonnl- bblTs room^and Dr. John carried away the niediclne wjJh him, leaving Tony with a caution, not to speak ^of the matter to his brbtlwr. pitting on his clothes, John went outside and mode a tour of the tmuse. It Wasn’t difficult to And the place- where the man had fallen, bst -there was ffo sign of him anywhere. Termibel did not bleep at all that htght.. But very early in^eUmofniag she arose a«d Slipped into Dr. P^H’s room and put back the medicine Dr., John had given her. - " During the ^morning Dr. John Pen- diehaven softly entered her room. He came forward, his hands outstretched, his face wht& and very gray#. “DarHa^lttle girl/' he whispered, with much emotion. ‘'You have saved toy brothers Rfp. The villain. Who ever he was, p^t the rankest kind of poison in ft. He must have gotten It ^som some doctor, for no -druggist would Wb.^14 it to Trim. “Mebbe fed’s dbad,” replied Tony gen tly, Mth an expression of awe. "It whs a long’ .tunh^te he toota” “?fo; he got away i I’ve hunted the place over for him. Would you fenow Ifhn again © you Wv him?” “Sure,” replied Tony, nodding, but ■ she said no n^re. To ten him ^he the man was would mean to break the selArhn c«W ^ had made on the Christ to h^r mother. A timWi knock ^brought the oonv^fsa- tk>h to & close.* Mrs. Curtis was at the threshold when ^endleha^fi open ed the door. “I’ve been looking Abe house over for you, John,'' she began. “Boy’s got a headache! He said for you not to bother to come to him, bdt to give me something to make him sleep.” “Is Ite drunk?” demanded Pendle- haven, Mrs. Curtis began to cry. “John, how unkind!” she sniffled from the haven of her handkerchief. “The moment the ..child complains ev erybody accuses him ^ drinking. Mb, of course, he Isn’t drunks” ♦ • #•♦*•*• For many days Reginald Curtis tossed fitfully fa bed, tortured ^y^e thought that he would never Chase, feeing haunte^by Teny Devon’s spirit. He dared not gbt up, for he was cov ered With brutes from his fall, aad added to. his misery, he imagines! ^v- ery time The -door opened he wk's go ing to be arrested. But no such thtfig happened, and one afternoon v^h&n Dr. John was' gone and fils: mother and Katherine, we’re shopping dowu- f^wn, he crawled out. ^ bed and made Ais way softly froth the house. Uriah Devon bad vehtyred back to the Hbghole v&th hie canal boat, so whe». Re^fafdd appeared aboard her Devon met him with a growl. “Where in h—1 you been all this time, Rege?” he demanded in a sinis ter tonef Reggie, shuddered, as he sank, down on the bench. “Tin going drazy,” he muttered. ‘Tv^ been awful sick/* “You mean xJu^t drunk, don’t you? Didn’t you try doin’ what I told you to r THe boy nodded and shivered ag^tn. “I sure did, but,- but—” “But ^hht?’ cried Devon. “I put the stuff in the medicine all righty but something happened” Il&g- ftTald’s voice was low and wavering as he finished, the statement. “What happened?’ repeated Devon hoarsely. ''Don’t slt there like a d—d* fOS and look ah If you’d swallowed a live eel.” “I was going to slip back from the window sill to the tree,” faltered Reggie, “and Tony’s ghost ros^up be fore me and shoved me Hesoi off the i^dge and down to the ground 1” Uriah’s eyes almost protruded from his head Then a slow smile ran around his kips. “Rats.!” He ejaculated huskily. ! “Hats, you fo>l! There ain’t such ' things as ghos^” ^^ there is, Delink” insisted ^^ 1 gie, in a dreary monotone. “I’ve seen onel I've seen Tony, I say, and many a thne she’s come so close to my eyes I could hate touched her if she £ould have been touched. The fall made me sick. I’ve been in bed ever since.” “And your cousin’s still alive, eh?” Uriah's voice had a snarl in it. n ^tHl alive,” muttered Reggie. “What you goin’ to do about it now?” demanded Devon. “Try it again?” Brown shook his head. '’No, not yet, Riah” he muttered. “Not just y^ I can’t.” “You got to get me a lot of money some Way,” Devon came in with. “I’ve got to get out of this country, or I’ll be hooked to jail if those Syra cuse folks find me. You’d better be -getting home and back to bed. Best take a stiff- swing, too, to settle your nerves. 1 ’ Be watched the tall thin boy walk slowly away in "deep meditation. Then he laughed and went below to the cabin. Mmosf-a week after Reggie’s futile attempt to poison his Cousin Paul, Tony Devon was sitting in her room, r^adW, when a servant appeared and fold her some one wanted to see her downstairs. B^r heart bounded with flight, for she was sure Philip had come again and liferfl sent for her. She fushed to the glass, caught a glimpse ^ her rosy face, pushed back a few stray curls and went downstairs to the drawing room. As she stepped inside, she came to a sudden terrified halt. Her father was .seated fn a large chair and his ey^si red and swollen, were centered upon her. Then he smiled, that wick ed smile that always Widened his thick ^lips when he had succeeded in some evil thing. “Hello/Tony,” he chuckled. “You’ve made a fine nest for yourself, huh?” Tony only stared, at him. She felt suffocated by his sudden appearance. “I came to talk to you, kid,” he Said, the wheedle coming into his fades’ that always augured bad for the person addressed. “Sit down.” Tonnibel sat,, not because ;he told Ref to, but becam e she couldn’t stand on her trembling legs. “Yoh don’t appear to be very tickled to see your old dad,” he threw at her, a frown wrinkling his face. “Get up and come over here.” His wicked ey^ seemed to he swallowing her whole. In fAet Devon could not make bImself believe this beautiful creature was the Tony who, he thought, had been drowned in the lake.* He felt a new sensation within him as his gaze took in every line of the lovely figure. “Come over here,” he said once more, “and toil me how you got out of the lake that night; Did you swim ashore ?” Tonnibel shook her head. ? Fm n#bgoing to tell you anything” she murmured almost inaudibly. “Well, keep,- it to yourself, then,” mapped Uriah. “When I get you back tp thb ‘Ditty Mary’ I know ways wbtdh’U bring out, of you what I Want fa know. So get your things and come along home.” Tonnibel felt as if the bottom had -fallen out of the world. Then a boy’s smile, and a boy’s words, “Salvation, little Tony, is always at hand, for ^d Is good,” seemed' to strike both her vision and hearing. Tot^ believed every word Philip MacCauley uttered. He couldn’t speak an untruth if he tried. If as he had Salvation was at hand, then she be saved at that moment. “Pm busy here, daddy,” she man aged to say. “I’m doing, some nurs ing, so I c^n’t get away just now!” “You’ll come Just the same,” replied Devon, getting to his feet. 4f DiriRe Dove Is everywhere,” flash ed. through^ Tory's mind as she too struggled up. She dared not scream, and even if ghe did, there was no one in the house who would help' her, Mrs. durtfs and her daughter would be delighted to have her gone and Dr. J/ylTn was out among his patients. There seemed to be no escape for her nbw. She dOred not appeal to the w^ak, nick man upstairs. Thinking of him made her blurt out: “Did you send that awful Brown feller' here to put poison in Dr. Paul’s medicine?” Uriah glared at her, went white and put hts hand on a chair to steady himself. “I don’t know nothin’ about any man, or any poison,” he growled. “Yorf^ better he cornin’ along now.” “’Twas the man you said I had to link up with. He used to come to the *T>irty Mary/” explained Tonnibel, seeing her words ha‘d frightened her lather. , “I bet you sent him here.” “Keep your clack, shut,” growled Devon, just as the door opened, and Mrs. Curtis entered. Tony whirled and faced her, although she didn’t have the courage to utter a word. The woman Looked from the girl’s agitated face to Devon’s, questloning- ly. “This is my kid, ma’am,” said Uriah, with a wave of his hand toward Tony. “I’Ve come to take her home. Get your duds, brat!” Tonnibel turned as if to obey, and Mrs. Curtis caught her arm. “Go as you are,” she directed, ‘TH send your .things after you*” Tony’s eyes gathered a belligerent expression. ^t. w$Tt go without saying good-by to Cousin Phul,” she began. “If she gets up there once,” inter- .posed Mrs. Curtis, in an undertone to . Uriah Devon, “you won’t see het p ’Tonnibel had heard the words and [ knew they were true. If she could get upstairs with Doctor Paul and then lock the door, no one would dale venture after her. Philip got out of his chair, but Doc tor John put him back into it again. “Wait,” he whispered into- the boy’s ear. “I want to tell you, everyone,” went on Tony, fiercely, “that I’ll swear ’til I die my mother—” Paul Pendlehaven took the speaker by the shoulders and forced her face up to his. “This woman, here, your mother,” and he waved his arm toward Mrs. Devon, “says you didn’t have that gun in your hand, and it’s loaded to the brim now. She didn’t use it, either.” Reggie’s jaw dropped. He made a dash for the door, as Mrs. Curtis screamed. Doctor John caught the fleeing boy and wheeled him around to face his horror-stricken mother. “It’s a lie! I didn’t,” he mumbled. “Where’d I get a gun to shoot any one? This woman did it herself. I saw her.” “Then yon were here,” cried Philip. Mrs. Curtis acted as if she were go ing to faint, but, as no one paid any attention to her, she slumped back be side her daughter, who turned away contemptuously. “That settles one question,” com mented Doctor Paul, grimly. “You shot Devon, Reggie,” and the boy sank Into a chair beside his mother. “Now,” continued the doctor, “who robbed the safe?” To know that her mother hadn’t done the shooting relieved but one of Tonnlbel’s worries. Uriah wasn’t hurt much anyway, but the doctor’s ques tion brought vividly to her mind an other danger, not a whit less serious. Edith was certainly involved in looting the safe 1 “I told you once,” Tony began weakly. “Ghild/’ Interposed Doctor Paul, “you’ll shield no one else. I shudder to think what might have happened If your mother hadn’t come here for lifer husband.” HIs tones were low and stern, though much moved. His eye caught sight of the black bag at the same time his brother’s did. Doctor John opened it and, amid an appalling silence, took box after box out of it. “Plain stealing,” he growled, and then he stared at Mrs. Devon in open- mouthed amazement. _ “What’d you bring ’em back for?” he questioned. Edith paid no attention to Doctor John’s qu5ty but addressed her hus band; “Uriah, now you went and done it again!” She turned to Doctor Paul. “You got everythin’ back, give me my man. He didn’t know what he was doin’, sir.” “Then he’ll be taught a lesson, the same as Reginald will, madam,” re- joined the doctor. “Ever since your daughter came to us, she’s been in dread of your husband, her father. Once he was sent away, and she had peace. This time he won’t come back in a hurry.” Doctor John reached into the drawer of the table near him and produced the roll of bills that Philip had found on Devon the night before. “How about this, you?” he inquired of Devon. “Where’d this come from before it was in your pocket? While we’re at it, we might as well clear up everything.” The center of interest, Uriah Devon shifted uneasily in his cK®. He had discovered the loss of the money but had mot dared to make any inquiry about it. Hastily he ran over the sit uation, and it appeared to him as hope less as possible, but five thousand dol lars was a good thing for a man to have, whatever his position. If Mrs. Curtis claimed the money, her connec tion with him would come out, and that might make tilings easier for him. If she didn’t, he’d have the cash any how. “That’s mine, mister,” he grunted, “and I didn’t steal it, neither. Give it to me.” The same considerations had been chasing through Mrs. Curtis’ mind, and, in thfe general cataclysm that she saw before her, she concluded the money might be very necessary for her and he# children. “Don’t let him have it, John,” she screamed. “It’s mine. Give it to me.” Doctor John arose and stood be tween Uriah and Mrs. Curtis, holding the roll of bills in his hand. Amidst the closest attention of the rest of the group, he looked from one to the other, white the claimants indulged in a dis pute. “You give It to me, didn’t you, ma’am?” asked Uriah, roughly, “Didn’t you?” “Yes, I suppose I did,” she acknowl edged, “but you haven’t done what you said you would.” “’Twasn’t my fault,” Uriah grum bled. “If that fool of a son of yours hadn’t butted in and shot me, I’d tak en Tony like I bargained to.” Then Doctor Paul Interposed, and a few questions, sternly put and cate gorically answered, discovered the whole conspiracy between Mrs. Curtis, her children, and Uriah Devon. John Pendlehaven, whose anger liad been steadily rising, suddenly stepped forward and-brushed his brother aside. “I’ll take charge of this now, Paul,” he stated. “You’re too d—d easy. Here’s where you treacherous snakes go to jail,” he included Uriah and the Curtises in a sweep of his hand. “Ev ery one of you!” He turned savagely upon Reginald. “You little pup,” he charged swiftly, “you tried to poison Paul, didn’t you?” He crossed to his side and towered over him with up raised fist. “Own up, d—n you. Didn’t you?” Reginald cowered, slipped out of his chair and attempted to shield himself in Mrs. Curtis’ arms, who leaned pro tectingly over. him. *1—1 was drunk,” he excused him self, “and I thought,’' he whimpered to his mother, “I thought you wanted me to.” Then Edith projected herself into the excitement again. She glanced at Uriah, her eyes melting with tender ness, arose and stood looking at the Pendlehaven brothers. “Mr. Paul,” shAsaid in a lew voice, "d^lOpp. ref^g® ^ Taul looked her over with no sign of recognition, and his brother turned away from Reginald to observe this new development. “No,” said Paul, and he shook his head. “Never mind! That don’t matter!” was the reply, “but I’ll make a dicker with you. You give me my man for keeps, and I’ll give you your girl, Caroline. I’m Edith Mlndil!” You could have heard a pin drop, so deep was the silence. All were look ing at the haggard woman, facing Paul Pendlehaven, who was rising unstead ily. “Give me my man,” she repeated. “Don’t send ’im to jail, and I’ll give you your girl.” Doctor Paul had become so white IMPROVED UNIFORM iNTTRNATONAt SimdaySchool ’ Lesson 5 (By REV. P. B. FITZWATER, D. D., Teacher of English Bible in the Moody Bible Institute" of Chicago.) (©, 1921, Western Newspaper Union.) LESSON FOR AUGUST 7 PAUL IN CYPRUS AND IN ANTI OCH OF PISIDIA. X ^^ ^^e? w#e^ ^ >$WW^W X A GUARANTEED INCOME. There are investments and investments. Stocks and bonds are subject to so many and such diverse influences that it is never possible to say with certainty that they will not depreciate in value. Certain securities are, of course, far more desirable than others, and one can “You Little Pup, You Tried to Poison Paul, Didn’t You?” that his brother went to him and flung an arm across his shoulders. “Are you lying?” he thundered at Edith. “If—if Sit down, Paul. Let me—” “Where’s my baby?” quavered Paul Pendlehaven. “Does my Uriah go free, scot-free?” questioned Mrs. Devon. “Yes, yes,” consented both brothers at the same time. Tony had dropped to the floor. Now that little Caroline had been found, she could no longer be a Pendlehaven daughter. Edith went to her and knelt beside her. “Here she is, sir,” she said in husky tones, lifting a tearful face to the men, “and you couldn’t have a finer girl in the world. I ain’t goin’ to say for you to forgive; me, sir, but you’ve had ’er over two years! Now, gimme Uriah, and we’ll go.” Tony threw her arms around Edith’s neck. What a change two minutes and a few words had made! She seemed to have taken on a new dig nity as, with shining eyes, she said to Paul Pendlehaven: - ^‘Futhei'y chi- ^g, whatever it was that separated us, I want, oh, how I want to do something for the only mother I’ve ever known.” Of course, Doctor Paul consented; he even did more. He got a promise from the confused Uriah that he’d turn his back on the old days and old ways, and begin again With such aid as the Pendlehavens would give him. While Doctor Paul was settling the fate of the Devons, John Pendlehaven had been sizing up the Curtis family. They were grouped together, clinging to each other. “Reggie,” he ejaculated, “I reckon you did a good job when you stopped Devon with a bullet last night. As for you, Sarah, you and your children aren’t safe to have in the house. Here!” He stretched forth his hand and offered the five thousand dollars to her “Here’s your money. Now go, and take Reggie and Katherine with you.” Mrs. Curtis was so utterly overcome that she could do nothing but sob, but Katherine took the bills from the doc tor’s hand and turned to het brother. “Come on, Rege,” she nfbttered, “Help me get her out of this. We better go.” She pinched her mother’s arm spitefully. “Get up, mother. Quit that crying, and come on.” The others watched them leave the room, and then Mrs. Devon spoke up: “We’re next, Riah! And we’re ever lastingly grateful to you, Doctor Paul, and you, Doctor John, for iettin’ us go. Ain’t we, Riah?” Devon straightened up from his chair and grinned sheepishly. “That we be,” he agreed, “and I’ll try to show it.” ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦ That evening when Tonnibel and Philip were alone together, the young man said chokingly, “You don’t for a moment Imagine I ever believed you did that thing, darling? I went away because I thought you didn’t love me any more, that you never Bad loved me. You don’t think—any other way?” “No, dear,” she answered gently. “No, of course not!” The boy pressed her to him, and, as they whispered so low, no one could hear anything, there isn’t another word to record, except that Tonnibel Pen- dlehavon had everything the world could give one little girl. [THE END.] K^ LESSON TEXT—Acts 13:1-52. GOLDEN TEXT—Ye shall be witnesses unto me both, in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the ut termost part of the earth.—Acts 1:8. REFERENCE MATERIAL - Matt. 13: 31-33; 28:18-20; Mark 16:15;" Luke 24:46, 47. PRIMARY TOPIC—Adventures of Paul and Barnabas. JUNIOR TOPIC-.Saul Silences a Sor cerer. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC —Paul Begins His Missionary Travels. YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC —Paul Becomes a Missionary. This marks the beginning of foreign missions as the deliberately planned enterprise of the church. I. The Gifts of the Church at Anti och (V. 1). Young as Antioch, the new religious center, was, she had prophets and teachers. Such are essential to church life. Indeed, they are never absent from the true church. In Ephesians 4:8-12 Paul says that when Christ as cended He gave gifts unto men for the purpose of perfecting the saints unto the work of the ministry. II. Barnabas and Saul Sent Forth (vv. 2, 8). While the five ministers were pray ing and fasting, the Spirit of God com manded- them to send forth Barnabas and Saul. The work of evangelizing the world was laid so heavily upon these men that they refrained from eat ing in order to seek the will of the Lord in prayer. This is the kind of fasting that meets God’s approval. From the fact that they were directed to send forth those whom the Spirit called, we learn that the real call to Christ’s service conies from the Spirit. The Spirit calls and the church sec onds the motion by sending those who are called. They sent the very best men from the church at Antioch. ill. Preaching the Word of God in Cyprus (vv. 4, 5). We are hot told as to why they first went to Cyprus, but we infer that it was because it was the home of Bar nabas. It is most natural that those who have heard good news should go with it first to their kindred and friends. As they went forth .they preached the Word of God; not civic righteousness, current history, philoso phy, etc. The great need today is Spirit-called and Spirit-tilled men preaching Codeword. IV. Withstood by Elymas the Sor cerer (vv. G-12). Warn Barnabas and Saul by invita tion were telling Sergius Paulus of the Word of God, Elkinas maliciously sought to turn his m^.d from the faith. This is the first obs/gcle they encoun tered. This opposer. is the same one who came to Adam in Eden and to Jesus in the wilderness. He is the enemy of God and man. He now seeks to bar the gospel as it enters upon its career of the conversion of the hea then. Saul denounced him in the most scathing terms, calling him the child of the devil, full of guile and villainy, and pronounced him the enemy of all right- eousness, accusing him of perverting .the right ways of the Lard. Happily, tire deputy heeded Saul’s teaching and believed the gospel. It was in this connection that Saul’s name was changed to Paul. V. In the Synagogue at Antioch in Pisidia (vv.“15, lb). From Paphos Paul and Barnabas went north-ward to Perga. From Perga, they went into Antioch in Pi sidia, where they entered the syna gogue on the Sabbath day. Though he was sent to the Gentiles he does not depart from the order of begin ning with the Jews. After the usual reading of the Scriptures, upon the invitation of the rulers, Paul deliv ered the discourse recorded- in verses 17-41. This sermon is worthy of care ful study. It consists of four parts: (1) Historical (vv. 17-23); apologet ical (vv. 24-37); (3) doctrinal, (vv. 38, 39); (4) practical (vv. 40, 41). It sets forth the missionary message for all times and lands. Its essence should ever be the same. In this ser mon he presented the glorified and risen Christ as the Savior from sin. basing his proof upon the testimony or living witnesses and the Inspired Word. VI. The Effect of the Sermon (vv. 42-52). Many of the Jews and proselytes requested them to speak to them again. Almost the whole city came to hear the Word of God the next Sabbath. This great crowd incited the jealousy of the Jews. This jeal ousy could not long be restrained; it broke out in open opposition. This opposition was in turn answered by Paul’s rejection of them and turning to the Gentiles. reasonably count on their stability. There is one security, however, that we can always recommend without any reser vation whatever. Its market value never fluctuates. The interest is paid regularly and the principal is always repaid as prom ised. 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