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. I , , ,., - I !:2fe2Bc:!iofaPnvdeDMY I TnM Narratives of Interesting Cases by Former Operative of the William J. Burns Detective Agency y By DAVID CORNELL , THE HOLUSTER - JEWEL ROBBERY The Story of a Mysterious Theft On Monday morning tn August 1910, the Independent Burglary Insur ance Company called up the office of , the Burnt Detectlre Agency and re- lueited that an operative be lent to their offlcea at once. ' "Cornell, aald the manager to me, "you havent had any experience In the burglary Insurance line, but I gueaa you can handle the work. Go over and aee what'a op. And, aay, Cornell, remember thla: this agency Is retained by the year by thla lnsu ance company. One of our big cus tomers. Treat their work accord ingly." I found the offices of the Indepen lent Company In a Forty-second treet building not far from Fifth ave . nue., On presenting my card I was ushered at once into the private of ' ace of the vice president, Mr. Blaney. "Ah! The man from the Burns Agency V said Mr. Blaney. "Cornell ' la the name? Ah, yes; glad they sent rou, Mr. Cornell We've heard some lilng of your work. Tou've never andled an yot our casea, have you?" "Not any," I said. "Well, fortunately this Isn't a com plicated case, or at least we don't think It Is. It's merely s case of In vestigation to assure ourselves of the propriety of a policy holder's claim. A mere matter of form, almost We always Investigate all claims for pay ments, you know. Sometimes we are convinced that something Is wrong; then we instruct your agency to find something for us to start a fight on. In this case, It Isn't anything like that In brief, Col. Malcom P. HoUlsters borne up on Long Island sound was entered by burglars Saturday night and Mrs. HolUster's diamonds and pearls, valued a 175,000, and Insured with us for $50,000, were stolen. There Is scarcely the slightest possibility that there is anything wrong in the case. Col. Hollister is a fine, high- minded man, a gentleman of the old school. He has paid this company thousands of dollars in premiums for the last ten years and never presented s claim before this. We are all of the opinion that we will pay his claim in full. In due time. But as a matter of form, you understand we're send ing you down to look the thing over. Be careful, Mr. Cornell, but be care ful of our Interests as well as the feelings of CoL Hollister and his fam ily. Assure yourself that the burglary was committed, that Mrs. HolUster's Jewels were stolen, and report. That Is the case." That was enough, for before I had got through with It the-Hollister case had -developed Into a case so sensa tional, so full of strange features that the Independent Burglary Insurance Company never dreamed of, that even today it is spoken of in the office of the agency as "The Hollister Job." Being new to the work of lnvesti ; gating burglaries for the Insurance company I went about the task in a way considerably different from that employed by the experienced investi gator. I did not go to the scene of the robbery. The Hollister home lay up among the hills of Long Island on tne sound. I Had heard of it as a good example of what taste and mod erate wealth moderate for Now Tork could do in making complete a home. I had heard of Col. Hollister, too. in the same indirect way. He I was a retired bond broker, approxi mately 65 years old. His first wife had died many years before. Five years ago he had married again, this time taking for 'his bride Margaret Wynderling, the Margaret Wynderling who for a brief space had won such distinction In Bernard Shaw's plays. There had been some opposition to the match at the time on the part of Mr. HolUster's two grown sons by his first marriage. After the wedding this opposition was said to have simmered down until now report had It that Col onel and Mrs. Hollister were happily at peace with all the world, especially Including HolUster's two grown sons. I had seen pictures of both the- Col onel and his young wife in the so ciety sections of the papers. The Colonel was an ardent member of the Nassau Hunt Club, and Mrs. HoIUster was credited with having developed a great Interest in aviation. This served to keep them both in print often enough to make them compar atively well known. ..:.. i Instead of repairing at once to this reputed ideal home of wealth and cul ture, I went down town.; At the end of three hours' work I entered the of fices of the broker with whom CoL Hollister had been associated in busi ness, and who now handled the old gentleman's Investments. I was equipped with letters of introduction. The news of the burglary had not been made publio so, after introducing myself as a real estate man whom CoL HoIUster had approached with a view of making extensive investments, I found no trouble In furthering my avowed mission that of obtaining a confidential opinion on the state of Col. HolUster's finances. ' mhe broker, Glavls by name,, pulled bis mustache and smiled easily. "O, the Colonel's all right," said he TO Fi"CLC.'3 LIFEIccun"lItl during! working hours of .. 'J Prof. Metchnlkoff Succeed ou'J Mean f.'uch Changs In .'or'J" Conditions. It I r 1 1 I 'ce v tiere is working " r of the Nobel s V:nt the I r 1:vfs is t ta I 1 -v I with a twinkling of his eye. "He isn't rich, you know, not New Tork rich. but he's comfortably fixed, very com fortably fixed now, since he took my advice and handlea the family pocket- book himself." He laughed remlnlscently, and chuckled with him. "Tes," he went' on, "the old man had to be advised a little bit some time ago. I advised him. Mrs. Hol lister fine woman, lovely lady, but Inexperienced in handling large sums of money, you know had been given a free swing at the colonel's bank account By Jovel I tell you she tore a hole Into It for two or three years, Tes, slrl Nearly had the colonel off his feet I said to him, 'Colonel, only one thing for you to do. Shut down on Mrs. Hollister. Don't let her handle a dollar. Otherwise you'll be seUlng that happy home of yours up on the Sound." "And he shut downT" I asked. "Tes, yes. Closed down on her tight For about a year she's had to go to the colonel for every cent she got and, believe me, sir, the colonel has been careful very careful indeed. O, yea, the colonel is safe enough financially. Anything up to a million I should say. I thanked my new found friend for his friendliness and confidence, and went further on my way, rummaging around Wall street to find all I could about the state of HolUster's finances. There was Uttle enough to find. Ap parently the colonel was sound so far aa money was concerned, and Glavls was the only man who knew that there ever had been any financial dif ficulty between him and his wife. Everywhere that I Investigated I found Hollister spoken of in the high est terms. He was a fine, honorable gentleman. Mrs. HoIUster wasn' so well known among the colonel's friends. In order to make my inves tigations thorough I got on a Broadway car and rode up to the theatrical dis trict, to the office of a friend of mine who conducted a booking agency. There I gathered that Mrs. HoIUster, formerly Margaret Wynderly, was not aa happy with her rich husband aa she had expected to be. It seemed that Mrs. HoIUster had expensive tastes. The colonel did not approve of them. At one time, so tho gossip of the Rialto had it Mrs. Hollister had gone so far as to threaten to go back to the stage to earn money to gratify her whims. All these minute Investigations may seem to the layman to be superfluous in a case like this. What could the HolUster's family affairs have to do with the advent of a burglar in their home? I could not answer this ques tion any better than the reader at the beginning of my search, but success ful detective work is largely a mat ter of watching the small things. It is the small things that the wrong doer falls to cover, not the large ones; and It la among these small things that the careful detective wiU often find the tiny Item that puts him on the trail of something big. I had no definite plan in so carefully looking up the HoIUster family circumstances. I only knew that it was my duty as an Investigator of this case to find out all about them that I could. I ran down all. the information I could scare up In New Tork; then, next morning, I bought a ticket to the station on the Long Island Road, where the .HoIUster home was lo- cated. I arrived at the station, Sound- hurst near noon and registered at the little hotel In the village: The clerk at the hotel dined at my table and I led him to talk about the Hollis ter family. I was surprised to find that even there the news of the bur glary had not become known, and the clerk did not hesitate in discuss ing the people who lived in the big house on the Sound. "I've got a cousin who takes care of their launches and boats," said he, "and I know about all that's going on up there. And let me tell you, mister, those rich folks don't have so much smoother sailing . than us poor ones. No sir, they have their rows Just like we do. Why, here two months ago this spring, Mrs. HoIUster had some of her old theatrical friend i out for a Visit and they were raising Ned out in one of the big launches, and Old Hollister came running out In a smaller launch and ordered the whole lot of 'em back to shore. They had a merry old row that sight him and her, and she was going to leave him, and then he cooled down, and at last she agreed to stay. I guess he must have given in to her because ahe's had that bunch of show people out every Saturday since. And believe me, they have some times, then) One of them is her brother. A young fel low; great sport. After the rest f 'em have gone to bed at night he comes down here and has a few drinks with the bunch , in the bar here. Great little feUow." After dinner I went out an I strolled down to the nearest telepnone office and called up my Mend in the book ing office in New Tork. v "Do yon know anything about Mrs. HolUster's brother, a Uttle fellow with sporting tendencies?" I asked. Tes, I know of him," came the slow I certain toxic substances which cause the phenomena of aleep, and which during sleep are removed. Similarly, he believes that the phenomena of old age and normal death are produced by certain other toxic substances grad- ually and , continuously accumulated. StartlKg oa this tar's, he is devotl: 3 bis life to the atteir; t to ;,'--! J the II rcs of c'.'- crs. It is t'ue tl t J. ' V fj a r i of '. i -- ' 7 '! to ; lt I 9. I a 1 4 1' 3 (' a r answer. "He's a Uttle no-good. Tries to be as actor sometimes, and a press sgent occasionally, and falls down on both Jobs." . . .. "What does he live on?" "Search me. He always has money, though. I've heard that old Hollister sort of takes care of htm. Don't be lieve it though. The boy la a cheap, bright-light sport" I went back to the hotel and sat around and smoked for awhile until the clerk again fell Into conversation with me. I led the talk back to the Holllsters. . "Was that bunch of theatrical peo ple up there last Saturday night!" asked. ' ' "Sure thing," was the reply. "Was the brother with them! "O, yes. But I didn't see him drink ing around here that time." I bought the clerk a cigar and strolled away toward the HoIUster home.. Instead of going at once to the house I, walked twice around the place slxlng it up as if I were a bur glar looking for a place to enter. One could hardly Imagine a harder pros pect from the burglar's point of view, The house was upon a bluff overlook ing the Sound. AH around it ran a red brick wall II feet high. On top of the wall were long Iron spikes. On the side fronting toward the Sound waa the lodge of the boatman; In the opposite corner of the grounds was s small living house, evidently the home of the gardener, while In an other corner were the stables and gar age, with living quarters for coach man and chauffeur. To enter that house a burglar would have to scale the wall, risk detection from one of the three outlying houses, cross a long open space, and break into s house which obviously waa well pro tected with safeguards. The more I looked at the house the more I be came interested. If a burglar had en tered and stolen those Jewels he must be a man whom it would be an in teresting task to run down. But had a burglar entered? Were there any burglars out of prison Just then who would venture such a task? I ran over the Ust of two-story men whom I knew to.be at liberty then. None of them seemed of a class to perform a Job Uke this. There waa one man whom the job fitted Peters, the ' gentleman burglar but ' Peters was In the Federal prison at Leaven worth and so was eUmlnated. I spent a long hour studying the house In this fashion; then I went back to the hotel and called up the agency to report for the day. Chief Burns himself answereu my call "Say, Cornell," he said. "HoIUster has been 'phoning the Insurance com pany asking why they don't send out an investigator to look up his claim. What's the matter?" As briefly and succinctly as I could I related all that I have here told. "The thing doeas't look right from the outside," said I. "That's why I I'm not reporting at the HoIUster house." '': The chief was silent for a moment "Are you sure her brother was out there Saturday?" he asked. "That's the information I got here," replied. . . ' " "Well," aald he, "you go up to the house and report, and make your in vestigation. Come back to your hotel for the evening. And for heaven's sake, don't do anything to make them. and big things, too. ',' Certainly this much may be said: his attempt is ab solutely Scientific legitimate and, from the present standpoint of biolog ical research, entirely sensible. There should be no cause for surprise should he succeed. But what would his suc cess mean? Who can tell? It would trac: form the world into forms end cc',, . i:W that we cannot ima;a'i:9. I ' V f c -j t e v r . j 1 i cf Lie vip it-' r-th-t : iw v a v 1 i f j . Ia c r t f ' : l.y '1 think you may sot behove things are au right" He rang off. "" ' ; ' At the Hollister house I was usher ed at once in to CoL HoIUster on In forming the butler of my mission. - "Rather late in getting here," said the colonel. He was an old man, and he was not happy, judging by his ex pression. He called Mrs. HoIUster. She was a young, charming woman, yet somehow I could not get rid of the impression that she was still there In her own' home playing a part To gether they took me over the scene of the robbery. Mrs. Hollister had been accustomed to keeping her Jew els in her dressing table in her room. The room was en the second floor. Saturday night while they were hav ing an Informal Uttle dinner down stairs,-the window of the room had been opened, the Jewel, drawer had been forced and the jewels taken.' "A plain case of robbery by some one who bad atudled the premises for a long time," said the colonel. I asked a score of questions to throw them off the scent and in the meantime I took a careful look at that window, i It was 30 feet from the ground. In a flat wall J looked at the marks on the frame; and then II nearly whistled In surprise. The marks were made by aome clumsy round Instrument not at all resem bling the efficient jimmy of the expe rienced burglar. 'An amateurs job, said I to my self. I looked more closely, and saw that the window never had been for ced open at alL It had been left un locked I The marks had been put In for a blind, or I was no judge. To force open such windows as were In the Hollister house requires consid erable leverage; and the marks of the tool used are sure to sink deep Into the wood. In this case, the surface of the frame was only bruised scarcely dented at alL The windows were not locked when the burglar came to do his work! Whoever had done the Job had done It from the In side. The window had no part Is It I thanked the Holllsters for their courtesy, excused myself because It was growing late, and said It would -1- be necessary for me to pay another abort visit to the heuse in the morn ing. '', "I see that the man who did th :?1 Job Is an old experienced hand, said, as I took my departure. "The signs of an old-timer's work are all over the job. I'm (afraid well have a hard time recovering your jewels, Mrs. HoIUster, If we ever do." As I said this t watched her closely and I thought that a slight look -of relief seemed to flicker In her eyes; but Instantly she began to lament "O, v I ,hope you " do : recover them. I never, never will; be able to And such perfect stones j In another set" But all the time the Impression waa with me that this jwoman still was playing a part, still was acting. At the hotel I entered f my room and stopped 'short in surprise to see Mr. Burns sitting Is my chair. "Shut the door," he said. "Well what did you fin". at the house?" I told him. I was rather proud of my work. He smiled, 'v- "CornelL" said he, "I picked you out for this case, because I know you've got patience for digging up de tails, and you've certainly made good. I want to tell you, however, that when this case came in I had a hunch that be difficult for us to Imagine the dif ference In the appearance of a public gathering in our day and in that past Elizabethan era in the mere age of its members. If science could extend the present average age from forty four to a hundred, it must be remem bered that it woull kmo a cortj s"n" I . e Jen.ijn ;cf youth. Frof. 1 ' t i.x. .edy Duncan, ia Harper's . ne. i T c" 1 t' 3 C' If 9 1. 1 c we'd find something queer about It" "Why?" I asked. ; "Because," said he. "Mrs. HolUs ter's brother's reputation la no secret to me. And Mrs, HolUster's affection for him is known to be almost like a mother's." v-' We sat still and looked at each other for several long, silent seconds. The Chief waited for me to apeak. "Chief," I cried, "we'd bettor And this brother right away." , He burst out into his hearty laugh, "Right Cornell" he said. "But don't worry. I've had the whole office combing Manhattan Island for him ever since you telephoned m what you had found. If we don't And him-soon the chase may be a long one. i "Why?" I asked. "Because unless we're all fools at reading the signs that boy knows something about who got Mrs. HolUs ter's Jewels, and if he does I'm afraid he wouldn't be disposed to stay on this side of the water any longer than he can help." ' "Why?" I asked again. . "The Hollister jewels are too well known on this side to be sold here. And the brother, If he Is In on this, will want to be In at the sale. Fortunate ly, you aaw the Ught In s hurry and reported at once. I Immediately got into communication with every ocean steamship line and toid them to keep an eye open. Hollister hardly can get out of this country unless he's already left the city to take boat at some other port" ' While we were sitting thus a tele phone call came for the chief. It was from Slavin, one of our men In thla city. - "Hollister Is under shadow," was Slavin's report "He's just reserved a birth on the Franco nl a, to sail to morrow morning. He's sticking close to his room In the Delmont Hotel In the meantime." "Don't lose sight of him on your life, Slavin," said the chief, and rang off. "That about settles It" he aald, turning to me. "Cornell call up Mrs, HoIUster, ' get her on the wire, and ask her If she will see you alone. If wk info a chair and satf ' staring ar us fo7rixr. ; . she asks why, tell her It's about her brother." "But why?" I asked In bewilder ment -I ' The chief smiled quizzically. "Why, because I happen to have a heart and a wife, Cornell" he said. "I ee now how this thing Is going to work out and and I want to spare Mrs. Hollis ter. Darn it man, women are made queer. We'll give Mrs. HoIUster a chance to to save her brother." I called up Mrs. HoIUster and asked If she would consent to see me alone without her husband's knowledge. : "Why?" she demanded. ' ; "I cannot say over the phoned Mrs. HoIUster," : I repUed "But it is about your brother ." ' v' ; ' There was a silence of several sec onds. Then came the answer: "Come to the house at once." "Good," said the chief, Til go with you." " :-::-'.v; '.v':----.'.. v It waa night sow, and at the HoIUs ter home we were ushered Into the U brary by S maid. Presently Mrs. HoI Uster came in alone and closed the door behind her. - ' "What is itr she cried. "Wh-t has happened to my brother?" , "Don't be alarmed, Mrs. HoUlster," I said. "Nothing has happened to ' Preconcerted? ' "When a man deliberately sells his vote for money and Is found out" thundered the campaign orator, "how can he ever bold up his head again in the community?" j ."Let him Wear Choktira'S Never bend shirt collars!" yelled a natty, well dressed, businpB"1'ke young man fa the back part of ti e crowded ba2L T!- KI Tie t' ' 1 I A f ! l J t ." V". s I t v cf It t.t t t i tJ t . .. Lit him, and nothing will unlKt you wish It It Is all up to you."- "What is It?" she Whispered. "O, what ts It? Tell me." "Mrs. Hollister," .: said the- chief, "hasn't your ' brother been pressing you to give htm large sums of money lately?". Her eyes ran from one to the other of us, seeking to read, what we knew, She wasn't acting now, and I felt aorry for her. r . "How do you know that?" she asked. ' "Isn't It a fact" continued the chief. "that Colonel Hollister refused to give you any moro money to give your brother?" ' She sank Into a chair and sat star ing at us in terror. "Mrs. HoIUster.". said I assently as I could, "when you saw me looking at that window didn't you see that I knew Just as well aa you did that no burglar ever had forced his way la there?" She was dumb with terror; the strove to speak but the words would not come. "And don't you know that my sus picions naturally pointed to your brother? And Just now we've learned that he's booked to sail on the Fran- conla in the morning." "And, Mrs. Hollister,- said the chief with s gentleness I never had sus pected him of, "we'd have to arrest your brother on suspicion If he at tempts to sail knowing what we do." "What do you want me to do?" she cried suddenly, flinging out her arms. Don't hurt that poor boyl What do you want me to do?" I looked at the chief. Mr. HoIUster," said he, we are only engaged to Investigate this ease for the Independent Burglary Insurance Company. Our duty at present merely is to report that we do not advise the payment of your claim without fur ther Investigation. Then we will be Instructed to continue our Investiga tion at once. 'Which means that xur duty would force us to take rour brother Into custody." She thought It over for a few min utes. Then she went into the hall and called for her wraps and the big touring car. ' "Where are you going madame." asked the maid. ' I've got to run In to the Delmont Hotel" aald Mrs. Hollister calmly. "I have an appointment there for this evening." . Late that night CoL HoIUster called up Mr. - Blaney of the Independent Burglary Insurance Company. I say, Blaney," said he, "drop that claim we presented for Mrs. HolUs ter's Jewels, '.ucklest thing In the world Just happened. Mrs. " HolUs ter's brother Just came out to the house and took a walk down by the beach and found the jewel case with the stones all In It lying under a bunch of sand grass. Tes, yes; found them all of them yes; the burglars must have dropped them in making their escape. Tea; probably escaped In s motor boat up the sound. Tes. Smart boy, that Mrs. HolUster's brother, Blaney. I'm going to do something handsome for him. Tes; drop the claim completely. The Jew els are back -here safe lit the house, and that's all we care for. . Good night Blaney, good night" A few days later the news of the attempted burglary of the HoUlster home leaked out and the newspapers made a great ado over the finding of the stolen jewels. But I wonder what they would have done had they knows at the time that what I have told here Is the real story of how the Holllstei jewels did not disappear. LIKE MESSAGE FROM DEAD Photographs of Fea Massacre Vic tims Are Found After Their Death. ' . . Like a message from the grave have arrived at the office of L'lllustratlon in Paris some photographs taken just few days before the massacre at Fez, In which the photographer him self, Jean Brlngau, and his young and charming wife, met their deaths, to gether with . other members of the French colony. v ; On the day following the signing ot the treaty acknowledging the protec torate by France the sultan Invited to his palace several French officials and their wives. Mulal Hand was in excel lent humor, and was particularly at tentive to Mme. and Mile. Regnault Mme. Jacques DumersnU, wife of the deputy for Seineet-Marne, and Mme. Max Choubller. M. Brlngau was also present and the sultan Insisted that be photograph the party. Mulal Hand also operated the camera himself and took several pictures.! - - . A few days later while M. and Mme. Brlngau were breakfasting with some mends the revolt of the Shereefan troops began, and the crazed soldier started their bloody work. The plates of L'lllustration's pictures were found in the ruins of M. Brlngau's dining room, and were later developed In Paris. : Particular. ,. Two young, sports met on Euclid avenue Tuesday morning. One was1 a mushy person who had all the money he wanted; the other was s hardened chap who wanted more money than he had. Said the first: "I hear your uncle Is seriously 111 old boy." ,:i , i "I'm afraid he Is," waa the answer. "Don't be a bally hypocrite.. Too dont love him, do you?" , "No." . "And you're his only relativer "Tes."- "Then why pretend you're not glad?" ' . "Tou darned fool! . rve got two uncles and . the poor one Is the one who is not expected to recover!" . Cleveland Plain Dealer. . . was given the floating sobd and the bath brush and a rubber elephant to play with, and was then loft to her self. Tet she hollered. s Then her mother called up to her: "Keep your mouth shut while you are In the tub." "Why?" I I the voice. V , "You'll I now why when you swallow a lot of soapy water." v- "V. hy can't I swallow soapy water? A'i"t there plenty more?" L.IJ are hopeless, a!n-"-t, s t's. Cleveland ria'i I t. WIlKMONAL SfMifilfllJL , Lessoh (By IE. o. SELLERS, Dlrtotor of Evening Department, Tn Moody Bible Institute cf Chicago.) ' ,. LESSON FOR OCTOBER 27. 'WANDERINGS IN DICAPOLI8. LKBSON TEXT Mark T:S1-S:10. .' OOLCBN TEXT "H. hath done' all Ihinss will: He makath avsn h ! to hear and the dunth to spsak." Mark VM B. V. Last week we saw our Lord In the region of Tyre and Sldon dealing with the Syrophenlolan . woman. In v SI (B, V.) we now see him Journeying back towards the . Sea of OalUee through th border of that section con taining ten cities, for that Is what the word Deoapolls means. - L JESUS THE HEALER (w, 31 IT). Jesus had gone north seeking rest but he "could not b hid," ana now upon his return he continues to meet these sad cases which need heaUng, and who ar brought to him by their intensely Interested friends. Jesus does not need beseeching. He whose heart was touched with compassion la ready to bear the faintest cry. This first section Is rich with sug gestions. Jesus takes the man apart suggesting the necessity for Individ ual personal dealing with God. Men are not saved en masse but as sepa rate individual, it could not be other wise and have a man retain. his per-' sonallty. To work any cure for our sins Jesus demands our Individual at tention. Then Jesus placed his An gers In th man's ears; suggesting th added emphasla that w must com Into personal contact with God if we would be healed. W may stop to res- son (Isa. 1:18) with him but our sins, that be as scarlet, will not be removed unless w come by personal, Individ ual, experience under the blood, (Eph. 1:7). .:. ' "His Mood avails for an ur nee, ; His blood avails for me." Moistening the man's tongue with bis own saliva suggests that the source of healing Is to be In Jesus' own per- ton. Our salvation Is not In the words he spake, nor the Ufa he lived, but the Ufe he gave (Heb. 9:11-14). Fellowship With God, Jem also looked to heaven. Indicat ing that we must continue In fellow-. ship with God, and also indicating his own fellowship with the father. Jesus sighed over th wreck of sin. The son of man cam to bear our sorrows and to share our griefs. (Isa. 68:9). At- tentlon has been called to the sighs and the tears of Jesus. If our. pray ers were more accompanied by tears and heartfelt alghs they - would be more powerful. (cf. Romans 8:26).. It Is equally' true that If our sighing were accompanied by more prayer we would accomplish more In his king dom. V '.','. '- '' , After these preliminary and sugges-1 tlve acta Jesus spoke the one word "Ephphatha" B opened and deaf ears were opened to words of praise, and counsel and to the cry of distress. Loosed was the man's tongue to speak his word of personal testimony and to witness for his healer. - Read Isaiah 83:1-4 and 85:4, 6. In this particular case Jesus for rea- 1 sons ot state admonished those pres ent not to tell broadcast about the euro that had been effected, as such a course would attract the multitude and Jesus was beginning to avoid the crowds as much as possible. There were other occasions when Jesus com manded those whom he had cured to witness for God, Luke 8:39. It Is no ticeable that this was an Instantane- -ous, full, and complete cure, for the man "spoke plain." So In him we are complete (CoL 3 : 10) or whole. Why la It that ltt a majority of cases Jesus spake and 'twas don, while , here there was a seemingly progres sive cur? One answer would be that Jesus is not confined , to one method and that he had certain lessons to teach to his dlsolples that this method -alone would best suggest- - II. JESUS THE PROVIDER (w. 1-10. cf. Matt 15:82-38.) The tremendous stir Jesus caused Is graphically suggested by Mark in vera one of Ihla section. . From far and near they had gathered and now at the end of th third day their small supply of food is exhausted. We ar told by John (6:26, 37) why they had followed, him, still they were deeply Interested In him and considered him to be a prophet (John 6:14). Never theless Jesus was moved with a com passion then, even as now he Is moved " when he beholds us In our unworth- iness. ' No Hunger Too Great , The compassion of Jesus is a very active principle, It does not consist ot Sighs and lamentations, or of investi gations and condemnation of condi tlons. , His compassion causes him to act But the disciples are aghast at . his suggestion that he feed this mul titude of "about four thousand. "Whence shall one be able to fill these men with bread" (R. V.) On the oth- , er occasion Jesus had asked Philip, who lived in the near-by town of Beth- salda, where they might find bread; but now they are in a desert place.' It may seem strange for the disciples te ask such a question. . He bad fed a larger number With smaller resources, but Is not this precisely what we re in constant danger of doing? Present ' difficulties always outweigh past de liverances. If, however, we will but remain with Jesus we too shall be fed. No. hunger is too great, no difficulty Is unsurmountable if w remain clos-s by his side. , ' After taking etock (v. 5) Jesus covii- , mands the people to sit down. I! recelvel their seven loaves (v. 6) and braise S'l fve, first to the d 1st i pies, ;; and t'.rot i tLem to tie rp : 'e. tuch ss t -y ba.l, frt given to L n, r'pond- f t to fc!s t"t" v ! and to t r (v. I). v. ...- v ; i .: our t j v "I 1 ' J, t .' i 1 use.