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nKOTTE RAPIDS HERALD. ROANOKE RAPIDS. N. C. CRAZY LIKE A FOX." Synopsis I'u.n.'vr in lht Citlio.r-rn-t re.lw veil rt-im:. Jor.ti Ca. .tm.tn. at forty-seven. 13 the ltH.ti:.s-c ii;; -u of S.-ipioia. owner et mills, s.:s, unj m.iriy a rvrt of timU't-. n wui ower after three yeats ot Ti'.iir.ed tlte, aiul tinhcr t" tuo-.l.iv o'.l Hi'S.-i' Caul.i;.iii. Ti e rivtu-oU. w't'. its in!::n the sfi itr.u. is U.e .eces' ai.il tu-;'st t''.i:i; 0:1 e. tn:i It loll3 ICWller lint 11: I'll l.rtc.l. Most of the r. .Pi .10.! !:,i? s !!'. J'.'ih- ieMiuii',nt ,e e ap..irvniy .loome'l to tin' .iv ;yi.i s.nv T:.'' 5h.i.oi,m :ii.' silr to i n re U'-nri-Htuins m Si ijin' ii aiul os. cule Na tion. 1! lurks. 111.' "S.nv '!. k.-l- Won. i.H l.t.lilMo" 1...S IrC II . 'Til .1 M I Zf'.l Willi tic .l.lp.-te ol .1 Ki'tiwooii- .Vitinli.il p..l!.. CHAPTER II Continued. - lf llll llloif llllM'lltllf.'S tog. -til. T. ovvevor, tlioso which occurred on their fr'itH'iif I'M nrsions tip to tin' Valley 4f (hp C.illlltS impressed thetllSclW's iniperlshably upon Bryco's memory. How well he remembered their lirst trip, when, seated iistriilc Mis father's shoulders with tils sturdy little Iocs round Cardigan's nook and his chubby little hands clasping the ohl mnn's 4-nrs. they luul gone tip the abandon eil skiil-roail mill into the semi-uark-iiess nf the forest, terminating sud denly In a shower of sunshine that ell In an open space where a hoy c. uhl roll and play anil never j.'.'t iirty. I'.ryoo look. '.I forwanl Willi easi l'tioss to those fre.piont trips . Ms father "In the place where Mo! her !ear went to heaven." Winn lino, was six je.-trs ohl. his father sent him to the puliiie s. hool m Soipioia v. itli the cliih'ieii of his toners inn! mHI-h;mK thus hiyin,' r!ie I'oiuniat ion for a iloinoci-a! ie oi!u l atioti all too in;'i'eipioni with the sot,s of men rate. I as uiilliopaircs. I'.rvce's fioyliooil was tnil.'li the same as thai f other laiis in Sequoia, save thai in the I'stitter of ii.ys ainl Inter situs, lishinc ro.is, i..i;s ami ponies he was a source of envy to his fellows. After his tenth year his father piace.l him in the niiil pay-roll, ami on pay-ilay lie wits wonl to line up with the ttiill crew to receive his moilest stipeinl of ten dollars for earryiiu In kindling to the cook in the mill kitchen each day lifter school. This otherwise needless nrrantrenient ; whs old t'ai'dian's way of teachini: lis hoy financial responsihiliiy. When Hryce Cardiiran was nhout fourteen years old there occurred an ' in.portant event In his life. In a onii mendahle effort to Increase his income he had 'aid out a small vocetahle jtarden in the rear of his father's louse, and here on a Saturday morn inc. while down on his knees weedini: ' carrots, he chanced to look tip and discovered a youni: lady jtaziiu.' at him through the picket fence. She was a few years his .junior, and a stratuier in Seipioia. I-aisued the following t'on versa li on : "Hello, littie hoy." "Hello yoursilt': I ain't a little ( b"v " She ignored the rorn-etion. "What ' -jre you tloin;;''" "Weedin' carrots. Can't you see?" I "What for?" ' ' iSi'.vce, highly incensed at havinn j been desi;nuled a little hoy by this njTliir danisel, saw his opportunity : to silence her. ''Cat's fur for kitten j breeches, " he retorted without any j vhlenee of originality, we must eon- I fess. and for the space of several mill ates fjave all his attention to his crop. 4ml presently the visitor spoke aoiin. "I like your hair, little hoy, It's a pretty red." That settled the Issue between them. To be hailed as little boy was bad enough, but to be reminded of his "Hello, Little Boy." frowning misfortune was adding Insult to Injury. He rose unil cautiously approached the fenee with the Inten tion of plnehlng the Impudent utrnng er, suddenly and surreptitiously, and winding her away weeping. As Ills band crept between the palings on Its wicked mission, the little miss looked at him In friendly fashion and queried : "What's your name?" Bryce's hand hesitated. "Bryce Cardigan," lie answered gruffly. "I'm Shirley Sumner," she ventured, "let's be friends." "When did you come to llv in Sequoia V he demanded. "1 don't live here. I'm Just visiting kere with my aunt and uncle. We're A i f i -Jt III 6 9l lUIIJKr &uJUa S-kSki fctUBsJ gJ By PETER B. KYNE Author of "Cappy Rick" st.iviig nt :ln- hoiel. Mini there's no body to play with, M iiu.ii's name is l"i:iiii. tcmi. So's my u nit s. llo's .on here lm im; t'lnhor, and we live ili Michigan." Her ga:'e wiiii. it-red past Bcyee to whore !iis Iridcin mtiv sioo.l with her lioinl out of tin' window of her ho suil! ooiiieii'platltig Iior master. "ti'i. Mil.,! :i .lour in" Sli.rlov S'liniier exclaimed. " it' t it he. It's H ' iiorse . "Vv hos And "!.. v"i r!m her?" "i' .TV ff'elt I10W ;u. In ;, v for I er, s.. 1 1 a hoi se that u. iuhs l-.nti.S. M !:-.'! ..lily hundr. ! " li i s.,!,- met!! ul'.ie s!ie L'n'ed this latin v, i'h two i,.r ri !e a poiiv';" he asked I'm v-e-!"-- id's I.elUll! Hie nin,. hiMdnd weighs the e-1 her 11 ll'" in ;i.ve i;p,.l. .eS. "I Ha ell for 110 reason tl.at he w :.s ' ware of. She sith.-l. shaking her I eii.l re sidue.; v. ''We haven't any room to keep a pony at our house in I'etroit.". she explained, and added hopefully: "Hut I'd love to ride Midget. I sup pose I eouhl learn to ride if somebody taught nie how." ' He looked at her again. At that period of his life lie was inclined to regard girls as n necessary evil. Kor some immutable reason they evisted. and perforce must be borne with, and it was his hope that he would get through life and see as little as possi-hi.- oi the exasperating so. Newr th. 'ess us r.ry.-e survcvcl this win si. Me miss through the pu'iii-is. he was sensible of a sneaking desire tin. I favor in her eves also eipialii seiisj. Iile of the fact that t! e patii m th.-t i!es:r;! le end lay 'iciweoa h.i,.if and .Midget. "Well. I S!;i;i,.se if you ;t lit a ride I'll hae to give it to Voll." lie gi-'on I, led, ".iiilmugh I'm pt.-! l.iis tins ii!or!ia:g." "th. I think you're so nice." .she de clared. A tlnill shot throng : him that was akin to pain : w'th 1 i fl'i -i 1 1 ' v did he restrain an impulse to dash wildly inlo the stalde and saddle Midget in furious haste. Instead he walked l.i . the ham slowly and with extreme, dignity. When he reappeariil. he was leading' Midget, a little silverpoint runt of a Klaiaalh Indian pony, and Moses, a sturdy pinto cayuse from the , cattle r.ingvs over in Trinity county. , "I'll have to ride with you." he an- , nouiiceil. "Can't let a tenderfoot like you go out alone on Midget." I All adulter with delightful aatici- i patlon. the ot;ng lady climbed up on the gate and i crumbled into the saddle when Bryce swung the pony broadside ; In tin' gate. Two hours of his valua- ! able time did he give that morning ; before tlie -all of duty brought him 1 ha.-k to the house and his neglected crop of carrots. When he suggested ; tactfully, however, that it was now necessary that his guest and Midget 1 snninile. a difficulty arose. Shirley Sumner refused point blank to leave the premises. She liked liryoe for his : hair and bii-ause he had been so kind to her: she was a striui.ger in Seipioia, i and now that she had found an agree- j able companion, it was far from her i intention to desert him. So Miss Sumner stayed and helped i Ilryee weed bis carrots, and since as a voluntary laborer she was at least ' worth her hoard, at noon Bryce brought her In to Mrs. Tully with a re.picst for luncheon. When he went to the mill to carry in the kindling for the cook, the young lady returned rather sorrowfully to the Hotel Seipioia, with a fervent promise to see him the next day. She did, and Bryce took her for a long rule up Into the Valley of the (limits and showed her his mother's grove. They put some flowers on the grave, anil when they returned t- town and Bryee was un saddling the ponies, Shirley drew Midgei's nose down to her unit kissed it. Then she commenced to weep rather violently. "What are you crying about?" Bryce demanded. Girls were so hard to understand. "I'm go-going h-h-h-home tomorrow," she howled. He was stricken wllh dismay and bade her desist from her vain repin ings. But her heart was broken, and .somehow--Bryce appeared to act auto matically he had his .inn around her. "Ihm't cry, Shirley," he pleaded. "It breaks my heart to see you cry. I to jou want Midget? I'll give her to you." Between sobs Shl.'ley confessed that the prospect of parting' with him and Hot Midget was provocative of her woe. 'i ids siajigeied I'i.vch and pit-ii-i.i him immensely. And at parting si" kissed him good-bye, reilernl ing her oiiiiiioti that he was the nicest kindest boy she hud ever met or hoped ' to meet. i When Shirley and her uncle am. aunt hoarded the steamer for San Francisco, Iiryce stood disconsolate on the dock and waved to Shirley until he could no longer illsceru tier on the deck. He thought of his ellin companUm very frequently for a week, nml he lost his appetite, very much to Mrs. Tully's concern. Then the steelhead trout began to run 'n Eel river, and the sweetest event that can occur in any boy's existence the sud den awakening to the wonder and beauty of life so poignantly realized In his first love-affair was lost sight of by Bryce. In a month he had for gotten the Incident ; In six months he had forgotten Shirley Sumner. CHAPTER III. Throughout the happy years of Bryce's boyhood his father continued to enlarge nd Improve his sawmill, of fie to build more schooners, and to ac .pilre more redwiw! timber. Lands, the purchase of which by Cardigan a decade before had mused his neigh bors to Impugn his judgment, now devi'loiied traiegh'iil importance. As a result thine lands accessary to coii .soihhite his iiw u holdings came to him at his own price, while his ad verse holdings that bio. ked tiie log ging operations of his compeiitors went from him- also at his own price. In fact, all well-laid plans matured s.i I isfactorily w'th the exception of "lie. and sine It has a veij detinite bearing on the story, the necessity for explaining it is paramount. Cont giioic to Cardigan's lodging o I t'raiioi.s !o the east an. I north of S.sii.. a, an. I e.iiiip.iri.tiM'iy close In. !av a hlo. k of two thousand acres ! spifiniiii timber, the natural, feas ible, and Inexpensive outlet for which, ii hen it should be logged, was the V'aliey of the (Hants, Kor thirty years John Cardigan had played a waiting game with the owner of that timber, for the latter was us fully obsesscil with the belief that lie was going to sell it to John Cardigan at n dollar nnd n half per thousand feet stumpage as Cardigan was certain he was going to buy It for a dollar a thousand when he should be ready to do so and not one second sooner. liveiitiially the time for actpiirlng more timber arrived. John Cardigan, meeting Ids neighbor on the street, aocosie,) him thus : "Look here. Bill, isn't it time we got together on tl.at timber of yours'; Vou know you've been holding it to block me and force me lo buy at jour tigtite. I'll give you a dollar a thous in d stumpage for your timber. Bill." "1 want a dollar and a half." "A dollar is my absolute limit." ''Then 1 11 keep luy timber." "And I'll keep my money. When 1 laiish logging In my present hold ings. I'm going to pull out of that country and log twenty miles smith of Seipioia. Ueiiiemb.'r. Bill, the man who buys your timber will have to log it through my land and I'm not go ing to log that (juarter-secUou in the valley. Ilem-e thcie will be no outlet for your timber in back." "Not going to log it? Why. what are you going to do with it?" "I'm Just going to let it stay there until I die. When my will is tiled for probate, your curiosity will be satis fiedhut not until then. Better take a dollar. Bill. It's a good, fair price, as the market on redwood timber Is now, and you'll be making an even hundred per cent, on your Investment, liememher. Bill, If I don't buy jour timber, you'll never log It yourself and neither will anybody else. You'll he stuck with it for the next forty years and taxes aren't getting any lower." "I'll hang on a little longer, I think." "I think so, too," John Cardigan re plied. And that night, as was his wont, even though he realized that It was not possible for Bryce to gain n profound understanding of the business problems to which he was heir, John Cardigan discussed the Squaw creek timber with his son, relating to him the details of his con versa t Ion with the owner. Bryce pondered. 'But Isn't It cheaper to give Idni his price on Squaw creek tlmlier than go logging in the San Hedrin and have to build twenty miles of logging railroad to get your logs to the mill?" "It would be, son. If I had to build the railroad. I'ortutiately, I do not. I'll Just shoot the logs down the hill side to the San Hedrin river and drive them down the stream to a log boom on tidewater." Bryce looked at bis father admir ingly. "I guess Dan Keyes Is right. Dad," he said. "Dan says you're ciuzy like a fox. Now I know why you've been picking up claims in the San Iledrlu watershed." "No. you don't, Bryce. I've never told you, hut I'll tell you now the real reason. Humboldt county has no rull connection with the outside world, so we are forced to ship our lumber by water. But some day a railroad will be built In from the south from San Francisco; nnd when It comes, the only route for It to travel Is through our timber In the San Hedrin valley. I've accumulated that ten thousand acres for yoti, my son. for the railroad will never be built in my day. It doesn't matter, son. You w'll still be logging there fifty years from now. And when the railroad people come to you fur a right of way, my hoy, give It to them. Don't charge them a cent. It lias uImii.Vs beeo In.V .!h j til ('!. courage the development of this county, and I want you to be a for ward looking, public spirited citizen. That's why I'm sending' you Fast to college. You've been born und raised In ihis town, and you must see more o." the world. Listen to me, son. You're only a hoy, and you can't un derstand everything I tell you, but some day understanding will come to you. You mustn't fall the people who work for you who nre dependent upon your strength ami brains and enter prise to furnish them with an oppor tunity for life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. When you are the boss of Cardigan's mill, you must keep the wheels turning; you must never shut down the mill nr the loggl tig-camps In dull times Just to avoid a loss you can stand better than your employees." His bard, trembling old hand closed over the boy's. "I want you to be a brave and honorable man," be con cluded. True to hit word, when John Cardi gan finished his logging In his old. original holdings adjacent to Sequoia and BIU Henderson's Squaw creek Copyright br Plr B- K timber, he quietly moved south with his Squaw i reek wmN-!thpc and Join ed the crew already getting out logs in the San Hedrin watershed. Not until then d..l It'll Henderson realize that John Cardigan had called his bluff whereat he cu.-seil himself for a fool and u poor Judge of human na ture. He had tried a hold-up game and bad failed; a dollar a thousand fee! stumpage was a fair price; for years he had needed the money: anil now, when It was too late, l e realized his error. Luck was with Henderson, however, for shortly thereafter there came again to Seqiaca on.' Colonel "I Dinna Sse How I'm to Keep the Mill Runnin"." Pennington, a millionaire white-pine operator from Michigan. From a ' chair-warmer on the porch of the Hotel Sequoia, the Colonel had heard the tale of how stIIT-necked old John Cardigan had called the bluff of equal ly .stiff-necked Bill Henderson; so for : the next few weeks the Colonel, under ; pretense of going limit ing or fishing I on Squaw creek, managed to make a i fairly accurate cursory cruise of the Henderson timber following which ; he purchased It from the delighted j Bill for a dollar nnd a quarter per ! thousand feet stumpage. i No man Is Infallible, nnd In plan ' ning his logging operations In the San I Hedrin watershed .John Cardigan presently made the discovery that he 1 had erred In Judgment. That season, ! from May to November, his woods ; crew put thirty million feet of logs ! Into the San Hedrin river, while the S mill sawed on a reserve supply of logs taken from the last of the ohl chop : pings adjacent to Squaw creek. That iyar, however, the rainfall in the San I Hedrin country was fifty per cent. less than normal, and by the lirst of I May of the following year Cardigan's woods-crew had succeeded In driving slightly less than half of the cut of the preceding year to the boom on tidewater nt the mouth of the river. "Unless the Lord'll gl' us a lot more ater in the river," the woods-boss fVTuvlsh complained, "I dinna see how I'm to keep the mill runnin'." He was taking John Cardigan up the river bank and explaining the situa tion. "The heavy butt-logs hae sunk to the bottom," he continued. "Wle a normal head o' water, the lads'll move them, but wl' the drapple we have the noo " He threw up his haiullke bands despairingly. Three days later a cloud-hurst filled the river to the brim ; It came at night and swept the river clean of Cardi gan's clear logs. An army of Jug gernauts, they Rwept down on the boiling torrent to tidewater, reaching the bay shortly after the tide hail commenced to ebb. Now, a chain Is only as strong as Its weakest link, and a log-boom Is a chnplet of Miuill logs, linked end to end by means of short chains; hence when the vim-guard of logs on the Up of that flood reached the log boom, the Impetus of the charge was too great to he resisted. Straight through the weakest link in this boom the huge saw-logs crashed nnd out over Humboldt bar to the broad Pa cific. With the ebb tide some of them came back, while others, caught In cross-currents, bobbed about the bay I I night nnd finally benched at widely scattered points. Out of -the fifteen million feet of logs less than three million were salvaged, nnd this task In Itself was an expensive operation. John Cardigan received the news enlml.v. lie turned from the manager and walked awny through his logged over lands, aiross the little divide and down Into the quarter-section of green timber he had told McTavlsh not to cut. Once In the Valley of the Giants, he followed a well-worn foot path to the little nmphlthenter, and where the sunlight filtered through like a halo nnd fell on a plain little white marble monument, be paused and sat down on the now almost de cayed sugar-pine windfall. "I've come for a little comfort, sweetheart." he murmured to her who slept beneath the stone. Then lie leaned back against a redwood tree, removed his hat, and closed his eyes, holding his great gray head the while a little to one side in a listening atti tude. Long he sat there, a great, tlme-bltten devotee at the shrine of bis comfort; and (.resent ly the hur ried look left his strong, kind face and was replaced by a littie prescient nf siaile - ti c sort of snide worn by one who lli-.'iigU Infer years has sough! SOilieliiiag Veil. It'll piVl.elis ailll j lias Hi U'l!t!l il.v .'l I . e.J it. j CHAPTER IV. It was on t'.e day tint .loha Cardi- gaa ren'ive.l ihe telegram from Iiryce saying thai, following four years at Princeton and two years of travel abroad, he was ret uroil'g t.i Sequoia to take ov,r his rcdvv.nn! heritage that he dis. oveied that a stranger and not the flesh of his tlesh and the hiooi! nf his blood was to reap the reward of his fifty years of endeavor. For a lot g time he sat there lethar gic with iniseiy. Fventnally he , mused himself, reached for the desk telephone, and pressed a button on the eP'ice echa!ige-st:ition. His man ager, one Tli. Unas S.nohiir. answered. "Thomas." be said calmly, "you know, of course, that P.ryee is coin ing h'lii'o. Tell lleorge to take the big car and go over to lied Bluff for him." Ceorg.' S.:i otter, sou of Bryce Cat'digati's old half-breed nurse, was a person In whose nature struggled the whiles pred.ieetioii for advertise ment an! civic pride and the red man's instinct for adornment. For hree years he had been old man Cardigan's chaiiRc'ir and man "fall vvor1, aboiii ihe hitler's o'd fashioned !.!!!., ntid iti tie former enpacity h' drove John Cardigan's single evidence of extravagance a Napier ear. which was very justly regarded by George Sea otter as the king of auioniobiles. since it was the only Imported car in the county, I'pon receipt of orders, therefore, from Sinclair, to drive Ihe Napier over to Bed Bluff mid meet his future boss and one-time play fellow. George Sea Otter arrayed him self in a pair of new black corduroy trousers, yellow button shoes, a blue woolen shirt with a large scarlet silk handkerchief tied around the neck, a pair of I .led buckskin gloves with fringe dependent from the gauntlet, and a broad white beaver bat with a rattlesnake-skin hand. Across the windshield of the Napier be fastened an orange-colored pennant hearing in bright green letters the legend: MY CITY -Sl'.oI'oIA. As a safety tirst precaution against man and icast en route, to buckled a gim seabbard to the share tires on the running board and slipped a rifle into the scabba'd within quick and easy i reach o'" his hand; and arrayed tints. George desieic'e.l upon Bed P. luff at the helm of 'he king of automobiles. ; When the overland train coasted into Bod Bluff nnd slid to a grinding I halt. P.ryee Cardigan saw that the i Highest l iving Authority had de scended from the train also. He had elected to designate her thus in the absence of any Information anent her Christian and family names, and for tin further reason that quite obvious ly she was a very superior person. Bryoe Cardigan comes home to his blind father. ITU UK I'llNTINL Kll.) HONOR CLAIMED BY WELSH Writer Asserts Natives of That Coun. try Were the First White People in America. In an amazingly Interesting old bonk, published by the author. John i Williams. Vale street. Denbigh. Wales, 1 in ISoll, entitled "Ancient and Modern j Denbigh." there appears the following i rare bit of Information : "In A. 1 1. lltlll. Madogap Owen Gvvynedil. and his followers, are said to have left the Vale of Chvyil tin North Wales), and to have reached America olKI years before Columbus discovered that vast continent. He turning, next year, they took many more with them, nnd nre said to have founded a tribe of Welsh American In dians." England had been conquered by the Normans In the previous century, nnd the sons of the great barons William the Conqueror had brought with him from France were taking possession by force of the conquered kingdom, as they could. They were not always successful in their little individual wnrs. and a good many Saxon earls nnd squires held their own against them. Especially did the Normans have a bad time trying to oust the ancient Britons from their property In Wales. It was not until 12S3 that Da vid, last king of the old British empire, was defeated, nnd King Arthur's royal crown was taken by the Norman Eng llsh. as was the Welsh relic "eroes enydd" made of the true cross and In closed In gold and sliver, embossed with jewels by St. Helena, the British princess through whom it may be said that the Norman-English became Christian. The author falls to quote the docii mentnry evidence of the discovery of America by the Welsh. First Telephone mentor, The earliest form of telephone Is probably that In which the sounds of the voices nre transmitted over a sh.-i.h,,! string or wire and tills form Is said to have been used by the Chi nese ages ago. l being Impossible to give the name of the Inventor. Alexan der Graham Boll, burn in Edinburgh. Scotland, but then resident In the I'nlted Stales. tnvep.t"d the electric telephone nt Boston about the saint! time as Elisha Gray In Chicago, but Bill was granted priority. Other Men's Affairs. "Every man should mind his own business," remarked the severely In dustrious citizen. "But what nre you going to do," ro tested Senator Sorghum, "when you've got a whole lot of constituents, every one of whom thinks his business is your business 1" Silk for Consistent Hindus. Mugn silk Is a product of Assan. Erl silk comes from caterpillars which feed on the castor oil plant. It Is of great value in India, because It Is the only silk that can be spun from cocoons without killing the Insects In the co coons, nnd It Is therefore the only silk that cun be worn by strict Hindoo. fMFJOVED I'MTORM PTTtENATlCm SUrMSCIlOOL Lesson i : i. i) L t,' . , , ,. i i . .. . . . u i . rt I 1. her ot Kn,l:sri tii(l iu itm fcoouy tiiblr Institute of i'titc&krt j tCoityi liihl. tt.'prn Nr-papr L'nloBJ LESSON FOR MARCH 14 ; THE UNVEILING OF JESUS CHRIST TO JOHN ON THE ISLE OF PAT- MOS. LESSON TEXT Rev. 1. OiJId'EN T! XT-Jesus Christ the same yesterday, mid to.iu, and forever. Heb. 1J . AMMTIONAL. MATERIAL John It Kev. 2.1-:i. z.. I'ltlMAKV TOI'lC-Ji-siis Appears to John on a Lonely Inland. j Jl 'Molt Ti 'I'U'-Whut John Fnw and j tb'.ir.t on I'atniu.-. I lNTLBMEliIA'JK .Ml ST.MOK Tl !'IC j A Vision .f tlie t;i.irl!vt Chrisl j YOl'N'iS PEOPLE ANDAI'l'l.TTOI'ICi Tne lilerllii'd Christ the Center of the I Hook. The n '.t two lessons nre from the j Pevelation. the book vvhb.. contains j Christ's last message to mall. The j author Is John the Apostle, the son of Zebedee. The book was written from j I'atmos, n small roel.y Island In the Aegean sea. about '.Hi A. D I. The Introduction (vv. 1 .T). 1. The ' title of the book (v. 1) "The lievelation (I'livellini;) of Jesus Christ." This does not mean the mak ing known to Jesus Christ some se cret, hut the unveiling of his person. The revelation of Jesus Christ, then, refers to his personal appearing In glory to Judge the world and establish his kingdom. The won! Apocalypse, translated lievelation, signifies, ac cording to New Testament usage, the unveiling of a person (."! Thess. 1 :tV 10; 1 Peter 1:7). The theme of the book is Christ's second coming, his personal, visible npcarnnee in glory (w. 1. 7, 10). 2. To whom made known (vv. 1. 2). T" his servant. John, to show unto Jus-ns' servants things which must shortly come to pass. It Is peculiarly a servants' book. John bore record of the Word of Hod atid of the .estitnony of Jesus Christ and nil things lie saw. .'!. Benedict ion for those w ho rend, hear, and keep the sayings of the book (v. :',). II. The Salutation (vv. 4-S). Crace mid Peace. 1. To whom (v, A). The seven churches in Asia. These were his torical churches then existing In Asia Minor. 2. From whom (v. 4). (1) From him which wns. Is, nnd Is to come; (2) from the seven spirits which me before the throne (v 4). By the sev en spirits is menu' the Holy Spirit In his sevenfold plen'tude. -Ills seven fold ollice Is set forth In Isa. 11:2; also In the (lospel of John (John 10 :H; 3:fi; 4:14: 7:7. !; 14:10. 2(1; 10:12). (3) From Jesus Christ (vv. 5, 7). III. The Vision of Glory (vv. f-1S). 1. The sevenfold lamp-stands (v. VI). These lamp-stands, or candlesticks, are the seven churches (v. 20). The churches are presented under this fig ure because they are the light-holders In this time of the world's darkness. 2. The Son of Man in the mlds. of the lampstands (vv. HIS). The vi sion shows us Christ in the midst of the churches, indicating that tile church only gives forh light when Christ Is made the central figure. (1) Clothed with n garment down to the foot (. 1Ji). This Is a robe of royally as well ns of the priest (see Isa. 22:21), and slgnllies his right to judge nnd to rule, as well as to offer sacrifice. (2) Head nnd hair white ns wool (v. 14; cf. Dan. 7:10, 20). This has a twofold significance, purity ami eter nity. (.'() Eyes a flame of fire (v. 14). This suggests his Infallible knowledge; he Is able to see through nnd through, even detecting hidden thoughts. (4) Feet like burnished brass (v. 15). indicating that as Judge and King he comes with irresistible power. (.1) His voice ns the sound of ninny waters (v. 15). This suggests that all excuses of man will be swept aside by bis resistless Word. (0) Seven stars In his right hand (v. 10). According to verse 20, stars means the angels or messengers of the churches to comfort John In his lonely exile. The stars nre In his right hand, Indicating the high honor given to the minister; he lies In the right hand of Jesus Christ, bears hlg messnee nnd then speaks It out. (7) Out of his mouth went a sharp two-edged sword (v. 10). Observe that this Is not n band sword, but a mouth sword "The word that I have spok en, the same shall Judge him" (John 12:4); "The word of God Is sharper than n two-edged sword" (Heb. 4:12). The sword has two edges, condemn ing the evil nnd approving Ihe good. (5) His countenance was i.s the sun shlneth In his strength (v. 10). The effect nf sunshine Is healthful and Joy on to some things, while It Is death nnd hardening to others. The flospel message converts some und hardens Others. IV. The Command to Write nd the Interpretation of the Vision (vv. 19, 20). la this command nre Indicated the divisions of the book , 1. The things which thou bast seen (chap. 1). 2. The things which are (chaps. 2. 8). H. The things which shall he here after, or after these things (chaps. 4-22). The Intnp-stnnils nre the churches nnd the stars are the nngels of the churches. Work for Every Day. Every day In this world bas Its work, and every day ns It rises out of eternity keeps putting to each of us the question afresh "What will you do before tcday bus sunk Into eternity and nothingness again?" Rev. F. W. Robertson. Gaining Heaven. Heaven Is not won by success, bat by effort SCOUTS AMERICAN SCOUTIMG'S START Everybody knows of the Itoy Scours, but few people are aware that one small boy In a crowded London street Inadvertently plained the acoru that has grown Into that sturdy oak. the Boy Saints of America. W. D. Boyce of Chicago Iti '."M. on his way to a certain destination In London, lost his way in the .levliun mazes of ih.it city. Pausing 'ti un certainty to get his bearings, he was confronted by a small boy who sa luted and asked politely if he might be of service. Pleased by the lad's manner and grateful for the liniely oiler of aid. Mr. Boyee accepted I lie bid's vuidan.t', and arrived at the goal, sffered him u shilling. To his iiiun.e aient Ihe hoy drew himself up. salBied with dicnity und replied that he was n h iy scout, and a scout never took tips for small deeds ef courtesy Ills curiosity piqued by this response, the American asked pertinent questions as to boy scouts, of whom be knew mull ing at Ihe tune. He was irouqillv conveyed to the British scout beinl qunrters nnd Introduced to Sir Hubert Baden Powell. When Mr. Boyce sailed for home he brought with Idm a truukful of scout literature and a determination that American boys should have scouting at once und effectively. SCOUT LEADER'S UNIFORM ' ...... .v. War Department Aavice ana Expert ence Have Been Followed In Thli New Model Uniform. SCOUTS AID OVERWORKED CATS. The boy scouts have rallied to the aid of Chicago's hard-pressed cats, and some much-dre uled Infectious diseases will not spread further not If the boys and the cats Can help It. An Intensive campaign for the ex termination of rats and ground squir rels has been launched by, the scouts. Eight thousand scouts, taking with them some hundreds of rat terriers, are In search of the rodents. The most energetic boys and the best trained terriers will lurk about South Water street, where the biggest nits are to be found. TH2 BOY SCOUT'S BUSY LIFE. Bushklll. Pa., Scout Troop No. t, keeps the churchyard clean, removing dead leaves and trees. Washington, D. C. Scout Troop No. 2, found two lost hoys after a long search in the woods. P.oy scouts of Blnck river, Jefferson county. New York, succeeded In carry ing practically everything from the first floor of n burning house. The lire had gained such headway that they were unable 'o save the goods on the second floor. The second district of the Boston scout council has a radio communica tion unit for scoots ever t."i venrs nf Hge. Henry Micr of Ionia. Mich., n hey scout, proved the benefit ef his scout training at n fire. At the idarm of fire he rushed out mid In hi-oping with the rtide nf the ormmlzallen begun Imme diately loolilni, for something to do. Ills efforts were directed toward the high board fence that separated the substation of the electric lights from t.ie burning buildings and he kepi water on It all the 'line by making good use of a bucket. Boy Scout Troop No. 1 of fllenslde. Pa.. Is run entirely through patrol leaders. Tin y have only eight tender foots In a troop of ,r5. The troop owns boxing gloves and Is well drilled and disciplined. The assistant scoutmas ters are Eagle Scouts, Nearly every scout Is a swimmer. Trenton, N. J., Scout Tronp No. 8. keeps hustling. The boys earned money with which to buy for their church an American flag, one ton of coal, and a bulletin board. They also sent $10 to the children of Belgium. It Is the troop's special Job to ;p the church grouuds clean. : H tf. H I I him" 1 .J t.,'r J t - i VP- J r V ZX V
Daily Herald (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.)
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