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THE STOK Y Sl* EAR SANDY McNEIL. in love with life, matries BEN MUR I LEO, a rich Italian, to please her impoverished family. Tyranny by Murillo and frequent uuarrei.a follow. A sou dies at birth. HOB XcNBIX., her uncle, aids in plans for fcfchdtr and her mother to take a trip to Honolulu There she meets RAMON WORTH, who styes her life in the surf. On the sarnf steamer home he declares his love. Murillo say? he will never re. lease her. JUDITH MOORE, a cousin, lolls Sandy love is everything. Murillo overtakes her as she coes for a tryst with Ramon. He appears, uiv xne. tedly. at a party she is yitiutr for her iriemls After tho party he strikes her. She leaves his house and accents (he kindly attentions of Ramon, whose hom° sh" shares. She then accents a position in the city and boards out. GO ON WITH THE STORY 1 ROM HERE CHAPTER LX I "Because I've Rot a job? Vou didn’t think I could stay on there always. Ramon —so alone —taking from you?’’ His mouth hardened: “Why can't you take from me? Why do you exalt money as though it had a power in itself to hurt you? Do you think I would make it hold you to me or want it to hold you to me? You'll bo living alone here almost as much. It will be more difficult, for us to see each other. And how can it help you even in your own opinion.’’ “Yes—it will. Anyway, you will know that I come with you freely—because I wish to —” He drove with his eyes glued to the road, tense and excited. "That would l>c all right, Sandy, if yoUj could get a decent job. But you can’t stand this layout. You're not used to it. After you pay your board and laundry and lunches you won't have $5 a month left for clothes and car fare and everything else that comes up. flow long will you stand that?” Sandy shrugged. She smiled into the darkness. The trees flew past her in shadowy blurs. She thought of her wedding night and her wideeyed terror starting on that journey. Now she was beginning again. Little shivering oppressive fears crept through her. She pushed them off with an im petuous defiance: “Oh. something will happen. This is only temporary. I’m not going to be earning $65 all the days of my life.” And she repeated with a brazen tilt of her head: “Something will happen!” “What, Sandy? What’s going to happen?” ♦ * * More than once In tbe last week as she walked to work she had come to an abrupt pause, asking herself this same question. These lovely days with the first lilt of summer singing through the valley and the May roses blooming in every garden —on these gay sunny mornings, of course, something joyous must happen. Incredible that a fine, breezy person like Sandy McNeil would be filing compensation reports in a cooped-in office all the days of her life. She was doing this only till Ben Murillo came to his senses and realized she was in earnest; she'd left him for good and all. Then he'd release her. But if he didn’t? She refused to think of it. She sat up and poked her head from the window sniffling noisily of flic sweet night air. She was aware of Ramon's rigid quiet. Ho leaned moodily forward regarding her now and then with pained, ardent eyes. How long would she endure the beggary of such a mean, grinding life? She would grow restless and impatient under the pinching and want. The woman in the postoffice had frightened her and

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so she had run away—proved to the world that, she was free and brave —she was not taking things from him. What had they to do with the world? He saw already in this attitude of hers a tragic menace to their happiness. * * * Midnight when they reached the cottage. A burnished moon Sung in the pines like an immense golden fruit. The pine swayed, and then the moon swung free and rode aboc the waters so that they rippled and took life. The waters flashed with eerie figures—strange, lighted figures glided on the waves. “How thrilling, Ramon!” she drew close to him. turning her hand in his—stirred to her inmflst pulse. The quiet, of the night swept and uplifted them like music. Sandy thought with pain: "This is love—this is beauty. T want tills.” She said aloud: "Ramon —Oh, isn’t it lovely!”

In these moments a glad recklessness possessed her. She would turn to him with a vivid laugh: “I'm glad! I’ll always bet” She was young enough to exult in her defiance; to regard herself a free, brilliant being who dared to do wha.t others wished but feared. She recalled characters in fiction women who were a law unto themselves, seizing boldly the color and vividness of life; leaving to tbe paltry the meanness of reluctance and remorse. This, moment of disturbing beauty with that sack, poetic tree, so still there in its rocky cleft, was a holier thing than she would ever have known if she had bowed— She told herself this and wondered why her breath grew short and the tears came to her eyes. She leaned against ills shoulder, watching the fantastic imagery of the water. * * * He said softly; "There isn’t anything T wouldn’t do for you, Sandy. "What, for instance?” “Everything. Sometimes I wonder if you care much —deeply—so that you’d be willing to spend a thousand lives with me?” "Oh, not that many! I don’t think I'd want a thousand lives.” "I would —with you!” "You look so tragic. Ramon, when you speak so. Not like yourself.” “I’m not myself since I met you. At least I'm not what I was before.” He turned her face upward. In ; the moonlight his appeared white, J his eyes glowed and were soft in its \ pallor. He gazed at her, smiling: 1 “I'm not what I was before, Sandy, i You own me ; Do you know this? I 1 don't think except in terms of you!” ! She gave a little shivering laugh, j The image of him so burned on her mind. Afterward —on many a tor tured night she saw Ramon stand 1 ing so —holding her face—kissing it. * * * "Say that you love me, Sandy. Why are you so grudging?” “Don't I love you—mustn't I love ! you?” Atfer this he was light-hearted ! again .. . the brown eyes were sunny. "I like you better gay. Always be laughing, Ramon. I can’t bear, mournful people.”

They rose early and went for a swim in the chilly water. The air was cold, and the sands under their feet were wet. They ran up and down, dashing back and forth into the waves. “It s worth, working all week for a larky time like this. Ramon.” “It’s worth working all year. Rut we could have this time just the same if you stayed here and were at peace.” And maybe having the villagers coming down to inquire who the wild lady was that you kept Immured in your ocean castle. And maybe dragging me out to get tarred tnd feathered! Such is life! I think r like better coming in now and ben.” she laughed. “Then you won't be so sure of me. You won’t ■now for certain that I’ll be here.” * * * So in the week-ends be came to '' l,l Jose. And in the evening they nve down here. Ihe fourth of July came on a Monday. Sunday night they were itting before a big fire. The phonograph was going. Sandy sang a soft, sweet cadence. Her hat and coat were Hung on a chair. The legs wore crackling and the music filled the room. They hdard nothing till a loud knock came pounding on the door. They sat upright, the color dropping from their cheeks. Ramon shook his head. ”1 won't answer it.” “They hear the music—they know you're here—” The knob rattled. She got up—she darted to the kitchen. Someone called “Ray—ole fellow—let us in!” (To Be Continued.)

Jesus Appears to His Disciples in This Great Study

Phe International Uniform Sunday’ School Lesson for April 4. .lesns Appears to His Disciples.—John 30:24-20: 31:15-17. B.v Win. E. Gilroy, D. 1). Editor of The Congregationalist We have emphasized the human interest in the Gospel of John, the Gospel that pre-eminently sets forth the divinity,of Jesus. Nowhere Is this human element better displayed in the Scriptures than in the narratives In John concerning the experiences of the disciples following the resurrection of Jesus. Two of the intimate and beautiful scenes and experiences of these days are recorded in our lesson. The first concerns “Doubting Thomas,” a good and honest man who lias been somewhat maligned by- the epithet "doubting'' that has been applied to him all through the years. A man is not necessarily a doubter because he is cautious and desires sufficient proof before he commits hinielf to belief in strange and unaccountable things. When Thomas was told that the disciples had seen their risen Lord there was much to make him doubt that assertion. It was against all experience that a man who had been crucified should be known to live. The disciples had been through what we would describe today as shell-shocking experiences. They were In an exceedingly excitable state of mind. It was not unreasonable that. Thomas should have u uestioned the.r statement and wished to have proof for himself.

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The treatment that Jesus is represented a,s according Thomas does not indicate any great disapproval of Thomas’ hesitation. He knew t.hat Thomas desired, to believe, and he gave him every opportunity to have his doubts satisfied. “Reach hither thy finger,” He said to him, "And behold my hands; and j-each hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side; and be not faithless, but believing.” It is true that when Thomas responded in the fullness of faith, “My Lord and My God,” Jesus gave him a gentle rebuke, but this rebuke, it should be recognized, was not a commendation of credulity, but was rather a commendation of that spiritual instinct and thrust which lays profound stress upon inword belief, and which does not base religious conviction upon mere outward evidence. ‘Blessed are they that have not seen,” he said, “and yet have believed.” Might we not apply this word with great propriety to many Christians today who ore frankly troubled over the whole question of the miraculous? They have a strong sense of the permanency and unalterabllity of natural law. They feel. In a sense that it is this unalterable quality of law that, above all else, speaks of the integrity of God and the universe. They would not find it so easy'‘to believe In a divine being If they felt

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that in the universe anything were left to arbitrary will. For them a. miracle, in a sense, is the denial of law, and they find it exceedingly difficult to believe In the miraculous. Probably wo do not always realize how many people have doubts arising from such a cause that they never express. What should we say to such people? Should we condemn them for their doubts? Should we not rather lay the profound stress upon the inward spiritual things? Significance of Faith Where those who do not. find it easy to believe In the miraculous have, none the less, committed their lives fully and unreservedly to the Savior’s keeping and to his mastership and N leadership, might they not be worthy of his words; "Blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.’ Probably we do not always grasp the significance of that faith that lays hold of the highest things of God in Christ even though ail may not be clearly revealed to the Intellect. At any rate, whether we believe easily or wjth difficulty In the miraculous, it is only as we see with the eyes of faith and are lifted above the materialistic considerations that we come into the full glory of the resurrection faith. From this story of Thomas we turn to a glimpse of Simon which is’one of the most things in all Scripture. denied hlfl Lord, He was undijpSwfc

SALESMAN SAM— By SWAN

BOOTS AND TIER BUDDIES—By MARTIN

FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS—By BLOSSER

smarting under the sense of his unworthiness, yet rejoicing in the fact that Jesus had claimed him. Peter had been boastful of his aliogianoe to his Master. Impulsively, but apparently without realizing what j>e was saying, in emphasizing his own loyalty, he had disparaged the faith nnd courage of other men. “Though all tnen deny thee,” he had declared, “yet will not I.” How humiliated he must have been In the . eyes of the disciples. In spite of his boasting he had fallen far below his own Ideal. And how gently Jesus puts him to the test! Peter’s Faith What Is the quality of his faith? What Is his spirit? Is it still that of the boastful desire to be first? "Simon, son of Jonas.” says Jesus, “Lovest thou me more than these?” Peter entirely ignores the words “more than these,” and replies, “Yea, I>ord; thou knowest that I love thee.” Three times Jesus repeats the questlopa, and three times as Peter replies in the affirmative Jesus lays upon him the obligation of lowly and humble service. This, he reveals to Peter, as the way of love. The lesson that Jesus gave to Peter Is a lesson for us all. We are all too prone to express a lovs of Christ that Is not backed up by our dally lives. It Is In following the Good Shepherd that love becomes strong, aggressive, and courageous, Ikut in following the Good Shepherd MttiU never cease to be humble.

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Burma, with an area of about 231,000 square miles, a little less than that of Texas, 19 the largest province of British India. It consists of a w>do tract along the east side of the Bay of Bengal, ridged by many mountain ranges with rivers flowing In the valleys between. High mountains, reaching 15,000 feet in the north, shut It off from Tibet. China and Siam. Upper Burma, for the most part heavily forested. Is subject to much greater extremes of heat and cold Ilian the rrrnwaddy delta country, a vast plain of 12,000 square miles, where enormous crops of rice are grown —Burma’s largest crop. Two-thirds of her people are engaged In agriculture and kindred occupations. From great oil fields comes nearly all the petrotelm used in India.. Nine-tenths of the Burmese are Buddhists. The priests give free instructions to children, so that for an oriental country'. Burma has a high percentage of literacy'. The Burmese for the most part are easy going and cheerful, very different from the caste-ridden peoples of India proper. The women enjoy a high degree' of freedom. Burma was conquered, and taken under British rule in ISSfi, after nearly a century of frontier aag

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trade dispute with the native sovereigns. The country has been a notable field of American missionary endeavor since 1813. The Burmese are short, stocky, with dork hair and olive complexions. On the banks of the Irrawaddy River the Burmeese sell morocco, lacquered baskets, rubles, tourmalines. royal blue sapphires (for the world’s finest rubles and sapphires come from th** region which centers around Mognk, ninety miles northwest of Mandalay, the capital of Upper Burma Jade, striped silks and "dried fish. Population of Burma is nearly 13,000,000. k. oF~c7plans frolic Council Will Give Easter Ball at Clubhouse Monday Night. Easter frolic and ball of Indlanapolls Council Knights of Columbus will be at the clubhouse. Thirteenth and Delaware Sts., Monday night. The program of vaudeville acts and dancing will be broadcast over WFBM, “The Cinderella,” to be given for the first time in the city, will he featured in the grand marth. The jjrojraa include#; Steve Wilhelm

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and George Mangen, singers, nnd Margie Mansfield and Roslyn Ludwig, who will present a Junior Charleston. CANDIDATES BACKED Disabled American Veterans of the World War voted indorsement of the candidacies of Ralph EJ. Johnson for the Republican nomination for prosecutor, and for the Republican renomlnatlon of Representative Ralph E. Updike at a meeting at 16 K Michigan St. Friday night.

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