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V.' 'little Sir Galahad A Story With a . Biasing : " . . By PHOEBE GRAY IIP 8SHBBIB8 Copjrrlfhl by Small. Maraud Ceases? ,. SYNOPSIS. While trundllns the clean washing up 'Clipper Hill Mary A I lea Brown la set up on by aoma mlechlevoue boya, who spill tha waahln Into the d'rt. She la rescued and taken to her home In Calvert atreet by Francia Wlllett, a Galahad knlcht. Una la punlihed by her drunken father (or returning without tha waah money. Mary Alice wan tore away from home, takea a trolley ride Into the country and aoende the nlrht at the farmhouaa of Bam Thom as. In the morning she meets little Char lie Thomaa, a cripple. Sam takea Mary Alice home and rinds that he and Mrs. Brown are old acquatntancea Sam takea tier and Mary Alice to hie home for a visit while I .em Brown, the drunken fa ther, la eervlne a workhouse sentence. Charlie Is made a Galahad knight. Fran ' cla visits tha farm. Do you know tho value of hardship In tho formation of character? Faith count' for 10 much In tho performance of duty. A aenalble man can do pretty nearly as much aa ho thinks ho can that' faith In himself. Mary Alio davalop a faith In God, and ah think that God will glva hr tho power to do her work, no matter how big It la. CHAPTER IV Continued. Francia Wlllett came out again, this time by himself. He arrived quit early In the morning; and announced bis Intention of ataylng all day. The cbanffeur aet down a great basket of froit by the side door before backing his car to the road. The children passed most of the forenoon In the orchard, talking of this and that, viewing the Increasingly successful effort of little Dick Brown to walk, discussing the honor and du tlea of a Qalahad Knight Francia bowed his companions some marvel ous feats of strength and agility, nslng tree limb for a trapeze. After din ner, when Charlie took hi nap, Mary Alice and Francia wandered away from the bouse, along the old mill road leading to the pond. Here stood an ancient, long-idle gristmill. The log dam and the old mill seemed to sleep placidly among the elders. "This la awfully pretty, don't yon think soT" asked Mary Alice, a they stood at the end of the dam. "Ton bet It's pretty. Bay, let'a flab for shiners. Got a pin?" The boy produced a piece of string, -cut a slim pole from a clump of yellow birches, caught a tiny grasshopper, and became at once a sportsman. The -shiners were curious, but elusive. VLook out, Francis, you'll fall In," -called Mary Alice; for ber companion was creeping out along the dam. ' This isn't dangerous. Come on. I'll let yon flsh. The shiners are big ger -out hen gracious, Mary Alice, here's a tremendous big something. I bet it's a trout.' Come on out" . But Mary Alice was timid. 8be stood on the bank snd watched Fran cia interestedly. What a nice boy, she thought He could do 'moat anything; lie wasn't afraid. The old rotting planks along the top of the dam might crumble under foot and send him into the pond, but he went boldly on. The water in the flume was about ten feet -deep. . " , Francis reached the .flume, whose boillke sides stood three or four feet higher than the dam. The boy drew a Hr Arm Felt aa K H Would Pull Out "himself op and sat comfortably upon loose plank, which lay serosa the "Coma 6b over here' Mary Alice," be called. "I can see lots of flab. Oh, Oook, I got one" ';. -h ": H Jerked suddenly Upon hi pole, ' nd something shiny, fluttered la ths air at tha end of his Una; But the rot " ten plank . could .not support so much vencclted, wriggling boy and gave way. ' moi t o ha disappeared suddenly Into Mary Alice's heart gave a Jump. Bhe screamed, but that did no good. There waa nobody to hear her. She could not run and bring help before Francis could drown. And aha did not dare to go out on the treacherous old dam. One foolish word kept running through her bead: "Gravity, gravity, gravity." Suddenly little Charlie Thomas' love ly oval face and big brave eye floated Into Mary Alice' mind. "Anybody that doe the things God doe can tlx up a little pair of legs " Mary Alice stepped out on the shaky planking and. began the paasage of the dam. If ah could get over to the flume, she could save the boy strug gling in the water. Anybody who could do the thing that God did could help her to avoid the bole and weaker place; she thrilled with that Idea and waa no longer afraid. Francis' Dining pole had fallen upon the dam, alongside the flume box. Mary Alice picked It up; then she looked down Into the flume, where It waa so dark that her eye, adjusted to the strong sunlight, at first refused tt aerve her. But she heard cough and a splash, . "Here I am, Francis," she called. She thrust the butt end of the Ashing pole down Into the gloom, through which now she dimly discerned a white face. 1 Francia was a weak awlmmer. HI clothe and heavy shoes hampered him. The slippery sides of the flume box of fered no sustaining bold, "Grab that," called Mary Alice. Francis grasped the Ashing rod. "Now you won't drown." He clung to the fishing pole, keep ing only hi head above water. Thus the water sustained most of his weight "I could bold you like this a long time," aaid Mary Alice; "but wbo'a goin' to pull you out? Beside, you'll be froxe." Francia' teeth were chattering al ready. "If I could get hold of your hand, I might pull myself up the aide," he aaid. Mary Alice leaned far over and ex tended ber right hand toward the boy, eliding It along the pole. Francis drew himself out of water and reached np until be caught her band. The strain of bla weight Increased greatly aa be lost the lift of the water. "Can you stand Itr he asked. "Coma on," said the little girl, al though the edge of the flume was al ready cutting cruelly, and her arm felt as If it would pull out "Come on." 8he gritted ber teeth. Anybody who could do the things God dlu could help s little girl keep her friend from drowning. "Come on, get your get your other other hand op there" Francis bad now bold of both her arms, and the fishing pole bad dropped into the water. It waa that or nothing. A the boy polled himself up, Mary Alice managed to seize his coat His feet kicked and slipped upon the smooth flume side; there wa no toe bold, no sufficient crack or protruding nail yea, a bolt with a nut on it caught the sole of Francia' shoe. This waa about a foot under water. The boy put forth all bla strength and pulled himself up until be could get a hand on the top edge of the flume wall. Mary Alice was sure her arras would part company with her shoulder Now, relieved of that atrain, ahe took a new grip on his wet coat and tugged sturdily as be drew himself up until be could book his elbows over the edge. Then be threw a leg across the top plank, and ahe knew ahe bad aaved him. ' Next morning, Instead of being moved out Into the Orchard, Charlie asked that his, chair be placed beside Mary .Alice's bed; for the little girl waa bruised and lame, and Martha In sisted that a day In bed would do- her good. Mrs. Brown took Dick out to see the "moolles." "I wtsh'd I could think of some thin' to do to amuse you, Mary Alice," aaid Charlie. "I can't read good' enough. I know! I'll draw yon some pitcher. Mummee!" '."Yes, dear?" v.:v'; .: '": "Can I have a pencil and paper? I want to amuse Mary Alice." "I guess you'll amuse her, all right," aaid Martha, producing the article. "He drawa just the cutest things, Mary Alice. -' Haven't yon seen, him do it yet? Well, you Just watch.' Charlie fell to work, bla paper rest ing on the back of an old geography. "There," be said, "that's a cow." : "Oh." aaid the Invalid; "that's pretty good. Le's see yon make a house, with a man and a dog goin' Into it with three strokes of your pencil" "Golly," said Charlie, "thaf a an old one; only I make him a soldier. That little crook make the bay'net of bla gun. Mow I'll do you a engine." . -" He went en, exemplifying bla art to the great 'entertainment of hie friend. Then be gave ber a little sketch with out comments s 4'S;-"" "Who's thatr . . " . ; ' ' .'"Why,ood gracious. If s Francia Wlllett. ? looks Jttst Uk aim;. now do one of me." r'-.. -w '.-- Char"e bent bis brows and puckered bis aoae, He arnMMttxrd the face the pillow. "Tprn to ens side." be laid. "I have' to make 'em all profiles. Good ness, Mary Alice, your nose Is awful straight, and Just a little curve make yonr lips. Now, Isn't that pretty? You're turrible pretty girl, I guess. I never noticed It 'til I came to draw yon." Mary Alio took the sketch. "Do I look like that? Really? Oh. It'a lovely. Oh, Charlie, how'd you ever learn It? A little boy like your "I don't know, I just try it some times, when I feel like It. 'Moat al ways I make 'em look awful uothln' like the folk at all.1 Then once In a while I. get one that looks like this. I'm practicing quite a good deal; but a cow'a horns Is awful hard to get put on to his bead where they belong, and when I try to make a kltly, It always looks like a dog. I'm glad you think this one of you I nice, and you can keep It to allow bow you looked when you were a little girl. Here's me." He produced a hideous caricature of himself, with prodigious ringlets, great staring eyes, and a wide mouth Ilk a Jack-o-lautern. "The boss save It looks exactly the way I do," be said. "Look at the curls. IWDNATIONAi WSOIOOL Lesson (By E. O, 8KLLEHS. Acting Director of Sunday School Course of the stood? Bible Institute. Chlcaao.) ICepyrlsht, till, WeaUra Newspaper Ualea.) LESSON FOR MAY 28 THEXOUNCIL AT JERUSALEM. "There," He Said, "That'a a Cow." Le'a take yours and mine and have 'em framed together." "Don't Charlie,- protested Mary Alice; "I think you're horrid. Ton can make a lovely picture of yourself, I be lieve. Do It, will your "No," said the little boy, "I'd rather do sometbin' lnterestln', like s duck or a a boy fallln' In the mill pond. See, Mary Alice, this Is water, splasbln'. And this Is a flsh." CHAPTER V. The Return of Lam. Mrs. Brown and the children went back to Sheffield on Sunday so tbat Monday morning work could begin early. She went out to work three daya a week and on the other three did washings at home. It was the end of ummer and school would soon begin; for another week or two Mary Alice could stay at borne while her mother went out After tbat a decision must be made. Should Mary Alice forego further schooling for economic reasons and either stay at home to enable Mrs. Brown to work out, or get a Job her aelf so tbat ber mother could renin In at home, doing such work aa she coti'd nt her own tubs? The rent must be paid, Dicky must have milk. Mrs. Brown almost regretted the two weeka of Idleness; she would have to work twice aa bard to pay for them. One night Francia Wlllett met Mary Alice on Clipper Hill. Aa usual be took the wagon tongue from her band and started to draw the load up the long elope. "I'm not comln' here any more," said Mary Alice. "Why not?" "And I've got a Job; I'm goin' to work at Stacey'a." "Oo, gee! You're goin' to work for Toots Btacey's dad? That's swell. I'd like to work in a store. How's Sir Charlie Thomas?" "I don't know. We came home the week after you boys were there." . "Two weeks ago that was. Father's seen him since then." "Your father haa?" "Sure. He drove out again to see Sam Thomas. He say he's goin' to have Uncle Billy Jackson look at Charlie's legs. He Isn't really my Uncle Billy he waa father's college room-mate, and now be'a a great doc tor. My dad aaya Uncle Billy knowa more about feet and legs and spines than anybody In the world he's a spe ciallier." ' Mary Alice ' answered something very Incoherent Sudden tear blurred before ber eyes. Suppose this great doctor .should help Charlie? All the way np tbe'hlll ahe walked In alienee by Francis Wlllett's side. - "For goodness' sake, Mary- Alice,'' the boy burst out "why. don't you talk? I never saw anch a person as yon." . v .. "Francis, would you do me a favor a real big favor?" "Bet I would Didn't you save my lifer . ' . . Do you remember your child Jiood love affaire? "The girls or boys you were "etude en" from the time you were ssvn er eight until you reached your early teener , 1 1 ' , (TO BB CONTINUED.) , , . Drafting congressman into a dis cussion is almost as difficult as teach Iff a duck bow ti i . ,.' , - lesson text Acta u:i-. GOLDEN TEXT For freedom did Christ aet ) free.-HJal. 1:1. The events of this lesson are out landing In Christian history. Paul's appeal to the Gentllea and the large number of them who accepted the Gos pel mads most acute the question, "Must Gentile believers become Jew ish proselyte upon accepting the Christian faith and be governed by Jewish law and custom?" It would be exceedingly Interesting to divide a claaa and let them debate this con troversy stated aa follows: "Resolved, Tbat the Mosaic law ahould not have been Imposed upon Gentile Chris tians." The date of thla council waa A. D. 50 or SI, and the acene ia laid first In Antloch of Syria and then in Jerusalem. I. A Division of Opinion (w. 1-6). Luke does not name tboss who agi tated and precipitated thla contro versy, but clearly Indicates how the Holy Spirit dealt with the situation. "Ia a man Justified by fath, or by the worka of the law?" la a similar ques tion with modorn application. The Holy Spirit, to avoid a rupture In the yet weak church, direct that Paul, Barnabas, Tltua (Gal. 2:1) and "ci taln others" who are not named, should carry the question to the apos tles and elder In Jerusalem. Thoae to whom they went were "of reputa tion" (Gal. 2:2), the "pillars" OaC 2:9) and they received the delegation from Antloch In public (16:4), also heard Paul In private (Gal. 2:2). II. The Argument (w. 6-18). It will not do to be harsh in condemn ing Paul's accuser. The Pharlaeea felt deeply their position. Aa Gods choaen people they were marked by circumcision. J6sus, the promised Mes siah, waa a Jew. Social, religious, and racial differences are hard to rec oncile In one church today. But little waa asked of tbe Gentiles In contrast with all they received. Entrance to church membership would not be too easy If circumcision, were Imposed aa a teat of their sincerity. Peter brought forward the plea before the council that God had given the Holy Spirit to the unclrcumclied Christians, "and put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith" (w. 8, 9). . Ood bears the same witness today to those who refuse to be bound by Mosaic traditions aa regards tb seventh day and other such details, Paul'a argument waa that God had wrought signs and wonders among the Gentiles and thua aet his seal upon his preaching of salvation as apart from legallstlo works (v. 12). Read In thla connection GaL 2:16, Tl tua 3:20, 8:3, 10:4. and Phil. 8:9. Tbe apostle Jamea preaented the third argument In connection with the ver dict be pronounced. It waa that It la according to Old Testament Scrip ture that God will take a people for hla name from among the unclrcum sixed Gentile aa well aa from among the law-keeping Jews (v. 13-17). With Paul this waa a' vital question, and we can at least imagine hla feel ings aa be puta forth a Ilfe-and-death struggle for the truth. As Peter re minded tbe people of the occasion when "the Holy Spirit came upon Cor nelius and his household" he caused them to keep alienee. . III. A Wise Decision (w. 19-29). It waa Jamea the Just, brother of our Lord, the writer of the epistle and the bishop overseer of the church at Jerusalem, who rendered the decision. In his argument (vs. 13-18) be aaw in these Gentile converts reported by Barnabas and Saul a fulfillment of the prophecy of Amos, and to use the language of today ha "made a mo tion," vis., that these Gentile be not disturbed except In such matter as would tend to more fully separate them from the heathen Idolatry they bad Just left, (a) "Pollution of idols," L e, flesh offered In the sacrifices (b) "from fornication,", the immorality connected wltb the pagan worship of Aphrodite and Cybele which actually consecrated vice, and (c) "from thlnga strangled," for the heathen did not, as the Jews did, look upon the blood aa life, the seat of. the soul. The church readily agreed to thla motion and took such precautions as were needed that no misrepresentations of their decision be carried back to Antl och. This consisted of a apuit-led choice of messengers and In a written statement of their decision (vs. 22, 23). IV. Tha Result In Antloch (tt. 30-35). Great joy greeted tbe coBcluslon of thla question. v ' It produced pleasant harmony In place of discord and tn place of tbe irksome bondage of the tew It gave tbe joyoua liberty of the Gospel. Jewish legallam gave way to Chris tian liberty. Judas and Sites, Spirit filled, gave much profitable exhorta tion and instruction. Sites after reporting to the Jeru salem ohurch (t. 31) seems to have returned to his new-found friends (v. 34) and (iter became, along with Paul, n missionary (t. 40). ' . Thus - the evM j Paul'a ; enemies thought to accomplish worked out to the soot of all (gn, f.tsy -: 4f Tatter Ay (Conducted by tha National Woman's ChrlaUaq Temperance Unlou.) vwwewweeeeeweeMeweee ri:markablc change. In a statistical survey of the first six months of prohibition In Artsona, Jan-, uary 1 to July 1, 1916; Thomas K. Mar ahall shows tbe marked Improvements in all phases of state life. Crime, In counties where saloons existed during 1914, fell off 87.3 per cent when tbe saloons wars closed. This Insured a sav ing to taxpayers of 160,773.98 In de creased cost of arrests and prosecu tion. Even mors striking are the fig ure for the cities and town. With a total decrease of 2,403, or 60.1 per cent In ths number of arrests for tha first six month of 1916 aa compared with the same month of 1914, the laving amounts to 386,170.14. Thla almost off sets ths entire smount of liquor license revenue, $100,998, which was surren dered by tbe cities of ths state. Ths record of ths city of Phoenix Is perhapa the most remarkable of any. Over 16,000,000 Increase in taxable wealth, decrease In tax rate and about $20,000 leas In cost of city government for six months, is credited to the capi tal city of Arizona for the first bait of 1914. The decrease In arrests for drunkenness for ths first six months of 1916 perhapa aurpasses that of any city of Its site In the United States. The number of arrest for 1914 waa 1.210 and for 1916 waa 85. Tb per capita coat of arrests for 1914 wa $6.53. Wltb 1,125 fewer arrests for the tlx month of 1916 for thi cause there wa a decreased coat of $7,846.25 to tb city Savings banka accounts In ths stats Increased nearly $400,000 ths first six month, and tbe deposits of all bank Increased nearly $3,000,000 up to Sep tember, 1915. Tb children of the state are feeling the benefit of prohibition. There were for the first alx montba of 1915 2,000 more children In school than for tha earns period of 1914. Ths registration at tbe atate university also shows an Increase of 66 per cent over the regis tration for 1914. young m "ftia iaE. 'MAY AVOID i AH Need Only Tnut to Ijrdia E. Pinkluun's Vegble tom pound,syi Mr.Kurtzwejf. . Buffalo; NX- My dgh' whose, picture ia herewith, waa much troubled with iialnB In Has? back and (idea every month and xthey would some time be ao bad that it would ' 'earn like) acuta In- . flammatlon of soma ' organ. She read your advertisement In the newsDaDere . and tried Lydia K. Pinkham's. Vege- . tab la CornDound. Ck. m.lua It hlirhlw aa aha haa beBt . relieved of all these pains by It use. All mother should know of this remedy, and all young girls who suffer should . try it. "-Mrs. Matilda Kubtzwki, 628 , High St, Buffalo, N. Y. ' v Young women who are troubled with painful or irregular periods, backacne, headache, dagging-down sensation, fainting spells or Indigestion, should take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Thousands have been re- 1 stored to health by this root and barb remedy. .. - If yon know of any yonnsr wo-' nam who Is alck and needs help- -fol advice, ask her to write to th Lydia E.Plnkham Medicine Co Lynn, Has. Only women wilt receive her letter, and It will b held la strictest confidence. MEN AND WUMKJN i lr -VI ' CAMEL IN ILLINOIS. A wet and dry map of Illinois la a .revealing sort of document, says tb Chicago Journal. It shows that tbe aale of liquor la forbidden In more than 80 per cent of the geographical area of tbe State. As indicating "bow great baa been the retreat of John Barley corn,' continues the Journal, "you can start at the Wisconsin boundary and drive In an absolutely straight Una to the Ohio river without once entering wet territory. You can start from half a doien different township on the Indiana border and drive atralght to tbe Mississippi river on dry terri tory, and only at two place in cross ing the atate from east to west do yon need to make more than a email de tour to avoid wetness. With tha prohibition state of Iowa on one side and drled-up Illinois towns and counties on the other, the Mlssts Stopl flows for hundreds of miles be- j tween banka of aolld drought; for only at alx polnta north of the Bait St I Louis oaala can tb thlraty voyager , get anything to drink but water. A nearly as the Journal can tell, the camel I marching forward all over the atate." PROHIBITION PROHIBITS. You cannot convince the manage ' mant of the Polk Hospital for Inebri j ates at Knoxville, Ia., that prohibition : does not prohibit They have the best possible proof that it does. According to the report of tho county auditor I since January 1 the number of pa tient lent to the hospital haa been dwindling until at present there are Juat bait aa many patient aa there were a year ago. Even before the atate prohibitory law went Into effect the fact that Daa Moines wa without saloons tended to cut down the alco holic patten ta. There were 28 patients during the test quarter of 1916 aa compared with 53 in the aame period of 1914, and since the first of thi year the number haa decreased still more. ECONOMIC EFFECT. ' On top of tbe great moral resulta we have these economic facta: In the first three weeks of January the sav ings deposit in the banka of Beettle increased 15 per cent There Waa not a grocery atore in Seattle that did not show an Increase of business in January greater than ever known In any month before in all the history of the city, except In holiday time. In all the large grocery store the In crease was Immense. Every dry goods store, except one, and that I have no figure from, bad1 a wonderful Increase in t Ineaa. And prohidltlon baa not lowered rent. I know of one big dry good tore that has had lta rent Increased since prohibition went Into effect TACKLE ITI "' " ' ' "What part shall men of large in dustrial Interests have In the cam paign for state-wide prohibition T" Thla waa the question considered by a con ference of business men In Grand Rap Ida, Mich. ' "We have plenty to do av lending to our own business," reads the call, "hut surely thla la a part of our own business. If It Is going to Im prove the' conditions of the men in our employ,. Increase the dividend of ear stockholder and eleenae the social life f ew city and atate, what xaor Important Job oaa we t- 'at" - mind, die courares and lessens amhltlnn! heautv. vl or and cheerfulnese often dlaappear when the kidneys are out of order or dlaeaaed. For ood results use Dr. Kilmer Swamp-Root, the treat kidney rented-. At drunlsts. Sample else bottle by Par cel Poet, also pamphlet. Aaarets ur. Kilmer a Co., Binanaaatons N. T., and encloaa ten cents, tng mention this paper. Whan wrti BONDS OF TRUE FRIENDSHIP -He ID Thorough Understanding and Com plete Sympathy Are Neeeaeary Sentiment Never Lasting, ' Some acquaintance will never ripen Into true friendship because the com mon bond of union, the thorough on derstsndtng snd the complete sym pathy ars lacking. An acquaintance begun In childhood will ripen Into friendship It the chil dren develop mutual Interest in a com mon cause of study or pleasure. It ' dissimilar tastes and unlike Imputes develop the children will grow apart, since each of ua tends toward certain : eentera of association. . -. y . Money cannot buy u friend. It often purchases apparent friendship, but when the wealth goea that which posed ss friendship vanishes also, . Friendship must be distinguished from that sentimental feeling which 1 so common among young girl. This -ridiculous fascination, which expresses Itself tn extravagant terms of endear-. ment, la very fickle. Aa soon as It finds faulta In one Idol It transfers lta affection to another. Youth haa yet to learn that perfection i In human nature doea not exist The sensible man or woman does not set . up an Ideal of friendship o high that . It muat be shattered. - The Precocity of Willie. ' ,i "Mamma and I aaw some of the -nicest chicken dressing today," aaid ' Willie, age ten and wise beyond hie years. . ;; Where d'Ja see Hr asked the foaKT papa. . : v : "In a dry goods atore window," waa tue bright reply aa Willie "dug" for the outdoors. Indianapolis Newa. The European war has. made a great demand for khaki. - ' A bachelor of arta la wedded to his ' art. . - ... ,, : .t, , "He who hii health ' . hit hope, And he who hu hope 1 .has eYarthlnf.N - (AislilanPawsiM ' - Sound health it largely a matter of proper food Which must include certain mineral elements best de ' rived from the field grains, but lacking in many foods. : Grape-Nut s made of whole whent end malted barley, supp ' i s all the rich nourish . pf the grains, includir j : f vital muieral sajto ion- phate of pcWhe . ibst i necessary fojn- .ml energizing the nv 1 i .nd t physical forces. . - ' V There's asa" Sold by Grocer i 1 i