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CHAPTER XXI.
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The Testimony of the Dead.
.'tisl lis lli-li'ii Illingworth >■ tt'l Win
t.T-s r.'iii'lii'il 111.' I ti W" i'i* U'vt'l nl Hi.' fool
or tin' iiii'.mi. tiiry were jniiii'il liy Itii*!-
"Wlllll llllS IWItJII'III'lt?" cried III'' en-
gineer.
Winters answered us tin1 throe hur-
rii'il along without stopping:
"M.'iiilc blew up llii- hogback."
"Was tlmt he?"
"Yt'S."
"I thought therp mi something fa-
miliar about lilm. ImtJ did. not dare—"
"I recognized him Instiintly.*' mild
111'Ien Illlngworth.
"Tlmt atones for the International."
continued Itndncy.
"What does?" asked his friend.
"Till' dull) 1* saft'; till' wntiT litis
stopped rising. I lielli'vi' It's beginning
in full n lliilv. I saw someone Jump
up mi ilw palisade null witvii his Itiintl.
mill then I saw them nil gather iirouml,
I'vltlfiiily cheering."
"I should think thf water would lie
ituvcrt'd," siiitl Winters; "It's pouring
nut uf n litili- In tin' hogbuck us big
IIS II I'htll't'h."
"It wits it llitr thing In Meade. I.«• '«
Iilirry and It'll htm so," answered llod-
•tey.
"rm iifrnld it's Inn lale." said Win-
ters:
"t)h, don't say llmi," erletl the girl.
'■Why, what's happened?"
"The mil lilasl was slow in going
.iff," sttitf Winters; "lie went Imek In
limit at ii. anil gni knofketl over. It
looked preily hail from the top "f 'he
mesa."
Rodney won 111 lint have heetl lllllimil
If lie hail liol felt it leap In his lifeitsl
ill the possibility, hut lie was too loyal
a friend ami too geiltlliliely f""d f
M en do for more lltiiit a passing t'liio-
IInn, for whieli lie was more llinn a
little ashamed.
"I.el us press till," he urged.
In a few moments they stopped by
the three men. Meade was still un
eniiseliiiis. The big Irishman sat on
the grass with I he engineer's head "ti
his knee. The (left-lingered little Ital-
ian was trying to wash the hlooil away
from Hie unconscious mail's fnreheatl
with a sotlileti, rugged pleee or elolh.
Meade waN unconscious, he was lircuth-
Iiik heavily. There was a eateli In Ills
respiration. Ills breath eaiiie at Irreg-
ular Intervals anil was labored as If
painful.
A huge ruek had struck liiin III lh<
breast. The two men hail torn open
Ills shirt ami undershirt. The engl
neer's ehesl was hrulHed anil bloody.
Evidently holies had been broken, and
probably serious Internal Injuries had
resulted. Every hrealh was an appar-
ent agony, uiitl that the exquisite pnln
did not arouse him to cnnschuisness
was evidence of the terrible nature of
ilie Injury. A smaller, sharper rock
A Huge Rock Had Struck Him in the
Breast.
bail cut liltn ncross lite forehead anil
cheek. Just missing his right eye, and
they found out afterward that he had
been struck by several other pieces
dislodged by the explosion, and Hint
his lioily wns covered with hrulses.
Hut there was nothing, not even In
the cut on the forehead, to cause any
great alarm bail II not been for the
crushed chest. Winters and Rodney
were both men of action, accustomed
lo tpilek thinking ami prompt decision
In emergencies; while llelen Hllng-
wortli could only slant! with clenched
hands staring In menial anguish that
paralleled llie physical suffering of
the iiian she loved, the engineer and
the rancher Immediately made prep-
arations to get the wounded man to Die
ear.
Murphy wore In Ills belt a short
woodman's nx. With It they cut down
two young saplings, trimmed them ami
thrusting them through the sleeves of
their raincoats they made a fairly prac-
ticable litter. lTsing the inmost care,
they laid the unconscious man upon It
and Winters and Murphy, the two hig-
hest men. took the handles at either
end. Helen Illlngworth. praying as
she liail never prayed before, sought'to
support the unconscious man's head.
The Itnlian gathered up the tools and
went aliPad to open up the path. Rod-
ney followed after.
Their progress was slow of neces-
sity. They had lo handle Meade with
great cure. Winters and Rodney, after
the brief Inspection they had made,
could not see a chance on earth for
him. Neither could Helen Illlngworth.
They weot along without conversation,
naturally, except for an outburst of ad-
miration from Winters.
-1 tell you. be aald, It waa a air
iiitit-t'iil tlilii^' for Inn. in tin. lie risked
lus life a hundred times iu thai mad <'•
iii-Ii wltli the dynamite In hi-- |iatnt.> v#
Mnl the dlWOUlltllFS 111 III'- |".ekel. Yet
11 he had only stayed hack he would
IlllVe heell safe."
"It was Ills anxiety for the (Inin and
the people thai brought liltn down."
said Helen Illingworth. "lie can't die,"
she murmured. "Ilotl surely will liol
let him die. 1 love him so. And yet If
lie does uml 1 have lust liitu. Innocent
or guilty, lie has redeemed his fame."
"lie saved others." quoted Rodney
under his breath, "himself lie could
not save."
It was a work of great ililllculty to
get the wounded engineer Into Hie car,
hut they dually managed It. Ily the
woman's direction they laitl hint on her
lied in her own private stateroom. |
"One of us must go for a doctor at
once." said Rodney, "and that xxill he |
my Job."
"It's twenty utiles to tile town,"
said the conductor, who had helped to i
receive them. "If one of you could
telegraph we could tap a wire."
None of them could.
"It's all down-grade and there's a
mil ronilhotl and I was some sprinter
In my college days." said Rodney.
"And I here was never greater need
if haste than now." said Winters. "I
wish I had a horse here."
"Don't give up. Miss Illlngworth."
continued Rodney, as lie started to-
ward the door, "lie's alive yet."
.lust l lieu, opportunely enough,
rounding the last curve before the arch
bridge, ilicy saw the end of the oilier
car rapidly approaching llvem. Had
they mil been so excited they could
have heard the furious pulling of the
engine as 11 drove the car at great
I up the heavy grade.
"Walt," sit Id the conductor, "we can
send the engine down for the doctor.
That'll he the colonel's car."
In a few minutes the car stopped on
the siding. I Hit of It came roionel
illingworth, doctor Scvcrenee, Ciirtiss,
and some .if the oltlcials of the Bridge
company In town. They were all great-
ly excited. The colonel did not stop to
put on his hill, lie ran to the other
car ami climbed aboard.
"The dam's going," lie shouted. "The
bridge anil the town will be Hooded.
We got word an hour ago by a messen-
ger galloping down. The telephone
wires are down. 1 ran I lie car up here
as the quickest way lo gel over to the
reservoir and the dam. Some of you
who know the way come with me."
By this lime the observation room
or the car was tilled with men.
"You need not worry about the dam,"
said Rodney.
"What do you mean?"
"A man blew up the hog-back, made
II spill-way. the water rushed out
through It Into the ravine, you call
see II below there, relieving the pres-
sure on the dam ill once. iGtit'e it has
belli up llll now II will hold tor good."
"Thank lloil!" cried the colonel, sink-
ing down Into a chair and wiping the
swear off Ills brow. "The bridge will
be safe I lien. By fieorgc." he gasped,
"the Martlet company could hardly
have stood another loss like that.
Who's the man who blew It up?"
"Ills inline Is Meade," said Rodney
quietly.
"Not - ?"
"Yes."
There was a long pause. livery
man there knew of the failure of tin
International and In what esliinitlloli
the old colonel held the inline of Meade
because of that.
"Well, It was a line Ihing," said the
ilonel; "it makes up for his blunder-
ing work on the bridge."
"Beg pardon, sir," said ShtirtHIT. xx It
had stood wide-eyed tint I while ami suf-
fering ill silence ever since the engi
neer had been brought to the car, "It
was not his blunder."
"Why, you said so yourself," cried
I lit* colonel.
"I lied," admitted the secretary.
Quick as a Hash Rodney had his
notebook out. llcn> was the proof at
last.
"Why?"
"To save the reputation of the man
I loved."
"And how do I know you nre not
lying for tills man now?" asked the
colonel harshly.
"These will prove It," said KhurllllT.
extending some papers he drew out of
Ills pocket, where he hail placed them
that morning linif Intending to tell
Helen Illlngworth the truth at last.
"What are these?" the colonel asked.
Mining at Shurtllff. who stood erect he-
fore lhem, sustained more by Ills will
than anything else, for his knees were
shaking and his body quivering; yet he
was glad after all, more happy (him he
had thought he could lie. In making the
revelation, in vindicating the Innocent
in giving that satisfaction to Helen
Illlngworth. lardy, even too late, though
it might he.
"Letters, sir. You will find there a
blueprint of the design of the compres-
sion members," answered ShurtlilT
monotonously as ir he had forced Ills
mind to ii certain action and It was
working autoiiiatically. "Willi It Is a
letter from Bertram Meade to his fa-
ther suggesting that the lacings were
too light and culling attention lo the
empiric formula of Schmidt-Chemnitz
in proof of his argument. On the
hack of that letter Mr. Bertram Meade.
Sr„ made an Indorsement--you know
I Him
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;i ti- If lie lilt
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in' brief note
"•pnfl!
•i n hvpinUi!
from the
e read ll :
national ht'M
ii... - |.y the bed.
"N." If ant pott
.un fiotii Ii, my
.ii,in. i tenderly, I
"Send III.' the
if «...
h hilt risailed In lid* terrible .ilwas- worth away I
t." 1 know I hill my if"!.. In an ef.'ri t- ,jr,.—...| ,,nl
shU'l.l nit* sm.I i4#HWini ih<* ri'*|wuiMlolu>
As u inutt.-r uf fart, I..- hu,i
|...lnte.l ...it nti.il In- lii'llev.'.l |.. I..' slra.
taral weakneyit. bat I refuscl I.' I I I I-
I'l'ia'cttenlatiiinK aa.i overbore tils ..ti). ■
ti..iih. Tlie (null In entirely i'harifriilil.t t.
mi' TI.urn Ik no pnrelhie expiation lilt
blua.ler. The least I can <t.> is I" aeeimie ul
Itie responsibility. Tlli' blaine Is mine
ItKltTIIAM MIC AUK
He laid It down with the other pa
pcrs.
"The detnoiistrulioti Is cont|
absolute," lie began spontaneously, the car and had gone n . r
amid a breathless st'eiice. "The proofs to hiok at the lake and th
tiler was ron ri
keep
aid the
ri " said the
ill.mil the
] "You will .-till tin In.
I can come?"
"Certainly, my dear
I vice president, w ho h
young woman from cln '.ho.
CHAPTER XXII
At Last to the Stan.
All till' men except Curtis- and Win-
th, llii' Itnllnit mm mured | the
it ■ ■ i <I*> it 1.1. ti Ho t knew "i i* |iiMl ei■ w h
nil.I llioillill the) enllie flnlll lllllilhle | V e
llp'l tIII'v brought relief |o
entered tleppli Into Helen ItllngwniIll's
heal I and mingled with hci own pelt
Unit", frantic fervent, Imperative, nl
Ihoiinh "he offered them lo Almighty
I ioil a« from n Woman broken. I'res-
enlly Ilit'V III: (lied out of Hie room,
h ilt lug Helen Illlngworth nlone with
what was left of life In the crushed
body or the man she had never loved
much before.
In the observation room Vtindeventer
told iii' in of tlie light for the dam ami
how |hex hail reached their maximum
power of resistance and more and that
Hie relief Clinic ill the very lilt-It or
tutu Meanwhile the engine driver
I.ml burned up the track going and colli
in-- and Ih less than
back Willi two sill'gei
nurse. Was u their si,III and cure and
ttnlclifiiluc-s that dually brought
Men.!.' back to or was It
il.i | a-slonate. consuming Intensity of
will and purpose of the woman who
ioted liltn, who could scarcely lie driv-
en from his side? Well, whatever tlw>
reason, 'after many days lie passed man
from death into life and came back TI
again.
He was conscious or Helen's pres-
ence and lay quietly enveloped In tier
It.
« fie
III I
III til*
Citlted Hlii|e« li M H w
fillhei made the mistake Ida
admitted It Innicli I lie wtitlil
"h hill) II lionols ion
ttlney." mil.I Meade. I ttlsh yon
I done ll
was for Mills Illlngworth s linppl
and yours thai I .ltd ll." said Hod
"And how mui h dial cost me,''
he added, Ih being wrung
rrnin liltn, "no one can ever know."
lie turned and IcM th- room Winters
followed hint full of sympathy anil
comprehension.
"I.el me go out alone, old man."
said Rodney "I II be hack presently.
TliK Is the last tight I've got to make"
W inters watched liltn from the step*
of the i
pine t rce
i the
and ters had discreetly w Ii bdrawn from | love before lie could talk coherently or
question. Indeed, with Rodney and
Winters, ami old Slmrtllff, who swore
to himself that he would never forgive
himself If Meade iliil not iver, ami
Die colonel, and Vntulcvenicr, and all
the men of the force, who Used to slroll
mesa
unlet. In-
down be-
neath tile steel arch bridge, tilling for
the drsr lime In generations the chan-
nel or Ihe Kicking llorse. Kortuiuiti'-
ty ll could dow that way without dan-
ger to Ihe town or the vladqcl below.
Tile colonel led his daughter to a
chair and then turned to Winters,
"You were there?" lie began. "Tell
.lie ii I ii ill I It"
ilrnpbleuHy the big ea'tle rancher
told the story of Meade'- mail rush
over Ihe rocks with In- inpan
ions, III the desperate a--:mlt lilt ihe
llog-btiek. of ihe success tlt.it had met
their efforts lo open the improvised
It as be disappeared In the
, en route |o the mesa to tight
let the open fi.v iihnlc The
trained mhers left Ihe room nl-.., last of all
i,re and Shurillir.
"You forgive me. Meade 1'te been
through hell Itself." salt! the old man,
"In these last six ttiniillis."
"l-'reeiy." said
And ShurtlilT away with a
lighter heart than lie had borne for
a long day.
The two lovers were alone again.
"You see," said Helen, "there's noth-
ing can keep us apart now."
"Nothing, thank Hod," whispered the
man.
"But 1 am sorry that It all enme out
this way. I'm sorry not only because
nf your suffering, hut for other reasons
- Rodney for one. lie It's too hadl
It was not necessary for you to get
yourself almost killed lo win tno, I
over after hours and Just sit on the mean, for wherever and whenever 1
side or the track and stare at the cur found you I was resolved to marry you,
where the man who had saved them willy nllly."
was lighting tor his life as desperately ( "And Is It true that poor old Rod
■ is they had roiight to save the dam. had grown to care?" In' asked, putting
Meade was surrounded by such an at- by Ihe academic discussion.
Unisphere of adtnlrntiou and devotion | The woman nodded.
as might have stayed the hand of death ] "I'm very sorry. I can't help II.
,| *.;•
. -'.Jill
iniomiional
sdnbsrsana.
Lesson
(Ity K O nrci.lJCIUV. A.tln* IXr*rtm
ihe RumUv flrhnol <*nur«# nf lh« MtwXlp
HIM* InitHot* nf CMrufo >
<<v>| rrl« it, 1 tiT N wi|np f futon p
LESSON FOR JULY 15.
HEZEKIAH, THE FAITHFUL KINO.
t.l'.HHON Ti:XT .1 t'hiwi * t.
tlnl.liKN TKXT-lle tlntl eonteth to
tto. 1 in..st believe that he I*, and that ha
iler . r them that diligently seek
him
Iteb ti i;
pillwnt
opt
and then the
■ :*. 1 lost nothing
final
in Ii
disaster.
> graphic
111 ■ l i
nli ii'u
line. It was i
otiel, patting li
"Where are ll
agnllieent,"
. daughter's
lie old colonel went t.. the door
car ami called tlie two men itit
tin
Certainly, My Dear Girl," Said the
Vice President
ire adequate. They would establish
'ottng Meade's innucence in any court
In the In lilt. Where Is he? I have llnlie
him an injustice. I am ready to make
amends," continued the colonel,
"Ami while you are talking" said I snld I hi
Helen Illlngworth, who hail been stand
lug In the doorway too absorbed by tin
Irainatlc recital lo interrupt It, "he's ! ha
itylng."
"Hying! Where?"
"lie was battered to pieces liy the
last dynamite explosion. We brought
him here."
"Were you there?"
"We saw It rrotii the top of the mesa.
till, ilon'l talk any longer."
cretice," said Illlngworth. with
prompt decision, "you haven't forgot-
ten all your old medical skill. This Is
nir Job. One of you Jump on the en-
gine and bring a physician up and
"I'm going," said Rodney. "Who's
the best doctor In town?"
"Doctor I'Yaser. lie's a young man.
hut very skillful." answered one of the
local bridge men.
"Bring our own Doctor Bailey up
here from our hospital' Willi him, and
tell that engine driver lo get down
to the town and back Just as .quickly
as he can go. Cheer up, Helen," saltl
ilonel. "I know that a man Is
not going lo rehabilitate himself by
such an action anil have the evidence
if tils Innocence brought out at such
a moment Just to die."
"Will you give me those papers, colo-
nel V" said Rodney. "You'll want this
written up ami "
'Take tlieni," saltl the colonel.
'Will you come along with me, Mr.
ShurtlilT? Afler I see the doctors I'll
want your allidavll."
"Yes, sir. anything," said ShurtlilT.
"It was line of you," said Winters,
to iry lo shield your employer ami
lie man you lovell, but thank (ioil, you
[poke mil hi'Tore It was too late. I'm
sorry I pulled Unit gun on you; you're
a man, ail right, even If you don't look
it." lie added to himself as ShurtlilT
bowed and followed Rodney.
Winters stood at the door of the pas-
sageway leading to the stateroom white
Helen Illlngworth and Severence, who
had been educated as a physician, and
the oltl colt I, who knew a great ileal
about woumls and uccldenls from his
war experience, entered the stater
A new spirit had come Into the rela-
tions between father and dauglitfr and
both were glad. There was no nues-
tlon now about tlie future. There
should lie no opposition from t'olonel
Illingworth. Within an hour the pa-
pers would have the story of how one
man had saved a great dam. the via-
duct, tlie town, and Its people, and
I hey would have at the same time the
story of who was responsible for the
fall of the International bridge. They
would have the story of the attempted
self-sacrifice of the son to save the
father. They would have the story of
the old man's splendid ami miiguaiilni-
ous avowal of responsibility before he
tiled. The United Slates, the world.
would ring with Die drninuttc tale.
It was as much to tell that story In
his own way as to summon medical
aid that Rodney had gone for the ilnc- j the
his handwriting and can identify It—
•Hold until bridge la finished ami then
give back to the boy. We'll show him
that even Schmidt-Chemnitz doesn't
know everything.'r
Colonel Illlngworth turned the paper
over. There waa the Indorsement.
"Well, by heaven 1" he began.
"There's soother paper la sn envel-
ope addressed to the editor of the Mew
York Quette. Will yea raad It aiomt,
s^T-
tor. Ami so the father held the daugh-
ter clasped to his side while both bent
over the atlll unconscious mail, whom
Doctor Severence quickly and careful-
ly and with wonderful skill, consider-
ing his long withdrawal from practice,
examined.
"What is It?" asked the colonel as
Ihe vice president looked up presently.
"My daughter la engaged to be married
to him"—and he was rewarded by the
thrill and quiver that shot through his
daughter's beiag which he felt A he
pre—ed her to his side—"we can't let
him die now."
"He's la God's haoda," answered
Seisr—ee gravely. "Has been tsrrtNy
P«M ererrwh
"In the bank down In Coronndo
I here's a t housand dollars of mine for
each of you." he said promptly.
"We didn't do it for money, sor,"
said the big Irishman, "although 'twill
lie welcome enough, but how is Mr.
Roberts?"
"Villi mean that man who blew up
the hog-hack?"
"SI. slgnore, a grcata man lie ees,"
' little Italian.
"I wish I could say he was all rigid,
ill there's a doctor with him and we
sent for Die best physician In
He's horribly hurt."
"But pliii.se lioil, he may pull through,
sor. The Holy Virgin an' the Sainls
presarve lilin," said the Irishman, mak-
ing the sign of the cross.
Ami In his own language little Kun-
nro breathed a similar prayer ami with
Ids grimy, toil-slaiued baud lie made
Die same gesture.
"Murphy," shouted a voice from tfTe
pines on Die side of the hill between
the car and Die mesa.
"That'll tie Mr. Vandeventer, the
resident engineer," said Murphy.
Colonel Illingworth turned to the
door again.
"Where's Roberta?" cried Vandeven-
ter, stumbling down the hill. He was
haggard and worn and weary to the
point of exhaustion, but as soon as he
had been assured of the safety of the
dam- and before he left the water was
visibly ri ling—lie had started out lo
seek tlie engineer whom he had. In his
mind In Die excitement of the moment,
accused of desertion.
"lie's here in my car, sir," said t'olo-
nel Illlngworth.
"And who are you, may I ask?" said
Vantleveiiier. crossing Die track and
swinging himself upon the platform of
Die car.
"I am Colonel Illingworth, president
of the Martlet Bridge company."
"But Roberts?"
"Ills Is not Roberts. It's
Mentle."
"What? The International man?"
"Yes."
"I knew lie was an engineer. Well,
lie's made up lor Ids failure there."
"lie did not fail there any more than
lie failed here," said the colonel.
"Where Is he?"
"It's a long story."
"II can wait," said Vandeventer
brusquely. "I want to thank lilm for
saving the dam and the lives of the
men on It, and the town, ami the rail-
road, and the bridge."
"I don't know whether you can thank
lilm or not," said the colonel.
"You don't mean
"lie was terribly hurt by Ihe last ex-
plosion and I hey brought him here."
"Can I see him?"
For answer Colonel Illlngworth
pointed to the door.
"This Is my daughter. Your name Is
Vandeventer. Is it not? Helen, tills Is
the engineer who is building the dam.
He has come to ask after Ills man."
"I've done everything I can for him,"
said Severence, coming out of the
stateroom, followed by Ihe porter, as
Vandeventer shook hands with the girl,
"lie's .still unconscious, but seems to
breathe a Utile easier,"
Into the little room the woman and
ihe four men crowded. Vandeventer,
accompanied by Murphy and Kuuaro,
l"i fl lowed Ihe colonel. Neither of the
orkmen would be left out. There lay
■nglneer, his face as white as the
Itself. There came a day when the
physician said mid talk a little.
"I saw you," Helen whispered. "1
was standing on the high hill watch
mg. looking down upon you J
fore"
"But I shall look up to you all the
rest of my life," saltl the man, as the
woman knelt, as was her wont, by the
side of the lied. She kissed Ills hand,
thin, wasted, but Willi
"No, I to you," ah
she pressed her lips to his lingers.
"hook Up a little higher, then." whis-
pered Meade with some of the old hu-
mor.
"Villi mean?"
The voiceless movement of his lips
told her the story. She raised herself
and kissed them lightly.
T haven't dared to ask I tint before,"
said Die man, closing Ills eyes. "I
wasn't strong enough to stand that."
"But you're going to get strong; you
must. I'll like to kiss you forever,"
said the woman willi pitying tender-
ness and great Joy.
"It's heavenly now, hut I shall have lo
go away again when I am able and—"
"We are never going to be parted
again."
"I cannot let you marry a discredited
man, a failure."
"Don't you know," said the woman,
rising, "that the whole United Statea
rings with your exploit, that the splen-
did saving of llie dam has caught the
fancy of the people as It deserves and
you are a hero everywhere and lo ev-
erybody?"
"But the International bridge and Its
failure?"
Unbeknown to the two tlie colonel
had stood In the doorway.
'We know the truth now, my hoy,"
said the old man. coming Into the room.
"It was your father's fault, not yours."
It was Characteristic of Meade's tem-
per and temperament that Ids white
lips closed ill a straight line at this.
"Where's ShurtlilT?" he asked, after
a silent communing with himself.
The old nuiii had come In and out of
the room like a ghost during Ills slow
recovery. Colonel Illingworth turned
away ami summoned Die secretary.
Rodney and Winters came, too.
We
were always together, talking about
you." she said.
"And he Wouldn't help tt, either," said
Meade. "Somehow I believe lie wan
it lie- Die better man for you to have taken."
But lie looked at her wistfully and
II the I anxiously as lie spoke.
"I won't argue with you," said the
girl, bending close lo him. "I'll only
say that I know I have thf best man
and clean now. 1 In all tin' world, but If lie were the
murmured, as ' worst, I would rejoice to have him Just
the same."
(TIIK END.)
WHERE PEACE IS ENDURING
For More Than s Century Uncle 8sm
snd Canada Have Been
Good Frienda.
Before me lies a letter from Mont-
real, and the most Interesting tiling
about It Is the cancellation stamp of
Die Canudfiin government, "Ulrard"
writes In the Philadelphia Ledger.
Upon the Wide Held of the British
dag Is printed In body type this re-
minder: "Help to win the war. Buy
wur savings certlllcates."
Camilla Is helping to win the war
not only with her dollars but with her
men. Hair a million have alreudy en-
listed, and that Is like I'enusylvanla
sending an equally large army to the
front, the population of Canada being
not quite so large as that of our state.
Curiously enough, most Aiuerlcsna
know much less about the government
or Canada than of England, France,
Russia or Germany.
We forget that July 1 Is Canada'i
Fourth of July, and that the dominion
came Into being Just fifty years ago.
We forget that instead of thirteen
colonies, as we had, Canada had but
four provinces.
We have had states and territories,
but Canada has provinces aud tlli
trlets. There are now nine of the for-
mer and live of the lutter.
Ours Is a republic, but Cuiiada Is a
dominion.
When Benedict Arnold's little army
of about eleven hundred men, which
hud marched, starved and frozen,
through the wilderness of Maine, at-
ShurtlilT," said Meade faintly but Quebec at the outbreak of the
(Irmly, "tell them again who Is re-
sponsible for the failure of Die Inter-
national."
"Forgive me, Mr. Meade," mild Shurt-
lilT, "lint It was your brave old father's
fault."
"Yoll see," said the colonel.
"We knew It all Die time," saltl Rod-
ney.
"Bui Mr. ShurtlilT bravely gave us
Die lltitil proof," saltl Winters.
"Those papers?" said Meade.
ShurtlilT nodded.
"And your father's own letter that
he wrote the papers before his heart
broke." said Rodney; "I'll read It to
you presently."
"Why <lld you do It. ShurtlilT?"
"To right a great wrong, sir. I saw
that we were mistaken to try to spare
linen of the pillow or the blindage
which hatl been deftly tied nrouml his
head, tine hand, still grimy aud mud-
stained, lay on the sheet. Helen Il-
llngworth knelt down and kissed it and
laid her head on the bed.
"lie Is to be niy husband If he lives,"
she said simply.
"A man and an engineer he Is." whis-
pered Vandeventer.
"I misjudged you. Meade." aald the
colonel softly, speaking as If the un-
conscious man could hear. "1 con-
demned you. I wish to heaven you
could bear me make amentia mem."
-Begot-- whispered Murphy, -yoa d
Helen Whispered.
Revolution, Camilla's population waa
less than that of West Philadelphia.
For 101! years the United States and
Camilla have not had a gun. soldier,
warship or fort to guard the -MMO-
tulle boundary line which divides (hem.
Proving Ihat when a lamb and a lion
lie down together the sheep does not
In variably repose Inside of the king
of beasts.
Silos in Argentina.
Drought mid the ravages of locusts,
says Commercial Agent Frank 11. von
Mot/, Buenos Aires, have so reduced
pusturage and the available suppllei.
of rodder In Argentine that the atten-
tion of planters and stock raisers turn
I focused on the feeding stuff ques-
tion and the advantage of silos dis-
cussed with vigor. "1 am told thai
many silos of re-enforced concrete ar«
being erected by local contractors
The machinery for preparing ensllag*
and for lllllng the silos will have to
be Imported and several American fac-
tories already have made arrange-
ments for the sale of this class of ma-
chinery."
Sable Fish.
The United Stales bureau of llsh
erics Is trying to popularize the salili
llsh, which Is found In large nilinhen
off the coasts of the Northwestern
st at es and Alaska, ll lias been almost
entirely neglected as a food, although
of high quality.
The sable tisli Is also called th«
black cod. I.ast fall fishermen caiiglll
the sable llsh In large quant.ties. Most
of the catches went Into cold storage
In order to bring this tlsh to tin
attention of dealers, thereby cnlisltii
i more general consumption, the llsh
cries bureau ha., prepared some print
,<I matter on the subject.
"I Saw You,'
tlie dead at the expense of the living,
to wreck your life snd the future, and
the happiness of Miss Illlngworth. tiod
bless her for her kindness to a lonely
old man. And ao when you were
brought here dead 1 told them the
truth and gave them the papers."
"Uentlemcn." Mid lleade. making a
last try, "It la Milw to deny It bow.
bat for the aake at ay tether's fame
you waat let nhyaaa hatf
-OM mm.' «M mrnm,
Attainments.
"How's your boy Josh getting on at
school?"
"I tlunno," replied Knnner Corntossel
"Rut If he Is really as smart as hit
conversation sounds, he's imtkln' somt
o* those perfessors hustle to keep uf
with him."
Careleeal
"Broken you New Tsar's reeolc
tlons yatr
"Tea, every ma ti them. I wlah M
The reformation tinder Hraeklah la
otic or tin' bright and attractive spot*
In the latter liMory of Dip kingdom of
Israel. It was a most thorough refor-
mation and tiod set Ids seal upon It
In many wonderful ways. Teachera
I ought to give their classes a compre-
hensive view of all that lle*eklah dbl.
j as recorded In II Chron., chapters
i
i. Hezek.sh'a Proclamstlon. (tt.
| I ii). The proper Introduction to thla
i lesson would lie to return to chapter
twenty-nine anil note the rpstoratlon
nf Dip worship of Jehovah. How It
began In one man's hpnrt, ller.pklah;
how he called the people to be clean
(21 :iri), then called upon a cleansing
of the house of Hod and Its restoration
(vv. IH, 111). How he called them to
renewed sacrlflee and worship (tt.
2(1. 21). The restoration of the sin-
offering and of llie burnt-offering, and
the result of these offerings In the he-
vltli'iil music and In the worship of th®
great congregation (20, 28). Tlie se-
quel of song alwnys follows snd ac-
companies a true revival of religion.
Having consecrated themselves unto
the I.ord, llezeklah sends out thla
proclamation. The consecration of the
people, as refprred In chapter 20, was
very complete. (8ee vv. 31-36.) lleze-
klah was a man of deep discernment
as well as of true piety. He saw the
meaning of the sacrifice nf redemption
and put Dip passover forward aa the
very heart-center of the worahlp of
Jehovah. (See vv. 1, 2.) Whoever un-
derstands the passover, underatanda
Hod's way of salvation. (See Exodus
12:13-23; I Cor. 5:7, 8; Rom. 8:25, 2®;
John 1:20.) Heselclah did not confine
his call to those of Israel alone, but
extended It hpyond Its borders to thoee
of Kphralm, thus manifesting the true
missionary spirit. Heseklah had am-
ple Scriptural warrant keeping thl
passover out of Ita regular order (W.
0 13). Hod Is not a Hod of time or
place. Wherever obedience la poaalble,
whether It be a matter of time or not.
Hod approves. Heseklah, however*
did not act upon his own Initiative,
but sought counsel. (See v. 2.) Tho
man who Is the most clearly led oT
Hod is the man who Is moat eager and:
anxloua to know how God la leading
other men snd will listen most patient-
ly to their counsel. The fact that tho
people bad not "gathered tima—lvsai
together at Jerusalem" for ■ loaf
time, might have warranted a far-
ther delay. Not so with thla enthwt-
astlc young king. He was not kotnd
by precedent, but was anxloas to
please Ood.
II. Heieklah'a exhortation (vv. 7-
13). Heseklah began hla exhortation
by calling attention to the treapaaeaa
of their fathers (v. 7). At the earn*
jtlme he reminds them that If Ood gav*
them over to deaolatlon because they
themselves were stiff-necked (v. 8)
snd yielded not themselvea onto th*
1 .ord to enter hla sanctuary, which h*
had sanctified unto them, they would
come under the flerceneaa of Ood'*
wrath, for they had turned from th*
hord; they had "trespassed against th*
Jxiril Hod of their fathers." Becauaw
of that trespass Ood had "given them
up to desolation." Literally he hadl
made them "an astonishment." Thl*
astonishment snd desolation was well
known, "as ye see" (v. 7). Anyon*
with eyes open csn see today the deao-
latlon of Individuals, of famlllea, com-
munities and natlona who treapaaa
against Hod. For a generation w*
have had Dip deity of Christ and the
Inspiration of his Word called Into
question and that the Individual man
is the dictator or his own conscience
and lire, ami It Is hpesuse men have
departed Trom their falthrul allegiance
to Jesus Christ and rail to obey hla
command, that we see the strife snd
desolation of today.
The first dpparture caused people to
he "stiff-necked" and Jehovah Is call-
ing them to repentance, hut they would
not hear (see Ch. 30:13; Ex. 32:9;
Horn. 10:21). In place of this "stlff-
neckness" of their hearts Heseklsh
entreats them to turn again to the.
ImtA anil not to be stiff-necked as wer
their fathers (v. 8), thst If they will,
turn again unto the hord (v. 0) they
will And compassion so that they ahalli
igatn enter his gracious and merciful
leallngs. navlng yielded themselvea
they were to enter Into rommunlon
with him and "enter Into his sanctu-
ary. which he had sanctified forever."
They were also to serve him. Most
blessed results were to follow for them
and tor their brethren snil their chili
dren, but all nf this bright prospect la
conditioned upon repentance, surren-
der, communion aud service, which Is
based upon the fact that Jehovah "Is
gracious and merciful" (Ex. 34:9, 7;
I's. mi :.1; Jonah 4:2; Mark 7:18).
Theu, even as now, there were those
who would not yield themselves to
f'.od's gracious Invitation. As the
priests passed through the country of
Kphralm and Munnsseh. even unto 2e-
liulun, they wpre "laughed to scorn
ti nil some mocked" (v. 10). Alss that
they did so, as we read their auba
qu.-iit history! Yet even In than*
places there were some who "ham-
bled themselves and came to Jeruaa-
lem," and In Judah the hand at Ood
was to give them one heart to do the
commandments of the king and at
the princes (v. 12). If we are faithful
ambassadors of Jehovah, he will Mean
our efforts, but we must expect to h*
laughed at snd to be mocked. Thla,
however, does not delay the wrath
Jehovah, the escaping frees whteh
there is remedy. The wlae I
and htin.hled tin
•v ilte wayride.
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