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► John Gresham’s Girl > < ► b y ’ Concordia Merrel ■ J < ' (Copyright.)—WNU Service. < THE STORY By cha-nce James Lee meets Lucy Gresham, daughter Os Sir John Gresham. wealthy ship . builder. Lee unjustly accused of robbing the Gresham firm, was sent to prison. He blames Oliver Ames, Lucy's cousin, and G resit* . api’s manager, and “eeks ryenitp. * Lee inherits wealth, and. In compliance with thg will, changes his name fr< rn Warrington. He - secures an invitation to the girl's birthday party.. Lucy is practically engaged to Ames She meets Lee. who makes love to her. planning thereby to hurt Gresham and Ames. With Gresham's ap- - . proval. Lucy and Lee are married. Lee stuns the girl by telling her he does not lov.e her, and hates her "whole breed." She hears the story of his w rongs. • and. his determination to -be avenged. She belfevcs in his In-, nocence of the crime for which he Wai nvicted. CHAPTER IV—Continued —7— Everything she said was unexpected, and the unexpected Is nearly always disconcerting. - “First of all, Jim,” she said after a moment, "I want you to tell me. all .that y<>u haven't yet told me. You owe ■ me that. I think, and I believe you‘will have the Justice to think so. too. What was jour name when you were at Gresham's? I don't remember over hearing father «r Oliver ’ speak of James Lee.” “Warrington. James Warrington,” be said at once, “Why did yom change your name. Was it Just so that father shouldn't know you when you. . . She hesitated; "Came out again?” he put in bluntly. “No. It was because the cousin who left me his money made It a condition that, I took his name and his name happened to be Lee. And I Imp-, pened to have plenty ,of use for several hutidreds of thousands of pounds, and so ] took it," "I see. . An I Will jot) tell me Just how the disaster happened?" Standing there, back against the door. he -told It bitterly, w ith ’many a 1 brusque, unkind hit at her father, but i that did .Dot .affect her, Tlie main thing was that she must know everything He told it all with the exeept of one point. He doggedly . refused to tell her whether he had been Innocent or guilty. Hut she didn t neod to be told that. She knew that he wa s innocent; Just how. she couldn’t have told, unless it was that his mad aiig<T against people who tad,] made that three j ears of purgatory ■■ possll le, could not have been so great, wept for JnJustice.' . I v “While .i stood, threatened by the; disgrace and the torture of prison > your father, d—-n him. went ends- ; ■ Ing ...':• - ■ dently. “He n one of the careless people; the careless peoplt who hay e to be hurt. . . .” His voice fell abruptly to silence, ■ which remained unbroken during several minutes. Then she said: ‘Thank you for telling nie everyV thing, Jim. I think I see things rather \ more clearly now. And now. I'll state niy terms." He looked at her in blank astonlsh- ■ n-eht: ‘ "Your terms?" he echoed. "You speak of niy back to my father. Now tl at would be to con'ess the utter failure of. this marriage I have made. And. Jim. I am not .tattd to confessing failure. I’m rather used, tn my very small way,= to succeeding In whatever I undertake. You'll laugh nt this, pertaps . . . but 1 do. usually. carry things through successfully. Is>rn in my nature, to knuckle down ■ to failure." ... ' There was a gleam of admiration In his sullen eyes as he looked at her. Then he said ; , "You aren’t going to leave me, then?” "At least, I am not going to leave you yet. I may. 1 cannot be sure. Rut to go now. would be to go—crawling. Ahd I . . . Just can't.” She drew a breath. “We are at one there.' he said quickly. “Failure is a word I’ve no use for. But can't you see that it suits me best that you should stay? It was Just the thought that you would go back to your father and reveal to all the world who l am. that made me curse myself for telling yob the truth last night. Not that it wt>uld alter my ultimate plans; but it would certainly make them harder to carry out.” "Yes. I do see that,” she answered, “And it may seem odd that I , shoul|J . She paused. ••Play into the hands of the enemy?” be suggested with an abrupt laugh. A shade of pain passed over her face, “If you are my enemy, Jim,” she said in a low voice. "Yon have made yourself so. But perhaps your revengeful schemes will prove bigger than you can manage.” "They won’t,” he said sharply. “I’ve thought too carefully.” “I have thought, too.” There was • touch of stubbornness in that that gave him the impulse to sting her. “You can’t win,” he said bluntly. “There is too big a weakness on your •Ide.” “And that is , . .?" she asked, her eyes meeting his. “Love." His look challenged her. She drew a breath, but met the look unflinchingly.

“The love I have had for you?" she said slowly. “You say the love you have had. . . . Yon don’t love me still, then?” , • She colored hotly. “Do you think love could outlive last night. Jim?” she asked quietly. “No; I suppose not. Well, what do you feel for me?" She .looked at him steadily. “I don't quite know,” she said slowly. "The man I knew and loved is—gone. You are strange to me, Jim. And rather — awful." She caught a sharp breath. “You said last night that you were not afraid of me.” he said roughly. “I’m not. Not in the least. What more have I to fear froin you. Jim? I don’t believe you would hurt me. physically: and you have hurt me all that is possible, in every other way. . . . What.more can you d<>?” - He came toward her quickly, an odd light in his eyes, and stretched out a hand toward her; but she stepped back from it, her face suddenly white; eyes wide. - ‘Don't touch me, Jini I" she said in a tone of almost fierce command. He fell back from her. amazed again by the totally unexpected spirit of her. "Yet. you say you are going to stay with me." he cried after a moment. "Because to go would be to confess my failure.” she answered at once. "And I am not ready to confess it yet. I'm all In the dark; can't see my way. But there is a faith deep within me that no matter how dark things seem, there is light ahead; always; inevitably; and somehow, sometime. I am going to find it. Meantime. I shall pretend to my father and to the world generally, that our marriage is a success. And. Jim. . ", .’’—this very slowly—"I shall expect you to keep up that pretense, too. You marrievl me to suit your own-convenience. Now you will please do this.” she raised her blue eyes very stralghtly to his—"to suit mine. That's why 1 am not going to leave you, Jim: I'm going to '.y with you, here, until the three weeks of our . . . honeymoon , . ." _sho said the word bravely—-“are through- AXter that, it will all d“ pend. One cannot plan too far.ahead.” > She stopped speaking, remained looking at him for a moment longer, then tlnished her roses and carried the silver bowl to a vyide windowsill. Lee listened in astonishment. That this litHe, childish thing should shbw so . much spirit ; so much determination; should be so definite and deJwT p L'W He Looked at Her m Blank Astonishment. cidevt. Whatever he tad expected aS a result of his revelation to her last 'night, it certainly hsu not been this. .She turned and spoke from the window. ® "Perhaps It is pride; vanity; .something utterly weak and small that mlikes me do this, but those are my terms, Jim. and 1 shall expect you to . help me t<> carry them out. . . .” { “Very well," he‘said, after a moment of thought. "As far as 1 am /sspat.le of giving such an Impression, (the world stall be given the impression that we are a blissfully happy c<»uple, . . Be swung round, strode tack to the door and went .out. And as he went her voice followed him, saying qiiietly: "Thttnk you. Jim.” • •. - • •. « • • A few days later, when they were i out walking, he suddenly linked his arm through hers, and said close to her ear : "See that man at the top of the lane? Well, he owns the place next to mine. It will look convincingly blissful, if we pass him arm-in-arm. . . .” And another time, when he was going out by himself, he stoopetl and kissed' her forehead, and when she raised her face, quickly, startled, to his. he said in a whisper: "Mrs. Jcbb is in sight. You imposed the terms, remember." She did remember, and. tn consequence, had nothing to say. But whet there was no one to show off to he seemed content to maintain , a condition of neutrality. Armed neutrality, perhaps, but he did not make that too obvious. Sometimes, and it rather bewildered her. they s.M»me<l to be almost friends. At these times it was Impossible to believe that he was plotting revenge against her ■ and hers. Impulsively, one day. she spoke this thought to him, and he answered Instantly, “I’m not I'm v»n a holiday. More, I’m on a honeymoon.” “So we can call a truce while this—honeymoon—lasts?" she asked. "Yes; if you like to put it that way.” he said. And that sa. «e day while they were riding together he looked at her a great deal, and oui “f a long silence said suddenly; “I’d like to ride as well as ydu do. Lucy." “I’ve ridden all my life.” “I haven’t. Working men don’t get the chance,” he said. She glanced at him quickly. “I've never known you without plenty of money . . “ she said slowly. "It’s difficult to picture you . . . poor. ...” He shot her a quick look, and a queer smile twisted his lips.

"If I had come to you poor; a workman ; would you have . . .?” He broke off. “That isn’t playing fair, Jim,” she protested quietly, answering his look. "All the same, I’ll tell you; I think I would. ..." He colored slightly and said nothing more until they reached the common. Then he said, with a change of voice: “I want to ride well. Tell me where I go wrong, Lucy. If I’m going to do a thing. I want to do It as well as it can he ddne." "Ride past and I’ll watch," she suggested. This led to a regular lesson, and for half an hour he quite gravely let himself be coached by her. He was tremendously in earnest, which made her earnest, too, and while that lesson lasted, personal questions seemed forgotten. “You've a splendid seat,” she told him at the conclusion. “But you could Just have a lighter hand. . . They discussed it together for a little while. “When I see that anyone really knows. I want to get their knowledge,” he said, as they rode on again. She thought over that ; it was a new light on him. “I suppose,” she thought, “he's always shown that concentration and earnestness over everything he’s ever done, big or small . . . It’s that that's . . . sort of turned to poison in him, and filled him up with hate . . She found herself thinking: "It isn’t hopeless. ... It isn't . . . We've been mad, both of us . . . Jim; with hate, myself with love. . . . We started all wrong. I’ve got to find a new .beginning, 'and start'-all' er again. . . After tl.at. she gave him a riding lesson every day, and the truce lasted right through to the end of the three And then, he seemed to change abruptly; On the evening before they were to leave for the flat in town, he said suddenly, while they were having coffee after dinner : "The end of the honeymoon,” and laughed in the old disagreeable way. His tone stabbed her through and through ;'but she answered bravely: "Yes, Jim.” "This mode of life Is to continue, I presume?" he went on. “Yes. . . .” - “Very well, then. I want to go Into money matters. Do you mind?" "No. But in what way?" "You are Mrs. Lee; I presume the idea is for you to manage the household affairs?" "1 will; certainly." "I like to pay up all round at regular intervals. Run your accounts quarterly, will you? And then come to me for the necessary checks. I’ll pay your dress allowance into your bank, with enough over to give you some loose change for current househob! expenses. , ; .” "Jirii." she interupted. "I don’t need to bother you for my personal expenses. I’ve got heaps of money of, my own. All tlmf dwddy settled on me. and all that mother left me, too. Mother had an immense fortuixa, you know. Did you know I had so much?” “Yes, your father 'told me that your mother’s money came to you.when you married. But I'm not interested in your money. Whatever else you can say of my motives for marrylpg y<»u. at least your money was not one of them . , he said, unpleasantly. "L know that . . . I only thought that as I had such a great lot . . .’’ "You are part of niy establishment now." he broke in, "and my establishment Is run On my money. .. . ." i • “I 1 understand.” He went into details as to amounts, and she let him have it his way etv tirely. Next daj they went up to town. While they had been in the country. St. Abb had been busy getting the flat ready for its new mistress, und they fi’und it iti apple-pife order. Lucy found It a little difficult to seem genuinely hearty in her approval of what he had done. This was the home that she had imagined was going to be a paradise of love, end her heart ached as she thought of lu’w tragically differently things had turned out. But she played her fiart pluckily and well, and St. Abb didn't guess what it cost her. As soon as they came to town, Lee became immersed in business which kept him either busy in his study with St. Abb, or else took him out, so that Lucy saw very little of him. One of the first things to happen as soon as they were fairly settled, was that people began to call. I.ady Cor« delia was the first. To all appearances, Lucy was radiantly happy. Even Lady Cordelia’s eagle eye could det.-ct nothing -wrong It was teas easy to pretend to her father, when he came to see her the first time. His adoring eyes were so very searching. Lucy felt that the miserable truth must be as obvious to him as if it were written In letters of flame around her bend. But it vvasn't. He: was predisposed to think her happy, and put her nervousness down to natural shyness. “Oliver's back.” he told her. "He came to see me and then went straight b> Gresham's. . . . I don't fancy he’ll call yet awhile. ... He’s pretty hard hit, darling. . . .” "I’m afraid so, dad. . . . He doesn’t take things easily . . ." she answered. "But . . . I wouldn’t help II . . He smiled. » “No,” he agreed; and then: "My girl happy?" Lucy felt the pressure of tears in her throat,, but she answered with a gallant little smile; “What do you think?” And the old man was content. She even managed to steer the conversation round to Gresham's, and from there on to the story of the man who had been imprisoned for robbery with violence, and talked of it without a tremor. She wanted to hear just exactly what her father had to say of his part in it. and when he had told all that he knew of the affair, she sat silent for a long time. Then: “We went on that cruise.” she said slowly. "We went on that cruise while he . . . that man . . . went to prison. . . . Daddy, why didn't you gee him when he as£ed you to?” (TO BE CONTINUED.) About Ourtelv'S That we see depends mainly spot wh.W we for -

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DWLTRV BRIGHTER OUTLOOK FOR POULTRYMEN Price of Eggs Everywhere on Increase. (Prepared by the United States Department ot Agriculture.)—WNU Service. i With the price of corn and wheat | lower than it has been for several years and the price of eggs on the in- ' Crease, the outlook for the poultry in- j dustry appears brighter. In the opinion of Dr.M. A. .lull, poultry specialist of the United States Department of Agriculture. Another point in favor of the poultry man is that heavy culling of farm flocks reduced the number of laying hens by about *20,000.000. Ordinarily ■ these hens would not be culled out until the fall, but last spring farmers were interested more than usual in saving feed bills. \ ■ Still another factor which makes ■ the future look brighter for the poultry industry is the fact that there were fewer chicks hatched last spring than usual. This is particularly true of early hatched chicks, so that the early fall production of eggs fell short ; of last year's supply, with Increases in prices. I Doctor Jull believes the Immediate : future of the poultry industry to be fairly good, particularly for those who eggs and high-quality poultry j for market, for hatcherymen who produce high-quality chicks, and for farmers and commercial poultrymen who ' give their flocks the best management and who practice efficient culling. , j*• . • ' Good Laying Hen Makes Money for Her Owner Take S4.pounds of grain plus one good laying hen and you have 12 dozen eggs. With grain selling at one and J a half cents per pound and eggs sell-.! J ing 30 cents per dozen this means a > ’ value of s3.f>o for the grain, or a protic of <2.32 over the cost of the feed; or, selling grain at a price of $4.28. per { hundredweight. Here are some more figures. The hen which lays only 25 eggs causes a loss of 04 cents over the cost of feed for one year; the hen .which lays 50 eggs causes a loss of i I one cent; the hen which lays 100 eggs i creates a profit of $1.25; the hen which lays 150 eggs produces a profit of $2.49; while the hen which lays 200 I eggs brings profit of $3.74. Watch the danger line and get rid of the board- , • ers. Wrong Time to Water Unscrupulous poultry dealers have been known to feed chickens sand and gravel to increase their weight, but here’s a new one. An agent of the federal food and drug administration visited a. wholesale poultry house and ! found that dressed chickens were be•j ihg given hypodermic Injections—of | water. A hose terminating in a hoi- . I low needle was used. Each bird received several ounces of water, which was gradually absorbed. This in-, ■creased the weight and made tlie scrawny birds look plumper. Though federal agents could not- Interfere, ; i since the chickens were not shipped i interstate, state officials later seized i the profit-making hose and fined the ■ dealer. Poultry Notes I . The loss sustained by poultrymen because of poor egg quality is enormous. • • • A good way to combat poultry lice Is to dip' the entire flock on a warm day In a solution of one ounce of ■ sodium fluoride to each gallon of water. Mites in the hen house are easily eliminated by the use of carbolineum. Spray or paint.the entire Inside with the substance, after thoroughly cleaning the place. Ask your druggist. • • • Tuberculosis is rarely found In fowls less than six months old. Most fariii flocks are infected with this disease. An effective preventive step is to get rid of all birds before they I are two years old. • • e s. veral of the diseases that attack ! growing chicks are definitely traced to a lack of vitamins in their rations. Hens lay best in April and May when the days are from 13 to 14 hours long. Artificial illumination is used to imitate the best working day for hens, • • • Figuring the cost of feed and price of eggs, a jmultry expert in New York state says that a h»*n must lax all egg two days out of three in order to pay profits this year. , A recent official survey of a large number of New Jersey poultry farms shows an average production of 113 • eggs per her. Commercial flocks have to average better than that, to pay a ; profit in these times. Less poultry on farms, reduced storage stocks of poultry and eggs, sustained consumption of poultry products and cheaper feeds In relation to prices of poultry and eggs are the outstanding factors tn the poultry outlook, according to the United States Department of Agriculture. • • • More than 86 per cent of all farm? In the United States have poultry, while 58 per cent have dairy cattle. 56 per cent hogs, 32 per cent beef cat tie and 6 per cent sheep. =•’ • • The bigger the hen, the larger the egg. Canadian poultry records show that eggs from white leghorns weighing under three pounds averaged 23 ounces to the dozen; eggs from hens weighing between three and three and one-half pounds average 23.4 ounces and eggs from hens weighing four and one-half pounds and over 25 ounces.

improved*'*’*'”*" I UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY | chool Lesson (Bv REV. P. B. FITZWATER. D. £>.. Member ot Faculty. Moody Bible Institute ot Chicago.) (©. 1931.Western Newspaper Union.) Lessen for December 13 JOHN’S VISION ON PATMOS GOLDEN TEXT—And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And ha i laid his right hand upon me, saying ) unto me. Fear not:’l am the first and I the last: I am -he that liveth, and .was ; dead; and. behold, I am alive for eve.rI more, Amen: and have the keys of hell and of death. LESSON TEXT—Revelation 1:1-20. PRIMARY TOPIC—The Heavenly Home. JUNIOR TOPlC—John's Vision of Heaven. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP- . IC—John Sees the Ever-living Christ. YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP- : IC—The Glorified Saviour. We should be glad that the lesson committee has given us another lesson from the Hbok of Revelation, which contains Christ’s last message to man. [ , I. The Preface (1:1-3). 1. The title of the book- (v. 1). The Revelation (unveiling) of Jesus Christ. The revelation of Jesus Christ refers to his personal appearing in glory to judge the world and to establish his kingdom. The word “apocalypse." 'translated “revelation," signifies according to New Testament usage the unveiling 'of a person (II Thess. 1:6-10; 1 Pet. 1:7). The theme of the book is Christ's second coming, his personal, visible appearance in glory (vv. 1,7. 10). 2. To whom made known (vv. 1.2). To his l servant John—"To show unto his servants things which must short- ] ly come to pass." 3. A benediction to those who read, hear, and keep the sayings of the book (v. 3). It must be possible to understand these sayings, or the promise is meaningless. 11. The Salutation (vv. 4-8). 1. To whom (V. 4). Tta* seven churches then existing In Asia Minor. Seven. ' the number of completeness, suggests a symbolism of the Church throughout her course. 2. From whom (v. 4). a. From him which was, and is, and is to come. b. From the seven spirits which are i before the throne-7-the Holy Spirit in e his seven-fold plenitude as set forth In Isaiah 14 :2, also In the Gospel of John. . ■ 1 c. From Jesus Christ (vv. 5-7). While presenting Christ as gracious Redeemer. John's prophetic eye caught the vision of the Coming One In glory, exclaiming, “Behold he ; cometh” (v. 7), the Alpha and Omega (v. S). 111. The Vision of Glory (vv. 9-18). 1. The seven golden lamp stands (v. 12)." These candlesticks are the churches (v. 20), thus presented because they are the light holders in this world's darkness. 2 The Son of man In the midst of the candlesticks (vv. 13-18). Christ in the midst of the churches- indicates that they give forth light only when Christ .is the central figure. a. “Clothed with a garment down to the foot” (v. 13). This .is a royal as well as a priestly -ob.e (Isa. 22:21), 1 : and signifies his right to judge and to ■ rule, as well as to offer sacrifice. b. His head and liair white as wool 1 (v. 14. cf. Dan. 7:19, 20). This has a twofold significance—purity and eter- , f nity. . I f c Eyes as a flame of fire (v. 14).J This suggests his Infallible knowledge. d. Feet like burnished brass (v. 15). ■ This indicates that he comes as Judge and King, with Irresistible power. ’ e. His voice as the sound of many waters (v. 15). His voice of judgment j will be outside of man's control. -All excuses will be swept aside by his resistless word. f. Seven stars In his right hand (v. 16). According to verse twenty, stars mean the messengers of the churches, perhaps pastors or representatives sent forth' to comfort John In his lonely exile; The minister lies in the right hand of Jesus Christ, i bears his manage, and speaks it out. g. Gut of his mouth was a sharp two-edged sword Cv. 16). Observe ■ that this is a mouth sword. "The word that I have spoken,, the same shall judge him” (John 12:48). "The word of G<>d is sharper than any two-edged sword" (Heb. 4:12). The two edges indicate its double action, condemning the evil and approving the good and j excellent. h. His countenance • was as the sun shining in his strength (v, 16). The effect of sunshine Is healthful and joyous to some ithings, while it is death dealing to others. The sun- ; shine of God’s love cheery some while it hardens others. The manifestation of the glorified ’(lng will be hailed i with delight by those who love him. und will create dismay in those who ; do not love him. j Prayer When thou prayest let thy words be few, but thy thoughts and tions many, and above all let them be profound. The less thou speakest the better thou prayesL Few words and many thoughts, is the Christian. Many words and few thoughts, is heathenish.—Martin Luther. Find Your Work Find the work for which God has ( chosen you. The romance of life is in ! rendering the service he has reserved for you; the tragedy is just to drift with no consciousness that you have a place of your own among the builders of God’s world.—Supt. Charles W. Carroll. GLEANINGS The devil always "pays big wages. The Lord’s payroll is never padded. • • • A hard heart never makes a warm hand. • • • Hope Is too pure a plant to grow or flourish in an impure souL

LITTLE KNOWN OF OLD BIBLICAL CITY Archeological Find Brings Sepphoris to Memory. The St. Louis Globe-Democrat says In commenting on the discovery by University of Michigan archeologists of the remains of a Roman theater and early Christian church at the site of Sepphoris in Galilee: Few people ever heard of Sepphoris. It is nowhere mentioned in the Bible. Even in the synoptic gospels, which deal largely with events in Galilee, its name dots not appear. Yet it was at that time the largest city in Galilee. Josephus says, and he also describes it as the “chief ornament of Galilee.” In political and social Importance It was rivaled In the period of which the gospels treat by the new city of Tiberias, which King Herod Antipas had built and made his capital. But during ■ the childhood and youth of Jesus, and in the next generation after, him. J judging from the Statements of Josephus. Sepphoris held first rank. And the silence of the gbspels as to this city seems all the more strange in view of the fact that SepI phoris was only a few miles from ' Nazareth. From one place to the other was a walk of only about two hours, and the walls of -Sppphoris must have been In plairy'VTew from the top of the rise on side of Nazareth. Jesus, therefore, must have been intimately acquainted with it and often within it. During the youth of Jesus. Herod Antipas established his capital there, residing there until he built Tiberias, and he built a palace and other edifices ut*ion Greek lines. Perhaps the theater just discovered was built by him. At any rate there-was active j building going on there when Jesus . was in his early manhood, and a recent biographer (Case) thinks It probable that Jesus as a carpenter was employed in some of this work. All this marks the discovery Just j reported of peculiar interest to Biblical students. That the place is not I mentioned in the gospels is no argu j n ent against their credibility. The city of Tiberias is mentioned but once and that quite casually, and other places of known importance I not at all. In fact, very few places ' are mentioned by name, although there were 204 cities and towns in 1 Galilee, according to Josephus. Josephus himself names many, of these places but he does not mention Nazareth.. Yet. Nazareth was there, and Josephus was a credible historian. Pain Quickly Relieved Most cases of rheumatism and many diagnosed as neuritis are ! caused by gerin action. Consistent use of B. & M., The Penetrating Germicide, will quickly relieve the acute pain and in most eases the B. & M. Treatment will stop the growth of the germs. Your, druggist should be able to supply B. & M. in $1.25 and 75 cent sizes. If not, send his name and we will ship direct. F. R I(OLLINS COMPANY. 53 Beverly St., Boston, Mass. —Adv. Papal Error That Cost Spain Much Territory ; King Solomon offered to divide a ; I small boy to whom two women laid ; . claim; and ‘won a great, reputation for wisdom by so doing. Pop 6 Alexander VI —born Roderick Borgia— j I' actually did divide the world, and J I got no special credit for it even in his ■ own day. He was an abler administrator, a j more versatile politician, a more farsighted statesman, a greater patron i of the arts and sciences and a niuch better friend to the common people than was the Hebrew monarch, and that’s about all the good it did him. Vasco da Gama had rounded the Cape of Good, Hope to give Portugal ; a foothold in India. Columbus had sailed west to discover what might ■ prove to be a new continent’and hes represented Spain. It was inevitable J that there should be Conflicting , claims, and perfectly natural that ' the rival rulers should the pope as the logical umpire, Alexander did not find the phpblem difficult. For- - had been sailing southward along the west African coast, and their claims were obviously to I be preferred along the routes they ; followed. The Spaniards, through their Genoese agent had found land in the West What was ehsier than to draw a line from north to south ; on the map and let the broad Atlantic separate the new dominions of 1 the rivals? Every one was happy.

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