The Sunday Oregonian., January 13, 1907, Magazine Section, Page 50, Image 50

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J-I F3 a bie-IoI i-cl men of the v i 1 1 u-jte
were at work, the children were at
school singing the multiplication
lablr Julia b-. while the wives and moth
"r at home nursed the baby with on
liana ami did the houscworK with the
other. At the end of the village an old
run 11 pant work iwt at a rough deal table
under the creaking signboard of the Cau-
Villowor. Rratpfully drinking from a mug
of ale supplied by a chance traveler who
sat opposite him.
The shade of lite elms was pleasant
and the ale Rood. The traveler filled his
u.pe am.1, Rlanclng at Hie dusty hedges
and the white road baking In the sun,
called (or the mugs to be refilled, and
pushed his pouch toward, his companion.
Afier whkh he paid a compliment to tbe
appearance of ttic village,
"It ain't what it was when I was a
boy." ftiavpnd the old man. fi It I ri r- his
pipe with trembling fingers." "I mind
when the Rrlndtonc was sturk lust out-
wldo the winder- o" the forge instead o
i if n one xlde an It now i ; and as for
mc , nop wmacr us m tn m u w
when 1 was a young 'un."
lie- lit his rl(c with the scientific ae
ruracv of a smoker of O years" standing.
W SliyoK IiIh head SOlemnlj- as he re-
Knrdncl liln altorod birth)lne. Thn liis
, -u 1 1 1 r" hriKhtiiHl and hte dim rven Hahcd.
'It"B t 1 1 f people il tM ' 1 J I 'CM ' I" 1 1 11 11 k
more than the place 'as," he said, with
sudden fiorecnosH: "there's a set 01 men
about hre nowadays as are no good to
j nybody ; rK" I r raskels. A nd 1 X you' ve
ilie mind to listen I can tell you or one
of two as ('Oiildn't be boat in London
itoir.
TlnTr'n Ton Adams for one. "Me went
and tu r ted wot "e called & Benevolent
Club, Tlireepnite a wccK cadi we pa'd
agin sickness or accident, and Tom was
i;i.Tetry. Throe weeks arter the club
was started he caught a chill and was
laid up tor a month, He got bacK to work
:i week, ind then 'e sprained something
in "is i 'K ; and arter that was well ls In
de went wroriR. We didn't tiiink much
of it at first, not understanding figures;
hut at the end o' six months the club
hadn't Rut a farthing, and they was in
Tom's debt one pound seventeen and six.
"lie Wt the only one o' that sort in
the place, cither. There was Herbert
Uiohardsiin. He went to town and came
back with the Idea of a -Goose Club for
Christmas, We al1 twopence a week
into that for pretty near ten months, and
then Herbert went back to town ain,
and all we 'car of 'im. through Ills sis-
tcr, Is that he's still there and doing
well, and don't know when he'll be back.
"Hut th
e artfullest and worst man in
und that's saying a (good deal.
Is Bob pretty. Leep Is no
this place-
mind you
word for
up to 'im
our flowei
'im. , There's no way of being
I t"s tli rough Mm that we lost
show; and. i T you'd Kketo 'ear
..." Ill-It T rltn l uim-utu l-i rim-a
the rights
nylmdy In tins nWe aa knows as much
nhout it a
s I tlo barring- Hob hisself that
is. but "o
as T can.
wouldn't tell it to you as plain
"We'd only 'art the flower show one
yp.ir. and little anybody thought that the
next one wrn to bo the Inut. The first
year jnu might smell the place a mile off
in summer, and on the day ot tlie aliow
people- came from a lonpr way round, and
hronsht money to spend at the Cauli
tlower and otlier places.
"It was fHurtea just niter we got Qur
new parson, and Mrs. Pawlett, the par-
son's wife. 'is name belnit I'awlett.
tlioufcht as she'd cii-ouraK" men to love
their 'traps ana be better "usbands by giv
ing a prize every year for the host cnt-
tacf Bnrden. Three pounds, was the
I'i'lii'. und a metal teapot with writinn
on it,
"As said. we only 'ad It two years.
The fust venr the garden as got it waf
a plcter. and Rill Chambers. " i m as won
the prize, used to say as "e was out o'
jMX'kot by it. taking 'is time and the
money e spent on (lowers. Not as we be
lieved thnt. you understand, "specially as
331H did "is iK-st to get It the next year,
too. 'B didn't get It, and though p'raps
most of us was jrlad e didn't, we was all
-very surprised at the way it turned out
in the end.
"The flower show vas to be 'eld oil
the o' July. Just as a'most everything
ti bout here was :it its best. On the 1 ." t h
of June Hill Chambers' Knlen seemed
to be leading, but Peter Smith and
Joe dubbins and Sam Jones and
Henery Walker was almont as
Hood, and it was - understood that
more tliun one of "em got a surprise
Avlildi they'd produce at the last mo
ment, too lato for the others to copy.
Ave used to sit ,p here of an evening:
it this Cauliflower public-house and
put money on It. I put mine on tlenery
"W'Rlker. and the time I npent in Ma
warden ' 6' 1 p i ii k 'im is a sin and a shame
to think of.
"Of course some of 'em used to make
tun of it. and Hob Pretty was the worst
of 'em all. lit" was always a laasy.
pood-for-notliliifj man, and 'is garden
was ft disgrace. He'd chuck down any
i-ubul.ili in it: old bones, old tins. bits.
r an old bucket, anything? to make it
untidy. lie used to Jarf at 'em awfu 1
nt)ont tlielr gardens and about being
took up by the parson's wife. Nobody
vol- see ' I m do any work, real 'ard
work, but the smell from ' i s place at
(iinnrr-timc was always nice, and I he
lieve that he knew more about game
t han the parson hlsself did.
"It was the day arter this one I'm
ppeaKing aout, the mw o' June, tliat
th trouble all bepan, and It came
nbout in a very ckk"! rordinary way.
Jeore Kngllnh, a quiet man KCtting;
into j-cars, wiio used when 'e waa
youneer to foller the sea. and whose
nly nilsfortln wait that ' was a
lirother-ln- law Boo Pretty's, his sis
ter marrying Bob while 'e was at sea
Mid knowing nothing about It. 'ad a
letter come from a mate of his who
rxil teonf to Australia to llvu. tied 'ad
letters from .Australia before, as we all
hew Ivum Miss Wicks at the post.
office, but this one upset him alto
gether, lie rlldn't seem like to know
what to do about It.
"Wiille ho, was wondering Bill
Chambers passed. He always did pass
;- o 'ottse about that time in the
-veniiiK, it being' on 'is way "orne. and
lie aw ucorpe stanfllns at 'is gate
with a letter in Ms 'and looking very
pozxled.
- Kvenln', Georite.' ses Bill.
Kvtnin',' ses Ueorge,
"'Not had news, I 'ope?' ses Bill, no-
1 1 i n 'Is manner, and tliiniclns it was
Rtraiio.
" No," ses George. 'I've just 'ad a
very PKCstrordlnary letter from Aus-
tralia,' he aes. 'that's all.
"Bill Chambers -was always a -very
Inquisitive sort o" man, and he stayed
and talked to Georsc until George,
arter fust making; him swear oaths that
e wouldn't tell a soul, took 'im inside
and showed 'im the letter.
"It was more like a story-book than
a letter. Oeorjre's mate, John Bijrps
by name, wrote to say that an uncle of
liis who had just died, on "Is deathbed
told lilm that 30 years ago he 'ad been
In this very village, staying at this
'ere -ery OatlMflower. whose beer we'rs
drlnkinjr now. In the nlsht, when
everybody was asleep, he (cot up and
went quiet-like and buried a bag of
Eil. sovereigns and one-half sovereign
in one of the cottag:e fra I'denn till e
could come for it agrin. Ife didn't say
ow he come by the money, and, when
Bill spok about that. George English
ssld that, knowing- the man. he was
afraid 'e 'adnt come by it honest, but
anyway his friend John Blgna wanted
It, and, wot was more, 'ad askea Mm in
the letter to get it for Mm.
''And wot I'm to do about it. T? 1 1 1 ,
lie ses. ' "I don't know. All tlie diree-
tions he Rives Is, that 'e thinks it was
the tenth oottajre on the rlght-'and side
of tlie road, coming down from the
Cauliflower. He thinks it's the tenth.
"but 'e's not quite sure. Do you think
I'd better make it. known and offer ft
reward of lO shilling's, say, to any one
who finds it?" "
" 'No,' ses Bill, shaking 'is 'ead. 'I
should hold on ft hit if I was you. and
think It over. I shouldn't tell another
slngln soul. If I was you.'
" l be leeve you're right, ses George.
'John Mess would never forgive m If
I lost that money for' Mm. TTou'll re
member about keep In it secret. Oil I T"
"BUI swore he wouldn't tell a soul, and
'ft went of! 'owe and 'ad His supper, and
then 'e walked tip the road to the CauH
(lower and back, and then up unrl back
again. thinking- over what George 'ad
been tolling 'im, and noticing, wnat -c
d never taken the trouble to notice be
fore, tit at 'is very house was the tenth
one frotn tbe Cauliflower.
"ltr3, Ctiambcrs woKe up at 2 o'clock
next morning and told Bill to get lip flir-
ther. and then found "e wasn't there. She
was rather surprised at first. but she
didn't think: much of it, and thought,
what Whened to he, true, tbat 'im
husv In the garden, it being a light night.
Shi; turned over and went to eler again,
and at o when she woke up she could
distinctly 'Car Pill VOrKIng Ms anjest.
Then she won't to the winder and" nearly
dropped as she saw Bill In his shirt and
trousers dlggring away like mad. A quar-
ter Of the garden was'aii dug up, ana sue
shoved open the winder and screamed out
to know what "e was doing.
Kill stood up straight and wiped
IS face Willi his shirt - sleeve
and started djgRinj? ftgain. and
then his wife Jut put omething on and
rushed downstairs as fast as she could
6 " 'What on earth are you a-doing. of,
'Bill?' she screams.
C3o indoors, ses Fl 1 1. still digKltlC-
"Have you gone mad? she ec, half
crying.
"Bill Jut stopped to throw a lump of
mold at her, and then went on digging
til! Henery Walker, who also thought
e 'ad gone mad. and didn't want to stop
im too soon, put 'is eaA over the 'edge
and asked 'im the same 'thing.
' Aik -no questions and you "11 'ear
no lies, and Keep your ugly face your
own side of the edge., Ses BUI. 'Take
It indoor and frighten the children with.
he Men, T don't want it staring at me."
"'Henery walked oft offended, and BUI
went, on with hla digging. He wouldn't
go to work, and e 'ad his breakfast In
the frnrden. and liis wife spent all the
morning in the front answering the
neighbors' Questions and beting ot 'cm
to go in and soy something- to Bill. One
of 'cm did KO. and came back a'most
directly and stood there for hours telling
(liferent people m cm 'aa cam to 'er,
and asking- whether e couldn't be locked
"By tea-time Ft I H .was head-beat, and
tlliU etlfl lie could 'nrdly raine 'is bread
and butter to his mouth. Several o1 the
chaps looked in In the evening, but all
they could set out of Im was. tbat it
was a new way o' cultivating "is garden
'nd Just 'card tf. and that tlift who
lived the longest would see the moPt. By
ntK-ht-timo ' - l nearly finished the Job.
and I3 garden wh Just ruined.
"Afore people 'ad done talking about
Rill, I'm blest if Peter Smith didn't go
and cultivate i garden in exactly the
same way. The pareon and "is wife was
away on their 'oliday, nnd nobody could
say a word. The curate who ad come
over- to take is place for a time, and
who took the names of people for the
Flower, Show; did point out to 'im that
he was spoiling 'is chances, but Peter was
so rude to 'Im that ho didn't stay long
enough to ay much.
"When Joe Gubblns started digging up
'is garden people began to think they
were all bewitched, and t went round to
see Henery Walker to teTf "Im wot a tine
chance e'd got. and to remind 'Im that
I'd put another ninepence on Mm the
night beore. All 'e said was. 'More fool
yon." and wont on i i k K 1 n K a. "olo In tils
garden bis enough to put n. ouse in.
"In a fortnight's time there wasn't a
garden uerth looking at in the place.
and it was quite clear there'd be .no
Flower Show tliat year, and of all the
silly, bad-tempered men in the place
them as 'ad dug up their pretty gardens
waja the wust.
"It wna jut a few days before the day
fixed Tor the Flower Show, ana I was
walking up the road when 1 see Joe and
Hpnry Walker and one or two more
loaning over Bob rretty' fence and talk
ing to im. 1 etopped, too, to see wliat
they were lookin? at, and found they
was watching Bob's two boys a-weeding
or 'is trarden. It was a disgraceful, un
tidy sort of place, as I said before, wl th
a tew marigolds and nasturtium-!, and
eirh-like put in anywhere, and Bob was
walkinnr up and down smoking of 'is pipe
and watching 'Is wife hoe atween the
plants and cut otT dead marigold blooms,
' That's a pretty pardon youve got
there. Bob. sas Joe. grinning.
' "I ve seen wusa. ses Rob.
" 'Uolng in tor the flower Show, Bob?'
es Henery, with a wink at U9e.
0 course I am.' ses Bob. 'olding Ms
ead up: 'my marigolds ought to- pull me
through,' he see.
"Hencvy wouldn't believe it at first
but when he sa w Bob show 'is missus
ow to pat the path down with the back
o the spade and hold the nal Is for 'er
while she nailed a climbing nagturtlum ti
the fence, he went off and fetched Bill
Chambers and one or two others. and
they all leaned over the fence breathing
their ardest ana a-faylng or all the
nasty thlnw to Bob they could think of.
" "Ifa tin- best-leer,' garden' In the
place." ses Bob. 1 ain't afraid o" " . 11 T"
new way o' cultivating flowers, Bill
Clumbers. Old-fashioned ways suit me
best: I learnt "ow to grow flowers from
my father. ,
" 'You ain't "ad the cheek to give
your name In, Bob?' m Sara Jones.
staring-.
"Bob didn't answer ' I in. "Pick those
bits o' prass out o' tbe path, old ga.1,'
tie ses to 'is wile: 'they look untidy,
and untidiness I can't abear.
"He walked up and lown smoking- 'is
pipe and pretending; not to notice
Henery Walker, wot 'ad moved farther
along the fence, and was staring- at
some drabble-tailed-looklntr geranluma
as if '- 'I seen em afore but wasn't
quite sure where.
'"Admiring; my geraniums. Henery?'
. ses Rob. nt last.
" W hfre'd you gret 'Im?' ses Henery,
'ardlv able to speak.
"'My florist's' ses Bob. in a off-hand
manner.
' "Your wot?
asks Henery.
'My florist,
ses Jtsob.
" 'And who might 'e be when 'e's at
home?' asked Henery.
" 'Tain t so likely I'm going to tell you
that, ses Kob. "Be reasonable, Henery,
BY
and ask yourself whether it's likely I
should tell you is name "Why. I've never
?een gjcu fine geraniums afore. I've been
nursing1 'em inside all the Summer, and
Just plan ted 'em out. '
" "About two days arter T threw mine
over my xa,cK fence.' se Henery WalKer,
SDcaking very slowly.
" Ho.- bos Bob. surprised. "I didn't
know you "ad any Keranlums. Henery. I
thought- you was digging for gravel this
year.'
"Henery didn't answer Mm. 7ot becaum
"e didn't want to. mind you. but because
he couldn't.
"That one: ses Bob. pointing at a
broken geranium with the stem of Ms
pipe, 'Is a "Dook o' Wellington," and
HOW MAN TO HI5 OWN
' INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON- FOR
TODAY IS "MAN MADE IN THE IMAGE OF GOD."
BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS.
THE whole world is being swept by
a wave of man-exnl tat ion. In some
places ttyis takes the form of revolu
tion, in others of socialism, in others of
an accentuated, democracy. Orient and
Occident alike are feeling this tremen-
dous movement for the rights of the com
mon man. It is undoubtedly the one chief
characteristic of the day in which we
live. Beneath the varied and local man
ifestations of this principle, the thought
ful person sees a truth as old as Eden.
For what mean, these world-encircling;
agitations for the uplifting of the indl-
vidua! except the ancient enunciation
which we 11 nd here in the first chapter
of Genesis, that man was made to be a,
master and not a slave; that man was
created In the Image of God. to be the
lord - of all created things, and to walk
upriiu forever in conscious sovereignty?
Whatever demeans man. be It bis own
sin or his neighbor's selfishness, thwarts
the divine programme.
Xo Worm of tlie Dust U Man.
There is a sens
in which, to state the
converse of the famous
catechism
question, that tlie chief end or God is
man. The Infinite Creator displayed his
power, for inscrutable reasons, by tbe cre
ation of the universe; then he made man
the crown climax oi thla worn. Man alone
he made in his own likeness. Man alone
he made by the direct breathing of his
own life. Aria 11 alone he made to walk
upright and. able to hold fellowship with
Himself. So we may Loldly affirm that
the Infinite has as bis chief pleasure and
Interest tbe man whom he created.
A. reign of doubt for many years led
men to say otherwise. Scientists delight.
ed to assert tbat man is only an infinitesi
mal and Inconsiderable molecule In a
boundless scheme of whirling worlds.
They scoffed at the theory ot this earth's
being- the center of the universe, with
man as the reason for the earth's exis
tence. Recently there has come out of
this Babel a startling: voice which has, for
the moment at least, arrested science in
f& madcap race after Improved theories.
A scientist whose position Is second to
none, anfl whose words command a hear
ing in any body that makes the slightest
pretension to learning, has ch&llengred this
new theory of the universe. So far as
proved tacts go, he asserts, we have not.
advanced beyond the Genesis conception
of a universe which ministers to this
earth, and of which this earth Is the cen
ter. When all guesses and conjectures
are laid aside, we only know that this
earth is the center of the solar system.
and that man is the reason for the earth's
character, contents and inhabitants.
All this, like the creation story tn the
opening: of the five books of Moses, goes
to show that man was made to reign. He
was intended to have dominion over aJ.1
W. W. JACOBS
NOT BAD XEWS. 1 'Ol'J
that white one there is wot I'm Rolnj? to
call "Pretty's PrWe." That nne mari-
goia over there, wot looks lihe a sun
flower, is called "Golden Dreams.'
'Como along, Henery,' ses Bill Cham
bers, bursting 'come and a-et something; to
take the taste out o your mouth
14 'I'm sorry I can't offer you a flower
for your buttln-'ol.1 ses Bob. perlitely.
but it's gfttiiiK so near the Klriwer Show
now J can't afford U. If you chaps only
knew wot pleasure was to b 'ad sitting
arnonjr your innercent flowers, you would
n't want to sro to the public house so
often.
"He shook 'Is 'ead at 'em, and telling
his wife to prlve the "Dook of Wellington'
a mus of water, sat down In the chair
creatures, including1 himself. Every 'time
a mortal yields to fear or discouragement
he is thwarting the divine plan- All ab
Jectness and servility, all crushing of bis
noblest impulses, all atrophlnjr of his reg
nant spirit, is man's offense against his
own destiny and his Creator.
A Man Is More Tlian'a Jlonkey.
Even biolojry, which delights to trace
tlie evolution of life through successive
stages, confesses that there ls an un-
bridgable chasm between man and all
other animals. Decades of unceasing
effort have failed to discover- a. llnlc
that will connect man with the lower
order of creation. It must toe acj
as true that man was not made m the
Image of a Jelly-fish or or a protoplasm
or of a monkey; man was made In the
image ot God. The Yery ability of man
to probe Into deep secrets of knowledge
is itself an evidence of bis supernatural
nature.
Here is the great and unshakable truth '
about man. alike his sceptre of sov-
erelftnty and bis magna chart a of liberty:
"And God said. Jet us maka man In
our image, after our likeness: and. let
them have dominion." Of his other
handiwork the Creator had said. "Let
there be a firmament," " T-t. the waters
be gathered together," "Let the earth
bring- forth," "Let there he light," VLct
the waters swarm." The divine flat has
been sufficient. But when It came to
man, there was a summoning of the
counsels ot eternity, ana a direct action
by the Creator. "Let us make." Man was
not merrly willed Into exlsuncc: Tie was
made. The very manner oC his creation
put him on a higher plane than all else
In the universe. Better things were plan-
ned for. and are expected from, human
beings than from all the universe be
sides. All this dignity and power were perilous.
With these went the possibility of blast
ing God's beautiful handiwork. and of
.blighting other lives. The Very fact
that one man may, say, wreck a hank
and bring- disaster, poverty and shame
upon thousands only shows the possibil
ities in every- direction of this wonder-
ful, rodlike will with which man is en-
dowed.
rirtt AntlRce Suicide Teaching.
If. people read the old Bible more they
would not be so quickly excited over such
fads as antl-race-suielde" or "the sim
ple life." They would know these to be
primal and elemental duties, aa old as
Adam, and not twentieth century dls-
coverios. Man was created as a family.
The first command to him. forever bind
ing:, and written in his nature as well
as on his conscience, was "Be fruitful
and multiply." We have not yet Im
proved on the divine programme for the
race life in family, with children in
abundance. The person who misses this
comes short of the highest human destiny
and possibility. He has failed of life's
greatest prises. There is reason for the
agin and wiped the sweat off 'Is brow.
- 'Ft 111 Chamber! did a bit 'o thinking as
they walked up the road, and by and oy
e turns to Joe dubbins And 'e ses:
Seen anj-thlng o' George . Knglish
lately. Joe 7"
" 'Yes, ses Joe.
" 'Seems to mc we all ave' Ses Sam
Jones.
"Kone of em liked to say wot -was In
their minds, 'avlna; all seen Georgre Bng-
llsh and swore pretty strong1 not to tell
his secret, and none of em likint? to own
up tbat they'd been dlesrine up their ear
dens to get money as e'd told 'em about.
But presently Dill Chambers ses;
'Without telling no secrets or breaking:
no promises. Joe. supposing;, a certain
old Hebrew Idea that not to have chil-
dren was a shame. In Japan this same
principle is so rigidly observed that every
man does have children, even If he must
adopt them. No family line Is ever per
mitted to die out In Japan.
The Edenlc idea of the home Is still
the Idea needed In these times; so also is
this primitive, scriptural conception of
woman's place. The new woman cannot
improve on God's Idea of a womanly
career, which is to be a helpmeet for
man. Thin does not mean subordination,
but Interdependence. As the old chroni
cles say. woman was not made from
man's feet, to be his slave, nor from his
head, to rule over him; but from his Bide,
near his heart, to be hla comrade and
co-helper. There Is a simple dignity
aout the Oencsls narration of the pur
pose and relationship of man and woman
that rebukes Hit common frivolity and
sentimentality with which this subject is
commonly regarded.
me nr?t Tanner,
Not in s steam-heated apartment, sjt
nlshed with a hundred needless luxuries.
and arrayed In a jwallow-talled coat, a
shining shirt with a high collar, and
patent-leather shoes, was the first man
started out In lite. He was far bttw
equipped with nothing. Hapless and De-
wlldereu as Adam would be. togged out
In modern flummery, equally helpless Is
the present-day city man In the simple
The: Might of Manhood
Terse .Commcni on trie Uniform Prayer-Meeting Topic.
LX- Intemperance Is nothing but
"V evil. There is certain to be a
runaway and a wreck whenever a per
son loosens the reins of anpetlte. At
the -root of all the world's woes is sure
to Devjound some form of intemper
ance. "We make much of the lose of friends
and fortune that follows Intemperance in
drinking. Yet these are really only a
minor trouble. The real loss, and the
loss that makes the actual paupers, and
that ls worse than all other calamities, ls
the Joss of self-respect. Esau's bargain
was noble beside that of a person who
sells his self-respect for a draught of
pleasure.
God made men lords over all the earth,
but many have become slaves to the
earth's products.
None but the self-restrained and tem
perate person can know true riches. The
divine record runs that Mthe drunkard and
the' glutton shall come to poverty" the
poverty that means a starved soul an
empty life. All that enriches his exist
ence on earth slips from man's posses
sion through the floodgates of intemperance-There
is no more uncomfortable person
"ouse was mentioned In a certain letter
from forrln parts, wot 'ouse was it?
" 'Supposing it was so,' ses Joe, care
ful too: 'the second 'ouse counting from
the Cauliflower.'
' -The ninth 'ouse. yon mean. ses Hen
ery "Walker, sharply.
" 'Second 'ouse in Mill Lane, you mean.'
ses Sam Jones, wot lived there.
"Then they alt see ow they'd been
done, and that they wasn't, in a, manner
ter. They came up and sat 'ere Mere
we're Kitting now. all dazed-like, ft was
n't only the chance o loning the prize
that upset 'em. but they'd wasted their
time and mined their gardens and got
called mad by the other folks. Henery
Walker' s state o mind was dread fid
for to see. and he Icep thinking of 'orrl-
ble things to say to George En&ilsn, and
then being afraid they wasn't strong-
enough.
"While they was talking who" should
come along Out Ueorge English hisseir:
Mo came right up to the table, and they
all sat back: on the bench and stared at
'Im fierce, and Henery Walker crinkled
'Is nose at him.
' " 'Evening' he ss. , but none of .'cm
answered im; they all looked at Henery to
see wot "e wus solrtfr to say.
" 'Wot's upr ses ieor;e in surprise.
" 'Gardens,' m Henery.
So I've 'eard,' ses George.
"IIo shook " is "ead and looked at them
sorrowful and severe at the same time.
" 'So I 'eard, and I ctfuldn't believe my
earn till I went and looked for myself.
he ses, 'and wot Z want to say is this :
1'Ou know wot I'm referring to. If any
man 'as round wot don't belong to him
e knowa who to give It to. It ain't wot
I should 'ave expected of men wot's lived
in tbe same place as me for years. Talk:
about honesty, e e, shaking is 'ead
gin. 'I should .lite s see ft little of it.
his mouth
doing took a pull at "is beer at the same
time, and If Sam Jones Wt been by to
Mm A.n ha Vionlr T k'llavA Via 'si Kb
died there and then. "4
'Mark my words, ses George Kngllnh,
speaking very slow and solemn, 'there'll
be no blessing on It. Whoevor's made Ms
fortune by xetting up and dtftfrinrr 'In
garden over won't sret no real benefit from.
It. fie may woar a blacK coat and new
troupers on Sunday, but g won't be 'appy.
I'll ao and ret my little taste o" beer
somewhere else,' 'e ses. "I can't breathe
here;
"He walked off before any one could
say a word : "Bill Chambers dropped 'is
pipe and a mashed it. Henery Walker sat
Staring after 'im wltli 'Is mouth wide
open and Sam Jones, who was always on
to take advantaxr. drank 'Ls own beer
under tire ti 1 1 i belief tliat It was Joe's.
" 'I shall take care that Mrs. Pawlett
'ears 0' this.' sw Henery, at last.
'And be asWed wot you dur your
garden up for, ses Joe, "and ave to ex
plain that you broke your promise to
George. Why, she'd talk at us for years
and years.
'And parson ' tid preach a sermon
about it. ses iyam ; "where e your sense,
Henery'
We should be the lar fine-stork for
miles round.' ses Bill Chambers- If any
body wants to Know. X dug' my ga.rden
up to enrich the soil for next year, ana
also to give some other chap a chance
or the prlae.-
"Peter Smith "as always been a nn-
fortunlt man; lie's got the name ror it.
He was just 'avlng another drink AS
Bill said that. . and this time we all
thought e"d gom. He old hlsself.
"Mrs. Pawlett and the parson ca me
ome next day. an' 'er voice got tliat
squeaky with surprise It was painful to
llcten to her. All the chaps stuck to
th tale that they'd dug their garden
up to give tlie otners a crance, and
Henery Walker. e went further and aaid
It was owing to a sermon on unselfish
ness wt the curate 'ad preached three
weeKs afore, He 'ad a nice mue red
covered 'ymn-book the next day with
From a friend wrote in it.
conditions which constitute paradise.
There is a whole sermon on the simple
life In the simple statement that the
n rat man was a farmer. He took his
name from the earth, to whim he uvea
so close. AH that the Creator considered
indispensable to happiness was found In
that first garden.
As a further sign of the simplicity of
this life which God pronounced very
good. Is the fact that Adam was re
stricted to a vegetarian diet. Even for
the lower creation no food seems to have
bean provided except that which springs
from the earth. Civilization i suffering
seriously from Indigestion, and It well
may hark: back: to its first forbears for a
lesson in abstemlnousness. God never
meant man to be an ascetic, but neither
did he intend him to be a. glutton.
Simple surroundings, simple food and
work, were the Creator's programme for
the man whom he designed to be fit for
fellowship with himself. Nowadays we
must precede every Important conference
on a religious subject with a big dinner;
even church socials will not "go9 without
something to eat.
When man had been established as a
free moral agent, amid Ideal surround-
ings. the Creator saw that the summit of
bin work had been reached. The highest
expression of himself and his power was
man. Then he restod. The tm mwi
as a precedent became a part of the law
written on tablets of stone, and written
In the very fiber of man's physical nature.
Thl3 18 one of the laws that twentieth
century man Is constantly breaking; and
if you would see the penalty exacted
therefor. look at the myriad overcrowded
sanatarlums and asylums. Rest ia as
divine a law as work: to do neither Is as
law, as well as a failure to apprehend
the pleasant possibilities of life, wheo
one falls to keep the rest day ordained at
to live with than the one who. while ab
staining from the wine-cup. and all other
forms of gross excess, Is yet intemperate
In bis life. The unbridled tonue. the-
spirit of jealousy and pride that have full
away, the anger that Is never controlled,
the appetite lor pleasure that is given
first place in the life these are common
forms of Intemperance that dwarf life
Into meanness and unlovellneaa. And
it is against these kinds or intem
perance that Christiana must exercise all
their powers of will and trrace.
Only they are masters amonsr men. and
acceptable followers of the great Master,
who have first mastered themselves.
Intemperance is Imbru i t ing. T n re
strain ed passions dull the edge of all the-
sensibitles of the soul. A fin nature
Is Impossible to one who Indulges in any
excesses. Ideals are lowered by intem
perance, which seats on the throne of
life the flshly nature and removes man
farther from the divine estate that God
designs for him.
Tempered speech is not -common.
Most of us do not weigh and consider
the words that we utter. In an im
petuous and measured stream our
speech flows on, and the result Is that
A.11 things considered. Mrs. Pawlett
was for doinff away with the Flower
Show that year and srlvinjc two prizes)
next year instead, but one or two other
chaps, encouraged by Bob's example, "ad
given in their names too, and they said
It wouldn't be fair to their wives. All
the gardens but one was worse than
too s. tney not having started till later
than WOt e lli. and not- belno- t.i A r
their geraniums from 'Is florist. The only
better mi-rtnt. r..ii. . .
lived, next door to 'im. but two nlK-hts
afore the Flnwur i nin .
in its sleep. Ralph said It m a mystery
" me pis; coma na got .out: It
must ha' put its root through a hole too
small for it and turned the button of its
floor and thrn rllmhrd nvnr fnnr.fnnt
fence. He told Bob e wished the pljr
could speak, but Bob said that that was
Sinful and nnr-hrlx iu r, n .m . 1, -
most liKciy if it could it would only rail
uho. names. ani bsk im wny
he didn't feed It properly.
1 nere was quits a crowd on Flower
snow cay winning the Juds. First of
an. 10 Kin namners- astonishment and
surprise, tney went to 'Is place and stood
on the "caps in 'is garden judging ni.
n-hiie Bill peeped at 'em through tllfl
kitchen winder 'arf-crazy. Tlioy went to
every earden in the place, until one or
the younsr ladlen t tired of It. Mil', n -
Mrs. I'awlett whether thej- was there to
Jlldtre eottage garden, or wrthqiiakes.
very nnay 'eld their brethi that
.evening In the schoolroom wben TvtTr .
Pawlett tjot up on the platform and took.
tt alto of paper from m d th k&m.
She stood a moment waiting: for silence,
and. then ' old tip her 'and to stop -wha t
she thought was clapping at the back.
but whicn was two or three wimmen wbi
'ad 'ad to take their crying- babies out
trying to quiet em in the porch. Then.
3trs. Pawlott put 'er glasses on her noun
and just read out. short and aweet, that
tlie prlza of threo sovereigns And & meix
teapot for the best-kept cottage garden
ad been won by Mr
Robert Pretty.
'One or two people patted Bob on thej
hack ' unlked ui the mlddld td UkA
tbo prise: then, one or two mora did. and
Bill Chambers' pat was th 'eartiest of
ern all. Bob stopped and spoke to 'Im
about It.
"You would arUy think that "BoT "ud
have the cheek to stand up there and.
make a speech, but ' did. He aa-ld It
gave 'Im great pleasure to take the tea
pot and the money, and the more pleas
ure because "e felt that e had earnd "eirt.
He said that if e told- em all 'ed'd don
to make sure o the prize, they'd be mr
prised. He aald tbat 'e'd been like Ralph
Thomson" s pig. tip early sjid late.
"He stood up there talking as though.
'e was never going: to leave off, ana mm
that hoped as 'is example would be of
benefit to "is neighbors. Some ot em
seemed to think that digging was every-
tiling, tout could say with pride that
adn't put a spade to Ms garden for threa
years until a. week. ago. and then not
much.
"Ho finished 'Is rwriarks by saying that
e was fcolnir to givft a tea parly UP at
the CaiUiriower to christen the teapot,
-where e" d be pleased to welcome sit
friends. Quite a crowd- got up and foi-
lovAd 'Im out then, instead o' waltlne
for the dissolving- views, and came back;
'art an hour arterwards. saying that un
til they'd got as far as the Cauliflower
they'll no Idea Bob was so pertMier
who e mixed with.
That was the last Flower Show we
ever 'ad In Olaybury. IVIrs. Pawlett a nd
tlie )W mnS m tra-part,'
'bme. anrl 'avlnn to Ret over a gale lllio
a field to let It raa. What wlti that anl
Mrs Pawlett tumblinir over wwnethltis
further tip the road, which turned out to
be the teapot. srnelHnfr strOtl 0? Wr.
the Flower Show was given up. and tbe
parson preached three Sundays runnlnK
on the sin of beer-drinKlna; to children
who'd never 'ad any and wimmen who
couldn't get it."
every day vc 33) rasl1 an(5 unkinu aml
untrue thines that we would fcive .
much to call back. In our flght against
the vll of strong drink. let us not
forget the evil ot Intemperate speech.
There are . many young persons of
upright and Irreproachable 1 1 ves to
Wiiom the word Intemperate must be
applied In relation to their pleasures.
Ail their days seem to be given up to
the pursuit of a good time." fs - mild
er word than intemperance can tie-
scribe these habits for the place of
pleasure in human life that is. pleas
ure when It Is made a business Is
only a subsidiary and unimportant
one.
Intemperance
altogether weak
ness. If In any department of life we
allow our inclinations or our appetite
to aret beyond our control, t hen there
is a corresponding loss of strength in
our soul. We have power only when
we keep our lower selves in complete
subjection to our spiritual natures.
The sell-mastered life masters tho
world.
Every one who has read Scott's
nOVOl Tt)8 Tftllsman, remembers Salad
In's marve lous exhibition of swords-
man ship at the tournament. TTis del 1
ca te Damascus blade annealed to our
Imagination as beiny wonderful. The
feats the famous IgWt MrfuHMd.
however, were d ue no less to his ski 1 1
than to the excellence of the sword
itoelf. The latter was wholly a matter
of tempering. This WON. tii tflltl-
pered more exquisitely than any Otlier.
therefore tt had more power. All the
beauty and Keenness and power that
He in ft well-tempered blade are pari!
leled by the beauty. Keenness and pow
er of a well-tempered life. For th
temperate life is the life that ls well tern-
pered: It Is the one that is fittest ror us
duties.
We who would be strong In his own
soul muRt keep Hla spirit in control,
There Is strength In self-denial. It
Is good to do hard things simply for
the sake ot learning to do hard thing?.
There is wisdom tn the practice of
some high souls who deal rigorously
with themselves. Just to keep their
wills dominant over their wishes. None
of us can safely trust himself always
to follow his Inclinations.
Friday Lurk.
?. W. It.. In the Century.
-Tw F-rltlsy when Jolumbua nr.t
Set foot upon our soil;
"Twas Friday when the riveT.fam
Rewarded Hudson's toll:
"Twss Krlday whn the PHnrlm Dad
On Plymouth sat them down :
The Mayflower, on a Friday morn,
Sailed into provincrtown.
And Friday was the natal Hay
Of our Oeorge W anhlnitton.
- Of Martin Luther, Winflcld Scott.
And famous Stephenson;
Of Gladstone an4 Disraeli, too;
Of Isabel and mc
Oh. Friday seemed the lucky day
Of days In history.
And yet, though backed by sober fact
1 can't believe It so
For twss on F"r13y "
That Isabel said "No."
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