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By CHARLES EDMONDS WALK
Author of “Th« Silver Blade,"
"The Paternoster Ruby," etc.
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(Copprlfbt 19U by A. C. MeCliuf A Co.)
> evNOPsis.
Book I.
CHAPTER I—Rudolph Van Vechten, a
young man of leisure. Is ontonlshcd to
cwo a man, enter No. l$ia, a houau across
>m the Powhatan elub. The
-j-™-_____ ..>ng been unoccupied and Is
•poken of as the House of Mystery.
CHAPTER II—Several persons at regu-
lar Intervals enter No. 1313.
CHAPTER III—Van Vechten expresses
concern to his friend, Tom Phlnney, re-
garding the whereabouts of hlu cousin
and fiancee, Paige Carew. A fashionably
attired woman Is seen to enter the House
Of Mystery. A man is forcibly ejected
from the house. Van Vechten and Torn
follow the man and And him dead In the
■treet
' CHAPTER IV—Van Vechten la attract-
Od by the face of a girl In the crowd of
onlookers surrounding the body. Later
nb discovers the girl gaslng at him with
a look of scorn from the windows of the
mysterious house.
CHAPTER V—Detective Flint calls on
Van Vechten to get his version of the
tragedy.
CHAPTER VI—Tom Phlnney goes alone
on a yachting trip. He recognises among
some persons In a passing motor boat
two men whom he had seen enter the
House of Mystery. He sees one of them,
a Mr. Callls. on shore later and follows
_ him. Tom la seised, blindfolded and taken
to a house. He hears a girl named Jessie,
evidently the daughter of the man In
authority, question his captors. A sweet-
voiced girl later protests against the
roughness of his captors. -
' Tbat night, after a couple of pipes,
lie went to sleep in his little craft's
«abln, and before daylight be wbb
•stir and taking advantage of a light
off-shore breese. All day he loafed
Around the lower Bound, enjoying
i himself Immensely and Incidentally
wmpl/lng the provision locker to the
Inaterumh. Re viewed this dream-
stance with a rueful laugh.
“Mosee and green spectacles I And
I thought I was laying In supplies
tor a week's cruise!”
i Then he langbed again—light-heart-
edly this time—and trimmed about tor
tome.
was falling when he drifted
in toward Rocky Cove. He was
-possibly two miles off Bhore when
he,.heard the muffled exhaust ami
warning pipe of a motor-boat And
here is where his adventure may be
Mid to have begun,
i Glancing back, he made out the
sjusjbnft hearing down upon him under s
■mother of spray of her own kicking
She swept by so close to port
ghat, despite the half-light he was
afforded a distinct view of several of
the bears occupants.
I There were live men and three
fcromen. The latter were half-bidden
b their wraps and kept-their faces
■verted, bat the men all turned and
" him with a fixedness that
Tom considerably and made
a little curious. So he re-
thing, two other of the motorboat's
occupants, farther in the rear, walk-
ing in the same direction—two ath-
letic young men laden with bundles
of various sizes and shapes. As It
was, they on their part Instantly de-
tected Tom's Interest In the first man,
and also the obvious fact that he had
started out to follow him.
They at once ceased their low-
voiced conversation, and devoted all
their attention to Tom Phlnney.
Thus the little procession advanced
In silence, on through the town and
Into the open country.
As Boon as the last of the fringe
of houses was passed, the twain In
the rear quickened their pace, mov-
ing closer to Tom. The loose sand
underfoot, and the now almost con-
tinual crash and rumble of thunder
overhead, effectively drowned out all
other sounds.
The sole warning Tom had that
matters were not progressing as sat-
isfactorily as he had fancied, came
with the first gust of hot, dust-laden
wind. A sudden shout directly in his
rear startled him from his absorp-
tion.
“Mr. Callls I” exploded a voice,
"Here! Quick! ”
Just as he pivoted round, there
came a dazzling flash and a deafen-
ing crash—and then the deluge. He
received an Instantaneous picture of
two stalwart figures tossing a burden
of packages to the ground, and then
In the ensuing blindness he was
seized by violent hands.
Now Tom was himself a man Of
mighty sinew and well-versed not
only In the science of defending him-
self, but of pushing war Into the en-
emy’s camp. For a minute or two
he made a brave fight; but what avall-
eth a man’s stoutness of heart and
limb when he is beset by three indi-
viduals nearly, If not quite, so strong
as he?
The spirited struggle ended with
Tom lying flat upon his back in the
middle of the road, bis three antago-
nists piled indiscriminately on top of
him and panting for breath, while a
cataract of rain pounded upon the
lust and the unjust alike. The wind
whistled and shrieked, the thunder
boomed and crashed and split the;
night, and the lightning Illuminated
the whole scene with a ghastly sem-
blance of daylight.
At last the one called Callls—the
sandy-complexloned man—moved sud-
denly to his knees, but without re-
leasing his grip upon the well-nigh
drowned captive—a posture decidedly
uncomfortable for Tom, for the bony
knees bored Into him cruelly.
"Hold this duffer,” Callls shouted
above the uproar, "while I knot to-
gether a couple of handkerchiefs. If
he makes a move bat him over the
bead.” Then came a lower-voiced ad-
dendum which Tom alone caught: "I
don't know but what we ought to do
It anyhow."
The other two shifted their posi-
tions so adroitly that Tom could not
stir. Another blinding flash, and an
exclamation from the man kneeling
upon his arms.
"By cripes, Mr. Callls I It's the fal-
low we passed in the sailboat ■”
"The devil!” exclaimed Callls, who
seemed to be the one In authority.
"That settles his bmh. Well Just
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in an instant was out of the rain and
storm. He surmised that he was upon
a porch, and next that he was being
conducted through a doorway Into a
house.
A sudden feminine ecream, half-
suppressed, startled him. Then a
girl’s agitated voice—and a most re-
markably sweet voice, it seemed to
Tom—said:
“John I What has happened? Who's
this?”
And Callls replied: “Don’t bo fright-
ened, Miss Jessie. Where’s your
father?"
Miss Jessie did not answer this
question. It seemed to Tom that a
number of people had crowded Into
the hall during this brief colloquy.
He heard a rustling of feminine
dresses and excited feminine whisper-
ings, denoting tbat at least two wom-
en were talking nearby. Then Callls
commanded the other two of his cap-
tors to ‘‘hold him tight,” as It they
were not doing so already. After this
be sonsed that Callls moved away
from him, and he remained standing,
is sodden as a drowned man, while
the water trickled from his clothes
tad onto the floor. *
Manifestly hfe was being made the
subject of quite a lively debate, which
same to a sudden end when Callls ad-
dressed him.
"Say, you, who are yon? What’a
your name?”
“Damn you!” leaped hotly from
Tom’s lips. "Free my hands and I’ll
print it on your face, you dogl"
"Here! None of that!” another
masculine voice warned sharply.
“There are ladles here.”
“They’re In deuced poor company,"
snarled Tom. \
"Gag him,” Callls briefly command-
ed. "Here, take thle."
But there was an interruption. Tom
heard & girl’s voice—not Jessie’s, who-
ever Jessie might be, but one Infinite-
ly sweeter, say: "Walt.” The request
was made composedly. And then
Tom fancied that the eweet voice's
owner was approaching him. Next
second he was sure of it.
"Will you not tell us who you are
and why you were following Mr.
Callls V
Tom’s sole concern at that moment
was a profound regret that he oould
not see the speaker. Her voice was
so sweet, so soft and well-bred, that
he knew she most be beautiful.
"I would be only too glad to tell
you," Tom returned, "if it would not
at' the same time give some satisfac-
tion to tbs thugs and hold-up crooks
who are present. Please pardon mi
in the circumstances.”
There was a silent pause, then a
gasp from the girl.
“It can't be!” he heard her exclaim
in a whisper that was fairly alive
with astonishment
It did not occur to Tom to vender
what she meant
"But it Is,” he replied whimsically,
also in a whisper. “Won’t yon ral
me?—or at leant remove thin ban-
dage r*
No reply was vouchsafed him, no
further speech from the pulse-disturb-
ing voice. In the soft silky susurra-
tion of her skirts there was a quality
that signified grace sad lightness of
carriage; in the faint emqnisks fra-
Vechten'
was the
He was
well as
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regard sharpened. And
1 Un Jaw dropped, and his pips
upon the grating at his
He recognized one of the men—the
: aged, white-haired servant whom he
had seen oaoe or twioe emerge from
Humber lfilfi. Quickly he darted
glance at each of the others in turn;
hat ha had never seen them before.
la a flash they were gone, and
was not until a vagrant puff heeled
him perilously as tar board that he
recovered his wits and brought his
boat round again into the wind. By
then the motor-boat had been all but
■wallowed in the gloom.
However, Tom reflected, they were
heading straight for Rocky Cove;
the breese held he would have his
own craft Usd up at his friend’s pier
Within the half-hour; then a quick
change of attire in the boathouse, and
.. fee could pat in the evening reconnoj-
I .taring It would be queer if he failed
f,7 to tupn np something in a little place
toeky Cove.
efter he had dined at the one
whore he felt free to go at this
Mason without evening clothes, he
tons pat oat to observe that a storm
brewing. The sky was already
ly overcast, the night suffocat-
doee, and off to the west light-
was flickering and approaching
a rapidity that promised s squall
he stood uudeclded as to
oourse to pursue, the matter was
unexpectedly out of his hands
A man, walking rapidly, came ab-
k ruptly out of tha darkness and en-
tond tha glare of light from the hos-
tohyb open door and windows. He It
wns who had been controlling the
awtorhoat
Tons now had an opportunity to oh.
■orve several particulars about him
that ha had previously missed, or
toiled to note—that he was a tall,
Ions Jointed, muscular, youngish
man, of a sandy complexion and a se-
>loa% not to say sullen, cast of ooun-
tounnoa. Moreover, his lean, sharp
featured face bore a number of marks
•«4 abrasions, as if he had quite re-
,Matty met with an accident Tom's
goodhumored psyslognomy
1 than once had acquired similar
high lights and shadows, resultant on
tumbles from sundry pulo-ponlea.
The aaa proceeded upon bis way,
looking neither to the left nor the
right He carried a large ladon bas-
ket—which he bore lightly—and In a
Moond or two had passed into the
-jdartmssn again.
■knight though, was now so puno-
' by lightning flashes, that Tom
no difficulty in marking Ms
along/the road that led in-
ll chuckled to think how luck
•him her cards; Ruddy,
was still racking his
•ad stifling in town.
an Instant's hesitation, or
Of the atom which was
nboat to break, ho ast out after the
fallow. Ho neglected to observe even
precaution or a glance
If ho had, tha night's adven-!
have terminated differ-'
rolled .over upon his face, his arms
Jerked rudely back and held securely,
while his wrists were tied tightly to-
gether. Next he was lifted to hie
feet, the powerful grasp on either arm
never relaxing in the slightest degree,
and was so held while a third hand-
kerchief was found over his eyes.
He did not submit tamely to these
Indignities, but as his opposition was
confined to angry curses and threats,
it was worse than futile. He sputtered
and fumed and swore until Callls in-
terrupted him.
"If you don’t cut that out.” he an-
nounced with an air of finality, ”I‘U
gag you.”
And Tom perforce fell silent,
though he continued to seethe and
rage inwardly.
“March, you,” ordered Callls’s curt
voice, the command being emphasised
by a vigorous push tbat seat him
stumbling helplessly forward. The
firm hands held him, however, and he
moved through the tempest and the
night under their guiding impulse.
To Tom the adventure was taking
on the aspect of a nightmare. All
sense of direction was lost; not an-
other word was spoken by any of the
incongruous party. He tripped over
obstructions and splashed through
puddles, and now and then stepped
unwittingly into depressions with a
Jar that clicked his teeth together
and wrenched hla neck until bis head
ached. Round and round his oaptorn
seemed to be leading him—they had
long ago turned aside from the road,
he was positive; his brain whirled
and be staggered drunkenly. Only
Once did he attempt resistance, and
stopped abruptly- when his help!
condition demonstrated the futility of
any such move on his part
The wind had died down, but the
rain still poured a torrent and the
thunder rumbled and rolled so that
ail the night was full of the sound.
After what seemed an interminable
time, Tom’s feet oolllded, with a hol-
low reverberation, against a wooden
step. He mounted three of them, and
She had toft
Intoxication of ether,
him.
He beard Jesato, la a subdued voice,
ask: ‘"What did be any to you?"
Whether or not the other girl re-
sponded be did not know. The situa-
tion was brought to an abrupt close
by the man called Callls.
"Take him upstairs,” that worthy
gruffly ordered—“the front room. You
may take off the bandage after he’e in
the dark. Tie ble feet with It And
make sure hla hands are good and
fast"
He was being pushed forward
again. Hs stumbled against the bot-
tom step, was rudely Jerked to hla
feet, and then propelled upward.
“There is no use being ao rough,*1
he heard the sweeter-voiced girl cry,
with a note of Indignation. "Hr. Ca-
ll*. toll those men to be more gentle.”
After this the ascent of the stain
was mode easier. Up two flights went
captive and captors. Presently
door was opened, and under the 'im-
petus of a violent shove Tom went
sprawling to the door. The bandage
was whipped from his eyes, and hla
ankle deftly bound.
The rough tumble hurt and dated
him. Dimly be heard the door shut,
and the cllok of a holt dropping Into
Ha socket
Then—etlllnean and darkness lof the
tomb.
of Iron.
man physically a*
ly, which was as It
•should have>‘ been. Hla activity de-
manded pro'dlgious physical strength
and vitality, and these two factors In
his make-up, together with an Inflex-
ible will, showed never so advanta-
geously as In hla habitual reserve, hto
steady, unswerving eelf assurance,
which made obstaoles of no more im-
portance than ao many sheets of pa-
per opposed to a apeedlng bultet.
As for his personal appearance, its
general effect was one of Iron gray-
ness: the smooth-shaven Ups were a
straight, thin, uncompromising line
that scarcely moved even when he
spoke; the bare chin wns square, mas-
sive, iron-like, and the closely
trimmed gray .‘‘sideboards” were well-
nigh eclipsed by theee more salient
features. His eyes, under a thatch of
gray brows, were simply a metallic
glitter beyond whose surface no man
bad ever seen. His moments of weak-
ness, ifi he had any, would have been
another man’* strength.
There was only one person who had
ever been wholly at eaae in thia man’s
preaenoe—his nephew, Rudolph Van
Vechten. Of the hundreds who came
into and went out of the New Street
offloes, this young man alone seemed
wholly oblivious of the fact, or indif-
ferent to it, that Theodore Van Vech-
ten had but to otter the word, and
he would be extinguished.
Rudolph paid hla unde a visit
the Monday afternoon that Tom Phln-
ney was cruising around Long Island
Sound in hla friend’s cat boat,
entered the inher shrine, and
course found hla uncle busy. The cir-
cumstance was pointed out to him,
Rudolph Ignored the other two men
present.
“I see that you are,” he retorted
oarelessly, “and I am sorry that
have to Intrude. But you always are
engaged, you know, and It would be
Idiotic to wait 111 hurry up and get
through.”
The forceful retard rested pointed-
ly upon the yount man’s monogramed
cigarette. Unmoved, Rudolph flipped
It away.
"Pardon me/
your aversion,
about Paige.”
Perhaps ten seconds it was that Mr.
Van Vechten considered. Then—
"Can you take dinner with met”
’’Homer
"Yes."
This was an invitation which any
one of New York’s industrial captains
would have coveted. Nevertheless
Rudolph hesitated. Mentally, he ran
over hla engagements. He knew there
was nothing of sufficient importance
to Interfuse with, an acceptance, but
he did At fancy, dining tetwa-tete
wMh hla ancle in tha gloomy Fifth
Avenue palace—uatenanted, save by
the latter and an army of servants.
So, with a comprehensive gesture that
he said; "I forgot
I came to see you
HOF®
.TOW..»
& HELPS
MOVE TO ABOLISH FENCES
Pittsburgh Newspaper Regards Idea
With Favor, but Has Doubt of Its
Practicability.
Baltimore comes forward with a
community back yard idea, already the
subject of practical experiment In
that city, remarks the Pittsburgh Dto-
patch. It aims to abolish the unsight-
ly back yard and Its rubbish-hiding
fences, and to create Instead a neigh-
borhood open space or park and play-
ground that would keep the chil-
dren off the streets and offer residents
instead of a little oooped-up and prao-
tlcally useless piece of private domain
a chance to stretch themselves and en-
joy a freedom of movement to be had
In no other way.
A correspondent who directs atten-
tion to the scheme suggests that it
might be expended' into a factor In,
reducing the cost of living If the com-
munity would devote part of the
open spaoe to growing fruit or garden
truck.
Admirable aa the idea may seem in
the abstract. It may be questioned
whether neighborhood human nature
has arrived at the perfection neoee*
•ary to its success. It is not difficult
to imagine la refractory resident an-
gered by some neighbor spoiling the
whole plan by restoring his fences,
it may bo doubted, too, whether this
coujd be avoided by any binding agree-
ment being secured in advance. Then,
also, there to always the possibility of
an untidy neighbor massing up the
eommunity hack yard, of clothesline
fights and dogs and chickens and all
the numerous troubles that add spies
If not sweetness to neighborhood ex-
istence. r
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(By E. O. SELLERS, Director of Evening
Department, The Moody Bible Institute,
Chicago.)
LESSON FOR AUGUST 9
GOOD IN GARDEN MOVEMENT
took in the two
not so much
■aid:
"Can’t you
“Chuck it!" _
ten, blankly.
“Tee.
two whatever you
too beastly hot j
(though he did
at them), he
nr
Mr. Van Veeh-
tor a minute or
doing now. 1th
tort.**
glam
'act such sub
Meek? The two
that they were
look, ant with
Iph seemed se-
City of Duluth, Has Demonstrated
That It Is of Value In Many
DMSsisnt Ways.
. In the summer of 1911, the Duluth
Commercial club obtained three va-
cant tots In different parts of the
city and put a man in charge ot the
three tracts. He conducted demon-
stration gardening through the sea-
son; was always available to help pu-
lled gardeners; guided the school chil-
dren In their work, and otherwise
stimulated the garden movement in
the city,
From an importer of garden prod-
nets, Duluth became at least a pro-
ducer of its own supplies. Duluth's
hinterland to developing •grionitaml-
ly, hot the garden mevomont to the
city hat lest none of Its significance.
It has promoted the ownership of’
homes; It hag drawn ehtldrae
THE BARREN FIG TREE AND THE
DEFILED TEMPLE.
(Temperance)
LESSON TEXT—Mark ll:J3-Sa.
GOLDEN TEXT—“By their fruits ye
shag know them." Matt 1:20.
Event crowds fast upon the heels of
event during the days of this most
traglo week In all the hlBtory of the
world. Temperance means restraint
and a constralningly proper use of God
given sppetltee and privileges, hence
the significance of this lesson as em-
phasising the principles of temper-
ance.
I, Sealing, w. 12-14. The day fol-
lowing his triumphal entry into Jeru-
salem Jesus and his disciples Journeyed
from Bethany, his abiding place, each
night, Into the city. Seeing leaves
upon the fig trees, he had a right
to look for fruit, for the fruit of tltat
tree comes before the foliage. But
none is found, and Jesus seals its
barrenness. Hla act was a parable
in action, Hosea 10:1. Profession had
buperseded possession, and Israel is
therefore to be Judged, set aside, un-
til tbs day wben they shall look upon
him whom they have pierced.
Cleansed the Temple.
II, Cleansing, vv, 15-19- Entering
the familiar soenes of the olty and
teiqple, whence the hosannas had
echoed so loudly the day previous,
Jesus saw 1U desecration and degrada-
tion. Outwardly a delight, it was In-
wardly deceitful, “a den of robbers,"
and bis anger waxed hot. Everything
he saw and banished was In some way
connected with the temple worship.
Even so the most holy things created
by the wisdom of a loving God may be-
come the instruments of the most des-
picable degradation. Ostensibly In
the name of religion these temple mer-
chants were In reality ministering to
self and private gain. As at the
beginning of hto ministry so again
Jesus exercised his authority and
cleansed the temple from its pollution
and for a time (v. 15) guarded it
from further desecration.
The temperance application at thia
point la very clear. Appetite, men-
tal or physical, is a God given faculty,
but must be kept within control. Prop-
erly used they are a delight, a bless-
ing to the man and his friends. Al-
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Courts of the United States.
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and Surveyor
Residence on Boulevard, six miles
northeast of Palacios.
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LAWYER
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r
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BOOK II.
The Carew Case.
CHAPTER I.
The Man of Iron.
Whoever It was that dubbed The*
dors Van Veehten tbs “Man ot Iron,"
he displayed a pretty wIL For th«
phrase was descriptive of the
both figuratively and literally.
Hie offices were In New Street, Just
off of Well, and quite cloee to the
Stock Kxcbange; a location unrivaled
for his purposes, which were both
tremendous end infinitely various. He
has also beea likened to • fat apldet
lurking In the midst of hto web, the
fflamente of which radiate in all di-
rections throughout the contiguous
territory, and every one of them
guiding n steady stream of geld into
tho Van Vechten coffers.
Theodore Van Veehten typified
Power.
Thore was, first of all, the prestige
of the enormoue Van Vechten for
tuns; and then the regulation and su-
pervision ot alt tha money, stocks and
bonda within rifle shot of hla offiae;
whloh is to ssy, the satire country,
for even tbs Unltsd States sub-tree*
ury—its parent also for that mat
ter—to not excluded from this sweep
ing statement
As bead of the Consolidated Metals
Company, ho was a shining target for
the Unltsd States Attorney-General—
and, it is no doubt needless to add,
an Invulnerable target There wns not
e motal srUoto manufactured sad
marketed, from a pin or a wire
clotheellne to a locomotive, motor-car
or battleehlp, that did dot contribute
along one or another of the wtb’s flip
What words
limely uncon
strangers, who
not the objects
bated breath; _
renely unaware of ft
Rudolph's request, however, from
hto standpoint wns not Impudent His
unole waa under more of an obliga-
tion to concern himself shout Paige
Carew than be was, for Paige waa the
elder man’s niece and ward. Young
Van Veehten reeogniaed the fact that
Theodore Van Vechten was a «»»n of
multitudinous affairs; he waa willing
to make any reasonable sacrifice to
accommodate him; but when it came
to throwing oVer all hto own plana and
loafing here In the city without defi-
nite information concerning hto cous-
in’s intentions, why, he considered he
had n right to protest when end where
he chose. If he only knew upon what
boat aha intended sailing, it would
be an easy matter to ran down to
town for a day, meet her and Mrs.
Deveroaux and carry tha two away
with him. It was tha uncertainty that
rendered him vexed and impatient
Gradually Mr. Van Vacbten'i brain
bridged the wide'gap between matters
commercial and tbobs immediately af-,
testing hto own hodaehold, and ho rec-
ognised the juattoe of hto’nephew’s
attitude. The thin, Inflenible lips even
shadowed e smile at the temerity that
had exacted hto attention. One ot
theee men who ant humbly waiting
here was no less a personage than the
president of the Continental Union
Banking and Trust Company; tha
other was head of the Atlas Bafo
Company, a oonoern tributary to and
allied with Consolidated Metato, and
which had of late monopolised Theo-
dore Van Vechten’s fostering cere. In
the world of flnaade and commerce
theirs were names to conjure with;
here they were merely lieutenants
awaiting their captain's pleasure.
“Welir Mr. Van Vechten at last
broke the alienoe.
Rudolph was brief and to tha point.
"Last Saturday ended the third
week since Paige and Josephine left
Paris for London, in n letter mailed
Just before storting, Paige Informed
me that she expected to remain in
England two or three weeks—three
at the longed—end mentioned n num-
ber of friends she proposed visiting.
Some 1 know, and some 1 den t Since
then I have had no word from bar:
have you?"
Mr. Van Vachten praised a button.
It might have controlled the door in-
stead of the clerk, so promptly did
the latter appear. To him he said:
(to b« ooirrigunp)_
UVffi fflCTlieet anl made thorn gar-
den enthusiasts; ft has Induced great-
er - efficiency among wage earners
through contentment and more health-
ful surroundings, and it haa made Du-
luth n city of gardens beautiful to be-
hold.
Of greeter value to Duluth to the
meral effect-on the city. The rising
generation to one of gardeners. Fac-
tory workers and office employes not
only raise their own vegetables, but
they have developed their bodies by
the exercise. The demand for saloons,
gambling houses and similar resorts
to dying out
Camphor Trees for Street*
A trade Journal quotes a Texas nur-
seryman as saying that the camphor
tree la very popular for street planting
in the southern part of that stake;
that it to never troubled by insect
pests and that mosquitoes will avoid
it
No tree to exempt from insect pests,
and camphor trees may be found with
snob n thick incrustation ot tha rad
scale at the orange that bark on twigs
may scarcely be seen. Mosquitoes
avoid camphor and its fumes and
therefore will not literally “roost
upon the tree, hut they do not avoid
the general territory In which It
grown. The oamphor tree to n prime
favorite In southern Csllfonil* and
we do dot allow tsar of Insect pests
to detar us from planting it wherever
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Encouragement of Thrift
In Chicago there has been skirted
an association for the anoouragamsut
of thrift. Far-seeing men are behind
the movement, confronted with the
enormous wants in time, opportunity,
and material whloh hoarsen a natural
inheritance from a generation Chat
found everything to spare at hand.
This condition no longer exist* A
changed economic oondltloa calls for
changed methods of living, to whtalr
the people most be educated. Aa the
lasting and formative Influences are
those belonging to childhood, the
school garden may he counted upon
to play no email part In bringing, about
Abetter understanding of the etouenU
of living, nil the way from the oiar-
het bosket onward to the beet that
goes to make happy and prosparvua
home*
Does Mere Harm Than Good.
Hie charity to bad wUcfa takas front
independence its proper pride and
from mendicity its salutary shame
Southey.
III. Forgiving, w. 2025. The next I
day on the. way from Bethany to Jo-1
rusalem they again panned the
troaand It was wtthwad. Thej
pics marveled at ike nrtftg"”
of hto curse and Peter calls attention |
to It, v. >1, Matt. >1:12, SO. In reply
Jesus again emphasises the lesson,
“Have faith In God." This does dot
mean that this ia an explanation of
how he withered the tree, but rather
why it had died. Israel was placing
its trust elsewhere than in God, and
therefore witters from the “roots op-
ward.” Notice that the root is not
blasted, and a beautiful tree will again
blossom forth from the living root.
So Israel shall once again spring up
Into a new and fruitful nation. Is*
37:5. Jesus' teaching by this tree is
an illustration of wherein Israel had
failed. They had not faith la God.
Faith can remove mountains, end no
difficulty can hinder those who have
faith la God, Mark 9:23. Faith grows
upon the word, Rom. 10:7, yet love is
greater, I Cor. 13:2. If we really de-
sire the things we pray for, we “shall
have them.” We not only expect but
go beyond In our petition and count
as our* the things asked for. The
lack of n forgiving spirit will effect-
ually shut ns out from God.
Authority Challenged.
IV. Challenged, w. 27-33. Upon
again entering the oity and the tem-
ple, there came to Jesus the chief
pr(e*ta, scribes and elders who chal-
lenged the authority by which ha
wrought these things, undoubtedly re-
ferring to his triumphal entry end to
hla cleansing of the temple. Hie
reply is n counter challenge concern-
ing the baptism of John. For at least
two years John had been dead end
hto voioe silent with a probable for-
getfulnesn on the port of these men,
and a decreasing Influence of his mes-
sage upon their lives. Yet the ques-
tion of Jesus had projected power as
he brought John back to them with
this question as to his authority, "was
it from heaven, or of meuT" That
Aherc was keen saroosm and cold loglo
embodied in hit question ia revealed
by the reeorded dilemma of his ene-
mies, vv. 31, S3.
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PALACIOS, TEXAS
responsibility of privilege. Particu-
larly to this epitomised in the par*
Me of the fig tree. Privilege is em-
phasised in that the tree was planted
in the vineyard of Its owner. It lived
off of hi* possessions. Us simple re-
sponsibility was to. bear fruit In
spits of the patience ot the owner and
the privilege ot its surroundings it
perished. The advantage of Godly
parents, of Christian society and the
heritage of the noble martyrs and
Mints of the church will not nave tbat
nmn or woman who “ha* a name to
live'but to dead”
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