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SEVEN. ’EST nsi 19': 15". Cop);r 18m: 1914. PAGE SIX. was speaking to ms so... . I Twenty years ago these two old cro- ' nies had met James Brood in one 01 the blackest holes of Calcutta, a dere-g lict being swept to perdition with the’ swiftness and sureness of a title that‘ knows no pause. They found him when the dregs were at his lips, and the stupor of defeat in his brain.‘ Without meaning to be considered‘ Samaritans, good or bad, they dragged him from the depths and found that; they had revived a man. Those were the days when James Brood’s life meant nothing to him, days when he was tortured by the thought that it would be all too long for him to en. dure. yet he was not the kind to mur- der himself as men do who lack the courage to go on living. GEORGE BARR McCUTCHEON The Message Weeks after the rescue in Calcutta these two soldiers of fortune and an. other, John Desmond, learned from the lips of the man himself that he buv satay vâ€" _ was not suchâ€"as they, but rich in this. world’s goods, richer than the Solo! mon of their discreet imagination. | What Brood told them of his life brought the grim smile of appreciation to the lips of each. He had married a} beautiful foreignerâ€"an Austrian, they; gatheredâ€"of excellent family, and had! taken her to his home in New York city, to the house in lower Fifth ave nue where his father and grandfather had lived before himâ€"the house in which two of the wayr‘arers after twenty years, now sat in rueful con-l templation of a blue envelope. A baby boy came to the Broods in :the second year of their wedded life, but before that there had come a manâ€"a music master, dreamy-eyed. handsome, Latin; 3 man who played upon the harp as only the angels may play. In his delirious ravings Brood Illustrations by RAY WALT E R S \‘ALA. v ~ursed this man and the wife he had stolen away from him: he reviled the baby boy, even denying him; he laughed with blood-curdling glee over the manner in which he had cast out the woman who had broken his heart and crushed his pride; he walled in anguish over the mistake he had made in allowing the man to live that he might gloat and sneer in triumph. This much the three men who lifted him from hell were able to glean from lips that knew not what they said, and they were filled with pity. Later on. in a rational weakness, he told them more, and without curses. A deep. silent, steadfast bitterness succeeded the violent ravings. He became a way farer with them, quiet, dogged, fatal; 'where they went he also went; what ”they did, also did he. Soon he led, and they followed. Into the dark places ;of the world they plunged, for pert] fmeant little to him, death even less. .They no longer knew days of priva- 7tionâ€"he shared his wealth with them; but they knew no rest, no peace, no safety. Life had been a whirlwind be- fore they came upon James Brood; it lwas a hurricane afterward. ‘ ' Twice John Desmond, younger than“ Danbuw Dawes and Joseph Riggs, {saved the life of James Brood by, acts of unparalleled heroism; once in ' South African jungle when a lion gees fought for her young, and again a South African jungle wnen a non- The cold reserve tn: .esa fought for her young, and again the mung man did no ,1n_ upper India, When single-handed. him in relation to any From In Lkinz to by {)0dede 00mm CHAPTER I. (1 until 3; ve blue enve won t( in Calcutta rin s Brood ‘ o ‘tne new 3‘ g ‘days while it ed 1:: a 0 iv» fhc L]: ! iwall ct a sand fut : 00:10:12 0: 1 a hairs-x; l conscious :. \ More tha: . I ”P, 1 .r ‘- 3~1.â€".‘. tl.'1;‘._ (7; 1333! Erie: me new at: a horfle of Hindus m! days uhile his c om-..de lay wound- e1 11: a cavern Dawes and Riggs, in the; Eiimaiayas, crept down the W811 cf :1 precipice, with five thon~ sand 1111 between them and the 03:15:11: o: :‘z- e gorge, to drag him from :1 13.11:; Ii“..ge upon which he lay un- mus friou after a misstep in the night. spore than onceâ€"aye, more than a 1; 2:1 friesâ€"one or the other of these 133‘ 1 friend-.3 stood between him and “nd "‘ 1111es 11 thout numbers he, ‘ !. too, turne; .he grim reaper aside for 30‘ m Desmond, gay, handsome and still young as men of his kind go, met the fate that brooks no intervention. he “as the first to drop out of the ' ranks In Cairo, during a curious pe- riod of inactivity some ten months after. the advent of James Brood, he met the woman who conquered his ven- turesome spiritâ€"a slim, calm, pretty English governess in the employ of a British admiral’s family. They were married inside of six months. He took her home to the little Maryland town that had not seen him in years. Ten years passed before James Brood put his foot on the soil of his native land. Then he came back to the home or his fathers, to the home that had been desecrated, and with him came the two old men who now :sat in his huge library before the , crackling fire. He could go on with ;1ife, but they 1x ere no longer fit for 1 its cruel hardships. His home became - then s. "they here to die there when the tim bee Diete died when Frederic was elgt old, without having seen hi! after that dreadful hour when, Br new and The Patient Butler, Jones, Had Made 6 Four Visits to the Library. t ing her innocence, she had been ‘ turned out into the night and told tc ( go whither she would but never to re 1 turn to the house she had disgraced James Brood heard of her death 1 when in the heart of China, and he was a haggard wreck for months thereafter. He had worshiped this beautiful Viennese. He could not wreak vengeance upon a dead woman; he could not hate a dead woman. He had always loved her. A few years after his return to New York he brought her son back to the house in lower Fifth avenue and tried, with bitterness in his soul, to endure the word “father” as it fell from lips to which the term was almost strange. The old men, they who sat by the , whom the blue missive was addressed, ' knew the story of James Brood and his wife Matilde and they knew that the former had no love in his heart for the youth who bore his name. Their lips were sealed. Garrulous on all other subjects, they were as silent as the grave on this. They, too, were constrained to hate the lad. He made not the slightest pretense of appreciat- ing their position in the household; to him they were pensioners, no more, no less; to him their deeds of valor‘ were onset by the deeds of his father; there was nothing left over for a bal~ ance on that score. He was politelv he was even kindly dis- vagaries and considerate; posed toward their whims; there was nothing else left for ‘ . do. But, for all that, he desired a themâ€"justifiably so, no doubt, it one " bears in mind the fact that they "igm hc Ken n seclusion was fifteen years of age ew, even by sight, the e called father. Up to he death of his m‘other, of her fathers, he had Jeen deliberate purpose 5 of James Brood in so. 3113pr child was com! 1 he cast out the mother Lid heavily upon her fu- :â€"-even feelingâ€"the in- ;y that this child was not .nned with machiavellian rt her to the limit of his 0 the end of her days. : would hunger for this ers, that her heart could rough him, that her pun. 1 be made full and com‘ questered the child in a he 'could not be found, laking her pay? :deric was eight aving seen him that extender} not carry beyo imly certain other member years again 'otesb 5118 of the housefiold Ed far as James “WM" “"29 cancerned. The unhanpy road 0V9 The two old men made able effort to stand erect fort to stand alone. '1 arms and stood shoulder arms and stood shoulder to shoulde: “Show him in,” said Mr. iggs, 9.9.1. nificently. “No“ xxe’ll find out 92158 in tele- gram off briny deep,” said M12139, spraddling his legs a little mhnz apart in order to declare a stench front. “It’s worth waiting up for,” 3316 Riggs. “Abs’lutely,” said his staunch Frederic Brood appeared door, stopping short just insirué heavy curtains. There was a. my tary picture, such as a stat-3r would have arranged. lie wearing his silk hat and to; one glove had been halfevll in process of removal. YMW' ' stared at the group of tluw», stare of amazement. A (:?‘~f".llfl‘_‘ed came to his lips. “Somewhat later than tit'f‘tr‘l. he said, an? the glove CLU‘H‘J « '"g" jerk. "‘What’s the matter, Jutiiis bellion?” “No, sir. It’s the wireless sir. “Wireless ‘3" o “Briny deep," said 3.12' l) l vaguely pointing I'II‘ ", ~,‘.:‘ x .‘4. ‘-. ‘1 l 3C Jones c; . n ' rmti V'o, nervous guano: : m-:_-. ‘I’m 801“ r3' to lave 1‘s ir. Frederic see‘ >11 like this.” he said, biting his lip. iangl I-le hate 3 it so.” 13‘ ' Toe too old men made a commend fere ble effort to stand erect, but no of- silvc >rt to stand alone. They link ad xix. rms and stood shoulder to shoulder. of t “Show him in.” said Mr. Riggs, mag hon “Oh,” saizl young: ilrowzl, crossing! slowly to the tuhim Hz» 1;.» :13) the. envelope and looked at lit-r ins-wrii-i tion. “Oh," said 1.9, egg-“:2, iii (grafts! a different tone on seeing that 1 was: addressed to him. "From Father, 13 dare say,” he went on, a. fine line ap; pearing between his eyebrows. 1. The old men leaned r‘orward, fixingi their blear eyes upon the missive. } “Le’s hear the worst, Freddy,” said; Mr. Riggs. i The young man ran his finger under i the flap and deliberately drew out the message. There ensued another pic ture. As he read his eyes widened and then contracted; his firm young jaw became set and rigid. Suddenly a short, bitter execration fell from his lips and the paper crumpled in his hand. Without another word, he ; strode to the fireplace and tossed it ' upon the coals. It flared for a sec- ond and was wafted up the chimney, a Charred, feathery thing.‘ I. 7 1‘â€" _ AA, _ Vumnvâ€"’ â€"_. Without deigning to notice the two old men who had sat up half the night to learn the contents of that wonderful thing from the sea, he whirled on his. heel and left the room. One might have noticed that his lips were drawn .in a mirthless, sardonic smile, and that his eyes were angry. ~ “0h, Lordy!” sighed Danbnry Dawes, blinking, and was 0 the point of sitting down abruptly. e arm of J ones prevented. “,3 2â€"- ..._. no 'vuv' '.'U ...V “I never was so insulted in my.â€" began Joseph Riggs, feebly. “Steady, gentlemen,” said Jones, “Lean on me. nl 8386. Continued next week Muffins, cakes dishes. ‘ 7â€"-.-A‘fl biscuits and griddle are appropriate supper An excellent éleaner for painted 3: mafia RS follows: TWO t1 ake a is nearly midnight,” pro 2:: iri'itably, with. a glance mt empty decanter. (”xii Panbury Dawes; with , and an eye that de- ta such a degree-that he for the life of him. under. Jerri-'3. was attending them ‘one 5. yC-u ought to be mâ€" ~â€"~~ 0v -â€"-both ofvou. Wha sit‘ by coming xnâ€"hicâ€" ! time o’ nidzt dis-disturb- ingrate," broke in My. lon’t you dare to touch Let it alone!" u were in bed,’ pro wariw: Mr. Dawes by -L-... . 4»- Aai k. Mm: covged heavily )4RL3 muaimance. t door closed with a : at and the sound ('1 wes, regardir THE DURHAM CHRONICLE. .ned triumphantly. y fat old man. , Jones, ’ said Mr. drunk andâ€"and a time like this. :-â€"-11 are you, sir? dec ever DGFV‘ :rood, crossing ion said J ones} Lng Mr. en him Lesson X||.â€"Second Quarter, For June 18,1916. )y i think they are an'vti DCV'HHRO TllQ)’ ne- 13 1 here that Jesus lived and (lied and: -Y. : rose again and that He is the Son of v,' iGrOd. But it is he that hath the Son ' [not God that hath 1ife. anal he that Dd ; hath not the Son of God hath not life. ‘ is. 1 Only such as rereive Him become : 1{children of God ll John v. 1‘3: John ’?“ ’ i. 12). i «In, When those. who emj‘loyed this wo- E int 1 man and made money by her saw that " ‘ this source of income was taken from ‘1 ,them they incited a riot against Paul '3 land Silas and had them beaten and? 1 a '3 cast into prison. and the jailer. having ('1 3 received a charge to keep them safely. ck put them in the inner prison and made their feet fast in the stocks (verses ace 3 10-24). There are some things right ‘ on the surface of this record. and one see ‘ is that people are apt to grow very lip. ‘ angry if they are making: money ‘ wrongfully and their business is inter- ?nd- | fered with. Compare the riot of the ef- ‘ silversmiths at Ephesus in chapter lmd xix. and then think of the opposition tier. of the liquor dealers and all Who dis- iag- honor Jesus Christ to the work and es: SUNDAY SBHUUL THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES. Text of the Lesson, Acts xvi, 19-34.“; Memory Verses. 33. S4â€"â€"Golden Text, i l Acts xvi, ‘râ€"Commentary Prepared: by Rev. D. Ml Stearns. . 3 In verses 16-18 of our lesson chapter 1 we read of an evil spirit possessing a } woman who. as she followed Paul and his friends. cried out. “These men are 7 the servants of the Most High God. who show unto us the way of salva- tion." She continued to do this many days. but Paul. being grieved by even so good and true a testimony from such a source and knowing her to be controlled by an evil spirit, command- ed the spirit to come out of her in the name of Jes is Christ. and he did. It was certainly strange to hear such a testimony from such a source. but an evil spirit in the s:’.'nagogue at Caper- naum one day when Jesus was pres- ent cried out. “I Know thee who thou art. the Holy One of Hedi" .\nd Jesus commanded the spirit. to come out of the man (Marl; i. 23-21;). , Truth hm}: he talked without being known in the heart. but the Lord reads ‘ the heart and «lees not x'ant testimony from ills enemies. lino” .;.g the truth about the Lord Jesus does not save any one. yet it. may he that; many think they lieve that rose again God. But teaching of Rev. ".‘Filliam Sunday and all true evangelists; also the opposiâ€" tion of those who profit by graft to those who desire righteousness. , Then notice that if you won't let the ‘ l I \ devil help you he will take pains to show you how he can hate you and persecute you. Compare in Ezra iv. 1-5, the decided opposition 01' those who were not permitted to help in the work. There are still those who are . ready to help in many a good work it they may belong to the devil while . they do it. But if asked to renounce lthe devil and to receive the Lord Je- sus and put their trust in His great ‘ sacrifice as the Son of God, then one - ‘is apt to witness the enmity of the , carnal mind against God. How grand was the victory of faith in these men of God, who, with sore and bleeding backs and feet in the stocks, could praise the God whose they were and whom they served and i ltalk with Him in heaven from their , prison! Not only did the other prison- l ers hear them praising God, but they ‘ were heard in heaven, and suddenly1 l ‘1 ment (1 Thess. ii, 2) and from prison, 3'} but they had influence enough in l heaven to shake the wrth. It was r l midnight when they prayed and sang , A‘ _J‘k“ praises, but the God of Israel neither slumbers nor sleeps; He watches over His people night and day (Ps cxxi, 4; Isa. xxvii, 3). Not only was the prison shaken, but the keeper was so shaken when he saw the prison doors open that he would have killed himself it Paul had not cried out, “Do thyself no harm: 15, 27-34). Java-s, W-Dv ._â€"_ _ and I find great encouragement to be- lieve that the Lord still loves to save a, public .EOSHS noes “UL m: it may: he that, ma smmd hemnse they IS lived and died a: that He is the Son 5 he that hath the E 111th life. and he 1. :m uf God hath not 1 reveive Him becc )d (I John v. 12: J4 Lied without being but the Lord reads mt want testimonv [\nuv.‘ Lg Lhe truth ms does not save a}: he that many (1 hemnse they beâ€" ved and (119d and . He is the Son of that hath the Son Life. and he that ' God hath not life. eivo Him become John V- 1‘3: John ++++++++++++o++++++++++ é» ++++++++++++¢++++++++++++*++++++++++++¢++++++o+++++# The inducements offered soaps cannot make up of Sunlight Soap. 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