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r.Pell, me, ye rocks or heaven's arched sitieS,
'''S? there a,.place where friendship ne,er dies,
;)1r o otrhtiarts
coinus ot tyierofijg• wrongs
sad tho'is, crowd in countless tin ongs
dentin life's bright dream,
iYhere% daub ts dwell •not nor I ea I 3
VAlolost our happiness?
eph, answer baek, ye hills, and say
'There is a land where endless day
Flaires one perpetual song„
"Where frionthliip's, flowers live tor aye
-And hope's nfreshing stream
Qunaantly, with love's sail
'Furled upon Itt
Re eight ere comes to lead us where
The'rocks lay hidden untlfor
�r storms arise in frienahip's sides
' To tear our barks asunder.
Oh, nray'st thou lead us quickly on
;Fre tired •we grow of waiting
:Into that hind et loth and song
,4here joys are 'mai be ting.
-A., T. 11, in, Thiladelphia
. 0
4* ,V,, ' 4:/.?,Elln1
; ,
' "It PliteaC i
t '
i
q't Summer Romance 9
u.
I'm tired of seaside romances,
•es».1 I propose to stay here and see what
4:sort of romance a summer in New
• :Y0rk. has to offer."
fittm Storrow jumped upon .a north
eittectred cle'etrie car as he spoke, leaving
"rnslie man to whom he had announced
4.1114-. piens »in a; epeculatlIe_naocal.
-tel.," Murmured Ralph'. 'Ralston,
.tesinho hailed the nextteouth bound car,
tthat Storrow's had a row with Madge
Q.litirbury."
:
t Since the date, just fown-Years.- ago,'
:ripehein they hatt. left Harvard/ 'neither
iSant Storrow nor Ralph RalStbri had
"esetUed down fol. any `serious occupa-
eSsidia. 1.1.My had devoted themselves
to. the some -what Indefinite ,pastime of
"°1iiekitig around." •
zekt; dis_d .been the kind of. looking
eurotind -venal with idle men;of private
inabans--nieclerate dissipation and love-
imac3king, or the Pretense- of devemaking,
awith women who were as well..off and
:as idle as theniselVes.
'But it must be admitted of the two
2torrow's life had been much the more
neanoeent, and his affair. with. Miss
nalcialeare alarbury might have resulted
1.53, matrimony ere this were it not for
the frequency of their petty quarrels,
-eatoue of which might eve r have occur -
zed if they had not had so much idle
rilitie to crearrel in.
the excitement' of , these little tiffs
,'.1111.41- begun to pall epon and when
dij last on occurred he decided that
Ifai..wmild stay in town when Madge
e,e.eteat away. In fact, he wds hard up
ror a new sensation.
-al'he electric car whirled him rapidly
ibj)"Saadison avenue. H4lookedatethe
itnonotonous array of draWneshadeet in
'the Imese fronts -inevitable symptom
oithe summer season --and the thought
.--c.c.eet<ere to NM of the darkened, silent re-
- ezt4p-eloh zooms so gay with beauty and
Ifteshion itt winter time. But the butter -
Sidles had fled to shore and Mountain,
o 'eIes.ving, .Madison avenue to console it-
., ecida -until their return. Miss Madge
' ',Slattery bad gone to Bar Harbor.
tetceobdby, Mr. Storrow,' she had 'said'
eo shim just before they parted. "t
". 'hope you'll •find some roinance in the
rail:yitto .compensate you for your self
zolita"ry martyrdom."
-Y »tttbese words came be.ek to him now,
cania the recollection made him feel
,IP,IaCiire• than ever resolved tofind leis re-
eniacc&during his suinnier in town.' I -Ie
teveuld not have Madge Marbury chaff
• nnkti on her retfirn. -»
13r0til1h Itelet.on thoroughly disagreed
eolith -Sate Storrow as 'to' the relative
atenerms of city and seaside in slimmer.
trastnafteral, foible two Men' had
.:notee'r, agreed- upon any questionsince
eerie day they Best met, and neither bore
:tieriegb Love. -to ward • the otlirer. •
to ttfew days after the meeting with
tito-erow Ralston was inktite.vortek of
iar ilarber's gay life, troubling him-
-vevy little about romance and con-
• -tent vitt) agreeable realities.
•'.'1"he.-ro' was no more agreeable reality
vehan Inc present proximity; to. N.,liss
'Madge Nlarimry on the veranda of a
,eiikaget.. that t•teetled ...picturesquely up
eeteieng the pines.
'they were enjoying the beauty of
etbtio eool tltiue night. Tbe intense blue
e Gf. .,th)2 110'N3.1.§ .gave that ;suggestion of
3.41:nese though 'the
...seguggestion " may be always there, is
eten;r rno,.in,In us under .pe•ppell
..essa-6-tju:',thoodat the sohg- 'ot- the pines'
• ',15.ept time with the more distant music
.tide, and the breeze
,,.7,'2A,Trri..;'"intlem, with ...a .mingled ' fragrance
4.;titef balsam 'and odor of :ocean' brine.
'etian you imagine, Miss Marbury,» a
Igrefeire.fantaStie netion than his staying.
:eree..,,e'tiin in search' of -eonaliee when he
ltaIston
had been --expatiating..uPOn
eceentrieities of SarntStoe.row.
;".'1 don't know,""slig.'said. "Wd niay,
'tni.ifi.estr romance in the »ato,at unexpect:
,
ima.gine,that'Stotrosv Sof-Cide
tOW ia not wIthont sofile.definitet idea.
nL »ighere to find his rot -bailee."'
fft.4ira began 'to think. if that were.eo,
wahi shoticl he7i not find it tear her?
vanity 'was piqued, and Ralston,
fie.?!.tag, a good tactician, tried .to follow
,np tits advantage, ;
(y coui e Miss Marbury, ,/ , am , not
denfidencd."'»
Oat 1t-tedt.6 a very wise man to head
40-te .the . sudden, turns of ofeminine
strainof. thetight,» and his words» had
egn,,,t, the opposite effect to that he had
ilaretetidecln ,
"She•Saild if you had
nYals eatifidence/ you would probably tell
»Ciecto more."
.11.'be, next, Moment she regretted her,
;Arripreisivenesa, »for-itiWaS ner pert a her"
palicy openly to alittigenize biinuntil
iettelie bad more fUlly blade uP.her Mind
ntirnte:Whiell of these Men -
ston. You know, women must uot bo
interpreted too literally." ,
lialeton was far from being inclined
te take the sex too. seriously, but it
was as well that women, for them nen)
peace of tined, »should think otherwise..
He took his cue from her and anewer-
ece- with another laugh:
„"II. would upset any one's serioasness
to think of Sam Storrow installed o'er
on »the Qa$t side in a tenement and go-
ing to Tompkins square on band nights
in Search of the romance of the'slums."
"Is that really true?"
1"Yes; he has been seen there."
,"By whom'?" The woeds escaped her
before she could obey an intuition to
„
keep them back.
, .
i"You ivould not have me betray con-
adences?" he rejoined., ,
;She began to think, she had been thi.
inat to him, and when he came and
stood elose to her she did not 1)11i1 her
chair away, nor whea he picked up her
Lan from the next chair, where.she had
. COUNliRY 4+1`1D r?WIN.
•
God made the country and man made the town.
Winlat wonder, then, that health and virtue, gifts
Thar can alone,tuake swect ard bter, 0rfta
Thbi life holds out, to all; should most abound
And least be threatened in the fields and gloves?
rp$SeBB ye, therefore, ye Who, borne about '
In chariots and sedans,.know no fatigue
But that of idleness sad taste no scenes
But such as art'conErives, posses ye still '
Your element; there only can ye shine,,
There only minds like yours can do' no harm.
oqr groves were planted to console at'rfoon
'The pensive wanderer in their shades. At eve .
moonbeam, sliding softly in between
The stooping leaves, is all the light theyewisie
Birds warbling, all the music. ,Wre can spare ,
The splendor of your lamps; they but eclipse
9ur softer satellite. Your songs confound
Our harmonious notes. The thrush departs;
Se'ared, and the offended nightingale is mute.
!There is a public mischief in your mirth;
•It` plagues your country. Folly such as youth,
Graced with a sWord'and worthier of a fah,
tlas inade, which enemas could ne'er have done
Our arch of empire, steadfast but for you, ,
• A mutilated ,structure soon to fall• .
--William Cowper in "The `PRA."
0 • 0
gotfo,,, del:, ,Iii:;(1.',11up beleftl` that .oek,
t4ltU.'tifter t'etutteing from `the gea":„ '
s4et-e, Bertha had diseovered that the
imese hack. ,the garden -was c:ppty,
It had been. a Sfiti'motrie•iat tor her. ShehU *
,
el t *fears ti6nae,td `e.Yee ae ; • v•
She JOOked ,at She untidy piece of
ground wilsro the, exquisitely kept ,gaite
den -62 Jacob "Van Brunt had liben,.and
the windows ' frciut 'which the -round
face 'of -her »frlead. Mid often. at
bee. repuleed .hete „now with their bare-
neeee , <.<
<it' happened, that in 000050 of timo
Bertha had a 'Million to cl.,•6 abroad, 'ancl;
hating ,tlie 'consclousimssj"olf het< certif,
icate of gradnatione-ie her trunk; she
•VniS Do haste to.eeturA to her lioyde.'
So .she. lingered Where "she,
.rogantly di'recting .the,Attovap461.4's. , Of,»
her piney-, wineh eensisted metficn
,auCt , and ;an < elderly • Seeprid cousin...
;With. this ,dorible'eelitiperounge she Was
allowed .tb do. almost anything she.
444 ,pleasecl.
thrown it, .did she make tiny 'sign of --Co,
dieapptorall and so it was natural that
lib chould presently occupy the chair
» e
Yefrow Tomatoes t
At' length- they Teaehed Amsterdam',
makim!; Iteadquifirters. fos'. tbettiserves
there ands pine/ling,- to pee' !anon :mat ,
tbe fan had vacated.. ex'cursions through the country- t-
allfter all," <he reflected, "Yon 6I1.11.
' was natural enough. that, having a, lo -
bring any of these women round if you cal habitation, they should make, some
only go the right way- abmit it." friends in tbe city, ancl so it came
And, as for her, she had N eered back about that before they had been there
to the old point of view -that as be- long they were invited l'o dinner by an,
. .
twee.n the two men one had shown his'
Ana Renr.Tixey Gave, Shape te. Fat
Engagement Ring.
Orle(>44..04-0-40044;444.<>4•4><>444)
When Dominious Van Brunt first
went to the public school in his adoptia
ed country, he had the .felicity of »sit-
ing opposite a little girl with freekles
arid blue eyes. Her name was Bertha
?Janderson, which was -a difficult name
for Dominicus to remember. But it
was not at all hard for him to remem-
ber the dear little girl with freckles.
She wore tiny black tassels at the thp
of her -shoes and white aprons, ruffled
and tied upon the shoulders with large,
airy looking bows, and the ends of her
»Somehow it seemed to have grown. Suet/0th, Maids were ied w
American ladynMrs. Truax, whose'hus-
devotion by his presence, whereas the band wile engage in some , 1
ether had•found a superior attraction onterpriee there. , ,
.. , .
<
. one, and at.it' the hal3itue exp.ected to
confidence, Mr, Ralston," she said now L'Il e et all manner of celebrities and hu-'
in belated answer 16 hs last query, "I man curios. 13ertha, much, .elated ,at
should not want ever to see you again." the prospect, whirled off, accompanied
1 He knew What she meant well
elsewhere. The Truax honse wee cdsneopolitan,
1 theught you could betray any
by her decorous relatives, 'arrayed for
, the occasion in the most unbeeom g
enough.' for Hilo herself, he waS think-
ing of how very near to victory he had
Of their best silks.
been not longer ag0 than last night on "What dear old frumps they are,"
EF&S'
EYER EEA1:0'N'O '8.1-RAW13F...1:01.Y
, 'c •
rponahringc r"!Jew-bepiterltre reir,the
' Grolyers.
Tlte faschmting poseibility,ot having
g.tra,Wberries. the si»4*er
aedins to -,be' Immaglitiinto: reesoriable
eertiliney' by good man(iiveininit:of ;the
neWeyer bearing variety et this„trint
The St. Joseph was the fi.i.oneer o is,
ya,lnable new ;feat:tire in the sP;11,7barrY
industry.. Not a-, great- deal hits pli,„ le -,
to'been saidlof the St» rfosep-ii exCept as
• it has been leconunen ed to s bniban,
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STRAWBVIRRY ST: AVTIIONY. .
Ites for -home gardens and- priyitte uSe.
A. resurne by American. Garden of the;
ever hearing -straeVberey np"to ;date
gives an-idea.of the.iMportiineeee,tfits
-breale"» in a most popillar branch of
fruit growing. -It MOluded itlie latest
information on • the subject, prostinted
by lit, de ViInforin in the Reirue Horti-
coin, and among; its items are the
201-
lowinge . , r 't t
' The 'improvement' of the lai»ge fruit-
ed, eYer bearing strawberrY has an.
this same veranda. t rth ribbons 13ertha. eetnmented.to hilte them,
think
II14.41,SIJNI)AY SellOOL,
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LES‘SON III, TI-II,FiD QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, JULY 15:
Text of. the Lessem, atarie 1.11, 24-3o.
, . ,
lilemtni• Verses, .37-::i0=:(niden Text,
Peepar-
ed 01,9 'ley. 1)... M. Stearns.
elation.] •
iCopyright, 1900, by' Arnariedu Press Asso-
:2.4. "Andi ftPeli thence, arose and
i•Nient •into the: herders of Tyre and'
deli, nnil'enterklinte: an hpuse.and would"'
aye ranetliiow Ilemeuld not ,
be. hid.", The 'seribes and Pharisees wete.
to:ft-Ade- and (hiding,
fault with Him, and 1.-fis (1.17Belp
ies
reetre,;slev-t: ,uudevitan.d .1•Eun because
they Were sloW 1:0.16110Ve (Math, ter, 1,-2, '
1:2, 10, 17; Luke. xxiv, 25; Hob. xi, 3, 6).
It seems to- me that enowing ehat there
sVets , believing ,seul »ep. there in, the
dSLS OL 110. ,..-11(.16ll wenteto.
ineet,luer and bless bet ancl be tetteelied
by her i the ;i ; IThe
<01.It .Lord' IstA;;."1"lerve.faitletin'
. •
l'" "e holieve in Cod believe also
in Me" (Mark xi, 22; John xis', 1).
"er""•1:- certain woman \\rhos° young.
driiielitdr had an Sieelban spirit heard
I lie came and fell ;at feet." She
10:c1; 'a great .sorroy, ,a3 great bun -len; add
she heind of Rini whe healed. all -manner:..
'of sicknesses, but He was in another
part of the land, ebb far- away for her to
iroach, Him. Perhaps she hatl heard of
1115 labors:Y°a-intid'sr ‘1..:e°°l'Illeletivt;.1"'llti°11.d.tinPi ealfildyerL311Yaill
give you rest". -(Math. xt, :28),- but He
was too far away for her to come to
Rim, and so heretretibie continued, and
.she waS helpless, But now, she heard
'that had' actually',cotne- Within' her:
reach, and- quickly she was' at HIS feet
with .eoundeace ill Him and. ex-pectatioh
frim Him. What .a.gooe- thina-, that she.
' °
darker. The song of the pines swelled
now the color of the violet and iaoty the, . „ , „• teleu upon» a new, phase. tithe apfteas.. ever heard of 1 -In! • .
h ,
- Josepb g__reraty'eliccieteed <sr he, woman was e Geoek (margin
. lie3 seemed '41€11e1 'fl.P.S.1 got 931 11.110.1tortRUltulal World net se Much '.entile), Syro-Phemician by nation, and
iato a stronger chorus, and -there was f ,
ht ' tli t He 'would cast»
a» deeper, more sullen, note in the dis-
tant booming of the surf. ,
They were standing together now on
the edge of the veranda, and he bad
taken her band without any protest on
her part. He bad drawn her gently
and gradually arcund, so that she was
balf facing him now, and his other
Firm, whicb embraced the post of the
•Piazza at her left, was -ready to encir-
Cie her neck the Moment his instinct
Should tell hinnit was safe te Make the c1rff1 Pl9ideg. ea the 11;;;1•S Pattenne tiaev
attempt. ----Teel; • ate regard all cialcir'en' dif-
"Miss Madge," he whispered into her ferild';' fro 'ties
ta them as curiosi They
very ear, "say that you believe »n:ne ed-Dutelf boy;
considered -the- rotinci fac
worthy of all yonr.coatderice." with his shy ways and deferential
,It was the last ditch, and there was manner, t° the teacher, a strange little
fish -indeed. And no one -in all :the
school, was more amused than the dein;
ty Bertha, who looketpat him co-i,ertlYi:
'tint _of her gray blue eyes.' Howeyet,
she did ,not laugh at him.: 'SonDominia,
cus, who did not know thati She w:as
amused and -who perceived only her'as-
peat efe gravity, thought her kin.der
than the,rest a-nd wils•gratefnl. If only
he would.have spoken hini 'or look-
, denaned her to »a subordinate plaCe. , she »besoug Him a ,, .
forth the dnyil (int, of her. claughter.'i
Dominicus said to himself that in , ,, ,, ....,, ,,,:- . -„, . -,..,,-...ccr *--t. ;,.....„....-- .—
Amsterdam he had never known any uec.`er wan l'er'-ua' w"°Pe Yea'''. a°u- cause of the actual ,,nnalitiee of the i,
little girl so freckled and so dear.' 'Pla,ilti -the ImPeri",?....t19,P» 9..f -1-Yhth tile Zilatli. 3e..», -22, •saye that she .cried nate.
"I wish She would- look at me, liatradacer Perfectly . recOgnized, i,as laina, saying: "Have Mercy on
,, This \lS not as it was in America,
13ertlia, reflected and. permitted herself
thought little Dominicus Van Brunt. frone the fact that it was the represent-. Lord, thou Son of David! aly daughter
ness - as she. sat apart, her glowing atiVe of a new principle hitherto unsne.1 is grievously !vexed with a devil." She
But he thought it in Dutch, although to indulge in li."rnoMent of homesiek-
when he spoke aloud he managed to cessfully sought. . ' -,... , stilted tier tivebla in few words aud ask -
It must be confessed that little Ameri- people who Were paying their respects • the a '_.
The faculty of perpetual fruiting Wi.as 1,v1iiry but' eafae$tlY for just .11'1111t l+g.
make himself understood Di English. beauty unnoticed by the middle aged ,
o her ,aunt and ber ,second 'cousin. -,undoubted attribute ty»hicli-distin; Wanted.. whefe.thosii a l'eai need, Zte-
tliatlia felt' woials are apt to be few and
eau children are tee egotistical to be ignished it Dena all other known varie-
polite. Thinking as they do that they itieS: But 'to 'make practical: uge of thia to the pu,Inite'e el;I'hee, twi3tillett,n ecii.,leesele,"lle. afire;
,"I have delayed for a moment for an-
va to p;reS,ent to your niece, -Miss Mail- i ..:
.-tive.'to- join it to a better vegetative (latish tar' Was'. part pf herself; ; the case
her c'yd•a°tiglateit that ' she. desiredl-hR
other guest," Mrs.. Truax said. "I -Wish,- »
Perpetuating featiire it becanie. imPera-
derSon' »she' seicl, ad,dressing :Bertha's !growth and One Carrying. larger fruits ,wits truly her
aunt, -"a young man tybo"1-IS half , an ' on longer ii.eiii:,A; ,,, r r,---,, ' a :, . '., "But Jesiis said unte, ht Let
Let.
American. Ah;.there Is the'belijnoW!. Experiment's' Of--"Abbler TI''iler011et; cOner » tile children first be filled, for it' is not
'ducted with great dare; Werceliltimati: meot to take the children's bread and to
The man . at the door annminced. a•-
menient later: ,- ...aseeisteele,l'ieet:ei ; '
:ly crowned with stre'cggs 'andetheou - east it unto thendegs., And she answered
"Herr Van, Brunt." :•. ' '':
-fertilizin ' . ' . . ancl said unto Hint, Yes, Lord; yet the
g his first introduction with ;
, dogs under the table eat of the, children's
lainlyt et struggle 'going on 'within -her,
or in spite of the nool Maine ndglat her
ilood coursed so fast thatit.was arace
1.)etween her beart and pulse beats: -
'His purely aniniaT.Instinct 'warned
Jim that she was winning a Victory
tb.is time oyer» herself and over ,him,
and as he tightened- his hold anon her
hand .and let his .hanir drop trent the
niaza Post across her".,Shoulder. she
' ed- at him as 12 she;evere his friend, he
gave a',sort -of, gasp, Wrenched .herself
would have had iidthing .,in' ore to ask.
'free from him' and darted into the
He eould even, havetbeen Patient: with
house through »the open French win-
tifat 'terrible EnglInli language which
dow. r' .
. * * . ,* every one'around him (was jabbering.
, * .* * ii.
He determined toe do something to
i The band was playing in Tompkins call the attention oeflitiis freckled heart's
square to the motley east side wadi,
. own to hindselfnand one day he hurried
ence who had poured out from the into the schoolroom the »first minute`
reeking rooms of• torrid tenements as
E
well as from homes df comparative
comfort. Decent poverty, squalid need,
ielative »wealth, rubbed shoulders here
upon. a ground of common equality.
But in a remote corner of the -square ble in, deciding from what sonrce the
tribute came. -.For who else iri a fash-
the electric light played with a rather lionable suburb would have yellow to -
weird effect upon the strangely deter-
matoes, except the 'son of the Dutch
mined face of a woman -a refilled look-
,gardcner? The school indulged in lin-
ing, high bred woman, clearly ' not in
restrained gig,gling, but 13ertlia, In-'
otach with her surroundings. Beside
stead of participating, shot defiance
her sat Sam Stotrow; his eyes upon the »
ound. But his companion was keen-
ly alert, a,nd presently, when she saw
h.nother woman approaching, she wait- '
ed until she noticed Storrow give a
'surprised -start of recognition, and then
a, loyal snbject drinks to his, k.ing. It
ehe arose`and spoke to the newcother.
-was evident that'Dorninicus had been
, ,"Miss Marbury," she said, "when .1 -
right. Bertha was different from the
bent you that.anonymous letter to Bar
others. His happiness stairied the boy's
1Iarbor I believed 1 emild reach your .
amiable face scarlet, and while tlie oth-
heart, altheugh I had neyer seen you»
er boys jeered -at him, a number of
:I brought you here to open pine eyes.» i
them felt a» distinct pang,of jealousy.
A. week ago Mr. -Ralph Ralston, walk-
ing with me across the square, pointed
out Mr_ Storrow, whom I dicl not know.
Storrow,' said be in his usual flippant
ler:rey and as if it w -ere the best joke in
ter of a prosperouselawyer and a little
the world; 'is slumming for: tonna-ace
this summer in'town.' Get :lecithin -aid maid distinctlY, conscious, of het social
With him and show him the tender re- °PPertuaities, a]4».Pmeinieur th6;s°n
tf 'of the' man who •raised 'garden' tend --
Mance of the shires:, , 2, lira one o a 'er
univereity settlement party living wer4 friend. 'There. enme a day when
' ' Bertha, having <reached, the peoud age
among the east side:tenements, and I
got, ae,quainted with Mr. < Sturdy ' and a 1-0, ga-vq a hirtildaY PartY" on her
with his story from his own.lips. , . »fb-ther''s lawn», aml »Illiste,-4.' ea having
"Miss .Marbury, to 'Ralph Ralston's 12683*.ini-eue ' atilarig - her gne-sts-a fa"'
Propensity for fickle flirtittion01 ,the ' mPusr dri-Y for Demirdeuer in which .he
my romance and its loss.- N OW it is Tay saw Ms princess in all the glory of her
turte, and my resolve' to rspoil Ralph
'Ralston's romanee is.,no stronger than
nay resolve that you shall benefit by
bay aperience. MisS Marbury, I am
not 'a man -hater,l but I' still- trust I
shall* never he less than: a Woman,- and
my revenge' uPoil , ,Balaton' ;will he»
s'w-eetet if I know that,yoa liav.e.emind
YO-nr romance iii: one. who is'werth,y of
y,o-ii.' . ,
,
She glanced -at Storrow, , who Sat
the dabrs were opened and laid three
pear shaped yellow tomatoes on her
desk. The scholars came, saw the
pretty vegetables, and had little troue
from her gray blue eyes, and, turning,
with an adorable smile toward DOnain-
ices, carefully fitted one of the yelloW
tomatoes intee her red mouth <and de-
voured it in the same spirit in which
They were quite -all -vet to the extraor-
.
dinary 'fay& 'which had bden 'shOyen
'Froth' that deiy -on Bertha the (laugh-,
there dmnfounded, while the incandes-
cent globe, ,glowing with fitful radi-
ance, illumined the thisli,of triumph on
elm woman's face, on the other's the
first dalvning of the, trutli.--Chicago
-pie-ming a .Wrong..
. Dobber (I he. artiSty-I have
Mr. Goictish, to Make a confeseion to
\Illicit 1 ani clriveu by the pangs of a
gnatVing- conseieae.e. I tgianeslY deeeiv-
od
yeti in regard to diet pastoral plc7
t,Cre yoti purchased , from Me' ,twe
months st,go. ,
Old Ciotcasli-Did, bey? How, may I
'ask? ,
Dobbee-rl'hose` blotches in the fore-
» reroend of the painting -you spoke , of
' them tie gooseberry inielies. »Mr. Got -
best white, frock; -With her hair "crimp-
ed down herback; arid had the,raptpre
, •.
of eating cream tarts in"her coinpanYI
But there was yet a prouder daysin
which/ Dominiens;:vacts, perpitte,d to re -
tura this social attention and was al-
lowed-toil:mite Bertha, and :three other
feiends to thee -snow Y kitchen of his
home back of the gardennewhere the
»Mother of' Donilittieue sang beautiful
One's t� thetn.iii a laeguage'they soid
not understand end fed them. rwithr
crullers and grape , »juice. Bertha
thought she had never seen. any room
go» charmine• as <this ititithert, with, its
racks of blue shhaing,, pans:
arid its illuminated mottoes , upon the
Bertha was not More than- 12 when
she was sent to a•priivate.* School, and
as the years Went by. she saw people of
quite a -different sort ;from 'Dotrilnicus
and his 'either and -Mother and .ought,
prebably, to have forgotten all abont
thorn; ` But it." is an tincleniable :fact,
though it may have ghown -some evi-
dencestof ,yulgiiirity in her nature, that
all the years that she Was odoupled
with» other matters, ;1(43.Mh as boarding
sdbool and summer rescirta and "com-
inr •outl' and the,,gayeties of a, winter
.Bentlia turned with an anticipation, aiollen iif toya:1 Soiereign, he produeed 1crumbs." Math. xv, 23-27, gives a mere
which she endeavoted to -sUbdue.. 'It ,a new plant to which he g,ave the name I full a,ccorint of .this interview. -Jesus at
,
rt did not answer her a word, and. the
;disciples besought Him to send her away,
•keyeige`'Sife &lett) after° us.•'? It la so easy
It -e send people away with whom we db
I not wish to be bothered; that was what
, they wisheeKIT'ini:.•tO,. doOvith th 5906.
.);Ve are proGe toIturb" away fromith4, otit:
i P'ortunities which God puts before us an0,
IV.° tern a deaf ear to the pry ofethe pe -
I ielliag whom Jesus came to save, hat
who have never heard of Hint vet S+
,
Prov. M.Xiv, 11, 12. Jesus said, "I am n9t .
c, joie
e'ent biet unto the lost sheep Of the houeree
6,f Iseacie'',., !' H4 kit-ct,'simpiut. instrection
16 the' twel#ei» When Ile sealt.thein 'tett?.
(Math. x, 6). He came primarily to Is -1
mei that they as a people might accerit
Hien -and :then.bring bleSsing to. the
was aot likely thet the son ofra garden- •
er would be at the lionie,,of Mrs. Tflauax.
Btit in the Young man whq, entered
Bertha saw with; unmistakable • recog-
nitiom the,amiable, isoft eYee, the round,
face and, high brew and -qUiet; kindly
manners of her old friend, borne With
the aasiirance. and eaSenthat, -come of
,
;self confidence. , , , ".
Thei hostess 'managed to whisper to.
•Bertha,'s aunt -and of course I3ertha
overheard: •
"-This young man has distinguished
himself in landscape:gardening. He»
»has just 'laid out a 'paele for Prince
Zag-enwell and A muCh thought of both
In Holland and 'Germany. l'hear that
the Duke of York is likely to send for
,
him for his new place in Scotland." • '
Dominicus Van Brunt, saluted his
hostess tvith a profound bow. How
well Bertha retuernbered that quaint
reverenee of matinee!' Wae< present-
ed to the guests. and at last was led
up 'to Bertha, 'Who sitddenly felt as' if
she 'were in shdrt frock's, with freckles
on her face and braids down her -back.
Ile started and flushed and then held
out his -hand in •the good 'A.n2erican
way, regardless of ceremony:
- "What, jron are acquainted!" 'cried
the liosteSs.. They explained.- The
•'hostess turned in some perplexity to
»the spinster.aunt. She wondered if she
had unintentionally committed an in-
: .
discretion.. But there item no annoy-
ance in the face of the elder Miss Man-
iderson, and the hostess' felt at liberty
.to permit the tw o 3mung people to go,
do -Wu to dinner together.
• The conversation at dinner would not
be partidularly Intel:eating' to 'eecount.
Mit Berthil, remernbei•dd every word" of
it. Perhaps- Dominicus- Vanl Brunt did
too -but it has bee,n- impossible to se-
eure his confidence. It le a certain
thing„ however, that theenekt, day.' a
basket ;came fpr the, Young American
lady containing. a dozen yellow toma-
toes, dropped like 'eggs in. a nest of
tylaite, »daisies. . Which. was, 'surely, a
curio -us gift!» ' * •
. Now it is undeniable that Bertha
lof St. AnSho,ny„ of Padua -'(St. Antome;
(de Pado'ne). • - I t :e<
This strawberry may, in fact, be call-
ed a really successful croSs, •inasmuch
as if takes from each of'its .patents
'their betterqualitiee- from -St. „Jo-
seph the remarkable 'fecundity; faonl
.Itoyal Sovereign its large sized fnuits
lof a beautiful red color, very firm flesh,
,colored right through and aromatic in
:flavor. ViThile the fruit of St. Anthony
of Padua has not eully 'attained- the
;size of that of Royal .Soyereisn it is
• nevertheless distinctly larger thanothat
• of St. Joseph.
- But it is not these qualities
• alone which tank St. Anthony of Pa- xyhole world. ,» I -lad they accepted Him,
dua. above St. Joseph. This latter forms the; kingdom which was at hand would
low tufts of small, dull green leaves. have conie• but »their rejecting Him post -
The fruits, plentiful, but generally
small, are carried ;on short stems,
which hare- tendeacy to collapse. In
St. Anthony of Paditia, on the contrary,
we have- a plant of vigorous and up-
right habit, -with well developed leaves
oil a clear green, less glaucous anewith
less clown than -those of Sf. Joseph.
The stems are cafriecl well above the
foliage and bear ,- large fruits, well
rounded to the -tip -4111C1 having yellow'
and prominent seeds.
As to its continuity of fruiting. the
• fact is 'incontestable. In the beg inning
of November, 1899,1 Myself saw plants
still covered with fruit. 'They had en-
; dured without Injury the extreme heat
and prolonged drought Of the months
of August and September, when, on the
other hand, St. Joseph absolutely stop-
- pedein -its »growth and bad not ,recom-
rearmed 'flowering until after the first
ant:Uri-Mal 'rains. '
The etrawbcery .St. Attthony of Pa-
dua preSents qualities which must
make 'it more than a mere curiosity
Well, the thing was to repair her this. cash, I-1 enianot conceal the truth any in the city, she remeMbered that curl -
longer. They are coWS":-London An- 1 ous kitchen and the people Who 'Bred
"0,X6iti take me too seriously, Mr. Rai- ewers. »» » » » • in it and Wondered where they had
,
Manderson foUridAmsterdadi interest-
ing,"'yet for emne • teased,' best under-,
is"itoodlay -her sex she rdinained in it but
a short time, hastening, away -to other:
points oftinterest. „also certain
that about.thentitne of iler`departure,a
3�1aLldssste-, gardener. ran, to. yews
nd .weeping willoWS in his designs
and accepted With alacrity ;the oppor-
tunity ;,,of ;designing: at 'cemetery for
seine 'new American' town. - But he re-
CoVered 'froth, hth glboin when there
reached- hlin froin "thO' shores of -the
Baltic a 'trinket ifaslaiened of hicent
I amber, shaped 'like a ,yellow tomato.
It,ocpurred to hiniAliat he Ought also
tovisit the storiedrbeaclies Of. the Bill: »
tie. aed Ise (lid, so wfthout an hour's
linnectissary delay: e • ,
t Andthe consequence ' was, as the
Children say' when they play the old
game, that When Miss Bertha Mender -
eon Tettirnecl to America she wore for
an en,gagemeut 'ring a tomato shaped
topaz on her third linger. -,-Exchange.
,
• (be,
es.Ak,t
• er,isk4_,
;
The 'IrVi:reoi Were Crnnsed.
Hotel Miin (who thlnbo5 he is calling
rlown his, butelierj--Saye, I am spy ,a
herirt and" a, Ii3rer, eight i!II)s and, a
S'houldee. Now want 'ern right away:
"'Railway Office (whieli hae been con-
noted by tialstalte)--Sorry, sir; but •tile
wreck has been cleared up.-Baltiniore
araerican.
• r. HABIT AND GROWTH OF .
for Pie amateur. It cannot be doubted
but that it will take its place where
o • ,
crops are grown for market, as al.-
i;eady fhi fruits ,palze he'60 wellt re
delved there and,-tiat a itline" where ft hi
generallY 1.akingc 'large straWberl
iles. • ,l • »,» »"
jeo obtain -thislate prOducticin lin the
greatest Abundance it ',yin be advisa-
ble to, stop fruiting in - the; rrionths of
113lay.,-,end June' 'bye ,p-inehing »out pie
Yeung-fowes»lrg stems. Then,',.„»tylieta
gond biq ;single crop varieties latie
one their Work. St Anthony of Patina
Mar- haveyite turt a.ncl, if well Cared
dr, will be prodactive until winter;, 1
b
Intunonette
. The soil, best suited for .mignonette Is
a ,rather heayy loam, with `one-fifth of •
, .
welltotted manure added. Mix tvell
together 'cinch if prrieticial, ;use ,solid
hods/ or, If benches are used, .there •
-Must be at. leaSt »six inches of Soli on
them. Sow tlie seeds either the last
week in. July or the' let -of August.
-1'low in rows 18' inches apart; and when ;
the seddlinge are' large enough to ban7
dle thii them out, tearing one, plant
every 10 or 12 Inches,--hlorists' Ex-
change,
Pones ths. kingdom till He shall come
again, and meantime He is 'gathering
from all nations, front Jews and gentile,
a people who are called His body, the
lurch, who shall 'reign ,With 1. -Inn when
the'kingdom comes, and the gathefing Ql
this .body ,is the itystety ,kept secret in
tlast age's and reeenleci specially »to Pahl
kltom. xvi, 25-27: nipb. iii, 1-12; Col. I,
24-21)). W. P. MeBialy in his preface to
'YGrace and Truth" says that as Son Of
Daviky, 1)3» wh,r,ch tlilu tivp(, wemian qtret
4,fichLssed"hinit.'Fite &Ind .clIo nettling, for
ter, 'Sfi'lking4"`gentilg, tMd".He'smi-emilly
to Israel; ,but avhen she ,,appealed to
Euro aS Lord and »meekly took her place
as a gentile , doge then she .prevailea.
Doubttees. Lie woutdenot have tri4d
hor bad He not seen that her faith would
s
stand it., for see I Cor. x, 13.
20. "Foe- this saying ge» thy way; the
devil is gone out of thy daughter." In
:Math. xv., 28, it» is; written that Jesus
ap-
r,w'rec1 and said, "0 woman, <gi.eat is thy
faith; -be it' unto thee even as thou wilt;
and he,r daughter was made whole from
that.very hour." • To the leper He said:
"I vi1l, bethou clean;" to the centurion.
"As thou linet believed' so be it clone unto
thee;" to ,the blind men, "According to
yore» faith be it mato you:" to the womait
who touched the hem of His garment, e
"Doug -liter, be of good 'comfort; thy faith
hath made -thee whole" (Math. vii, 3, 13:
'ix, 22, 29). When He- says to "Gall
nnto 'Ale and I will ansWer thee and Shove
thee »greatiand-niighty things which then
knowest net," reminding us that there A
nothing toe»bard
xxxii, 27), why do we not believe Him?
df we woh`ld » but coesent" to' have HAI
will through .es that, which ,He desires,
then' abiding in Hiril we, weld& desire
onlyHiswihl and aelt accordingly and
reeeiveenecOrding to .Totin,kii?, 13; 14; xy,
7,-16; xvi, 23, 24,- etc.
- 30. "And when she wits come to her
shouse she feundntlie devil .go,ne out, tend
-her daughter 'laid upon the hed:" irja-
retead of being gnieybusly vexed, no test,
no peace, she finds all is rest gild- peace
.and r health. , "Ah, Lorsi God,, Thou »hest
„einde; the ;heaven» aed the earth- by Thy
-great .power :tett tretched »oat .artre ;and
there -is- nothing t(k. hard. for Thee."
"Blessed are all they that put their tretat
in Him" (Jer. xxxii, 17; Ps. ii, 12). This
woman, returning hotne, found it jtist as
JeS118 Isird SILIC1-nke the nObleinaT1 Wh0
went his way 'believing -the word of, the
Lord ancl founcLit as the Lord had said
,
(John iv, -50-53). 'Messed are all that be-
lieve, tor there shall he -a ,performance of
II things " thorn :by 'the` Lord (Luke
145). His word te Thomas is His word
to us, "I3e»' not faithlessn but, believing."
(John xes, *ZV) Tt becomes us to be like
Ahrithani, "I'vrtny Dersertded that what
Ile 115014 promised Ile tic tilde to. perform"
(Rom. iv, 21). He Will fill 'Cho earth with
His glory: Tie shall See Of ihe travail of
His soul 'and be satisfiedn He shall not
fail nor he discouraged,'and He welcomes.
every snved soul who is. willing te be
wholly His to become a hiliorer with hint
xiv, 21; -Ise. xi, 0; Hah 1, i4 1t,»
lilt, 11; :chi, 4; vi, 8; I (lor, 111, 9);