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CHAPTER Vl—Continued —ls—- — worth a moment of the keen•st happiness mortals can know! Divine happiness! Isn’t that enough?” “‘Divine’? I though. that there word meflnt somepin else —I thought it belonged to Jesus —” “A divine moment, Meely, such as few ever know in the stereotyped marriage relation, my girl, believe me!” “It ain’t that I expec’ you.to marry me, Mr. Cmighton—l know I can’t rise to that. But if I can’t rise to that, I can’t fall to nothin’ else between you and me, neither!” The earnestness of her resistance was beginning to alarm him. Surely she did not mean all she was saying! She only wanted to be coaxed, persuaded. Surely It only needed a little patience or his part to bring her to the yielding point? But patience was a thing he was so unused to exercising that it taxed his nerves and his temper almost more than he could bear. The little hussy must be very experienced, she knew so well how to enhance her own value and stimulate his desire by her stand-offishness! “Think, Meely, how stupid it is not to seize every chance that comes our way (few enough they are!) for happiness! Look at all the colorless years ahead of you, and don’t miss this one ineffable hour! —such as will never be offered you once you’re married!” “Will your marriage hold you from any more such hours?” “That’s neither here nor there —my marriage, Meely, Is quite another affair—” “Meanin’ it ain't none of my affairs? Well, but It's the affair of your wife, anyhow, whether you have any such grand hours—” “My dear, we won’t discuss my possible wife!” “I'd feel awful sorry,” said Meely, slowly shaking her head, “for your wife, Mr. Creighton.” He laughed uneasily. "Judging by the way I’m pursued by marriageable girls, Meely, your view of me as a husband can’t possibly be the one generally held by many ladies of high degree! You don't know your luck, my girl!” “Yes, well, but them ‘ladies of high degree’ run after you to marry you. You ain’t astin’ me to marry you.” “I’m offering you a love such as I shall probably never feel for the girl I marry! Oh, Meely!” He reached for her hand, but she drew it away. “Meely! You’ll lose me, you know, if you keep this up! You can’t keep me dangling forever, you know I” The words, “keep me dangling,” startled his own ears, so ridiculous was the idea of a girl such as Meely keeping him “dangling”! “If you do lose me. you’ll only have yourself to thank!” “What would I be losin’ in losin’ you?” she asked as one humbly seeking Information. “You’d be losing happiness, wouldn’t you, my dear?” “Happiness! Would I keep happiness —and you—by doing what you want? It’s put out that you're going to marry your cousin—a grand lady with such a title or what. After you've got her, where would I come in?” Ah, thought St. Croix, light dawning on his troubled mind, so it was that that was holding her back!—she had heard of his betrothal and was jealous! “I give you my word, Meely, that I am not —as yet—engaged.” “I heard you was,” she repeated stubbornly. “What would that cousin think of you if she knowed —about me?” “That need not worry you!” "Oh, needn’t it!” “Why should it? I have not seen this cousin since we were both children —and I am not —definitely—betrothed to her.” “But you’re plannin* to be.” “Well, surely, my dear girl, it will hurt you far less if I marry some one I don’t love —some one I don’t really know —a person I’ve not seen since she was a homely little bow-legged kid!” “ ‘Bow-legged’!” exclaimed Meely Indignantly. “Yes, and pigeon-toed and towheaded and freckle-faced! You’ll not he hurt by my marriage,” he exclaimed fervently, “you beautiful thing!” “Yes, well, but how about hurtin’ her! When you even love another one!” “She’ll be doing the same thing, probably!” lie defended himself. “It’s purely a family arrangement,” he answered, frowning impatiently at being forced into a discussion of his personal affairs; to his peculiar ideas of fitness it was a desecration to even so much as name his cousin—his future wife, no doubt —to a girl like Meely Schwenckton. “Are you so sure she'll be willin’ to marry you without lovin’ you and without your lovin’ her?” Meely asked wonderingly. Nothing could have been more distasteful to him than answering such a question; dwelling at such length on this unseemly topic. But if to win her over he must pay that price, then pay it he would. “Look here, Meely, perhaps I owe It to you to explain the situation to you. Lady Sylvia St. Croix will marry me because her family needs money—their estate, since the war, is gone to punk and my father will restore it and supply the income to keep it up. I will marry her because I shall enjoy the prestige in England which the marriage will give to me—and my children. So you see how entirely outside of my marriage will be my re-

lation with you—how little it can affect it —” “Well!” Meely severely pronounced judgment. “I may not be such a high aristocrat, but I'd be above such a low-down wicked marriage like that I There’s better things to marry for and live for than savin' an old estate!” “Oh, come, my dear, you've no leas! cause for jealousy <>f my cousin, I —” Meely sprang up to elude his movement to seize her again tn his arms “It’s time I got home—Pop will be missin’ me.” He sprang up too —his face nlmos* purple with the strain of his self restraint—but the look 1n her eyes halted him. One step toward her, her eyes said to him, and she would shriek to arouse the countryside. “Meely,” he exclaimed huskily, “what do you mean? Why, if you don’t love me, have you led me on all these weeks? Why have you come here to meet me? Why? Tell me that —why?” “To find out,” she answered in an even tone, “what sort of a man you are. And,’’ she added with a smile that pitied him, “I have found out!” Before he could lay a finger on her to stop her, she had turned and fled. By the time he had recovered from the bewildering shock of her words, her tone, she was far down the hill — SwF ml % in* Before He Could Lay a Finger on Her to Stop Her, She Had Turned and Fled. too far for him to overtake her —even If he had not realized, to his stunned amazement, the absolute uselessness of overtaking her. That he had been repudiated by this girl who for nearly three months had let him treat her contemptuously, had submitted to his bullying, his rudeness, his Irritability, had accepted and returned his lavish caresses! All the way down the hill and along the highway toward the spot near the schoolhouse, where today he had parked his car, he stared incredulously at the amazing fact. But a scene that met his bewildered gaze when he was about to get into his car, parked near the schoolhouse, did not decrease his mental contusion, nor serve to soothe his rasped nerves and outraged vanity. Marvin Creighton, approaching William Penn schoolhouse at half-past five that afternoon, on his way to his temporary home at Absalom Puntz’

Aristotle Clever in Evading Royal Wrath

Alexander the Great met defeat when he tried to obtain ownership and exclusive control of the writings of Aristotle. During the philosopher’s second sojourn in Athens he gave instruction to the youthful world donquerer and prepared a number of compositions especially for his royal pupil’s instruction. A little later Alexander wrote the following letter to Aristotle: “You have not treated me fairly in including with your published works the papers prepared for my instruction. For if the scholarly writings by which I was educated become the common property of the world, in what manner shall I be distinguished above ordinary mortals? I would rather he noteworthy through possession of the highest knowledge than by means of the power in my possession.” To which Aristotle ingeniously replied : “It is true that through zeal of admiring friends these lectures, origChinese Legend The legend of the Chinese willow plate design is the love story of Li Chi, the only daughter of a mandarin, and Chang, her father's secretary, who lived in an island cottage at the top of the plate. When the mandarin forbade the match the lovers eloped and lay concealed for a time in the gardener’s cottage, from there escaping to the lover’s home. The father, pursuing them with a whip, would have beaten them to death had not the gods changed them into turtle doves. At the time of the elopement, the willow shed its leaves.

cottage, noticed on the road far ahead of him a slim girlish figure in a long loose coat, hurrying along the highway. Though the daylight was fading, her carriage of herself and the set of her clothing were so conspicuously different from that of any country girl one was apt to meet alone on the road at this hour that even in this dimness that hurrying figure was sharply impressive. Curiosity made him quicken his pace to catch up with her. But before he had overtaken her, she had arrived at William Penn schoolhouse, where, to his surprise, she stopped and went in. Then it was, as he had half suspected, half hoped, a little dreaded, Miss Schwenckton ! A few yards before he reached the school he came upon a roadster, parked along the road, which he recognized as his brother’s. The idea stabbed him that thi attractive young teacher and St. Croix might be having a rendezvous in the school! Was St. Croix in there with her now? He was such a philanderer—sometimes so unscrupulous—the girl ought to be put on her guard. “But darned if I want to bo the one to warn her! And If ever a girl seemed capable of looking out for herself, she’s it!” In a minute he was at the schoolhouse door. It was slightly ajar; he pushed it open a bit wider ami. not entering, glanced in. The sight that met his eye made him draw back precipitately— Miss Schwenckton. her back toward the door, was standing on her platform disrobing! She had already taken off her coat and frock, her white shoulders bared— There was no one else in the schoolroom, yet— Marvin stumbled back a pace from the door. But though the thought that pierced him made him call himself “a cad,” yet as he stood there wondering whether he should knock, he felt cold all over; and even while he hesitated, in what seemed to him an incredibly short time, she suddenly appeared before him In the doorway clad in a jacket suit and a jaunty sports hat! He was so taken aback, so utterly confused, that he could not move or speak, but stood as stockstill as the wooden posts of the school porch. At sight of a man standing motionless at her door In the gathering gloom, she cried out in alarm —which brought him to himself. “Don't be frightened! It's only—your superintendent !” She gave a little gasp of relief. “Only! And of whom, pray, should 1 be more frightened? though the schoolroom being empty Just m>w. of course you ain’t bully me into teaching geography for your entertainment —my good luck!” “Going home now?" “Yes.” “Then”—he took from her hand the big door-key and the books she had in her arms—“may 1 walk with you?’ When he had locket! the school door, he glanced up the road to the waiting car. Its lights had been turned on. Illuminating the road over a wide area, and he saw that bls brother, standing in front of his car. was witnessing Ids coming out of the schoolhouse with Miss Schwenckton. Sho. he observed, was viewing with a frank surprise tin* lighted ear nml Its owner a few rods away. That look of surprise seemed so genuine, it was hard to believe that his own unexpc ted I arrival at the school had foiled a meeting between these two. And yet it would be so like St. Croix to seek a furtive love affair with a charming girl like Miss Schwenckton when he'd die before he would openly associate with anyone of a class outside his own ! —like a parvenu uncertain of his position, ratiier than like a man born to a secure place in the sun! But that a girl of Miss Sehwenckton's spirit should accept such cowardly at♦e- (ions seemed incredible. And this i ery of her changing her clothing in Jie schoolroom ! —- As they turned their backs on the car and went on their way. neither of them referred to it—though Meely was so absorbed in wondering whether St. Croix had recognized her that her sense of Marvin's interesting companionship was less keen than it would otherwise have been. “Does your work always detain you so late as this at your school?” he asked with subtle guile. She didn't know he had seen her coming along the highway! (TO BE CONTINUED.)

inally prepared for thy instruction, have been given out to the world, but in the full sense of the term they have not been published. For in their present form they can only be understood when accompanied by the interpretation of the author and such interpretation has been given only to you.”—Kansas City Star. Cape Horn Gen. William T. Sherman wrote in his .Memoirs that Cape Horn was an island rounded like an oven, “after which it takes its nanr (Ornos) oven.” However, he was in error, for the Spanish word for oven is “hornos," though it is pronounced without the “h” sound. The island to which Sher man referred is known as Horn island and the actual cape is only a portion of the island, says the Pathfinder Magazine. But the cape did not get its name because of its resemblance to an oven. It was named for the Dutch navigator William Schouten van Hoorn who, with Lemaire, doubled the cape in IGI6. Horn is an anglicized form of Hoorn. In Spanish it called Cabo de Hornos. No wonder Sherman was misled, for literally Cabo de Hornos would mean cape of ovens; that is, it would according to the form, did it not have a different origin. Be Reasonable “Sweet reasonableness” is one of the gifts most enviable, most to be coveted and cultivated. Goldsmith says of his village schoolmaster that, “even though vanquished, he could argue still,” a sure sign that this high-cock-alorum fellow was in quest of victory rather than truth.—Exchange

! ENVELOPE BAG OF CREPE TWIST; PRINTED LINENS AND PIQUES

। LI AVE you joined the ranks of the , * crepe-twist enthusiasts? Once become initiated Into the workings of crepe twist artcraft and you will be , wanting to devote all your leisure mo ’ ments to it. There’s everything to encourage women to take up this fascinating needlework. It is, in the first place, ' easy of accomplishment, secondly, the । materials are inexpensive, and last

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but not least, the reward for one's effort is great, for hand bags, belts, hats and even parasols embroidered or darned, more technically speaking, of crepe twist give a genuinely “classy” touch to the costume. The young woman In the picture had the, right Id -a when she decided to make an envelope bag of crepe twist, which should take Its color cue from the flamboyant hues In the mod ernlstlc print of her blouse. This youthful modern knows that one simply cannot be too colorful In dress this season. That Is why she Is wearing such a striving blouse whose patterning reminds one of none other than gay patchwork design. That Is why, also, that she Is so enthused with the thought of n crepe twist bug and belt which shall measure op to the color vhucity of the silk of her blouse. of course by this time you nro asking In your mind, what Is crepe twist, anyway. Well, the surprising thing Is that It Is nothing more or less than crepe paper so remarkably processed and twisted that It Is as sturdy ns twine or yarn. One buys It nt any counter where paper flower supplies nre to be found. The stamped canvas foundations for bags and In'lts come

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in many lovely patterns. For the center of the embroidered flowers you will need a few colorful beads, unless you prefer to fill in with French knots. In covering the canvas In an over-and-over stitch be sure to embroider the leaves and flowers or conventional pattern, if so be it, first—tillingin the background later. After the needlework is completed a waxing process is necessary. This is done by brushing over with liquid transparent sealing wax. This gives not only a high finish, but it renders the article weather proof. Enthusiasm for gay print fabrics Spanish Working Girls Once Owned Gay Shawls A majority of the Spanish shawls bought by wealthy travelers to wear at the opera or at other society functions were at one time the property of Spanish working girls. Most of them have spent s years In the pawnshop, afterward falling into the hands of dealers when their former owners were unable to pay the interest on the loans or died. The “Spanish” shawl Is not at all

runs high, and this applie® as much to washable weaves as It does to silk, chiffons and other of the more formal weaves. Just now, women who set the fashion pace are taken with the idea of bright flowered or else modernistic printed linens and piques as media for sports ensembles. The novelty of these costumes is that even the coal or jacket is made out of the

patterned material, the one piece dress or blouse being sleeveless. This adoption of washable fabrics for the entire ensemble should prove quite inspirational to Hie woman who does her own sewing. The amateur wl o hesitates to cut Into expensive doth, realizing that she Is not equal to giving It the tailored finesse es sential to Its proper appearance can I with all confidence undertake rhe 1 making of a simple washable linen । like the one In tlx picture. And when ( completed, she has the satisfaction of j knowing that her costume stands for । the very essence of chic, as the mode looks upon It for spring and summer F<>r the costume shown here one of the new printed linens was selected, its gorgeous flower design being sil houetted against a white background The beauty of these fashionable tin ens is they look as If hand silo« ked and for that matter many of rtiem arc. which gives them distinction To accent the fact of color more fully, for color is undoubtedly the "big Idea" this season, the designer Ims picked out the three leading shmies In the flora! print, which happen to be vivid rose, deep cream and bright blue, repeating them in the girdle and cuffs of belting ribbon. This tricolor

effect Is considered very smart, the idea being frequently carried out in borders for the jersey blouse or those of solid colored crepes and the like. An accompanying jacket or coat is almost indispensable to sportswear outfits this year, and as said before they are most novel when made of bizarre cotton or linen prints. Considerable variation is noted tn the styling of the new washable prints. A deviation from the onepiece sleeveless dress and jacket theme occurs, if the model include a blouse, skirt and jacket or coat. JULIA BOTTOMLEY (©. 1928. Western Newspaper Union.) Spanish. It came originally from China to the Philippines and thence was carried to Spain by the first Spaniards who occupied public offices in the colony. Spanish women love colorful objects, and they used their new shawls on all possible occasions such as weddings, bullfights and religious processions, saints’ days and family festivals. The shawl eventually became so popular that the wealthier class, who first used it, abandoned it to the populace

' Improved Uniform International Sunday School ’ Lesson ’ (By REV R H FSTZWATER. D I>. Dean Mooiy Bible ln-«titur« of Chicaeoo (©. 192* WyMern Npw«paner Union > Lesson for April 29 THE COST OF DISCIPLESHIP LESSON TEXT —Mark lOJ7-Z7; It: 41-44. GOLDEN TEXT—Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. PRIMARY TOPIC — Loving Jesus Best of All. JUNIOR TOPIC —Putting Jesus First. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC—The Supreme Choice. YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC —The Peril of Riches. I. The Rich Young Ruler (10:17-27). 1. His question. “What shall 1 do that I may inherit eternal life?” This young man was in earnesL He came running and kneeled to Jesus. This question reveals a void in his heart. He was a young man with a lovable chaiacter "Jesus beholding him, loved nim.” He was moral, honest, earnest and Cour ageous, but had a defective Iheol.gy He thought that eternal life could t»e obtained by good works. Though he claimed to have kepi the law. tie was conscious of lacking something He was willing to do something to till up that which was lacking, therefore fie came to Jesus to make inquiry as to । that lack. 2. Jesus' reply (vv. 18, l‘J). I|e knew the young man's lieart and put His finger on the weak spot in ' his life. Jesus reiterated the com- i mundments. The young man averred that he bad all his life kept these ' commandments, but when it came to 1 parting witn Ids possessions in order . to help liis neighbw he parted with the Lord, going away sorrowful This revealed the fact that he was a cov- i etous man. a violator of the tenth ■ commandment. 3. Lacking one tiling and yet lost ! (vv. 21. 22). When the Lord pointed out »o him ' that the defect in his life was the | love of money. . tie was unwilling to i pay the price. When the time came in his life to choose ta-tween eternal ! I life and riches he chose wealth and parted company with Christ, perhaps forever. 4. The peril of riches (vv. 23-27) Jesus said. “How hardly shall they | that have riches enter into the king- ! dom of God.” When He discerned the astonishment of the disciples He , answered again ami said. “How hard ■ Is it for them that trust in riches to I enter into the kingdom of God It Is I easier for a camel to go through the ' eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.” The difficulty does not lie in the fact J , that a num possesses riches for one ' ' may possess rid.es and still be an . 1 heir of the kingdom. Wealth is a mighty power. In itself it is good. It will provide bread for tht widow and orphans, amelioration for the suffer Ing. and send the gospel of Christ to ithe ends of the earth. The peril of riches lies In trusting in them. How- ' ever. Hie step from possession of । riclu-s to trusting in them is a very i short one. The tendency of growing j wealth is to destroy the noble life of I rhe soul. So long as a man possesses I riches lie is safe, but as soon as riches ' possess the man he is In deadly peril 11. The Widow’s Mite (Mark 12: 1141) Jesus had spent a strenuous day i and was now quietly watching the | surging throng. < Ibsene: 1. Jesus sitting over against the i treasury (v. 41). The treasury was ! rhe place where the worshipers deposited their tithes and offerings Jesus sat where He could see them drop their money into rhe chests. He saw the poor casting into the , treasury their small coins and He also saw the rich bringing larger coins. It is a solemn truth that Jesus’ eye always beholds rhe gifts ot the people. We may be able to con ceal them from the people, but we cannot conceal them from His eye 2. A certain poor widow threw into the treasury two mites (v. 42) The mite was the smallest copper coin made. The mite was worth about one-eighth of a cent, therefore her offering was one-fourth of a cent in value. 3. Jesus said unto His disciples. "Verily I say unto you that this poor widow hath cast more in than al! s they which have cast into the treas i ury” (v. 43). The Lord estimates gifts by the motive of the heart, not by tl'.eir amount. 4. Gifts are measured by what the giver has left, not by what was given ' (v. 44). This widow cast Into the I treasury all that she had. even all her living. The rich gave of their abundance. Though their gifts were much more than that of the poor widow, yet they had an abundance . left. i ! This woman’s influence goes on ■ ! Many devoted Christians have fol- ■ lowed her example and have given । their all. True Confidence A calm smile of confidence is a sun guarantee to those who watch us that 1 we have firm faith in a God who is | ’ greater than all our troubles or our difficulties. A confident laugh in th- : face of hard situations has brougi 1 out many a man into the glow of sue . cess ami victory. Let us calmly trust i God. 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