; -
Edrard Blake:
Col gQ Student
Br Charles M. Sheldon,
AultirrrxfrIn Ule Stepe," "MaUom
ttt ftw"K," lite UTUCljavm ui rnmp
TP Strong," "Robert Hardy't Seven
m Dou." Copyright, U93, in U.
jF S. A tiy Advance PubUMng Co.,
Continued 'rom lust issue '
. CHAPTER VIII.
Wilson began his speech slowly and
-eras vidently cool and determined He
liad hem In college two years longer
than Edward and had had more train
In? as a speaker. He bad as a "sopho-"
more won the second prize for the best
declamation In the annual contest and
was' considered the best nil around
speaker la the society that was rival
to the one in which Edward bad his
ucmbcrshlp. :
The arguments of Wilson were In
Hiricf that the United States was Justi
fied in carrying on the war In the Phil
ippines, becai'se the natives were the
first to provoke the outbreak, because
they were In reality rebels in that the
Islands belonged to the United States
ly purchase and the authority of our
SOTCrnment was beiug defied; that to
withdraw our troops would mean a
condition of anarchy and result In
more cruelty and loss of life than
would result from the war; that In
short the war was necessary before
the United States could assert Its con
trol, Inasmuch as the Tngnlos did not
represent the Filipinos as a race, but
were only a small part of all the Inhab
itants, the majority of whom were
willing to "become subject to our au
thority. He closed with an appeal to
U loyal Americans to uphold the flag
and do all ltt their power to support the
;gownuien,t in Its efforts to end the
-w&r speedily and inaugurate a reign of
peace nd Justice In, the Islands that
Kittd for so long a time been the victim
of fereed and priestcraft,
Aa Wilson closed , very strongly, he
received tremendous , applause, that
liroka out again and ngtiln, - The presi
dent rose to Introduce. Edward, but the
anpplnusp continued, and Ve sat down
Again. The girls who werefrlends of
Wilson's society' waved their flags,
while the girls who sided with Blake
fceld thelri down' over the seats. For
Ave minutes the shouting and demon
. tratio() continued. Then the4 president
went forward and lutroducedyEdward
tor tlie negative, and the chifyel sud
linly t'vntw as tfll' a It had been
bottstct )",- '
liihva .1 felt Ills knees tremble as he
wa sVwmil.'aiid His tongue wa dry
and tils luind." cold. For a second or
two lie wis horrified to find that' he
ould not rumen tier the very first sen-
tent-si f his speech, He nctunlly made
a..l'j;Ciiiijl&.4.Trinr!irir-T!rrtlw
'Otlg elKHlfcli to
v!t be was ii'ery
mf:o f
, wus not
' ; iv km Hinte
lite
slow, and H is t
rolleg- peyp'. '
j i if any ot fbe
.'.rod nnyUiiiii?
llMM.;e, . " ',.
- kott-liu, a?J himself together,
and went on finely. vhiTiig his best, and
Kaiiilng added iiiienst'ln the argu
iwnt m ll ileveloped. '
He: )joU the liiomid that war be
tween nations Is never Justified, except
wheil eiery other measure lias been
czlinkiNted. lie claimed that every
tneaslaiv Und uut' Itepu exhdusted in
ibe rjivsent war in t lift Philippines, lie
elfe'd iii suppoit of bis argument sev
eral vltiiesses from the seat of the
war luclf. lie also; called attention
stv t ial Iusliiu. es where more seri
ous Internatloual disputes had been
sealed by arbitration. He then went
ju to quote quite largely from one of
the members of the supreme court of
Ihe United Slates, who bad come out
lu a speech against the war ami had
opposed the policy of colonial expan
sion. "This eminent Jurist has said:
"'Again, a necessity of colonial pos
H'sslons Is an Increase In our regular
urniT, and the first (mi-case proposed
Is from 30,000 to 100,000 men. It Is
a trange commentary that, nt the
close. uf the nineteenth century, the
Siead of the most arbitrary government
In tJw civilized world, the czar of the
Ilnsslas, Is Invftlug Hie nations of the
world to n decrease In their nrms.
Mhlle this, the freest laud. Is proposing
an Increase In Its. Vet such seems to
U? the Imperative need If we enter
ipon the system of colonial expansion,
AV liave lived nnd prospered for 1-3
years with a biindl'ul of regular troops.
We have preserved pence at home, and
lave been respected abroad. Govern
ment by consent of the governed lias
little need of the soldier. So the world
lias come to believe, and so It Is. Are
v ready to forfeit this high position?
Iio we not emhiuger the very fnuntla
llou principles of this government
vuVh we niaki the blare of the bugle
and the tramp of the armed battalion
the music which Is heard ou every side
&ud the Inspiration which attracts the
ambition of our youth?'
if," (continued Edward, as he fin
lulled the quotation, "we begin to war
on a nation fur conquest, what future
)o we Anticipate for our country? To
tjuote tignln from the same source, from
Juls distinguished member of our high
est court whose motives certainly can
wt be Impugned us selfish or parUsttn:
" 'My friends, two visions rise before
Hue: line of a iiiiUon, growlt; lu popu
lation, riches and strength, reaching
out tl strong htvid to bring within Its
ioiMliilon weaker and distant races nuj
lauds-, holding them by force for the
rapid Aveiilth they may brlug-wltli per
ilous ihe occasional glory, success and
jsai-rifice of war; a wondrously luxu
I Iritis life Into which the fortuniite few
K-lmll .Clllnl" till tt,wllmtiltt. A .......
......... .. ,...,,),,, ,.M,ty.t itiaK-
nlBwiie which, for a term, will charm
and daavde, and then the shadow of the
awful (ihwtlnn whetlier human nature
tiaa clianjfol, and the old law, that bla-
tory repeats Itself, has lost Its force;
wnetner the ascending splendor of im
! Perlal power Is to be followed by the
i descending gloom of luxury, decay and
1 ruin. The other of a nation, where the
spirit of the Pilgrim and the Huguenot
remains the living and , controlling
rorce, devoting its energies to the de
velopment of the Inexhaustible re
sources of Its great continental terri
tory! solving the problem of universal
personal and political liberty, of a gov
ernment by the consent of the gov
erned, where no king, no class and no
race rules, but each Individual has
equal voice and power In the control of
all, where wealth comes only as the
compensation for honest toil of hand
or brain, where public service Is private
duty; a nation whose supreme value to
the world lies not in Its power but in
Itsunfalling loyalty to the high Ideals
ot s youth, Its forever lifting Its
atronk hand, not to, govern, but, only to
protectee weak; and thus the bright
shining vich brightens more and more
Into the fa,ie8S eternal day. ,
" 'Brethren aml GerIzIffl flre bfi
fore r.s WgU amj lght gtand 0Q
either side, withtw great appeals.
" 'Once to every man am
tnent to decide
In the strife of truth with fall
or evil side;
Ono South crrannln In tl.tt farlrriAaa lBlvi.
. .... d
Truth forever on tin- acaflold, wrong forever
the throne,
Yet that scuffold sways the future, and behind the
dim unknown '
Standeth God within the shadow keeping watch
above his own. , .
' ' .
" 'We see dimly In the present what Is smsll and 1
what is great,
Slow of faith how weak an arm may turn the Won
helm of fate, .
But the soul Is still oracular, and amid the mar'
kefs din.
tlst the ominous stern whisper from the Delphic
cave within:
They enslave their children's children who make
compromise with sin. '
"'Paraphrasing In-part the Invoca
tion which attends the opening of the
supreme court, God save the United
States of America and keep them from
the road so often traveled by nations,
of Increasing territory,, accumulating
dominion, rapidly and easily acquired
wealth, luxurious splendor, a growing
separation between the poor and the
rich, presaging decay and death, and
may we always hear the solemn pray
er of Abraham Lincoln borne. upward
to heaven from the consecrated field
of Gettysburg upon the mighty volume
of patriotic Incense which ever rises
from that sacred spot, that government
of and by and for the people may nev
er perish from the earth.' "
It was very still while Edward was
presenting this pni't of his argument,
for the quotation was from an address
so recent that It was not generally
known nnd. so far hs Edward knew It,
had not been printed In any of the
Raynor papers. One of the Judges lis-
tened with a marked expiVsioi
prise.-aa if he eouliTliardTy believe that
a Judge of the tfc.prciiM" 'ourt of the
United Slates cwld be u.e author of
lh( senttiii"iits cti'tbutei' i l iptiii tiio
M.Mivss. .AddC-sR by lion, llavld
Brewer, nsssH-infe JnstU of Ihe an
preinc r .Muf or the L'nlle,! States, be
fore the Liberal club, C".ilo, Feb. 10,
IS!)!).
There was no attempt, at any point
In his speech, to break out Into ap
plause, as there bad been In the case
of Wilson. Even when Edward closed
his description of the horrors Of war In
general, by quoting Willis' story of the
battle and the death of the uative Fili
pino and her baby, there was not the
slightest Indication that he had any
sympathy from the audience. It was
only when he finally closed nnd walked
buck to his seat, that the applause
broke out. and apparently It was then
fully as hearty nnd prolonged ns that
which followed Wilson's peroration. '
In Wilson's rejoinder, he showed a
slight hesitation, similar to that which
had marked Edward's beginning.
Those who knew what he had prepar
ed, said afterward that he left out a
large part of -what lie Intended t) say.
and extemporized to a great extent.
However that may be. lie spoke with
ronsldenil le force and again provoked
loud applause,
Kdward closed the debate with o re
buttal that. In the opinion of a largo
part or Hie student body, was f;tr
stronger than his main argument and
agnlu divld .l jhe hom is with Wilson,
as far ns applause w.n concerned.
And now came the most trying mo
ment of the eajeul'ig to the yo.ing con
testants. The-Ji; ig.'s retired to make
their decision, ami while they were out
the glee club sail, I y r.qre-'t. When
some one called for the old war song,
"O Cuba, the land that ought to be
free!" it seemed n some of the au
dience that the neiitlmetit provoked by
It was In the nature cf a piophecy, an
ticipating the decision of the Judges
against Edward. There wns no doubt
that, owTug to the ctitlmsliu-m for the
war, Edward hnl the unpopular r.lde
Bf the questloi'. And yet, more iimu
Due woniau lu t'uo. ..'.lence that night,
thinking of lic.'.vv.i child safe and
wurtn lu Its be. I m mime, felt her eyes
d.ut nt the me ,, y.f Willis' picture,
as Edward had Oiav n It from his 'let
ter. If these tViv:'..'!i had been the
Judges, It Is lons.blo that the verdict
would have been very quickly reached.
The glee club sung half a doaeu se
lections, and stm the judges did uot
appear, The classes begau to stamp
their feet nnd shout their class yis,
Wilson and Kdward, who had rc:uaiu
td on the platform, were uncomfort
ably nervous, although neither of them
showed It.
M lust the Judges nppe.r.od, and oue
o.' them mounted the platform and
came forward slowly. ;
"Make It brief!" cpled some one lu
the Junior class. Some of the audl-
I tice laughed, and others hissed,
j while the president sternly raised his
; .inn to demand order.
"Mr. President," aald the Judge, with
a good natural smile, "I have been
a college boymvself.
uon t JltfSW -
"atton come the mo
falMy,d for the good
RRGON CITYV COUR I E rh F
matra a BTWuvh n
omthis
occasion '
But you are," sung eut the ivoice
tat had Interrupted the first tinln.
That's all of it," replied the fcliair
man pleasantly. "The Judges sward
theiprize In this contest to Joiu W.
WiAon." ' i
Arid then pandemonium broke! loose
nmosg the students as the r judge
i , i 1 1. i ... ii ii f
'I fornnt tn Ml mu v ni..iA thm I
na to gi the Sunday sm
""Hked UD to Wilson and handed, him
iue entiope containing three crisp $ 10
bllls. i' EVon Rdward. In th hrai mn.
1. -
mtui oi GeaDDointment. could not
-ilwS , S0W mUCh heHld dor!beat;Dg of some one else?
witnjMU m theay of new woks or However, he was too well balanced
a suit or clothes thathe needed very naturally to make an altogether foolish
m ' .... " ' i " "." jidgmeut The next day he felt some-
He choked down bis feelltgs nu iwhat ashamed of his feeling, and even
Vas among the first to shaVe buuijweilt 80 (ar. t0 go out of his way
Wth his rival as the audience.-noisily to say Bomethlng unusually pleasant
""jciBcu, me uiemoers 01 me. W
socivties trying to tear down wd.
others flags and finally wlndira; iii
v, , , ,. -
um8. eAt-ueineni wun..a. fre-p"'ftke. you deserved much higher
for all qag contest at the foot of ;th jferkH. I don't feel as If It was any
chapel 8eps outside. i . h'ng but luck gave the decision to
Ihe preiident warmly congrauaaica f, '- This remark did not comfort
both speak, - .,Vmach. aeeln? that It was not
After all, Blake, you did spt-.ti f w.,..k he had Deen c,.itlcIslnS. but
v. uu Qic improving in your ac.Wr.n.
ery."
"Do you thlm soT' Edward was
little pleased at he president's, sincen
praise. i - ,
"Of course you'rimore or less dsVi
pointed ngnt now,", added tut! pro;
dent, keenly readlnj Edward's f
Ings, "but winning tV prize llm t U
main thing In a debateAThe mnlin thl
Is to say something tint ouglit to
said and say It as If yoii meanf It an?
wanted others to believe is you! do."'.'
Edward took It quietly nnJ after
ward remembered the president'
w-- But he was really tob muc
mutjli Itf !
iiiw. lie vas going oifiiie
by way of '.he rear exit when refett
who hud '0iie up to the edgi (ji U
platform ivltb .Miss Scion, ct'trd f
hit
I
won't you go over with us?"
Edward somewha ivlnctaatlf; mj,
i-u mm mint; u.JWll WJtf pianoil).) Bl'S
and joined them.
"I think you did splendidly!, mmitVJiV
Miss Seton, who wns an entht s'ov.: j (jtm, u 1
girl with fine brown eyes and f at" or)ee weni over to the corner
lar features. If I d been the , idi ,i. wru- thev were slttinc. and ininB(i in
1 woujd have given the i
reward tj'.veV
"So would I," added Freeda wj
She was almost us impulsive I
roommate, although she hud ij "g
deal of ti.e Blake family cbaiacjciis
ti.e liiaije rntuiiy ciiaracjci is
ve. ' S
Sow Edward began to fori a III
:er. When they went tit. U
of reserv
Somehow
tie better
awkwardly went along by illsif ! ct'i:
while Freeda. by the s! of U'f r.)
OliUe, continued t i I'.i.vus.s tin- ifec.i..
'I believe It w 4s luenr.t:e yoJ (i:,r
that (luotatlon from Judge Ijrt wv
she said decidedly. - (
"Why, 1 thought that was cije cf i
best parts of my argument, f It w
the best written part, anyway, s::
Edward, with t short laugh.
'Well. lmt.,Ned. It was a l.tlie U
long, dqn't'you think? And the
Htruk me -I'reeda spoke with les
surance "that possibly the quota liJn
did not exactly fit lu with your aig'
tnent as to the Injustice of the va;
the question had been on expaiisleu.Jit
would have been more appropriate." J
Edward felt surprised.
"What have you been doing? Rend
ing up ou polities?" : , ' j
'He thinks we girls don't do any
thing but gossip alKiut th boys aid
try to say smart things abqut one ii-
other," Freeda observed tojtih ;
"Ve are uot quite so frivolous us jpioi
Imagine, Mr. Blase," said S.'Us S-'tidl,
We have lately dubbed tojvetoci C)d
subscribed for a dally pnpe and li'ls
read by turn nt mealtime. ( We're
proving our iniinls seriously ilxn
Kreeda and Miss t'luuiulng.;"
"I'm glad Ui bear it. Dm
It?" asked h'dward. sou:ew ,
l.v.
"1 don't relish it very n
meals," she replied, r.il
Vd!
rather talk about foctl ail tj.J t'-i'
"Would yn?" ifidward a- l.M :
ly, and then, not thltiklug ' ;i r v
else to say. be lapsed im;.. ;,; i
silence., Freeda and Mlssi S.-t :i
tneuted ou the events of .! - eW
until the ladies' hall was i ,i, !,ei .
-r Kdward bad .-aid good idg';
turned to gj when Miss I vvi v.
after him. He came I ;
I'reeda had startol up the,. ; s ot
hall and was half way to i i
";l '!
.i ;'
;.vi ;
M
U,:l!
lltl. ;
tfce '
"I forgot to tell you, Mr. Dd:c." st.i,i
Ida In a low voice, "that 1 r"viK-tj
Freeda to give vip the S!u,;ay t,'cy
afte; xld..tht- M'.d you wei.l.l r:'; it
Up If 1 would."
Edwaiii Yns eini.arras
rf. course-1-1 di8 protuli
It up nil right."
ri'hiifs ail." Miss Sotoi
"Wfcy, j
1 ' rive,
H:U UiJ
iuen luriieti un.i r .O V.p tttt Sle
ii iwarn stood rv. Icwardlr Kas
JMaUttJUlisi a:",:: with Previa la-
4, rg-t
lie. 1 all.
He slowly went back to bis
i,iwn room, and when there he went
'iter all the events of the evening.
S He could not conceal from himself
'iirnt he was deeply disappointed at the
.!eclslou of the Judges. He had been
iery confident of success. He did not
.jel'eve th it he had been overconfident
' Somehow he could not help feeling
',ul:e: tit;er toward the Judges. The
siarkiug t the Judges had been given
him us I a was going out, and he was
;ted five points below Wilson in de
Jtery. But, even allowing a good deal
I ihls opionent on account of his addl
P nal exDerience, still Edward stub
bornly protested to himself that the
Judges were, even lr unconsciously,
(prejudiced against him. He tried with
Some honesty to put this Judgment out
ftf his mind, but when he finally went
to bed hi! was unable to do so, and It
was the- last thought be had that per
sisted in staying with him.
j When he awoke, the same thought
posses,.: , him anew. He even said out
loud as iie walked the floor, according
qIo !its ciistotu plnee Willis went away.:
"I'll m per enter another contest.
Thf re's no Justice In it. If the names
( were ail written on llps and thrown
lliito a hat and the first one drawn out
was given first place. It would be falr-
f'i'." He even took up the literary
work i" the papef during the .week
followed with great reluctance
distaste. The Judges' " decision
W.- , . j -.-
rf B1 Btdent?
vre you setting the standard for your
uental effort by what you can win out
)f it In the way of rewards? Is that
rrt. :.ini .-nni
wUann nnnfornlnn- tlio InntHpnta nf
the debate. Wilson was good enough
"
to say somewhat cordially: "Fact Is,
tile failure of the Judges to appreciate
really good thing when they heard
t.
He began work again on his studies
before tie week was out, ambitious
at least -In that direction, and when
another Saturday came he had almost
recovered bis equanimity.
It was his regular eveulug for calling
at tine ball to see Freeda, and he went
over, taking with him a copy o the
la.st collegr paper, which had come out
the day before. He wanted to show her
the article he had bad reprinted, from
the magazine that had accepted his
first effort. He" bad secured permls
sioil. to. reprint It, and he knew Freeda
'Y-; I t. I. - 1 .. a
j ll.n'tu" ill the o;iege. p.n ver.
. he .vent Imo the pador, Freeda
."!. vvi rAm,. mere, wuiuiig lor uim.
;i shaTdo .1
OTer-the' article, 'In t'V college
Journal, and praised. it -highly, to Ed-
it lit" Wersation.
" ' ' you know we had started a
UtVrvry club, here in the hall?" Miss
&V,u asked, as Freeda turned over
the leaves of the college paper and
made some brief comment on Its gen
eral appearance.
"Freeda told me you were thinking
of something of the sort." replied Ed
ward, politely enough, but with more
condescension than Miss Seton liked. :
"Thinking of It! We've organized
one r-id It's been going a month. We
have a paper of our own called The
Inks' md." , -
"I should think The Typewriter
woe 1 1 be more appropriate to these
aim rn times." said Edward.
" n e use pens over here. They are
tuo'Vi literary than typewriters. Bee
the nk on my fingers? Doesn't thtu
loi: like an author?"
, "Ida can write the most beautiful
versfs. Ned. You ought to see some
if t' jcm."
' I pi not a professional writer, like
Freijda." said Miss Seton. coloring.
"Slif writes for the papers-the real
IK'pqrs. out In the world, I mean. Toil
ought to see the article she sent away
two months ago. It was as good as
anything ever printed in Hope College
Journal." , ,
"What was It abont. Freeda V asked
Edward politely. He was exceedingly
skeptical of a girl's ability to do any
literary work worth while.
"I'U Ko up stairs and bring It down
-if you would like to see It?" asked
i'reeda, with a significant warning look
v Ida.
:jbe went out and Edward seized the
portuinty to ask JUss Seton a word
put the Sunday study.
II Mil Freed
da persuade .vou to clve It
'U ?" he nsiicd, and (t was unusual for
liliu to ask such a question.
"Yes, Freeda iK the president
Why?"
fCb. nothing." replied Edward, some
' at confused. He had not expected
..'be asked w hy.
"Do a good many of the girls study
Sunday ?" he ventured to ask.
"Oh..yeM Sunday Is a hard day to
in t through. I always feel glad when
over. Don't you?"
"Sometimes," resiled Edward. He
' ft m la ruled in the presouee of this
..qnjstve yuuv.g woman, who always
! Ued a quest lou at the end of a s;ite-
j-What do you do on Sunday r He
, intured another question because he
. u not know what else to sav.
I'Ch. I go to church In the morning,
id then dinner and then a nan and
on a little walk, perhaps, or I write
letter or read, and then the vesper
t-1 T Jty
service and then tea, and sometimes go
down town, if Miss Channlng feels like
It and there Is an unusual service any
where. That's my regular routine on
Sunday. What do you do?"
But Just then Freeda entered, and
Edward did not try to answer. She
handed to Edward quietly, but with a
sparkle In her eye, a paper containing
an article marked In blue pencil, '
"That's my article right there," she
said as Edward stared at the paper.
; "But thla Is printed," stammered Ed
ward. ' . ..o'.i'j
"Weil, that's what I say. It's been
accepted and paid for, Mr. High and
Mighty, and I have the check to show
for It," said Freeda, smiling, while
Miss Seton looked much amused at Ed
ward's bewilderment,
i "Really?"
"Really. Want to see It?" Freeda
took out of her purse a check for $5
bearing the name of the firm that pub
lished the paper. -
Edward took It and read it silently;
then he turned a beaming face on his
sister.
"Good for you!" he said heartlly.v "1
never thought you could do it Why, I
know several of the fellows who have
tried to get into this paper and have
had everything rejected so far."
Freeda was delighted. Then she said
demurely: , . ; . ,, 4 ,
"You owe me a dollar besides."
- "I owe you a dollar! How's that?"
"Why, do you forget you promised to
print all the articles we had accepted
In The College Journal and give us a
dollar apiece for them?"
"Did I say I would do that?"
"You certainly did." '
"Then, of course, I'll pay it. But I
had no idea I would ever have to."
But It was Miss Seton's turn now.
"You owe me a dollar, too," she said,
while both girls laughed at the look
that came over Edward's face. "1 had
some verses printed In an eastern pa
per last week, and I belong to the girls'
literary society."
"I'd like to see them," said Edward
suspiciously. - He had his doubts con
cerning Miss Seton's statement
"Of course," she replied, still laugh
tnir. ag she went out of the parlor.
While she wrs gone Edward lookea
over Freeda's article. He was surpris
ed to note the Interest that attached to
It. There were no pretensions at fine
writing, and probably that is the rea
son the editor bad accepted it. The
article was an account of one winter's
experience, when. Freeda had paid all
her personal expenses in the way of
dress and books, etc., by a little experi
ment In poultry raising. The article
happened to fit In exactly with a series
that the corresponding editor had been
running on "How Country Girls Can
Profitably Spend a Winter." The
amount paid for the article was nomi
nal, and Freeda frankly said that she
did not believe she could write any
thing else that would be accepted, but
T
"Z7iatr my nrtirlc rifiht there," she said.
nevertheless she did not conceal ber
satisfaction at her first success, and
Edward. Among whose faults was not
Jealousy, was just as much pleased as
she was. ' . . ...
"Did you know that .Miss Seton bad
liad any verses printed?" he asked cau
tiously. , - vA
"I knew she had sent on some verses
to the Wayne Sentinel that's her un
cle's paper hi New York. Yes; she
showed me the verses last n!ght.'(
Kdward was silent, as Miss Seton
suddenly appeared.
"There. Mr. Skeptic, are the venes!
Look and believe!"
Edward took the paper nnd looked
sharply at the place Indicated. The
paper was n local sheet, printed In a
country town. The name of the editor
was given as Mark Seton. The verses
were printed In a corner, in the first
column, nnd the pnme at the bottom of
them was nigm-d "I. Hope."
"Ves. that's my uom do plume.
Isn't it a good one? T for Ida and
Hope' for the college. And. every
time l-Ronrt hl nvt!r:.,, t nn ,,(;tor
he can read my wish in my signature:
'I bop you will accept and pay. lou
you think It ought to move editors
a:id publishers, thaf time, silent ap
peal?" She laughed again, and Freeda Joined
In her statement.
"He scut me CO cents in postage
stamps," snid Miss Seton, laughing.
Edward looked Incredulous.
'indeed he did. iN'ed. I saw his let
ter," said Freeda. coming to Ida's res
cue. "Uncle Is queer In many ways. But
I'm sure he woudu't print my verses
fust ou account of relationship."
To hi- eenilnn h.
"Ma signature is on every hoi of the genuine
Laxative BromoQuiaine Tablet.
com a colt im
ne stay
The lst.et in
Golds -.ith. ,
Tm O'Shanters Miss
Modya Vote of 'Thanks. '
Possibly the most novel response eter !
made to a request to return a vpte of
thanks to a chairman was that jmadej
by Mr. Moody during his first visit to
England.
He had attended a meeting at which
the Earl of Shaftesbury was chairman. I
The duty of proposing a vote of thanks
was assigned to him and the announce-f
ment made: . 1 J rr A .
"Our American cousin, the faev? Mr. f
Moody of Chicago, 'will now move I
Vote of thanks to the noble earl who
has presided on this occasion." s
The whole thing was quite out of Mr,
Moody's line. English formalities nright
or might not have come gracefully '
from his Hps had he attempted them, f
but he did not. With an utter disre-
Card of conventionality he burst upon
the audience with the bold announce.
cient: , ' .J
"The' speaker has made two mis-1
takes. To. begin with. I'm not the Rev.
Mr. Moody at all. I'm plain Dwight L.
Moody, a Sunday school worker. And
then I'm not your American cousin.
By the grace of God I'm your brother, 1
Interested with you In our Father's
work for his children. ;
"And now abbut this vote of thanks y;
to the 'noble earl for being our chair-1
man this evening.' . I don't see why i
we should thank him any more than
he should thank us. When at one time
they offered to thank our Mr. Lincoln ""
for preslding oyer a meeting In Illinois,
he stopped it. He said he'd tried to do .
his duty, and they'd tried to do theirs.
He thought It was . about an even
thing all round." '
That opening fairly took 'the breath
away from Mr. Moody's hearers. Such
a talk could not be gauged by any
known standard. Mr. 'Moody carried
his English audiences with him from
that beginning to his latest labors.
Youth's Companion. J . v
The Alitor Butcher Traat.
From the northern end of Chatham
square starts the Bowery, and a few
steps from its commencement Is the
building now used as a Germen thea
ter, which was once the Old Bowery.
Before the Bowery tfieater and previ
ous to the Revolution the same site
sccupled by a building which has a.
place In history because Washington
slept In It. This was the Bull's Head
tavern. Being close by the city slaugh
ter houses,, all the butchers who came
to town stopped at this Inn, making It
the first commercial. Inn of Its day.
During, the Revolution Henry Astor,
brother of John Jacob Astor, owned
the Bull's Head tavern. He leased It
to Richard Varlan. But Varlan went
privateering and left the inn to be
conducted by his wife.
Astor was a butcher and conducted
his business in' the Fly market In
Maiden lane. He Incurred the enmity
of all the butchers In the town by con
ceiving the brilliant Idea of riding far
!tf,,..'ilfingtha.J3oa'Brj-lan(m"etlnr'
the urovei- as' they runght fteir cat
tle to tnwn nnd buying their sioek,
wbich.he .sold to the other butchers at
IiU own price. As the lnne was really
nir only' Wfiri-r.iVW4v -wtniMfli xh$...
way .formed a trust nnd prospered for
many years. The imi, too. prospered
until 1S2C... when It gave place in the
Bowery theater. Home Journal.
He Le? Ont.
The king of Naples, In the plenitude
of his absolutism, paid one day a visit
td the Neapolitan prisons In order to
see for himself what sort of men his
criminals were and whether they really
deserved the punishments they were
undergoing. .
"What Is, your sentence?" he said to
one. "Fifteen years, your majesty."
"And what had you done?" "Nothing
whatever." "Quite Innocent?" "En
tirely so. your majesty." "And you?"
he asked another. "Thirty years, sire.
Victim of false accusation." "Anil
you?" to a third. "In for life, my
king." "And what had you done?"
"Everything you can think of. my king;
theft, burglary, highway robbery, man
slaughter, murder. 1 only wonder they
did not sentence me to death." "What
Is your name?" asked the king. "My
name," replied the first class criminal,
"since I have been here has been 912."
After finishing his tour of Inspection
the king said to the governor: "All the
prisoners here seem to be perfectly In
nocent. There Is only oue bad man
among them, No. 012. You had better
let him out. lest he corrupt the others.'
Argonaut.
No Case. . .
"You charge this man with Imperson
ating an officer, do you?" .
"I do. your honor."
"Tried to make you believe be was a
policeman, did he?"
"He did."
."When he was 'n the saloon with
you. did he" x
"He didn't go Into any saloon, your
honor." " , , '
"The prisoner Is discharged." Chi
cago Tribune. '
He Roue Rapidly.
In speaking of the late Ballard Smith
tne i,ouisvine uouner-.ionrnni sa.vs
that when he first sought n position In
n newspaper office after graduating
from Pnrtmouth college he entered the
sanctum with an air of condescension, i
He wore n s'lk-tile and a velvet Jacket, j
He said be world like to be dranmtlcL
editor, hut he was given a place on the!
j local stnSf In less tban slxjnonths he
wns made cltv editor After that his'
rise in Journalism was rapid.
ProUr.b'y.
"That Baltimore v.eninn who eave
her pet monkey n Prst class funeral
must have been greatly attached to the
iinlninl."
"Yea; It probably ?nv her a regular
monkey wrench to rt with It."
I'levelnnd Plain Denier
According Yn the ancient ''hlnese
writers, the ehromilosry of tlint .-oiintry
' pwRmck U.u'i'.T.UOii years.
at hv -
tbe det
if salt,'
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