The Brussels Post, 1897-5-21, Page 22
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Foiled by Himself
A RECKONING,
�� nothing but
Thoro he stood, alert to
APTFR I. � "Not much fear of that, Aunt Jane," his long night-shirt, his feet bare, his
I C*1Jl ansiveredthe young wife. "L`anc•y Gar- utterly
you know, what day aid and mo being separated for a,month eyes wide open
rr d unees e twos or in
"s1 is 3" dear, do or six weeks at a time I But Itis nncunpa ons
this is?" it out of the question to fancy anything whose presence. It was the first time
"IC •rho alumnae may be believed, so absurd." In his .life that Mr. Barnett had beheld
Lady Feu laughed. ,"Wait, my dear,
wait,," was all Ole said, as she turned anyone thus walking in his sleep. The
again to her novel. sight was to him something ghostly
Clara Brooke shook Ler head; she and terrible --a sort of life in death,
was in no wise convinced. What was the sleeping man going to
do? What was that which he held in
his hand?
112r. Barnett stooped down and whis-
pered his discovery .t who the appari-
tion was into the ear of the terrified
Mrs. Crawford, who speedily recovered
from her fright, and both together
watched the movements of thesomnam-
bulist, Who seemed uncertain what to
do next. First he laid down the blue
Packet . he carried on the desk, which
the solicitor now saw to be a long en-
velope, evidently containing something.
From this envelope the sleeping man
drew forth a .document, which he open-
ed out and seemed to glance over, sifter
which he refolded and returned it to
the envelope, (Chis he laid wet the
desk, left it there, and evalked for -
TE BRUSSELS
P O S T.
MAY 21, 1897
is the 24th of April.'
"Six months ago to -day, Gerald and
I were married. I feel as if I had been
married for years."
"Haw dreadful to feel that you are
growing old so quickly! I hope all
married people don't feel like that."
"You misunderstand me, Aunt Jane.
I have bean so happy since that even-
ing last year when Gerald whispered
something to me in the summer -house
that all my life before I knew him
seems as unreal as a dream.' Heaven preserve us there
"Such short courtships arepositive- again. No wonder I have broken my
ly dreadful. Now, when I was engag- needle.
It's nothing, Aunt Jane, when you
ed to Captain Singleton-" are used to it, responded her niece
with a smile,
"Used, to It, indeed! I should nev-
er get used to it. as long as I lived. I.
have no doubt this is another of the
objectionable practices you husband
pecked up while he was living in for-
eign parts."
Seeing that Gerald was brought ug
in Poland, and that he lived in that
country and in ullseiafrom the time
he was five years old, till he was close
on twenty, 1 think 1 thieve told you
before that his grandmother was a Po-
lish lady of r..nk, 1 haveno doubt it
was while he was living in those for-
eign parts, as you call them, that lie
learnt to be su fond of pistol -practice:'
At this moment there came the sound
of two pistol -shots in quick succession.
Miss Primby started to her feet, "My
deur Clara,' she exclaimed, "it you
don't want tar pour nerves to be shat-
tered for life. you won't object to my
going to my own room.: With plentyof
cotton wool in my ears, and my theism
shawl wrapped round my head, 1 may
perbaps-- Dear, dear! now my thiin-
ele's gone."
"Why, there's your thimble, aunt,
on your finger."
"So it is -so it is, dear. That shows
the state Of my poor nerves."
"Will D"ou not stay and say good-
bye to the Baron,"
"No, my dear, 1 would rather not.
Ybu must make good excuses. Of course,
you could not fail to notice how, the
Baron ogled me at luncheon. He puts
me se much in mind of ;boor dear Major
Pondicherry. But 1 never earedgreat-
ly for foreigners; besides, he will smell
horribly of gunpowder when becomes
in. -There again" Not another moment
wilt 1 stay." •
Clara Brooke's face rippled over wth
Clara Brooke's face rippled over with
suppressed laughter as Miss Primisy
left the room. 'then she turned to' her
letters again, and tied. them up with
ribbon. '"1 have Beard that some, people
burn their Jove -letters when they get
married," she mused, "What strange
beings they must bel Nothing in the
world would induce me to burn mine.
Sweet silent messengers of love, what
happy secrets lie hidden in your leaves!"
She pressed the letters to her lips, put
them away inside the Davenport, and
locked them up. +
dust as she had done this, the pom-
pous tones of Bunce, who filled the
joint positions of majondomo and but-
ler at the Towers, became ;plainly au-
dible, Apparently he was standing
outside the side door and addressing his
remarks Co some one on the terrace,
"Now, the sooner you take your hook
the better," the two ladies heard him
say. "We don't want none of your
kidney here. This ain't no ,place for
mountebanks ;I should think not, in-
deed!" Mr. Bunce in his ire had evi-
dently forgotten the ?proximity of his
mistress.:
Clara crossed to one of the 4Ltindows
and looking out, saw some little dis-
tance away, two strange figures slow-
ly creasing the terrace. One wits that;
of a man whose easterme of a street
tumbler was partly bidden by the long
shabby overcoat be wore over it, which
was closely buttoned to the ohin. Over
one shoulder a da'um was slung, and
in his left hand he carried ae'Ot of
Pandean pipes, The second figure was
that of a boy some eight or nine yearn
old, who had hold of the man's ,fight
hand. Under one arm he carried a
small roll of faded carpet. Inpoint
of dress he was a mtlnis+turs copy of
the elder mountebank, minus the over-
coat. His throat was swathed in a din-
gy white muffler, while his profusion
of yellow curls were kept from stray-
ing by a fillet round hes forehelad am-
broudered with silvered beads.
"Poor creators," said Clara to her-
self. "Bunce had no business to speak
to them as he did. Howe dejeuted they
look,„ and the child seems quite "foot-
soIAt this juncture the man happening
to turn his tread, naught sight cef her.
She at once beokoaed him to approach.
The mountebank's floe lighted up and
ail signs of dejection vanished in it mo-
ment. He had some kind of old cap
on his head. This he nowremovecl,tlnd
bowed ,"profoundly twice. It was a bow
that might have graced a drawing -
room, Then ha and the boy crossed the
terrace towards Mrs. Brooke,
,,(To be Continued.)
"Gracious goodness! whatever can
that be ?" ejaculated Miss Primby with
a start.
Only Gerald and the Baron Von
Rosenberg practising at the pistol -
range. It 1s an amusement both of
them are fond 01."
"An amusement do you call it ! I
wish they would practice their amuse-
ments farther from the house, then
A third lady, who had been lounging
on a sofa and making -believe to be in-
tent on a novel, gave a loud sneeze and
sat bolt upright Ehe had heard Cap-
tain Singleton's name introduced so of-
ten of late, that she might be excused
for not caring to hear it mentioned
again -at least for d little while.
The first speaker, Clara Brooke, was
a charming brunette of twenty-two,
with sparkling black eyes, a pure olive
complexion, and a manner that was at
once vivacious and tender. Mies Prim -
by, the second speaker, was a fresh -
colored, well-preserved spinster of --
But no; Miss Primby's age was a ser -
ret, which she guarded as a dragon
might guard its young, and we have
no right to divulge it. She had one of
the best hearts in the work", and one
of the weakest heads. Everybody body
ed. at her little foibles, yetY
liked her. Just now she was busy over
somespecies of delicate embroidery, in
which she was an adept. Lady Fanny
Dwyer, the third lady, whose inoppor-
tune sneeze had for a moment so dis-
concerted Miss Primby, was a very
pretty, worldly-wise, self-possessed
young matron, who in age was 501116
six months older than Mrs. Brooke.
She and Clara had been bosom friends
in their s.hool-days ; and notwithstand-
ing the many dlfferencea int their char-
acters and dispositions, their liking for
each other was still as fresh and un-
selfish as ever it had Leen.
The ladies were sitting in is pleasant
morning -room at Beerhly Towers, Mr.
Gerald Brooke's country -house, situated
about fourteen miles from London. The
room opened on to a veranda by means
of long windows, which were wide open,
this balmy April afternoon. Beyond the
veranda was a terrace, .from which two
flights of broad shallow steps led down
to a flower -garden. Outside that lay
a well -wooded park with a wide sweep
of sunny ehampaign enfolding the
whole. l
Clara Brooke had scarcely heard her
aunt's last remark. She was seated at
a davenport, turning over some old let-
ters. On the wall iu front of her hung
a portrait of her husband, painted on
ivory. "My own darling Clara," she
read to herself from one of the letters;
"it seems an age since I saw you last,
and it will seem like an age till 1 shell
have the happiness of seeing you again':
What sweet, sweet letters he used to.
write to me I 'What other girls ever
had such letters written to her 3" She
pressed the paper she bad been read-
ing to her lips, then refolded it. and
put it away and took up another.
"Ah, my dear," remarked Lady Fan-
ny, turning to her friend, "as you re-
marked ,just now, you have only been
a wife for six short months, and of
course everything withyou is still coul-
eur de rose• But when you have been
married as long as Algy and I have,
when the commonplace and the prosaic
begin to assert themselves, as they do
in everything and everywhere, wheth-
er you like it or nor ; then I am sure
yon will agree that the scheme of mar-
ried life my husband and 1 have plan-
ned for ourselves has really a good deal
to commend it to all sensible people."
Miss Primby pricked up her ears,
"You excite my curiosity, dear Lady
Fanny," she said, "I hope you won't
refuse to gratify it."
"Why should 1?" asked Lady Fan.
with her merry laugh. "We want con-
verts, Algy and I ; and who knows, my
dear Miss i'rimhy, but that some day-
eb 1 Well, this is our modus vivendi -L
believe that's the correct term, but
won't be sure. About eighteen months
ago -we had then been married a little
over a year-Algy and 1 came to the
conclusion that married people ought
not to be too constantly together if
they wish to keep on good terms with
each other. Algy s contentions is that
half the quarrels and scandals which
come out in the newspapers are simply
the result of people seeing so much
of each other that at least they are
impelled by some feelings they can't re-
sist to have what ho calls "0 ,jolly
row," just to vary the monotony of ex-
istence.And then, as he says, one
"row" is sure to lead to another, and
SO on. When once the match is ap-
plied, no oneean tell where the conflag-
ration will stop. Now, although ours
was a love match, if ever there was
one, we had not run together in harness
very long before we made the discovery
that initially things our likes and dis-
likes were opposed. For instance, next
to me, I. believe Algy loveshis yacht;
i
whereas I detest yachting: t seems to
mea most stupid way of passing one's
time, On the other hand, I delight in
going from one country -house to an-
other and visiting each of my friends
in turn; while Algy, dear! fellow, is al-
ways awfully bored in general society,
especially wherever It number of our
sex happened to he congregated. Thus,
it has comp to pacethat at the present
moment, be Is somewbere in the Med-
iterranean,. while 1 -well, je suis iii,
Algy and never• give ourselves time
to grow tired of Melt other' and when
We meet after !.,ting apart foramonth
or two, our meetings are real 0100,"
as my friend, Miss keckover from New
York worain say."
Miss Pr Y
fmb shook her heart, "lam
of
raid, dear Lady Fanny, that. your
,
o entons.. on such matters aro vary
heterodolc, and 1 can Only say that X
• hope Clare will neves eeo fit to adopt
there,' . ,
of his brother's visit to town on the
Tuesday through an acquaintance who
had met him owning from Mr. Bar-
nett's offlee.
About half an hour after Mr, Bar-
nett lead retired to his room, Henry
Monitton suddenly, awoke from the
deep sleep into whioh he had fallen,
and sat up, in bed, unaware that he had
ever left it. Lfis room wus not quite
in darkness, for a small flame sudden-
ly shooting up from the fire, dimly lit
the surroundings, The light attrueted
bis attention,
1 have been dreaming of that cursed
will again," he muttered, thrusting his
hand under his pillow to feel it the
document were safe, Full fifty Limes
have I resolved to destroy it, and as
often something bus hold me back. The
fire is still burning. Iwill be tor-
mented no longer. This very minute
it shall be consigned to the flames;
then surely Isbell have peaoe. 1t is an
unjust will. It should never have been
made. That girl, an utter stranger,
Lo get everything, and T nothing, Not
while I live to prevent it."
Not allowing himself one instant for
reflection, he rose, and crossed the room
quickly to the fireplace. The flame
was still burning invitingly. 13y its
light he read the writing on the beak
of the envelope, to make himself certain
that it was the one containing the will,
then thrust both envelope and its con-
tents into the heart of the fire. With
glittering eyes he watched the creep-
ing flame speedily devour them. Fol
some seconds the whole room was bril-
liautly illuminated, and theu crime dark-
ness. The incubus was removed; the
will gone forever! .
ward to the fireplacx+,where he stood
Lor a minute of two leaning against the
mantel piece, apparently wrapt in
thought. Struck by a sudden thought,
Dir. Barnett bent across the siesta,"
eek
np the envelope, drew out the docu-
ment enclosed and hastily scanned it
over. A single glance 'ryas sufficient
LC Lvas the missing will.
Quick as thought, he snatched up
the will found by leer's• Crawfords which
wets lying beside himy thrust it into
the envelope, and slipped the newly
discovered one safely into his pocket.
Nest he leant over and softly 'placed.
the envelope ware its now enclosure Miss {Ashley appeared calm and teem- tiles. The supernatural directions of
how Mir. Barnett had succeeded to sult-
stltuting the one will for the other.
The company heard the relation of
the stows with amazetneint, As for
11'Iott*ton, he was sianply stricken dumb.
Every one in the roam turned to look
at leim; he was pale as death. 'Aware
that he owasionally walked in his sleep,
he had no doubt of the truth of what
Mee, Crawford had just narrated, or of
the rack that he had been. tricked by
Cilkittians in Jerusalem hail not at all
severed from the Jewish beirarchy.
Some of these men =velum vo come with
Bernabas and Paul 'front AnLiect est
members of tlx romniitlee of inquiry;
some of them doubtless were residents
of Jerusele'm. Needful to circumcise
them. Circumcision was the formal rite
of entry into tlui Judaletio common-
wealth, and thus circumcised pontile
Lvn.s n.5 thoroughly a jeer as if he could
the Isolkator, Ile did not speak. 1?;oil- trace has ancestry back to Abraham,
ed by himself, by his own unconsoeoue To keep the law of Moses, In their daily
apt', ;he stunk out of the room, and teenple :ritual, dome'Lio worship, and
shortly after left the house. synagogue cbscusejons, all of them turn -
'cable J'snd,1 ngithe Christians fit'st of all
hate Jews and oinking Christianity in-
ferior to Judaisnn. The Jewish Chris-
tj1t111 from this time on became dis-
tinctly the eneanies of. Paul; they.
sneered at his work, antagonized hie
teachin'ggs, and denied his apostleship.
Paul did bot ask for any authority
from the Involve ; itis had already as
,high an authority as they. He 'was
an apostle• by virtue op lase same grace
which made Peter an apostle, He had
been the moans of organizing as many
chnrebes of Christ as had Peter, or any!
other apostle. Read the first part of
the second chapter of the "epistle to
tlhe Galatianes.
6. The apostles and elders. By the
"apostles" in this verse w'enre to un-
derstand the eleven who had been ap-
50(03.ed jay Christ 1Lnd1 the one_ who
had been Wiesen an the, place of Judas.
Added to those office -bearers of the
church who tied beet formally chosen
enol set. apart for specific. religious
duties., leaving entirely' we may pre-
sume the activities of secular life;
there were evidently present see
verse 10, the rank and file of the
church.
\Ve• pass free) verse 6, 11 our lesson.
to verse 20, but the. teacher should
carefully study verses 7 to 21. After
mur_h questioning and doubtless
speeches trade on both sides, Peter
arose and made a strong address. Ile
referred to his own pr•taehtng of the
Gospel to the Gentiles according to the
direct ecemnned of God, to the gill
of the Holy Ghost to these Gentile
converts, to th,e, pteril;vingt work which
God's Spirit httd wrought in. their
characters, making inferentially, tile
legal purification or the law unneces-
sary. Ila showed that the law of
Dioses was n!anecessare even to the
moral puriLicatiorh of the Jews them-
selves anti claimed that to insist on
the Gentiles keeping of the law of
bioses atter this demon:erat!on of
spiritual power was to distrust God's
guidance and to reject the leadership
of Providence. The .Jews themselves,
he insisted, mist. be saved just nsGen-
tiles were saved, by faith n God and.
Christ. It: is ,aoticeable that in this
address Pater preached truly "Pauline
doctrine," and that he simply gives his
advice as one of the twelve, and makes
no claim to 'papal power. After Peter
cams Baroabasand lAU&who told their
simple story. 'Then .lames, "brother
of our Lord," Who was :not indeed one
of the original twelve apostles, but:, who
was evidently one of the rulers of the
church In Jerusalem, substantially
agreed with Peter. I e quoted Amos 0.
11, 12, toprove that the ingatbering of
the Geritiles had been paophe,siecl by
God, and then argued that !present
events were simply the fuelfillment of.
God's promise. The Jews must not
put needless responsibilities upon the
Gentiles. Four reslrletto'ns seemed to
James to be necessary, abstinence from
the pollution of idolatry; frond the eat-
ing of anianals strangled; from blood,
which had a deep symbolic significance
to all Jaws and most Gentiles; and
from fornication. This speech of
James ended in a "notion," which was
"carried."
22. The apostles and elders, with, the
whole church. The three classes, two
of which were mentioned in verse 6.
Evidently the laity 1vere represented
in this first conference of the Church.
Chosela nnen of their own company. So
that the reports of Pauli and Barnabas
might he properly indorsed. Judas
surnamed llarnabas. Possibly the man
mentienecl in Axils 1. 23, possibly his
brother, Silas. Sometimes called SLL-
vanus, 'I3la afterward traveled as
Paul's friend end oompanion, and was
with him is that inner prison at Phil-
ippi. Chief :men. Prophets also, See
nesse 82.
$8. ,They,w'roie' letters by them. Re-
vised Version, '""bey wrote thug by
them." iehli alpohtlles and elders and
brethren. Revnseil Version, The apos-
tles, and the eider lal,1' hrend' 'T,h0Gen-
tiles in .Antioch and Syria and Cilicia.
Notice 0'.i eh thee. there were Jeyvish'
converts nn these! three places, and
that this dobumont wee not addressed
to them. Notices, seeded -11y, that there
were Christians oven out this lime in
many ether claps to whom the letter,
was not sent, and Paull does not even
mention it.in his latter to ',Cbrinth
and Rome. ;at wet: aadirect n.'nsever t1
a direct questions from the, l:ih'ls(ians
aL Antioch. , .
2L4, Certain which event out froan us.
\VVtthour having been sent. This is aV
dined ,repudiation of the men who be-
gan the mischief. Troubled you lwv'ith
Words. With teaching. Subverting your,
yowls. :Unsettling themebaiettking them
down. Saying, must lava cirrr:umoisejd
and keep the. law, Tide is omitted Oroo
the Revised Veneers it is a Bert et ex-
planation 0'f the thought of the epos+ -
ties. To reete11 we goals no such com-
mandment:, `To whom we Veva no
commandment whatever,'' They olatm-
ote however, that they were speaking!
for James. Sea Gill. 2. 12. 1 •
„:5, Being assexnlplyed with One accord.
'Hewing rotate to one 110pomcl," Study
carefully all the varnttionsof thisiets-
ea a given in the Rratesed Version. To
send ehoson men. Td choose out men
and send ,teem."
126. Men that have hazarded thein
livus.
These woods refer to 'Barnabas
and Peel avhom the e.hwroh at 1'erus-
alem ler eially indorses; naavertheleeey.,
it is to be noticed that they .dict not
rank Chem ih the same order in which
Luke ranks them. Jetsam anal Gillis,1010
shall also teltyou the Caine thing, by
mouth.. The pano'hment with .he peg,-
nature
i,gr
nature of ?lip atAost1n4 carried With it
authority, hut Judge and Stets could
say of pl3arnahtts and Paul 'whet those
good Men eloped. no;t say of tb inalalveS,
11,8, fro the 31nly Ghost. and to us.
(Autinil tinder Lire ditescttion oL Goll.
Neces'aay Ibbigs. Some intrinsically nee-
essery, tome ,n0Oeseaury, to avlalcl suspi-
tens
3.13 there entree the fair 1:11ings Pro-
hibited by the c•nunadl, They .ore not;
given lin the 'same Order in verse 29
and extras ;d6. From whl31h if ye keels
yoursel.vps; ye Shalt elo tie". Meaning,
yourselves,. ye shall db %veil).'ItItaninee,
It ";,hall be well with you."
• • • • e • • • • •
Mr. Monkton's funeral was over. Dust
had been consigned to dust, to await
dead man's will au event usually aux-
in the drama was the reading of the
Clea dmans' will, au event usually anx-
iously looked forward to by eager pro-
spective legatees. 1
In the drawing -room after the fun-
eral were assembled dirs. Crawford,
Miss Ashley, Henry Monkton, Sir And-
rew Dawson, Mrs. Crawford's son Peter,
who was a clerk in the City, and Mr.
Barnett. Several of the principal ser-
vants were also present. Henry
leionktou in spite of bis best efforts,
could not wholly mimed his agitation,
TH
E SUNDAY SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON, MAY 23.
'rhe Cm,rerenee n.1 Jerusalem.. Acts lb,
1.e, seen (eaten Text, Ards 15 i 11.
„PBIAC'ClCA'L NOCL15S.
\Tease 1. Certain wren. Christianized
Pharisees. bee verse 5, "False breth-
ren unawares, brought in, who came in
privily to spy out our liberty whichCame
have in Cha ist J suss" Gal.
down from Judea. They probably sante
from Jerusalem: The journey was
down hill a large part of the way:
Taught the brethren. Posed as author-
ized. teachers of the young converts in
Antioch, who ,dere very susceptible to
instruction from Jerusalem, Which was
still regarded as the center of the
Christian 'Church. Except ye be cir-
cumcised. That is, formally admitted
into the Jewish faith. ,A cireumoised
Gentile was as completely a Jew as if
he, had been born so. And LLithout tea
performance of that rite no man could
Lie a Jew. {After the mahroer of }Moss.
" Manner," here steads for law, ritual,
command. Ye cannot be saved. Very
special revelations of the law of God
had been made in the Church at the
time of the reception of the first Gen -
bank where it had lain. It •. was butt icing guard ian she h dt os p than oL
Philip in his meeting with the l thopi-
the work of a emend ar; two; Dire. wina1 he had left behind him. Mr. an eunuch (if we assume that official
Clrawford watching him the while with Barnett, Who bad the hill in his pocket to have been u Gentile) ;the outpouring
bated breath, hell s etpecting what; the now Tess to Speelt' ' of the Spirit Of God on the Samaritans
envelope had contained. "Sou all know, oC oourse, that it is who' believed;. the vision of the sheet let
The somnam ul st, after standing in customary for the will of a deceased down from heaven 'given to Peter; the
ttsfto be read
the funeral," be began, fixing hisaeyes m
conversion of Cornelius, with its accent -
the same position at the fireplacsa for
some seconds longer, returned to the on Henry Monktot, who quailed under puoying phenomena; the clireot state -
desk, took up the 'All, went airgtda to itahberira kS enwigsh n o kno v t s epos ng the meat of our Lord to 'Ananias when Paul
the fireplace and held the envelope and principal will not to be at hand, if was converted; and the eagerness 1103(11
its contents above the now burnt-out1 may be allowed to read from the which Gentiles embraced. the new re-
fire, as though about to drew them draft which I have here? Draft and ligion--all these things were plainly
into flames which he imagined he sant. principal are precisely alike in sub -
providential and spiritual indications of
Then he turned hurriedly and glanced stance,"
a.rdsthe door,lput his hand contain- el one spoke for some seconds, No God's law. iut the audaizing party
t ,o.vone, indeed, had any interest to speak clung to their old prejudices, and could
ing the will behind him, as it wishing save Henry Monkton. Miss Ashleyci
not understand Slow there could be a
to hide it from the gaze of someone, LMrs Crawford and her sonuwere but' moral and spiritual goodness without
distant connections. 1 conforming to the law of ketoses.stood fora minute in that poshtiou, and
then slowly walked out of the 100m1 IYLr. Barnett was about to resume 2, Paul. and :f3arnabas 'had no small
easing the door behind.him. Mr. Bar- when Henry ilfunkton interrupted dissension and disputation with them,
nett darted after him and followed him him• h 1A'hat i s said
good "We must A.nd the eonfliot. now begun was contin-
cautiously upstairs. He watched him have the will itself. Where is it? Why nein all Paul's life. The Judice
untilhesawhtm go along the corridor have you not got it?"' churches, at least. in some places, main -
and enter hes rocen in safety;• after 'These inquiries, DIT. ylonklon, you
that the solicitor returned to the room are probably iu a better position to tainad a •separate organization, and
answer than myself. Rave you no Christian Jews who like Paul believed
nein-
below..
idea where your brother's will is?" that with Christians there leas neith-
"Marcy on urs Did over ons mor- Henry
Dlun10fl 1ostput
temperartl\\hat
Chat er Jew nor Gentile, neither bond nor
tat see the ]eke o' Cleat. this a do you mean?" he said in au angry free, and associated freely with Gentile
Olams.tion burst from the lips of Mrs. tone. "How should I know anything converts, were regarded L,,• them as
Crawford as Mr. Barnett rejoined her about it? It is not likely I shall gain wicked men. Jadpao Christianity., so
in the library. The good woman had b hila fYon raming ll 11'lt be8 sutra of that far as .it was an organization, received
recovered the use ofhex tongue, and
Mr, Barnett without noticing this its deathblow in the downfall of Jer-
was Inclined to laugh at her feasor innuendo, stately said: '.then you usaleui; but lb the sects of theJilbion-
fears. "1 really thought it 17.115 the know nothing at the will? You have ilea and the Nazarenes ''tyre exclusive
dead man'Anised'," continuedshe. "Eh, n? •ot 'Nseeo• nI env
' "
STEAMER LEONA ON FIRE.
a not seen it, if that will
it? mem of our lesson found their repre-
but tae wars awful 11 a him thought- satisfy you; and now, kindly proceed. senlatives long, long afterward, \Meat
1 suppose the upshot of all this is that was pre:icbed by these yuan from Judea
it the will and had he got it after there is no will?"
Whet paper W118 that ye Cooke 'Was
orthodox Christianity in Antioch be-
e'?" "O11, no. Sou are mistaken; the will 011018 a "pestDential heresy" in !t.he
"'Yes; it Lyae the will. ]Tette it is,is dere all ing it. "Bu 1 Barnettv11next century. They cleteaimlined, The
said, producing it. But 1 have to
thank you for the restoration., 115 well Church at large camp. to the determine.-
safe and sound .Flo may do what he
likes with the one he has got. I will as for its disappearance; Ionly got it Hem. Paul and Barnabas, and certain
take care this one do's not fall into lase night," Other of therm Doubtlss some of these
II Monkton amazed and eon -
ears
his hands again." founded at the production of the will "other" represented Mlle Jadonzing
"But how would he coma to get it, which he could only conclude to be a parity. But not all, l'or Titus, a Gen-
thi.nk ye?" • later one than that whioh be had tile convert uncircumcised and yet en-
"1`hat is quite easily understood, Mrs. burnt, had not a word to say. He was, d•owed wale duel gift of the Holy Ghost,
however, ata loss to understand the LL^ir1 ome, Gal.2. 1, 3. It is not easy for
Crawford JZr. Monkton must have last sentences uttered by Dir• Burnett. Lis to understand the natural deference
bad it beside him the night he died, and "1. du not understand you," be said at that wits gaud Lo the apostles at .Ter -
it Lvould be lying among the loose pa- length. "1 have uo connection ware usnlem. It ansa not only because they
ars on the desk. mo brother, hunt- It
will whatever. 1f Lt was cever lost bad "commented wiles, our Lord."
tang amongst these papers on her aminal i.t is evidently found again. , Be kind Whenever in all tine civilized world
had found the will, read it ; and altogether;to 11 knows nothut ing the
about it.' ' a Rosman pen eu thought ahimself 'Wherever wrong -
here
knowing that if it were destroyed. or id, be appealed to Caesar. adiinna
' Dl friends." said Mr. Burnett ,"look in all the. level(' a Jew had a dispud:e
put out of the way, he himself would at tbui man.Is comes down beta, pia- colicerniaug religious law or cws'lam :he
be heir to evcveything, resolved to 10- tending regret for the brother he had nppahleel w lhh equal confidence to the
press it. I remember you said he seem- loaf and with a lying story on his lips Sa,ru7ir.'dr3bi. And so Lhtese •first. disciples
ed a little conf1150 L whoa you onteied that his brother and he, who for a refected fti faith
ivazlti question .• S c
Y ]uhd b bty <hslurbed had spoken to each
ether a owme rf frontad em
lead a ii his possession a death. -t Teo ass s aro lwm;, a see
wonder
o .Piet
wonder is that he has not burnt i' be- death, Iflt finds his brother's Lvhl1�1 L arsuAnts t.hroug'laout, what (10,111(01; h0
fore this. Perhaps he could not make the library,, reacts it, and seeing roves", bwt Lv.hpu1 Lhera is little reason
up his mind whether to destroy it or be hiniseit is left almost nothing., and L�0 ("onset, that this joarney was tivaaame
give it up. 1 can understand now his that this Innocent girl here inherits ev- its that .rn Gal. 2.....1.-11.0. Pitul went up
non-interference with things. lie erything, resolves either to destroy or "byrevelaliou' whaiull La.eLis not at all
knew that the panic wigs in Its own conceal it. lu els policy, he does not contradictory to the statement ex verse
hand." assume the mastership here; he inter -
0 "L1ur,V deteran.ined."
"IL maunllacpreyed on his nand to a feces with anteing, ltuawing well that '6, L4eittg Iwouget on their aveyy by
terrible extent though, 'Thal mann he can bide his time; and this for 1:ho .the church. Doubtless, the brethren and
be what caused hien to walk in leis purpose of deceiving those 01000(1 hire coal of the Clpristilans at Antioch went
sleep." into a belief that he never expects nor w'illi •tthcan part of. the 15x17. They would
No doubt. He seemed to be opting desires to gain anything by the death travel southward through Plhenioe and
over againwhat occurred in this room of his brother. Ile intends, no doubt Samaria, stoppingg very likely at Tyro
wb,en ne found the will. You saw him to counterfeit surprise when no will amd Sidon and Nazarelth, and Santana,
leak toward the door, as if he beard was to be found. This will whioh 1 and whenever they stopped I:elling the
some one coming, and then put his hand hold in my hand is the one taken from deliightful atna'y of the conversion of
behind him, apparently to hide the the library by that man. 'Up till last ler Gentiles. The dLs 15105 who lived
will?" night ILL' owe ve o'oluul , it was in his all along the road, sanpleehearted men -
"Ay, he just Looked something lilts S>ossession, at which time iC Lound its trrmsn full of the joy of the Lord, re-
thaC when 1 sa,Lv him th o first day 100.7 fain niy own..f so eiojoicad sit dee more wihen they heard
standing by the fixe. I'll no forgot Not one oY the hearers was hal h this good 'nonvs; ithleologmal acrimony
wham. "nae seen this night inahurry. mu011 astonished at hearing this speeo maul oat, yet spoiled thein.
•-Yore sure that's the right will nosy'!" g 1 :When they were. minae. to :ferusa-
"Yes; there s no doubt of it this time. es was Hearn Mhetw will which he tial lio. 'Sae. the nate quoted from Pro -
touris dated 5th August 1881, exactly he had q
four .months to a day later than the
other,"
Mr. Barnett's supposition as to the
manner in whioh Henry. Monktou had
got possession of the wi11 was quite cor-
rect. Ile had found it on Mr. Monk -
ton's desk amongst the other papers;
and after reading it was unable to
make up his mind whether to destroy
it 0r leave it somewhere wltere it
might be found by Mr. Barnett, i\Irs.
Crawford had disturbed hitn in the
library before he had time to read it,
hence he hastily folded it up and car-
ried it with him to his room till he
could peruse it at leisure.
Prior to his meeting with Mr, Bar-
nett in, the garden, ho had, after much
inward discussion, determined to do-
str01 the will, and es he knew the
solica.tor to be well aware of its exis-
tenoe. he had invented the story of
having• met his brother in London, and
of having becoine reconciled Whine in
Order to raise a belief in Mr. Barrett's
mind, when he found the will not forth-
bomte , that Mr. 14lonkton might him-
on-
tha room• ou Pro a has very long time noteerniing am and prac:ine which C011 -
him wbilehpe'rusing the will, Ile , had b f ' uds again a week tb to the atpostles at Jerusa-
11 along the h d before
tea brother's L f 1 'We
Sislaea 1'ercoas Bnracd 01• Bm0tnered 6e.
IoW Decks.
A despatch from New York says: -
The Mallory Line steamer Leona, which
left her pier on Saturday, bound for
Galveston, put hack, and arrived in
port en Sunday, sixteen persons having
perished. The dead were steerage pas-
sengers on the steamer whosuteumhod
in a terrible struggle during a fire
which occurred off the Delaware capes
at an early hour yesterday morning.
The horror of the story oan hardly
be detailed, Those who are dead Were
penned up below docks, and although
frantic efforts were made by the offi-
cers to save them, the fire "tad each
terrific headway before the danger was
discovered that all escape was cut off.
The steamer carried amongst her car-
go many bates of cotton. It is not
certain Stow the fire originated, but
when it was diecoverod it burst forth
with each fury that it was impossible
to reaelu the steerage, even when the
steerage passengers apparently were
unmindful of the danger or also the
smoke and flames had not reached
them, The saloon passengers were
first aroused and in such, a manner as
to occasion little alarm. \V.iuon
it be-
came apparent that the fire had cut
Off the steerage passengers, thecap-
tain and his men poured great quan-
titee5 of water down the ventilator -mild
eight
ceedthe
edd namak making theirgeescape..n.l•
found he was amazed at what ho heard, feasor Li y
of soros utrt uC "asst nlgrap11,. Received of the church..lyeubt
less fnrannily by till the brethren an
of the solieitors statement. annsse, acids: ns enc e. ea•s.
"You wilte observe," said n1ere a sort of du egea or comm
ndsa in our.ihtrodu030ry par -
But he thought he saw an opening to
Prove the falsity
I
ll I u l he Tieing tlha I1 1 ld 'Vlie
ing coura e "that this gentle- ll il.tee,
m nga gaining
lees me first of: stealing illy or hoard of eonlrol. Declared all things
brother's will, than, apparently, of re- heat God had clone with them,
The deeps harmony between this ac
storing it again. This restoration, as tion and that given in 1?aul 5 Epistle
c'or'ding to his story, would seem to 1, 10 the fitLlatlnil.i ma'1CC it /Llmast [ e.l'l.aln
taken piece, last night at midnight, At that. (110 trip described in hoth pheces
thatrLimo 1LVae in bed and asleep; he, was ere.
They exulted to theaoknow-
for aught I know was the same. 1 did .
eller dinner yesterday. sae Bion y.:Che ledgmonl: of the authority of Paul and
not
whole tale ie t base fabrinathon• in the exemption of the Gentiles from
"11: is true. I'have a witness here.-
mirCumeision, Where they do not eeem
Mrs. Crawford will you kindly tell on the *.Trace to agree, a careful ux-
What wo both 811.141 last night 1 Perhaps aminitt.i0n well only 1l OW IL deeper
ill n him." agreomoni, Lul e dosnribes tea n''an
yh
1either," ft d s Crawford' and manager of me in
you will. convince conference; Paul like many nine. er
" Deed, 1'11 50001 tell, and no he bask- n otic" his bey Lvoricer
Ward,
La' A 1' ,�
i proceeded to retain in detail what Prlvat•o• ].oke [snares the differences,'
she p and describes only the results; Paul
she had seen ter, where fescue Beene has a deo par Purpose in his conflict
05 Isetlxoll h, terror when chi. saw, I
as s+hkp through[., the apparition of her with the Galatians, and ernPlieshzes i:1�'
dead relative; the. puke!: which it ear- pointe most eeectivr, for ibur argument, figure turn- 5, There rose. up cort,d 11 of the sent
ncl. Out af
riot fl rand; how the fi g Monkton of the Pharisees which bolteved. Phri-
ter all to be Henry sees and C'hrrlstians at ohms; for the
self 1iavo destroyed i, in i d t 1 t t d ng Lo ht
.en ntseli, walking in lits sleep; and
make a now one. He Was made aware
The resignations of the German Iin-
e�nrial Chancellor and the Minister of
Foreign Affairs are in the hands of.
the Emperor, but ?se has, persoadel
them net to leave the Cabinet. for the
plrelsealt.
1T;he le IS a moweenent on foot in
,Aus3relie to "send twenty ouaantd
s6iogls and five thoulue 4d bellooks
England me a contrilnttion txr arils the
dinner avliinh the P'rhnoe to of .Wa,1Os la
promotin% dor the poor of the Deriders
slums tearing jubilee week. 1