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EASTERN CLACKAMAS NEWS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER C>, 1027 The Recluse of Fifth Avenue Sunday School Page 3 Improved Uniform International C H A P T E R X I— Continued — 21 — By WYNDHAM MARTYN t ------------------------------------- bill Copyright In the United States W N U Sorrloe Although he could not shout, he found he could nmke innrtlculute noises. He mude them till his throat ached and the corners of his mouth brought with her a pot of coffee and were raw from the lmrsb rope. He some sandwiches. The coffee he drank had no Idea yet where he was. He eagerly. He would not eat. supposed llelllngton must huve pre " I don't know what we are to do pared this secret place and kept Us now those men have gone. It w h s locality hidden. Perhaps through It most Inconsiderate of you to tuik like there had come men, ere this, who had that to them. The maids won't wait spied upon him. Cramps seized him, at table nnd the agency can’t send any whose agony left him white und feeble. men until tomorrow. I f only we hadn't Perhaps he would starve to death so many people staying here!” here. It was well known that his “ They won't be long here," he said movements were uncertain, secretive, grimly. " I think this social experi and that be wns Impatient of question ment Is going to end. Pile the whole ing. It would be found that his bed bunch In automobiles and take them was unoccupied. They would not look to the chateau at Huntingdon. Tele for him here. They would hunt fur phone for reservations and see they atleld while he sturved to death In get a good meal. They'll like the this tower retreat. No shame or re change. Now leave me alone.” pentance came to him. Instead he cursed himself for carelessness. In C H A P T E R XII his former home he had preserved al most an excessive caution, but he had The evening that saw the Raxon supposed In so large u household us this, with many servants und guests, guests tuken to dinner at Huntingdon he was safe. There were other rooms found the Japanese garden In Lower which should huve attracted burglars Fifth avenue occupied by the Mllman conspirators. During the dinner, which more than these, rooms where women kept their dlumonds. To come here was perceptibly better served because Sneed had dropped back Into his old argued a preconceived plan. First of all he though of McKlmber. Could he, after all, huve dared this? Was his dejected spirit assumed for putting the younger limn off his guard? lie remembered telling McKlmber thut those who underestimated him came to disaster. Perhaps he had made the mistake of thinking a mutt beaten to the grouud when he was merely rest ing, awnltlng un opportunity to spring. Ills assailant might even have been young McKlmber. It was a tall, agile plan who attacked him. According to liarnes’ Instructions, Sneed, at breakfust, asked if he should arouse Mr. Raxon or see If he wanted his coffee In his room. As a rule Raxon was up early. In the end they discovered him. His mouth was swollen nnd discolored, and he could not rise to his feet when Brndney un cut the bonds. He was In a deplor able cohdltlon. He would tell his wife nothing. Nor would he hear of the police being notified. “ I know who did It," he lied, "nnd I will attend to him myself. This must not get Into the papers. I f It does, I shall know It comes from one of you three." He looked coldly at Ills wife, bis butler, and the footmnn. It was llrudney alone who dared to He Was in a Deplorable Condition. meet his guze. In such a rage as this Mrs. ltaxon trembled. Sneed could place and Achllle was less hurried, not avoid the consciousness that It there was no word said about Great wns one of the wealthy employing Rock. It was when Sneed had taken classes who shivered with anger. the coffee away that Mllman began. Brudney welcomed the opportunity to Sitting In the center of them, he see a man of whom he had heard so showed no sign o f triumph. Watch much bad, at whose hunds he had him ing him, Nita thought that she had self experienced Ill-treatment, at a never seen a man more perfectly moment when his usual control was courteous than he. Mllmnn compli gone. It seemed to the scientist that mented them all on what they hud for a minute the mask was lifted and the terrific emotions which he had done, but It wns her father who came kept hidden were let loose. He cursed In for the greatest praise. The daugh his wife. He culled Sneed a timid, ter watched him growing younger ns worthless creature that he had al he listened to Peter’s encomiums. lowed a thief to break through and Barnes felt that at last he had been assault him. Brndney. towering over able to do his share. "W e are now,” Mllmnn went on, “ In them all. came In for his share. Where had this hulking flunkey been that the the position of holding what Raxon was going to use to lever himself into marauder had stolen upon him? Bradney was secretly amused. Then a senatorial seat. I have little doubt he saw his chance to escape. He re In my mind but that he will pay the called some of Barnes’ gestures and price asked, which Is n million dol gave notice at once. There could lars. Without this evidence he has hardly be a suspicion of collusion. It no actual hold on McKlmber. With seemed to Mrs. Raxon thut here was It he can command his absolute obedi a courteous nnd efficient mail servant ence. I feel certnln that with Mc- goaded to rare insubordination Sneed Klmber's help Raxon can win. With suddenly took the resolve to depart out It he has little chance. The ques tion Is this: Is the senatorshlp worth with his footman. Raxon turned to his wife. “ Pay a million dollars to Paul ltaxon? I f not, we are worse off thnn when we them and see they lenve at once.” began. I f It Is, we have won." Sneed turned on his heel and left Peter Mllman looked about him as the room. Ills second-footman fol the chairman of a meeting does when lowed. he desires suggestions. None would “ I f nny of those other people heard have supposed thnt there wns a very any commotion, Just tell them I had real risk of disgrace and imprison a fainting spell nnd shall he all right ment if ltaxon refused to buy and de tomorrow.” He almost pushed her termined to prosecute. from the room nnd turned the key. “ I f you had looked Into his face,' Raxon hoped, as he walked to the Bradney remarked, “ and had seen all safe, that he would find the robbery the passions of hate and disappoint had been made by professionals for ment, fear and despair graven on It. readily convertible plunder. He hard you would have no doubt at all on the ly dared search for the McKlmber ex subject I ’m certain he will buy them hibits. back." The envelope which had held what 'But he’ll try and get us,” Barnes would have kept McKlmber a pliant reminded him. " I wasn't any too and obedient tool was gone. Negotia gentle." ble securities and a large sum of cash •There’s always that danger," Peter were untouched. It was plain that the Mllman observed cnlndy; “ but when u intruder had come for one thing only, mun has so overpowering an ambition nnd had been successful. The man as his, he may use caution which Is who would have most to gnln by this really abhorrent. I have no doubt he abstraction was young Robin McKlm will wish he could put us In Sing Sing. ber, who had been In the house a week and had learned of the danger In which his father stood. In flgura young McKlmber wns like the man of whom Raxon had one fleeting glance. Never again would there be the op Some remarkable cases of fasting portunity to get nny more Incriminat ing letters. The page stolen from the have attract--1 attention lately, hut register could not be replaced. What one striking experiment In diet hns a fool he had been not to have them met with less attention than It de photographed. To Implicate the poli serves. This experiment was carried ont by tician without them would be almost Impossible. Were McKlmber to make three scientists who lived for several a bold stand and nccuse his enemy of months entirely on potatoes and vege attempted blackmail, the public would table mnrgarlne, with a slight addition probably flock to the support of the I of onion. One o f the results o f this experi older nnd better-known man. It was j the greatest blow Paul ltaxon had ment Is that science Is now beginning ever sustained. He felt thi s the | to believe that there may he some humiliation of It would never pass | thing In the old Idea that potato water from his tnlnd. His face was bruised I Is a remedy for gout. The potato does and sore, but he hardly knew It. He | appear to have considerable vir who had warned his opponent of th* tues where this disease Is concerned. Another result Is that It Is now folly o f underestimating him had claimed thnt the diet of the peasantry fallen himself Into that very trap. It was late In the afternoon when In some parts of Europe. In which he allowed his wife to enter. She bad j meat figures very rarely, Is healthier BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY T Lesson T | But better counsel will show him thal It Is dungerous. Before we see we must rehearse some of the circum (D y ltE V . U n. F I T Z W A T B R . D P . P o a a stances In which we were Injured bj M oody B ib le In s titu te o f C h ic a g o .) ldin. I want him to think that we all (© . 1927, by W esto rn N ew sp a p er Union ) know very certainly by what meant I)R . FRED A. P E R K IN S he hurt us. In case he should decltni to buy these letters, he must under Lesson fo r O cto ber 9 OPTOM ETRIST stand that he cannot prosecute us." Floyd Male* had said little. He “ Perfect Fitting (¡lasses” ELIJAH HEARS COD'S VOICE W . A- Heylman Wm. W . Smith wns watching the girl’s sensitive faca Phone 331 for Appointment ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW LESSON T E X T —I K in s , 19. He did not understand how It was ths Estacada, Oregon Ws will take care of eny legal GOLDEN TEX T— W alt on the Lord. others did not realize she was suffer I be of tjood courage, and He shall business yon may have ing. They had assumed that she wa» Btrengthen thine heart. Insurance, Loans and Collections wholly with them and as eager as they PRIMARY TOPIC — E lijah Hear» to win. It was because Malet loved G od's V o ice . DR. W . W . RHODES JUNIOR TOPIC — God E ncourage» her that he knew what was passing In 09TE0FHATIC E lij a h . her mind. He had seen her with W alter W . Gilbert, M. I). INTERM EDIATE AND SENIOR TOP PH T8ICU5 AND 8URGE0X Robin. He knew certainly that she I C — L i s t e n i n g to C o d s Voic e. Office In Llchthorn Bldg. Retacada YOUNG PEO PLE AND ADULT TOP- Physician and Surgeon loved the lad and suffered torture at the thought that she was going to aid i IC—H ow God Speaks to Men. Office Hours: !) to 5 DR. CHAS. P. JOHNSON in giving Paul Raxon the whip hand and Evenings I. Elijah’s Flight (vv. 1-14). D E N T IS T , over him. Upon Ahab'a return from the excite Estacada, Oregon OMae Reaver 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. It was plain to Floyd Malet that ment on Mount Carmel, he told his Evenings by Appointment this love of his for a girl, whose I wife all that Elijah had done, that P h on ic 5051 E S TA C A D A , OREGON beauty had first attracted him be even all her prophets had been hewn cause It was of a rare and finer sort, to pieces by the sword. This so en must be kept a secret. What has the raged her that she sent a message of GATES F U N E R A L HOME S. E. W O O STER world to offer but scorn for the mid death to Elijah, who seems to have Gresham 2471 Heal Estate, Loans, Ineanui«* dle-aged and unsuccessful lover? been waiting at the gate (vv. 1, 2). Rentals But love, he reflected, If It Is genu Though Elijah had courageously stood ED L IN N A T L IN N ’S INN ine, finds Its reward In service. How before the king and the priests of y Farm Lo ana a Specialty AGENT could fie help her? Was It possible Baal, he now cowered before this Telephone Estaoada. Oregon . r— Estacada, Oregon Phone 64-51 to bring her happiness and Robin? woman, and fled for his life. Let us The other men were talking about ! beware lest when we think we stand, J. E. GATES C. D., D. C. and E. C. Latourwtt* Robin's father. ATTORNEYS we fall (I Cor. 10:12). “ He will suffer,” said Mr. Mllman 1. Elijah under the Juniper tree Practice In all Courts. Impartially. “ And his family will | (vv. 3-7). The Juniper tree was a Pirat Notional Bank If you want what you want suffer. I am sorry for them; but In shrub of the desert which afforded Dr»gon City, Oregon this case our Interests weigh down when you want it— in the print shelter nnd protection to travelers the balance. McKlmber, at all events, ing line— from the burning sun by day and the O. D. EBY hns money and an assured position." cold wind by night. W E HAVE IT! ATTORNEY-AT-LAW "W hy not ofTer to sell the letters to (1) His request (v. 4 ): This wns Oeneral Predice. Confidential him, then?" Malet cried. "You will I that he might die. This wns no doubt Adviser. get your money Just the same and u foolish thing for him to sny, hut let Oregon Otty. Oregon you will be defeating Raxon?” He ib us be as considerate toward him as noticed that Nlta listened eugerly for | was God. The discouragement, nnd the reply. even despondency, of Elijah, was due “There are two reasons against I t i to the nervous strain of about four One, thnt we know Raxon to be u j years of unusual service for God, w ill find this crook used to chicanery, fraud, and , which culminated on Mount Carmel. blackmail. He will not protest, no Such nervous reaction Is to he expect paper an excellent Dr. M. M. Martindale matter how we obtained these letters. ed, and surely the heart of this lesson He will probably pay. With McKlm medium in w h ic h will be missed unless we see It In that ber It Is different. How shall we con Chiropractor light, nnd see God's tenderness toward vince him that If he buys these let to d is p la y th e ir his overwrought servant. ters he Is safe from subsequent black of Oregon City (2) God's tender treatment (vv. 5-7). bargains and make mail? He will know that his secret a. He gave him sleep (v. 5). “ He glv- Monday and Friday evenings Is shared by many others and he will their w an ts ki i o w n eth Ills beloved sleep” (Ps. 127:2). never feel sufe. As he probably won’t after six o’clock. b. He sent an angel to cook Elijah's run for office now, he may make a meal (vv. C, 7). The angel of the Office at Linn’s Inn fight of It. He has money. He can retain the best counsel, while we are | Lord Is usually understood to be the handicapped from the start It Is not second member o f the Holy Trinity. a matter of choosing to benefit one at | If this be correct, then we see Jeho- the cost o f the other. Personally, I | vah-Jesus preparing food for Ills serv am Inclined to be sorry for McKlmber. ant Elijah, ns He afterward did for With us all It Is merely the easiest His discouraged disciples by Galilee. 2. Elijah at Horeb (vv. 8-14). God and safest way to get the money we huve been defrauded of from the man had kindly ministered to His discour aged prophet so that he would be In a who did It." CUTS MORE “ Who's to bell the cat?" Barnes fit condition to receive the needed In struction and correction. nsked. "H ow are you going to talk SLICES (1) God's Interview with Elijah in It over with Raxon?" “ I think If I telephone to him he the cave (vv. 9, 10). a. God's ques TO T H E L O A F tion, “ What doest thou here, Elijah?" will come." “ But he might bring a gang of thugs (v. 9). This was a stinging rebuke, with him," Barnes objected. "H e can though most kindly given. It Implied get a bunch of gunmen any time he that his appointed messenger was now An ideal slice-size fo r toasting, sandwiches and needs them. What’s to prevent him far away from the field of duty. How children’s between meal snacks. going through this place and getting blessed to know thnt “ A God-forsaking saint Is not a God-forsaken saint” I the letters?" b. Elijah's answer (v. 10). Elijah “ It Is not a house easy to break E C O N O M IC A L FO R LA R G E F A M IL IE S Into, as you know. He will not be tried to vindicate himself by asserting udmltted If he does not come alone. his Jealous loyalty to God—that In I f he Is ns desperately anxious for spite of all this the people hnd not The same Ilolsum quality that won the Harry M. those letters as I believe, he will come only rejected Ills message nnd dishon Freer Trophy the second time in two years. The at once and alone. I shall not men ored God, but sought to destroy him. (2) God’s interview with Elijah on tion them when I speak to him, hut same price as the regular large loaf. he will be thinking of nothing else.” the mount (vv. 11-14). While standing Malet hnd the opportunity to get a before the Lord on the mount, God few words with Nlta later In the eve caused a mighty demonstration of Sold at Y ou r Favorite JW3 wind, earthquake and fire to pass be ning. Grocery and Restau- A * *±¡2 J ▼ A “ A few mornings back,” he said fore him, to show unto him the nature softly, “ you met young McKlmber In of the work he had been doing for rants in Estacada and the grounds at Great Rock. You had God, nnd to show him what wns lack Vicinity. Ibuccit mconScx of if* UottoMufa* nthj a few minutes with him and then left ing In his work for the fullest attain him. You said you thought you had ment of success. Elijah had about him much of the whirlwind, earthquake been breaking your heart. Nlta, what nnd fire. Ills work had been terrify did you mean?” She smiled at him. “ Did I say ing and alarming, but It lacked in gen thnt? How silly. Doesn’t one exag tleness nnd love. This object lesson In the days of God's working Is a gerate before breakfast?” “ You can’t deceive me like that,” needed message for this age, which Is he answered. “ You are fond of so wonderfully characterized by noise ltobln nnd you are torn between two and clamor. The world Is not “ taken emotions, your love for him and your for Christ” by the fleshly energy and loyalty to your father. What you enthusiasms o f conventions and com would like to be able to do Is to take mittees, but by the quiet hearts who those accursed letters and give them go forth proclaiming God's Word in to Mr. McKimber without letting his the energy of the Holy Spirit. wife or son know they ever existed.” II. Elijah's Return (vv. 15-18). “ I would rather do that thnn any Though Elijah hail erred, God thing else,” she admitted. She saw brought him aguin Into Ills service. that It was useless to conceal It from How comforting to know thnt God the sculptor. And she knew, too, thut does not reject His servants because this ndddle-aged genius with the worn of their failures In times of despond face and quiet ways, loved her. “ It encyl He deals with them after the Is hard. Uncle Floyd,” she suid, and motive of their hearts. Elijah was smiled whimsically, “ to feel one U be nourished and Instructed by the Lord trn.vlng where one loves.” and then sent on a high mission. God “ You ure not,” he protested. took Elijah out of himself by giving (TO BE CONTINUED.) him n new commission. Before God /Two men tn • »edon and » farmer and hi» boy In would come In His chariot to take Eli • ■mailer car had •topped on ■ country ro»d for jah home, he sent him upon a three • short discuss**) of business In general The fold ministry. farmer and one of the men from town were old friend». The other wa» unknown to him. 1. To anoint Ilazael king over | Syria (v. 15). **Ofve Mr Hartley one of your card». Bob," m i 2. To anoint Jehu king over Israel grated the farmer’s friend. "You ought to do some as well as cheaper than more elabor business with him before long.” (v 10). ate fare. 3. To anoint Elisha as his own sue- Now, If Bob had presented his card to Mr Hart Sir Rowland Hill, founder of lh* cessor In the prophet's room (vv. 19- ley, there would be little of Interest to us in the penny pos , was very keen on dieting transaction. But Bub dtd not hat* a card to gto* him! 21 ). experiments. He lived for many peri Whatever your business of profession may be, ods of three days each on not more fnm can’t afford to be without s supply of personal Look Up to God than two articles, such as boiled green cards. Your business is built by making yourself Dare to look np to God and sny: peas and salt, and damson pie and known favorably to a lot of people. 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