The Batesville Herald. (Batesville, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 14, 1908 Page: 3 of 4
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SYNOP8I3.
Burton H. Barnes, a wealthy American
touring Corsica, rescues the young Eng-
lish lieutenant, Edward Qerard Anstruth-
Marina,
is mur-
that his
er, and his Corsican bride, M
daughter of the Paolle, from the
deroue vendetta, understanding that his
reward is to be the hand of the girl he
loves. Enid Anstruther. sister of the Eng-
lish lieutenant. Tile four fly from AJac-
to Marseilles on boa
steam, i Constantine. The
V^P aues and as the quartet
>» board the train for Loi
board the French
The vendetta pur-
are about to
board the train for London at Marseilles,
Marina is handed a mysterious note
which causes her to collapse and necessi-
tates
Barnes
collapse
a postponement of the Journey,
i gets part of the mysterious note
revives letters which Inform him
id by the vendet
and recels
that he Is marked by the vendetta
employs an American detectlvi
tee and Enid are mar-
thelr wedding Barnoa'
disappears. Barnes discovers she.
has been kidnaped and taken to Corsica.
The groom secures a
Is about to start
captors when he hears
the villa and rushes back
er's wife. Marina
He
nploys an American detective and plana
to beat the vendetta at their own game,
hor the purpose of securing the safety
of the women Barnes arranges to have
Lady Chartrls lease a secluded villa at
Nice to which the party Is to he taken
In a yacht. Barnes and Enid make
arrangementa for their marriage. The
net tightens about Barnes. He re-
ceives a note from I.a Belle Blackwood,
the American adventuress. Barnes hears
that Elijah Emory, his detective, has
been murdered by the Corsicans. He
learns that the man supposed to be Cor-
reglo, who followed the party on their
way to the boat, was Sallcetl, a nephew
of the count, and that Count Correglo
had been In Nice for some time prior to
the party's arrival. The count warns
Barnes not to marry Enid unless he
would have her also Involved In the mur-
derous feud. Barnes and Bnld
rled. Soon after
bride dia
has been
res a Ashing vessel and
In pursuit of his brtds's
e hears a scream from
ishes back to hear that
Anstruther's wife. Marina, la also miss-
ing. Barnes Is compelled to depart for
Corsica without delay, and so he leaves
the search fer Marina to her husband
while he goes to hunt for Enid. Just be-
fore Barnes’ boat lands on Corsica's
shore Marina Is discovered hiding In a
corner of the vessel. Bhe explains her
action by saying she has corns to help
Barnes rescue his wife from the Corsi-
cans When Barnes and Marina arrive
In Corsica he Is given a note written by
Enid informing him that the kidnaping
Is for the purpose of entrapping Barnes,
so the vendetta may kill him.
CHAPTER XII.
The Mountain Chalet.
Forced to a more moderate pace, the
two Journey up the winding road be-
tween some cornfields made red by
popples. Soon after they pass Into
the wooded hill lands, their path bor-
dered by myrtles and arbutus.
After a little, the way grows wlld-
vrf the hills much steeper, and climb-
ing the lofty Colle dl San Antonio they
ran look down upon hill vistas, beauti-
fully wooded, that descend to the dis-
tant sea. In the sunlit gleam of the
far-off water, llarnes, using his field
glasses, sees the yacht lying alone at
anchor. "Graham has sent back the
Ashing smack," he says.
“Then thank the Virgin,” cries Ma-
rina, "another letter Is going to my
husband telling him his disobedient
wife is trying to save his sister."
They descend sharply into the little
valiar/ of the I.lamone, and enter the
village of Vico, whose Inn is now wel-
coming the flrst summer visitors from
Ajaccio.
Here Marina says: "'Twould be
wrong If 1 sent not a telegram to my
anxious spouse." So they dismount at
the little telegraph office peculiar to
Corsican villages. As they slip in, a
countryman slouches out and mount-
ing a horse rides off up the main
street. Her message dispatched, Ma-
. rlna comip from the office, says:
"How hurriedly that fellow went
away."
"Yolt think he was looking for us?"
asks Barnes, us he places her on her
pony.
"Perhaps; Bernardo is astute. He
may guess that his message to you
brought you after him by water and
that you would And the yacht.”
"Then after him!” says Burton, and
turning more to the east they follow
a rapid stream, passing the Sulphur
Baths of Guagno, where they can see
the diligence depositing patients at Its
hospital for rheumatics.
They have not overtaken the man,
but no one has passed them on the
road, their pace has been so rapid. The
peasants they have seen, so many of
them carrying guns that Barnes thinks
he is In the Rocky Mountains, have
received the usual greetings In the
patois of the country from Marina, her
escort wisely f.eeplng his sombrero
pulled down over his eyes and saying
nothing. But now a farmer, pausing,
says: "Girl, you and your man had bet-
ter not go beyond Guagno. Last night
the two accursed bandits, Rochlnl and
his mate, killed Nlcolo, the sheep
grower, up at his house by the lake,
and carried off his daughter.”
"Thank you for your advice,” an-
swers Msrlna politely. She glances at
Barnes, hut he scarcely heeds. He Is
) urging his pony toward the mountain
pass through which Enid must now
be Journeying.
"Who Is this Rochlnl?" asks Barnes,
to take Mrs. Anstruther's thoughts to
happier things.
"He and his fellows are the only
bandits of which Corsica Is not proud,"
answers the girl, savagely. "This
wretch with his underlings murders
men for money. Other bandits only
kill for hate or to escape capture by
the gendarmes. Also this Rochlnl
drags shrieking women to his lair,
while other bandits doff their hats to
ladies."
Then as they ride along the Cor-
sican girl gives Mr. Barnes some curi-
ous Information about bandits.
"This murderous Rochlnl Is not of
our commune; he has been driven«
from Rotondo by the farmers because
of his outrages and came over to Del
Oro,” she remarks, excitedly. "Our
own Bocognano bandits, the brave
I Bellaeoscla," Marina * tone Is proud,
"whose family name Is Bonelll, only
fled to the mountains to escape pur-
ault from our cruel gendarmes, be-
cause, forsooth, the elder Antonio kill-
ed Marc' Angell. who dared to marry
the girl upon whom he had set hi*
heart. The younger, Giacomo, because
he would not endure the French con-
scription, so be slew the brigadier and
bit men who came to arreat him. Still
Antonio Bonelll, when the Teutons ov-
erran France, offered to go >v#r and
fight the German Von Moltka with his
jxva?
500 Bellncoscla—brothers, sons, grand-
Bons and nephews—If they would give
him safe conduct from arrest. At flrst
Monsieur Gambetta accepted, then he
Refused, fearing there might be a new
Bonaparte among these Corsicans to
again save France and rule the coun-
try.”
"Oh, we are devoted to the Bella-
coBcta,” she continues fervidly.
“Eveiy boy by the wayside gives them
warning of the gendarmes; every
child picking flowers In the mountains
tells them of the coming of the brig-
adiers who would capture or slay
them. Though many men and women,
some of gentle blood, are placed In
prison lor aiding them, the authorities
never receive Information from their
lips. But these wretches, Rochlnl and
Romano, are abhorred by all, and
blessings would be showered on any
who might bring their bodies Into Bo-
cognano."
All this has been said as they hur-
ried through the dust and sun for
three more miles. They enter the vil-
lage of Guagno. There Is no way of
avoiding the hamlet; It stands almost
at the entrance of the deep gorge be-
tween the two great mountains—be-
sides, the ponies need rest.
“It would be better If we were not
seen here," suggests Marina, "though
the Inn looks comfortable."
"And you must both rest and eat,"
remarks Barnes, who haB noticed that
bis fragile companion, unaccustomed
But the reprobate has an eye tor
beauty U not for political Influence. A
yellow-haired girl was with him,
though his followers kep^ so close
about her I could not see her face. But
1 give you additional warning. To-
night you must stay In my Inn.
Toward the mountains there la an-
other bandit, an extra one.”
“An extra bandit!” Barnes opens his
eyes.
"How do you know that?” asks Ma-
rina.
“How? Why, even the accursed Ro-
chinl and his fellow, who murder men
and -seize women, never steal from
me, who fearing their knives give
them wine and warning of the gend-
armes; but this new fellow sneaks
down at night and eats my chickens.
May Satan take him, he has the appe-
tite of a table d'hote!”
"Nevertheless, we must risk the un-
piofesslonal chicken thief and go to
the mountains,” says Marina deter-
minedly, as she goes away, attended
hv mine host, to make preparations
for her departure.
Barnes, having flve minutes for a
whiff, produces his cigar case, but
some words entering from the. two
rustics amid the vines of the garden
outside, cause him to forget even his
last cigar.
Their trade being closed, they are
now discussing local news. "Diavolo,"
remarks the wool trader, “did you
meet young Sallcetl on the road?"
"Aye, that I did, three miles above,
near the waterfall. To me he said:
'Good Luigi, shall 1 have your vote for
deputy?’ 'That you will,' said I, ‘great
Sallcetl, when you perform your oath
of vendetta againat the Americano
who came to Bocognano and by De
Belloc's soldiers killed the man who
would have been your father-in-law.’
‘Then I shall have It,' he crlsd. ‘Just
watt here for a couple of hours, and
you'll see It done.' But 1 had to meet
you to sell my wool, besides I remem-
bered Rochlnl and Mb murderous gun,
and so I came along.”
"Cospetto, If Sallcetl does It, he has
my vote also!" cries the wool trader.
I Give You Additional Warning, To- night You Muat Stay In My Inn.
to the severe exercise of horseback
travel in the hot sun and stifling d-ust,
Is tomowhat fatigued.
They ride up to the auberge, dis-
mount and give their ponies to the
care of a Corsican boy, who lea'*"
them away.
Entering, they are met by the lo-
quacious landlord, who tells them, as
they demand a hurried meal, that
business Is not very brisk, the season
being too early for many Invalids at
tile baths, besides all travellers are
kept from the mountains beyond by
fear or Rochlnl and Romano.
“May the curse of God rest on them
—they spoil my business even down
here,” says the hotel man savagely as
he goes to bring the food.
"1 do not think you had better go
with me farther," remarks Barnes
si rlously.
"What, stand back because a mur-
derer threatens the way to Enid?"
cries Marina, "Besides, you can shoot
your pistol."
"Then may God curse me If I let
harm come to you for your devotion to
my wife," returns the American with
grateful eyes.
"Then I'm safe," says the Corsican
girl simply, who has supreme faith In
the deadly marksmanship of her es-
cort.
From the little garden outside, the
conversation of two rustics drifts in
to them. One is apparently a local
wool buyer, the other a shepherd from
the neighboring mountain, who Is bar
gaining with him for his shearing.
A moment later their host places
the dinner in front of them. "Here are
trout from our Llamone, a filch of
moufflon killed on Rotondo and some
chlantl made from the vines outside
Real moufflon, real chlantl, besides
chestnuts from my own grove!” be re
marks proudly, as he arranges their
knives and forks.
"You have also a few visitors, I pre-
sume, to eat them?" queries Marina,
sympathetically.
"Oh, none to-day; there are not
enough Invalids at the baths; the sea-
son Is too early. Besides, young Ball-
cetl didn't stop here with his party,
but hurried on three hours ago. Does
that young statesman expect to get
the vote of Vincenzo, the landlord?
Not even a drink of wine did he buy.
Hearne, Tex.—Mr. John Moss, while
penning a beef at the slaughter house
Wednesday morning, was painfully In-
jured by his horse, which he was rid-
ing. He was brought to town as
quickly as possible und the services
of a physician were needed. He Is
resting easy Thursday morning.
Whooping Cough.
"In February our daughter'hud the
whonptug caugh. Mr. Lane, of llart-
land. recommended Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy and said It gave his
customers the best of satisfaction. We
found It as he said, and can recom-
mend it to anyone having children
troubled with whooping cough," says
Mrs. A. Gosh, of Durand, Mich. For
sale by ull druggists.
Car of Ore Netted $12,500.
l.uredo, Tex.—The flrst car of ore
shipped to the smelter at Monterey
from the Cla Minora mines in Du-
rango, Mexico, owned by Mayor San-
chez and several other citizens of La-
redo, netted $12,500.
Weak women tdiould read my
"Book No. 4 For Women." It was
written expressly for women who are
not well. The Book No. 4 tells of Dr.
Shoop's “Night Cure" and just how
these soothing, healing, antiseptic sup-
positories can be successfully applied.
The hook, and strictly confidential
medical advice Is entirely free. Write
Dr. Shoop. Racine, WIs. The Night
Cure Is sold by Joshua S. Smith.
"The crafty politician must have the
Americano trapped somehow. It was
rumored that the devil fled with the
Englishman whom Mademoiselle Paoll
wedded, though he had slain her broth-
er. Santos, may death come to a girl
who for lust betrays her race."
To this Barnes listens Impatiently
but seriously.
"This political hustler wants to sac-
rifice me on their altar of vengeance,
is to draw their votes," cogitates
.fenta savagely. "By the Eternal, he
i £ll have an ox at his barbecue who
w.il disagree with his stomach!"
There Is a peculiar glint In the
American's eyes as, five minutes later,
he places Marina carefully upon her
pony, and they leave the Inn. He now
asks almost lightly: "By the bye,
Madame Anstruther, do you know a
waterfall some three miles up this
path?" For all traces of a wagon road
have ended at Guagno, leaving only a
little bridle path that runs up the
foaming Llamone, which, contracted
In Its hanks, has become a torrent.
Marina thinks a moment; then
says: "Oh, yes; I remember a moun-
tain trail often travelled as a girl. But
It Is very steep.”
"Would you kindly show It to me
when we come to It?"
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Wanted the Worth of HI* Money.
"All we can afford to give you.miss,”
said the trustee of school district No.
IG to the young woman who had ap-
plied for the position of teacher, "Is
$46 a month." “At that flgure, of
course, you wouldn't expect me to
teach any fads,” she said. "Fads?"
echoed the trustee, taken slightly
aback; "why—h'm—yes. If you can
teach It we'll want that, too.” "But If
it Isn't In the curriculum-" "You
may as well understand, miss, that we
ain’t throwln' any money away. Tbs
$45 a month Is to pay for the whole
thing—fads, crlckalum and evsrythlng
else that's goln’."—Chicago Tribune.
At the Mother, to the Girl.
A daughter Is, In nine cases out of
ten. the reflection of her mother. The
training of the girl of 15 la shown In
the woman of 60 A son may, by con-
tact with the rough world, sometimes
outlive his early home Influences—a
daughter rarely does
„ Big Glaeisrs.
Tile big glaciers are among the fea-
tures which make Switzerland fa-
mous and attractive to tourists. VlBit-
lng and Inspecting these vast accumu-
lations of Ice are Invariably on the
program of the more hardy men and
women who seek diversion In that
picturesque country, and along with
mountain climbing give ample pppor-
tunlty for adventure and for testing
endurance and skill. Recently fears
have been expressed that the glaciers
would disappear In time, since, as was
alleged, they gave strong evidence of
melting away. But the scientists
have been Investigating carefully and
the result is comforting assuranc*
that the glaciers are all right, and
likely to stay Indefinitely. The ap.
parent changes are explained by the
fact, as alleged, that glacier action Is
variable, being subject to periodical
changes which cause the Icy masses
to expand and contract at Intervals.
The glaciers, say these learned men.
may be so extended tor a space of Cfl
years or so as to cover ground from
which there had been recession, nnd
then In turn may show plainly per-
ceptible shrinkage. There is not like-
ly to be much variation on the aver-
age, aud the glaciers are prstty cer-
tain to remain permanent features for
ages to come. The same principle,
says the Troy (N. Y.) Times, ap-
plies to some famous glaciers of the
western hemisphere. Including the
mighty Muir glacier of Alaska, and
the world bids fair to remain In pos-
session of the present supply of frigid-
ity. Even the Ice trust canmt collar
all of the product.
High Enjoyment.
One of the highest and best enjoy-
ments comes through what Is done for
others. This Is believed In theoreti-
cally, but seldom practically. If a man
has money, he Imagines that (he way
to enjoy It is either to keep and accu-
mulate it or to spend it on personal
gratification; yet he misses the very
finest of Its delights when he refuses
to share It or Its benefits with others.
So with our time, our talents a'nd our
thoughts—kept to ourselves, or used
simply for our own delectation, they
do not give us a tithe of the real en-
joyment that they afford when we use
them liberally for the benefit of^the
family, or friends, or the community.
No one, remarks the New York Week-
ly, who has once tasted the sweets of
ministering successfully to the happi-
ness of others will, If he be Intelli-
gent, ever again relapse into a purely
Belflsh use of his advantages, what- |
ever they may be.
JAUNTY COSTUME
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THE GOSPEL FOR
HARD TIMES
By REV. A. C. DIXON. D.D..
Plater ml MmA'iI
Read Psalm 77.
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Florence
Night-
Ingale tella us
that, when she was
on her way to the
Crimean
war.
she heard
from
the sailors a
weird story
about
birds with
black
wings and
blue
breasts that flew
across the
Black
sea during stormy
weather,
and
sometimes
perch-
ed on the
masts.
but had
never
dark nights
they
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Gun-metal gray pongee has been made up Into this Jaunty little costume.
The jacket Is a tuxedo pony model, with the vest of gray and black striped
taffetas. The under-arm seams curve In sharply at the waist line, and large
silver buttons and loops of gra^ silk cord ornament each side of the front;
small flat silver buttous fastening the vest. The rollur und three-quarter
length sleeves are trimmed with deep creum-color embroidery edging. The
Bklrt is a seven-gored model, side plaited at the front and hips, and closing
under au Inverted box-plait at the center-back. Two bias hands of the striped
taffetas ate set on as,a trimming above the hem. The model Is an excellent
one for voile, mohair, Panama cloth, heavy linen, chambray, or homespun.
For a miss of 15 years the Jacket requires 3% yards of material 20 Inches
wide, 1% yard 36 Inches wide; 114 yard 42 Inches wide, or 174 yard 64
Inches wide; us Illustrated, \ yard of contrasting material 20 Inches wide, 1
yard of braid and 174 yard of applique ban*.
For a miss of 15 years the skirt requires 714 yards of material 20 inches
wide, 4*4 yards 36 Inches wide. 4 yards 42 Inches wide, or 3 yards 64 Inches
wide; 1% yard 20 inches wide, 1 yard 36 inches wide, 74 yard 42 Inches wide,
or % yard 54 Inches wide, extra, for bias bands.
MUST SUIT THE FACE.
They are talking abou* union and
non-union milk. Have the cows been
organized? While others are trying to
get all they can the cows might like
a chance to kick, m -vtapborlcally
speaking, for more bran mixed into
the water.
A noted Berlin charade:- has passed
away In the person of Herr Hlppolyte
Mehles, whose boast It was that he
had been Instrumental In preventing
more BUlcide3 than any other person
n the world.
Married men of Belgium have two
votes and the single ones only one.
Priests and some other privileged per-
sons have three.
Time WeH Spent Over Arrangement
of Proper Coiffure.
Tllbrw Bi r no
governing hair dressing save the great
fundamental one which so few profes-
sional coiffeurs observe—namely, that
the outline must be neither stiff nor
conventional. The hair must be ar-
ranged t# suit the face, which, If It
chance to he of the fashionable Greek
type, may he somewhat drawn hack
from the brow, preserving the
straight line of.the profile. That same
profile line governs the |>osttlon of the
knot at the back of the head and
should be carefully studied with the
aid of the hand glass. But If I he nose
be short and the face rather broad,
the coiffure must la* arranged in dif-
ferent manner on the top of the head,
although not necessarily In the extrav-
agant form of pompadour which has
absolutely gone out of date. The hair
may he puffed above the brow so as
to meet the big coll at the crown,
and If there are vacant spaces, the
ribbon may be arranged to Ml them.
The thln-cheeked woman whose pro-
Me lacks the straight Greek line re-
quires fluffy locks to softer her feat
tires, and the crown braid to give the
desired breadth. Bhe would better
wear the ribbon to show at the sides
and the back.
Number one «ai i count. Number
two Is likely to be a prince, it may
be that Mow. Anna Gould Is making
hr the king rov.
Biliousness and Constipation.
For years I waH troubled with bili-
ousness and constipation, which ninth-
life miserable for me. My appetite
failed me. t lost my usual force nnd
vitality. Pepsin preparations and ca-
thartics only made matters worse. I
do not know where I should have been
today had I not tried Chamberlain's
Stomach and Liver Tablets. The tab-
lets relieve the III feeling at once,
strengthen the digestive functions,
purify the stomach, liver and blood,
helping the system to do Its work na-
turally.—Mrs. Rosa Potts, Klrming:
ham, Ala. These tablets are for sale
by all druggists.
To Clean Brown Ftlt Hats.
Very dark brown felt hats may be
freshened by brushing with a brush
slightly dampened with solution of am
inonla. Light brown or fawn felt Is
best cleaned with fuller’s earth, made
hot and applied with a flannel, nr fill
ler's earth and oatmeal, or even oat-
meal alone
Slightly soiled gray felt hats may be
cleaned with warm bran, bul If more
tt^in soiled, the best method Is to
make a solution of pearlash and wafer
and clean the hat with It.
This solution may be used for fresh
enlng red felt hats also, hut If the
color Is not fust It Is best to try the
solution on the Interior of the hat. or
a part that may afterward be trimmed
over If the color should fade.
TO REDUCE THE WEIGHT.
Systematic Exercise and Dlst the Two
Main Requialtaa.
tire you must learn how and when to
exercise. It Is useless to take exer-
cise at night when you are tired, and
Just as useless to exercise before a
meal.
English women are slim because
they keep their homos cool. Women
who fill their rooms with freBh air
are slimmer, as a rule, than those who
sit In an overheated atmosphere. The
lungs do better work under the cir-
cumstances.
In India the stout person takes the
mind cure as well as the physical cure.
She says to herself: "I am not hun-
gry." After she has repeated this she
takes a walk and engages In some-
thing to occupy her mind. So she
lets a meal slip by.
In Denmark when a lady gets too
stout she Is urged to get out upon
the hills and tend the sheep. She has
fresh milk to drink and she also eats
fruit and herba, but no fish nor flesh
nor fowl. She lives In the open and
she loses weight.
The so-called Colorado treatment
consists In sleeping out of doors Is a
sleeping parlor built with side* of
Jupanese matting to keep the wind
from blowing ii|H*n you. Only two i lifted
pieces of bedding are required. There i
must be a German feather l*«l to
place upon the floor of the sleeping !
parlor nnd another feather bed to he
drawn over the sleeper.—Exchange.
LEGHORN WITH PINK ROSES.
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Wharton, Tex.—The Daughters of
the Confederacy of the J. E. B. Stuart
Episcopal Church Sunday. The nerv-
ter which the congregation proceeded
to (he cemetery for the customary
decorations.
For a burn or scald apply Chamber-
lain's Salve. It will allay the pain
almost Instantly and quickly heal the
Injured parts. For sale by all drug-
gists
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\\\
A beautiful model of dyed leghorn
with white hydrangea, pink roaea, and
an alfreite adorning the crown.
Exerclae la Necetaary.
The body which Is not exercised gets
flabby and weak and degenerates In i
any number of had ways. Double and 1
triple chins, horribly misshapen busts
and nhdomens. tint chests, lank waists. '
and other unlovely features of many
unfortunate women's frames are the
creatures of no exercise Exercise rids !
the body of many shortcomings which ]
might he retained as deformities for-
ever. The overplump, the oversllm,
and the beautifully proportioned—In
fact, every wotnHn—need It If face or
flgure are to develop or preserve
beauty.
Grenadine again the Faahion.
Grenadine arter years and years of
absence has returned. It |H the
greatest novelty of the season and Is
treated like the shantungs, twills and i
satins with flowered borders—made to I
resemble Insertions bordered on each
side with garlands of flowers. Others |
with borders of satin and largo dots,
others, again, striped. The flower de- j
signs are evidently taken from de
signs for silks In fashion In the early
'50's of the last century, and soms, '''7.'
too, from the I .xml* XV epoch. ! ronfe,'lon-
The Thin Kimono.
The dressy kimono Is made with a
deep lace yoke In the front und back
with lace sleeves. To this Is attached
a net flounce, ruffled with net around
the bottom and >/>wn the front. It I*
worn over a pretty pale silk slip ol
the same shape, made separate.
White allover Is a neat material fm
plain kimonos, trimmed with sinbrol
dery Insertion. White lawn needi
only a few tucks and pretty Valen
elennee lace to give the desired touch
Ptrftct Trust.
Browning: In some time, HI* goof
time, I shall arrive.
been caught. On
went to the Mohammedan graveyards,
roosted on the houghs of the cypress
trees, nnd mingled their doleful notes
with the sighing of the winds. The
Moslems declared that the veldts of
the wicked dead dwelt In (hex*- blt-ds,
and that their plaintive -totes wera
the wailing of the lost.
Now, Into most of our lives there
come at times birds with Mack wire*
and blue breasts. We annot imp-
lore and destroy them, Td they al-
most turn our hearts Into w ctmetery.
We have "the blues." Tt'.bster say*
that the word "blues" Is a • >n tract'on,
he might have said a com I (ration, of
"blue devils.” It Is a w»,»tl need Is .
classic English, as Is 'be word
dumps." There Is a stv*» of mind
which Shakespeare could describe
only as the "dumps, so --Ml and
heavy," and these hard tlne-t are apt
to produce that state of rate |.
While the author of this ‘-tevontji
seventh Psalm was writing !.'• first
nine verses there was In bln valnd •
whole flock of these birds with black
wings and blue breasts. I believe that
God allowed him to have the blues, In
order that he might give us the Di-
vine analysis of this state of mind.
Having diagnosed the disease, he
then gives us the cure.
Let us pluck the feathers from the
wings of these blue-hreasted birds and
examine them om by one, that we
may learn Just the stuff that tha blues
are made of.
The flrst black feather Is
A Morbid Taste for Borrow.
"My soul refused U> he comforted."
There was comfort to be had, but he
did not want 1L He preferred dla-
comfort.
Some people are never quite so
happy as when they are miserable.
They pet their griefs.
The second feather Is
A Distorted View of God.
"1 remembered God and was
troubled."
The remembrance of God ought to
have given him pleasure. Infidelity
speaks of a God "whose every thought
Is a star and whose dreams are con-
stellation!." He thinks not of men
any one the blue*.
The third black feather la
A Complaining Spirit,
"1 complained, und my spirit was
overwhelmed."
The more you complain the mors
cause you will have for complaining.
The squid blackens the water about
It that It may hide Itself tn the black-
ness. It shuts out Its own vision, tn
order that It may shut out the vision
of others. And thus a complaining
spirit darkens everything about us.
Another black feather Is
Insomnia.
"Thou holdest mine eyes waking"
It Is hard to be cheerful when w»
cannot sleep. The darkness of the
mind enters our soul, and gas llgh'
will not banish It. The flitting of
black wings makes a rustle In our
rooms that doe* not soothe ua. Our
nerves become tomtoms on which
devils heat, rather than harp-string*
upon which angels play.
Frances Ridley Havergal tells us
that the sweetest hours of her life
were the nights of sleeplessness In
which her henrt was awake to com-
munion with God. and her thought
In praise and thanksgiving.
Happy the man who has grace thus
to turn restlessness Into restfulness,
whose heart can sleep while bis body
wakes, whose spirit repose* while his
ll»sh Is weary.
Stll another black feather Is
Th# Msmory of Good Tlmos Qono.
"I call tn remembrance my song
In the night."
Once he was a nightingale, tilling
the air with music; now he Is ■
screech-owl, tilling It with discords
The fact that he was once happy
makes him miserable to-day. Former
wealth make* present poverty morn
oppressive; former health makes pres-
ent sickness harder to bear.
Such a spirit Is a good roosting-placo
for the blues. If we were once
happy, let us be thankful for It.
If for several years we had the corn
forts of home, with the luxuries of
wealth, let us he glad that It Is so,
though now we are In struggling pov-
erty. A grateful spirit thinks with
pleasure of all the delights of the
past, and Is hopeful for the future.
So much for th# analysis of (be
blues. Let us look for a moment at
God’s Curs;
at the means by which these birds
of black wing and blue breast may
be driven sway, or taken and de
stroyed.
First, let there be a clean breasted
"This." says the Psalm
1st. "Is my Infirmity."
God 1* not to blame If I am blue.
He would make me bright and eheer-
ful. 1 take th* fault as my own.
He does not say that It la a sin There
is quite a difference between sin and
Infirmity. Infirmity la weakneaa of
a good thing, aa an Infirm eye. or
hand, or faith, or love.
Confession of aln brings forglv*n*aa.
hut there must be no apology. If we
whitewash our souls we shall not hare
them washed white. Paul aald: “I
rejoice In Infirmity, that tha power of
Christ may rest upon me."
Again, faith In God Is a good cure
for the blue*. The Psalmist mis:
"Thy way la In tba sanctuary,"
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