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of 500 was especially denounced as in

Of $500 was especially denounced as in the
interest of the rich. Monday at 1920 n. m
the drawing was resumed ut the same place,
with the same officials and an immense crowd
in the street. Some seventy names had been
drawn when pistol was fred in the stree,
and the officials rose. There was an awful
pause for perhaps twenty seconds, then a
shower of brickbats and paving stones came
crashing through the windows, and instantly
the room was filled by bowling mob. Two
clerks seized the wheel and escaped with it
to the upper story. All the papers were torn
to bits by the mob Some of the officials
were Knocked down and forced into the
street; the rest escaped by the back door In
less time than il takes to tell it the whole vi
cinity was in control of the mob. A man
poured a can of turpentine over the room
and applied match; in ten minutes the
building was blazing to the roof
The tremen came, but the mob would not
allow them to work till the building was de
stroycl. Deputy Provost Marshal Wander
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IIuck Is laT moro zen. GlLlMOkE.
widely known, and it is mentioned as the see.
'n'l assault on Fort Wagner.
1t occurred July is, ono week aftcrthc first
stack. After the failure of the first assault
ten Gilmore brought forward all his IL.
+ources by land and sen to prosecute the siege
# Charleston.
The reduction of Fort Wagner was the first
-srcat task before him. The fleet was under
command Of Admiral John A. Dahlgrcn.
Tho attack of July IS wns opened by the
navy Just before noon. Gen Gilmore had
meantime succeeded in bringing twelve of
his heaviest siege guns and eight mortars To
bear on the fort. With these ho attacked
from tho land side
The plan was tho usual one, heavy BON
har'lmcnt first, assault aftcrward. Fort
Wagner was ono of tho strongest defensive
works in the country, n monument of en-
ginecring skill. 1t was built of immense
timbcrs, covered with sand bags, forming
""mhproofs twenty feet thick Both the
timber and the sand werc ready Mt hand rn,
the Confederate engineers, and good use thoy
nla,lc of their material. Fort Wagner was
:" situated that its fall would involve the
loss to tho Confc,lerates OF Fort Sumter and
Snllivan's Island and consequently Charles
tom. Full well its builders knew this and
they had prepared it accordingly.
Admiral Dahlgrcn led the way up To the
attack, July is, in his flagship, the Monaus
Immediately following was tho New Iron
sides with four other ships and number of
gunhoats. Tho gunboats wcre in charge of
Commander Rhind.
Tho flood tide in the afternoon enabled the
icct to come within &(s, yards of the fort,
ind they renewed their fro with great vigrr
Wagner replied at first, but wien the il.et
came near tho fort guns We're soon silcnccd
nna did not fire Shot more. One gun in the
fort was ,dismounted by tho Federal fire aud
another burst
Meantime tho heavy guns, which, on the
landslide, Gen. Gilmore had succeeded in
bringing within 500 yards of Wagner, were
not idle. During the afternoon and until
dusk they kept up u steady, rakins fire. But
upon the timber and s;lndbag bonbproofs the
'hot and Shell made no impression worth
mentioning The soldiers simply retired
within their bombproofs and were safe fyon
harm.
They wcro reserving themselves for the
final assault on their work.
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treat to Little Rock. lie had led to Helena
over s, 1000 men, or these. |. 800 remained l.c
hind ON the field dc,a u,n,,rJcd L,.in, ,,d
nrisonnrs prrntiss in his ,.r,o,.t n,nm,,omn' ,,.
thnt hn Lurie,l 40n Icnd l'' "
Pr pren,jss m rnrrison m wns a not strone oro,c,,
TO follow in l,ursIlit of Holmes nnJ ,l,n C'm
federntns rct,rnnd nuintlv To- Ii,tIn Eoci'
Gen, Prentiss lost ED men In The h,ttln l, "f If
Helena the Confederate cavalry was under
cnmmond of Gnn W,ll.or nv, ihn .,r",,,.,
lcft Marmod,l;n cyn"'.trd srn,1ort .''tr''' from
Walkers cavalry. hut did not rnr.,ivn il, rhn
n,tncl; Mt flint mint WINS fcn,,In
il was. in fact. A,lmirnl Porter Limealf
who notified Gen Prrniiss of ihn nrnrn,,rh of
l,nlmes nul his ottncl.i,,t, c",,r A,Imi,..l
Porter had received tie inrnr,u9tinn lrna,
('onfndcrntc dcscrtnrs in t,,n ln,,nr wort nf
lime JIr forthwith ,li.n,tnh,h ,n, ,pnts ,t ", W.
Iho river from Vir;slmrn ,[ II.nn, ,I, Me-
information To Gen pr,,,ti.s tn ln,, ant r.,
,he annrn,rh cf n CnnlcInrotn nI.,nv Al
miro Porter nlso sent rn,,Ln,Is 10 ,t,inr
TENTS which if wo; tLcn,It n,i,.,,t ,lso l..
n,incEcd l.irnt com,nn,,Inr i,ric,n,t j.,
'm,,n, If ,hn T,.lr "n. ''
mn ,rr,',ns. ,ncf.s ~ ln.,,.n I,ai'.,.,
If wns after pric,. LnJ ca,,t,r"i, p,ttorv T.
mai Iirirl,.tl,s ruul,nlt ruu,. TO- tl,n ,.esc,,I
IN ,h,. n;cl, If tiuln Ar,,r c,,i,,,i,,. ,l,I'.
,.n,nt ih. to.rndI, .,,. ,'f,,rnI d,.,,'n u,I.,
,hn Town ,lrn,,,.L ,,n. ,,,,.im,.s l.tw',, H."
,,;,, ,,.,,,' ... ..'>'
' 'a'i'' t.it , % tui','''iS' iI'!'i ioh5 trai''
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THE ASSAULT.

The fleet kept up its pounding until dark
Then the naval force ceased firing. Sosn
they heard the rattle of ml,skctry from the
direction of tho land, and they knew that
Glllmores nssautinS column was at work.
Then occurred the historic episode which
has made famous the Fifty fourth Massa.hu
sctts colorcd regiment and lis colonel K,n
ert q. Shaw. The nssautins force wa.
under command of Gen 4 Seymour IT,
consisted OF two brigatles Cns was led T.,
Brig Gen. George Z. Strong 1t comprise,
the Seventh Connecticut, Third New Hamp
shire. Ninth Maine, Seventy sixth Pennsyl
rania and Forty eighth New York regi
ncnts at the head of the other was Col Il
$ Putnam, with the Seventh No. flarnp
shire, Sixth Connecticut, Sixty second Ohio
and One llundrcdth New York The colured
Regiment was assigned to Strons's Brignde
This regiment was the especial protcge Of
Governor John A. Andrew, the war GOV
crnor OF massachusetts, Colored troops were
IN almost untricd experiment. When Gov
rrnor Andrew received authority to enlist
such regiment he determined to select for
1t the best officers of the Massachusetts vol
untccrs
Capt. Robert e. Shaw was II Young
officer in the Second Massachusetts, by
family one of the most highly connect.a
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'iand of the division. Helena had been
strengthened by fortiications after it came
INTO the hands of the Union authorities in
lsti2 The town is upon low plain, sur
rounded by ranges of hills. Upon low
ridge Immediately west of the town strong
re'ioubt. called Fort Curtis. had been built
Upon the high ridges about the town fuu,
strong batteries, named A. B, c and D. had
been planted The town was thus well d.
Tended by guns and earthworks. The OF,
lying defenses were in charge of Gen. Salo
mon. Between the batteries and tho rive:
were rifle pits
June y. 1858. Gen. Holmes started on hi.
expedition against Helena He intended to
surprise the garrison and capture it and the
town Clarendon. sixty miles eaSt of Little
kork, was the rendezvous for the forces ui
the attacking party They were to advance
in four columns r,dn- Gon- .'no"" p."o
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Marmaduke and Walker. The Confederate

Marmaduke and Walker. The Confederate
soldiers consisted chiefly of NIissourians,
under their tried leaders, Marmaduke and
Sterling Price, and of Arkansas troops under
Walker Pagan and McRae. The Confederate
governor of Arkansas himself, Harris Flana
gan. accompanied the expedition rs aide to
Gen. Holiness In the start Gen. Holmes
torce repeated the oft told story of projected
simultaneous movements that failed to bc
simultaneous Price and his Missouria.s
were four days lato at the rendezvous, owins
to high water. Holmes was obliged to wait
for them at Clarendon. Meantime Gen
Prentiss, at Helena. had been apprised Of the
Confederate design, and so all chance of
surprise passed away.
Holmes camo Oh to the attack, however,
in good style He reached Helena Oh the
night of July 8. He had orders to attack
ut daylight. He stationed one of his col
umns in tho neishborhood of each of the
Union batteries, as shown on the accompany
inv man
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chest troubles caused by the stamping. liz
the meantime the escaped officials had
reached the Park barracks, and small com
pany of men from tho Invalid corps who
were there were hurried to the scene. Their
captain ordered them to fire blank car
trdges. The mob heard the order, jeered,
rushed on the "old cripples," as the invalid
veterans We're called, wrenched the guns
from their hands and good naturedly dis
missed them with nothing worse than few
kicks and cuffs. But small squad resisted
of these one was beaten to death, another
thrown down declivity and killed, and sew
eral Others badly hurt. A small detachment
of police next arrived and fought magnih
Gently, ntlicting fearful wounds on the riot
ers, but were finally defeated.
Down TO this time the riot had been purely
local, but the victorious mob now moved
uorthward and eastward among the shops
and warehouses; they drank freely at all the
saloons, paving nothing of course md com
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hills upon the beach and advanced to the
fort along strip of land wide enough ut its
narrowest for 200 men to walk abreast.
The force within the fort was un!ercsti
mated by the Union commander Testimony
,:nce obtained is to the effect that the Union
s:g'.als between the army and the feet were
seen and read by the Confederates, who were,
therefore, prepared for every move Of the
Union general They had thrown large
number Of re-enforcemepts into Wagner and
strengthened their defenscs
The Confedcrates remained silent within
the fort till the advancing column charged
up tc the works. Then suddenly they opened
terrific fire CT grape, canister and mus
l:etry.
Stronss brigade charged first, bravely and
well. They crossed the water under the EN-
aani;ncnt, and eideavored to hold their
eraund. Tie second brigade, with Col Put
nam at its lead, came to their support
Gen. Stevenson's brigade had been posted
in the rear as reserve, and the assaulters
Looked anxiously FOR it rs thoy began to fall
wo"nded and dying by the parapet. The
i.icer OF the Fifty-fourth Massachusetts,
writes.
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THB Draft RIOTS,
Five Days of Disorder in New
York in 1868.
A VERY SUDDEN OUTBREAK.

1t is Here Reviewed After Twenty-Five
Years-"Down with the $500 Exempts."
Slaughter of Ncgroes-The shoclsin:
Murder OF Col. O'Brien-The Disturb.
ance Quelled at Last.
On Monday, July l3, 1865, without a mo
ments warning apparently, and contrary to
the expressed opinion of all the officers of the
law. riot began in the Twenty second ward
of New York city, which spread rapidly over
all that section west of Broadway from Full
ton street north to Fifty-fifth, and ragged for
FIVE days with great fury On Saturday, the
llth. the daily papers announced that draft,
ing would that day begin in the Twenty
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BATTLE OF HELENA, ARK.
A Plucky Defense by Land and
Water.

Yet another fight remains to be recorded
for the battle day of July 4, 1863. This is the
engagement at Helena, Ark. On the day
named seven battles, great and small, took
place in various parts Of the country and
Vicksburg surrendered besides
The Confederate general. L. Kirby Smith
was at that time in command of the trans
Mississippi Confederate department. In this
department Lieut. Cen 7 IL Holmes had
charge of the district of Arkansas
June Is. 1863, Gen. Holiness then at Little
Rock. telegraphed Kirby Smith at Shreve
port; II believe we can take Helena Please
let me do it, Gen. Smith telegraphed back
Most certainly do it."
Maj Gen benjamin NJ. Prentiss was a,
that time In command OF the Union force at
Helena He entered the service at the he
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The total of lives lost could never he a4,c;r
.ncd, but i; was at least 2O0. The city In:'
-"me :2,ooo.Ho forproperty destroyed rhcrc
vas much recrimilla:ion, and the extent tu
@hich officials yielded to the mob is still n
!isputcd question Governor Seymour al
rived on Tuesday and addressed the moi
from the steps Of city hall, urging them tu
iispcrsc and promising to do what he could
to have the draft brought to a close. In
'"sponse to the governors appeal Prcsidcn,
Llnco!n readily agreed to have the constilu
I!onaiity Of the conscription act tested before
the courts and the federal judges all agreed
@ he oca M c1 "as coud be As
draft was resumed in New York without the
slightest disturbance, and completed "ami
General good humor," say the papers OF thn;
date. Soon after the spirit of VOLUNTEERING.
revived in the country, and from that till
the close of the war each succeeding quota
of troops called for was more and more
easily !iled j II. BEADLE
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FORT WAGNER.
The Historic Second Assault Oh lis
Works. July Is. 1853.

Charleston harbor in general confgnra
ton resembles that of New York. The city
is on a long, narrow tongue of land, between
two rivers-the Cooper on the north, 'hc
Ashley on the south. Vessels entering the
haIbor approach between two slands-Sulli
vans Island on the north, Morris Island On
the south. The passage between these two
may very well be compared to Tie Na:rows
ut New York. On Morris Island, somewhat
southeast of the narrowcst part Of the chan
mel, was Fort Wagner, Il Confederate defense
If Charleston. the possession of which was
Especially aimed at by the Union force
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Price and Marmaduke were in tho center
with Walker Oh the left aud Pagan on ,l.,
right. Prentiss had been looking FOR the al
tack for some days. All the night of July :,
"a" kept his troops under arms.
Marmaduke and Fasan attacked at la,
light. according to tho programme, Fagan
with much vigor. His men carried Ia.
outer works in front of battery ID on l;,,.
Union left. Then they attacked that work
tiercely. But the other batteries va,q
trained upon Fagan's men with cross hfr
that withcred them like u deadly blast, ;,lr.
the brigade fell back with n loss of ep nla.
Prices Nlissourialss came into action i:I
hour later than Pagan, md attacked l;atlcrl
c with all their force. They carried ~
outer works and even Battery c itself prir
then ordered his men to cross to the right
and attack Battery d in the rear
Eut just in the critical moment his ore, r.
We're not obeyed. There WAS great con!n
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Charleston Larbor, like that of Ne;v Yor!.,
.pu;ains various small islands Durin. the
war these were covered with Confederate
for;iiratioms. In and about Charleston the
u,f" .eratcs had altogether 3.G guns.
Not much was done toward prosecuting
,. war vigorously on the coast Of South
laro.ina until March, 1853 Then ii land and
naval force, under Gen. john u. Foster, was
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ROBERT g. SHAW.

SOuS VI NEeil"TlcR
Douglass were in tho ranks. AS it marched
through Boston on its way to the front
cheer after cheer rent the air from crowd,
pf friendly citizens
This was May IS, 1868. and that was tho
last sight Boston ever had Of Robert q
Shaw. July 10, he lay dead beside the para
pct of Fort Wagner, beneath heap OF his
own colorea soldiers, and to this day no
mortal knows exactly where he is buried.
The coorcd troops led the advance. occu
pied the post Of honor and of danger Cen
Strong himself was q Massachusetts, man.
An officer of the Fifty-fourth writes Of Col
Shaw:
He walked slowly up and down the line
cad in short jacket. His silver eagles
shone upon his shoulders, and the fair hair
which hung below his cap gave him the
seeming Of n boy. His carriage was
calm and noble; pale chec! and lips con
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poel was captured
and beaten to ill.,
sensibility. Police
Super int c n den t
John y. Kennedy
appeared in citi-
zens' clothes, was
X nocked down,
stamped and beat
Ell to an almost
ssapeless mass; he
survived, but never
recovered, dying a
few yearS after of
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ginning OF the war,
from Illinois, as a
brigadier general
He resigned from,
the army in the
fall of 1863
Gen. Prentiss had
with him at Helena
1000 men. com
prising a brigade
of cavalry and one
division Of the
Thirteenth army
corps. Brig. Gen.
Salonlon was tenn
porarily i'll com
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She Though = Sn Too

He-Do You know, Miss Mabel, have dis
covered why my brain is so active. She
No, Mr. Mmuswit, what is your theory. He
1t is because l so often start a train of
thought. She-Ah, yes! The "Limited.,-
'TiJ hi,S
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sionnInong his men
at this time. Be
fore it cleared
a way Salomon's
Union troops had
attacked Battery e
with great vigor
and recapturcd it.
For over four
hours there was
hot fighting OH tho
Union left. Then
tiolmes abandoned
the idea of captur-
ing Helena, and
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BURNING OF coLoREo ORPHAN ASYLUM
iusively question for the courts, and that
cir decision would be Gnal Provost Mar.
;al Charles Z. jenkins gave notice that the
aft would be made in this manner: The
me Of each enrolled man, with his resi-.
nee and color, to be written on slip Of
per six inches long and one inch
lie, each slip to he rolled closely and a
'ber ring put around it; these to be
led in o cylinder hung on an axis, to be
rled around before each drawing, and at
all of each number name would be
vn by blindfoldcd man And thus the
ting began at his Office, No ca Third
ne, on Saturday morning III the pres
t Of about $50 persons besides tie enrolling
sIE, clerks and large corps of reporters
ere osac great hilarry and good humor,
,ne reports--''it was looked upon rs
matter of course There were 1900 names
to be drawn there, and ,236 were drawn that
day Charles IL Carpenter did the drawing,
and the first :ame out was that of william
Jones, Forty sixth street, near Tenth ave
nue." who was long and loudly cheered by
the crowd as the iirst man drafted in New
York.
The Sunday papers published the list of
the drafted, and two OF them most unwlsely
added some Incorporate remarks on the cru
city Of dragging these poor men from their
families to serve in war which might be
hcnorably closed, now that such great vic
tories had been won That night the ennis
saries of evil wers busy in all the dark holes
of that tangled wilderness OF narrow streets
and alleys which covers SO large portion OF
eastern New York. The clause in the con
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ent to attack Charleston and Fort Sumter
\ naval attack was madc on Fort Sumter
April Z, 1868.
1t was next determined that tho Union
forces should occupy Morris Island, near tho
north end of which was Fort Wagner. For
Ibis the land and naval force was put under
Command of Gen. 9. A. Gillmore. He ac.
sordingly took possession Of Morris Island up
10 within n milo of Fort Wagner and Battery
;rcgg, on Cummings Point These were
very heavily fortified.
July III Gen, Gillmore's troons nodo M,
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strained alone bore
witness to his sense
of responsibility.
Prove yourselves
men, he said to
those who were to
die with him in one
short hour. 1t was
soon to be tho
proulcst boast Of
the survivors that
they Charged with
Shaw at Wagner ."
I Ii c asasultinS
columns started
from hpl1ind Snu,l.
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,ssault on tho Con-
a'lcrate works ut
Fort Wagner. Part
VI tho assaulting.
oluinu reached tho
parapet, but their
supports not COM
lnG up they wero
!orccd to retreat,
With Il loss of $50.
l'hat attack is
Nnown i'll war his
;ory rs tho first
;sault on Fort
Wagner. Tho next
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hcre WaS dies "a
The Conicdera;es
met the advancing
aSsaultcrs at tho
top w it h hand
crcnades that did
deadly execution.
AsSaultcrs and de
Tenders grapplcd
Tor II time in Il
sickcning hand to
hand fight, with
pistols, guns ard
bnyoncts and hand
i;i'enatlcs. Bodies
of Union soldiers
fell outside the
~,
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The Worl,l's Nov

My friend, don't forget this-if you lie
Gown, the world will go out of its way to
drive over YOU: but if YOU stand up and look
severe. 1t will give You half the road at least.
Uncle Eek
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The early bird catches the worm, and it is
The carly rr""u> tina. catches the nippins
frost Earliness is occasionally Il bad habit.
-Pittsburg Bulletin.
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men in the state,
and in war an of
iicer with a brill
liant record. Gov
ernor A n d T. = w
wrote to Shaw's
father, Francis u
Shaw, Of Staten
Island, N. Y, ask
ing permission IT,
appoint Robert g
colonel Of tho negro
regiment. II was
and the
young colonel took
c.-,p,,,,nu,l r. an a.
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EUREKA.

The motto of California means. Il have found
it," Only in that land of sunshine where the
orange. lemon. olive liz and grape bloom and
ripen, and attain tn highc-t perfection in mid
winter, are the herbs and gum f"nn that are
used in the pleasant remedy for nil iiroh' and
sung troubles. Santa Able the ruler of cougl..
asthma and consumption. The Dickinson Drug
Co; hs= been appointed agent for thiS valuable
California femedy. and sells it under gnarun-
tee AT Sl.0o bottle. Three for $3.50.
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Capt. Robert G. Shaw was young
officer in the Second Massachusetts, by
iamily one of the most hIghlY connectel
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SONS Of Frederick
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A Suggestion.

Affttle box tackled upon the wall in
some inconspicuous place near kitchen
stove and filled with bits of clean
cloths will often be found a conven-
ience. When one wants to scour q
chance spot off of some cooking uten-
sill after the securing board has been
put away, a little rag dampened and
dipped into ashes will often do quite as
well. And then that disagreeable ring
Of grease inside the dish-pan can be
cleaned away without soiling the
hands by using tiny bit of cloth.
Little, spots upon the floor or table,
that eomeswhile preparing or cooking
food; could be quickly removed with.
out wetting a large cleaning cloth,
which must be washed out and dried
aftes, use. In fact, small scraps may
often be put to better use than when
sold to the rag-man.
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Opening the Heart.

Iknewalittle' boy whose heart was
touched by~a sermon on the words
'tBsho4d, I stand at the door, and
knsels.u My mother said to him
when she noticed that he was anxi'
oaass
"Rebeat, what would you say to any
one who knocked at; the door of your
heart, oa'wished him to come in %'
Heanswered: "I'd say, Come in u
shethen said to him: "Then say te
the-Lerd:Jesus, Come in"
The next. morning there was 8
brightness and Joy about Roberts face
that made my father ask:
"Robert, what makes you look sc
ssa&d and joyful to-day?"
He>replied joyfully: II awoke in thu
night, and felt that Jesus Christ wa!
still knocking, at the door of my hear
forAdmiteaRees into it. I said to him
Lord Jesus, come imp I think he ha.
come into my heart. I feel happie
this morning, than I ever was in al
my life. How angrateful and wicked
in me to keep him waiting outside 81
long,"