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Exeter Advocate, 1909-05-27, Page 2Bleeder • DCGannefts ♦ • • • ♦++4++♦+♦+♦♦+♦+++♦♦++♦ "Your confounded hat. on my peg again, Gertrude!" growled Mr. Hedswell, as he slammed the door and dragged off his ooat. "Will ;you never learn to respect my 'wishes 1" "I'nm very sorry, doer, " answer- ed his pretty young wife, patient- ly. "I came in hurriedly, and quite forgot. I'll see--" But Hedswell didn't wait for her tc• answer. His little, angular eyes had wandered over tho neatly-la:d dinner -table, and with the apt per- ception burn of constant practice he had discerned a. better field for giving vent to his disgust with the whole world in general. "W hat he interrupted, with a snarl, "mut- ton again. Sunday mutton, Wed- nesday mutton, always mutton? I wonder if I ever shall get a change of diet? No wonder I'm ill. i should like to know what you've leer ; "but no such luck, I'm afraid." • • • When the page announced Mrs. Hedswell, 1)r. Gannett ordered hor tc be shown in at once, fit lie was a personal friend of hor parents. With rapt attention he listened to you further trouble in the matter; fur, owing to the error to which 1 have referred, you have but one more week to live !" -What :" gasped the miserable mats, "only one week to live t Don't be a fool, doctor." -I'm afraid I have been one. In the young wife's story of her hus- my haste last evening I took down band's affected illness and disgrace- the wrong bottle in my laboratory, fol threats. "What Ent afraid of," and what you have taken is a sec - she concluded, wiping the tears ret compound of aline, which I have from her pretty, dark eyes with a, spent years of my life in perfect - dainty handkerchief, "is that his ing. 1 can assure you t.►at t1•, ac - mind is deranged." j cident has greatly distressed me, "Oh, you needn't fear for that le I for there was a fortune in the dis- covery, and I had been building up lay hopes upon it for years. "Tho action of the drug is pe- culiar and unique. Fur a week - 168 hours, to be exact --the subject can expect to enjoy exceptional spirits. At the 160th hour, however, there come violent internal com- plications, the valves of the heart contract a•nd cease their functions. 1)r. Gannett was gone only a few But until the last hour there is ab - minutes, and ho returned with a solutely no suffering, and front a medicine bottle wrapped in paper. suicide's point of view a more de - "There, Mrs. Hedswell," he said, sirablo end would bo impossible. cheerily, "get your husband to I have experimented on asses, so drink all that before going to bed, that no failure need bo feared. and he'll soon pull round all There was enough of the drug in right." the bottle you took last night. to With many expressions of grati- kill a score of cattle... Why, how ihl you are looking !" was the doctor's ambiguous re- sponse; "there's no fear of any brain trouble with hiui. It's mere- ly a case of liver, 1 dare say. But, toy dear Mrs. Iledswell, dou't take hum too seriously; a person who would talk like ho does is too great a coward to carry out his threats. I have just the right thing for him; excuse me a moment." dune with that cookery book I tulle the unhappy woman depart - bought you." cd. She returned to find Iledswell Mrs. Hedswell discreetly ignored sitting beside a blazing fire, smok- the question. "I'm afraid you're ing his pipe. u' t quite yourself ito-night," sho "I've been to Dr. Gannett and returned, quietly. "Has anything told him how unwell you are," ex - happened to upset youl" plained the nervous wife, "and he's "Anything happened?" snarled the puny -looking man; "anything .happened? Have you ever known a day go by when 1 haven't been upset and humbugged in some way ;or other? Everybody and every- thing seem to combine to plague ale and wreck my welfare. I shall :be glad when it's all over. Consols have dropped another sixteenth this morning." "I wouldn't let that worry mo if I were you, dear," said his wife, consolingly; "they may go up again to -morrow, you know." 'Then, after considering a moment: "Besides, seeing you have only £50 invested i'i thein, it means but a loss of 7%d." "Only 7%d., indeed! Only! I would have you know, Gertrude, that 7%d. is.7%d., and wo can't afford to fool money away, a fact you might well bear in mind more. given mo this medicine, which ho says will have you right in no time. You have to take the whole bot- tleful to -night before going to bed." won't do me any good," grunted Hedswell, in reply; ''no- thing ever will. l'nm beyond a cure -and a good thing, too." Burin common with all such shallow -minded men -he rather liked the idea of being considered ill, and he took the medicine with the air of an invalid in the Last stages of some fatal disease. The next evening, while in the middle of his dinner, Hedswell re- ceived the following telegram :- "Must see you innnediately. Inm- perative-Gannett." As Hedswell read it he came over quite pallid, and all kinds of vis- ions flitted across his mind. "What And as for Consols going up again can Dr. Gannett want with mo?" to -morrow, you know very well he muttered, huskily. He had met that's ridiculous; they'll nevor go the doctor before, and the frank, up again till I sell out. And what earnest manner of tho physician do you know about such things, had made the idea of sheeting him anyway ? It's a pity you can't learn again distasteful. "What do you that a still tongue makes a wisp head." Mrs. Hedswell essayed no reply, and the little man went on: "Just as I was going in the office this morning my bootlace came undone and dragged in the filthy mud. Why )•ou can't get me mohair tacos, as think he wants, oh, Gertrude? I haven't the least idea, Gil- bert. Why, how pale you are look- ing!" "Pale? No, I'm not looking pale; Why should I? What have I done that the thought cf meeting Gan- nett should make mo pale 1" snarled coutinually ask you to, is a mys- the husband. "Fetch my coatand tory to nuc. These confounded hat." ' drapers' things won't keep done Tho willing wife did as she was up." bid, and within a few moments "Those are mohair laces; I put Hedswell was caebbing it tothe them in new last week You must doctor's residence. On arriving have done them up hurriedly this there ho was at once shown into the private study, where he was quickly joined by Dr. Gannett. "Ah! Good evening, Mr. Heds- well," he began. "1 hope you're feeling better to -night. Sorry to hear you haven't been up to the mark lately." "Well," the little man respond - cd, "I certainly have felt a bit off color, though I seem bettor this and, instead of complaining at his mail- meals, he is contented with every - evening. But, doctor, that cine you sunt ore yesterday made'thmg; indeed, he insists on the me pretty bad in the night ; _ rlaintst of foods. But. oh, doctor, didn't get a wink of sleep." tt'es such a iuddon and complete "11'm : That's a pity ; but you change that it seems almost weird, won't find further had effecte, 1 and once or twice Gilbert has start - think I can promise you, for at led nto at night. by moaning in his something rather important to aleeP• speak to you about. First, how- Tho good-natured physician least a Werk. 'smiled. "Your husband will soon "Now as to my telegram. I have get over that, let us hope," said ever, it is understood that this is he, cheerily. "Don't worry about strictly between ourselves, and will hien, my dear Mrs. Hedswell. Ho never be mentioned to a third looks in to see me every night, so I know he's going on well. . . . No, no, I won't mention that you've called; certainly not :" :hearing the law and observing the • • • outward fomes of religion, while The week had eloped, when Mr. at the same time they bow down lledswell eimidly took his seat in before the rich and scorn the poor. the doctor's study. The door being In this passage he goes on to in- closed, he began :-- 'mist that all such religion is empty, "Have you managed it, doctor ? ' a mere profession of faith without Oh, do say you have! I have kept' the deeds that prove it. the thought of it off my mind fairly III. Faith without. Works. - well during the clay, hut at nights Vs. 15-17. How does James illus- -oh. the dreaming and nightmares! trate the emptiness of this formal Last night I dreamed I was a religion 1 By imagining Christians, music -hall, and great posters wero men or women, woo aro destitute plastered all over me,� saying, c, f comrnon necessities, food and I'ositively the last night! It was clothing. They are fellow C hris- frightful- uh-uh-uh-h•h : flans, with the claims of brother- ! 'Bah: I'm not talking foolish-, razors, talked of poison, and so on.' For answer the doctor went to a ly," the bully rejoined. 'Tin in That is sol'' 1 cupboard, from which he fetched hood and sisterhood in ('heist that dead earnest. Everybody's again,t '•Well, doctor, it's true I--" a bottle. Pouring the contents in -should move all church nlemhrrs to tile. from the wretched imp of an: "Oh, don't think for a moment' to a glass, he said, quietly, "Drink help them. And here comes one of cfl'mce-boy to the ticket -collector, I I't a brought you here to condemn that. ' these empty "professors'' and graci- who makes me show niv .ra...n'suc•h a decision; though I may he Eagerly Hedswell did s,.. ''Why'ously says. Depart in peace, he ye every time i'nm loaded up with par-; pard.,ned fur saying that it Berms doctor," he exclaimed as he sat warmed and .filled, hut doe. noth- cels. 1 tell you.- he continued, to me a cowardly thing to frighten down the glass. "it tastes just like ing for them. The 'depart' is plain - wiping the few hairs of his melee one's wile to death beforehand. As the other drug. Are you sure ly from the heart, and the 'in peace' tach,. tenderly with his serviette. 1 told her. I don't believe yoti'd you've not made another mistake: is manifestly cant. ."1 am in the way in the world: i in! ever have the pluck to take your "As a matter of fact," was the iV.-Faith in Warks. -Vs. 19-25. one too many. 1 shall cru away' own life.' quick response, "it is precisely they What sort of man does James imag- with myself one .•t these days. and! The insinuation stung the con- same drug, and I've not made any!inc coming into the discussion? a blessing it will he to e;oesene."1 eeited little Ulan to the quick. • kir.. Hecleeell burst into a Hund ••You aro at hherty to believe what of tear'.' Olt, Gilbert she sob- I you like." he retorted, hotly; bed. "it is very wrong and unman- i''th•eugh one wunld think you would ly of you to ray such cruel thinge.' have had the gcsel sense to keep .You knew I want yvu, ansa that f iseer opinions to yourself. Per- couldn t lite without pee although hap..erae clay you will think dif- morning." "You mean to say I can't do up a bootlace. I've been at it twenty- nine years now—" "Scarcely twenty-nine, is it, Gil - bort 1 seeing you are only juslt twenty-nine years of age." "Oh, you're awfully smart; it's a pity you don't exercise such bril- liancy to keep the expenses down. And I would have you to know that I get enough worry all day without being twitted by you as soon as I pass the threshold. I nearly missed my train to -night ; only just managed to jump into a dirty, crowded car a.s tho traiu waa steaming out--" "That was lucky." "Lucky 1 I'd rather have lost fifty trains. Sinking into the only was seat, I w . s startled by the shrieks of some low woman on whose packet of eggs I had sat. Not only did I ruin this suit -just. look 1; party?" -but she made me pay a &tilling! "If you wish it, certainly." -twopence each -for the eggs. if "Good. Well, Mr. Hedswell, I sho didn't make a profit on 'em, have asked you to come hero to lay nose is no judge. Nothing -, tell you that, by an error which I nothing but the worst luck c'orea can never cease to regret, I have my way; I'tn sick of it all, and, ' done you a great favor -a favor, in the cowardly wretch went on, gloat- fact, which I would have done for ing over the startled look his poor nc, man living under any consider - (wife gave, "the sooner 'tis over, ation." the better, 1 ray. "I must feel highly honored, "Oh, my dear Gilbert, don't talkthen. But, beyond that, it is all at foolishly," pleaded the unhappy a mystery to one." woman. "Why do you try to' "Then let ale explain. :1s you frighten me so 1 Only this nn.rning know. your wife came to me last you were playing carele's:y with evening. telling me that you were your razors. There are thousands tired of life and contemplated do- ter worse off than ve. dear." !ing away with yourself --played with Hedswell was shaking violently from head to foot, and his face was livid. "Heavens!" he whined, "is this true? Is there no hope for me 1" "None at all, I'm afraid," was the response. "Besides, what hope can you want? You were determin- ed on self-deeetruction." "No, no; I was a fool. I should never have done it. I don't want to die. You must save tae. They'll find out at the inquest that you have murdered me." "Don't talk like a madman. Didn't I tell you it was all a mis- take? Besides, when the postmor- tem is held" (Hedswell shuddered) "the only possible decision that can be arrived at is heart failure. As a matter of fact, 'tis more than likely I myself shall be called upon to hold the examination." It was too much for Hedswell. Ho burst into tears and groans. "Can't you give me something to save nie?" he pleaded; "remember, my life will at least be on your con- science." "Accidents will happen," return- ed Dr. Gannett, taking up his pen; "a,nd, though I fear there is no hope now, 111 do my best for your wife's sake. One thing is certain, however -a great dc -al depends up- on yourself. You must be careful to live plainly, avoid luxury, and leave alcoholic drinks alone. But, above all, keep your spirits up; be cheerful, good-tempered, and contented. Once give way to moody thoughts, and nothing can save you. Sorry though I am. I can't help thinking this misfortune it a punishment to you for treat- ing your wife so badly." "Yes, yes; 1'rn sure it is. It shall nevor occur again, if I'm spared; I swear it. Oh, what a fool I've been!" a chance of doing his daughter a good d turn. %Viten Mre. Hedswell came to me a seek ago and told me how unhappy your cruel threats made her, 1 could see clearly that unless something wero done, and done quickly, the worry would break her up. At first she merely said you were unwell, but 1 could see there was something behind it, anti I forced the truth from her lips by saying that unless she told me all I could do nothing for you. The idea then occurred to me of proving to you what a sweet thing life is when it seems to be slipping from one, and of showing you, too, how far happier one can be by seek- ing to enjoy the sweetness of exist- ence rather than bemoaning the few bitternesses that come to rich and poor, old and young, alike. Life is too short. Hedswell, to fool it away by making oueself and everyone else miserable. But per- haps I have exceeded my rights, though I do beg that you will not let the lesson bo in vain." "But," asked the mystified Heds- well, "what was the drug?" "Nothing more than salt and water, with a little harmless liver tonic;" was the doctor's confes- sion. To Dr. Gannett's surprise, Hods - well, instead of flying into a rage, held out his hand. "I have a great deal to thank you for, doctor," ho said, with deep feeling, "and I do thank you from the bottom of my heart. Your simple little medicine has been the best physic in the world for me, fur it has opened my eyes and made a man of me. What a fool I have been! --es is sae first week I have known what life is, how precious it is, and -and - what a dear wifo I am blessed with. If I ever treat her inconsiderately again, doctor, I shall deserve to be the victim of a real blunder next time !"-London Tit -Bits. s THE SUNDAY SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON, MAY :10. Lesson IX. Believing and Doing. James 2: 14-26. Golden Text, James a: 20. Introduction. -In the famous definition of faith, "Faith is the substance (R.V., 'assurance') of things hoped tor, the evidence (R.V., `proving') of things not seen" (Heb. 11: 1), two seemingly opposite elements of life are set forth: substance and hope, or evi- dence anti invisibility, or actuality and ideality. So much in the world and the universe is mysterious and incomprehensible that belief. trusting faith, is called for at every turn ; and yet that belief must lead to positive deeds, to things twit can be seen and handled, or life is fruitless and vain. • "I've called in to thank you, doc I. James and His F.pistle.- tor, for the good your medicine has What disciples named James aro found in the New Testament? done my husband." It was Mrs. Hedswell who spoke. There are three: "He's a changed man ever since; I. James the son of Zebedee, : there couldn't be a kinder, more sometimes culled the Great. lie considerate husband. He ridicules was the brother of John, was very the idea of being ill --says he never close to Jesus at the crisis of his felt happier or better in his life, life, and was the first of the twelve to suffer martyrdom (Acts 12: 2). 2. Jaimtes the son of Alphaeus, one of the twelve npostles, probably a brother of Matthew, who also is called the son of ttlphac,rs. He is usually identified with James the Little (or the Less), and nothing is known of his life. 3. James the brother of our Lord, the author of the Epistle. I1. Faith and Work : the Problem Stated. --V.14. How docs the pas sage ee are to study spring from the preceding parts of the Epistle? James has been speaking of those that take credit to themselves for mistake at Any man of common sense and "Not made any mistake :'' ex iety, who sees the. folly of the claimed Hedswell, with apprehen- Phan of v. 10. and addresses him. sten . "what do you mean l' V. The Solution of the Prmlem.- ' n,can this." answered i►r. V. 2e. flow does Jarnes close the Gannett, slowly. "I have told and discussion ? With a forcible simile : acted a lie. hoping it would he the e • you are so unhappy ae,d (lioren-�fcren4l} : 1 wee in dead earnest.'' means of bringing you to your sen. 11s the body without lttr.rallc. tented with me. Think %hat it ' That•• ail I wrnted to know, ' sea and makingyour home a happy. "apart from') the spirit it dear'. would mean. dear, if this were your retiene'I the c! . ter. calmly. "\-etv one. Perhaps 1 have done wrong. 80 faith without (''apart from") leet week on earth." sell, then: you realh mean to do but you must remember that yourworks is dead also. James does not "Perhaps it is." returned the un- neat' with yourself. 1 hive, there- Iwife s father anal i arc almost life -(enter into the question which must relenting, hearties% tnaw with a fore. :l.•ne you the favor of Favinglllong friends. and i was glad to have come first. faith of works. it is SCIENCE AND RELIGION Knowledge Does Not Lead Away From Faith, But It Leads Into lts Fuller Light "In your ,aith supply virtue and it your virtue knowledge." -11. Peter, 1., 5. Is it true. that the greater the knowledge the less the religious in- terest? Aro these two persons, este man whose zeal for religion is equaled by his bigotry uad ignor- ance and the other in whom scien- tific study has dwarfed spiritual sensibility, fair types by which to judge Out relations of religion and knowledge '1 Is intelligeuee inoompatible with real pieesy 1 Will the growth of knowledge bring about the disso- lution of religion'? is the life of religious aspirations and feelings out of date in a scientific uge such as wo are constantly reminded that this one is today 1 Science has overcome superstition ; is faith so bound up with superstition that it, too, roust go? With honest people the inquiry it so important that they can af- ford to neglect the somewhat large number of persons who use a thin smattering of knowledge and a superficial acquaintance with science as an excuse for divorce from all moral obligations just as it also permits one to ignore those n Ito continue to confound faith with willful blindness. We can be sure of one thing, at least; that, no matter what our feelings, theories, or ideals may be, we cannot turn our backs on THE GREAT WORLD OF 1•:x('1' as it is laid before us. Tho faith that tights facts is committing sui- cide. Appeals to our fears cannot to -day make the facts less real to us, and we know that by them wo will have to stand or fall. If you stop to think about it there is a striking significance in the fact that this question has arisen, Is there a religion for the intelligent, educated, scientific mind? It sug- gests another question: Can any other mind fully comprehend the riches and meaning of religion 1 The ur ttiuking cling to customs, traditions and fcrnms that are the vestiges of truth. The trained mind distinguishes between 'the gar- nients of truth and truth itself. Every lifo will have its religion according to its development. it is folly to look for uniformity in faith until you have uniformity in the faithful, until all minds aro alike the things those minds can seo must vary. The religion of the man who thinks in the terms of the laws of a universe must be differ- ent from that of the ono who can- not think beyond his dinner pail or his back yard. If religion is the life of ideals, the power within us that pusltex out and on to,:ard the realization 11: ourselves and our conditions of the host wo know and hope for, then each roan's faith will be determiu- ecl by his vision and his know- ledge; every indit•iduat creed will be conditioned by the individual's stage of cultere. It is folly for the trained mind tc seek satisfaction in the ideals whose bounds are set by the un- trained mind just as it equally is foolish for him to nock at the vis- ion that thetas the lowlier lifo. Nearly all the supposed difficulties between science and religion arise front the attempt to force to A COMMON VIEWPOINT in religious minds that dwell almost a whole univorso apartin all the rest of their thinking. The avenues to thio Must High are many. There is a way some- where from every life and never precisely the same way for any two lives. Tho way begins at just the level on which the life is found. Because religion is the way from our present selves to that ideal and complete social self in every life the religion depends, after all, on tire self. One's faith is not a set of formal statements, unchangeable and sub- ject to be shattered by the veri- fication of new facts. It is a spirit in life, a habit and trend of the spirit which leads the life forward through every realm of fact. It is not an outer garment; it is an in - nor spirit which guides onward, though the developing life may cast aside its outgrown garments. Science is our reading of the re- lations of the facts of life; religion is the confidence and longing that reads all in the light of life's en- larging ends and increasing valuos. Your religion cannot bo tested by the facts of science; it is tested by its value as a force in your life. A worthy faith fears no knowledge; it rejoices in all that enriches and enlarges life. It welcomes scio:tco as the servant of the growing soul. HENRY F. COPE perfectly plain that he considers both to eo necessary (see also v. 24). So does Paul. There is no contradiction between the two, only a difference of emphasis. DO WHAT YOU 13E..tEVE. 1. The Power of Faith. Faith is at the basis of all aovancc, in science, commerce, government, civilization. It is the drawing of the unseen ideal that allures inen from the beaten paths out into new and better ways. Without faith, the world of human activity would come to a standstill. 2. The necessity of Works. We are constantly in uanger, even in this practical age, of relying on words, which are the mere expres- sion of faith and belief, and failing to put those words into practice. We. need, as much as the men ,.f James's day. to learn that such faith, or, rather, such an expres- sion and pretense of faith, is a dead thing. f RISE OF NEW PROFESSION OPERATION 01' it'll II.IIItl:N'S ACT iN ENGLAND. Public iloneee Nave Minders - 1 oungacre Lett Outside W hili Parents Drink. Some remarkable effects have de- veloped under the operation of the Children's Act since it came into force in England en Aprii 1, especi- ally out of that part which excludes children from bars. KIDDIES t)UTSII)E. The spectacle throughout London of scores of little children left in groups on the pavement in charge of one parent while the others en- tered a g.rgeously illuminated bar furnished food for very serious re- flectien. But perhaps the most pathetic cir- cunistances %ere the vanuus de- vices by which loafers, both male and female, sought to earn pence by taking charge of the tired little ones while their parents sat in warmth and comparative comfort, regardless of the whimperings of the little ones outside. NEW PROFE•:SSiON. .\ publican in the Mile End road, London, declared that already the new act had laid tha foundation of a new and exceedingly dangerous "profession." He said that on several occasions he had seen half a dozen children beiug pushed up and down the road ill the vicinity of public houses by men who had been paid twopence a head to look after them. Its another case an enterprising hostler had cleared out a water- trought, lined it with hay, and was using it us a "cot" for children whose parents were away drinking. From the day the act came into force a band of Aldgate boys have been cxpericncing a right royal time by "minding kids at a penny a head." In yet another case, cabman un his rank, eager not to miss a "goi dere" opportunity furnished by a sudden downpour of rain, accepted the offer of a party of holiday- makers and turned his vehicle into a miniature creche, while the par- ents passed a consiviat hour in the nearest tasern. HOTEL •'MINDEIIS." At a large public -house at Gun nersbury recently, two nurses atte,mded to the children of custom ers throughout the day. During the forenoon the two nurses veru in charge of over twenty small buys and girls. The innovation of largo public -houses supplying their own "minders' seems likely to become general. Publicans complain that under the new act the sale of cakes and pastries usually displayed on har counters is now practically extinct. Men who came in accompanied by children used to buy each a cake. A firm of caterers who have made a specialty of supplying cakes to public•houses reported that their orders had declined Sweet a week since the act carne into force. 4 '1'H1; 1,.1NG1.7.1(1I: ()F FOWLS. A French savant has become co;m- viper(' that barnyard fuels have a real language, and that the curious sounds they are continually uttering are perfectly understood by tine another. This naturalist has for some time kept a phonograph bung up in a coop in which several cocks and hens are confined. Ile has caused, as it were, the feels to talk about all sorts of things by agitating them in one way and an• other --by letting them become hun• gry, and then feeding sonic of them while the others "complain"- -and in many ways he has induced them to utter all the eminds of which they seem to be capable. These sounds the phonograph has faithfully re- corded, and Prevot du Hauulray, the scientist in question, deviate% himself to he ahle to demonstrate from there that the chicken. have a means of communication which may properly be called a language. e ego