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mwac;cr l'empeeee,
It yens a featlial thonehi. erefiellerkig
Whatelteraealit iiiseec'en11.
and bravo Avie.
ne• Jeek. believing' tho HMO had cora°
to act, was on the point of conferring
veith Plympton, when a etulden run. of
11010.1 burst upon, them. while at the same
time loud 'and enterer voicee annonneed
the) coining of the ,palaee guard, follow
-
•mg filo secret Peesage from the dein-
geon that. had en reeeatly field D. Jack.
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CHAPTER- XXXVIII. ' 'desire' to have a little consultation,eo
i "pow-avoW."
pany clustered in that upper chamber Illustrious son of the morning." h
who knew immediate, action was essene said, addressing Dr. Jack, directly, an
tial. his manner VMS MOSt impressive, "thu
far have we come without discovery.
through the opening which his own
When Dr. Jack heel been assisted le impossible to proceed farther withot
in-
' domitable energy had mpassing through the doors where heav
ade,' Kai Wang guards have been placed."
airmatting he had discovered. Some
proceeded„ to -cover the hole with a lot
"That is bad, my good friend. I lea
„.
ieeople have that rare ° faculty for find- we shall have to make a rush for '1
Ing just what ,is especially needed for and as I have one very precious wit
the occasion, and such persons "gearale me to guard against evil, I regret slid
le prove very handy, to Ipve *iota. a contingency very much," eeturne
a':. 4°
Then he struck a Match' and calmlyEvans takingein 161-fg*.-breath
'
—",
proceeded to briag the invaluable -old Most excellent comrade and friend
lantern into play. To relate how Larry permit me to say that a thought ha
blessed its now, as much as he had come into this most unworthy brain o
.- n
cursed it under his breath at first when mineI have reasoto believe 1 ina
It persisted in banging .egairest, his he able tit) 'Secure a magic taliSmap the
shins, ktould betray the valiant little
s
will Make our most desperate enemie
felleovev's 0etradeneerientethe glances he as harmlesas babes. That Wondertu
bent Upon it were full of deep venera- thing is the order of Her Most Graciou
Mon, and he was. now ready to believe mateste the Dowager Empress, now
it their best'frienci. domiciled , beneath tbes sacred roof
m DrJack was not at all deceived
hurried survey of their position ."
. . .
All of thewere greatly interested in II0 knewe that Kai Wang and the fac
This was especially true othe maker
a . e
tion' he representecl were at loggerheads
, f with th.e party of the old queen, and
here Were those in the little corn -
.0f the heathen gods.. . , . ,thae of her own free will she would
eleal Wang knew the intrieacies let never give him ehis wished Lor pass.
,.thetimperiat palace about as well as elte Evidently the sagacious. Kai Wang.
next one, and it was a matter. of con- .
'led 0 knew almost everything worth
tiderable importance that he should be -telefinea a• was • so thoroughly at hoe in
able to 'recognize his surroundings .in t --' m
he royal palace that he • could find the
:order to plan the line of escape from e„,„a
passage leading te , the royal
ander that dangeroue and hostile roof. apartments of Her Highnese
The consultation below could not last • '
With such an excess of excitement per -
long. • vading the palace from causes political,
,Presently it would, give way to action the exact nature of which she herself
en the part of the delegates. Some was hest able to understand, it might be
'evould speed ,through, the passages to set down as certain that the shrewd fe-
,giere tne alarm, and in all too brief a, male diploinat of the Chinese empire
gine the palace would be in an uproar.
It was very unfortunate that descov- weuld not retire yet a while ; and if Kai
Wang could, through his own private
ery should have followed .their arrival resources, sbctire an interview, he thight
at Jack's qbarters. be able to present his case in such a
Knowing how the guards would be strong light that she would grant his
:doubled and every precaution taken to favor.
prevent their escape from the royal At any rate the • saideaKai Wang
building, Larry would have been most seemed full of assurance,' possibly rely -
abominably. dejected over • *the eutcome ing on certain facts thet were known?
only for one thine. . • only• to himself and the eminent states-
uide.
This was a supreme faith in their man now exiled to a survey, of the
gtroublesome Yellow River. end whien
As the mariner pins his fortunes upon, secrets' Must prove oe coneiderable im-
thee compess _.and the baremeter, so he ortanee to the Dowager Empress.
was ready to believe Kai Wang could be pAs for Larry, when he grasped the
aq.seeond Moses to lead them out of the situation, .and realized what a. dashing
ceildernees.
as though his prayer was bid for fortune the keen -witted Celestial
It4eewas
nsveeredmeant to make, be couldr hardly catch
ee • enough breath to faintly exclaim:
How it was to be dpne was a matter "Hear, hear
lhat• dee not enter into Larry's philo-
l'
tophy,, nor did he -concern himself very It was not Kam Wanga idea to lose any.
time. though, as a Chinaman he found
g
much 'about it ; tbee. mind that, had
e
it n difficult thing to cut mat'ters short. arouht them through other difficulties •
1 sie Jack speedily tuederstood that
Must*,surely be equal to this task, and,
ey ,
besides, there was Dr. Jack to saggeset thwere to remain in this spotawait-
ing his reeuen.
new fleas. If he -1came not when half an hour
. It ill wonderful hew such perfect con -
went by, they might grow anxious, but
fidence takes possession of a true 'be -
should wait twice that time ere malcing
liver at time, and gives his spirit
balm, eVen in the face of the most ap-
a move.
palling conditions
Should he finally fail. to appear. Dr
And - Kai Wang certainly proved .
..
Jack was to undertake to. guide the ex-
yond Of peradventure that
. 'prebe
, 'lie w -
pedition accerding to certain directions
as
Worthosuch trust. he left; and, though hoe of escape was
f
rattler slender, still desperate cases
-When. he had swept, one glance around
him the Chinaman miled
cannot wait upon circumstances.
s.
Taen he left them, and started. upon
It was Only a faintefiicker that ap-
b
his 'dangerous mission with as much eared upon his yellow face, but D.
sang froid. as thight have marked a
Jack, .whose eyes had been riveted in
that quarter, caught it, aed a great pleasure jaunt to Tien-Tsin
Ah, Kai Wang was indeed a most re
-
wave of satisfaction swept over him.
mareable fellow, and bad few equals in -
Kai Wang knew where they wer,e, and
the Flowery Kingdom, where gracious
Would be able to take up the game in -
phrases droje like precious pearls from
the lips of her saffipn-hued Children.
Nor. did he waste any time. Unlike
and where the diplomats of Europe may
most, Chinamen, this remarkable Judi -
journey to pick up a fewi new
Victual Seeined .to possess the Yankee wen
. •
trait .01 unceasing "push, " which was points in their line
When their. courier had departed, our
one reason his business had OutgroWn
that of rival mage -makers.
friends made all neee,ssary preparations
l
Gladly they followed in his wakefor a slay that might be long or short,
.
accOrding to the favor of fortunee.
It 'would be a strange procession to
. " .
pass through the intricate corriclors and DrJack had been armedand much
of his lost strength seemed to be return-
Drhalls of the great ireperial palace, Jack had one arm thrown about ing to him' under the happy emu:1111°ns
. .
the form of his 'belayed wife. Ifow prevailing
eagerly she lung to him, gazingup
- With his beloved wife nestled close ,at,
c *.
his side, he had [toed reason to summon
from Aline, ro, , time into his face, as
all 'his reserve , powers to the (rent.
though . hardly able to comprenend • as Danger to Avie was -quite enough to
yet. the wonderful blessing that had
aro-use the lionlike qualities for which
been vouchsafed her. .. he had envoys been distinguished, and
Then came Larry, while the stalwart
Britisher brought up the rear. throw him upon his mettle as a eon of
'
Lord Beckett was prepared for foes, Mars.
The lantern had beeeexlinguished.
not knowing how soon some of the
'
native soldiers Whorri they had left in While they waited for a signal that
would convey the glad intelligence of
the recent prison of the American pro- Kai Wang's happy return from his
moter might eee fit to. climb up the lad-
nambentous intetniew with the great
der, 'just as they lied themselves done,
Doara.ger Empress, they had no need of
and. follow at their heele, intent upon
any illuminating agency.
business. Besides,' such a condition of affairs
Tnese fellows were picked for their
fightingqualitiesThe old Empress only added to the dangers with which
° . they were surrounded, without affording
knew the value of such stock near tier any. compensating advantage.
sacred. perSon durint'e the matey Changes So Jack had begged Larry to "douse
apt to take place inCliineen politics the glim," and they remained there in.
most intrieate ander heaven, and under-
stood by few roreignersthe corridor, awaiting the turn of for-
. , '.
Lotd Beckett knew full wen that tunes Wheel
Dr. Jack would have been. the happiest
should filo! come in contact with these
inan In China if Avis were only at the
t€ 1e, of the palaee, he would find legation, of,r the American or British
the e entirely different from the coward- Minister. '
ly Cantoneee eonlies with WhOnt had 00- The fact that she shared his clanger
inreie,d the *battle on board the IlusSian
plothfloating unk
kept his already overburdened IleI'VeS
eee ' j.
under a eonstant tension thiit mast
Ile qiiieldy became aware of the fact experienced to be understood.
that !heir gtedef was leading them along More than once, when hall muffled
the most lonely and seldom used pas- shoute came to their eager ears, he
sage in the building. would press the dear 'girl closer to his 1.1
(111ISed Piympton to suspect that heart. as the memory of other scenee (it
there might be seeret corridors not danger which she had shared in la vi
wit, to the general frequenters of company flashed into his mind. DI
Ire WOURI be surprised at A kind Providence had carried them T
thing in eenneetion with such a von- through these past 'limits unscatleali
t able building, ilne 'very appearance of
but that was s).0 indication the •pitpliee
whirl) brentlied «i'Of myetery area might not go once too often to the well. is
etichinifetent that was considerably For her sake he counted the nannies bt
heightened by hurrounding condition.%
inhad one as he litat,seldoin done in his past life. ti
elea'en le g,on. for some Tee half hour was 10/Ig p
Line limo Wang suddenly etopped. Rai Wang had not appeared.
Ilie zienuter indinated that 4 was his Perhaps he had failed; perhaps even d
CHAPTER XXXIX.
The fierce shouts thatennouneed
coming of .the*palece• guard rang lil
the. knell a despair upon. tho hearing,
Di Jack.
Ire had not experienced one-half th
dismay at the time of his own captur
for now MS mind was distra.cted at th
bare' possibility of one no loved far be
ter than life iteelf falling into the hand
of the cruel enemy.
Of what avail was hie rescue when
only doubled the disaster?
To o.dd to the agony of the occasion
he could see no means of avoiding th
impending, meeting; sineescaP
through flight seemed utterly out of th
quetiorteele - •
There was only, one apparent du
'come. They must meet the isStt
squarely, as became brave and desper
ate menseande fighting to the lest, de-
fend th.eir lives against the enemy.'
When 'it comes to this resolution
hope has undoubtedly ped from the hu
man breast and only grim despair re
mains. -
Something of the sarne feeling mus
have taken possession of the others, fo
none' of them could be ignorant; of th
serious conditions that confronted
them; yet with Kai Wang absent they
'Imeeu not how a remedy might be found
Jack's first and natural thought was
of Avis; haw she might be 'Sheltered in
ionte way from the danger that men-
aced them.
Unfortunately there was no means of
throwing together' even the most flimsy
of barricades, since nothineof which
such a defen,se could be constructeel lay
handy to °their reach.
All she could do would be to sloop or
kneel, and trust to the God of Battles
to spare her from the deanly 'weapons
of the enemy.
The guards were coming with blazing
torches and flashing weapons.
As the red glare lighted up the motley
crew, Dr. Jack saw that among them
were many of those fierce fighters with
whom he had °once before measured
swords -the merciless Black Flags.
This Was, however, but another link
added to the chain of ..misery by which
they were encompassed.
If death was to be their porion, what
Mattered such minor details as this?
There would be a dreadful rueh, a roar
of battle, heaps of slain, end then -they
would sleep well.
Only Avis 1 Flow ferventliy that man
prayed she wmald know tittle of pain -
she for whom he had many times in the
past risked life and limb, and to save
whom he would even now have willing-
ly stood the tortures of the. Inquisition
me m
Truly, there ean coto 'an no
keener agony on earth than the know-
ledge that one he loves is in mortal
danger. •
The three determined men, feeling that
this promised to be their last, stand,
made ready to receive their foe.
Weapons? Thank Heaven they were
abundantly, supplied, because of the
wisdom displayed by those who had . ar-
ranged the raid;' and. all of them knew
well how to use them.
•• Lord Hackett had dropped on one
knee. .
So his grenadier forefathers had
awaited the charge 'on 'many a bloody
fleld, from Bannockburn down; .to
Waterloo and the Crimea.
It May be affirmed without danger of
dispute that, this scion of the house of
Plympton faced the foe with just as
steady nerves as ever his aneestors had
displayed on other fields of valor.
Larry was between -Larry, Whose
staturecould never be taken as an in-
dex to his courage, for within that small
frame dwelt a heart of oak* that would
have done, credit to a giant.
And the mob of soldiers came on,
shouting as Only Chinese fighters know
how, making every hideous aloise pos-
sible. doubtless with the double purpose
of. frightening those whom they sought,
and at the same time scaring -away
divers evil spirits that might be haunt-
ing • these passages pf the palace sa_
sel-
doni used.
Dr. Jack hated to open thealght. He
would have sacrificed much fol. an op-
portunity to arbitrate the inatter, and,
to save Avis, would willingly have given
up all his hopes for the great railwaSr
concession.
But such es proposition would httve
fallen npon defears if advanced under
the present conditions, even if it could
be heard abeve the frightful clamor.
These rrien of war were after blood,
and nothing less wauld satiety them.
Then the old fighting spirit rept over
Dr. Jack. He could feel It Coming -
that strange, hot, feverieh sensation
that -made his nerves tingle and his
fingers dutch weapons -eagerly, while
his teeth closed fiercely 'as his eyes
emitted a furious gleam.
So Crorkett and Travis stood at the
never -to -be -forgotten Alamo, ,piling the
dead Mexican eoldtere breast high
arand them; so brave Anglo-Sexon
heroes have Mood always. battling
'against overwhelming odds, eieeS .to the
foe, and dying as • they lived, going
down with colors flying. ,
(To be Ninth:rued).
the politest man has been diseovered.
e was hurrying along a street the
her root, when another 1111111, also M
olent haste, rushed' out of a doorway,
id the two collided with great force,
he second.man looked .mad, while the
Alto men, taking off hie hat. 841 :.--
ly dear sir. I don't know .which of 118
to blame for this violent encounter,
it I son in too great a hurry to inves-
gate. If I an into you. ; beg your
melon; if you MIT 1100 Ine, don't men.
on it." 'A And he tere away with re-
oubled speed.
Custom House Official -Have I inspect-
ed everything now? .
Long -Suffering Victim -Yes, every-
thing but what I had for dinner, Here's
the, menu,
PERSONAL POINTERS.
Interesting Goesip About Some Prem-
. ineht People. -
A SNAIL'S PACE.
A snail's rate' of travel was *ascer-
tained by experiments in Florence. Half
a dozen snails were permitted to crawl
between two points ten feel apart.
Exact time was kept from the start to
the finish. and thus the average pace
was, learned.. The figures were then put
'into fables of feet. yards. and furlongs,
and it was found that it would take a
snail exactlyefaurteen days to travel a
mile.
Blind barrigters are rare. One bee'
Just been admitted to practice in Syd-
ney, Australia, in the Nilson of Mr.
Neville Gilbert M'Willtann who had
taken the degrees of B. -A.,end B. L.
with special distinction.
Count Tolstoi neither, drinks'smokes,
nor Kits meat. It is his boast that he
does not possess a single arbicle he
could possibly dispense with; and he
has even refused to receive fa bicycle
tes a present, on the greund that it -was
a- luxury. His recreations are chess
and lawn -tennis, at, both of which he
became an expert. .
Miss Sophie Harris, the well-known
opera singer, tells this story of an
Australian experiende: "One night, just
as I went up to top 13, there was a
breathless silence, and grating through
it there came a raucous juvenile •voice
from the gods: 'My hye wouldn't she
be a stunner to 'awk bananas?' 1
simply had to laugh, and the top 13
came down with a run."
Sir Charles 'Wyndham, the eminent
English actor; was intended by his fa-
ther for the ministry, and was sent to
a Moravian echool in Germany for that
purpose. He ,was brought up rather
strictly at the School, and was taught
athong other imporeant things, the ad-
vantages of early rising, for the boys
had to be at tneir lessons long before
moist English schoolboys leave their
beds; 'Ile practised as a -doctor before
going on the stage.
.Lord Charles Beresford is a &launch
teeltotaler. "I am now sixty years old,''
he said, recently, "and since I have en-
tirely given up . wine, spirits, and beer
I find I can do as much work, or mdre,
,physically and mentally, Ulan •I could
dc when I was thirty. I am ensays well;
alvvinee cheerye laugh .at, the downs of
° life equally with the ups; and alwaye
feel fit and in condition. If only Some
•of the young men would try doing with
out liquor for three months, I do not
believe they would think liquor at ail
necessary again."
Mr. Whitelaw Reid, the American
ambassador at the Court of St. James,
is generally known to have risen to his
present rank from a leader -writer on
the New York Tribune. But he began
life in a much humbler grade. He was
born in a little town in Ohio, the son
of a Scottish farmer of Covenanter
stoek. He learned his Greek in New
York sitting on e, fence, his mentor be-
ing a leinsmari, Dr. Hugh Million.
-Then he went from -ithe farm to the
University, became e .school teacher,
and afterwards a country editor. A
correspondent in_ the _C„iviL War -for a
Cincinnati paper, he migrated to the
New.York Tribune, when it wae ander
'the guidance of Horace Greeley, whom
heeventually succeeded, later becoming
preprietor.
The Earl of Aylesford succeeded .to
the title on the death of his brother in
Texas in 1885. The late Lord Aylesford,
with two of his yeinnger brothers, the
I-10116. Daniel and Clement Finch. bought
a ranch near Big Springs, and lived
The free and easy life of the VVest for
some years. His extravagance and es-
capades still serve as stories for the
"old-timers" out there. Ile had hunted
in nearly every big -game country in the
world, and had a wonderful collection
of furs, skins, and heads, unfortunately
deeti oyed when his match house was
burnt. fia died whet' he was thirty-
six, and his - brothers, alscr died when
they were a little overithirty. The pre-
sent Lord Aylesford is an excellent
sporisman, being an eXceptionally good
slue and, as'bec omes the Lord Warden
of the Weodmen -of Arden, an accom-
plished anther.
NATURE'S BAROMETER. ,
true, Abner A.ppleelry: "ley got, Set -
nanny, I feel as pear[ as a grass-
hopper. Thet air travelin' chiropodist
tuk oalt lnYnTran: sbut"tilte;dsakes
i " •
flldtill't.fntf
ltd take 'em all off ?"
liiilSamah
Abner: "Norte 1 1 hed him leave
one. eo's I •kifi tell what the wehther's
a-goin' ter be."
Seeelseseeeigireet,
seeeessemel!r"
SCOTT'S EMULSION won't maks a
hump „hack straight, Matti will it make
a short leg long, but It feeds soft bone
and heals diseased bone end is among
the few genuine means of recovery In
rickets and bone consumption.
Rod for fret !ample.
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Toronto, 0004.
pc unit Sg.co; all eraeetate
to he superior to the finest japan grown,
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VIOLET CURE FOR CANCER
SAID TO HAVE MET WITH MUCH
SUCCESS IN ENGLAND,
ttlureS nave Been Affected After
Hope of Recovery' Had Been
Abandoned, rz.
power to relieve the suffering pecullae
to eancer is due; remains to be deter-
mined.
"So far beyond our comprehension are
the susceptibilities of the human consti-
tution, so subtle the relations, existing
between itandother offspring of mother
earth, that to dispise 'the meanest flow
all er that blows' is the reverse of wisdom
In the summer of 1001, scws a writer
in the Westminster, Review, -Lady Mar-
garet Marsham was sinking from a seri-
ous affection of the throat which no
treatment relieved aid which her phyei-
chins diagnosed as cancer. A specialist
removed part of the growth and the
experts at the Clinical Research Asso-
eiation, to whom it was submitted for
analysis, pronounced it to beewithout
doubt cancer.
All hope of recovery had been abon-
doped, swallowing being imposeible. A
friend proposed an application of hot
infusion of green Violet leaves, not with'
an idea of curing, but to relieve •the
pain. The patient reluctantly consent-
ed, and the relief. was 'sufficient to in-
duce a continuance. Within a fortnight
from the cornmencinerit of the treat-
ment every trace of the swelling had
disappeared.
This remarkable lease of recovery by
their use drew publie. attention le Mo-
tet leaves as of oossible value in the
treatment ° of cancer. Inthe spring of
this year this was revived .by the publi-
cation in the newspapers of a case re-
ported in the Lancet of March 18 by Dr.
William Gordon, physician to the De-
von and Exeter Hospital.
In this case a man aged 53 had con -
suited Dr. Gordon on November 8, 1904,
for a very painful ered _serious affection
o the tongue whichhad been develop-
ing for the last six months, and which
Dr. Gordon and four:surgeons.) all men
well
QUALIFIED TO JUDGE,
from their extensiveexperience in con-
sulting work, pronounced to be cancer.
Immaelia te and sextenstve operation was
recommended.. "
This the patient refused and treated
himself at home by taking and 'applying,
fresh infusion of violet leaves. On Janu-
arY 23, 1905, he wras so much better that
his employers sent him to Dr. Gordon
to show himself. ,Almost all the symp-
toms had disappeared and hehad gained
two stone four„pounds in weight. On
he'aerbdc
ru:ryttr.20 but little remained of the
deep, ragged, indurated ulcer except It
"Personally," said Dr. Gordon, "I am
now advising the trial of this violet
treatment in all cases of undoubted -can-
cer which are inoperable,'
Peehaps the most remarkable, property
of violet leaves is the anodyne .action
they exert in cases of cencer, So
fs this as, apart from any question of
cure, to more than jpstify their employ-
ment as the most valuable treatment at
present known for cancer.
The writer then giyes details of a num-
her of cases in which the violet treat-
ment was employed with results which,
actording to the reports,. were quite ex-
traordinary.
"In view of the painful increase of
carteer," he continues, "and the fact that
the medical faculty .has nothing but op-
stitute a consensus of strong evidence
that
THEto offer, the foregoing cases con -
THE VIOLET .TREATMENT
io of more value than any at .present
employed in the disease.
"That the abselute, .ctires as yet re-
corded are few- isno 'serious irripeaeh-
rnent of its value, •for, asein experienced
doctor remarked to me, patients are so
afraid of being told that their symptoms
are .cancer that they often delay seeking
medical 'adviee until they are practical
1g past help.
"Further, the violettreatment is mild
-
and Slow in 'action, and'in.' all recorded
cases cure has resulted from its unre-
mitting and continued use. Not only do
patients try it in a fitful and half hea.rted
manner, but they senione resort to le to
even nett extent unit/ every other re-
source has faned them. and they are al -
time( in extremis. °
"eloreever the local syniptcatia of can-
cer do not appear until the morbid •eatis-
es of 'which teey are the index have
reached sleet a solidus stage that it is
diffieult to arrest them and bring the
constitution bac*.,info a healthy orbit.
-"If, then, 'the, violet iced 'treatment
can effeet so inlet in the relief and cure
of cancer under ihe unfavorable and ne
tegular conditions anove'deeeribeil, it is
legitimate to infer that under reverse
conditions ettch as its regular enn ner-
sistene use in the eeriest stades of the.
disease. 'combined -With all other collat.
eral means that,•aid recovery, the results
obtainable would be such DS to-
:.4,111PIINE THE MOST 'SCEPTICAL.
alis phyeiologieal effete's, from my overt
oleierviition, and experience„ are -thoee.
o. a mild deonstreent, disculient and re-
solvent.unloading the glands and gently
relaxing, thee entire system. It leis also
the effect of moistening elle skin ee,Oel
proinotina flaw of saliva. • , A tendeney
to sleep sometimes eeperieneed after tale.
ing it seems due not in any directly, SPI
-dative °Meet Whiell it eNt'OS, bid i0 ee
the indirect result of relief ef theeeyetetn.
'from funetional tension- H
"Its action when 'applied. to 'the skin
Is Uglily en•milient, rendering•it extreme -
le anmetie and et ppie. It/Would doubte
lees exert the s.a ne effeet :upon ell the
membranes with w•liteli it cathe inte
confine. To mita prontely or eombina-
thin of properties Its exteaordinary
1 „
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IF 1 SHOULD DIE TO -NIGHT.
If 1 should dieeto-night,
My friends would look upon my quiet
face
Before they laid Itt in its resting -place,
Anc1 deem that death had left it almost
, '047
And, laying snow-white flowers against
my hair,
Would smooth it down with tearful ten- i.
derness, °
And feld myhands with lingering '
caress, -
Poor hands, so einptse and so cold toy
night!
11' I should die to -night,
My friends would oall to mind with
loving ,thoughts
Some kindly deed the. icy hands had
wrought, • .
Some „gentle word the frozen lips bad
said,
Errands on which the Willing feet had
sped; -------
The memory of my selfishreessand, pride,
My hasty words, wculd all be put aside,
And so I ehould be loved and mourne0
to -night.
If I should die to -night, ,
Even hearts estranged would turn once
more to me, •
The eyes that chill me with averted
Recalling other days rdMorsefully;
glance •
Would look upon me, as of yore, per-
chance,
And soften in the old familiar way,
For wile -catild war With dumbeeincorp
scions clay?
Sc, I, might rest, forgiven of all to -night.
Oh, friends! I pray to -night, t
Keep not your kisses for my dead, cold
brow: °
The way is lonely, let me feel them now.
Think gently of mei I am travel -worn;
My faltering feet are pierced with many
a thorn, '
Forgive, oh, hearts estranged, forgive,
I plead! .
When dreamless rest is mine I shall not
need
The tenderness for which I long to -night,
-Belle Eugenia Stith.
SENTENCE SERMONS.
We are to, be what we are to -day.
A little duty cures a lot of doubt. The truth that -do-es-not liberate you
enslaves you.
?
That alone is learning which issues in
1
Who gives a little help finds a largo) •
piece of heaven.
The beet protest against dirt is that
which is 'made with a broom.
Prayer is a way from anxiety, but no
fr„om activity.
. Bearing the cross should not give yott
_ea crossono
cannot know
You
the kingdom ot
heaven if you have fcirgotten how to le'
happy. •
A narrow man is the one who most,
easily is twisted crooked.
The piety that pulls down youe face)
was prepared in the pit. s
Hardship often is the name that
happiness puts on her door.
The church that -does not:invest in
hutnanity has no dividends awaiting it
inheaven.is
T
more spirituality in a little
song than in a week's sighine..
Every time you try to encourage
laannogthnoergeyoout hlell
eas.
rnena little more of thee,
The wise arways are willing to be,
called fools. but never anxious to hasten
atheevent.
ns cgoodienldeal of religious work is onl
e 4
for uplifting the world at 60
e
mitchictopkedste,liii*toilu.
etthat). a
sisterly way to
make a saint of a man.
It's a profitless task trying to lay up
other people's 'treasures in heaven. •
He who seeks out the suffering never
needs to worry tI8 to whether, he if
walking with the Saviour.
A man never spends his money MOM
foolishly than when he gives the Lord..
a dime looking to get a dollar back.
awsd
IV IT NOW.
"Never put off till to -morrow what
can be done to -day" should, with "Dee
il now," be rigoveusly lived up to. Think;
ing, of what has to ,be dmie Aeons lo
magnify the work tenfoid, whereas if
done et once the difficulties which we
thought alino4 unsurinounfabla will
have 'wart learn/ disappeared, and
more time has been wasted in wonder-
ing how to remove the obstacles than
it has Meet to aeeomplisll the task.
The woman, or man either, who eulti•
vale.; the luiblit of 'diligently applying
beresif to the work generally Male that
ehe1 has net only itecomplielled Most
intritialtit a
I ettrintot
t
neceeearily mean it is Spent in idleneae.
•
Jeely "Itow ditty your fa is, link!
lea!" Boy- ue'ee„ ma'am, 'Vs"e ain't
had no company for niore'n a week."