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The Canny Wee Scone..
long, long tine ego. there • lived
• lira far-away-sountry• a' wee little wci-
rnatand a wee little man. They had
,. we house with wee' pots end parts
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SI,PrTM,`• W-14, 11,•*.
1 1 out a anoMent's hesitation he stepPed * •
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FkluNG TO SPIKE vatehly -to the side of the moving
' Pr1-1E. LEvEtt ' ipanar*Zheacluotttoctt- gel'Zif!dte:
.,.. •BY, Harold T, Cheehrougb v bneosar:r;..Ittehleactatapartoravelotwhaarndttoh: ferocna;
ter' night, Vrilen th's.,therilloreett—j'rwri and. . ,: „ ,, , , . • ; .
At 'dye iiiiriiee • Piet Win; -inl
,gisterecl thirty degree ei beloW •zero, e
tra, engine No; 1620 east-baund, wen
-2 - 7.44...aisaa Off the track tfireerepartVrs Of it Mil
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, The tinnell-Ad reenh-ale
e. gide before .they came'to the: tunnel.
x. he, failed, he yveuldhafe to streteb
t 'opt on the ear rbof anti!, tItey'emerged
dii•: the Other side. Then it would be
Then, the h
with their ra
They rati hnd
„er they ran -so
413---tpwer,,-beeausre--4 raft ha
stOolt• 'aftt it broken Under the Tniandrng of heaV
an;thealtrthieelitahrt: low, tetfiperature. The point of ..d
trafae and the contraction caused• h
ch. the ter the. „railmarit waat, tilt° ' thousand. feet •eas
In the kitchen, arid all kinds of tiny wee' scone rolled, until after a while of road Street tunnel and near].
the
it was clear out of sight. - 1.a mile froritthe Seaton block 'Mee.
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• furnitnre, to match and :very happydown to . At length the read dropped i Often Miting_heayy car raorenient
thY Were, to lie% earaoto,. -- . a broad river. Cann as the wee -scone !•• whoa, the. Wt 'Broad -Street • yar
i'' d 'no to i * ' ' b
One day the"wee *entail madea•wee was, it was at its wit's en W „, would be full of ears,. the east- 'pun
• atOne (whic,h is it,kind of cake) and know what. US do.. It roliled up and , track from the tunnel to the .TB towe
a tea late-to-Warn--tlin-engfst-- 4
• withal:as judged he was between fif.
3, teen and twenty' cars from the engine
a.t as he.Started farwa:d. The i•ace woUld
t. he close. The biting wind chilled him
a to the hone; his „tars , end* fingers
nuielsly betaide numb. When he had
s pat ten cars behind hfiti,,,• Ida move-
mentt became more and more labored(
a The gaps bteweea. ears seenied to
yaWof Vfider'aud wider. 'I'h.e•intermit::
-• put it on a board befgre, the fad 'fire
to coOk. After the .wee scene had
•.!ttifaked. bh . one side, the worrut:n said,
alend, "Now I'll:turn it rei, and. bake
on the ether side .
But the wee scone answered" smart-
., "No; I can turn dyself.."
; .
Ana without further ado it did turn
dewn;the bank, this •Way and that, bat; would be Ospd, by •direttion of th
it was no nearer; crosin g than e.veti„yardmaster, for.ears soon to, be moved
when, all at once, a red tod (a toclAs and the dispatcher viould Wane, order
a fox) •cathe 4oping along. When the establi,thing a single-track zene.,•be
tod Saw the wee scone, he pricked oPi tween the .TB Cower and the Seaton o
Via sharp ears. •
"Eh, my bonnie wee thing,'he said,
"What is it P?re wanting?"'
Then the wee scone ansivered:
f-
fice. Te -night the dispatcher did ;to
estahtieli a zone, but the operator a
the -tower had prdere to hold wet
bound tralps and ,to a11evt1'east-lioim
have tricked the wee woman, the we trains to 'Proceed against the cu-rea
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As it lay with the other side baking man • the wee Pot the wee phn, the of traffic. ' • • ,•
thought, "How easy Was, to 'turn wee shovel and tongs, the masons with • "When Taylor 'Williams, . the 'third
^ nlYzelf!. And how' easy it weuld .be 'their hammers - and their trowels, and trick operator, came -on duty at eleve
to tufa myself entirely ,eff the board, 1 the haymakers -with their rakes and o' lock, ha failed to sign the transfe
and go out and'- see the wide, wide
•whrld!" • • •
. No sooner said than done. The m
ute. the vee weman looked away the
Wee scone turned itself over and over
and' off the board and on to,the floor. get actess?" •
Front the ,floor it hopped to the win- ' The red tod sMiled' broadly. "Just
' dowsill, where the wee woman spied get on my tali, wee scane,!' he said.
it. Befbre she Could reach the window "I ani going across myself." '
the wee scene had wheeled over the Thdli the red, red tod 'stretched out
, ;edge of the sill and was gone.. his tail, and the;wee scene hopped an
•Thefe:Upon the wee ;verrifin, with the it, and the ted stepped'Carefully,Unto
• wee man behind her and the wee pa the -stream:
. and. the - wee pan and the. Wee shovel The water began to come up far-
-and tongs ' ind •Went running ther and farther., The ted, moving
.:'Wildly down the read. But the wee slowly forward, looked over his shoal-.
scone was too quirk for theni; der and said.„ "Xou had better get on
ed and rolled it 3.sls clear out of ray hada wee • sootier •
"Or 1 • : ' . • So the wee scone got , on the back
• • n and on it rolled .mitil it paine of the tact ' • . •
to a plifee*Ey theread,fide where sono BtilI the water came .higher: and
their seythes;' and nOvt I'm going to b lc* willetwcoatained the informatib
trick you, too." • that the , east 'bound track, was block
.
. But for all its pert words the., Wee ed; but the. Second -trick man had tol
scone Was Scared. "I want to go. over .him the news and, with a warning nc
.the river P it •added. "How shall I to let the are go out, had departed in
to the ,dark and biting cold. t • .
• The warning about the fir;rwas un
neceseary. Williaing heaped on th
Coal daring his .eight Of duty
but wheaho had been -on duty. an hou
and a half:. he diecovered ;that•th
rbom was beciiraing :decidedly chill
in spite 0:if it. • ', ,
.Willams drOpped Upen his knees and
gazed into the. ask pan It was full o
'ashes up to • the grate, and he esti
mated that the fire, pit was. a quarter
full. :He •wOuld have to eMpty the ash
pen before he°46iild shake - the grate.
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Shivering, he Went about taking up
the ashes, .which firet meant , a hunt
,f!raieens were baildiog a 3.yall. ' Thera higher, and so the ted said,- as he outside forthe ash pail and the Shovel
tt. stopped for ,411 instant, and said swam 'farther but, "You, had 'better To ,prevent Mistakes qW,ing• to •for
• sauCtly,. I harle.; tricked the wee woL get•betweenmy shoulders wee scone." getfulness„since„' traits Vika control-
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teat glOw from the flre-bozdopr beek-
oned' hint en and mocked, him bY seem-
ing to remain. always Just so faraWay.
The s fanneli How near Was it?
He became aware:that, the train was
entering a cut; he saw the lights of
Broad „Street, which paralleled the
railway, rise ,higher, and hj,gher. He
tried to run faster, but his inOtions
felt groteSeue and ke seemed like ene
whb triefi tp run in a nightMare.
He was close to the engihe now -it
was only .two ear lengths away -but
the engipe was close to tha•tunnel: He
saw 'the black hill ahead; then the
smokeiof the engine flew backu_nden-
, veloped hint in its aeid fumes. '
How could he ,see the tunnel now?
If he failed' to see' it In tine•he. Would
be dashed off the car and killed. He
wanted to drop hat, but fought off the,
impulse and strained -every' chilled
nerve. He was on the last car when
the warning telltales Slapped his face
=telly. One hundred feet 'to the tun-
e
nelf -. Suddenly it, sinIster mouth was
'right upoa thent, svfallowing atp the
lo'corootive. Uttering a, hoarse cry, he•
• fell forward acroes; the last gap °be-
` I tween train and tender, and then with
, •
a roar, the car. eotered the tunnel,'
; Half_,nneonsciont, :hatless,- blinded
and blackened. by cinders and smoke,'
he wormed his, way over the coal and
rolled down into the cal art the feet
of Che astanished fireman. : ,
.Self-preseivation is Inetinct with-
.
railway. creWs., The presence of ibe
frozen operator • Was• all that was
necessary fa' tell' the engineer sortie
-
thing 'was 'wrong. He brought the
train to estopi assoon as possible.
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The Stuff That Counts
• The test of a Wit" :s the fight lie'rnakes,,-„e
-• The griethat hedailyshows,;
• The way he stands•on his feet and takes
rate's numerous- bumps and blo*S. „.
A toward can smiie-when there' s naUgl4,to fear,
• When nothing his progresfebars,- '! -
But it takes man to. stand pp and cheer
". Wherrsomitiother-fellow-stors-.-- - •
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*oat isn't the victory, after all, • •
But the fight that a brother makes;
The man who, driven against the wall;
Still 'stands up erect and takes , •
The blows of fate 'With his;Ifead held high,
Bleeding, and bruised, and pale, ,
• Is man' wholi win in the •by- and by, •
., For he isn't afraid to fail. „
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It's the bumps you et, and the jolts you get
• And'the shocks that your courage stands,. -
The hours of sorrow ,,and vain regret,
" The .prize that escapes your hands,-
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That test yoUr.rnettle and prove your worth; • .
s It isn't the' blows you deal, •
• Put the blows you take on the good old earth
That shows your stuff is real.' P`
• The Wild Ride Of an Eagle.
is, The daring that an American ea:gt
once displayed off the*Pacific Coast,
nat long ago, seems unusital; even for
• such an intrepid biyd. The pathengers
on board. the se'hooner Roosevelt de,:
clarea that 4n the Gulf of Georgin.theY'
had seen a huge bald eagle take a wild
ride on the back of a Salmon. •• '
. ' The schooner was On her' WaY' •"to.
Seattle faint the fishing banke ^,iii
Hecate Strait. Shortly after passing
Seymour Narrows, -meMbers ' of the
creNv said they 'noticed. a, bald eagfe
flying., close- to the. Water, riefir the yea-
. sol. AS they watc-bed the big bird'i
• skimming near the surface, ..a,spring
salmon, estimated to oteigh about ,
twenty pounds, :leaped Clear of the'l
swiki-moy_ing_ettrrents- aulek as a
flaeli the eagle drove its'sharp talon -a
ibte the fish's. back,.
• ,There was a great splash as the big
ealinon diVed, taking the 'eagle; i1.3"
neath .the surface: ' • Everyone. rushed
tl al - • 1
man, the:wee man, the we pot, the
iwee pap,. arid- the wee., shovel %and
tongs; and. ilrlriejeyoki: too!"
With. that it_Was .off„. The maions
. took after itw1th theit'*trowels: and
• their,•ha'mmers, ••••bnt the faster they
*an the ..faster.'6,r011edtho wee 'tcone.
...It'relled arid. rolled until it Was 'clear
Out Of sight'. • • • • * •
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By and. by the wee scene came. to a
• . 'field...where hal:Makers were at work.
•• 'It •s-toppeti .ralling far an instant to
say, "1 he tricked wee• woman,.
the ...Wee man, •the ,wee" got,' the see
-pan, the wes shovel • and tongs,. and
the • matons'. with. their trowels and
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,
So the wee scone got between the led by mutual block signale; a )atalte-
shotilders of the tod. .. 7 , shift,airangement was;An force at the
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But still the water rose and rose. Seaton block office : A, railWay spike
Then dieted told the wee mote to 'get Was placed between thejateh and the
up farther, 'between his ears. • ;The
wee scone 'did so; but the water con-
tinued to rise, and presently the,tod-
called back, "Wee, scone, ,if yee. av,ant.
to save your life, you Mutt hop. to my
nose!" 4' . • • :
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. So the wee sconegave a him; bile
that did.not, save its life at all, for it
hopped. squarely into the, red month_
of the wicked bad.. And that was the
end of the rash wee scone. For all
that it Wis so canny, it was nOt•nea,r13i
haminer•s; and now I'll trickwou, tool" so canny, you see, as the.red, red, tod.
Last. Slecie Market:Thrives:,
, • in •1110iocea, •
:According, to •• the .statementf a
„French °nicer, •recently :arrived from.
the-Lonlon adall;
the last opeil sleve 'market exists at
Mdiede6,-TarliiCh. Was`
Cently occupiec[J»the French
Tho.slaves,:are;brenglie Wazzan-
_,..hy .earayan, front_parts...pf ,t he country
still linexpiored. This market• is .1wid.
andually•_dikring •:pilgrimage• sea-
, when; pious Nloslems -.pour lite.
AU. •elty from •Iill parts of Morocco to •
asicl'ot., the, Shereera• At•
this time negro and•negreesslaves are'
-grantieCr•Ogerii-ar.-hY Weir'. different- owners .
on an open Pliee' of 'ground.•
• The: buyerS.: then crowd around and
abk questions about their, age; health
, and In thecaseof'-a woman slaVejf
she is married,. The • owner allays
sayfi-Jhat liWwoineri. slaves are still
unmarried....f•as..Sinale wernen usually**h
-h-high-crpriets tbairifrarr
Of course, there- Is ' always ..haggling
Oyer the price,* especially' if there is
sone . pliyalial defect,, which Is invari-
ably the. caee. 'The teeth areinsptet:„
-ea; arinti are. pinched, and a niale
:Slave. is often asketi t� lift heavy
loads. • '
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Contrary -to the -general. "heliefr-fht.
lot of a slave in Morocco is a Compare.
tivelrhaPprole.• .A11-therhave to do
to'.escort yoisitors through the gar-
dens' • which form part of the .rich.
Meor',Et„eetate.Another dyty •Is. •t�
--beep watch from a minaret for Indis-
creet strangers who 'Pry into that pall
.of the garden reaerired for the wonien
handle. Of the' lever twit •controlled
• the main' line' -signals; it; prevented a
lataried or improper inevernent. After
'lining up the Switches .for ' train
movement shortly after , coming. on
•duti, Williame:. had, failed' to• "ppike
the -lever" controlliag. eatt-hound
• PhySically- Cold, but "lioendiler the
c011ar;'. he paid AO •attention ,to :the
distant four long bleats • of .an east.
honnd freight calling for the clear
board at: the Seaton office. The
rich:Aid-call, nearer and given•Paoi•e im-
patiently, brought the , ejadtilation,
''Keep - Tour 'slairt;:only • he Williams
gavethe grate a vigorous shake.
The near rumblingof the -train draw'
:him back to his dutiea • He Jumped to
his: table,- reached tor-und-pulled the
ea:it-bound lever" doWn with a jerk-
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The engineiii answered • with two
short' blasts and yanked theithrotfle
open ' , • • ' •
Wilhains was • not • sure;.' but
thought he hair the engineer ,silhouet--
ted ; against - the- glare: from the 'open
The Lind of Beginning
Again. •
wisla there were seime wonderful
•
place
Called the Land of Beginning Again;
Where all our inistltes and all our
. heartaches '
And all our -Poor, selfish 'griefs,
Could be -dropped -like a• elrahlay old
' •• coateat the door,
And never put on again.
• • •
I wish We
would come on tt -un.
--,Likallinlirilter *IC& hiiiii.a7lOat
And I Wish that the . One who'll our
, blindness' has done'
,The greatest injustice_oLall- •
--Cpuld-b-a-grIlie-gate ibis' 'Old'
•-V 'friend: that • want • '
For the comrade he's gladdest to hall.,
We Would find the things we intended
' to 'do, ' • .2_, , -' -
But forgot and refnemhered too late•
•Little ;„- praises, unpppken, pro-:
. •-The Mime: •
• It' requires two to Make
• a. home, • The fiist • home •
• was made when a 'woman,
cradling her lOvini arms
baby, crooned a lullaby:
All the tender sentimentali-
ty..we throw around a place
is • the result of the sacred
• thought that we live there
with some one else. It is
•our horne.• The home is a
• tryst--Lthe place where we
. 'retire and Shut .the world
out. Lovers' make a 'home
just as • birds- make_a_nest,---
and unleSs a Mail knows the
Spell of the divine passion,
I hagdly see' how' he can '
have a home:at all. Ifeonly,
•rents rooin.--7Elbert
bard. ' " •
tO r I, tf; watch the straggle.
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; eagide flew found. the vicinity, sci•ehm-
,.. •
appeared in the. water •while • the ,
schoolfer steered .a coarse close Ing I°utiLY
hind them.- •
'Three 'times the fish and the bird • :
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Filially the eagle •loosened its hold • '•
The Finishing Touches. .
and flopped over on -the surface of the -•
-water, exhausted. , It had fought a
game fight, bat had;lost its prey., • The
ereW pulled. thebird aboard With a
bait hook. The• eagle was nearly
, . .
Littje four-year-old Ediviti,..while-•out • '
Walking with his •nurse, happened ta '•
past a. blacksmith Shop !just as the'
smith wa.s-Shoeing a horse. On reach -
drowned,. bat it *peon recovered and in home be astonished his mother by •
•sheired ' , . • saying': • "Oh, inamnia„ ; I found. the *.'•
• While the battle iietween the bird'. `place where they' make horsea. 'ea*. 4
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and the progreeis t‘vo other, a man Itailin.'•_cat flue feet -7' ;
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• '• •
ow Jesus Was Recevied
Jesus answered andlaid unto them, tion. " He only ,cati receive Jesna •
GO- and -shelf-John-again tlinSe things Chriit rightly idid 7-
-•whictrye-da-hear and see; fire-hFird an peace "Who RIFeTteilt Ctiid
.,receive their sight, and the lame. walk, hest and who acts on, that belief:: 2--
the_lepers are cleaneed,,,a,nd_thelde . .James was_rejected_hy_th*e• jvilb -
pOor have the gospelpreached to
hear,'- dead' aris" raite'd ill), and the uwpFtei;esiiiir-e-sbrIse,andmany_satisdid
them. -St. Matt. 11; 4, h;,` See. also and grieved with their burdens,: came .,
v -v: .16.-19; 25-30; 12:, ' • . te„,aiirri and found Him precious in the
Smite rejected }tun .Sonte doubted - pardon aett peace He granted them
Sarno 4questionek testing And It isoniffitthablessedliarts.bf the '
tome received Ilhfi, because He work.; gospel, as we read it, to find hew He '-
nefer•-* thrned/away from aPY'airiner '
who Was sarry." "This is•a tree say-
ing and -worthy of all men to be re-
ceived that Christ-Jesus-catne into the ,.
world to _save ,sinners," • So cried: St.'
.Paul. '.13;_iit; we read also -Ilia , thaie • •
• vibe did not realize' their Pin or; WhO
4did not want to. be forg•iven were bit-
ed rairacles,liegling the -Sick and feed-
firejma door, shaking his Ilet at. him noises -broken, • ing the hungry. , )3ut softie just loved.
And all of the thousand and one •Rim and followed ' Him and trtisted
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of the household. hidoers there are for being tardy, with the Aignal. The
often as .,ntapylialiteen slavesalf pc... freight had slewed doin cernsidera.bly
eirpleil,SaF in preparin-cialor their , Wore the signalliad-pieared, but now
--In Pei and MarrakeihWeinen.ileVes h
.mas er s guests .' • ; . .• . '' ,;; •... ., the heavy : train was eVafily -gathering
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oadwaY'•, '':• ." ":', ' •-• • ' • ..".. .'
are taught to .danee, and their •entek. . As Williams leaned on the table,
tamments remind an onlooker of the one palm closed oyer the spike, , • And thoeneosnwes. we liaiSindged . arid :the
,.
Arabian Nights: • Touching the. spike Shot 'home. to • b . again te, this world in hmnan form ter agarnst •Christ; and, cried out,: ,
A -t. preeenf . traders; earav lie - qr°e m the 'fact that the .east-boand traok *Their fammeats of • victor/. hatcl
. . ... history Weald repeat itself. So-called •"Criicify•Himi" It is the saddest 'kind
learited 'men wOuld queStion as to His of, rejection When, aVe, turn front Iiirn '
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figlitingshi±oe•Wazzan, and man' sia ' was iblockes -1,--„Ix.e_had. failed: to -s -pike mosia.,..astt . the . grahr .or .ourlovitig inuthorlty.andqns_laiowWga;Sinners: who longs to: help .u.s. and--folLaW.-ofir ..
the .lever,Y.• .which woald•have prevent-- -: ' •liandplas ' '"'
, p ;•- • - • - kr unrepentant; wbuld'reject Him. Sel- own:unholy ways. - : • -
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Little duties' neglected • that might, ffirn, and they 'is the "wise arid
, :bare. perfected ' prudent"-tht,,leadera of_Aha:
The days of one less fortanate, but siinple • warai4Marted folk like the
fishermen of whiant tiecallea
It wouldn't be possible not to be kind , .1, • T •
In the Lahti Of Beginnins4siin •e• • -
am arraid if Christ came
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aveentered the city since tfie French
r-sa e,
this means it ie hoped • to do away
with .the slave traffic throughout the
European zones-. ' •
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Artlie:eaptain's table on an Atiantia ,submarine elevations'in thO'Ail,antie.
,:_wontaii.•.idly:: inquired-- how -far •-the:siii p -wai-•-revealed :•• •to-oceanagraphers --Ju-
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liner,...saYs the New yooc Btin,:a young Alotint.thaucer, at the eastward of
was. from. the nearest lead, : Several 1850. -.Sainthill, which is Westward of
- passengers agreed that it • wai about both, I hasothe 'honor. to be the first
,
eight hundred inflosto • land ;• but the monatalit discovered la •the 'Atlantic.,
••••;•.antaia--turried•••••the-matter----over;•-to-a-111•-beetona'-known--in4832::-.••••••••••-- - --,- - -
• . . •
quiet gentleman 'who sat near:Jilin. i • Prior to the laYing pf the -first Atiati-
' The gent,Ieinan, looked "at his watch.: tie ;cable; Meat. ,Maur}, United• 'States
'Unit at hit.,chart and; then aMazed his..! Navy, made it known that -a Wide pia
listeners by *0p13 ...• , ..' .. . Lean estate beneath the . ocean; rife-
: "Just &bout seventy...yards." ' •,'','• I nit% from Ireland to Newfoundland.
i "The land lapeak-oflia-cantinueil, it -seemed -So 'adlitinably „suited to the
I
"le just thirty-six fathoms beneath 'the puniosa of cable 14-ing that he mod- t•
Ship. It is the sminnit ,o.f the, Laura 4 estly :called: it Telegraphic ,Plateauil
• Ethel • IVIountaia." Which Is • twenty! but • in mo'St, charts' it bears the 'clis••, ,
,..thinisand feel, .ahoye tlio leweet leveli.e.evereee name.. • ‘• ' • 1
_ ..of the Atlantic•liasin 11 It wore some 1: :.The location 'of. Davy',Jonne iereker.i•
---ttrolitlifdred-reet • tiigireic"-oi-tife-'oo-s.-.t.iiiriatlielh-td`:Iti..7,T.t..04x,hoeir, (it.libliiiii,.--.,
' Aero two hundred feet lower,. ..yon *cal with aheitMedvery a SainthIll; It ;
..,..„.,_Would,palLit„ail-island." :_. • ' ', • 1 has-beeri.*.timated .tliat-atr:-tha•tbased-
lit effect, the Atlantic ri'az.huge con-.1bf thie eininence the, relics of not 'fewer!
*out boasting a supe deal area af ! than Seven 'thousand 'wreckS lie•scat-.1
twenty:11;v°, million. flan re tniies. , It 'tered. ; (1r or.e.inight as(.ribe tliat grite!
• : Ali nine thousand 2tni ea.": long . 'opti ,ronio distinction to,the,Vared ay, Mils, !
.tvtenty-aevea..-handred attires broad.: discoVeretl.Th 1883,, ,:ilid lying, to t ke ;
-. The. depth of the water that covers it `: north of iNlotint, Chancel': These hills !
..
.1.• by no means • so, ;considerable .its ! are ,noted among oteatiag;•apliere, for;
111040,Ple .Used to • linagine. • beeanog-; the :amount; of avtockaae sof' which they'
thphy as a science may he sajd to date fare the inatinnient., , I
_..
only from about 1830, but thanks-, . Thero. pro l'arerlfinfa, clehills, .Pt 1
,
chiefly to •the laborts of the ,rahlti•laj-• , vourse.„in, the Atlantic,,,ii Weirag'1114' 1
ing and . cable 1011.111 ahips s cair.•',, jostle bf,igbil, ,Itinfr, Tyri,log alai a ,lia4 :
knowledge of the'configurAtion, of tiro .rnat he la keit 4o -he the greatost- The ;•
tre3(1,-,0t, WO Oeetin glows"greater eVer3 . al orage fr. probably bbOtti tlirft. Tilile.S. I.
Y.Pfir..,', 4 • . ,rt • , ' . 1 Heights and dopilis ahloi..are. ineroty
• The, -Ltijira Ethel Motint:lia; • (1;s- , hidden' Laid. whIclritoo some day.tre
„., .
. '00'1i -erect in 1818, is the .UpPermost•pdak, ; expoi;od, irt •tho ;!.";',01•,,y. werking. (if
:Of `One ''(04 tito*Onoat •7elebrafo1 ur. 1.,•„. . Jul: m•:,... •' • . • ':,, ,: 1
d -Just -such -a
had made. The heavy:train' was,-ai 1
ready proceeding east on the east
bound track to certain dieaster!'
For an instant he stood stunned by
the knowledge of his carelessne'ss.
Then he plunged •ent,of 'the 'office to
-
•• pen eu _ips-con -•IaIgifi,l'-
- .
'had .beeir best, ' • •
And what has seemed less 'would be :
„gain, ..• •••;• , • ''.
Por there:isn't 4. sting,'„that Wig het
warp some member of the_erew 'in •the -I -L ", . take -wing
w tol-m-wi.,•,,Tclini--frat fru, bliiTiner-LIVO*e••11.16e•tr ir and .1aughe 2
airniade hint think. -qui-city, ••rtraf''" het . • ' ami..1V-I,' -; --04 ' - ' . „Y.-2' -I
realized that there ,wati.• not one And I think that thg laughter is`.most ,
chance in ,a hundred of any of the:A, what 'We're after,
:d ititr.%", NI lig ' but on the platform .j4li theLand of Beginning Again. ., --1 . • .,
T•
For what had been hardeet• we'd knew
, ple=a
thing from Hint; would follow - Hun for side and think of those who received --
a:while and then. forget. But there Christ, and there were Many. 'Soni
would be tome, the childlike, • the of them were :•men of -learning aild1..g.; 7
humble, the.Pung,hearted., whe would fltience„ like ,Nicodeinus and Nathaniel
.receive Trip as their Friend and and Joseph of Anima.thaea, But most
Saviour• • • •""''--''""';', _'"*"• of. them ere like children so :far as
ar-wits4t,,
came from, heaven to live. Lur hu- came to Hfin.hecause He was to
,ritan'Frfalle• Wks not-tritiversallV wet- and helpful: Of these',were those, first ,
coned ,and . acknowledged? Virlf•y• did of .• all-, who were !sick ' or • Whiz, had
men theiilanei-whyt_tuduldifeends -who; were-sick-,•;-,Thi,--roiragl.es
,
•i•
be too great for hint Ur attempt, to, actfal place' ,
un ha speed. would st, f ',Wish that there were; some wen -
"inn*" _ Called the Land 01 Beglnoing-Again,
cror1111-6--elililee• r-6011164.-''MVItli; ),Vheie• all our •mistakes and all' oar
hearta.ches
And all our poor, selfish griefs*
Could be dropPed, like a' ragged old 1.
' co(lf, et the door,
'Artd. never put on •again. --, • -
-Louisa Pletcher Tarkingtqn.
"•1"
• Lloyd George: at 'Close
• Range.• •
Sitting watching. David
Lloyd George en many oc-
casions I have tried to find -
out the one quality thaten-
dears' him to those who
_agree, _with -hint and_gains
'the -respect-of- thqs-e-who-
, disagree with him. In, my_
jii4ginent-, if his great
heart. He is a human man.
Ile• understands every
.phase ,)niman motion.
He Is a master psycholo-
gist, not from an aeadeniic
point of view ; but in prac,
'tjee. Ile knows the wants,
trials and • tribulations of
4.vo17 phase of society. He.
loyes his fellow -man. lie
wanes to se..e peaCe and gOod
• will reign on earth, and I
believe be will .live to see
his 'great work justirled,1-
C. F. Higham,
1
• ,
A Roundabout 'Way.
•; Lord Allenby. who eommanded the I
-British ierces -in_rateatineAtirlag-the
-•;,•
I der to ,achieie any desired end.- •
"While In Palestine," he says,. "a
liative was told off to find out and re -1.,
.e.tiet !mintier cif. xi»c is
In certain large caravari.
' "After the 'lapse of a considerable
Interval: he i•ettuilauenddraenddaisoaidtwielt;tr:. ;
It were exaetiy six
711,ais was found to be correct,
Jle Yi4iS •-asked IroVt, he arrived at the ;
men reject Him now? .1 think the tell abent them. and there 'wit a'
•
first reasonisthat menhave their great:Variety of them; front the Ito -1
own ideas of God, and when , those 'Irian. centurion. i'whoce, servant was', r,
ideas are not inet--;byr.-an.y.A manifOsta- skit ifo_the.,Pnat _svoman-who touched
r •
tion of -God of by any messenger froth the hem of His garment 'and was heal -
God or 13y any • life -experience, any ;edThosewho feel their need of Him .
Sorrow or calainitY, they turn. away. are still to-daY justified ,(St. Luke.111:
It :q:as c-areftilly„thought-ont• plan ' Ne 'Matter what is the circuni-'
'with the learned into al-norreg. the stancet, dear frie&L• you tan come to;
Jews _htra.: the_. Alestialf•Shottld tome Him just as, really -as they came te-
and what Be should do. He was to i• frith. of Old, and finchIVni a sure help.
come from•amonget. the chief nion,..lie Yet r•tbink:01.here were others who• ••
was to he a; king and. rule over the. received Christ in a, dearer, a truer •
nations. poid" when jeSlis was born way,. They were these: who forgot:
in a lOwlY, • weY Of i louiy Malden; thu riule And tioulatei,..i.vlio :dia./tot „.1
;when •11-e-4ivelf-a1P1-ivorked. aa-ir dati'aek 'HIM, for anything1- hift
politer in despised Galilee; w -hen -Be' loved to be near Hini &wii were'the •
ni4 -apt endo_.th Ae-tab_bis_anfLeetisultiliitle.,_ children_ :whom:. •tOok•'• t •••;:-
with tliput, but rather ehoie its His arms. and • blessed.- Stich was Mary
ofoalIll'oreeeic•s!sonaixe.g.raotlitgefire,rii.i,Shroelrlioljeancieouf, Hi_Bethany, who sat at his. feet' and
r at.
heard s ;gracious words. Such was
chg., ignored. and'
c-i,cn IL; seem e,d ta n too niuch, c'e, (Isar Christ,' oh tar greatly; t
topularity w:ith the "0 tiiev nrej forgiveness of My many sins. 1
letnried flnn ii,l 'not Irim , to deathneed cottfort in the inidst of malty
t is a dangerous to ,let. our own jx lg r bled cou14e
infigined .1:n'7wledire he•*ome the guide .cu'Itles, nut there ate- •thn OS- When 1
11 ;i,1117 relationship ,t6 God:- It is a 'Aeon to l'erget all the:ee nod when 'I
Try` dang2rOas thing for es to plan jus: porne' nr..1 1:neal in silernee bifere
I total, for 'camels, owing to ;.thetr rest- ,1
leAsucs$,..,tiro '.1101 easy ..animadp to
„
IetleilitillS•rell, 'sahib," he rIsplied, '1 *Mina. f:
'Until the dame's' were \inloeded and $
lysing down. • "Then I 'Wint round andi• a
counted the'kgs hnd divided the num.
ber by four.' ' •
o • ,
low Go& is to deal with us or With the 'Him'. •No v•ord is spoken, No' •eont•4 ' •
vorld: I.Tow can we,. poor mortms. oii plaiwr
int s no... 11 is so ready to give
*
, ,
'day, who ean hardly lolieh the llem• me all 1 ilea • Iris °hand s follref
the gaxnicntof infi in to truth; pre- are stretched. out. *But .what: He longs
ume to Say the Almighti.shall! for mot of all, I .Iii,rieVe speakin •
.'j '7 All of the • ruin And misery Of:.reverehee), is tnY love and trust with!„,
he world through 1..er long history. can !' mit- any appeal fti.
7
-7, -004 .ro
e 0'n:a clearli to huitan, prethintp:IrTonikins. ;.-. . 4 • 41
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