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BaifataM Hangs Over the
Twt Atttfttt - Ramsay
ptofthqr Cmm» t» End
tor hi* (WMit tor* in (tolda
fk* MgAg, ltu»w4 around.
«4s 4—f band* with
• M with Mr Ham.
»»d» with the report
r scattered to a thou
**r*aa, looking ov*r
—any wuHo ago
*b*H why bq waft, '■*
because all of tho*<- j
dand a hundred year*
crowd will never all
ggJMMI hack together sgs m, sad a hundred
Npmu* fro— now, about «|| lytt of each
L «i thaua; to a booda toss, la th*
§.* • f*w wo am eaten bon
g lk*t entoth the writing of the la»t
•£:. 'r„.,z
tor# >■—— Ad I* new only a part of
hi—ary The rein It a of it will prob |
r flplp be felt to Geldeboro fee many year i
I . to r*ac bat to fart, it la over, that I*
pr t* ■ ”
afc A—day *erraon:
IJIIIM read a graphic a#
| —*■» gt this rreat ocean disaster;
„? atatinc to substance that tbia vaaael
h*d l*ft Sn—tom—on on bor first voy-
M* wMh snob confidence that the u*u
L“ M —at* tor ber safety war* nmitved.
hweauao ah* waa believed to b« ab*<>
totoly anaiakable Bb* had atarted out
«• break tha retard tor th* gaktoat
t '•»» aero#* th* Atlantic, and it wa*
battered to— to* would %per*cd On ,
A—AmA April 14 MM, ah* waa warnod
•Y M—el* toe met to look out for Irt
heap*. Me rekaraed thank* for the 1
; W—lag hat ae**r »l*cb.ncd ber i—4 1
aad th—ad fro— her rear** but siigat
lil beto* Seat npon breaking me
•arid** aaaeed, kept ta th* short
pato. Th—h it wa» fianday night, it
a*— tha a—eat ntrbt a# the trip. The
a— eappnehre rapper peaaible bail
haea aarwed. had aalea* yen Bay*
ha— toe—d eae of these great liagn.
JP—I ' ldea es tbeir al*e, cap#
It. f rroeeed on the
Wlbe made the quickest
and *he consumed
•eke thirty train load*
lack. Their food sup
herd* of cattle, sheep,
I fro*en fl»h *n«l »*
bl* from terrapin to
hi* tolp would reach
cl* beyond the court
klmoit a city Muck
ato awd ,bad a I meet at many atortr*
—a torn—ll. On*-third the people
aad (ha k—Mtng* la Ooldebeeo could
ft. in* head pat aboard that gr*at re*.
, ato
•aareelm had th* baaqrat ended
. ktoareto to* had bee* *>a*ted a* an
aha*|—aid aaeinheht* —l* th* veteran
CMhi ttnrtb ia k\|«M*di stattqg
Itooh Itoh Am— r\f ~ dtps ■1 ma a—
i MPfd wl "to* *iaa*i rm voro
\ goat, whoA the veaara —ruck an lentorg
to—tip hffer* midnight aad sank with
toqfc tpo-third. ,f her «*• pqs
. MMNit #>I •CM Mtndby morn
Man'* AatoMaaa.
•at* kill a—age Hat read th* follow
toe fra—ltototo Ililt-lX -fto i.fty
totoi film ah ait he bn—Med —d
2iiTfcrJSrf.2tUf trz
•Ited hTtoat dap. #- the top a# the
Lard ad Ato iM he apen every aw#
-• to— l* pppad awd haagVP. d apen
aaatp emdf th— la lifted op; and he
•hall haJkewght law * * ‘ and .pew
•—to Ms te**WT, aad upas every for
tlfWd —to, —d agon alt the ihipa at
ij %—MtoJka* ap— all pto— —t Imng
*whp tha aaenampled anther*! of bor
*— «Hto di—aterT It wa* net he
—• etotoe great lea* es life, which
WM ewMaa—* Id— people Perth
to—*, to" 1 * la China and other <ft*
• 5** 1 * **p *—ay more to death than
tod tha Jltanic. with*— attracting *
J— ,h,t tor fa—l
to tha hihtnry of the hwmaa oral
■— wto created for Ged*a gtory an*
—• ■*—to the lordahip ever all eartaiy
iWiHm, Mb order* ta —hdue »t to
hie to—to M—. toad be been rewtewt
toth he would have accompllehed
_W» -Ml* tot whom Satan wh taper
r— th— the r—tea th* frwlt es
•he tree at wt*dam had bran denied ltqr
I toe been—* the aheald eat as K ah*
to to*— braoma at fad*, n
• limit la jtppS—r tMml amhßia
B ■'Jtotottf'Tto, though tkom of the
*•—»» t»dpbto tha earth, th* ara and
th* air toi *ll that ia them I*, man
haa tola deeirt te do to; aad from
Mpd thatoa tbia. man haa been eaaay
tog trap the power and dominion
a at Qed ito te e——ier ell thing*.
The ntotoa far th# outburtt *f ho*,
—r —grtoe rinking of the Titanic way
•hot H hint on* es mea't air babble*
K Thl* gr*to Id— bad dlaapppmted him
mm waa hat indepeadent es <iod’» pro
kaetiap Wt on the high tea*, after all
Efe—n a, *ptar all, hot independent of
»i?|Ptop— to Oad far bla aafety.
to—g* as totoi a Caaa la Wnt.
—how Ifter th* Good th* dearrnd
KifM *f Nyh became numereu* and pow
arfWl, tb«g *oaght to defy God to dr
—ary them agate la Geraai* lt:|»
•a have to accaa— «f their effort t«
haUd Tower of Bahai, and kow
%ed ikwa rt«*d them by confounding
Mr top— ap*. Ktiu tgyipp n e« rry
—••**> ad*ur and becoaic god*
They —i *Ca ta, aaw, let at baild
• att—aad a tower whoa* top may
—h u——Heaven, aad let u* make u*
• HffV — r in Kurope tg due
•* tha AWmt of the natioa*
of mon te ronqurr ihr
tore#* a—tain* d*at add* l* hi* own
|j ’daatrwetlM The aUtewiolriW. the air
th«3a' , '‘»d*. the trolley car* ik*
kill in i|ui nil p
I M ,«"■»— Ijl U Uw tall *ff
F -* M|b r*" lobbied that k. |
to—lh'i A— ijed ta naabe rain aa> L
to—«, »»r * tpladyaa dyaau»U in E
•h* air Jto <au predare kta mi rain
M hr Aplag water from th* .tre.m
ha —■ Intake Ms earn field*, and rai**
crape, —to
Grand* —Way be haa the rlcheat land
—hi gdanto* es water, yet eeeryhady
A—a tk«J* te haakrwpt *ad trying to
j Aa a— as—el wkoeo farm hordrred
I the —mb*lap* River km It a «a
awd pul to a huge pump le irrigate W»
fag— A*” the plant ataried ft
waehad bßpatlfaHp. and the proud own
m the—tot* fiat heavenward and .aid
|1 "Man toato a— gw ta toll; I d«m need
.t. toto tof A rain ” A* If the water.
Hp ak—Kdawn Ike river did not d.
IpJILrX te
waa mitaod, aad parti an* as hi* cloth
ing —d flesh w*» found graand np
,ta tha pump machinery es hi* irriga
tion plant. -
)8e when manrfnid tbay bad built a
■hip that weald banish the terror* of
tto ran and ao no longer needed God
tha me. Ha confounded their puny
•ffarta at HV did tbaa* builder* of the
tamer ia the pi—a* es Hhinar. aad ttoic
defeat inatead of bumbliag tha— put
them Ip a ran ma anything
of advanug* liyhacovery as th* north
pale <leapt th* aatiafaction of know
ing that maa get ttoraT What is the
ara of getag orar Niagara P—l* sies
ta aatlafy tha spirit of maws
Tto Ibavtt Alee Waapp-wtad.
I don't believe the devil Wanted the
Titanic to einh. He would have re
Joiead if man bad demonstrated that
he rosily did have an —linkable ahtp
and■ wa# independent of God to that
extent at least. He would probably r* '
jaice to me Europe make peace today
aad thwart th* prophecies of God. Tti
: the dgvll provoked this war a* an ene
my at mam awd at Ch—at.
Europe is In wap today. In rav Juog
ment, her*urn sh* ha* pa*l*d her day
of evangellnatia* Her church** at*
corrupt. Sl# sought to bring nboet
peace, not hy premotiag the klagdom
of tto Pr|n— es ►•■«•. hut by incyea.
iag ber anaajnest* and by Caraegie'*
tea million dollar poace palace at The
Hague, by thglf owg device** and now
they ara fighting desperately all j
aronnd Tha Hague.
Peapi* Self INladed
Tbeir confidence apntrlbuted to the
deatructioa ad tto Titanic. 8a aur*
wo— they that th#y had an unainkable
1 *hip that, ttoy paid little toed to tto '
warning* they received of icttorg* In
| their path Th* ('aliforni* did herd
thorn warning* and mat anchor and
1 laid to tilt daylight.
And thin remind* me th— another
at man's marvelou* invention* wa*
rend*tot Beat*** by th* providence •»
God or the decree of fate. Wireless
telegraphy ara* expected ta bring xnc
ror to any alrickea or dLal(*seed vet
aal ia lime to prevent loo* of life. And
tone lay tto CaJifeeaia within twenty
mile* of the Titaaie. Bb# tould Have
saved every passenger aboard of tor.
Hal tto wirelam operator had gawe te
Md aad did a— r*X«h tha diatrem alg
tjl. Tto none eat veaaaJ to catch in*
wI relate aignal as distraaa wa* tha
< arpathia, which waa *a far away (H
mile*) that it took tor till daylight to
reach the scone of tb* dJsaitar. Tb*
Titaakt had plunged ta the bottom 0*
the ocean mor* than three hoar* be
fere. Th# Carpathia picked up thorn
la tto lifeboats, same 7M la number,
meetly women and, children.
Again, her very bigness added to th*
certainly as tto Ti—nle'* dent ruction.
Had oven the Titanic struck th* le* a
—•are hie—, It would have only atava
ia tor bvw and, filled one or two of her
Ire— eempartm*—* —th water; hut
•he etimeh the hag* mountain at ice.
estimated ta to ninety mil** loag and
atawdlfcg h hundred feet rat es the
water and 9 thousand feat under wat
•*, » M—lhg Mam, rip—ng •pen every
maker cent part meat from hew ta stem,
on that aid* Hka a giant tan opener
A* *aaa aa thera tilled *h* began te
It— ta that *ld«v aad Ip tin** went
damp. ■ f
•a wv ara th— tto -pa tha spaed,
tha self -een fide aee *4 pe* *rew were
all ag— a— tto Titawfe. —Head es imb
fell ■ foe bar safety Tto faet la t(a>
bar builder* hud spent fifteen milUuua
at dollar* fur apuad and lunury - au.-
gy mnnaiuma, swimming pools, taaala
eouata, luxurious auloena and apart
menu aad furniture, and leh a than a
thousand dollar* far life boat*!
Had ttoy thought th* might sink
ttoy amid a— only have hud the
usual prayer* for a safe voyage, but
thky would have provided lifeboat*
enough ta have saved all on board, h
ia characteHptlc es men who pipe*
their trust la their tw* devtee* te ig
nore Gad.
Good aad Had Mod A Uto. Saved AM
Let ae awe sappera that aw people
le— eg tto Titanic were woera than
tto common rwa as pee—* They warn
a—. There war* tto Rev. Mr. Harper,
whe wo* com lam over ta held a exert
ing Moody's church, aad tto aid
gaathlae* —Had aaa-baaawrda. There
were tto millieaairaa -Aatar, Guggcn
tolm, Btrauea and loamy; aad than
ware —eerapa pwaaenpera from It—y.
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Through Pullman Sleeping Car Daily, Between
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Head B««a Car reeled la Jaae IS, »*2I. Read I'p
10:24 PM. Lv GoWabon? Ar 6:10 I’M.
12:40 AW. Lv Raleigh Ar 4:00 AM
1:42 AM. Lv Durham t Ar 2:40 AM.
6:60 AM. Lv Greensboro Ar 10:00 I’M
7:22 AM. Lv High Point .» Ar 9:40 I’M.
0:80 AM. Lv Salisbury Ar 8:06 I’M.
2:26 PM. Lv Black Mountain .... Lv 3:16 PM.
8:10 PM. Ar Asheville <KT) Lv 2:34 PM. - .
)■ 2:26 PM. Lv Asheville <CT) Ar 1:10 PM.
6:40 PM. Lv Morristown r* • • va Lv 9:36 AM.
7:06 PM. Ar Knoxville .; ►../>? Lv 7:40 AM.
8:20 PM. Lv KnoxvilUP Ar 6:66 AM
10:40 PM. Ar Harriman (Devonia St.) Lv 4:60 AM.
3:80 AM. Ar Danville Lv 11:80 PM.
14:85 AM. Lv Danvilk Ar 11:20 PM.
. 8:10 AM. Ar Louirtrille Lv ,8:10 PM
7:24 PM. Ar St. Louis Lv 8:40 AM
8:88 AM. Lv Ilanville Ar 11:35 PM.
"*■ 4:34 AM. Ar Lexington .1. Lv 10:30 PM
6:6ft AM. Ar Cincinnati Junction Lv 8:04 TM
7:16 AM. Ar Cincinnati Lv 8:00 PM. '
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Thera w*m* tto ignorant peasants and
coal stoker»h aad the learned W— T.
SUad, who J*aa cominf n*er t# lec
tern ow th.i "Hen and Religion Mura
1-lent.” They Were rirh and poor, good
a.id tod, Ira rued and ignorant.
And juat >#re I pause to remark tbry
while Mr. Stead waa coming over ta i
lecture on ' Men aad Religion." be I
map an avowed Spintuallat. aad hud •
betid told by ao* of tto apirtte than
he c-ammumoated with th— h* waa Mes-i
lined to dlu on the attests of Uatfen
Rut he didavi h# want to a watery j
grave on in# Ti—lJ^g.
No; this aampuny wap a— uniue’l mat
eaceptivnally wirke.d. Js*u» said.
‘‘Think ywtt Giat th* people op whom
tke Tolrer U» Siloam fell wv— Wicked
above their ifaJinurs I tall yarn ear; i
but nnlrss rgpent, ye shall all likewise
pmribh." 1
And they nil died aliku-- -pieaadtar
and gambler, Miltlonairv and cool Hes
ver. scholar and peasant, high and
lew, good and had. Because there was
ne power withiif Ihempeluw* to save
tha— and tha thinr on which they 1
depended far aalv—lnn, failed them.
They alt died alike Iwouu ** ttoy all
remained on the Tftanlc. 0 n th* other
hand: those who wwrw sa*« d were all
tav*d"alik*. regardless of wealth err
station, bernns* tbwy got aboard a ]
life boat-
Why did the l.SO« all perish a))k*>
H<-cause the man mad# ship in whkt-h
they trusted wax the only thing be
| tween them and the bottom of tha
; —ran. Why were the 7M» who were
1 saved all saved alike? Bra suae they
all get into the life boat* alike when
given an opportunity.
( Neither thoa# drowned nor those;
1 saved had their deotiny affected by
wealth, poverty. Itmrning, ignorrnce,
meanness or goodnewn; but solely be
cause either rapiained on the ship
of death wr get aboard a lifeboat. Note
—ta that those most likely te to saved
ar* those who get aboard tha ,jlfrboat
| soonest.
J The Ar*t lifeboat lowered wa*
shoved off only half full because the
daredevil* believed the shetp would net
sink, and then they would be laughed
| at. They permitted the fear of being \
f laughed gt t* send them to the bottom 1
of the Atlantic. They placed their {
; treat ia th* ahip of death rather thai. |
. in the lifeboat.
Hava Bran the Raam Her*.
80, too, In thin campaign for the ;
1 | salvation of souls, thooc surest to ne
1 : aaeog were those moot 'prompt to get
i aboard tke lifeboat and the ones who
> placed tha least trust in th* deathfboat
• 1 of this world.
1 ] Nate the difference, however, he
. tween this crowd and that aboard the
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HI-fa ted. Titanic. Thar* was room for '
nnty a part of them, but there I* room
far every one of yon. —id yen’ navn
had plrnty of tim* to gat aboard and
t* b* naved.
Yea. tha maa who is moat iihnly t*
b* saved frem the wrack of this old
. world is the bne whe le meat anxious
i l « —•< aboard U»# SavioMr's lifeboat;
f while the on* least likely te bo aa'rad
,le the one Who cling* with th* most
I to#*<iou> uffoction and dclneivo *o»n
i d*nce to this world and it* fl.,tin,
| plrasnras that naver aatlsry. '
Th# next class saved from th* Titan .
Ir woro th* weakest -the women and
children. It i* a Inw at the sen that
no man mp*t Crowd into a lifeboat till
all woman and cHUdran to- bran aa* \
ad. axrept that with avary heat enough 1
sailor* arc —Ag to mnaaga tto anma.
While th# daredevil men and women
alike refused to get into the first host
lowered, so that it want off only half '
filled, there waa a disgraceful scram
ble by the stilish cowards to g*«
aboard tha lifeboat* lowered let*r,
who* It bad boeom* evident that tb*
—nkabl* ship was doomed to „
to the bottom "of tto ocean They
’•ought to crowd off tto wcahar women
and thlldcan and ttoy had to to shot
[ down aad tumbled into th* water.
It ia Jest so [ft every maettog w*
hold for the solvation as people from (
sin. Those Who feel th—r owe wean
rasa and insuffleiat—y within the** |
ralvaa and tang for n —ranger arm ap '
on which ta lets ae* th* first to ram*
to tto Haviour. While those who are
•trong in their own conceit linger loog
a— in danger and ar* hardest to p*»
•••do to seek safety. In aeary
1 case whan the*# men pro brought
face to faca with death, a* every »n<-
of them ia sura to to sooner *r Inlet,
ttoy try pitifully foe merry, hut cry ,
i m vain.
When ttoy t—ght have bean saved
ttoy listened to the daeil and turntd a
deaf ear to afferod marry. When Ilfs j
'» slipping fr—n under them and therr
I* no longsr opportunity to fervv th»
devil, they offer their'last momaata ta
tto Sfrtiojir they had spurnad as! their |
lives. OU yen wonder that idea —or
! are rafuaed a teat in th* lifeboat?
brail a— lad Off Uan- atu—
What lulled the people aboard the
Titanic into a sense of soenrity at
f rit ? And what brought to Ulcm a
sons# of tha awful danger at last T The
answer is that tto devil pulled off a
stunt that he ha* been pulling off right
tor* every day of tto meeting
When the vessel struck the Iceberg
and received its death wound tnc pro- j
pic who raid ah* was unaintobl* fear- ,
id thera might be a panic among the
women and children, *p they said to
the card p'yyer* to keep on playlny
■ad U others <• act out card* and k><
to playing. sh« band m also brought
out and put to playing the" m«*t reek
la as aad livaliast rggtirac in it> riper- .
dirt.
was to lull the timid one*
into a MtK of Security. The very
ninul. a sinner commences to think
Mrioaaly about bin eternal destiny. the
devil ruanmgly auggota to his mind >
that there ig really a# dnnaror ln»i
tationa conn- to bint to parties, gam**,
damra aad diverting things of all
• kinds And how many poor wretr'ae>
fall for tha devil’* ragtime!
' Keen church member* go freia thr
aereitgs here and engago in idleness
aad frivolity . Thi y atv seen hy r«n
virted sinners, who say, •‘Well, there
• isn’t he mat'll danger or these church
melibera would not laky things to
lightly. Whi should I ha, serious?"
‘Thus th«ir fears are nuie.ted 80 long
pa you church member* play Card*
and raglimr. sinners will not oe warn- I
eel. There ha« been enough gospel j
preached In this tabernacle to have j
saved all Gojdsboru had net the rag- ,
time church meiahers killed Ike effect
of it.
Hut when the hand ceased its rag I
time and 1 commenced to play “Nearer
*> God tv Thee," faces began to
’ lilapch, knees began to quake, the ae
rious prayed, the wicked, carved and
j everybody realised that* the devil had
t«cn balding nut to them a false sense
lOf securitS, that fater all. the unsink
able ship was going to link. Was then
sinking. It was then too late for those
men who had reekltsily tun ed down
their rhanee • to get, aboard that first
life hist
daftly First a f.ood Matt*.
I have called attention to lti* fact
‘ ihat f'fteen millions had been lavished
on luxuries for the Titanic passengers,
r«d only one thousand for the sarety.
How lika you people here in Golasboro.
line lifeboat would have been
worth more in the hour of tate titan
Ike ten million dollar palace. Rreth
. ran, don't lavish all your mesas tf>n
j'comforts for the bodies and nrtndci jt
, yuur families and leave your homes
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I—— —— —. w" ~- - —-»*■
lOrlkMti I'rusu Our laiat Issue)
I V/hen Zoro drove Up to a station
JUney ha, gave ro algn of aver hav.
lo|| aaau Mltok before, but aa hoar
Uur whaa ha took hi* leave b«
■Upped • note Into tha hand of the
other.
Tha nota was terse and to the
> Paint.
i “Mr*. J amts Slocum removed fur
fi wishing# from Oothsti Storsgs
H Warehouse to Edgecombe Road.
) I rook aide Mew Jersey. hist Friday.
Will lake cure of hill of lading to
monrev."
Fq >hat chance Shot bad hit the
merht
Milea locked up tha bouse and than
uuido iila umy ta Seoul# a roam.
“Rip aad 1 have been vary hung
,w * afternoon," began Seattle aa
hUlea took a heat.
“Ho Rip has baaa up la aocnathtng!
la that whut you had in mind la Veil
we Boot tie?”
“It la. and I have had go exalting
Umo. I’m a matter twenty dollars
poorer _u. It witlch 1 ebaU charge
to the expense aqormot and Jtip is
M nuraltg a scratch aa the shoulder.”
■ Seattle closed his right band and
■ tookasi at If thoughtfully and Mr
eumpunloa oh'xved for tha &i«t
Unaa that tha knuckles wars red
dened aud a -.rl"e swollen. “Twaa
I * nasty ml lie md a close shave for
1 him!” t
■ " ' •tag’s* has* hi a acrapT Milea
■ ex. '.Aimed.
a “raw were not attached— r*
"No. It was mo did lha attacking
■ You see. Owen lad. I took a look at
■ that cottage In the woods where our
I friend Roger had hla laboratory long
I **“■ 1 caught a glimpse of a clear -
I Utg Just ahead with a blackened
■ chimney aUckiag up. and heard the
g sound of a a umber of voices in die
■ puts. Among them I recognised
■ Hip’s and be was plainly frightened.
5 I hurried fbrward and eaw Rip aad
1 a fellow who towered half a head
i tmßr " ‘ban ha, shaking something
” under hla naaa.
I “ ’You done pass dta phony money
■ •am. yraUddy whaa 1 faded you!’
■ bd waa fair shout lag, and he added a
f curse that no berorded with tha Hah
I hath Yaw la rwtae take It back sod
■ give me de real goods 0* 1U uyarve
■ year heart autr
1 "I could ace Rip’s faca aad It waa
* aa Marly whlta os it ever wIU be.
■ “ 'Your lias don't go with ma. Rip
1 IMae beye ail see you gimme
■ die MU yeatlddy aad It was tha ooU
■ apt twenty dollar ona la da game;
J Ain’t dot right, boyar
I “Thu raal of theru wore gelling ex
I idled and tiirsatrnlng and Rip cam
■ inance*! to whine and blubl.er when
■ aU of a sudden the bj« fallow went
3 wml and than thing* happen v-1
■ quick. Ua crumpled the bill and
■ threw Uln Hip s face and with a yell
■ resokrd loin hia pocket and that waa
■ where I took a hand In the game. 1
I ranched that big buck Just as hla
* knife otreaked down across Rip*
J should#.- and caught him ona on the
~ poiqi of the Jaw that put hlui out for
■ the eouaU”
3 Hoot tie glanctd dhwn ance more
I affectionately at hla clenched flat.
I “Hip waa loud In hie gratitude but
3 out of the tall of nay eye 1 eaw him
J hunt for that bill and then turn ta
■ aneak away oral I laid bold of him
■ bx tits collar tu wait till tha lout who
■ had accused him woks up.
I “I.« aat up after a bit rubbing bit
■ Jaw and atartad to turn ugly but I
■ *poka to him man to man and -d
1 I’d make good fur flip If there d
■ been a miataka. 110 told »\t> Rip haJ
■ lost tha money to him in a crap
1 gams Haturday and when ha tried
■ to changa U ha found tha bill waa
J counterfeit. I made Rip let me have
V a look at it and then ( laughed in
9 the Mg buck’s face and gave klm a
f -rtsp new twenty from my wallet in
1 emhaage to chow him what 1
f thought of It. Hera’S the Ut of pa
1 pw the row alerted over.”
1 Ha he ads* I t«. Milea a limp, warn
I twaatydollar MU. ona end of which
I i
without previaiaa far the . interests of «
tkelr spirit*. Give some eenalaerattea
te ikvir safety ik tka life to cqm*.. j
Ify college classmate graduated with
high keaera aad reVamed -sox ;u*l
I ride of bis parents, took typhoid fever
and died within 16 days and Went to
heli. At hia funeral his broken Sean
rd father lamented, “Oh, If I’d only
looked after hla squl aa closely aa l did
j •«* Mdy aad mind!"
There is net a man in hell but coaid
have h*e„ h , d hr o|l , y „
tIM? ofCKiUt. But |!if y tcmrwd
-omsdiedy would xuy they Were scared j
mte it. They haven’t as mock -eehM
as the negro who was railed a reward)
replying, “That’s all right; I’d ratheri
he a live reward all my Ufa tkun a
fcadt hero five minutes.”
How like thi diaii, inactive church -
was the old Califeraia, lym*: there!
within a few minutes run of the Ti
tanic, but with .-ngiacx dead snu w:re-|
less operator asleep whit# I,MS people
| perished!
Once the farmer pastor of t rburrh
was sent for to conduct the funeral of
a girl in her bgap. Oa arriving lie?
asked her pastor 7f Mary had bean' *
Oiristian. He answered that he did
\ not really knew; be hud fell impressed
to talk with h.r on the subject, but
had neglrrted it. B»r Sunday sctioal j
teacher insiiq tho aume answer, uhd
her mother also. Ite.a was a girl who
had died leal, though tbu Holy Spirit
had impressed at least three people to
talk to her on the subject of salvation.!
If wa could get the rhurrli members
to stay awake and Watchful to catch
the wireless warning; of distress, and
to so live that the sinners would not
have so much confidence ia the devil's
ragtime at the picture shows, tnou
sande who perish could be saved. . £
Note that those passengers, were no
‘safer while tho ragtime
than tkey were when they Isward ikc
solt-mns strains of ’'Nratt r My God to
Thee.” But the devil deluded them
Into believing they were.
I have several times referred te the
general war which so suddi-nly biased
up in Kurope at a time when they
were aaylng: “Peace, peace." a» one
had a tln;T» of brow a and tha da
, tectlva turned It Ihougtitfully over
In hia hand..
“t wonder how Rip got Itt” ha
r remarked Whai did he tell yous
i “N’othingi Not a aenalhia word
, cmild 1 grt out of him ”
"Wait nmka him coma clean when
i we K<U hold of him. If the bill la all
right In- li-I-Jn t be afraid—>!“ Miles
. cheeked himself suddenly. “But (a It.
» •qqtits.r It’s an old 1 weuldn t lako
an oath on It—“
"I would, tad." Thera wwa a cor
. tain grlmoass in tho other s tons.
“You’ll mhid I told raw 1 waa tha
, ppm or by twenty dot tarsi 1 learned
a trl/la from tho experta and that
I MH la at phony as the brightest
gold brick that waa war aold.”’
CHAPTER XIII * -
IT waa nattily lunch Urns tha next
day whan Milas' gianoa fall upon
i U»o dovt-puua of m root®
end of ihu haul; a room which had ro
, jtnalned lacked since hla arrival «ad
| j which ha had ouca beard r *'* r
“•TOP THAT VOW UNO, UITTY,
AND STAND A HiDJCI”
fer to carnally ga ’Mr. Roger’s at ora
room.’ He hud polished that door
plat* only Haiuray morning, but now
theaa aoeeped something odd about
Ua appsaranca and tha detective
bent closer.
Tho brass about tha ktyhala was
dullod aura whera a tiny. Jagged
scratch or two filmed and iber*
were trams upuu U of a congealed,
greasy soi« now si sight ot which
Mtlus dr.w a quick-litvolunutry
breath.
tt ax! Sontauna within lbs, lost two
days luul Ukan an Imprraslon ot that
keyhole, aoiueonu who was too carv
lesa or In too great baste to remove
th# evidence of tbu act. What could
Roger bava stored theta which
would boos such intarcst to any
body but hlisselfT
Lunoheoo won ovar whvn tha 4*
tactlv* hoard the tolepbona ring
ugain and with a tnuaerod excuse
ho hastened toward tha library, but
(ha sound of Rogers vole* In reply
arrest.-d him butusa ha reached thu
threshold.
“Tea? . r , Th!t la Rvger Drake
speaking . . , What u thatr The
racetvor fell with a clatter tt tho
desk but |t waa evident that noger
Imd rvtrleved it for In a moment hla
voice r*mo again, shrill with -soma
thlng very like terror. .
"Who are you; . . . Tott must he
midi ... My brotherT" There
was a long, pause vgixhta the one
woidt "Neverl” ?
U ended in a Strangling gaap, •
chnlr crcjktd heavily and then «
dry. wultled aqb roachd th llatener’g
ears. 11a peered In cautiously bn.
tween tha curtalaa to behold the
scientist sprawled limply in a chair,
hla arms omltung across tha desk
and kla whlta head pillowed upon
them while tha this ahouldars shook
apssmodtcally.
Carters’ quarulotta summon* from
th# dining room recalled Nfflea hur- t
rtadly. Whaa nqgt ho entered the
TTTHWAY HORWTNC. JW.T M. IMS
Fof- many signs of the near approach of
tho end oi Util age; hut fgw, haod
!lhr warming.
Will you permit the devil’s wile* ta
deceive you longer? Os Will you do
the wise thing and got skwaesl tha Its
_ boat while you have oppoftMxitg, lest
the time come when you have ao
chance? Every man ia hall has turaok
down his chance just once too otieu
noitk- of -you here today will turn it
1 down now and aouer have aaoaha* aueh
offer to turn down. Won’t you ac-
I crpt 1 - , - ... I
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“■ • -*)» i« ■■ i. • —I ■ -'4- ■■ *3
JHMUKA >II.IW WEH—n ff r 1 >nC
library ha found it empty.
Irtish was aetlling down mid l ».Y. #
-ng untoward bad occurred ta hrstsl N
U.a Uoodlng stillness of the hausq 4
u i,»ii all at once a woman's sI»W
raai- out. The detective rushed froot
hia ,-oom and down lbs stairs Mil
Just va be retached th* floor below
another door srex flung wide la his
face and u roan dashed out. almost
coUiditit* w th bins.
Milan dal ml far an Inatant. taken
aback hy sheer surprise for tha
opened (loot waa that at Roger’*
■tore room and the man who had j
emerged wc ~ndrew| He was with. |
out codt or t uiatcoat, hia aloougg
> rotted bock ant hta shirt and cottar Rfa
giuny with dust a smudge of which Jr
I lay act ona hla c. aek gluing a gra- M
tusque twisted uxj.-t.aaion io hia task W
turn*. J
I "IVbata happen* dj” ho roared. I
1 "Stop that yuwltA.% Illtty, aad •“
- atniid uiiulel" *
1 Miles became awxrt that g thins S
reedy wait bad aucceea -d th* abrlafc H
and abuktng art thi ops i which had |
held Trim trauaflxad . * bataagd ■
1 down lha boil. 1
At the bead of tho mats atrcaa* W
tbb maid was kneeling b*(-r> ar% I
cumbant form wringing her .lands V
and sobbing hyatsrihaUy, but An- K
drew seized her arm and thrust her ■
vtol.ntly said*. • \ ■
"Roger, old man!—Haro, pot) ■
vo u roc if together, nitty, und pall ■
1 Garter or AVllltam—T* fl
Bo Andrea had not conadpoaly <
noted that momentary en counter! I
Th* dc-tccttve steppes' forward. V
“What la It. air? Oh, la Mr. Rog*r I
UIJ Can I be of any aaalataaoaf” f
“Yea. Help me carry him to hla I
robin and then get my sister. No ■
neasl to call a doctor; he's had these 3
attacks befor# and I know how to I
bring him around." a
Ua placed hla strong arms about 8
th* shoulders ot Us* unqonaeiuM 8
tnan and Mites supported th* knees 8
while UtUy ran ahead to open the 8
door. Retween them they got Rogwr 8
Drake Into his room and upon Ik* , ■
bed whore k* lay breath lag starter. ■
ously. ' ■
MBes slipped out tnto the gwrdoa B
where he found HooUla at work ■
among th* roae bushes. d 8
"What Is it, lad?” Tho latter , ■
straights nod. “Has something aoraa Bl
o« gt laatr -, A K
“B©m#thtoig\hat baa ail but takes flj
me o<T my feet. Scot 11 el It way b* 81
a waiting gams for a few days more 8
but there’s daylight eh«adk-Got « 8f
IwncllT” Ua puliad a notebook from , H
hie pocket and. tastrlng out a page, Bl
ho scribbled hastily upon It while 9
hta oolloague waited in aUeoce. * I
"TharqC 1 don't oar* what sac us* ■I
you make afterward but get dstwa 81
to th* telegraph office gt the ata
lion aa fast aa you can aad a*ad this S
wire off to th* chief; tell hint to send 81
ene of th* boys down her* with th* I
reply the instant It comes, no tsa<tar 8
at wh«t hour of th* day or alghtin I
W«’H b# ready then to stand out ta I
the open and doctor* ourselves!” 8
Seoul* read th* message slowly B
and then lifted amaged ayes to th* 8
other** fuc*. * K
“Man. but we’v* been blind!" h* 1
•xclaimed. “You say that there* Bl
daylight ahead? I’m thinking that 8'
for some In yonder house It may be Bl
a red and tearoom* dawn!” 8
After dispatching Seoul* to tba H
village to transmit hla wire, Mil** V
re-eotured th* house and ascended to • k
th* second floor- Th* door *} > ■
Roger * store room did not ytaM 8
when ho turned th* knob. d ■
Aa h* Started down th* hat Mi w } 8
Drake appearyd. J ■
"We shall hot need you. WlDtam,* I
aho anaosMioad. "My broth** la o«W 8
Ject to these heart attacks aad be ta 8
quite alt right now, but of courts f
k* will not onm* down to dinner." f
An hour passed and Hobart Drab* 8
returned from th* city. Milan mmJf I
"‘■are. ly restrain hia Impatience or 8
he helped CRrtar to serve dlaaar. but I
Ml* o, waioonl glimpses he stole at |
th* flnnhcier’a face toM him nothing. 8
It was Inscrutable and when tha 8
telephone rang he rose with eaka B
deliperaUaw. . ■
“That waa Zorn," h* announced B
on hta return. “H* assured me Utat B
he wus making deflnHa prqgrraa. '■ »
Hta to- > iu*d laebud ceavietlaih 8
and Andrvw alunevd up with a anew |
•Sotimia good but doesn’t main 8
anythlngf* ho com own tod. “last £
tl>at what tli# police always give o u B|
to th# newspapers when they ie 8
atumpedf” I
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