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When the loved nf our hearts have gone
home to their rout,
In the mansions ubovo, where tho weary
are bloat;
Whore mid hearts tliiit know not what hap-
piness meant,
Vail their eyes from tho radiunco and nigh
with content;
Can thoy thoro, safoi encircled by strong
iiriiiH nnd true,
Look nt us us wo linger, and soo what we
do)
Will their Father who wipotli all tours from
their oyoh,
Lot them nolo all our wnnd'ringK and list
to our sighs!
Ah, ii' I'aul In his prison tlio angels might
bless,
So our loved ones ubovo long to sootho rour
dist ress,
And as linger wo still in our prison house
hi re,
They bring visions of heaven nnd happiaoss
near.
Methinks us wo shrink from ulllictlon's
dread rod,
Or doubt, in our anguish, tho love of our
(Jod,
Have we felt not, though knowing no vision
or dream,
That the I'eet of our loved have re-crossed
the dark stream,
And that by us thoro lingered u presence
we know,
While a peaeo, not of earth, swept our
troubled souls through I
Then we knew that the uouls Unit so strong
with our own
Had brought tidings of peuoo from before
th<"! white throne.
Love, that outlusteth earth's changing and
sin,
Not even death's envious shadow can <liin,
And till earth is no more, and all iiud peace
or woe,
There'll lie heavenly watchers o'er wander-
ers below.
A
ltv WltAV I.INHSAV.
CIIAPTKK III (Co.NTiNUF.il).
"You would never have done for a busi-
ness man, my lad," he told Ills heir for
the liflietli time within a month It was a
favorite asscr.ion of the lliironct's. "You
may well feel relieved, as tho matter does
not concern yourself only. So long ns we
arc able to put such a weapon as the num-
bers of the noles Into the hands of justice,
the murderer is pretty sunt to be hunted
down sooner or later. < f course it isn't
likely that ho will hoard the uu ney for-
ever; and tho first attempt to use It—at
uny rate in iCiijjlnnd—«ill betray liliu.
lint here we are You'd better come In,
ns *oti can give the amounts of tlio notes
with which yo i were suppli (I, II It should
be necessary." *
Mich Information was unnecessary I.otv-
ever, as the cashier well remeiul eretl the
Iransaetl' n and was able at once to sup-
ply the desired Information. Aftorwarda
.Sir i co'iivy only llngored to convoy tho
Intelligence to Davis, the police-inspector,
I'cl'ire tinning the horse's head town ds
lion e. /
The roads v ere slippery and bad ,./o
travel o\er lifter the snow and the III(w.
The I'aronet was mi excellent whip, hut
to day Ills attention was too much engaged
with Ills bay to allow of conueuted eon-
versat on, and tlia grca cr pa t of the
journey "as accomplished i;. unbroken
silence.
It was not until the i'|<iniheys or Itooli
■ lull came wi hiu sight that Alan dls-
tiirbe 1 this I ng -ileipe by a s iniewhut
.start iuvc remark. >
'•It'.-, rather a queer Miing this happen-
Ing on the very ntah> ihat t'aryl Vatio
oho.e for his late wrflk from Hull ' said
the young man /
ficolri;/shruggcd Ills shoulders.
.'/ ".ii a a'rs of this sort th"ro are always
a number of strange coin tldencos, " lie
replied. 9
There was no rejoliiitor for a moment;
tlcii Allan murmured nJtly and almost
as tlio gli speaking to hlm-elf-
■ 'Yes, Mill I wish now, for his sake,
that I hadn't mentioned th amount con-
tiiined in those I 'Iters. It was tho Vicar
who teglstered them u'tiinately, I believe;
but In the circumstances It. might have
li en a- well for Caryl if lui had not boon
one of tho very few people Who were aware
of what the pos'man carried. I (out) ou
agree with me, sir'.'"
Mr Coo toy was visibly Shocked. For
the tirst time lie iinilei'stocti at what bin
nephew was hinting, and the mere idea
made lilm angry, for was not Caryl \ tine
Odeyne's liro her.'
"tiood gracious, Allan, you must bemad
to sav such a thing!" lie nto'iilmed. "I
would no have suspicion of that, sort
coupled with the young man's name for
any amount ot' money. It would half kill
his father; and besides Hut there, the
very notion is absurd!"
Allan Itertram shook his head.
•'it may lie," he responded. "Vet I
think that the police would Consider tho
whole ullalr suspicious. There are so
many coincidences, as you ars pleased to
call tliein, "■ -with a sneer which, lis tho
liaroiiet was at that moment diuwiug up
at the hall door, lie was too much occupied
to observe.
Allan sprang to the ground, striding
away, without giving Mi- i.eot'rey another
chalice to continue the discussion.
It was whilst the desert win In progross
that same evening til it the master of Uook
lla'l bad his w sli gratilicd he saw tho
London detective.
"Show him in here " Sir (leolfrey order-
ed, lifter reuiliii { n short no e whi.-li the
butler had presented apoloviti ul!\.
In a .other iiio.i eui Mr. Kltson w.n in
the room.
"There are one or two mat en an to
which no one can help me so well as your-
self, Sir tieo troy." e. plained tin' polite
otlle al. us soon ih he hud been supplied
with wine and ihoscr ants had withdrawn.
"Yes ii is a nt ih n't case, as you say.
till I've known harder oiuis In my expo-
rieii 'c. \Vo have a clew already, sir,
wlilcli must lie lollowed up without delay.
See he e.'
Kr.'iu his p ic'.et liltsoti produced a
s rap of paper foldid into a small t!at
package, which be proceeded to open.
Inside there lay a tangled curl of dark
brown hair.
"That hair was in the clenched list of
tho pos'man," ho said, "and that is the
tirst evidence that lias been obtained. I
found it d reedy 1 examined the body,"
ho added, with ii touch or pardonable
vanity.
Allan liarirain glanced keenly at tho
Hitroiiet from under his eyebrows. Sir
(feo rey's tcatuics were twitching ner-
vously, and the color had deepened upon
Ills cheeks; otherwise he made no stun
that lie recognized this continuation of his
nephew's suspicions.
••You will scarcely do much with that,"
he remarked, af or a short pause. "There
are many men In Higland wlih dark hair.
You can hardly hope to eouvict any crimi-
nal upon such testimony."
••It is the first link In the chain, which
Uy-ond-liy will lead to the gallows," the
fc.'!etlve answered u'vy s'ojly and dis-
tinct!)'. "Ai d tho main thing which ft
teaches sir. Is tliut tho murderer was a
gentleman."
Allan was leaning upon the table, toy-
ing with the fruit upon his plate. Ilis
face was In shadow, which may have ac-
counted for its look of pallor. At any
rate his voice wus steady enough as ho
asked how that fact had been ascertained.
lllston smiled, as though a nused at tiie
question.
"You d not do for a detoc'lve, sir, if
you can't tell the dltierence between.it
gentleman s ba r and a workingmiin's.
co how tills shines! It has been careful-
ly brushed overy day; it s too I ne too, and
falls naturally ui'o ripples, liesides, what
laborer would wear it as long as this'.'—at
the sumo time straightening out a single
hair upon the while table-cloth.
Again the lluronet started. Allan
thought sardonically that lie would tell
him later on that his Ills nerves were out
of order.
"Now," continue I tlio detective,
"there's one thing quite distinct to me,
and that is, that whoever It was that
killed the postman understood very well
ihat he was worth robbing. And that
brings me to my business with you, Mr
CeofTr.y. Will you tell me the name; of
all who were aware that the notes wore
sunt oil'."'
Sir (ieolTrey leaned hue!: in his chair
witli as great an assumption of ease ns he
could call to his aid.
"I suppose jou know the enclosures
were in letters of my nephew's." he sal I.
"As to tiie persons who had any informa-
tion of their dispatch of course besides
ourselves— there was only tho Vicar—who,
I think you said, registered tho letters,
Allan'.'—and ono or two members of his
family."
Allan l!crlran smiled again to himself.
So Sir (looilrey did not Intend to mention
Caryl's name! Well, it might be as well
that lie should follow the Uiirouet's lead.
"NO confidential vu'ot, sir, or any such
eort of person'."' pursued tho detective
passing by the mention of tho clergyman's
household in silence, after a barely per-
coptih o pause.
To that question, however, there could
be but one answer; and eventually Mr.
Kltson left the llall without having been
able to obtain any further Information.
It was some hours after the dotcctlve
had taken his de allure that the lluronet,
who had passed tiie interval In the library,
absorbed in deepest thought, was disturb-
ed by the entrance of Allan.
"lly-thfi-wtiy," began that gentleman,
upon whom his uncle s despondent uttiiudo
as lie had at lirst caught sight of him wus
by no means th own away, "don't you
think that It was catlier unwise of me not
to have hinted my suspicions to It it son'.'
Of course I may be wrong. Still, there's
a chance of tho truth lying in that direc-
tion. And 1 can't a lord tolose ihat money*
If any 'cuteness of ;riy own would save it."
Ti.e HiiroiL'J rose to his feet an I shook
himself, as though casting o f a burden.
"Noiisensa!" he answered brus uoly.
"You keep your own 'cuteness, as you
cull it, for carrying on your own concerns.
You need it nil, let mo tell you. As to
Vane, I won't have a word breathed
against him! Think of his father, man! '
"1.1-ile Is lnnocout it would do Ills fath-
er no harm for tho ail'air to be investigat-
ed. And 11' lie is "
'lie is not! I would stake my life
upon Caryl's freedom from guilt." re-
turned Sir (loolH'oy, in atone of strong
ugitali n. "Possibly, however, 1 cannot
expect you to see matters quite as they
present themselves to me," he went oil
more calmly; "and, that being so lam
willing to make up to you for any loss
which you may Incur iu tiie matter.
I here—will that satiSfy you.' I cannot
see a happy, bright young fellow like''—
he had almost mid •'Odeyne's brother,"
but he stopped just in time—' like Caryl
Vane sintering under a charge which,
however successfully refuted, might
blight his prospects through life; for nf-
faiis of ihis sort are not always wholly
cleared up."
There w.is a strange look of triumph in
Allan s eyes as he listened; but when ho
repli d, liiere was no trace of eagerness
in the calm voice.
"As (iu pie so. sir.' he said. 'T am
glad that Vane has so generous an advo-
cate as joursolf. Since lam not to be a
loser it matters little to mo whether lie is
blameless or not.. And of course such a
rumor, lie it ever s > false, could tint prove
very iu urlous both to himself and 11 his
family."
Sir (ioitl'rey cut short his nephew's
tlow of words abruptly.
"l'ass that che.pie-book please!" he said
pointing to one lying near Allan's hand.
Five minutes later the young man loft
tiie Hnronet'? presence the richer by a
thousand pounds; but as he crossed tiie
ballon the wav ui stairs, his mind was full
of vague woiidorings and doubts.
"Why on earth is he so anxious to keep
Vane's name out of It?" he mused. "At
any rate, It shows that he does not feel so
certain of the fellow's Innocence as ho
pretends to lie.-'
In tint opinion however the liaroiiet
heir wa< altogether mistaken.
I
Cll Ai'TKK IV.
The next morning, before he left hit
dressing-room. Sir Geoffrey received
Odeyne's letter.
"lito not love you as you deserve, nor
even with the sa i e a eclion that I onee
v ave to another man; but, if, after that
confession, you are anxious still to marry
me. I will gladly be your wife, for 1 trust
and respect you before anybody else in
all ihe world. '
Mi she had written with many tears;
and a'though it was not precisely the an-
swer which woi.ld liest have pleased him,
the I'aronet tenderly kissed the paper
after lie had read the message it btouglif.
"She shrII love me ono day," and a
resolute look came Into his eyes. "Trust
and respect are not such a bad I eginning
after all."
He went down stairs with so radiant a
face that even the unobservant Allan was
impressed, and wondered silently what
could have happened to cheer him thus
since they had pa ted the uight before.
It was not unti| breakfast was almost
over and the servants had withdrawn that
the explanation came.
"I have some news that will sur| rise
you,'' the Haronet said very (|iiiotly. "I
am engaged to be married!"
"What'."' The tone was as Incredulous
as it was Insolent; and sir (ieoifrey raisod
his heavy eyebrows.
"You need not feel so very much aston-
ished," lie answered gravely. ". dder
men than I have married before to-day.
although Indeed"—aud an accent of tend-
erness (|iiito new to Allan crept Into the
Haronet's voice—"few men have been so
fortunate as I am. The lady who lias
consented to bo my wife is Odeyne Vane."
Allan llertram almost gave utteranco to
an'lmprecation In his anger and bewilder-
ment. h *orj thing seemed slipping from
him. The future, nimn which he had
counted so confidently, now looked a
dreary blank before him. Even Odeyne's
devotion. utKin the strength of which-*
little as be valued it—he would have
staked his very existence, seemed to have
passed out ot hh possesion. Wi'.U his
arms folded oef ne him u on tho table
and his gloomv face bent down lie sit
without answering b, ono word.
' I have trio I many times to prepare
you for some such event as this. ' contin-
ued his uncle. "I have told you often
that It was m . in'entlon to marry, and IV
was by our own ch.olco that yon disre-
garded my hints and threw my advice to
tho wind*. You can scarcely Maine mo
therefore if now you are startled at iho
alteration which tho arrangement must
make in your positlouaud pros octs."
lie siioke slowly aud deliberately, Al-
lan making no otl'ort to Interrupt him un-
til, at the last word, he suddenly sprang
to his feet, kno kin i his chair over on to
the soft Turkey carpet.
"Itl^wl ked" lie exclaimed, in vlo'ent
agitation, "it is the uiitairest tiling iu
tiie world! Of course, nt your age, I no -
er belle ed that you meant to change your
way o" life, say what you might. I was
hrou lit up to believing the inheritance to
lie my own. Win else was to have It'.'
'Yet in one moment you can in content
calmly to destroy tlio hopes und expecta-
tions of years."
The lluronet hail also ri .en and now he
lai I his hand upon'his nephew s arm.
•\ can understand that you are disap-
pointed,' he said gra ely. "So far it is
easy to make allowance for you. Hut I
warn you not to go too far. Allan, There
is a line which no man may pass, lly*
and by you will see things iu a juster
light; and of colli" e > on know that I s tall
not let you want. '
With a sound that wa< almost like a
snarl .-\ I an turned upon liiiu.
"So this is tiie reason of your bribe of
last night!" he cried, a sudden g.'eam of
uncontrollable passion li bring up Ills
face. 'No wonder thu you were desirous
of shield ng her br ther s re,in atlon. It
would scarcely have been desirable —"
He faltered aud sto.iped ill tho midst of
li s wilil accusations, the Hood of words
aires:ed upon his lips by the expression
upon sir (ieotl're. 's face. For a moment
tho.e was absolute silence between them:
then the Han net turned away and walked
towards the door. I'pon the threshold
lie paused.
"If I were not aware that you are half
mad as this moment I should order you to
leave my house," he sa d iu his sternest
manner. ".*urh accusations are more
thunany man can .siand with patience.
This one tiling only will I condescend to
say in reply, and that is that, being fully
ami firmly convinced of Caryl Yaue's in-
nocence as I am of m / own, 1 hail no de-
sire for his good name to lie injured by
the groundless suspic ons of my nearest
relative. Hut much of this I told you be-
fore. "
In another moment lie was crossing the
hall, iiii (luscious of the malicious sneer
upon Allan's lips as he looked after him.
That, expression h iweversoon disappeared
frViiif tiie yon'!£ man's face, giving place
to a look of vonomdu's iinii-eri'Ji>i sank
Into the nearest urm-chuir and begun to
think.
Was there nothing, he wondered which
even now could .st p this marriage.' What
If Caryl could by actually convided of
turners murder.' Surely t .en the I i'aro-
net would n it marry his s'ster! It was
not yet too late to give the p.i.ice a li lit,
and it might be worth a trial, unless in-
(ifte I something should chance to come
out at thu in piesi, which was fixed for
eleven o'clock that morning.
The inquest was held, but beyond n ere
formal evidence n ■ to the finding of the
unfortunate man and tho wo inds he had
received, no information seemed to be
forthcoming. Therefore the | roeeodlngs
wero adjourned until Saturday, iu order
lo g vo the police two days a ore in which
to pursue in uirie*.
So far matters were settled by noon, in
the pros "lice of an incited crowd, which
numbered among lis members both Sir
(leolfrey llertram and his nephew. Af te -
wards, while the people were still stream-
in ? out into the sunshine or standing
about In little groups o discuss at leisure
once again the crime in all Its bearings,
the Haronet made his way towards the
Vicar ige
In tliedi'iiwiiig-room, alone, Odeyne was
seated before the p ami. running lier lin-
gers i:i a purposeless way over the keys
and wondering whether Iter future hus-
band would come to see her that morning,
'when Sir tico 1 rev was announced. As
she rose mill, with one hand sill! upon
the keys, waite I for her lover to approach
her. she formed a picture fair enough to
gladden the hea t of any man above all
that of the man who loved her.
"You will forgive me for coming so
early'.' I could not wait longer iiel'o o
thanking you, Odeyne," murmured the
Itaronet, almost timidly, as lie clasped the
pretty lingers which she held out to him.
The hot color tlew suddenly to tho girl's
face.
" I'lien you want me still'.1" she said,
with a smile lurking about her lips In a
manner which Sir (ieotl'rey found suffi-
ciently all urlii j-.
"Want you " he eehoed. I oould never
cease to want you, darling. Ah, odeyne.
Indeed, my dearest you shall not repent
having trus ed me."
Kot a m unent she hes'tatcd. Then she
raised her blue eyes to his, whilst the blood
slowly ebbed out of her checks and lips
lea . lug her very pale.
"I have no fear for myself." she told
him firmly. "It is for you. suppose tha'
after we were married you were d sap-
pointe I in me because -because I do not
love you more"—with a I ttle uuiver in
her voice. "Suppose that you should
grow jealous of the memories in my heart.
Suppose '
"1 wi I suppose nothing, dear, lie an-
swered tenderly. ' One quest on 1 am go-
ing to ask you, Odeyne. and uo other.
Little one,"—as the pale lip< quivered be-
neath ills ga/.e—"do not tremble so, aud
pray don't he atrald. It is only this I
want to hear. That other in in" and his
voice sank low audits tone deepened "do
v. ii cure for him s HI.' Would you rather
tie his w.fe than mine.'"
With a visible effort. Ode* ne conquered
her agitation. She had used no Idle word
when she wrote of hi r trust in him and
she was willing tiiat he should understand.
"1'liank yoa for not a-king me his
iianii) ' sho said. "1 think 1 believe I
*OiiId no; tell you that yo'. Hut as to
four question, Yes I a u afraid that I do
love him s i I. Hut I wo iid not marry
iliu. no—not if he were to entreat it of
ne. (ili how shall I say It..''' she cried,
n a sudden agony of s'lame. "I'ci'hnps
I was my fault that he gained my heart
ioe sil>. Il.it he tried to do it—oh, in-
leed he tried! And then he slighted me!
Iu every look he told me thai he was
iwaretliat I loved him. but tii.it he eared
tothlng for me. No. Sir (leolfrey. I would
nit be his wife—I would rather far rath*
r be you s. "
Whereupon she burst into tears; nor
was she conscious of any feeling of sur
irise or even of shyness when she found
terself being drawn into the Haronet's
tiius, and was allowed :o weep out all her
jrief upon his breast.
At last th ■ girl rai-ed her heal from its
asting-plaee.
"You are very good to me," she said
tratefully, smiling through her tears, aud
i«k ng up luto his face. "1 will try u
deserve your kindness—indeed—Indeed I
will."
"My darling, be sure that my faith In
you is just as strong as jours is In me.''
lie murmured. "As to this scoundrel, ba
he whom he may, henceforfh ho Is ooth-
iug.to us! Some day, my sweet one, when
you wish to hav • no se ret from your hus-
band, you will tell me who it is that has
treated you thus. That, odeyne, shall
i be the proof,'If you like, of \ our perfect
love. Hut, however many years may pass
before it comes, re ueinber that 1 will nev-
er ask It of you. Aud uow let us forget
him—shall wo.1''
"Thank you," she whispered. Then,
very softly and modestly—"i did not un
derstand before that men were gentle and
tender, as you are. Will you kiss me,
CJeo !rey?"T-and she raised her lips to his.
The memory of thewavm touch of her
breath and the boshlul loveliness of hei
face was still causing tho Haronet's pul es
to throb when lie re-entered ills own house,
so soon to be her home.
"No; I will come again and see your
father, then, if 1 may. I will not s ay
now." ho had sa'd when t deyne rather
j tinildl aslced him to •tay to luueheon.
To that socon I visit lie was no v looking
forward with as much eagerness as though
his entire fut re we 1 being rested upon
It. An I in his joy Allan Bertram, with
his frant'e, anger and disappointment,
was al ogether forgotten. Even had it
been otherwise, sir (leolfrey would
not have guessed how his nephew hap-
pened at that moment to lie employed,
nor would he have credited tlio fact that
in a few seconds more the following com-
munication despatched by Allan would t e
on its way to Scotland Y'ar I—
"Why have no inquiries been inado as
lo how Caryl Vano of rithorpe Vicarage
was employed upon the night of the mur-
der.' Many persons can prove his return
from Hull wearing muddy clothes which
bo.c witness to a struggle,"
TO 1IE CO NT t.\ IK 11.
Equitable Enough.
The Drawer hears of a case that was re
cent y tried before a justii e of the peace
in one of the mining districts of Arizona,
that for the itni artiaiity of its settlement
is iini ue iu the annals of the la v. The
plaintiff "as a wealth druggist, whosued
thu Knights of l.abor for tho cash equiva-
lent of certain medicines furnished an in
nre I knight on tho written order of the
association, which order the associntlon
refused to honor.
\\ ilnnssos were eamined on loth sides
a great length, and the counsel for b.it'i
parties to the ditfuronco indulged in the
highest flights of oratory, to which his
honor listened with becoming dignity,
ruling always with the greatest deference
for tho pro rieties, and taking a >parentl\
great interest in tho point at issue.
The tr a1 lasted lor two days, both sides
summed cp. and in accordance with.the
usual custom each of the counse' request-
ed thai tho judge would award the verdi d
to his client.
When counsel sat do.tn a ik of inerr-
able disgusi cros ed his honor's lime, nnd
rising from his chair, ho fixed his eye upon
the legal luminaries before him. and re-
n arked: " ou fe lors mtisi think I'm the
biamo est fool that ever lived, (i.ve a
ver let to \otii" clfeul'.' What kind o n
freak do you take me for?'
"I m sure, your honor." cried the plain-
tiff's lounsel, "that neither 1 nor my client
holds you in any other than the highest
esteem. Ycnr rulings have shown that
'our honor is possessed of an euridition
w lilch—"
"That'll do, that'll do. m> friend. 1
don't want no bit'k tulle. Hut t'll give
both ;.i«ni el lets a p'intcr: If I give aver-
die. agin Mr. Hlank, |the drugg st. Mr.
Blank belli' the riches man in this town.
'11 be down on me, an' I can't afford iosin'
none of Ills influence; and if I give a ver-
dict agin the Knights, tiie town'II g t sc
darned hot I couldn't stay in it. I ain I
no fool lior no fre.de. so | don't deliver nc
tie ision in no side. The court's ad-
joimit d."
I he case will probaMy be appealed.—
Ha: per's Maga.'ine.
All Clauses Cam> lo II nt.
It is a matter of regret that the spirit <i\
I rogress has substitu ed the railroad foi
the ol l-tlmc stage coaches, the (.uaint say
ings o; whose drivers will long be remem-
bered by those who had tiie good forlunu
to visit the mountains when the grandeui
of the scenery was only equalled by the
discomfort the traveller had to undergo.
The Inawor remembers a conversation
with ii mountain Jehu whose anxiety tu
learn the profession nf his passengers was
somowha remarkable, said he. "I've
driven piles of lawyers, mister: plenty of
em. Lawyer yourself?"
"No."
"Ah! Clergyman, perhaps? I've had
no end of i hem ub aril.'
' *-o, I'm not a clergyman."
"Thought no'. See at a glance you'r*
a doctor. Had a doctor with me last trip.
Nice fellow he was, too. Wliero d'yei
practice.'"
•I'm not a physician,'' was the response:
••I'm a j on in a ist,"
"indeed! a journalist, eh? Well, I'm
mighty glai o'that. I'm drlvin'journal
ists all the time, in fact, sir, Idriveevery-
thlng that lias biaius."—Harper's Mag-
si I ne.
All Odd Coincidence.
From Birmingham, Ala., comesawiord
story of two friends — George White, en
gineer of a fast passenger train, and Boh
White, forem.in in the machine shops of
the Louisville & Nashville road. They
hud a habit of making each o her sm.ill.
prelty gifts, and this summer Hie machin-
ist c instructed a clock rather out of the
common as a present to tho engineer.
When finished he set It running fo insure
perfectncss, and for a while it ticked
away us merrily as you please. .Suddenly
w ithout cause or warning. It stopped at
2:3U ii. in., but nothing was thought of It
until tho n.?xt day, when news came that
exactly at that hour its prospective owner
had b.'en kille.l in an accident, and the
odde t part of all Is that no amount of
starting or regulation since lias ever been
able to make the clock run past that
latal in nute.—Commercial Advertiser.
Noblesse Oblige.
some time ago Hubert Louis Steveuso:;
made a o 'munition by his remark that the
most perfect gi ntleman lie ever saw was a
servant. Now conies oen. Tecumseh
Sherman, in un article in tiie North Ameri-
can, and pa s u similar tribute to the col-
ored mnn, qui ting with approval Henry
('lay's oft-repuated assertion that his col-
ored servant was the most accomplished
gentleman in America. The born gentle-
man, sir. will huve to look to his laurels.
Boston Herald.
Same Old Sufferer.
Seed> individual—"Madam, can't yon
give something to a yellow fever sufferer?"
Woman—"Ain't you the s.imo man that
called here a few mouths ago and got ■}">
cents to help a bli.'/ard sutferer?"
Seedy Individual —"Yes, ma'am. Idou t
do nutliia' but su ter from one year's eud
to ih« other. '— .l idge,
TOLD WITH \ TO
The Rev. Talmage ELance8 His
Congregation by His\v|d qi8_
course—His S^crodV^ Ex_
planatory SaylnBsy.u||y
Appreciated. I
"Bp.rnlike Birthplaces" the iVklynites
Subject-He Places It Befd^ His
Audience in a Grand Mam
Biiooki.yx, Dec. 30.—In addition'w c.on
gregutlonul singing at the TaberniL to-
day, Mrs.Florence Kice-Knox sung tl Up_
propriute solos. Tho Hov. T. DeWit|n'Ui
muge, D. D., preached, taking for hii\u\,.
ject: "Hai'llllkO Birthplaces." His \xt
wus: "Yo shuii iind the babe wrappoVu
swaddling clothes, lying In a manger. A|
suddenly there wus with the angel a mill
tude of tho heavenly host."—Luke 11, l\
l!i.
At midnight from ono of the galleries o
tlio sky a chant broke. To uu ordinary ob-
server there was no reason for such a celes-
t ial demonstration. A puor man aud wife -
travelers. Joseph and Alary by name—hud
lodged in an outh iuso of an unimportant
village. The supreme hour of solemnity
hud passed.anil upon the pallid forehead and
cheek of Mary God hud set, the dignity, the
grunduer, tho tenderness, the everlasting
und divine slgnillcuuee of motherhood.
Hut such scenes hud often occurred in
Bethlehem, yet never before had a star been
untixed, or hud a buton of light miirshiiled
over the hills winged orchestra. If there
had been such brilliant and mighty recogni-
tion of an advent in the house of I'haroh. or
ut an advent in the house of Caesar, or the
house of l'upsburgs, or tho house of Stuart,
we would not so much have wondered; but
a barn seems too poor a centre for such deli-
cute and urehangolio circumference. Tho
stage seems too small for so great uii act,
tho music too grand for such unappreciutlve
auditors, the window of tiie stable too rude
to be serenaded by other worlds.
No. sir. No. madam. It is my joy this
morning to tell you what wus born that night
in the village burn; and as I want, to make
From that supernatural grourtnr in the
cloud-^unks over Bethlehem, und from the
^laUrains that run down to the seeao.
fffi tlmt Sur world Is beautifully and
gloriously and niWiH^nUy
K^^lo^n\othe
SfomMMidwnpt\on they roll hosuunas out of
t! Oh'1 yes f' I dV iiot know but our worM
m v bo better surrounded than w^.ka\
sometimes imagined; und wben a c ,
bom angles fetch it, and when it dies aiifeow
take it. und when i
weight of
L\
child is
mgols
when uu old mull bends
the cemetery to watch out dead, ^nge.s n
church ready to fly UyuvLMi\w d wUh t it
news of repentant, souls. AngiIs abo\ o ti.o
world. Angels under the world. Angels all
urouud tho world. , t
Hub tho dust of liftman Imporfei tjou tinu ™
otir
uugi
pardon,
angels e
angels. |
rTh^huriotsof (lod are twenty tuo.: :ii.'.-
fcven thousands of angels. But tl" mL r
\t angel stood not that uight, in tin ' .
Bethlehem; Hie niiglit es, tinge that
n\ht lay among tho cuttle—the un^el ot tln-
rovonunt. • . .
tlio clean white linen sent in o.n sn.n
mo\,.riy villager was being wrapped iirouna
thoVitie form of that little Child Eminiui,
gels of music chanted over the manger, i in high convf-rse, ta'kln j' over .-'.ins
i, what encouragetn nt for those who are i ''d. and son ows comforted, and bin
irly started! Ye who think yourselve far umpliant..
my discourse accumulative and elimaterie,
I iiegin. in the tirst place, by toiling you that
that night in tlio Bethlehem manger was
born (I.) encouragement for all the poorly
started. He had only two friends—they
His parents. No satin lined cradle, no deli-
cate attentions, but straw, and the cattle,
and tlio coarse joke and banter of the camel
drivers. No wonder tho medieval painters
represent the oxen as kneeling before the
infant Jesus, for there wero no men there at
tlnit time to worship. From the depths of
what poverty He rose until to-day he Is hon-
ored in all Christendom, und sits on the im-
perial throne in heaven.
What muiio is mightiest to-duy In Christ-
endom '■ Jesus. Who has more friends on
earth than any other being J Jesus. Before
whom do the most thousands kneel in ehu|>el
and church and cathedral at this hour.1
Jesus. For whom could ono hundred mil-
lion souls be marshaled, ready to'light or
die! Jesus. From what depths of poverty
to what height of renown! And so let all
those who are poorly started remember, t.b.vt
they cunnot be more poorly boiis,-or more
disadvantageous^', than tbAf Christ. Let
them look up to His example while they
have time aud.'AVv/iity to imitate it.
Do Soil know that the vast majority of the
world's deliverers hud liurnlike birthplaces!
Luther, the emancipator of religion, born
among tlio mines. Shakespeare, the einan-
ipntor of literature, born iu a hum-
ble home at Stratford-on-Avon. Col-
umbus, the discoverer of a world, born in
poverty atCIenoa. Hogarth, the discoverer
nf how to make art accumulative and
administrative of virtue, born in a hum-
ble liomo at Westmoreland. ICitto and
Prideaux, whoso keys unlocked new apart-
ments in the Holy Scriptures which has
never been entered, born in want, Yoa. I
have to tell you that nine out of ten of tho
world's doMveriet, nine out of ten of the
world's niepwiah.-'.—the mossiulis of science,
the niessiiihs of law. the messiuhs of medi-
cine, the messiahs of poverty, the messiuhs
os grund benevolence—were born in want.
1 suppose that when Horsehel, the great
astronomer, was born in the home of a poor
musician, not only one star, but all the 1
stars he afterward discovered, pointed down j
to his manger. 1 suppose ,}vhon Haydn, the .i
(Jormaii composer, was born iu the humble 1
hoinc of u poor wheelwright, that ull the ] ■'
aiifi
Oh.
poor .
down, aspire to go high i p!
1 stir your htt-y ambition to-day. and T
want to tell yntj and inside and outside of
your occup.itioijy or professions there may
lie those who \teiuld hinder your ascent, on
your side and <>iiKsted in your behalf are the
sympathetic ttsart and the almighty arm of
One who one Christmas night, about,
eighteen hundred und eighty-eight years
ngo, wasnwrapped in swadling clothes and
laid in a manger. Oh, -what mairniflcent
encouragement for tho poorly started I
II. Again, 1 have to tell you that in that
village barn that night was born good will
to men, whether you call it kindness, or
forbearance, or forgiveness, or geniality, or
affection, or love. It was no s|iort of high
heaven to send its favorite to that humilia-
tion. It, was sucaiflce for a rebellious
world. After tiie calamnity in Paradise,
not only did the ox begin to gore, aud tho
adder to sting, and tho elephant to smite
With his tusk, aud the liou to put to bad
use tooth and paw, but under the very tree
from which tho forbidden fruit was pluck-
ed wore hatched out war and revenge and
malice and env.v and Jealousy, and the whole
brood of cockatrices.
But against that scene I set the Bethle-
hem manger, which savs: "Bless rather
than curse, enduro rather than assault."
and that Christmas night puts out viudic-
tiveness. It says: "Sheatho your sword,
dismount your guns, dismount your but-
teries, turn the war-ship Constellation, thut
carried shot and shell, into a grain ship to
take food to famishing Irelund, hook your
cavalry horses to tho plow, use your deadly
irunnowder in blasting rocks nnd in patriotic
celebration, stop your lawsuits, quit writing
anonymous letters, extract the sting from
your sarcasm. let your wit coruscate but,
never burn, drop all the hui'sll words
out of your vocabulary-'licod will to
men.' "
"Oh!" you say, "I ian't, exercise it: I
won't exercise it until they apologize; I
won't forgive them until they ink uie to for-
give them." You are no Christian then—I
say you arc no Christian, or are vou a very
inconsistent Christian. If you forgive not
men their trespasses, how cun you expect
your Heavenly Father to forgive you; For-
give thein if they ask for forgiveness, and
forgive them anyhow. Shake hands all
around. "Good will to men."
Oh, my Lord Jesus, drop that spirit into
our hearts this Christmas hour. I tell you
what the world wants more than anything
else—more helping hunas, more sympathet-
ic hearts, more kind words that, nevor die,
more disposition to give other people a ride,
and to carry the heavy end ot the load ami
give other people tho light end. and to as-
cribe good motives instead of bad, and to
find our happiness in making others happy.
Out of the Bethlehem crib let the bear
nnd the lion cot straw like an ox. "(Joed
will to men." That principle will yet settle
all controversies, aud under it the world
Will keep on improving until there will be
only two antagonists in all the earth, and
they will side by side take the jubilant
sleigh-ride intimated oy the prophet when
he said, "Holiness shall be ou the bells of
the horses. '
III. Again. 1 remark that born that
Christmas night in. the village burn was
sympathetic union with other worlds. The
only skeptieium L have ever hud about.
Christianity was an astronomical skepticism
which said: "Why would (Jod out of the
heavens amid the Jupiters and Saturns of
the universe have chosen our little bit of a
world for the achievements of His only be-
gotten Sou when ho might have had a vaster
scale and vaster worlds I" But my skeptic-
ism is all goue as 1 come to tlio manger and
watch its surroundings. Now I see all the
worlds are sisters, and that when one weeps
they a!>. weep. anJ when one slogs they all
•io*.
for our world not a friendless, pliiuot spun
out into space to freeze, but u worl I in
bosom of devino maternity. A star harnes-
sed to a manger. , , . ,. ,
1V. Aguln, I remark that that night hot .i
in that village barn wus the offender s nnp •-
Somo sormonlzors may suy I ought, to li ive
projected this thought ut the beginning o.
tho sormou. Oh! no. 1 wanted you t > ris)
toward it. I wanted you to exaui'ne the
Cornelians and the jasper's and t he emeralds
and tho chrysalis before I shewed you tlio
Kohinoor— tho crown jewel of the ages.
Oh! that jewel hud u very poor sotting.
The cub of bo'ir is born uniid the grana old
pillars of the forest, the whelp of tee
lion tukes its flri-t step from the
jungle of luxuriant leaf and wild-f ov.ei'.
the kid of gout, is born in ea\ ei n ■iiinule.ier
ed with stalactite an I p'llurel with
mite. Christ was t orn in ii bare burn, i e
that nativity was the offender's hope. Over
the door of heaven are written these words:
"None but the sinless may enter' here,
"Oil, horror." you suy. "tlnit slJ'.t* us ad
out." No. Christ came to the WvV'ld .n one
door. He came through the dooV ol ttie
manger, and lie departed through the floor
of the sepulchre, and Mis i no iuisliiiVss was
so to wash away our sin that onol"8 "n1
after we ore dead there will be no ni^[llv
about us than about thoeternnl (lod J. ''
Uo you wonder wo bring tli;',r/r.-i to d iy to
celebrate such mi event .i>o vou ".vnude"
that we U^tfiwaimwi'i'corn.t und yoi.thfu'
voice- ind queenly soloist to oeiebra'n it.J
.'('o you wonder tlia- liaphnol mid Uubims
mid Titi ii and (iioit i und (lliirlaiiduio, acd
all the old ltiillmi and (lennun pi'in crsgnvo
the lnigh'iest stroke of the |-oi ell io slutidi
tho Ma ioiiici, M--irv und her li iy
Oh! now I see what; the lii.iiuigerw s. Not.
so hia'.i the gilded and jewelid ■■ ml
embi'oid l'.'d cradle of the Henrys o:' ling-
land, or the Louises of France, or te
Fredericks of Prussia. Now I tin.1 out of
thut Bethlehem crib fed not so niccu tin
oxoii of the stall sis the white in rsts of
Apoeulyp'le vis on. Now I llnd ilie twad-
dling clothes enlarg'n? and and em-
blazoning into r.n imperial robe for
a conqueror. Now | find that
the star of thut, Christmas night was only
the diamond sandal of Him who hatli tlio
moon under His feet. Now I come t i un
derstand that the music of tint uight
not a louip ote song, but only the str.n
of the inst ruments for a great chorus of iw
worlds, the bass lo be carried ii,\ e,i":hl\
nations saved, and the soprano by l:iu:.d
of glory won.
Oh! heaven, heaven, heaven, f sli d! meet
you there. After all our imperfections are '
g no I shall meet you th "re. I lookout to-
ifay, through the mist of years, throuirii ti.e
I' ig that rjses from the cold Jordan, thromrli
th • wide oiieii door of solid pearl, to that re-
union. 1 expect to see you there as certainly
I see you here. What: a time wo shiiH i.uvo
pardon-
ittles tri-
l,'
I am going in. I am gopig to ta'te u'i my
frniily with tno. I am going to take nil my
church with me. I am g«i|iur to take all my
friends nnd neighbors with me. 1 have so
much fnltli in manger and cross I feel sure
of it. I am going to coax you in, I am uo
ing to push y
going to suri
concentrated i
al, mental, sj
lug to compel v _ .... _
well I want to spend eternity with you!
Some of your children have already gi no
Sane time ago I buried one of them, und
though people passing along tho street and
seeing white crape on the doorbell inav have
sad: "It is only a child," yet when tlio
br ikon-hearted father cuino to solicit my
service he said: "Come around and comfort
us, for though sho was only fifteen months
old we loved her so much." Ah! it does not,
take long for a child to get its arms around
the piu-ent's whole nature.
What a Christmas morning it willmaki
when those with whom you used to keep tiie
holidays are all a round you in heaven! Si!
ver-halred old father young uguin, an !
mother who hud so many aches and pains
and decrepitudes well again, and all voi:r
brothers and sisters and the little ones.
How glad they will be to see you!
They have been waitimr. The last time
thoy saw your face it was covered wlt.ii
tears and distress, and pallid from lon j
watching, and one of them I can imagine to
day, with one hund holding fast tiie shininj-
gate, and the other hi nd swulig out toward
you, saying:
"Stew tills wi v. fntlicr. Heor urdirlit <vr mf
Hi re miff Iu houvvn I 1011 wulttui: fur tliiM-.'
Oh! those Bethlehem ungeis. when thoy
went back after the concert that, night, over
tho hills, forgot to shut the door. All thu
secret is out. No more use of trviug to hVIn
from us the glories to come. It is ti:o lute t/i
shut the gate. It is blocked wide open w-it.li
hosannas nuircWng this wuy, and hall lu
jabs marching that way.
What almost unmans me is the though',
that it is provided for such sinners as you
and I have been. If it had beeu provided
only lor tlioMO wh hud always thouirhfc
rig-ht and spoken and acted right, yo-i
and 1 would have had no interest in it • vou
und I would iiavo stuck to the raft in reid-
ocean, and lot the ship sail by. carrying per-
fect passengers from a perfect life on earth
to a jierfeet life in heaven. *
Oh ! I have heard the commander of that.
Ship is the same great and glorious and sym
pathetic One who hushed the temii.s',
around the bout, on Callilee, und 1 la e
heard that all tho p issengers 011 t he ship were
saved by grace. And so wo hail the ship,
ami it bears down this way, and we 1 onto
by the side of it and ask the captain two
questions: "Who art Thou? aud whence 1"
and He says: -lam Captain of Salvation
and 1 am from the manger." Oh! bri"hi
Christmas morninL' of my soul's deii.'hi
Chime all the bells. \V rout he ail the KUP:
lands. House all the anthems. Sliuke hauls
111 all the congratulations
Merry Christinus! Merry with the
thought of sins lorglvon, merrv with the '
idea of sorrows comforted, nierrv with the
raptures to come. Oh! lift, that Christ, from
the manger aud lay Him down iu ull or.r
hearts. We may not bring to Hiui as costly
a piesont as the Magi brought, but we brink-
to His leet and to tho manger to-day i.+ie
SSJL ^,nk0I{.f of VU1' 3o'v' tlu! peat'ls of our
Uais, the kiss of our love, the prostration
of our worship. "
Down at, His foot, all ehurc^s, all ages
all earth all heaver. Down i> His feet t,ho
four-aud twenty elders «n their facs
Down, the "great wu'utude thut no ui ia
can number." l)o a Michael the ar^h
angel! Down all worlds at His fu«t ami
Woreiup. "Olory tif Uod ia the and
on earth peame, gooc will to meu '
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