The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1901-01-06

They built large cities along their cOast
and became = great Sea-iarIng nation
sidon was their metropolis, until Tyre rose
md then SIdon was only aprovines o.
PboOnisia. As near - history gives It,
sidon was founded twelve hundred year,
before Christ and all that 10 left OF that
great city OF splendid building, are but
ciumbled walls. and nothing lett to tell the
tale except, numberlsss pillars Of granite,
and porphyry, marble and glass, which
! have been carried and 10 now being carried
away and are used 80 material in the
buildings Of other elites. Then Tyre came
and ruled the world and held that high
/ . 0sitiOn, until the altered circumstances
Of the world made It lose Its indePeudencc,
ard in conssbuepc e, its wealth and glory.
Now II 10 only . dream, OF the
once glSat city Of the earth. 1t has been
limited IN history - the land Of Ophir,
or ans gold. They were Pagans and wor-
shipped the Heavenly bodies, and became
90 degenerate that they worshiDped the
stars, naming them after the human pas
SONS OF man. BaAsI or Moloch vas their
Chief God. The demon OF IRE. A large
DraSs stature, with closing arms, to hold
sweet little children in, 70 De burasd to
death, In the presence Of their moth
ere, a offerings, to their Coo for the
Gins Of the PAEAns. NO wonder Persia rose
TO destroy those people and their works.
Great Cool What has man beebf All that
10 sbeminAbls, IN the past. Persia con.
suered the world anu b. came iis mater
and the PersianS aud Meade knew no
change Of law; the pt9ple Of Tyre and
nidon are IOTgotIsn, but Persia lives On TO.
day, and though itS religion 10 Pagan, still
Il 10 Independent OF the whole world. But
what bGs this to do with our storyf tits "a
COIL Getting link TO Lisbon, that history tells
uSlthat the PhoeDiSiAns setlled, and It be-
came nouTishiAg city under tbeir control.
but history tells Ne that the PhoenIclAn city
was destroyed by the ksmans. And today .
difierent race OF people flourish IN that City
Of the Sea, which ones nourished ct ths
hands OF the Tsopls Of Tyre. Lisbon 10 .
city Of schools, churches, hospitals and
other Christian Institutions to-day.
Harry sturdeVant and hIs sister Betty
were on their wayts lisbon 20 meet Asd
zee Sir LsepSTd. The trip was not pleas.
ant ore to Miss Betty. She had TOLD the
Duke that abe had changed her mind, asd
W. uld marry him one year hence. Dull
II meaningless Wordsa letters had doas
the work Tor Sir Leonard, and destroyed all
his hopes bsiors Lady EStstl6's Kind letter
had ever Ieachsd EnglaRd. lttooK nc one
10 tell her IN words. She had toe much
% nss iof that. She was In love bat she was
not blind. Her iuture lay plain before her,
Il Was better than an explanation eeuid
give. The letters were monuments to the
upsaid facts, or truths. Cireumstantisl
sV ldence Ihould LeVer take life, but II 10
good sometimes, even better than witnesses
In such Affairs a. this. Circumstances,
situations and actions ct the time, speak
the truth IN saeh mgtters. Miss Betty
and her brother arrived in Lisbon, and
went TO their hotel. The sister told Mr.
81 urdsvAnt she wanted to have the eEst
talk with Sir Leonard, 80 1t was her aft air
= nd not HE, not 70 get Ad with Sir Leor
u d, unlesh.he offered him an insult, for
plhApS she was to blame somewhat, for
having u liking for the duke, which SIR
Leonard knew about, but had never shown
any jealousy whenever the three had been
present. But perhaps he had, and kept
that to himself. Men do sometimes, and
sometimes 1t 10 e hard pull to Draw, and
makes the load heavy to bear without
&C mplaibiDg. Much OF that, either makes
q man bad, or no account We don't know |
which Is worse. DO your But Sir Leon
ard was one OF the men that did not allow |
JEALOUSY to make him unhappy and had
rather ov rdoue his acting along that line.
VI carelessness and ind ference of bis love
sffnr with Betty. But men act that way |
sometimes, when they don't feel tina, way.
and women too. This cut no figure in sir
Leonard's love for this EuglIsh girl, It was |
pure and simply old fashioned heart desire |
or her as companion Tor Lie, but Mics
Betty read the oecret OF his heart better
han be could express It after hearing
hese reports from Lisbon. We are al.
Ways ready 10 make excuses for our
risnds aud especially the one we love, /, !,
We can possibly do SO. We want the
World, as well as ourselves, 10 think kindly
1 them. 1t 10 easy to fight an enemy that
! open and above board, but to break with
tends, II is hard thing to do. We should
ever, never do that, the author never
i'll. We may be forced te let then alone
ny OF US, bat don't harbor any bad opin-