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(Continued from page 3)
new grown accustomed te the prairie
alienee.
8he «pent the time between one and
three buying portable presents for the
entire Pool household— Including ha-
nanas for Qeertje and Jozlna. for
whom that farlnaceoua fru it had the
faaclnatlen always held for tbe farm
child. She caught a truln at four th ir­
ty-five and actually trudged tbe five
miles from the station to the farm,
arriving half frozen, weary, with ach­
ing arms and nipped toes, to a great
welcome of the squeals, grunts barks
and gutturals that formed tbe expres­
sion of tbe Pool bonsehold. She was
astonished to And bow happy she was
to return to tbe kitchen stove, to tbe
smell of frying pork, to her
w ith tbe walnut bed and
shelf. Even the grim drum
on the dear and comforting
the accuatoAied.
own room
the hook
had taken
aspect of
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Halsey, Oregon
of the pink porkers rooting In Klaas
Pool’s barnyard, welting to be cut
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into Christmas meat.
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The service ended, there was much
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restar o N ew sp ap er V nlen .)
talk of the weather, seedlings, stock,
the
approaching
holiday
season.
MAHY GRAHAM • BONNET»
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Maartje, her Sunday dinner heavy on
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her mind, was elbowing her way up
T H ff SAVIO R ON T H E CROSS
the aisle. Here and there she Intro­
Z O O A R R IV A L S
duced Selina briefly to a woman
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friend.
"Mrs. Vander Sljde. meet
"W ell, my name is Miss Shoebtll.
GOLDEN T E X T — He that spared
school teacher.”
n ot H is own Boa, but d elivered Him up
I t doesn't mean that I send bills for
“Aggie’s mother?" Selina ws>uld be­ for us ail, how sh a ll H t not w ith Him
shoes or that I ’m telling any one
gin, primly, only to be swept along also freely g iv e ue a ll t h in g s T'— Rons.
named Bill to ’shoo’ away.
by ftlaartje on her way to tbe door. I l l
PIUM ART TOPIC—J e s u s F o rg iv es
“Nor does It mean th a t my bill looks |
“Mrs. Von Mljnen. meet school teach­ H is Eaoxnlos.
Just exactly like a shoe, though it does
er. Is lira . Von M ljnen.” They re­
JUNIOR TOPIC— Tbs Savior on the
look rather strange, I w ill a d m it
garded her with a grim gaze.
Se­ Oro««.
“Tee, I ’m curious looking.
1 have
IN TERM EDIATE AND BENIOR TO P­
lina would smile and nod rather nerv­
IC— The Cruelflzton o f Christ.
gray feathers and m y home used to be
ously, feeling young, frivolous, and
TOUNO PEO PLE AND ADULT TOP­ in Egypt.
somehow guilty.
IC—C h rist Died for Our Bine
“I ’m a lovely looking thing In my
When, with M aartje, she reached
This lesson brings us face to face ofcn opinion but few others agree with
tbe church porch Pervus DeJong was
me.
unhitching tbe dejected horse tkut with the greatest tragedy of all times.
“They think I ’m about as much of
was harnessed to bis battered and lop­ No record In tbe anfialz of history ap­
a sight as a creature can be and they
sided cart.
Tbe animal stood with proaches i t ; It la the very climax of all
don't mean a handsome sigh t
four feet bunched together In a droop­ history. Though unique In Its black
"I'm a large bird— a member of the
ing and pathetic attitude and seemed nets, from It flows streams of liberty
nevltably meant for mating with this and life for all the world. It la highly stork fam ily— and I find the looks of
decrepit vehicle. DeJong untied the Important that every teacher have per­ people Just as strange as they find
«reins quickly, and was about to step sonal experience of Christ's death for n in e .
“Bot tell us about yourself and your
into the sagging conveyance when the h im s e lf and then get his pupils to see
Widow Paarlenberg sailed down the th a t Christ's death waa instead of home and alL”
“L ” said the T aw n y Frogmouth, “am
-hurch steps with admirable speed for th eir own death.
a bird from Australia.
>ne so amply proportioned. She made
I. The Plaee of Crucifixion (v. 38)
“I belong to the goat-sucker fam ily
straight for him, skirts billowing,
They led him away to Calvary, a
flounces
flying,
plumes
waving. U ll north of Jerusalem, resembling a and I can sit upon a tree and can hard­
ly be noticed for my coloring looks like
M aartje clutched Selina’s arm. “Look skull.
"Calvary’’ la the L atin word
new she makes I She asks him to eat and “Golgotha* is the Hebrew. Thia the lichen or moss of a tree.
"I have nice whiskers but they’re
Sunday dinner I bet you I See once la a most significant name for the
not so very prominent as my mother
how be makes with his head no.”
place where man's redemption was ac­
Selina— and the whole congregation complished. T he skull la an apt pic­ always said to me,
“ 'Young Tawny, be modes^and sim­
mashamedly watching— could Indeed ture of man's condition aa the result
see how he made with hie head no. His of sin— life and Intelligence are gone, ple In your appearance. You w ill have
vbole body seemed set In n e g a tio n - leaving only the dark, empty cavern more style that way.
“ 'In any event you w ill be safer.’
lie tine head, the broad patient shoul­ which once contained them.
"So 'I have followed her advice.”
ders, the muscular powerful legs In
II. H it Companions on the Cross
"But you must see us.” said Mother
'h eir Ill-fitting Sunday blacks.
He
(▼- 38).
Black Neck Swan. Both she and Mr.
hook his head, gathered up the reins
Tw o
malefactors were
crucified Swan had long, beautiful black necks
md drove away, leaving the Widow
and white bodies.
I'uarlenberg to carry off w ith such w ith Him . T h e ir names are not given.
This la a fulfillm ent of the Scriptures.
They were always spoken of as “that
iravado as she could muster this pub-
H e was numbered w ith the trans­ handsome couple," or as “th a t lovely
,1c flouting In full sight o f the Dutch
little fam ily.”
Reformed congregation of High Pral- gressors" (Isa. 58:12).
I I I . His Forgiving Love (v. 34).
For there were two darling little
rle. It must be said that she actually
white fluffy, soft swans, too, and they
H e cried, “F ath er forgive them." He
achieved this feat with a rather mag-
doubUess had In mind not only the sol­ used to sit between their mother’s
dfleeut composure. H e r round; pink
wings when she and their daddy would
diers who acted fo r the government
-tea, as she turned away, was placid;
go off for a water-stroll.
er great cowlike eyes mild
She but the Jews, who. In their blindness,
“We are from South America,” said
were ignorant o f the enormity of their
nepped agilely Into her own neat
Mr. Black Neck Swan, “but this Is
diaeton with Its sleek horse and was crime.
IV . T h e W orld Revealed (vv. 84-43). pleasant swimming, too.
jff down the hard snowless road, her
'Isn’t It, my dear?”
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Jesus Christ on tbe cross Is the su
head high.
Delightful," said Mrs. Black Neck
“ Well I" exclaimed Selina, feeling a t prame touchstone of human life, and
discloses the world's h e a rt T ake a Swan.
hough she hnd witnessed the first act
And the children didn’t say anything
cross-section of the world st any time
■ f an exciting play.
And breathed
since Christ was crucified, and repre­ for they were busy looking about to
deeply. So, too, did the watching con
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High P rairie awalns fulled to And
Selina alluring. She wus too small
may communicate with Ensign Lee of the Salvation A rm y at the
too pale and fragile for their robust
W hite Shield Home, 563 M ayfair avenue, Portland, Oregon.
taste.
Naturally, her coming had
been an event In this Isolated commu
nlty. W ith no visible means of com­
•••••••••••••••••••a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a l
munication news of her leaped from
farm to farm as Aame leap* the gaps
In a forest (Ire. She would have been
aghast to learn that High Prairie,
Inexplicably enough, knew all about
her from the color of the ribbon that
legation, so that the widow could be sentatives of the various eliftses
threaded her neat little white corset
therein were found sruund Jesus on
aid to have driven off In quite a gust
covers te the number of books on her
the cross.
As they Jogged home in the Pool
shelf.
She thought cabbage Aelds
irm wagon M u a rtje told her tale with
L T he Covetous (v. 84).
or
b eau tiful; she read hooks to that
i good deal of savor.
They gambled for His seamless robe
dumb acting Itoelf Pool; she was
Pervus DeJong had been left a wld-
right under the cross where H e was
making over a dress for M kartje after
'lying.
This represents those whose
W ithin a
the pattern of the stylish brown ■wer two years before.
prim ary Interest in Christ la a means
lady'a-cloth she wore (foolishly) to aonth of that time beendert Puarlen-
to get gala.
• rg hud died, leaving to Ida widow the
school.
[chest and most profitable farm in
2. The Indifferent (v. 80).
On her Afth Sunday In the district
he whole community.
Parvus De­
“T be people stood behetdlng.” They
she accompanied the Pools to the
long, on the contrary, through Inberi-
gaaed upon H im with indifference. The
morning service ut the Dutch Re­
ince from his father, old Johannes,
great mass of the world gaze upon
formed church. M iisrtje seldom had
ossessed a scant twenty-five acres of
the crucified Christ w ith stolid indlf-
the time for such frivolity. Hut on
he worst lowland— practically the
this morning Klnas hitched up the hlg
nly lowland— In all High Prairie. The
8. The Scoffers (vv. 85-30).
farm wugon with the double seat and
took the fam ily complete— M aartje, icreago was notoriously barren. Per-
(1) T b e rulers reviled H im for His
m
s
DeJong
patiently
planted,
eowed,
Selina. Itoelf. and the pig tulls. K oclf
claim to be the Savior. They wanted
gathered crops, hauled therfi to m ar­
. L . . . „ Locking T » , , , . -
had rebelled ngalnat going, had been
« Savior, bat not a crucified Savior.
ket; seemed still never to get on in
cuffed for It, and had aat very still
Many today are religious, but have
ihls th rifty Dutch community where
all through the service, gszlng at the
>nly contempt for a salvation which
getting on was so common a tra it as
red ahd yellow glass church window
renters In aa atonement made by
to he no longer thought a virtue. Luck
W ell," said Miss ShoeblU, as she L o r d C l ; > r A n p O « r i c h
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bleed.
Selina's appearance had made quite
und nature seemed to work against
a stir, of which she was entirely un­ him. His seedlings proved -unfertile;
I t ) T h e soldiers reviled H im for
hone
aware. Aa the congregation entered his stock was always ailing ; hie cab
claiming te be a king. The title. “King swimming along, "you’re a good deal P r a n k G o l d e n , M a y ’ s b r o t h e r
more graceful than I am but you
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h y tw o a and threes the thought they
I'Hgea were worm-infested; shout-bee­ of the Jews," hail been placed over
resembled startlingly a woodcut In an
Him la bitter Irony, but It was true haven't funny faces.
tle bored bis rhubarb
When he
old Illustrated boo* she once had
for, by right of th» Davldlc covenant.
planted largely of spinach, beplng for
Now I ’ve a funny face, o f
seen. The men’s Sunday trousers and a wet spring, the season w sr dry. Did
He shall be one day King over Israel
1 said I thought I wus lovely looking
costs hsd a square stiff angularity,
( H Ram T :8-18). The fact that the
but, between friends, that was only a
he turn the following year to sweet
as though chopped out of a block
superecrtptlon was In Greek, Hebrew
Joke.
potatoes, all auguries pointing to s
Ths women. In shawls and bonnets of
sad L atin shows that be waa to be
" I know I ’m funny looking.
dry spring and sniuiner. the summer
rusty black, were incredibly cut In i proved the wettest in a decqfie
king over all the world.
"B ut It cheers people up.
Had
tbs same pattern.
The unmarried h t been small, pttny and laslgnlflcant
"Now I am a new arrival at the zoo
(8) T he Im penitent M alefactor (v.
■T :
,hou«h-
»«•'■* plump.
red
his bad luck would bave d j e d forth
8»),
and they come here and see me and
* "«eked, and not nnromely, with high i contemptuous pity.
But -there was
T hia brutal man Joined In reviling how they do laugh.
round cheek-bones on which sat a I about
the lovah
ten *«. afld aplen
about him
him the
lovahlenesa
the Savior, even though he was under
spot of hrlck-red which Imparted no dor of the stricken giant
w illing to cause amusement by having
condemnation.
glow to the face.
Their foreheads
• d e a c o n ’s
TllP ir h n w f
4. The Penitent M alefactor ( w . 40- Just the kind of a face I have.
It wus on this Pervus DeJgng. then,
were prominent and meaningless.
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48).
that the Widow Paarlenheafc of the
In the midst of t lja drab assem-
T he conacleus sinner who discerned
rich acres, tbe comfortable farmhouse,
hlsge there enrered late and rustllng-
"B ut I'm obliging. Oh, well. I find
A
the gold neck chain, the silk gowns, the
the heart of the Savior prayed for
ly a tall, alow-moving woman In a city-
soft white hands and the cooking ta l­
merry.
The man confessed his sin things all right, but I don’t let any- i
bought cloak and a bonnet quite un­
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against God and cried to Jesus fur sal­ thing w orry me.
ents had set her affections.
She
like the vintage millinery of High
vation. H e taw that the dying tine
wooed him openly, notoriously, tod
Prairie.
An ample woman, with a
with a Dutcli vehemence that would
was the forgiving God. The fact that
tine fa ir akin anil it ripe red m outh:
have swept m o th e r man off hla feet
he acknowledged his sin showed that
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n high firm bosom and great thighs
It waa known that she tent him a
h r Was penitent.
His request that ly as I might.
that moved rhythmically, slowly. She
"But you don’t go In for too many
weekly baking o f cakes, pies and
Cliriat remember him when He came
hud thick. Insolent eyelids.
Her
frills, either, young Taw ny.”
bread. She tricked, cajoled, or nagged
Into Hts kingdom shows that he recog
hands, as she turned the leaves of her
“No, I think, among the new arrivals
nlsed Chat the One who was dying on
him Into eating her ample meals. She
hymn hook, were smooth and white.
even asked his advice— that subtlest
the cross was making atonement for at the soo, tbe swans are tbe ones who
As she entered there was a little
would take the beauty prize,” said
form of flattery. She asked him about
sin, and that He would come to reign
rustle throughout the congregation; a
«uh soiling.
hum us
ro ta tio n -s h e
as King
His salvation was Immedi­ Tawny.
< ranlng of nocks.
’T in sure I wouldn’t,” he added.
ate. Christ said. “Today shall thou
whose rich land yielded, under her
"Who's t h a t r whispered Selina to shrewd management, more profitably
“And I know I wouldn’t,” said Miss
he w ith me in Paradise '*
M aartje.
to the single acre than to any ten of
V. The Death ef Christ (vv. 44-46). ShoebllL
"But I ’m just as glad. Td hate to
"W idow Paarlenberg. She la rich Pervus'.
■« shocking waa the crime that na­
like anything "
hare to Uve up to a beautiful reputa­
ture herself threw around the Son of
Peeling that the entire community
tion.
“T e a r
Selina waa fate!nated.
God a shroud to hide Him from the
was urging him toward thia profitable
“I t would be such a nuisance and
*L«ok once how she makes ayes at
godlees crowd. When the price of sin
match w ith the plump, rick, red-lipped
such a, bother.
him .”
widow. Pervus set h it w ill Ilka a stub-
was paid He cried w ith a loud voice,
"Ah, I can’t talk any more. Why?
“At him? Who? WhoT*
showing that He atlU had vitality, that
horn steer and would have aone of
“W ell, fo r the moment I ’ve notidng
"Pervus Dejong
By G errlt Pon he her. He was uncomfortable In hla un
Hla death was not through exhaustion,
else to say- Yon didn’t think I ’d say
la sitting with the blue shirt and sud ll'ly house; he waa lonely, he was un­
by His sovereign will.
that, did you?
looking se.”
happy. Hut he would have none of
W all, the Shoeblll la a surprise in C O n R 'S t o m e e t h e r .
Selina craned, peered
"The— oh— her. Vanity, pride, reseutinent were
A t V alp araiso, Peru, a woman and
more
w a y * than one. I t Is really a
ha’s vary good looking, isn’t h e r
all tnlxctl up In It.
her children w ere alone when a puma surprise to many that there Is a crea­
“Stir*. Widow Paarlenberg la stuck
The very Aret time that Pervus De-
«»tacked
a
flock
of sheep
The ture such aa I am.
oa him.
See how she— Sh all ah I—
Jong met Selina ha had a chance to
"But here I a m i No one can deny
Reverend Dekksr looks at us. I tell
woman
caught
the
anim
al
by
the
protect her
W ith such a start, the
So many people have taken advan-
It"
you a fte r.”
| end was Inevitable. Then. too. S elin a
ta il and hung fo r 20 minutes, being
t»Ee of our offer of the Enterprise
Selina decided she'd come to church hsd on the wine-colored cashqiere
w hirled around by the enraged ani­
a >ear for a dollar in advance, the
oftener.
The service went on, dull, «ml was trying hard te keep the (ear*
•
Riddle*
m al. u n til neighbors arrived and
heavy. It was In English and Dutch' i hark In full view o f the whole of High
Paper stopping when the time ex-
W hat skin has no bones? A Tfape.
lassoed the beast and killed it.
She heard scarcely a word of It. The ! Prairie. Urged by M aa rtje fand rath
n’ n ’ . v th ,t We h,ve in c lu d ed to
Widow Paarlenberg and this Pervus er fancying tbe Idea) Selina bad a t­
hold the offer open for a while long­
W hat
hands but no arms? a
D ejong occupied her thoughts. She tended tbe great meeting aad dance
Igist Wednesday. Judge McMahan dock.
er If recrurts to this ’Incky dol-
decided
without malice, that the nt Adam Ootus' hall above the general
granted Lida B Gum a divorce from
ar clr.ss" continue to come in at
r w m t'ie d one of the eieqaest
W hat la four feet in feathers?
(Continued on pagt? 6 )
C. I. Gum, by gum!
the present rate we shall be tempted
bed.
The wisest girls keep out of rrouble
TOPSY TURVY
THE DEACON’S COURTSHIP
Pine Grove Schoolhouse
Next Friday evening
C A S T
Nellie Clarendon, known aa Topgy Turvy
- >Iaj, Golden, Topsy’', c o u s i n K u b i o w e u
S " S ,’“
clarendon. Topsy’. m other......Jessie McLaren
beautiful wings
Miss Spriggs, Topsy s governess .......Georgia H over
looked down upon the swan family ,,
.
te, a i ion Englishm an....... Collin Carver
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Jones, a pillar of the church.. J, C Heinrich
course Ned, servant.........................................Albert Heinrich
ACT I
The deacon almost proposes......T< pgr inter-
i iipts the scene......The second rascal ; p p « * ^ ....
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k. m J p d T 6” 8, " h8‘
I t s T° P ^ T o r ^ - . Tbe
s u n n aiouses uncanny feeliiitrs in th#»
milld
they would not .ii be M wia t .vo
'
gho8t......ed arrives......... The
lnr
iwo iaacals appear.
•i don’t believe in too much worry
X ” ,X S ' i ,„ X , 1S
AC?T II
a n u a i ot Lord Clarence......The two rascal«
« co.u “,«'1 of » «•......Topsy Tun-, makes f,-iB a
A C T III
Ned makes a contract with Lord Clarence
Mav s jealousy Kets the better of her good sen se......
Ned tails ,nto the hands of his torm entor!
U r.'
Jones begat, to think marriage is a failure
ToMy
Lnos her a lesson on how to manage a husband
Mrs. J e n e , demonstrates the lesson
Ned «
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