E a r lie t t R a ilro a d T u n n e l The first railroad tunnel was the TYocNlbead tunnel. In England, which >'»i begun In the spring of 1839. The first train passed through December 2, 1845. This was over what was known as the Manchester, Sheffield A Lincolnshire railway, now the Great Central division of tbs London A {Northeastern railway. IDLE ISLAND By something yon don’t know. The only Improved Uniform International way to bold a treasured thing Is— by treasuring IL Keeping IL Guard­ ing IL Sacrificing for IL A treasure has to be treasured—or pouf—tinsel paste, the gold Just gilded. An un treasured treasure Is worth nothing. You don’t realize that." "Do you, Rand, do you realize It?” "Too well I do.” He laughed. "1 (D r REV. P. B. riTZW A TER. D.D., Dee» Moody Bible tn elltu te o f Chlcago l realize It well enough but— What? (®. lu ti. Wentern Newspaper U nion., My birthright fo r a mess of pottagel Never.” “ Oh, Rand I Am I a mess of pot­ Lesson for May 6 tage?” “ Ye*, you are one of the fleshpots GREATNESS THROUGH SERVICE of Egypt,” he said, laughing. “The dearest—the sweetest—the most sa­ LES3ON T E X T —Mark S:SS-S?i 10: vory fleshpot— And 1 should trudge 15-46. GOLDEN T E X T — F o r ev en th e Son right off In the desert and wash my hands of yon. But I think.” and he o f Man cam e not to be m in istered unto but to m in iste r and to g iv e h it Ute paused to kiss her, “ 1 think I'U stick a ransom ta r m any. around a while.” PRIM ARY TOPIC— D o in g ae Jeaus Sunday School t L essonT “ Yon darling,” Gay said. “ 1 had no Idea you would come. 1 said It was —1S— a terrible Thanksgiving, and I had He bad brought snowshoes for her, Copyright 1927 by The Bcbbe-Merrill Co, nothing In the world to be grateful WNU Servie» along wltb an Invitation from the M o d e rn B e ll T o w e r» for, and I said the snow was hideous. Captain and Gram for her to come to Modern examples of ancient bell Fancy that I” the Big House until the snow was towers ure the campanile of the cap­ All her life, Gay looked back to that "Oh, fools rush In," she quoted over. But Gay did not wish to leave. ita l at Dome; Victoria tower, by lightly. “ I crave experience. I have as a perfect day. They were tike two Now that Band had come, the beauty Barry, at the houses of parliament, never been snowbound. And It is so children In their gaiety. In their Westminster; the Great tower of the of the snowstorm wus Increased a sweet having you risk the storming love. They giggled Joyously over un hundredfold. At his urging, however, Basullque du Sacre Coeur, Montmartre, packing the basket the Captain's wife elements to see me.” Paris, and the memorial tower In the she went up to put on stout boots and “ Now If we were married," he said, had filled for them. There was tur­ knickers, for a s' ort run through the Brown university campus at Provi­ woods on snowshoes. Rand helped “ we could be snowed In together, and key, yes, with dressing, and cran­ dence. It. I. her through the window and slipped the rest of the world snowed out—for berry sauce, and a little Jar of gravy. Pickles, fru it cake, pie. the clumsy shoes over her boots nil the rest of our lives." Did. M u c h T im b e r in Sequoia “ It Is Thanksgiving.” Gay said sol­ JUNIOR TOPIC— T h e W ay to Bo Gay's arm tightened about his showing her how best to plod along In It was the fifteenth of December, GreaL Enough timber Is contained In one them. shoulder. When she spoke, her voice, emnly. “ It Is Thanksgiving. You are IN TER M ED IA TE AND SENIO R TO P­ when Island, bay and sea were finally o f California's trees to build 22 homes Guy floundered clumsily at first, but although she strove to make It HghL my Thanksgiving, Rand, I am very enwrapped In the tight cold bands of IC— H ow to Be T ruly Great. o f average size. This was announced finally, wltb Rand bolding he. hand, was husky. “ Not for the rest of our grateful to you.” YOUNG PEO PLE AND ADULT TO P­ by the state department of resources they set off Into the woodland. There lives. The spring would bring a After dinner they pulled up the wlolet, that Aun’ almiry climbed the IC—Jesus' Standard o f G reatn ess. snow-covered slope to Gay’s door. She lu conferring distinction upon a giant was no breath of wind. The air was thaw." divan before the fireplace, and sat to­ Jesus wltb His disciples was on His Sequoia near Crannel, Humboldt coun­ clean, cold, but not stinging. It seemed “ And we’d fight, wouldn’t we? Over gether, very close, and Rand smoked, said she had come for a long talk, a ty. The tree Is 308 feet high and 20 to her that the snow that touched her who should shovel the snow? I ’d say, while Gay, both arms about him, nice cozy afternoon. She still wore way to Capernaum fo r the last time. her mantle of Joyous excItemenL of He was soon to leave fo r Jerusalem feet In diameter. lips tasted of salt. Constantly she Wife, dear,' " —and then, as Gay stroked his hair, ran slender teasing laughter, but beneath IL she was tired, where He was to die on the cruel flushed, he repeated IL teaslngly— Angers under his collar, touched gen­ cried out wltb delight, at the festoon­ a little old woman of seventy-six cross fo r the sins o f the world. He Y id d iih 7 0 p e r C e n t G e rm a n ing of the trees, the draping of the “ ‘Wife, dear, you believe In work, you tly the healing scar on his forehead. “ I never expected to be so much In years, a heavy weight of time for one sought retirement in order to make Yiddish Is the most widely spoken rocks, and on the sea side, the great adore work, you worship work, there­ so slight clearer to the disciples the meaning love,” she said happily. dialect of the Jews. Its content Is 70 caves of Ice and snow which glistened fore you shovel the snow.' ” They had tea, they sewed, they Gay's warm lips silenced his mock­ per cent German, 20 per cent Hebrew and shone like Jeweled castles towered “ Don’t you ever expect to be more talked. Gay told her many little bits of the cross. They were yet unable to understand Him. It was a most and 10 per cent Slavic. Since the be­ and turreted. Never bad she seen the ing. Then she said, “ Run along to In love than this?” of Island gossip which she had from thy feather bed, thou sluggard. Sleep, ginning of the Nineteenth century It water so dark a blue, so cold. “ No, no. Oh, no. I hope n o t 1 Rand. When she mentioned Alice pitiable sight to behold the Son of God facing humiliation and death or bag been used as a literary medium by Tears came to her eyes, tears of drowse and be lazy, for tomorrow you should die of It.” Then she added slow­ Andover at lasL Auntalmlry sparkled. man’s salvation and even the dis­ Jewish writers.—Mentor Magazine. wonder at the beauty of the snow- shovel my snow." ly, “ Rand, you think I do not really “ A good woman,” she said warmly. ciples falling to understand the mean­ “ But when yon are snowbound— white Island, and she stumbled and Tve never known a better, for all ing of His suffering. lonely, alone—remember what I told fell, laughing. Rand helped her up M a g n e tic F ie ld » her administrating. My dear, can you you, we might be snowbound to­ I. The Disciples Disputing as to The bureau of standards says that and saw the tears that glistened gether." And then he shot off sud­ keep a secret? Yes, I know you can. Who Should Be the Greatest (Mark magnetic lines of force are not elec­ on her red cheeks. Dearie, I ’m going to have a Christmas denly Into the storm, and Gay closed 9:33-37). “ You have hurt yourself!" tric currents. Imaginary lines sr4 party, after all." the window, smiling at IL merely be­ 1. Jesus’ searching question (v. 33). “ No." She put her arras around used to aid In depicting the direction And then, flushing with excitement, cause Rand had sat there. For her and Intensity of the magnetic field, him, looking anxiously Into bis eyes, Joy In his presence was an unceasing sparkling youthfully, she told Gay His omniscience enabled Him to dis­ which Is a condition In space and not eager that he should understand. “ It all about IL She could not bear to cern their secret thoughts. The fact marvel to her. Is because It is so beautiful. Doesn’t a llow of anything. give It up, she would rather die than that the disciples were wrangling All night long the snow fell, and It make all the little things In the give It up, she thought Indeed she about official position while Jesus was whenever Gay turned and wakened world seem petty, and foolish, and Boy»’ N am e» C h a n g in g would die if she must give It up. But facing humiliation and d^ath shows she could hear the breathless kissing she was curiously conscientious. how completely He was alone In the Names for boys are changing In not worth struggling about?” of flake on flake. And when morning Rand hissed the tears from her dawned she was snowbound Indeed. What was given fo her, she accepted world. fushlon, according to lists of pages 2. The silent disciples (v. 34). The cheerfully. But what was denied, she at fushtonable weddings In London, cheek;. “ 1 knew you would feel IL All her lower windows were blinded had no right to take. They had put revelation of the selfishness of their Davids, Peters und Michaels have It alwuys gives me an Idea It must be with IL Her piazza was solidly a lim it on her, and his lim it she was hearts made them ashamed (n His given place to Jeremy, Timothy and sort of pleasant to be dead.” banked. “ Oh. no. They cannot see It." bound In honor to respecL Ah, but presence. The realization that the Martin, while Julian, Simon and Brian And It was Thanksgiving. They had “ No, but I dare say It feels are also popular. there were a thousand devious little eye of the omniscient Lord Is over planned fo r a party dinner at the good as It looks. Are you happy, Captain’s, Alice Andover, Auntalmfry ways to circumvent a HmlL to stretch us Is th is u re and only cure for self­ Gay?” ish wrangling among Christians. IL honorably and fairly. and Gay as guests, and after dinner, S e lf-R u le F i n t L e tto n “ I never knew what a really happy 3. The stinging rebuke (w . 35-37). She was old, her appetite was All government—In the home, the moment was u ntil—Just now. I am Rand and the Budlcng boys had ar­ (1) “ I f any man desire to be first ranged to take the girlscoastlng. Nowlt small, her wants modest, and both ap­ school, the state—is only an aid to laughing for Joy, I am weeping for the same shall be last of all and serv­ was Thanksgiving—no dinner, no par­ petite and wants could be stinted a self-government. Nothing else really Joy, I am adoring you for the same ty, no Rand. It was a disconsolate little. Not that she called It stinting! ant of nil.” True greatness expresses controls. No one Is truly law abiding reason." itself In being w illing to take the last Gay who wandered moping around She called It “ handling.” until he has learned to rule himself Now and then a small scared rabbit What did she wanL at her age, wltb and least place and to be a servant and to obey the voice from within.— stumbled through the snow-laden the pretty house, from room to room. “ Thanksgiving, b rrrl Not a thing all those glasses and Jars of fine, rich, o f others. Emerson. brushwood, scurried quickly to cover. In the world to be thankful for—until (2) His teaching Illustrated (vv. 36, home-made Jellies and fruits? Why, A snow-bird chirped anxiously on a the snow melts—and Rand comes.” 37). This He did by an acted parable It was sheer extravagance, wasting S m o ke Cut» O ff L ig h t burdened bough. Once In a while, She had no hope of getting out of such fineness on a little old shriveled- o f placing a little child In their midst. The smoke pall that hangs over the loosened by the sun, a little shower her prison that duy. The entire val­ A little child Is a symbol o f depend­ up woman like Auntalmlry—extrav average American city cuts off as much of snow pelted them. ance and ignorance. By word and ley was plunged In snow. The Apple agance, no less. So she had taken IL as 42 per cent of daylight on eunny “ I t ’s great fun being In love with Tree was Just a low white roof show­ “ You’re Such a Plucky Little Devil," all her precious store, a little at a example He showed that true great­ mornings, and ns high ns 18 per cent you, Rand," she said. “ It seems to ing In a high white plain. He Said Admiringly. time, over to town and sold IL In­ ness is expressed In willingness to aid nt noon, according to a survey made give me a sort of mortgage on all the It was noon when she heard voices deed the shops were very glad to get the weak, Instruct the Ignorant, and by the United States public health outside world.” beside the pine tree that stood at her love you. You think It Is sort of half­ such quality, and gave her a good serve the needy. service. fun, half-thrill—sort of a fly-by-nlght When they had returned again to porch. She ran to the window of her II. The Ambitious Request of price for It, cash. the window on the valley-side, Rand bedroom and looked down. Rand and affair, don’t you?” James and John (Mark 19:35-45), And she had other things, too, " I think you love me as much as helped her up and unslung the snow­ the Budlong boys were there. They 1. What It was (vv. 35-37). It was G o lf a n d E n e rg y things she never used, things that shoes from her feet had ropes, and a short ladder, and a you can, perhaps. But you and I—we were Just vanity for an old woman to for the positions o f pre-eminence In A scientific Investigation of energy She put her hands on his shoulders. baskeL No need of a ladder to reach are alike—we cannot love—love great shows that a man woi ks as hnrd play­ keep In a drawer, and look at some­ the kingdom. Christ had told them “ Rand, I wish It could go on for­ to the branches o f the pine, for Its ly. Too selfish. You think too much times, and fondle lovingly, and show of the awful agony o f the cross and ing three rounds of golf ns In plowlqg of getting things done. I think too ever.” lower brauches were burled and Rand an acre of land, says the Montreal off to admiring visitors, fine bits of also o f the glory which should fol­ “ Snowing?” pulled himself op easily Into the tree, much of my own pleasure. We can't lace, silken scarfs, delicate embroid­ low. While their request reveals Gazette. And some players turn over “ No. This. Having yon like this, while the boys below raised a long love greatly because we always put eries, old gold pins, gifts that had pride and selfish ambition, yet fa ith ns much sod as the plowman.—Toron­ loving yon like this, being with you plank, steadied It against the tree, ourselves flrsL” to Globe. been brought to her by friends, peo­ In their Lord and a right desire were “ I love you greatly,” she said Indig­ like this.” She drew him close to raised and shoved It slowly up to him. ple who loved her, returning from not wholly tacking. It was not en­ her, and held him tightly with her And wedging It firm ly against the nantly. “ Too greatly. So greatly 1 trips to the city and tours abroad, tirely for their personal glory that O th e r w ite A lik e arms. “ All of It. 1 love IL I never brnnehes, Rand shoved It toward her, cannot eat, sleep or work for thinking from the OrlenL from Italy, Paris. they made this request, but because slowly, and at the end with a little of you.” It seems to be the general Idea that knew what It wns to be so happy.” Why should she keep those delicate o f their personal desire to be with the only difference between the big Rand kissed her, their cold lips push that lodged It upon her sll'. “ That’s not love. That’s—sensation. and lovely things Just because she their Lord. cities and Hades Is that In the latter warming to the caress. But his dark I ’ve come for Thanksgiving din­ How long do you think that sort of loved to look at them? Sheer vanity. a . Jesus' reply (vv. 38-45). place they don’t play such up-to-date eyes were very dark Indeed beneath ner,” he said pleasantly, as though en­ thing w ill last? It w ill be over In a (1) To James and John (vv. 38-40). And so she sold them, sold them all. the long lashes, and his smile was a music and It has fewer tall buildings. tering a formal reception room to a year—If It endures so long.” a. Their misconception rebuked, No one would ever know. Gay little stern when he said: —American Magazine. formal hostess. “Do you honestly think thaL Rand? wouldn't tell. "Ye know not what ye ask.” “ Would It be as dear, I wonder. If “There’s nothing to ent—but canned That this beautiful feeling I have for b. Positions of glory In Christ's And then she acknowledged her It were going to Inst forever? Or Isn’t things.” you w ill last only i year?” B u t C a ll I t Sm oke Screen need of Gay. The Apple Tree was so kingdom are earned, not obtained It all the sweeter because It Is Just "How long does It usually last with “ So I thought. I brought my own.'' small, so crowded. Gay had offered through favor or arbitrary assign­ Titanium tetrachloride is the chemi­ for a year?” And then Rand was up on the you? How long did It last the last the use of the Lone Pine for a party. ment. The way to honor Is through cal used for smoke screens. It Is a Gay held him closer. She did not plank, and slowly, hand over hand, time?” Had she made the offer In good faith? suffering. The cup which they were liquid which turns to a heavy smoke answer. he Inched his way out and toward the •fOh, Rand. It was never like this, “ Because,” she said, "theie's no to drink was all that was embraced when It comes In contact with the Because you know, beloved." he sill, a distance from the tree but a never.” in the agony o f the cross. Christ con­ room to dance In the Apple Tree." air. said, and his smile wns ready now, scant two feet, and Gay's hands ’It never is, while It lesta. And Oh, yes, they danced at Auntal- ceded that the positions which they though his eyes were clouded dark. “ I caught him when he landed. when It comes again—It is never like mlry's party. It began at five o’clock, craved were obtainable, but In a d if­ am everything In God’s world that Then the boys tossed him the end this, either." A lm o n d C u ltiv a tio n the party for the sake of the babies, ferent way from what they thought. you thoroughly do not lik e ” of a rope, and the heavy basket wus Gay stirred restlessly In hts arms. and the smaller children, of whom The origin of the almond species The way to places of glory In raised. Yes. And the one thing In It that I don’t believe 1L It w ill last. It has there seemed to be disproportionate­ Christ’s kingdom Is through lowly, was In the Mediterranean busln, and You needn't come back for me,” the feeling of—eternity Itself—about the first Important cultivation In the 1 love with my whole heart." she ly many. So It was a baby’s party self-forgetful service and suffering. whispered. he called. “ I'll slide down Into the IL” United States has been since 181)0. (2) To the ten disciples (vv. 41-45). firs t when the tree was lighted, and Well, I ought to be satisfied wltb snow. Won’t hurt me. Thanks, boys. They were silent for a while. a. Their displeasure (v. 41). The the children danced about It with So long.” that.” he said cheerfully. “ Gay.” he said seriously, "this Is N o C o m p ro m it» W ith Sin their candles and nuts and fruits and ten disciples were displeased with the And so ought I,” said Gay. But Not only commission makes a sin. she was not. gifts, and there was a noisy champing request o f James and John. T heir »X<-X»X»X»X»X»X»XQX»X»X»X-8-X»X»X»X»XjfrX«8»X»X4»X»X«»X»lAÌ^ displeasure was because they were not Santa Claus. A man Is guilty of all those sins he batetli not If I cannot avoid all, yet And then, very early, for the snow free from the same selfish am bition; CHAPTER X M onastery in Russia P la ce o f P ilgrim age 1 w ill hate all.—Bishop Hall. was always heavy and the night cold, their action was not prompted by the parents trundled the babies away righteous Indignation. In the early evening the snow be­ b. True greatness declared (w . 42- The most strongly fortified monas­ to Indicate what little fear they had home to bed, and the others stayed P o in t F a rth e s t N o rth gan to fall again heavily, and the on and danced. "Danced," Auntal- 45). To minister to others Is great­ Cape Prince of Wales Is the roost skies seemed fairly bursting with the tery In the world Is at Solovetsk, In of an attack by the British fleeL er than to be ministered unto (v. 43). This monastery Is In­ northerly point of North America, ly­ weight of IL Rand cutne once more Archangel. Thousands of people come annually miry said Joyously, “ until two, three, ing opposite East cape on the coast of to the window, and swung up sitting closed on every side by a wall of gran­ to Solovetsk from various parts of and last year, until four o’clock In the Among the Gentile nations, greatness was conceded to those who exercised ite bowlders, which measures nearly a Russia to view the churches and the morning. Think of It, until fo u r—“ Siberia. on the sill, feet dangling Into the authority over others. This Is the I suppose yon went on to bed and mile In circumference. The monastery relics. They are conveyed In steamers snow, as he urged her again to come world's conception today. Among the couldn’t sleep for the noise—” O cean “ R o lle r ,» to the Big House until It was over. Itself Is very strongly fortified, being commanded and manned solely by the I I Go to bed! Indeed 1 didn'L followers of Christ a different stand­ supported by round and square tow­ monks. The extreme height of ocean waves But Gay guarded Jealously all the little 1 stayed up, and 1 danced a little my­ ard prevails. The standard o f Christ's ers about 30 feet In helghL with walla has been estimated at 30 feet and secret Intimate Joys of her Island life. self. I danced with Rand three tljpes. kingdom Is to forget self In devoted 20 feet In thickness. She felt that she would not willingly their length at from 000 to 700 feet P oo r S p e llin g C om m on Oh, I had a little cold afterward—not service to others, even to the giving The monastery In reality consists exchange one month of common lux­ much—I was In bed a while. I ’ll of one's life. The supreme example of six churches, which are the re­ Poor handwriting and Incorrect urious living for the Joy of greeting him like this In the pelting snow at positories of many valuable statues, spelling are faults not confined to the never hear the last of that silly little to be followed by all Is Jesus Christ and also of precious stones. Upon the poor and Ill-educated, asserts W ill cold. I think last year was the nicest Himself. His whole life was spent In her window-sill. And as they both thought of It at walls are mounted huge guns, which West In Liberty. “ As for styles of party of a ll—except the very first one going about doing good, and on the once, they looked at themselves, con­ In the time of the Crimean war were writing, Id say that bad handwriting, —fifty years ago—when Buddy, my cross of Calvary He made the su­ son, was born. I told you about that. preme sacrifice In providing a ransom sidering their situation, and burst Into directed against the British White Sea like Chanel blue and reptile leathers Is very good this year. The better thè He would be older than you—fifty for many. merry laughter, for he. In his heavy squadron. financial circumstances of the writer, years." She smiled at Gay. “ Do you The monks who Inhabited the mon outdoor garh, sat strumming his feet know what I think? 1 think Buddy Foundations Necessary In the snow, while she beside him. astery at that time marched In pro­ the worse. It seems. Is the scrawl "Spelling—let s be kind," the writer may be that Unknown Soldier down In turned satin slippers to the warmth of cession on the granite walls while The wise seek "the city which hath the cheerful room, and gTeat flakes the shells were flying over their beads. continues, "but even the grand dame’ Washington. I have thought so from foundations.’’—Southern Methodist the firsL He would be in the war. stoops to -payed' for •paid.’ ’Arctics fell upon them both alike. are almost Invariably ’artica, while I know, he was so daring, he loved a “ Oh, never." she cried. "1 wouldn't Be of Good Cheer for ’leggings the more Chaucerian fighL Some time— maybe next year— T u 'o C h u rc h D e s ig n a tio n , give up a minute like this. It Is such Let us he of good c-eer. remember­ •leggina' (s usual. With ’h its and shall do without the Christmas fun to find you In odd and unexpected The word “ protestant” Includes Call or send today for thl» FREE b«x>k ex­ ing that the misfortunes hardest to moments.” many churches, the Protestant Epis­ ’shoes’ and similar monosyllables party, and Instead I shall go down to hear are those which never come.— plaining the Di.C. J. Dran most women do well, but ’sequins’ be­ Washington, and stand there, and Rand picked a great (lake from her copal and the Methodist Episcopal method (used by us exc*u- think It Is Buddy. Poor Buddy! He Lowell. hair, and kissed It as It melted. s lv e ly )o i tre a tin g all among them. The word ’’protestant“ come ’sequences' and ‘suede la repro duced as swede.' " always thought right, he always meant Kectsl and Colon d ix s U m . “ You're such a plucky little devil, came Into use at the time of the Ref Ministers No hoeptte) t e r e m AMurance rig h t But things always went wrong. he said admiringly “ And for a city ormatlon both In England and on the of I M o cored « I n refunded. The world looks at ministers out of That kind of a boy, heart full of Im­ girl, too I>o they teach yon bravery continent. D a n g e ro u , C u rio s ity It stood for a protest pulse, hands full of mischief, head the pulpit to know what they mean in Greenwich Village? Is courage for against the Roman Catholic church Curiosity Is a kernel of the fo r when in It.—Cecil. full of nonsense. F ifty years." ■«ale In the Broadway shops? I don't The name Is not particularly slgnlft bidden fruit which still stlcketh In Then Gay put away all her work know a native stateol Maine girl who cant at this time when all of (he the throat of a natural man, some­ and gave up the rest of the time to God’s Benefits would stay here atone In a snow churches are drawing closer together times to the danger of bis choking — getting ready for Christmas. Bt'ockljrn Eagle All eyes M-e G im I',4 hi’hefits. Fuller. (T o BE CONTINl E n , God —Mark Guy I ’e ” s a » ;î!rie PILES Hospital Surgery Eliminated CHAPTER IX— Continued ETHEL HUESTON