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whimper, opened a pair of blue eyes, and laughed up into the dark, bis face of the man. The knitting had fallen into the ust, and the color had faded from LL} irl's cheeks.: : y "not often that I Ruth," he said, in a low voice; "but as we ran through the storm fast night, I prayed that me and lass, 1 shall kill him! a your brother, Madge, and I love ar ¥ She put out her t mbling hands. " Porani » re stant he raised one of his pulous he yielded. prone a 'was rocking ; in'her arms, and her shoulders were shaking. "Two. years before there had been © | in" the village. When the ge I handsome young astish. 3 ho had 7 come - from London to paint pic- tures, hae driven a his mo- et uke - Penridge's pretty wl , Nance, had also disap- 4 ] e Olley's brother, Drake, "had sailed "foreign," as they call- a ee % ance re J 3 A ith the artist, and for the busy- : ies that was enough. ly one man "had" dared to . + breathe the scandal in Luke's hear- ing. He still spoke with a lisp, for he had gone down like a nine- ve in on the sahded floor of the, parr- or of the Lighthouse Inn, and lost | "six teeth. , "Tell me, Luke," said Madge, th a sob. _ | fathom too much to 1 | again, pray, | 1. They destroyer, and the mines vanished in & tumult of cloud and fire and smoke and up-flung water, as the guns spat flame into 'mist, © It was nerve-shattering work, and it was blind work, Half a rt or star- board, and they might strike one of these infernal inventions and 'hurled sky-high. . i As they searched the danger area e day grew darker and colder, and snow sqtialls were more frequent. Then the siren of a ves: sel droned through the gloom: She got her warning swiftly--two ®Y | short blasts and a long one--the signal that she was standing into danger. ~ The second trawler coughed the warning at her in turn, and the destroyer followed with a shriller note. Then came a deep and hollew roar. "By the great Harry," cried Luke Penridge, "she's found one! That's a mine." 4 . Bhe was a small tramp steamer, with a cargo of nitrate, and though they almost blew up their boilers to reach her, they were too late." launched their * boats, though it was risky work, and pull- ed about. They found a mongrel dog swimming for its life, and Luke Penridge hauled it aboard. '" e cried: "We don't m tobe able to do much good." e put his hand to his mouth: 'Any luck, Sammy?' a 'Not' much, 'poor beggars!" bawled a voice from the other boat. "Will you the chap we've pick- ed up? He's dead. You'rs going in aight, you know, and we're no "» "Give him to Brayley,"' cried De aay ey were or home when Luke went to look at the ae Then he tore off his sou'wester, and stood like a man stunned. ; Heaven had brought them face to face, but Heaven had avenged. For the drowned sailor was Drake Olley. ! A torpedo-baat," darkening Jive very air with and cinders, entered the harbor in front of them. The trawler was hailed be- fore she could reach her moorings, and a Government; envelope, ad- dressed to Luke Penridge, was handed over. = . : III Madge 'fad inveigled the key of 0 | his cottage from Luke Penridge. send-| After Laing untenanted for nearly Il | Luke expected to be-in' . and his supper re fd ads ys oh | heavily. 2 {| 7 "That be Luke, lass,' : | Oley." 'He's come to fetoh. a month, h Luke had done his best, place ly needed the magic touch of a woman's hand. the harbor about seven. # Madge lighted the lamp, and went home, leaving a bright fire burning ady. Even in her sorrow for what her brother had done, and her dread of what would pen when the two men met, the Ei heart was singing. It was no , thing t6 have won the love of | & man like Luke: Penridge,. whose name ranked high with all. who knew him for honor and integrity. The baby had been put to bed; taken up her knit- knocker sounded said Mrs, the ing, when t ting, when 'but the smoke proved that oi sen, Torgotiot ottass hi ing out the humble which was Madge's home, he paused at the door a moment. He heard | uncouth music, strange gurglings 'land girlish laughter, = \ {Very cautiously he turned the |- | handle, and looked in. 5 hair all tumbled, was 'the was beating joyously with 'its chubby fists. = - . The mext instant Madge was al-| most lost to view in the embrace of Luke's great arms. -- London An- Lswers. : 3 WONDERFUL MEMORIES. Some: of the Most Extraordinary . Instances. Many librarians have memories that endble them to carry in their heads long lists of titles of books, of the names of the authors, and even of the numbers of the books, to say nothing of 'their places on the shelves. Long practice, of course, has given them this accom- plishment. "In some : cases it 'amounts to downright gemius. One of the most extraordinary in- stances of that ability is to be found in the case of Antonio Magliabec: «chi, librarian of the Grand Duke Codimo III of Florence, It is'said that if a priest wished to Compose a anegyric on a saint, and came to agliabecchi, the librarian would tell him all the references to 'the saint in Titerature, even to the parts of the different works where- in they. were to be found. He could often quote as many as a hundred writers. Hs Magliabecchi could tell not only who had treated a subject fully, but also who had touched on it in- cidentally in writing upon -other subjects. ? It is related that when Maglia- 'becchi visited other libraries," hi§ memory was 80 remarkable that he needed to see and consult a book only once in its place to fix every- thing about it permanently in his mind. i One day the grand duke sent for the librarian to ask. whether he could get for him a book that was decidedly rare. SI am sorry, your grice,"' replied Maghiabecchi, "but there it only one copy in the world. That is in the library of the grand seignior at Constantinople. It is the seventh book on the second shelf on the right as you enter." It is said that Macaulay, who had one of the most remarkable me- mories of which have any in- formation, was once caught trip- ping with reference to a line in 'Paradise Lost.' 'In'a few days he appeared with the poem in his hand, and, offering it to the gentle- man who had "caught him," said 'I do not think that you will catch me again on this.' And they did not. : An extraordinary memory 'was that of Dr. Addison Alexander, of Princeton Theological Seminary. His memory was not only tenacious of facts, but.of mere words. For the amusement of young people he would sometimes say. "Now I am going to talk without thinking."" He would then pour forth period after périod of strange words and incon- |gruous images, 'harmonious and even rhythmical in soupd, " but wholly destitute of sense. If that seems an easy trick, tty to sus- pend your reason and .give free rein to your fancy in periods that shall be grammatically corrent and yet without meaning. ~ Tr FA or foot rule that won't yo. L rized lau 'starch in. ey and los and mois- | ok Wi ge de the rug, holding a toy drum, which teaspoonful of cinnamon. - Stir with | two teaspoonfuls of soda, one tea- two teaspoenfils o spoonful of soda dissolved.in a little {one-half teaspoonful of | minutes, | Germany's «Snortage of Copper--A Graphic Tllustration. Owing to the shortage of copper in Germany the. school teachers have been instructed to tell their scholars to bring all the copper arti- cles they have at home to school. * ' day's collection. The picture shows the result of one Tested Recipes. Crumb Cake.--Put three cupfuls of sifted flour into a mixing bowl, one and one-half cupfuls of dark brown sugar and four or five tea- spoonfuls: of cocoa or chocolite. Stir all together, "then add one; half cupful of butter and rub in- gredients together as for pie crust. Add one cupful of sour milk, one teaspoonful of soda and a pinch of salt; beat all together. Pour bat- ter into a greased pan and bake in a slow oven. Ice if desired. Sausage Rolls.--Make a rich bis- cuit dough, roll*thin and cut with a large cookie cutter. Have fried link sausage piping hot; roll one link in each disc of dough, pinch the ends together and bake. Serve on a hot platter with brown gravy. y Coffee Cake.--Three cupfuls of flour, one coffee cupful of granu- lated sugar, three-fourths of a cup- ful of butter, one heaping teaspoon: ful of baking 'powder, one-half tea- spoonful of salt, one cupful of cur- rants, two teaspoonfuls of flavor: ing; roll about one inch in thick- ness and bake in moderately hot oven, Ginger Cookies.--Omne-half cupful of molasses, two cupfuls of flour, one-fourth cupful of butter, one tablespoonful of ginger, one-half teaspoonful of cinnamon, one half: teaspoonful of salt, one teaspoon- ful of baking soda. Roll out on a board, cut and bake. Cream Spice Cake.--One cupful of sour cream (not too thick), one cupful of brown sugar, one tea- nful of soda; one teaspoonful oO baking powder, a pinch of salt, one-fourth teaspoonful each'of gin- ger, allspice and cloves; one-half flour enough to make quite thick and bake in a moderately hot oven. ig Cakes. -- One quart of white flour, one quart of sour milk, spoonful of salt, ore tablespoonful of minced tansy. Place all sap ing bowl and stir until smooth. Bake on hot griddle. Butterless, Eggless, Milkless Cake.--One cupful of brown sugar, one cupful of water, two cupfuls of | géeded raisins, one-third cupful of lard, one-fourth grated nutmeg, cinnamon; one teaspgeniul of ground cloves and a pinch of salt. Boil together three minutes, when cold | one tea- hot water. Add one and three- fourths cupfuls of flour in which baking vder has been sifted. Bake in a at in a moderate oven for thirty Cake, -- Two cup- wii Sugar, one eip- od ) ; of two cupfuls of seed- cupfuls of flour, one ) each of cloves, all- cinnamon. Add one table- of soda dissolved is. one- old coffee. Mix in- se for one-half a slow | dip make one large Cookics.--One cupful one cupful of short- I 0 H ses, one-~ Roll one-half inch thick. Bake in a quick oven. s White Cookies,--Two cupfuls of white sugar, one cupful of sour milk (or buttermilk), one cupful of lard or butter, a pinch of salt, one teaspoonful of soda, one teaspoon- ful of nutmeg. Dissolve soda in milk and mix soft with flour. Add to other ingredients, roll out dough and.bake in a quick oven. Ginger Cards.--Two-thirds of a cupful each" of butter, sugar, and sour milk, three teaspoonfuls of soda, one teaspoonful of ginger, one large cupful of molasses and flour to roll. Roll thin; sprinkle with white sugar, bake in moderate oven. Cocoanut and Ginger Pudding.-- Crumble one pound of stile sponge cake with one-half pound of grated cocoanut. * Pour over this one pint of sweetened milk that has been brought to a boil. . Cover the dish and when the milk is soaked up, stir in four well-beaten eggs. But- ter a pudding mold, and arrange four ounces of preserved ginger around the sides." Pour in the pud- ding dnd steam far one and one- half hours. Serve with the syrup drained from the ginger; it should be warmed and poured over the pudding 'just before serving. . Broiled Kidneys, -- Cut kidneys into thick'slices. Melt a little but- ter and stir into it a saltspoonful of mustard and 'a dash of lemon juice. Dip. each slice of kidney in this, roll in cracker dust and set aside until coating stiffens--half an hour will be long enough. Broil on a small gridiron over a clear fire, turning often that the kidneys will not burn. ' Cook thoroughly and serve very hot. Southern Corn Pone.--Two cup- fuls .of corn meal sifted with one teaspoonful of salt and one-fourth tegspoonful of soda ; add one heap- ing tablespoonful of lard; pour one cupful of boiling water over it and mix well; then add three-fourths cubful of sour milk. Have ready a hot baker, well greased; make out the three pones, and place them on the baker, greasing the top of each with lard; let bake until a ight brown, and serve with vege- tables. © % Sealloped-Salmon.--With 'a fork, break the flesh of a pound can of red salmon and mix in salt and pepper.' Spread in a shallow bak- ing. pan with alternate layers of cracker crumbs, Mbisten with the salmon oil and hot water, and bake half an hour. : "Useful Hints. To remove gasoline "ring."--It often happens that a ring remains around a spot which has been cleaned with gasoline. To prevent this, place a piece of blotting paper under the spot while cleaning it. To clean an old straw hat.--Dis- solve a few grains of oxalic acid in half a cup of warm water. Then sponge the hat well with this. This not galy cleans, but will bleach a very yellow hat real white, To shrink wash goods.--Put the ods into. a. pan, cover with boil- ing water and let stand until cool t enough to handle, - remove chocolate stains.--If cocoa or chocolate has been spilled on tablecloths or napkins, sprinkle borax on the stains, 'wash in cold water and they will entirely disap- pear. a, For fried fish.--When frying fish, them in milk instead of egg be: fore rolling them in bread crumbs; this is more economical and the fish will taste better, too. he Cael Treatment for a corn.--A corn gr bunion may be Jedused by rubbing brigkly edch night with sandpaper. This does ) i| Looking back on the '| through the wilderness, Israel saw Lesson IIE.--The Shepherd Psalm. Psa. 23. Golden Text: Psa. 23. 1. L--The Good Shenherd. (Verses 1 to 4). ; . Jehovah is my shep« rd--To regard a ruler as a shep- herd in a& pastoral country was natural. Jehovah is frequently spoken of as the Shepherd of Israel, .and Israel as his flock. Jacob speaks of the 'God who shepherded me" (Gen. 48. 15; see also Gen. 49. 24). + David. hiniself as king was called the shepherd (see 2 Sam. b. 2; 7. 7). The future king, of whom David was a type, was called a shepherd (Mic. 5. 4; Ezek. 34, 23). The use of Shepherd applied to Je- hovah is frequent in the Psalms (74. 1; 77. 20; 78. 52; 79. 13; 80, 1; etc.). The empliasis on the personal pro- 'noun my is striking. ci I shall not want--Future assur- ance based on past experience. journey that she 'lacked nothing" (Deut. 2. 7). Hence she could look forward to the Land of Promise and say, "Thou shalt not. lack anything in it" (Deut. 8. 9). - 2. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures--In pastures of ten- der grass. This suggests the shade and coolness and rest during the noontime heat. He leadeth me--In the Orient the shepherd never drives, but always leads his sheep. Such was God's guidance of his people (Exod. 15. 13; Psa. 31. 3; Isa. 49. 10). The still waters -- In Hebrew, "waters of rest,"" where refresh- ment as well as actual rest, was found. NA 3. He restoreth my soul--Food and drink and rest precede the re- storation of soul. The Good Shep- herd renews and sustains life. He guideth me . . . for his name's sake--He could not be untrue to himself. Hence he must guide into paths of righteousness (see Exod.' 34. 5-7). 'He "has regard, to his revealed character in shepherding his lamb and will give direction because he is what he is, and in order that he may be known to be what he has declared himself." 4. Valley of the shadow of death --The pastures of Palestine were not open fields or meadows, but narrow valleys and defiles where all sorts of danger lurked. Wild beasts were about, clefts and deep ravines invited to dangerous falls. Yet in such a valley there was no danger. It was necessary to go through these valleys to find food. The phrase "shadow of death" means "deep gloom." Thy rod and thy staff--The shep- herd's craok was at once a "rod,'"' or club, with which to defend his sheep from attack and a "staff" on which to lean. I1.--The Bountiful Hoss. (Verses 5 and 6). 5. In dhe presence of mine enem- ies--Or, adversaries. Life is not only short, it is full of conflict. To prepare a feast of good things in a short life full of conflict is even more indicative of a Father's care than to lead, into green pastures and beside still waters, Thou hast anointed my head-- "And, therefore, I know that thou wilt again anoint me." This does not refer to the anointing of a king as Saul and David were anointed by Samuel. The reference here is to the perfumes and unguents used at an Oriental banquet (see Psa. 45. 7; 92. 10; Amos 6. 6). My cup runneth over--In Psa. 16. 5, '"cup' is used as if food were meant. Whatever the 'cup' was or whatever it contained, the idea is of Jehovah's bountifulness. He was no niggardly host. What he gave was in abundance far beyond" what his children could ask or think, 6. Surely--There could be no question that goodness and mercy, or "lovingkindness,"' should follow one who followed such a leader. The word for "follow" literally means "to pursue."' There was no escaping the "goodness and lov- ingkindness."" They would over- take the 'follower' of Jehovah in spite of anything the "follower" might do. And I shall dwell in the house of Jehovah forever--The Hebrew has the' expressive. phrase "for length of days."' A perfected kingdom is coming in. which we shall not be disturbed either by heat or drought or famine or enmity.. | There will not only be refreshment and rest on the march; there will . a continual abiding in the Father's house. «+ +: 8, i > SEAR had my life insured for $5,000. Mi Manley--How very sensible of jou Now I shan't have to keep telling you to be so careful every you go, ; 1 "Are you the defendant? kod the Judge. 'No, boss,"' 3 'the ee "I ain't done nothin' to » called names 1 at. I'se go ' place Mr. Manley--Well, my dear. I've. od