Fairview Republican (Fairview, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, November 17, 1911 Page: 3 of 8
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Tha atory opena with a acream from
Jporothy March In tha opera box of Mra
Missloner a wealthy widow It la oc
caaioned when Mra Mlaaloner'a necklace
wreaks aoatterfng the diamonds all over
the floor Curtis Griswold and Bruxton
Bands society men In love with Mrs Mia
1 aloner gather up the gems Griswold
ateps on What Is supposed to be the cels
orated Maharanee and crushes It A Hin-
doo declares It was not the genuine An
-expert later pronounces all the stones
eubstltutes for the original One of the
missing diamonds Is found In the room
of Elinor Holcomb confidential compan-
ion of Mrs Missloner She Is arrested
notwithstanding Mra Missloner belief
3n her innocence Meantime In an up-
town mansion two Hindoos who are in
America to recover the Maharanee dls-
auas the arrest - Detective Brits takes
s up the case He asks the co-operation of
Pr Fitch Elinor's fiance in runntnr
down the real criminal Brits learns tha
duplicates of Mrs Missloner’s diamond s
were made In Paris on the order df
Elinor Holcomb While walking Brits Is
aelred bound and gagged by Hindoos He
Is imprisoned in a deserted house but
makes his escape Brits discovers an In-
ane diamond expert whom he believes
was employed by either 8ands of Gris-
wold to make counterfeits of the Mission
r gems Griswold Intimates that Bands
is on the verge of failure Two Hindoos
'burglarise the home of Sands and are
ckptured by Brits On one of them he
finds a note signed by "Mllllcent" and ad-
dressed to "Curtis Brits locates a wo-
man named Milllcent Delaroche to whom
Griswold has been paying marked atten
tions The Swaml attends a bail at Mrs
Missloner’s home but learns nothing fur-
ther about the diamonds Brits disguised
as a thief visits the apartment of Mill!
cent He finds a box that once con-
tained the missing diamonds but It Is
empty
CHAPTER XXI I— (Continued)
“To head off the Hindoos” cried
Brits "Let’s get a cab” But the
last taxicab on the Renaissance stand
had been chartered an hour before
hy a swarthy man who seemed to be
In great haste That much Brtts
learned from the Inspector In charge
of the stand Brits and Fitch round'
d the corner of the hotel Close to
the curb stood a private coupe The
coachman doubtless on a long wait
was nodding sleepily Brits jerked
open a door of the carriage
"Jump In quick!” he cried and
Fitch who long ago had learned to
oarry out Brits’ suggestions without
topping to ask questions sprang Into
' the cab Brits slammed the door with
' a violence that awoke the coachman
Before the driver could utter a word
of protest the athletlo detective
reached the box beside him In a single
leap pushed him off with a above
that landed the emased jehu on hie
hands and knees on the sidewalk
seized the reins snatched the whip
nd put the horse to a gallop As he
sped away he hastily changed the
whip to the hand that held the rib-
bone and whipping from his pocket
a card that read "Detective-Lieutenant
Brits Police Headquarters” he
Rung It at the prostrate Coachman
with the words: “Call there tomor
row for your rig”
Then wltl) the horse straining at
the traces in Indignant surprise Brits
drove at breakneck speed down the
avenue turning sharply at the first
convenient corner and heading east
toward the mysterious brown-stone
dwelling wherein he had held his in-
teresting Interview In regard to the
ways of the Orient with the Eastern
' sage
The galloping horBe and the sway
Ing carriage shook the echoes of the
silent streets and at several avenue
crossings traffic policemen started to
halt the Central Office man But In
each Instance the detective shouted
Tm Brits of Headquarters!” and
that averted Interruption as he dashed
on toward the Swaml's house at top
speed Arriving there he hastily
handed the ribbons to a patrolman
who chanced to be at that end of the
heat and followed closely by Fitch
he ran up the steps and pushed the
button of the elecrlc bell Inside the
house the burr-rr of the little gong
sounded piercingly ' Brits and Fitch
listened Impatiently at the outer door
of the vestibule for responsive Steps
hut none came Then the detective
recalled the thickness of the rugs and
carpets Jri the house and did not 'at
once conclude no one was witbtn
Until he had rung the bell several
times In vain he did not accept the
fact that the bouse either was unten-
anted or was occupied by persons
who did not see fit to answer A word
to the bluecoat on the sidewalk ac-
companied by a flash of a shield on
the detective's waistcoat had told
him the visit wsb a matter of police
business' Then Brltz ran down the
ateps and tried the basement door
The detective was equally unsuccess-
ful In his demands to obtain a re-
j aponse to his ring of the lower hell
He ran up the steps again and once
more pushed the button of the elec-
tric call No answer come Brits
turned the handle of the door To his
astonishment It turned freely and
at a gentle push the door swung In-
ward The Inner door of the vestibule
was ajar Brits and Fitch entered
cautiously” Their feet fell silently on
the heavy Oriental rug They found
themselves in - complete darkness
The glimmer from the street lamp did
not penetrate more than a foot or two
beyond the Inner door Brits whisked
oht his electrto torch and turned Its
miniature headlight on the passage
and on the area leading to the upper
part of the house
“Hello!” he called "la anybody
InT”
Silence as heavy and oppressive as
the darkness beyond tha radiance of
Bible Has Been Standard
1 Immense Literary Influence Whloh ths
King Jamas' Version Has Had
on People
Ths celebrations of ths tercentenary
of ths authorised version of tha Bible
naturally lead to a consideration of
the Immense literary Influence of that
version says a New York Sun corre-
spondent Swift's dictum stands pre-
eminent In this direction:
his little pocket lamp answered him
agafii The two men the detective
slightly In advance walked quickly
along the hall to the door at the rear
where Brits parted the portieres and
looked Into the big room In which he
had Interviewed the Eastern echolar
Ita appearance was much the same aa
It had been on his preceding visit
save that as hla practiced eye dwelt
more perilatently upon it he noted
the disappearance of many small arti-
cles particularly a porphyry Buddha
that had sat within a little ahrlne
upon the wall The apartment had the
aeemtng of having been subjected to
a surface stripping by persons about to
leave It In a hurry Few of the sol-
emn books that had been scattered
about the room remained Among the
Oriental objects still In the room was
the narghlleh from which the sage
was fond of drawing q smoker’s com
eolation
"Gone ehT” said Fitch In an urn
dertone -
Brits nodded
"Think we had better look up-
stairs T” asked the doctor
With another swift nod the detec-
tive turned on his heel and led the
way from floor to floor until they
reached the top of the house They
glanced Into every room and explored
the larger apartments thoroughly All
were empty Here and there they
found evidences of hasty packing In
various rooms were queer Jumbles of
the East and-West — linen collars with
single hairline stripes of delicate tints
lay beside Oriental scraps of man!
test fineness On one rack hung
Derby hat on another a turban like
that worn by the Swaml and like the
kerchief Brits had found on the fire
escape of the Hotel Renaissance One
of the most' Interesting finds was
scimitar with a jeweled hilt and
blade of wonderful keenness Brits
drew it from its scabbard and was
about to feel the edge 1 when Fitch
stopped him with a swift gesture
Don’t touch It lieutenant" said the
doctor "One never knows what
criminal tricks these beggars play
with their weapons” ’
As the detective looked st him In
qulrlngly he added: 1
'A sword or dagger Is as likely to
be poisoned as not In fact they pre-
fer poisons to straight fighting"
Convinced there was no one In the
upper part of the house the two men
descended to the main floor and re-
entered the reception room at the
rear
This was their den" said Brits ex-
planatory as he began a closer search
of the room "We may find a trace of
them In some of their papers It'
worth a few minutes to make a hunt
Get busy doc!" And the detective
rummaged through drawer after draw-
er Fitch following his example They
found many unusual articles but
nothing that gave an inkling of the dt-
rectlon of the Hindoos’ flight — for It
was certain the Orientals had depart'
ed hastily having gained their object
In getting possession of the MlBsloner
necklace Brits had no smallest doubt
the Easterners had anticipated him
In the burglary of Mrs Delaroche’s
apartments He did not believe any
of the low-caste Hindoos would have
been skilful enough to get Into the
woman’s rooms so near the top of the
building In his opinion the gems had
been filched from Mllllcent’s pillow
by either the Swaml or the Prince
It was typical of the clever cunning
of the blgh-caste Orientals to take
only the Jewels and leave the casket
under the pillow so that Mrs Dela-
roche should not miss the Btones un-
til’ the last moment possible They
must have picked the lock
Brits had ended his exploration of
the last table drawer and was turning
to a lacquered desk when Fitch with
cry of unmistakable alarm gripped
his wrist and dragged him toward the
divan and with a bound stood upon
its yielding surface
Jump up quick!” said the doctor
plucking at the detective's arm as he
spoke
Brits had experienced too many
emergencies In his career to waste
time In qunestlons When anyone of
whose friendliness be felt sure told
him to 'jump run or duck obedience
to the command was his first lnBtlnct
time enough for explanation after-
ward He leaped to the springy sofa
beside the physician and turned to
find the doctor’s arm stretched tense-
ly ending In a quivering forefinger
that pointed at something moving
across the space between the divan
and door Even as the two looked at
It the motion of the creature ceased
ahd two beady eyes were turned In
their direction Fitch dragged the
detective to the other end of the Bofa
and began climbing to the top of a
tall chiffonier that stood against the
wall Brits needed no further word
from his friend The physician’s
baste was sufficient Indication tllat
they were In grave peril and though
the tall chest of drawers made slip-
pery climbing he was beside the doo-
tor with marvelous quickness When
both were safely on the top of the
chiffonier Fitch lowered a foot and
with a powerful shove sent the divan
yard or more away Then he drew
his feet to the top of their perch and
bade Brits do the - same That done
fitch mopped his brow with a hand-
"If It were not for ths Bible ahd
Book of Common Prayer In the vulgar
tongue we should hardly bs able to un-
derstand anything that waa written
among us a hundred years ago Those
books being perpetually read In
churches have proved a kind of stand-
ard for language especially to tba com-
mon people?
Add to this the testimony of Has-
IttL who also pointed to the sudden In
"Hurt MuohT” Aakad
kerchief which crisp one instant waa
limp tha next
’Pretty dose call" he said when
speech was restored to him
"What Is It T” asked Brits
“What Is It?" exclaimed the doctor
'Well only the most dangerous thing
infinite wisdom has seen fit to place
In that wonderland of tbs East"
’Snakfe?" asked the detective
‘Snake I” cried Fitch "That’s not
the word man It Is the most poison-
ous serpent kauwn to scientists — the
terrible cotta dl capello of Hlndo-
stan A single touch of its fangs Is
the beginning of the end — the way to
ewift finish”
“Hurt much?" asked the detective
coolly
“It Is said to be the most frightful
torture man can experience — death by
a cobra's poison Science has not yet
found an antidote If a rattler bites
you you may save your life with
whisky If you get it soon enough
When a cobra sets his teeth In you
you don’t have time to drink the whis
ky even If the glass Is at your lips
and nobody knows whether it would do
any good If you had time to drink It”
A long low whistle was the detec-
tive's only expression of his apprecia-
tion of their predicament His study
of Oriental lore did not acquaint him
with the characteristics of the cobra
But the doctor waa a scientist and
Brltz was willing to take the Informa-
tion on trust It waa a situation in
which he felt he could afford to dis-
pense with experimental knowledge
The thick beautifully rounded snake
ashen In color and sinuous of move-
ment apparently waa not alarmed by
the scramble of the doctor and the de-
tective to the top of the chiffonier nor
even by the swing of the divan under
the vigorous push of Fitch's foot It
lowered the head It had lifted a few
Inches from the floor and continued
Its passage across the room but a
short dry laugh from the sleuth evi-
dently angered It more than any louder
noises It stopped midway of the
room turning Its bead once more to-
ward the men on their narrow perch
An Involuntary shiver ran through
Fitch and even Erltz felt a little un-
comfortable under the serpent’s glit-
tering gaze The creature colled Itself
In the center of the floor Its head lift-
ed and those beady eyes twinkling
furiously Then began a motion of the
bead like that of a waterspout to a
point at least knee-high of a tall man
The head bent forward slightly and
the neck on both aides distended slow-
ly until the loose fle3h formed a sort of
hood behind and slightly above both
sides of the narrow wicked forehead
of the serpent
“Look!” cried Fitch “That Is the
unmistakable sign of a cobra the dead-
ly hooded snake of India It Is like no
other member of the serpent family
When you see that libod commence to
come out — don’t wait to -see the rest”
About how long do you think It will
stay there doctor?” aBked the deteo-
tlve Until It either gets us or forgets
‘ answered the physician “Tba dis-
tension of the skin about the neck In
that way means that the beast Is an-
gry Onoe It Is thoroughly aroused It fore
never gives up until It strikes Its vlo- "Bottled
tim or Is killed — unless something gloomily
undation of England by great litera-
ture In 1611 After referring to the
greatnesa and simplicity of such sto-
rloc aa those of Joseph Rachel and
Laban Ruth and Boas tbe captivity
and deliverance of Israel he says:
“Thera Is In all these part of the
scripture and numberless mors of th
same kind an originality a vastness
of conception a depth and tender-
ness of feeling and a touching sim-
plicity In ths mode of narration which
he whodoes not feel need be mad of
no 'psnstrabl stuff”'
the Deteotlve Coolly
more startling happens to distract ita
attention"
"Rather looks as If we were trap-
ped" Brits said
“Somewhat” rejoined Fitch ‘‘We’re
here to stay unless that reptile goes”
“Can we kill it do youthlnkj” aaked
the detective
“We might If we had a machine gun
—-have you got a pistol?”
“I brought one into the room'
swered Brits feeling In his pockets
"but I laid It on that table when I was
going through those drawers Pretty
careless eh?'
Fltoh nodded - He waa racking his
wits for some means of escape which
meant so far as he could see a meth-
od of killing the snake It seemed use-
less to expect bsip from outside the
house The door between the hall and
the room In which they were was
closed and before It hung portieres
heavy enough to muffle their loudest
shouts Their only probable chance of
relief lay in the hope that the blue-
coat would become sufficiently anxious
at their failure to return and would
enter the house In quest of them
Even In that rather remote contin-
gency however It was far from cer-
tain they could warn him before the
cobra could glide across the room and
strike him to death No they were
thrown utterly upon their own re-
sources Brltz agreed with the doctor
on that point as In low tones so that
they might not further Inflame the ser-
pent they discussed their situation
'Guess there’s nothing accidental
about this little sunshine being In the
room" said Brtts musingly "Those
Oriental strong-armers probably fig-
ured It out that one or both of us
would come here and so they arranged
this pleasing little surprise party I
think It is worthy a place In the society
columns as one of the successes of thp
season”
He made light of the danger because
that was bis way when he was In a
particularly tight place but he rea-
lized the peril by this time as fully as
did the doctor There was nothing hu-
morous In the fact that all the time
they were held prisoners atop the chif-
fonier by the gray death before them
the Hindoos were doubtless making the
most of the time thus gained for es-
cape True he had asked that all the
ordinary avenues of escape from the
city be watched and although he took
It for granted Chief - Manning would
carry out the request conscientiously
he wad not at all confident the men
sent from the Central Office and from
the various precinct headquarters
would be proof against the adroitness
of Indian noblemen adepts and thugs
Moreover It was as good as certain
that the Swaml the Prince and their
followers would not seek to flee the
city by any ordinary route Brits him-
self had he been free to continue the
pursuit would have looked first to the
most extraordinary modes of flight
compatible with praotlcal conditions
From what be knew of the men by
this time It would not amaze him
greatly to find they had left the city
by airship or submarine Bllgbtly Im-
probable as eltner means of transit
might have been a tew years be-
nr" '
up doct” he exclaimed
Elsewhere he says: "There are de-
scriptions In tbe Book of Job more
prodigal of Imagery mor Intense In
passion than anything In Homer as
that of the stats of bis prosperity and
of the vision that cams upon him by
night' - -
)
Cennsctleut Farmers Against Rabbit
Most assuredly th proposed protec-
tion of rablbts by Imposing a limit
upon catches and by lessening th
opening season Vv'll not b approved
by farmers and fruit growers Under
“That's what It looks like” assented
Fitch
“Unless” Brits continued
get that gun — ”
‘And use It effectively” put In Fitch
“I'm someth thg of a ahot” the detec-
tive ventured meditatively “Maybe
I could hit It and maybe I ootdl get
that gun
His eyes ranging the room in the
Immediate neighborhood of the chif-
fonier had alighted upon the water
pipe The long flexible rubber stem
of the narghlleh was stretched across
the table and the mouthpiece hung
over the back of a chair within a few
feet of the top of the chiffonier
"I'll try It” said the detective decis-
ively ‘‘Give a hand here doc!”
Fitch hooked one arm about the or-
namental knob at the back of the ohlf-
fonier and with his free hand gripped
the detective's left wrist Brits his
left hand clutching the doctor’s sleeve
the toe of hlB left boot thrust between
the chiffonier and the wall leaned far
out In an attempt to reach the tube
of the water pipe He withdrew his
arm quickly however and gave a little
nervous cough aa the drab death that
lay coiled in the middle of the floor
straightened its sinister length and
glided swiftly across the room then
colled itself once more directly under
the spot where the detective's stretch-
ing fingers had been Once more the
head arose with that strange slnuoua
swaying motion and It began to move
slowly back and forth while the glis-
tening eyes seemed to shoot sparks to-
ward the man who hung at such fear-
ful hazard above It
"Gee!” said Brits “This Is getting
a little too close for comfort How far
can that thing stretch doctor?”
“No higher than that” answered
Fitch "at least I think not I under-
stand the cdbra can strike only
straight forward1
“Sure it can’t make an upper cut?'
Inquired the sleuth
"I’m not going to say positively I'm
not sure of anything with that kind of
a brute" Fitch answered “The beat
way Is to take no chances Let me
have a try for the gun'
A bifurcated scarlet thread the
slender forked togue of the reptile
darted In and out of Its gaping jaws in
a frenzied way It waa apparent to
anyone — be he scientist or layman —
that the serpent waa In a white heat of
fury Woe betide the human flesh that
came within reach of that eager death-
dealing venom
Brltz though he waa known the
length and breadth of the department
as the coolest proposition under Man-
ning’s command frankly shuddered as
he watched the undulating menace of
the serpent's body and the staccato
play of the tongue that seemed to
mock him with the deadly humor of a
fiend He was willing to risk his life
If need be to prevent the escape of
the dark subtle enemies whose de-
moniacal Ingenuity had caught him In
such a trap for trapped he seemed to
be beyond the possibility of - escape
That they bad matched their cunning
agatnBt bis cold hard Occidental skill
and common sense only made him the
more determined to outwit outplay
outfight them
“No doc" said the detective firmly
It was my fool carelesnesa that left
that gun on that table and It's up to
me to get It You hold me fast and sit
tight and If anybody gets stung It’ll
be me'
Once again Brits warily watching
the ''snake stretched forth his arm
stretched his fingers until be could al-
most feel them crack and strained
his muscles almost beyond endurance
the while his nerve was subjected to
the severest test of all his experience
At last he nipped the smooth amber of
the pipestem’s mouthpiece between
the tips of his first and second fin-
gers It was the slightest of grasps
but so steady were the nerves of the
Headquarters man that although tbe
cobra tn Its swaying seemed to ap-
proach ever nearer the arm and naked
wrist that shrank involuntarily from
the fancied death-thrust of those
gleaming fangs still he did not flinch
He clung to the pipestem bis fingerB
steadily drawing It toward him until
he had a firm clutch on the rubber
tube Then with a powerful upward
and backward heave he regained hla
position on the chiffonier the twisting
hoBe gripped tn his hand Tbe other
end of the pIpeBtem still was attached
to the bowl of the narghlleh As the
tube festooned between the table and
the chiffonier it went close to the
head of the cobra Lightning-like the
head dashed toward It fangs bristling
and only a quick twitch of the detec-
tive’s fingers snatched the stem be-
yond the reach of those poison-freighted
Ivory needles
That Jerk freed the other end of
the tube from the pipe bowl and
Uriti quickly looped It In hla hands
Holding both ends of the long stem
he knotted a single loop In the mid-
dle and flung It like a double lariat
upon the table beside the pistol Slow-
ly dragging the pipestem back bs
pulled it after several trials about
the chamber of the weapon Then
handing one end of the tube to the
doctor Brltz took hold of the other
explaining his purpose to Fitch In a
"lew words The detective stretched
bis arm away from the chiffonier at
one end the physician did the same
present limitations rabbits hav mul-
tiplied until they have become almost
a plague
Their principal offense Is Hi gird-
ling of fruit trees to which they ar
strongly addicted even when the
ground Is not snow-covered So far
aa known they serve no useful pur
pose exoept as food their pelts are
next to valueless bringing only a
cent each and "alow sale” aven at
that prlca Farmers bring the addi-
tional charge that rabbit huntsra tear
down and do not reconstruct their
at the other and they stood pulling
In opposite directions thus tightening
the loop about the pistol When the
grip of the tube on the weapon waa
firm enough it waa comparatively
easy to swing the revolver from the
table to tbe ohlffonier Brits gripped
the gun with an Intake of breath that
betokened satisfaction
“Now then doc” he said briskly
“Let’s see if wa can’t put the reverse
English oe that Garden of Eden epi-
sode Here’s where the seed of tbe
woman bruises the serpent with hla
heel”
"I would advise you 1 to As your
bruising at long distance” md Fltoh
“and unless you have more cartridges
about you I wouldn’t waste a shot
You won’t find It easy to hit him”
Brits in a moment or two realized
the doctor spoke true The swaying
neutral-tinted body was no easy mark
for the most practiced marksman
His first shot went wide The bullet
Imbedded itself In a leg of the table
with a rasping sound that only Infuri-
ated the cobra the more Brits his
nerve slightly shaken by the miss
fired again quickly shivered the bowl
of the narghlleh and caused the
snake to oscillate more and more vio-
lently It became apparent he would
gain nothing by aiming at Its head
"I’ll have a try at him ’midships
he said
Only three loaded cartridges re-
mained In the revolver and as Brits
found no extra ones in any of hla
pockets he knew he must make the
most of those he bad A third time
the pistol cracked The bullet grazed
tbe serpent's flesh It did not Injure
the spine Quickly the upraised part
of the body sank upon the coll but It
reared Itself again In an Instant and
the furious darting of the tongue re-
vealed that the reptile waa more en
raged than ever
“Want to take a crack at it doc?”
asked the detective handing the
weapon to tha physician
Fltoh had no poor Idea of himself
as a fancy shot but he found his
muscular control too sadly shaken by
hla narrow escape from the cobra to
shoot straight His shot— the fourth—
was a wider mist than any of the de-
tective’s had been He handed the
pistol back to the Headquarter’ man
and shock his head ‘
You’re the man to stay on tbe fir-
ing line” he said
Brits eyed the revolver grimly In
Its blue-steel chamber were four
empty cartridges and only one that
held the potentiality of release from
their dangerously uncertain refuge on
the chiffonier Crooking his left arm
he used the angle made by hla elbow
as a rest and leveled the long blue
barrel of the blg-callbered weapon
steadily Pausing until the swaying
of the serpent diminished as much aa
It apparently was going to do he
fired
A writhing twisting snarl was the
result The cobra coiled and uncoiled
with electric rapidity traveling In cir-
cles all over the space between the
chiffonier and the table whence Brits
bad lassoed the pistol Plainly tbe
reptile was hit — mortally wounded he
thought but as he started to descend
Impatiently Fitch seized him and lit-
erally flung him back on the chiffon-
ier's smooth top
Not yet” said the doctor nervous
ly "Let’s wait a minute”
It was profitable patience For after
probably a minute of terrible struggle
the cobra returned to Its coll and
once more reared Its head The gray
body throbbed fiercely but closer
scrutiny showed the man the snake
had not been hit with fatal result
Suddenly the physician seized Brits
arm in a nervous grasp
By Jupiter!” he exclaimed
“You’ve shot out Its tongue!”
(TO BE CONTINUED)
“Prince John” Van Buren
John Van Buren son of Martin Van
Buren at one time generally known
as "Prince John” having undertaken
the representation as a lawyer of a
certain cause before tbe courts very
much to the disgust of one of hla
friends the latter expostulated with
him In vain and losing bis temper
exclaimed
'Van Buren Is there no case so
low so vile so filthy that you would
decline to represent It?”
"I do not - know” Van Buren re-
plied hesitatingly and quickly ap-
proaching his ear close to the llpa
of the Inquirer he whispered "What
have you been doing?” — Hilton: "Fun-
ny Side of Politics”
Matter of Breathing
Teacbers will be interested In tha
experiments of Dr Noble connected
with the New York schools He finds
that many boys are vicious looking
and bad because they do not breathe
properly One boy who scowled at
his teacher and frequently played
truant after a course In breathing
lessons became a bright upright-looking
boy and fond of school
Tit for Tat
“Why was Muggles so angry with
hts wife?”
“Because she took ths money to pay
for her new harem skirt that he In-
tended to use for his Turkish ciga-
rettes” fences and this complaint Is founded
upon facta— Bridgeport Farmer
Evident Misunderstanding
"How la the flora of your neighbor
hood?" asked the city man
"Fine!” replied tbe suburbanite "1
don't think she was aver better in her
whole life!”
'“What are you talking about any-
way? I laid tha flora of your nelgb-
orhosd ” -
"Bure I heard you' Flora— abs's
my wife I "—Yonkers Statesman
EZRA’S JOURNEY
10 JERUSALEM
SmmUj Scfcssl Lnm far Ksr 19 1911
SptdiUjf Arranffsd for Tbit Paps'
LB8SON TEXT— Kira 8-18-88
MEMORY VERSES— 11 B
GOLDEN TEXT— “Ths hand of our
God Is upon all tham for good that aoolr
hlm" — Ezra 1-21
TIME— B C 468 tha aovanth year od
Artaxorxea
Eira leavoa Babylon with hla company
on tho 1st day of tho lot month March
and ranches Jerusalem on tho let day of
the Ith month July
The convocation waa on tho kith day of
the 9th month (In Nov-Dee)
Hie reforms were made during tha win-
ter Dee 468 to March 48T
The nearly sixty year between th
eixth and seventh chapters of Esra of
which there 1 almost no direct reo-'
ord could scarcely be called “the
blank annals of well-being" Without
these happy periods of dullness our t
live would be hell and- our heertsl
eternally bubbling end boiling In ei
huge pot made hot with thorns But
these were years cf alow progress of!
dullness end neglect like e garden
wherein the heavenly plants while
still growing were overran with!
weeds and the vines and olive trees
ubtrlmmed and neglected bore but
small and scanty fruit
The temple had been built hut the
opposition had been so great that
the walls had not been restored and
the rubbish still arose In long-stretching
mounds The visions of glory had
faded They had expected a vast In-
flux of their brethren from Babylon
and other lands but had been to a
great extent disappointed
Ezra no doubt knowing the condi-
tion of things in Jerusalem had not
only prepared hla heart to seek the
law of the Lord and to do It but he
planned to go up to Jerusalem and
teach In Israel statutes and judgments
Moved by religious seal and also It
would seem with the statesmanlike
view of making Jerusalem once more
the Ireal spiritual metropolis of Ju-
daism Ezra conceived the idea of In-
fusing new life and new ldeala Into
the Judean community by leading a
fresh band of zealously religious ex-
iles back to Judea on mission of re-
form s ' j
They started from Babylon on the-
flrst day of the first month whloh
would be some time In the last of
March ot th first of April accord-
ing to the date of Easter and Pass-
over It took some time to reach
Ahava and get things thoroughly ar-
ranged for tbe journey so that It was
the twelfth day of the first month
about the time of the Passover our
Easter before they began their long
march And the hand of our God was
upon us the hand that defends the
hand that gives the hand of friend-
ship They came to Jerusalem after
journey of four months arriving there
the first day of the fifth month or
about the middle of July The dis-
tance In a direct line waa about 600
miles but the road followed by Ezra’s '
caravan made a long detour to avoid
the desert and could hardly have been
less than 900 miles From Ahava the
time was 110 days so that the cara-
van averaged nine miles a day omit-
ting Sabbaths which was as fast as a
caravan could easily go with women
and children walking and household
effects to be carried
Esra brought $2000000 for the re-
pair of the temple and for all that
was necessary to put the outward
forms of worship In perfect condi-
tion He Infused the community with t
his own devoted and consecrated spir-
itual life and fervor He brought with
him the Book of the Law and the
Prophets with its strict morality and
made It known to tha people In con-
trast with this holy law the conduct
of the people In adopting "the abom-
inations” of the heathen -appeared In
all Its glaring wickedness
Then Ezra entered upon hla great
reform Some of the leaders pointed 1
out to Ezra that the people even the
princes and rulers were intermarry-
Ing with the Idolaters and there was
danger that the religion of Israel
would be destroyed that all the sins
which caused the exile would be re-
peated and all that the exile had done
as a discipline would be lost -I
Ezra first by himself was astound-
' ed and stunned by the report and
showed all the signs of deepest sor-
row and humiliation Then there was
a meeting together with him of "every
une that trembled at the words of the
God of Israel because of the trans-
gression of those that had been car-
ried away” They sat In bitter aston-
ishment till the tlmp of evening
prayer Then they bowed themselves
before the Lord and wept and prayed
end confessed and entreated
Then followed a public meeting a
great congregation of men and women
and children There came the great
moral reform There waa a proclama-
tion throughout all Judah and Jeru- -salem
that all should gather them- '
selves unto Jerusalem upon pain of
having their property confiscated and -themselves
excomunlcated from the
brotherhood of Israel In a great rain
they confessed repented and re-
formed Those who are bribing and taking
bribes— trying to get rich by graft
and dishonesty forging cheating
hanks committing all kinds of crime
although the sinners are rich and of-
flceholders — ar now working In Jails i
separated from their wives and chll- r
dren and are learning honest trades
It Is aad Indeed but there la no
other way of saving the nation i
The suffering Involved by Ezra's
course was not necessarily so great j '
rb It would seem not so great as 1m-
prlsonment of a family man causes to-
day The man could still support th '
discarded wife and children end do
nil possible for her comfort But ho '
must not join In her Idolatry or be ' 1
lubjeot to a bad family atmosphere "
The suffering caused by this course
was the fruit not of Ezra's work but
of (ha wrong doing The physician Is
not to blame for the bitterness of hi
medicine nor the surgeon for ampu-
allng the limb Ahnb laid all his suf-
ferings to Elijah saying: "Art thou
he that troubleth Israel?" And he
-nswered "1 have not troubled Israel '
tit thou and thy father's house In '
but ye have forsaken tha command-
Mients of the Lord” j '
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