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[ (in In. ruin M. himunan. mum-ally n it tho Q., 12tht ' its be- vbrokell walk a L Itridtro a load- men In obi-id“ load on N 0nd. seriou- xcto F (mu-'5 1dmou Toledo, o for my [ hat can- trend In ant or is“ ' fast-I . AV ntorb upl- tot y F'i Wuunnon. Sept. IE-Metre two'- a to all Christan worker: is um use at Dr. Tum will. deny- Inq the accuracy of autistic. which mm Sunday audience. a. 3mm. “as; text Hebrew. x. 25. "Not tor- qnhhtq the usembllng or our-ulna to- ill-tun; statements new been made In nanny of the pulpit: and in some of the tenuous newmnpem. It is heard over and over unln that church at- Mdenoe in America is In decadence. I deny the etutement. by preeent‘ln‘ Om hard facts. No one will dispute the tact that there ere more churchee In Amerfea than ever before. one de- nomination eve-ruin. two new "turette. every day of the you. The law of demand and supply I: Inexor- “I. in the Kingdom of God " it In an the world. More church supplied "the more church privuegea demand- ed. More hank. mate bonkers: more Inctories, more mtututacturera; more in”. more importere; more churches. more attendants. In all our cities within a. few ya?! churches have been built let-3e enough to owsllow up two or three of the old- Ctme churches. I cannot underatand with what kind of arithmetic and lute pencil a man calculntes when he comes to the conclusion that church mundane in America I: in decedence. take the aggregate at the number of people who enter the house ot God now and compare it with the :3th of the people who entered the house ot God as yen-e "o, end the present et- undsnoe is tour to one. The fact. no lost exhilnrating intend ot being de- gree-Inc. That men who presents the Opposite statistics must have been Ion unfortunate in his church ac- qunintance. You are pot to argue adversely be- cause here and there a church is de- pleted. Churches have their day. Borne- times merchandise will entire.y oc- cupy a neighborhood and crowd out the churches and families or- dinarily attendant upon them. Some times a church perisues through inter- uecine strife. Bat there are no Meta to overthrow the statement that I have made in regard to the incresslng at- tendance upon the house of God. Now. I am ready to admit that there are churches which have been depleted. am at " high time that a sermon oe reached for the benetlt ot young men who are Just entering the gospel min- - and for the warning ot prosperous churches as to what are the causes of decline in any case. It merchandise crowd out a church, that cannot be helped. but under all other circum- stances decadence in church atten- dance is the fault either of the church or ot the pastor. Churohee are often cleared of their audience: try the attempt to transplant (the modes of the put into the present. The mode. and methods of any your: ego are no more appropriate tor to-dar than the modes and methods of to-dny will be appropriate for tlfty years hence. Dr. Kirk. Dr. McEiroy, Dr. Mason. Dr. De Witt. Dr. Vermilyed. and hundreds of other menJuet as good as they were never lacked audiences, be- cause they were abreast of the time in which they lived. People will not be interested in what we say unless we understand the spirit of the day in which we live. All the woetretronish Itatistics are given by those who are trying in our time to work with the wornout machinery ot the past times. Such men might Just an well throw the furnace. out of our church basements and substitute the foot stoves which our grandmothers used to carry with them to meeting, and throw out our organs and our comets. and “he the old-fashioned tuning fork. striking " on the knee and then lifting It to the ear to catch the pitch of the hymn, and might as well throw out our mod- een platforms and modern pulpit. and substitute the winegiass pulpit up which the minister need to clinib to the dizzy height of Mont Blanc colitn'rlnels and then go in out of sight and shut the door after him. When you can get the great muses of the people to an passage from Albany to Bumble in - coach or canal boat in prefer- ence to the lightning expo-e. train which does it in tour hours, then you can get the great muses of the people to go to a church tuut a. century be- The trouble begins away back in the theological seminaries. It is a. shame that larger provision is not made tor ministers of religion. for the sick had the aged and the Inttrm who have worn themselves out in the service of God. We have naval asylum: and ooldiers' asylum: tor men who fought on land and sea for our country when these men have become used or crip- pled, and it is a shame that larger pro- vision is not made for the good sol- diers of Jesus Christ. who have worn themselves out in battling for the Lord. But lack of provision in that to (o to 8 cl hind the time respect mach a tendency to turn our theological seminaries into hospitals for sick and aged and infirm ministers. When a man begins to go down, they give him the title of DB. by way of resuscitation. It that fails, then the tendency is to elect him to a profes- sorute in Some theological seminary. There are grand exceptions to the rule, but it is often the case that the pro- Resonate in a theological seminnry is occupied by some minister of the tros- pel who, not being able to preach, is set to teach others how to preach. In more cases than one the poorest speak- er in the tar'ulty is the professor of elocutlon. We want more wide awake. more able-bodied. able-minded men, more enthusiastic, men in our theologi- eat seminaries and in the professor- stes-men like Addison Alexander, who could during the week teach men the theory of preaching end then on may go into the pulpit and with me under and lightning of Christina eloquence show them how. What would you think of a faculty of un- met!!! merchants to train young mums or a - of new!!! - to train you: hm? " b one: the cue mt t-toattrnt un- but. cut . I!“ - clip his an out" In ml - hint on but. & at twist hi- nd! In the us- Young ministers are told they must Preach Christ and him ertteitied. Tea, but not as an abstraction. Many s minister has preached Christ and him crucified in such a. wsy that he presch- ed an audience of tMre hundred down to two hundred, and from .two hun- red to one hmdred. and from one hun- dred to titty, and from fifty to twenty, and on down until there was little left save the sexton, who was paid to stay until the service was over and lock up. There is a great deal at cant about Christ and Him Crucif1ed. It is not Christ and Him erueitied as an abstraction, but as an omnipotent sympathy applied to all the wants and woes of our immortal muure-l Christ who will help us in every domestic. social, financial, political, national "ruttttle--n Christ for the parlor, a Christ for the nursery, a. Christ tor the kitchen, as Christ for the barn, a Christ for the street. a. Christ tor the store, a Christ for the banking house, a Christ for the factory, . Christ for the congressional assembly, a Christ for the court room, 9. Christ for every trial and every emergency and every perturbation. vidual is gone out of mm and he is only a poor copy of . men who was elected to o protemnte become he could not preach. We want leu deod- wood In the theological seminar!» and more mining evennla. I deolm that a man who cannot preach him- sell cannot teach others how to preach. Ah, my friends, churches will be largely attended just in proportion as we ministers can meet their wants, meet their sufferings, meet their be- reavements and meet their sympa- thies. If there is a. church with small help, small audience; medium help, medium audience; large help, large audience. " there be a famine in a. city and three depots of bread and one depot has 100 loaves and another 500 loaves and another depot 10,000 loaves, the depot that has 100 loaves will hive applicants, the depot that has 500 loaves will have far more applicants. the depot that has 10,000 loaves will have throngs. throngs, throngs. Oh, my brethren in the Christian ministry, we must somehow get our shoulder under the burden of the people on the Lord's day and give them a. good stout lift, and We can do it. We have it all our own way. It is a great plty it, with the floor clear and no interruption, we cannot during the course ot an hour get our hymn or our prayer or our sermon under such momentum we can, by the help of God, lift the people, body, mind and soul. clear out of their sins, tempta- tions and troubles. I think that ministerial laziness often empties the church of auditors. Hear- ers, who are intelligent through read- in: newspapers and by active associa- tion in business circles, wilt not on the Sabbath sit and listn to platitudes. Bearers will not come to sermons which have in them no important facts, no information. no stirring power, no adaptation, no ttre. The pew will not listen to the pulpit unless the pulpit knows more than the pew. Min- isterial laziness has cleared out many churches. Still ministers saunter around from parlor to parlor under the name of pastoral visitation and go gadding about through the village or the city on errands of complete noth- ingness and wrap their brains around a cigar and smoke them up, and then on Saturday afternoon put a few crude thoughts together and on Sunday morning wonder that the theme of Christ and Him crucified does not bring a large audience, and on Monday sit down and write jeremiads for the re- ligious newspapers about the decadence ot church attendance. People will not so to church merely as a matter of duty. There will not next Sabbath be a. thousand people in any city who will get up in the morn- ing and say: "The Bible says I must go to church. It is my duty to go to church, therefore I will go to church." The vast multitude of people who so to church go to church because they like it, and the multitude of people who stay away from church stay away be- cause they do not like it. I am not speaking about the way the world ought to be. I am speaking about the way the world is. Taking things on they are, we must make the centripetal force ot the church mightier than the centrifugal. We must make our churches mag- nets to draw the people thereunto. so that a man will feel uneasy if he do” not go to church. saying: “I wish I had gone this morning. I wonder if I can't dress yet and get there in time. It is eleven o'clock; now they are singing. It is half-past eleven; now they are preaching. I wonder when the folks will be home to tell us what was said. what has been going on." When the impression is confirmed that our churches, by architecture, by music, by uociaiity and by sermon, shall be made the most attractive place on earth, then we will want twice as many churches as we have now, twice as large. and then they will not half ac- commodate the people. I say to the young men who are en- tering the ministry, we must put on more force. more energy and into our religious services more vivaclty If we want the people to come. You look into, a church court of any denomination of Christians. First you will tind the men of large common sense and earnest look. The education of their minds, the piety of their hearts, the holiness of their lives. qualify them for their work. Then you will ttnd in every church court of every denomination . group of men who utterly amaze you with the fact that such 'semi-irntseeilitr can get any pulpit: to preach in! Those are the men who give forlorn statistics shout church decadence. Frogs never crook in running water: than in mutant. But I can any to all Chris- tian workers. to all Sundny m1 teechen. to on evangelists. to all min- isters of the some}. it we wont our Sundcy schools and our prayer meet- ing: and our churches to “the? the people we must freshen up. The simple tut = the people In tired at an hum- drum ot religionists. Ramona hum- drum 1: the worst of an humdrurn. You say over and over min. “Come to Jesus," until the phrase means abso- lutely nothing. Why do you not tell them a story which will make them come to Jesus in tIve minutes? You any that all Sunday school teach- ers and all evangelist; and all minis- ters must bring their illustrations from the Bible. Christ did not when He preached. The most of the Bible was written before Christ's time, but where did He set his Illustrations? He drew them from the lilies, from the ravens, from salt. from a candle, from a bushel, from long-faced hypocrites, from (nets, from moths, from large gates and small gates. from a camel, from the needie's eye, from yeast in the dough of bread, from a mustard seed. from a fishing net, from debtors and creditors. That is the reason multi- tudes followed Christ. His illustra- tions were so easy and understandable. Therefore, my brother Christian work- er, if you and I ttnd two illustrations tor a. religious subject and the one is a Bible illustration and the other is outside the Bible I will take the latter, because I want to be like the Master. o Christian workers. we have trot to freshen up. What in the use of our Kohl: back in the Chriltian classics to tind an illustration of the victori- ous Christian deathbed when my peraonai friend, Alfred Cookman, I. few years ago went away in an im- perial grandeur " did Edward Pay- eon? Is it any less an illustrttiqn to me and to you because I met him a few week: before in front of Trinity church, Broadway. and I and, "Cook- men, you look as it you were working too hard?" Where in all the classic: in there such a story " that of Cook- man when, in his last moment, he cried, "I am sweeping through the gates washed by the blood of the Lamb!” on Third avenue, Brooklyn, I saw . woman dying, and she said: "Mr. Tai- mage, heaven need to be to me a. great way oft, but it now is Just at the toot of the bed?" What is the use of your going away ott to get illustrations of a victorious deathbed, when all Wales was tilled with the story of the dying experience of Frances Uldley Haver- gal? She gbt her feet wet standing on the ground preaching temperance and the gospel to a group of boys and men, went home with a chill, and con- gestion set in, and they told he: she was very dangerously sick. " thought no." she said, "but it is really too good to be true that I em going. Doctor, do you really think I am going?" “Yes." "To-day'."' "Probably." She said, "Beautiful, splendid, to be no near the gate of heaven.” Then after a spasm of pain she nestled down in the pillows and and. "There, now, it is all over-- bieo-ed rest." Then she tried to sing. and she struck one glad note, high note of praise to Christ, but could sing only one word, "He," and then all was still. She finished it in heaven. What is the use ot going away oft to get an illustration when 1n_a. house It is high time that the church ot God stopped writing apologies tor the church. Let the men who are on the outside, who despise religion, write the apologies. If any people do not want the church they need not have it. It is a free country. It any men 'doel not went the gospel he need not have it. it is a free country. But you go out, o people of God, and give the goapei to the millions of Am- erica who do want it'. It is high time to stop akirmlashintr and bring on a general engagement. 1 want to live to see the Armageddon, all the armies ot heaven and hell in battle array, tor When Moses with his army was trying to conquer the Ethiopians. profane history says, it was expected that he would go in a round- about way and come by the banks of the river, as other armies had done, because the straight route was infested with snakes, and no army and no man had dared to go across this serpent infested region. But Moses surprised them. He sent his men out to gather up noises. The ibis is a bird celebrated for serpent slaying, and these tbises were lath- ered into crates and into baskets. and they were carried at the head ot the army of Moses. and. obtain! up to the serpent infested region, the crates were opened and the ibises ttew forth, and the way was cleared. and the army of Moses marched right on and came so unexpectedly on the Ethiopians that they new in wild dig.. may. 0 church of God, you are not to march in a roundabout way, but to straight torward,dependintt upon wing- ed intiueneeg to clear the way. Hosts ot the living God, march on, march I know our conqueror on the white horse will gain the day. Let the church ot God be devoted to nothing else, but go right on to this conquest. on! Church attendance, large now, is going to be larger yet. The sky in brightening in every direction. I am glad for the boy and girl five years old. I think they may see the millennium. The wheel of Christian prOgtecs has never made one revolution backward. The world moves, the kingdom ad- vances. All nations will yet salute the standards of Prince Immanuel. To him be glory in the church through- out all ages! Amen. Drat _ These alipry walks, Beats all . ,: Why folks can’t keep 'ent , Clean. Wisht I had Half the idiots that hev slipry walks In my right hand, And half . ," ' 3.1 In my t ' _ , , ', , . Lett. T ' Like " ( . Knock Their hands together till they saw Stars. Hey! There goes Brown on hitt Haw! That’s a night to make a feller’l heart Glad; , Elf the old fool wam't ' ' ' Es clumsy " an ox, I 'er ' He'da kept ' ' ' 'et'.',"" His feet. a 7 l 1 CC: T"Z-'§ Haw! ji",'~£"~-’E¥3fj Didnmhhn ,1 i,'" T',',' Spawn ','- I.,.. . tht I knew who oyned that want, fd-1zkiaixiin out and tran. ' Wouldn‘t that make you laugh? T' Those Walks. z , , i. i '1 ‘. _ t I 3; id 5 I -e,P..',ir:g' i.i' CF.'re ';:VI’§3'!T’ ry.:cih'r'.' 11'A'"i (.5 Sunday School. Joseph Sold Igtto Elitrpt.--Oets. Wt was. Commentary - Connecting Links. About eleven yea-o have pound cince Jacob returned from Eaten. and dnce hie deliverance from mu. His first dwetlintppiaee in Canaan wane near Shechem, where be (my a. well in the valley between Mount: Ebat and Ger- izim. John iv. 6. The slaughter of the Shechemltee by Lincoln and Levi caused Jacob to move further south. and he went to Bethel, where more than titty years before be had. seen the vision of angels. At Bethel he renewed the covenant with God. Gen. xnv. 1-15. Proceeding oouthward he came to Bethlehem, when a. great narrow came to big life. At the birth of Benjamin Rachel, " beloved wife, died; one wan buried at: Bethlehem. At Hebrou Jacob once more met his aged rather, win was still living, blind and feeble. . INTERNATIONAL LESSON NO. 1. OCTOBER 6, 1001. 12. In tghmhertt-8hecherrt we: about GO mils north at Hem-on. Jacob owned postures there (xxxlil. 19) and had dog ' well. " Go, I pray thee-Jo-ph" mis- don to this remote and dangerous country in a. prod that Jacob did not treat him with too much Indulgence, and that he did not keep him home from any ”Keeling: of tenderness. 18. Send thee unto them-Jacob no doubt had some anxiety about his sons. bhcause he had removed from Shechem on account; or the line they had committed there. A IT. Dotun--TiiU was about titteen or twenty miles norm at Shechgm.» 21. And Reuben ...... 'raid-Reuben If all the brothers had the greatest reason to be Jealous of Joseph, tor, as the first-horn, he was entitled to many of the. lavors which were be- ing conferred upon Joseph; yet Reu- hen proves to be his best friend. 18. When they saw him - Their envious feelings rose up. Their occupation gave them abundant time tor gloomy meditation and tor con- versation. 19. This dreamer cometh-ia- ter of dreamtt."--R. V. margin. "This was a. form of speech conveying great eontempt."--Cusrke. 20. And We will tray-From envy and malice they proceeded to can. spire against the lite of their broth- er. and then contrived a. lie to impose upon their own tather.--Bemmn. 22. Shed no blood-"He did not dare to shed his brother's blood, neither did he dare mmlully to save him." Reuben‘s real design was to tind some way to restore Joseph to his father. 28. Out of his coat-'mtit, prob- ably was done that, it ever found, he might not he discerned as a. per- son of distinction, and hence no in- quiry would be made concerning him." They also took the coat oft to Show to their lather. su. Into a. pit-One ot this many reservoirs excavated out of the solid rock or built ot stones and plastered. tor the purpose ot holding rain water. They were bottle-shaped, so that it was almost Impossible to gacape. 25. Eat down to eat-They sat down to a. Joyous feast, eating and drinking tho very daintlea be had brought them while they leit him tar die. It was at this time (Gen. xlii. 21) tint they "saw the anguish of his soul," when he besought them and they would not hear. Ishmaelites called also M1dlnnites (vs.. 28. Mn probably because the caravan con- sisted. of both of these. "The general meaning in Arabian merchants." From Gilead-h country east of the Jordan. 8oieery-Gtlend was famous in early times for its spices and aromatic gums. Jer. will. 22; xlvi. ttl. Balm-This was a very precious gum obtained from the balsam tree, almost. peculiar to Palrx.stine.--Alrord. To Faoitt-Egspt would be a. great market for spices. on account of their being used "for incense in the tem- ples, and foLembalming the dead." 34. Rent...eraekelothr-"The com- mon signs of Oriental mourning. A tent ls made in the skirt more or less according to the afflicted feel- ings of the mourner, and a coarse, rough piece of black sackcloth or camel's hair-cloth is wound around tho waist.” Many dtsytr--rt was 22 years before he saw him agnln. . 35. All his daughters-Dinah is the only daughter of Jacob that we know about; his daughters-in-law are probably included here. . . -ar.%ipttsiis of the guard-Hits busi- ness was to take care ot the royal person and execute his will. PRACTICAL SURVEY. Undoubtedly Joseph was a type of Christ. He was sent by his father to look after the welfare ot his brethren. He came to his own, but his own received him _nqt. liar 26. Judah-Tho fourth son of Jacob. His name means "praise of the Lord." What profit is were in sin at the but t A 28. Bold Joeeph--hetlng impulsive- Ir on Judnh's advice, they had their poor victim ready by the time the merchants reached them. Twenty pieceu of silver-The money was probably in rings or pieces, and silver is always mentioned in the records of that early age, before gold, on account of the rarity ot the latter. In those days money was weighed and not coined. 27. Let us soil him-“Um sight of these travelling merchants gave a audden turn to the views of the conspirators; tor having no wish to commit a greater degree ot crime than was necessary for the accomplishment of their end, they readily approved pt Juduh's sugges- tion to dispose of their obnoxious brother as a. slave." 29. Reuben returned-Reuben had planned to rescue Joseph and send him home safely as soon as his brothers had left him. 30. Whither shall 1 go-Reuhen was the oldest and Jacob would hold him responsible for Joseph's safety. _ . ' 31. Killed n kid-'ther dare not tell the truth, therefore they make lies their refuge." How true lt is that what we saw we reap'. Jacob had deceived his father, and now in turn,he is deceived pr his sons. tre.' Bent the coatchn this was done and said by their servant whom they had sent. --- a price he was delivered into the hands ot his enemies. Joeeph went to look for Ms breth- ren 1n Shechem, where a few years We, to avenge an indignity to their litter. the sons of Jacob bad I'm much fearful slaughter. But not Mn: his brethren there he was directed on to Datum No none:- ?/'9k" i nix: 1:333 , 'y, was Joseph la light. than his bro-i then: began to plan tor 1:14 denunc- ', than and on" as tho out-mat toolkit-L I “an of Rowan were they perpuadt-dl from meg-Jam» to marder him. 1 They Jost0tt to the [alumni no: tor twentymlazes ot tsilver, dip. i, pad NI coat of may colors in tle, mood of a kid, and rammed to send'; a. shaft of sorrow to their rtttlterui heart. i But God’l In." are not as our ways. " in El prerogative to bring life on at death, Joy out ot sorrow. and to put a In"! lining in the darkest cloud. "cot, lived not. only to use Joseph. but to place his hand: in Meaning on the heads of m- two amps-Edward P. Hart. Thoughts.--" is evident that Jo- seph’s brethren hated him not merely bzcnule he wan his Inthcr'l favor- itd, but became he had a good chur- ncte'r. _ They knew he was better than they were, and his life. wns'n constant reproof to them. He did not enter with them into their wick- edneu. and was likely to get them Into trouble by reporting their evil deeds. Sinners often feel that good people and good laws are in their way. "4.oe WWM-l-i-i- " "e Jommnmma - Mu. Rodney was giving an at home and her house In Dureaton Square was wronged with a crowd of smart people. In an alcove at the far end of one ot tao room- stood a little group ot tour-two men and two this. “Rather! Eaton am 1 were at the ammo college together, and a rat- thing good time “a had of it in those days, hadn't wet" hm cried. . “I had no Idea. that you two knew one another," exclaimed Hilda Bur- why. Lord Aime Brenton smiled. He was a. good-looking. sunburn young man of about eitrtst-and-Tweeitr. WJB, Lulu” II "VI “no l-a."-...' Eaton nodded. Ho carried barely is year more than the other, yet his strong active taco bore the imprint at a. tar Older man. The fourth member of the party, Miss Celia. Erskine, turned to Lord Grenton with a quick, impulsive more. ment. she was a bright looking girl, somewhat sharp featured, and 11nd green eyes. "Come along. Algie." she said, "I want to introduce you to a pet man of mine. And besides," she continued, "Dr. Eaton would like to talk over old times with Hilda; they haven‘t met for years, you know." "Well," all! Hilda to Eston. when the two had disappeared, "shall We who her advice?" "AN" he answered. with a High. as he seated himself by her side. "It wasn't bad, that old We at Burla- toko. J, the country doctor‘s son; you, at tho Vicarage next door. Yea. I think we Were happy," he added, in a tone ot reminiscence. “I am we wo were," she mur muted, a far-away look in her eyes. There was a moment's silence, then she broke into a laugh, "And now t" "Now '." he conned. "Now by a turn of fortune’o wheel. you are an chep- tlmmlly wealthy young lady, a. 'otm- mtion’ of the London season. 110 paused and glanced at her. "And more perfectly lovely than ever T he nn- lshed. with a laugh: , A sllgllt blush crept over her cheek. “And you 't" "Oh, an outcast, as tnr as society is concerned T he suld, with. a shrug. "Merely fl, struggling doctor In tho “I think it’s a, noble lite," she said, gently. "Yet until now you have never come to tell me of it." Be looked her frankly in the face. " dare not trust myself." he sold, simply. "even though' the turn ln the wheel hat] made it impossible. The smlllng look came Into " eyes "Bocnum- I couldn't. Better to live in the east than stnrvn in the west." He laughed again. “Oh. it isn't so bad, you now. Hard work, but it'a inter- esting. and I like it. Yes, it's my Met" he tinitehed, and there was 11 ring ot enthusiasm in hls voice, again. "Bat I have got over it now, little girl! I don't grudge another man what I know Ibnnnot have my- sell." an: glance rested o" Lord Algie’s figure at the other, and of the room. "You nee. I (know Four secret!" he continued. softly. “Mrs. Garland told me of the thing: that is going to be, and my dearest wish Is that you'll he Just lmmmsely happy'." he tinlgrhmi abruptly. I She made no reply. and they out In silence tor a few momenta. Then and- deuly he glanced at his watch and rose to " feet. "Tho East Is calling: I have to be back to a case by twelve." he cald. boldlng' out his hand, "Good-ttre: I shall take to rennin: the soclety pa- per-a. Just to hear of Lady GrentogN trlumphs!" he angled. lautthirutlr. . Then he turned away, and she watched him disappear in search of her aunt. She sank back in her seat. and a sense of unntterable loneliness crept over her. A dramatist came up and began talking to her of his plays. but she hardly heard him, and answered in monoa.vt1a.hles. Presently Lord Algie found her alone once more. She glanced up at his face. and saw immediately what was in his mind-that which her aunt had schemed for incessant- ly, tho thing to which she had been driven to give her consent. west 'f" she asked. He leaned a. trifle nearer to her. and there was a pleading look on his careless. handsome face. He did not love her, she knew. He was an attractive young man with a title and nothing else beyond a. moderate allowance trom a. relative; she had money, and the combination would mean an agreeable arrangement for carrying on a successful social com- pnigu. She felt a. slight shiver run through her at the prospect. He moved to speak. ___ "Not now: AWei" she Ind. hur- r1edly. "Another time--termorrow, pox-hunt" . -- _ _ - , was wondering. dear," the be- gan 'ooltly. "whether you knew Dr. Elton might possibly have been a datum-bed Went End physician " now had It not been tor, a. little incl- Almost at the close of the even- ing Gena Erskine sought an oppor- tunity of a. few mimstW quiet talk with her. . 'cih.FTiidn't you settle in the THE MAN FROM ......_THE EAST ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO Quite Irtleuly the girl with the zreen o.vi" talked on, gradually un- foldlm: n story. " tttttr Matt-nod. Hilda wont a that!» paler. uld leaned buck in her seal. It the conclusion Celia rose and held out her hand to her "What made you tell me that l"' asked Hllda. in a low voice. . "Oh, I only thought you'd be in- tereated. Good night. dear." The rnddeolt of 0me: Itreet out were oonstderably astonished the next Mun-noon at the spectacle ot a smart bio-131mm [nosing through their aqua!” mldst. 1‘!th were trtiit more interested when they luv it draw up before the tall. gloomy house In which the doctor lived, and a young Indy alight and give some directions to the coachman. dont In hh youth. _Y0’I. ot cour-‘-‘. know his father " himscvoral tho t- mund- P' "He rtkthd have burn: a ttro', macro, with that," sho eontlttttruk tnedltttt1ve1y, "and, with his claw:- near----" Hilda-for It wu the-knocked at the door and waited. Presently " opened. revealing an email-looking boy ot about tl. with M. rletst an: In a sling. He contemplated her cri- wally. “In Doctor Elton kn Y' she. _ "No. 'e ain't. but I ‘qnctl ‘Int 'oate almost directly." he t1tttrwered. "Will you come In " wait.'" he added, Itotr- mum. He lad tttte way through the dark padrMtlMre to . fairly large room: It was evidently the doctor's “wing apartment: I “Yer we." explained the boy. "In. 'Aqu. " 'oueetreeper, in mid up with A bad ankle. an' no I ‘ave to look after 'Un mm” r' "‘Orspitu was full, so tlas doc 'ad cw ere' 'EN goln' to can me to o. ‘ome m the country next week ; that's the sort the doc to!" he finished. tl {Inch of mum-man lighting up the pinch- ed little face. 110 walked limply ton door. "'EN but at it orl night, all' - of the day, an lte'll just Mach! want "to tea, You sit diam tut' amnion yer- Belg whilot I gu it." _ "You can't do much with that arm."' and Hilda. with a laugh. "Will you let me help you t" "I don't mist," replied Mt"stor Dent, graciously. "Please yourself.“ And so. when Eato- vame In. a few minutes later, he [can] her bus-Hy engaged In cutting bread and button He rubbed his eyeu.lo nuke sure he was awake. "Hilda'." he cried. She smiled at his tuetouiilttneett, but after a few words. as to how she got there, refuued to give him any further explanation until he had sat down and drunk the ten she had prepared. -- - - "Jlmmle Dent. I ttitt't much good but nan-1" be mm. with a pathetio glance towards the arm In a “In. "I was runned over by a mutual-t T he added, In a burst of ooettidettee. "What’s your name I'" asked and. mum Uttereeted. .. Fairly Bo," he said, “but Foo mustn't think too hand of Grenlon. It doean't mutter to me now. What I might have been is ot no comm- quenee--what lam. In; and. 'pon my word, In almost thankful. rd rather have my lite here than tho Hum Harley street practica. It's lite with the gloves off, but it'tr real and strong. and I just love it. - " So‘don-t thlhk hardly of him. mun girl," he said. " He wasn't btsd--<ntiy cal-elem." ' At length. when Master Dent had retired to a back room'. he run from his chair and [wed her inquir- ingly. A ' “It will not matter to him what I think," she sald, quietly. " I do not love him, and shall not marry him. A man shouldn't be (angle-I ot " honor!" she added. with a Huh in he: eye; - “Last night. after you were gone. some one told me of the wrong Lord Grenton once did to you;"nha beter), ner_vously. - _ he was 21." She paused. "He knew that ho had no fortune to come Into. and that all he would have was what he has now -tn allowance trom hls aunt. " consequence you had to pay the bill, and so lost your chance of . fair start." She raised her head and looked him In the face. “that was whap I heard; I can" to know If it were true." He was silent. Me walked arm.- to the mantelplece and took no” at a photo frame that stood there. It was her own picture. " Yes." he answernl slowly. "It re- mind. me ot how our lives have bunched sine» we started from the 'saqtopoint. You at your daulin‘ “That he and you were great friends at eollrNro," she went on speaking hurriedly, and with bent head. “That he got heavily into debt, and that, to oblige him. you put your name to a bill for a large amount. on the undrrstandiag that he would cmnn into hits fortune when he was 21." She paused. "You have ban this all these rear, t" " My daullng end '." she ttled, bit- terly. " Oh, don't you we, Norman. how utterly weary lam of the noth- lng'len Illa t lead! How I would willingly give every penny [own to feel [was of me use to-" NI-Do- mu Amiga cone ot an old many? Ble-Both her one“. are our ninety and um In” _ T “What did ydu hear? lightly. .. Don't. Hilda I" he MINI. hour-Ply. “Elsa I Illa“ torget-the Impoulbll- ity, of " all. the----" ' Some tew wpeka later Lord Aldo was engaged in conversation with Cells. Erskine. "Her aunt furious, and society amazed!" he wntt saying. “Every few years, though, you’ll find some- Ing like this happening. But marry- lng' a doctor in tho East End, and living there-good Lord.' I'm awful- ly grateful to you, Celia, tor -- ing me from looking quite a tool." "Forget, them" we wtriepered,"Uet make me the happiest girl In hoo- “I haven't Hilda's money. bntmy tew thousands are better than nothing.” she said. “Be-idea. I've been silly enough to love you for years, though you are a. [rightful lump. a_ren't you.“ Algie t" any; girl with the green oa laughed loftly. "Bo about! It" one "id.--M. A, P. "r Should dearts like-to know who told her of my little bustlin- with Egon." fe Iglgfmufpd. modlutlvdy. W431 H