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TEXAS CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
April 9, 1908.
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“Yes, as good as gold, nurse says;
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It was cried harder than ever.
“Paul, I’m afraid you have forgot- of the United States Army.
make some soap suds, like this,” said
“N-n-no, father,” replied the little school lesson,” his mother suggested, he is whipped.’
Ask your papa to
— Se- of down, in his
The twins watched breathlessly as
What fun it was!
sure his father suspected him; and,
Out in
although he would have been glad to sound of merry voices.
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Marjorie curiously.
“Well, first of all
One 25c Bottle
Gives Instant Re-
lief and Quickly
Cures
ard’s face was very grave as he faced
his youngest son.
pointed, he took a bowl from the cup-
board, and asked nurse for some soap
and hot water.
“What are you going to do?” asked
Loss of Smell,
LaGrippe—Hay Fever.
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that did it.”
Again his eyes sought the face of
his youngest son, and again the little
NEVER ALL DARK.
“It is all dark,” said baby Nell,
“The sun has gone away.”
“But God will send the stars to us,”
Said little sister May.
“He never lets it be all dark,
’Cept for a little while,
And then I guess he hides his face
So we can’t see him smile.”
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Joe, the negro man, to saddle him up age. _____ .
right away, for he wanted to take a ahead—he makes
Don’t cry, ised to remember.
What a long time it seemed until
But the policeman who had clasped
her little soft hand, that felt like a bit
haust me and after each spell it would
take me days before I could sit up in a
chair.
“I became convinced my trouble was
as he is, to understand that there isn’t
the least bit of use in kicking over
things because they are just as they
are, not as he would like to have them.
But he understands, too, that things
can be changed to suit Ned, and that
Ned is the one to change them. When
There gleams a hidden smile.”
—Congregationalist.
MERRICK’S COURAGE.
ten the golden text of your Sunday- said of him, ‘He never knows when
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boy. But his voice trembled and his “You know you said you would try to tell you this General’s name.
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ted pony for a birthday present. When If you can keep him harnessed and
Gyp was led into the barn lot, Paul guide him, he will do an immense lady; well find him.
was so delighted that he could hardly amount of work; if he gets away from darling, don t cry. Wouldn't you like _
contain himself. He ran out and told you, he will do a fearful lot of dam- a nice cake? and she led Golden the afternoon came.
J. __________ , uncle, “and then we will open the win-
which had grown muscular wrestling dow—I'll see they don’t fall out,
Dear child, what comfort comes
me,
Through these few simple words;
Sweeter they are than melody
Of early singing birds.
“Never all dark,” I softly say,
“But for a little while;
I am going to
who had little children of his own at and blow. You watch!”
great, brawny one,
That is1wnere, Nedmcomesvout Fursenta qounfecionewitnndubargon WXrlo" wner‛ Ehetwins
ride through town before dinner. In for him. His anger is harnessed with the top. heard Uncle Will s voice down stairs,
a few moments Paul was on his pony’s i will’ and ‘You shall;’ he holds it But poor Golden Curls, although and presently he came upstairs with a
fond of cake, was too full of little long parcel in his hand.
“Well, have you been good
with law-breakers, was a good man, nurse; then I fill the pipe with suds,
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Deafness caused by it
■ Ringing in the Ears,
boy’s face flushed guiltily. He was
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•back and at the front gate. tight and drives it hard—and he wins very----
Just then his mother came out of nine times out of ten. grief to take even one bite, he and
the door and called: “Why, Paul, are “Did you ever see an old cow try- the lady walked along until they met dren?” he asked,
you going to leave your cousin Sam ing to open a gate? She lifts and nuz- a policeman, and the lady, telling that ‘Yes, as good as gold, nurse say ,
here all alone? You know he just zles and pushes with her nose and great man, with the braid and brass do show us what you have broug ,
“Who tapped the maple tree on the came this morning, and he’s crippled her horns; the latch falls back and buttons all down the front of his coat, cried Netty.
pasture road?” asked Mr. Richards as and can hardly get out of doors.” back and falls back, but the cow sim- that here was a “lost child, gave her Uncle opened the parcel and too '
he drew his chair up to the supper "Oh, mamma, I forgot,” Paul re- ply lifts it again and again. She does into his keeping. out—what do you think? TWO long
table. plied; “I won’t be gone long. I’m just not know how to give up. Whether “Lost child!” The very words gave white pipes!
There was a sudden silence as three going up town and back.” he is working at his arithmetic prob- Golden Curls a curious smothering “Do you know what these are for.
little faces flushed rosily. “Well, get down and ask your cous- lems or his ‘automobile,’ Ned always feeling. She was a lost child. She he asked, and when the twins shook
“I didn’t,” suddenly spoke up Mer- in Sam to excuse you,” the mother reminds me of that old cow. He will had heard of lost needles and thim- their heads, and looked rather disap-
rick, the eldest of the three. commanded. try one way about three times, then bles in her mamma’s sewing room,
“Neither did I,” sturdily asserted Paul dismounted, tied his pony to sit and think a minute and begin some and lost toys; and, of course, her papa
Clifford. the hitching post, then went into the other way. had gone and got lost, but she had
“Did you do it, Waldo?” Mr. Rich- house. Ned is like a certain great General never before heard of a lost child. She
do not understand, things do not move fast enough to
“We might have made leaky holes suit him, do you catch him losing
over the tree before we struck the his temper, flying to pieces an
right spot,” confessed Merrick. throwing tools? Not a bit. He is
“ ’Course we might,” chimed in Clif- just as vexed and disgusted as anyi
ford and Waldo, with a wise nod of body else would be, but he sets his
their heads.—The Children’s Visitor. lips tighter and uses every bit of „tem
per to make things come his way.
" “A fiery temper, sizzling hot, is like
IN HONOR PREFERRING ONE AN- a strong horse—very much excited.
OTHER. they break a third time, there is a
Paul’s father had given him a spot- third knot in half a minute—no time
And then somewhsre behind
cloud,
“Well,” asked uncle, “what do you
think of my new toy?”
...------ ---- “It's the very nicest in the world,”
her papa and mamma, seeing she was ping. cried Nettv, while Marjorie added
the only one, had to give her as much The policeman continued to walk with a kiss, “And you are the very
From the reception hall came the attention as three or four children along very slowly, holding his little nicest uncle in 'the world, too.”—Cas-
- ■ the might require in other families. charge by the hand, when, all at sell’s Little Folks.
have "confessed his share in the af- sitting room Aunt Janet moved impa- Her home was in the city, and when once, mamma and papa, hurrying out ,
fair, he kept silent. Merrick had de tiently. Her silks rustled stiffly. her mamma wished to go down town of a store across the street, saw then’ .LL, Aunt Helen went to
nied it, so had Clifford; he must do “Really, Mary, I wish Agnes had to her papas office, she would tie a little daughter and running across, LittleBobby s AuntHelen went to
the same more independence. That Redmond white lace cap over Golden Curls they joyfully claimed her. W tne mgnt at
Nothing more was said concerning girl treated her shamefully only last head and take her along. But those This was a very serious experience slept.in therronm she heard Bobby
the affair that night. It was not Mr. week, and yet there is Agnes talking unmanageable curls seemed as hard to Golden Curls. Somehow, although -tn mratfuss about being dress-
Richards’ way to nag his boys. To as sweetly as if nothing had hap- to confine as then owner, and would the policeman had talked so kindly sa called through the register
all appearances the three negative pened. I never should stand it.” creep out in little rings all around the to her. she always associated him (i.Shs between thl two room?
answers regarding the tapping of the Mrs. Holmes looked up at the hard, front of the lace cap,and.down under with the dreadful sense of being; lost "Bbby, BOBby, whats ging on in
maple tree had been satisfactory, as bitter lines in her sisters face, listen- the back of it So when the little and every time she saw one comins there?” The answer came back
far as they were concerned. ed again to the sweet voice of her girlwassseatedinthesstrettsar her down the street she ran and climbed promptly, in a pitiful wail: "My ‘tock-
“He’ll find out; he’s sure to,” Mer- daughter as its gentle tones came small pan o feet stiekingstraghtout on her papa’s knee. in’s.”—Harper’s Magazine.
rick kept saying to himself as he drew drifting in to them, and replied: 111 front of her, her cheeks pinker than One day her mamma found hei shut 42
his chair slowly away from the table. “I do not think Agnes lacks spirit, ever, and her eyes shining like two away in an inner room in her home THEY GROW
ms cnair S" 4" , “ 1 You know how she used to resent stars, for she loved excitement, peo- • ngvery bitterly over a small pic- THEY GROW
Clifford and Waldo felt almost as But lately—” ple would say to each other: , which she held in her hand. Good Humor and Cheerfulness from
miserable as their brother, for they The hall door closed. There came “Look at that sweet child.” _ Golden Curls would give no explana- Right Food.
had all hadLa hand in the treettapping, a breath of the outside wintry air, and “I’m afraid they’ll spoil the child,” tion of her tears, but looking at the . . 4 nz
although Merrick had been the ring- aungggirIdroppedon a stooi at her said the wise mamma. tieture her mamma saw that it was Cheerfulness is liketsunlightaItsin-
leader. aunt’s feet. “Oh, she’s too young to mind," said Lhat of a dog lost in a lonely place. pels the fl?° away the mindosssun
“What made you say you didn’t do “Agnes,” began her aunt, severely, the proud papa. Poor doggie was sitting back on his -8nt.chm5s m"
it?” Waldo at last found courage to “how can you treat that girl as a One day when Golden Curls and her haunches, with his muzzle pointing ni8n. , humored man can nick nn
ask when they were well out of hear- friend? She has been saying the mamma had taken this trip down toward the sky, and one could imagine heoe 9 joag“4 4L"AP-iL
Ing. meanest things about you. Mrs. town, _ the latter wanted to do some that he was crving piteously, "L-o-s-t! andcun wouldn’t attempthtomit
“I don’t know,” groaned the quilty Brown told me-” . shopping, and decided to leave the L-o-s-t! L-o-s-t!” a Anything that interferes with -ood
little boy, throwing himself down at “Stop, aunty!” cried Agnes, putting little girl in the office with her pap . Golden Curls knew so well what a health is apt to ke cheerfulness and
the foot of the maple tree, whither her fingers in her ears. “Please don’t Papa was quite willing to keep' > terrible thing it was to be lost that humor in the backg-round. A
they had instinctively wandered. repeat it. I do not want to know.” and mamma went away on her - P- she could only be comforted by being Washington 1ady found that ettina
"Let’s an go back and confess.” “Why not?” iping.expedition guite.satisfedrsome assured by her mamma that, somesonr cofreel llone "
spoke up Waldo, who could not bear A moment’s silence. Then a brave After .awhie papa .thoug go to the would surely come a long nnd findPoor her. She writes:
to see his brother in trouble. face was lifted to the stern one above bank He must °-o at once or it doggie and take him h ‘ “Four years ago I was practically
“Yes, let’s!” seconded Clifford. "t«Because, aunty, I am learning to would be closed. He would take Euardian gttnaupobyimydoctorvandwasnots-
“No!” Merrick suddenly burst swim » Turning from her aunt’s as- Golden Curls along with him. AAME Pe d,. ° 6 0ng. MY nervous SS
forth, springing to his feet; “I’m the t"nihed gaze, she looked straight into So the pair hand-in-hand, walked UNCLE S NEW G . temwas inaa bad condition not want
one that did it, and I’m the only one her mother’s face—into the eyes so out of papa’s office, along the street a «Why, what’s the matter, Netty. 8,0 to look about for the
to confess! I’m going straight back sure to understand. distance, turned a corner and entered yodo’look miserable,” cried Uncle tausle5′0°n,began to 00^1)oUitfor^the
to tell father all about it. I know he You remember, mamma, at the sea- the great bank. Will. “Have you been getting into nervous roni which would ex-
suspects Waldo because he looked shore last summer, what a time I had There were many men there, all in ?ave nervous spells which would ex
so guilty. I won’t be a coward. Come learning to swim? My head would go a- hurry to finish up some business be- No, uncle, only we have so few
on, both of you!” he said, grasping a down, and I came up sputtering, with fore the closing hour and Golden and Marjorie is tired of them.”
hand of each. “I tapped the tree, and such a dreadful taste in my mouth. Curls’ papa thought it better to leave answered the little girl, jumping unto
you only did the looking on; and I’m My teacher said: ‘Keep your head up her at the door while he crowded in him. “There are only two dollies Eifok,, t decided to ctnn it
going to tell father so.” and your mouth closed, and you will toward a wicket , and our naint box, and we can’t both amdcoffee, ostunoed to stop it
“No need to do it now, my boy; be all right.’ ‘.‘Stay here until I come back” he se that „ “Theught. somehiHlmade accord-
father has heard all about it, and he So, auntie, if I listen to all the said toaSadeniu rls,ciustrbefore Marjorie was not very well amd.in- ing to dirsttion, had a soothing effect
is glad to know that he has such a gossip afloat, I am sure to go down ^er ana clined to be cross, and it was on my nerves and I liked the taste,
plucky little son! exclaimed Mr Rich- with it and come up sputtering. It se"mied very long and Golden Curls, dull in the nursery. For a time I nearly lived on Postum
ards, stepping out from behind the makes me feel badly all over. But if I s™ very long and Golden v "Mummie gave us a pennv each be- and little food besides. I am to-
other side of the tree, where he had keep my ears and mouth closed and instead of standing still and waiting continued Net- dy 4 chy woman
been examining the havoc that had my head up I have a lovely time as she had oeen toM, m a few ty. "but now’we mustn’t go out to ^and relatives wonder if
been wrought. “I care a thousand riding the breakers. It is so much went looking amon the men then spend them, and besides, you can t- get I am the same person I was four
times more for my boys honesty than more fun than to be-sputtering all the She could not findLtmd_all these a nice tov for a nevnv." when I could do no work on ac-
I do for this tree, much as Iprize it time. strange Sen and no lapa and she “I think I can,” said uncle smil ng. Cunt of nervousness. Now I am do-
he went on to say. It makes a dif- Humph! said her aunt; but her sB an e men an^ "Really! Quite a new one? asked ing my own housework, take care of
ference how and where a maple tree silks actually, rustled a little more IRtle feet could Stre her Marjorie eagerly. , two babies—one twenty, the other two
is tapped; and that is why I cautioned softly.—Youth’s Companion. Here shZ ran along the walk, not “Yes: something you bye never months old. I am so busy that I hardly
you against making any cuts in the * knowing whither she was going, un- had before, and I don’t think you will get time to write a letter, yet I do it all
trunk when you asked if you g NED’S WAY. #1 ‛ lg itl meeting the little tot ever get tired of nlaving with it,” with the cheerfulness and good humor
taP it” , a, . . ,+n, saiq all bv herself and crying so bitterly, cried uncle gaily; "but you must be that comes from enjoying good health.
A week later, as the boys stood That Ned cant be beaten sad strahans , and ‘ quite good till I come back this after- “I tell my friends it is to Postum I
watching the little dark stream of sap Uncle Jack. At least you can . m k “what’s thl matter, dear?” noon.” , , owe my life to-day.”
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eyes drooped guiltily. He must stick live up to it.” lected.
to what Merrick and Clifford had “Let’s see,” began Paul. “ ‘Be kind- ge
said; of course he must. ly affectioned one to another with WHEN GOLDEN CURLS WAS ----*— ------ ----- , :
Mr. Richard’s eyes scanned the brotherly love; in honor pref ering’— As- home, and as he led her away he said,
three rosy faces before him, and then Oh, yes—Cousin Sam, I tell you what —-r* quietly and comfortingly: a tiny bubble appeared at the end of
re remarked, as his gaze lingered up- we’re going to do. Mamma’ll help you Little Golden Curls was just three “N-e-v-e-r mind, we’ll find papa and the pipe and grew and grew, until as
on his eldest son: “At any rate, I am on Gyp, and you shall have the first and a half years of age, and the only mamma; don’t you cry; they’ll turn uncle waved his pipe, it flew off and
glad that Merrick is not the guil- ride. I’ll lead him for you, and we'll child of her papa and mamma. Her up somewhere. They’re looking for away over the garden, changing into
ty one, for it was only the other day go right up through town.” plump, round face was very, very fail, their little girl. Don t you cry, the most lovely colors before it
I was cautioning him against setting Sam had begun to clasp his hands and her cheeks were like the pinkest But poor Golden Curls, with the hurst.
such a bad example: I am still puz- with joy. “Won’t that be great!” he of pink roses. Little rings of pale 80 d- cake which the kind lady had given "O how pretty! Do let me try!”
zled about the matter, though,” he cried; then added, “But I expect you’d en hair tossed and rioted all over her her clasped untouched in her chubby exclaimed Netty eagerly.
said, as he pushed his chair back better take the first ride, Paul.” head, and left no place for a divide little hand, sobbed on until her little “Here you are, and here is Mar-
from the table, “because I really do “No, no,” Paul replied, “I’ll feel bet- even a few moments after her mamma face grew all swollen and blue. jorie’s pipe,” said uncle.
not think the tree could have tapped ter to have my little cousin initiate had brushed it ever so carefully. It In the meantime papa had come “Let us see who can blow the
itself, and as I came up the road an my pony for me.” was because of this hair that she was back to where he had left his little best! " .
hour ago I noticed that the sap was So Paul’s mother helped Sam out given the name Golden Curls.,, girl standing, and not finding her what fun it was! The twins were
running quite freely from a little hole to the fence and lifted him on the She was what the “grown-ups call a there he rushed out on the street to quite sorry when tea time came and
in the trunk near the ground. It pony’s back, and they started off. It “restless child,” and never, . when look for her. “Perhaps she had they had to stop.
must have been quite a small person was hard to tell which boy’s heart was awake, stayed many seconds in, one gone to her mamma,” he said to him
the merrier—The Children’s Visitor. spot. She had a fashion of running self, and he hurried off to the store
away when left alone out doors, and where he knew the latter was shop-
. The old and only reliable Remedy for Catarrh. All
OVER 70 YEARS (druggists sell it, or I will mail it direct postpaid.
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