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SYNOPSIS.
Howard J •(Trias, beaker's eon. under
tte evil Influence of Robert Underwood,
fellow student at Tale, leads a Ufe of dls
•lpatlon, marries the daughter of a inn-
Mr who died la prison, and la disowned
by his father. Re Is out of work and In
desperate stralta. Underwood, who had
«»ee been engaged to Heward'a step
mether, Alicia, la apparently In prosper
ous nlroumstaaree. Taking advantage of
his Intimacy with Alloia. hs becomes a
Eof social highwayman. Discovering
true character, Allots denies him the
M. He lends her a note threatening
-suicide. Art dealers for whom hs acted
aa commissioner, demand an accounting.
He cannot make good. Howard calls at
his apartments In an Intoxicated condi
tion to reauest a loan of (2,000 to enable
him to take up a buslnesa proposition.
Undsrwood telle him he la In debt up to
his eyes. Howard drinks hlmaelf Into a
maudlin condition, and goea to sleep on a
divan A caller la announced and Under
wood draw* a screen around the drunken
-sleeper. Allola enter*. She demands a
promise from Underwood that he will not
take hla life. He refuaea unless she will
renew her patronage. This ah* refuses,
and takes her leave. Underwood kills
hlmaelf. The resort of the pistol awa
kens Howard. He And* Undsrwood dead.
Re all ring hi* predicament he attempts to
fles and la met by Underwood'* valet.
Howard la turned over to the police.
Capt. Clinton, notorloua for hi* brutal
treatment of prisoners, put* Howard
through ths third degres. and Anally get*
an alleged confession from the harassed
-man. Annie, Howard's wife, declare* her
belief la her huaband'a Innocence, and
ear* *hs will clear him. She calls on
Jeffries, Br. Hs refuses to hslp unless
she wttl consent to a divorce. To *ave
Howard ahe consents, but whsn she finds
that the elder Jeffries doss not Intsnd to
-stand by hla son, except financially, she
•corns his hslp. Annie appeals to Judge
■rswster. attorney for Jeffries, Sr., to
take Howard's ease. He declines. Annie
haunts Brewster's office.
CHART** XIV/—Continued.
"Ton mean about the Underwood
omr
Alicia nodded.
"Tee, Mr. Jeffrlee la terribly upaet.
As if the coming trial and all the rest
•of the scandal were not enough. But
sow we hare to face something even
worse, something that affects me even
more than my husband. Really, I'm
faratlc about It."
"Wbat'e happened now?" aaked thfc
lawyer, calmly.
"That woman la going on the atage,
■that's all!" aha snapped.
"H'm." said ths lawyer, calmly.
"Jest think I" she srtsd. "the name,
*Mrs. Howard Jeffries' —ray name—
■paraded before ths public! At a time
when everything should be done to
keep It out of ths papsrs this woman
Is going to flanat hsi sslf on ths
ntaga!"
She fanned hsrsslf Indignantly,
while A lawyer rapped his dssk ab
aent-mlndedly with a paper cutter.
AlVrta wont an:
~rW know I hare never mat the
woman. What Is aha like? I under
stand she's bssa bothering you to
take the case at that worthless hus
band of hers. Do you know sbs had
-the Impel tin aa us to corns to our houss
and ask Mr. Jsffrlss to help them? I
naked my hnaband to describe her,
bnt all X eould got from him was that
aha waa impertinent aad Impossible."
She hesitated a moment, then ahe
added: "la ahe ae pretty feu bar pic
tures la ths papsrf You're seen her,
of ooursaf
Judgs Brewster frowned.
"Yes," he replied. "She comes bars
STMT day regularly. Sbs literally
ma to sss her and refuses to
«o tfll rra told her I haven't changed
my deslalon about taking her case."
"What Insolence f" awlalmad Alicia.
"1 should think that yon would bars
her put out of the oOoa."
The lawyer waa allent and toyed
aomewhat nervously with the paper
cutter, aa If not quite decided aa to
what reaponae to make. He coughed
and fuaaed with the papera on the
desk.
"Why don't you hare her put out of
the office T" shs repsatsd.
The Judge looked up. There was
an expreaaion in his face that might
hare been interpreted aa one of an
noyance, aa if he rather resented this
intrusion into his bualneaa affairs,
but Mr*. Jeffries, Sr., was too im
portant a client to Quarrel with, so
he merely aald:
"Frankly, Mra. Jeffries, if it were
not for the faet that Mr. Jeffries has
exacted from me a promise not to
take up this case, I should be tempted
to—consider the matter. In the first
place, you know I always liked How
ard. I saw a good deal of him before
your marriage to Mr. Jeffries. He
was always a wild, unmanageable
boy, weak In character, but he had
many lovable traits. I am very sorry,
Indeed, to see him In such a terrible
poaition. It waa hard for me to'real
ise it and I should never have' be
lieved him guilty had ha not con
fessed to ths crime."
"Tss," ahe aaaented. "It la an aw
ful thing and a terrible blow to hia
father. Of courae, he haa had noth
ing to do with Howard for months.
As you know, he turned him out of
doors long ago, but the disgrace Is
none the less ovsrwhslming."
The lawyer looked out of the win
dow and drummed hia flngera on ths
srm of his chair. Suddenly wheeling
round, and facing hla client, he aald:
"Tob know thla girl he married Is
no ordinary woman."
"Oh!" ahs exclaimed, sarcastically.
"She haa succeeded in arousing your
sympathy."
The judge bowed coldly.
"No," he replied. "I would hardly
say that. But shs has aroused my
curiosity. She is a vary peculiar girl,
evidently a creature of impulse and
determination. I certainly feel sorry
for her. Her position Is a very pain
ful ons. She has been married only
a few months, and now her huaband
haa to face the most awful accusation
that can be brought against a man.
She Is plucky In spite of It all. and Is
moving heaven and earth In Howard's
defense. She believes herself to be In
soma measure responsible for hla mis
fortune. Apart from that, the caae
Interests me from a purely profession
al point of vtsw. There are several
strange features connected with the
caae. Sometimes, In spite of Howard's
confession, I dont believe be com
mitted that crime."
Alicia changed color and. shifting
uneasily on her chair, scrutinized (fbe
lawyer's face. What wss behind that
calm, inscrutable mask? What theory
had be formed? One newspaper had
suggested suicide. She might herself
come forward and declare that Rob
ert Underwood had threatened to
take his own life, but how could sbs
fsse the scandal which such a course
would Involve? Sbs would havs to
admit visiting Underwood's rooms st
midnight alone. That surely would
ruin bar la the eyes not only of her
husband, but of the whole world. If
this sacriflos of her good name were
necessary to aavs an Innocent man's
Ufs. perhaps shs might summoa up
—fiagb eomrage to mate It But. afUr
all. she was by no meana sure her
talf that Underwood had committed
aulcide. Howard bad confessed, so
why should aha jeopardise her good
name uselessly?
"No," repeated the judge, shaking
his head, "there's something strange
Sthe whole affair. I don't believe
oward had any hand in It"
"But he confessed!" exclaimed
Alicia.
The judge shook his head.
"That's nothing," he said. "There
have been many instances of untrue
confessions. A famous affair of the
kind was the Boom case in Vermont
Two brothers confessed having killed
their brother-in-law and described
how they destroyed the body, yet
some time afterward the murdered
man turned up alive and well. The
object of the confession, of course,
was to turn the verdict from murder
to manslaughter, the circumstantial
evidence against them having been
so strong, in the days of witchcraft
the unfortunate women accused of
being witches were often urged by
relatives to confess as being the only
way of escape open to them. Apn
Foster, st Salem, in 1691, confessed
that she was a witch. She said the
devil appeared to her In the shape of
a bird, and that she attendsd a meet
ing of witches at Salem village. She
was not Insane, but the horror of
the accusation brought against her
had been too much for a weak mind.
Howard's confession may possibly be
due to some such influence."
"I hops for his poor father's sake,"
said Alicia, "that you may be right
and that he may be proved Innocent,
but everything Is overwhelmingly
against him. I think you are the only
one In Now York to express such a
doubt"- •
"Don't forget his wife," remarked
the judge, dryly.
"No," she replied. "I really feel
sorry for the girl myself. Will you
give her some money if I—"
The lawyer shook his head..
"She won't take It 1 tried It She
wants me to defend her husband —I
tried to bribe her to go to some other
lawyer, but it wouldn't work."
"Well, something ought to be done
to stop her annoying us!" exclaimed
Alicia, indignantly. "Mr. Jeffries suf
fers terribly. I can bear him pacing
up aad down the library till three or
four In the morning. Poor man, he
suffers so keenly snd he won't let any
one sympathise with him. Hs won't
let me mention his son's name. I feel
we ought to do something. Try and
persuade him to let me see this girl
snd —you are his friend as well as his
legal adviser."
Judge Brewster bowed.
"Your husband Is a very old friend,
Mrs. Jeffries. I can't disregard his
wishes entirely—"
There was a knock at the door of
the private office.
"Come In," called the judge.
The door opened and the head
elerk entered, ushering In Howard
Jeffries, Sr. The banker, still aristo
cratic and dignified, but looking tired
snd careworn, advanced into the room
and shook hands with the judge, who
greeted him with a cordial smile.
There was no response on the bank
er's face. Querulously he demanded:
"Brewster, what's that woman doing
out there again? It's not the first
time I've met her In this office."
Alicia looked up eagerly. "Is she
out there nowT she cried.
"What right has she to come here?
What's her object?" went on the
banker Irrltatedly.
The' lawyer shrugged his shoulders.
"The same old thing," he replied.
"She wants me to take her case."
The banker frowned.
"Didn't you tell her It wm Impos
sible T"
"That makes no difference,"
laughed the judge. "She comes Just
the same. I've sent her awajr a dosen
times. What am I to do If she In
slsts on coming? We can't have her
arrested. She doesn't break the furni
ture or beat the office boy. She sim
ply sits and waits."
"Have you told her that I object to
her coming here?" demanded the
banker, haughtily.
"I hare," replied the Judge, calmly,
"but she has overruled your objec
tion." With a covert smile he add
ed, "You know, we can't use force."
Mr. Jeffries shrugged his shoulders
impatiently.
''You can certainty use moral force,"
he said. *
"What do you mean by moral
force?" demanded the lawyer. 1
Mr. Jeffries threw up his hands as
If utterly disgusted with the whole
business. Almost angrily he an
swered :
"Moral force Is moral fores. I
mean persuasion, of course. Good
God, why can't people understand
these things as I do?"
The Judge said nothing, but turned
to examine some papers on his desk.
He hardly liked the inference that he
could not see things as plainly as
other people, but what was ths use
of getting Irritated? He couldn't af
ford to quarrel with one of his best
clients.
Alicia looked at her husband anx
iously. Laying her hand on his arm,
she >&! d soothingly:
"Perhaps If 1 were to see her—"
Mr Jeffries turned angrily.
"How can you think of such •
thing? I can't permit my wife to
come in contact with a woman of
that character."
Judge Brewster, Who was listening
in spite of the fact that he was seem
ingly engrossed In his papers, pursed
his Hps.
"Oh, come," hs said with a forcod
laugh, "she's not as bad as all that!"
"I'm sure she Isn't," said Alieia, em
phatically. "Bhs must be amenable
to reason."
The banksr*s wife was not altogeth
er bad. Excess!vanity and axohi-
tion had steeled her heart aad stifle®
Impulses that were naturally good,
hot otherwise she was not wholly de
void of feeling. She was really sorry
for this poor little woman who was
fighting so bravely to save her hus
band. No doubt she had Inveigled
Howard Into marrying her, but she—
Alicia—had ao right to sit in judg
ment on her for that. If the girl
had been ambitious to marry above
her, In what way was she more guilty
than she herself had been in marry
ing a man she did not love, simply for
his wealth and social position? Be
sides, Alicia was herself sorely
troubled. Her conscience told her
that a word from her might set the
whole matter right. She might be
able to prove that Underwood com
mitted suicide. She knew she was
a coward and worse than a coward
because she dare not speak that
word. The more she saw her hus
band's anger the less courage she
bad to do It. In any case, she argued
to herself, Howard had confessed. If
he shot Underwood there was no sui
cide, so why should she Incriminate
herself needlessly? But there waß'no
Mason why she should not show some
sympathy for the poor girl who, after
all, was only doing what any good
wife should do. Aloud she repeated:
"I'll see the girl and talk to her.
She must listen to reason."
"Reason!" exploded the banker,
angrily. "How can you expect reason
from a woman who hounds us, dogs
our footsteps, tries to compel us to—
take her up?"
Judge Brewster, who had apparent?
ly paid no attention to the banker's
remarks, now turned around. Hesi
tatingly he said:
"I think you do her an Injustice,
Jeffries. She comes every day in the
hope that feelings toward your
son have changed. She wishes to
give color to the belief that his fa
ther's lawyers are championing his
cause. She was honest enough to tell
me so, You know her movements are
closely watched by the newspapers
and she takes good care to let the
reporters think that Bhe comes here
to discuss with me the details of her
husband's defense."
The banker shifted impatiently oa
his chair. Contemptuously he said:
"The newspapers which I read dont
give her the slightest attention. If
they did I should refuse to read
them." With growing irritation he
went on: - .—l—
"It's 110 use talking about her any
more. What are we going to do
about this latest scandal? This wom
an Is going on the stage to be ex
hibited all over the country and she
proposes to use the family name."
"There Is nothing to prevent her,"
■aid the lawyer, dryly.
The banker Jumped to his feet and
exclaimed angrily:
"Thure must be! Good God, Brew
ster, surely you can obtain an Injunc
tion restraining her from using the
family name! You must do some
thing. What do you advise?"
"I advise patience," replied the
Judge, calmly.
But Mr. Jeffries had no patience.
He was a man who was not accus
tomed to have his wishes thwarted.
He did not understand why there
should be the slightest difficulty la
carrying out his Instructions.
"Any one can advise patience!" he
exclaimed, hotly, "but that's not do
ing anything" Banging the desk
angrily with his flst, he exclaimed:
"I want something done!"
Judge Brewster looked up at hit
client with surprise. The Judge never
lost his temper. Even In the most
acrimonious wrangles In the courU
room he was always the suave, pol
ished gentleman. There was a shade
of reproach In his tone as be replied:
"Come, come, don't lose your tem
per! I'll do what I can, but there Is
nothing to be done In the way you
suggest. The most I can do is to re
main loyal to you, although—to be
quite candid—l confess It goes against
the grain to keep my hands off this
case. As I told your wife, there are
certain features about It which Inter
est me keenly. I feel that you are
wrong to—"
"No, Brewster!" Interrupted Mr.
Jeffries, explosively. "I'm right! I'm
right! You know It, but you won't
admit it"
The lawyer shrugged his shoulders
and turned to his desk again. Lacon
ically, he said:
"Well, I won't argue the matter
with you. You refuse to be advlaed
by me and—"
The banker looked up Impatiently.
"What Is your advice?"
The lawyer, without looking up
front his papers, said quietly:
"You know what my feelings In ths
matter are." *
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Literary Vaudeville.
A New England admirer of Longfel
low proposes that the afternoon of
February 27 of each year be set aside
in the public schools as a time to give
special attention to the poet's life and
works. Longfellow was doubtless a
great American poet, but he already
has sufficient place In the schools by
being represented In every reader put
forth since be lived and wrought. And
there Is already too much foolishness
In the schools, and too little reading,
writing and arithmetic. Unless this
tendency toward holidays and special
days in schools cqmes to an end soon.
It will be necessary for teachers to
take a course In vaudeville to provide
the needed variety, and about all the
children will take Is a vacation.—At
chison Globe. «
Where They Grow,
"What has become of our old land
lady?"
"She's keeping a boarding house la
California now."
"Wanted to get near ths prunes,
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Daniel in the ,
Lion's Den
Sesfcy Sckeel Lmms ft Sept 24, 1911
Specially Arranged for This Paper
I.KBSON TEXT—Daniel «.
MEMORY VERSES—2I-23.
GOLDEN TEXT—"The angel of the
Lord encampeth round about them that
fear him and delivareth them."— Psa. 34:7.
TlME—Probably B. C. 638, very near
the close of the seventy years' captivity,
■oon after Cyrus had conquered Babylon
In B. C. 589.
PLACE—Probably In Babylon, as Is
shown by the close connection of Daniel
6 and 6.
PERSONS—DanieI was probably 80
years old; as this event was 66 years after
his going to Babylon, In 604, and he must
have been at least 14 years old at that
time. .
Cyrus the Persian had Just conquered
the Babylonians.
Darius the Meds, a viceroy of Cyrus,
temporary king of the new province, but
not in the line of emperor kings.
In our last lesson we stood by the
golden image on the plains near Baby
lon. We saw the crowds bowing
down before it walle the heroic three
stood up alone. We saw them cast
into the fiery furnace and wonderfully
delivered. This was Just after the de
struction of Jerusalem and greatest
deportation of exiles and treasures to
Babylon. They had reached Babylon.
They were in the fiery furnace of af
fliction.
At this point the three Jews, Sha
drach, Meshach and Abed-nego, were
preaching a Setmon to the captives,
heard aU over the empire—"Be true
to your God, and your religion at any
cost; yield to no seductions of Idol
atry, and God will deliver you from
your burning fiery furnace, as he has
delivered us." It was preached at the
psychological moment.
It was heard by the Jews in Pales
tine four centuries later when they
were persecuted by AntiochUß; but it
w as needed even more by the exiles In
Babylon; and would be worth an hun
dred times more to the Jews In the
fires of AntiochUß, because it was true
in the time of Nebuchadnezzar, and
was lived out by the deliverance of
these captives a few years later.
The end of the exile was drawing
nigh, as foretold by Jeremiah. The
seventy years had nearly elapsed. The
king who was to bring their deliver
ance was on the throne. The captives
scattered all over the empire needed
to know this and to bo prepared. They
had felt the horrors of the wars and
rumors of wars, they had seen as it
were the stars falling from the politi
cal sky, as Babylon and Nebuchad
nezzar. They needed to know that the
time of their redemption was drawing
nigh, and to be prepared for It.
Here comes in the event of our les
son. Darius, Cyrus, Daniel, known all
over the empire, were to present a re
splendent light that would shine Into
every corner of the realm. Multitudes
of the exiles must have suffered for
their religion, and they might feel that
God waß not their friend and helper
If Daniel's experience always resulted
favorably while theirs did not. And
they needed a visible object lesson
of the delivering power of God to en
courage their hope and faith for the
deliverance of their nation from the
"den of lions" in which they had been
living for almost seventy years.
Daniel must have been between
eighty and ninety years old at this
time. He had had many trials of bis
character and faithfulness. He was
an exile from home and native land,
among enemies to his race and to his
God. His native land was desolate,
his relatives scattered; his people
were exiles amid many difficulties that
must have tested their faith to the ut
most. But on the whole Daniel had
been eminently successful, as he was
worthy of success. He had maintained
his high character. His course had
been one of almost unbroken prosper
ity. The severe trials to which he had
been subjected had hitherto resulted
only in raising him to higher honors
and success.
Under Darius, Daniel was recognized
as a man of great ability and Integ
rity, and one who could be trusted lm-
pllcitly. Accordingly, he made him
one of the three presidents over the
120 governors of as many provinces
Into which the kingdom was subdi
vided. It was not long before the
other officers determined that in some
way or other, by fair means or fouK
they would get rid of Daniel.
They brought Daniel, and cast him
Into the den of lions. This was ac
cording to the Oriental custom on the
evening of the same day. The story
of the den of lions is strictly in keep
ing with Babylonian usages. Assur
banlpal says in his annals, "The rest
of the people I threw alive Into the
midst of the bulls and Hons, as Sen
nacherib, my grandfather, used to do."
Daniel from the den of lions said,
"My Qod hath sent his angel." He
does not say whether the angel wai.
visible or not. The winds and
lightning are Ood's angels according
to the psalmist. But It is probable
that he was visible to Daniel, as a
manifest token of the favor and pro
tection of Ood.
Daniel declares that he had been
faithful to Ood and hence Ood had
seen fit to deliver him. It was Ood's
endorsement of his character. His
faithfulness would have shown Ood'a
power and commended him to men,
even if Daniel had died as a martyr.
But the deliverance was an open dec
laration that Ood was on Daniel's side.
Daniel had been as true to his king
«• he had bcwi to his God. Faithful
ness to God made him faithful to man.
There are faithful Danitfs In every
town, crucified on UMf. ( Q crosses,
burned with Invisible fiaiu.es, cV.it up
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