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The Yale expositor., 1907-05-17

the woman at the open window. De-
fiance Tor was it sheer anxietyO
flashed from the burning depths of
She stirred. ] saw her toss the pa
per lightly to the table. Then she dis
appeared.
l entered the hotel. paused un-
certainly in the hall. then walked
swiftly into the reading room. APP
parently IL was deserted.
| reached for the paper; I tore out
the page in which my photograph APP
peared; | crushed it savagely in my
hand.
Their. gas light, hooking laugh.
| looked up. startled. 1t was the
woman again.
She stood almost in shadow One
bare arm was placed lightly on her
hips; the other stretched its white
length on the low mantel and sup
ported her.
There was something oriental in her
magnificent costume. The dress was
black velvet. About her neck hung a
narrow stole of Eastern embroidery,
studded at intervals with turquoises
From the extended arm draped a scarf
of shimmering gold thread. About the
left arm, both at the wrist and above
the elbow, were several bracelets of
bizarre design. The corsage, too,
flashed with gems as she breathed
slowly and deeply. Her pose. as her
costume, had something almost bar
barrie in its sensuous extravagance
The small head, exquisitely coiffured,
was turned slightly, thrown back so
that her white throat cleaned out of
the shadow. The lips were parted,
still smiling; and more sensuous, more
brilliant. more devouring than the
CLEAN of the jewels about her person,
was the flame that burned in her
eyes
She laughed again. 1t was impossi-
BILE not to know that she was chal-
lenging me. The pose, the look, the
laugh-all were challenge. But I
was IN no mind to accept II. and
glanced idly at the papers on the Ia
BILE. Presently | walked toward the
The Yale expositor., 1907-05-17

aided me, as 1t aids most adventurous
souls, l would seek her out, though
searched the wide world for her
And then, perhaps
l crushed in my hand the pro.
gramme of music that lay on the ia
BILE. Pshaw, ii was the woman, then
that gave to this fantastic mission its
vague thrill not the idea of the mis-
sion itself! II was the woman whom
had wronged, and who hated me,
that called She sat in the lists; in
her hands was the laurel wreath; for
her | would endure the shock of bat
tie.
/ sat quietly, still staring out into
the night. The lights of green and
red anl blue had burned away long
ago. The lake, rocked in its cradle
of shadowy mountains, stirred gently
under the moon. The terrace was al
most deserted, and still l fingered
Disillusionment must come too soon,
and with the morrow inevitable de-
preston.
Suddenly l became i'll at ease.
turned slowly in my seat. 1 looked
furtively about me. 1t was as if
had spoken a secret thought aloud,
and one were listening, watching.
was watched, and with a curious
intentness that was almost savage. A
woman was seated at the window of
the writing room. She held rigidly in
both hands the English journal in
which my photograph had appeared.
Our eyes met. | gazed at her stand
ing perfectly still. 1t was not embar-
rassment or anger that held me; ii
was rather wonder. For on the face
of this woman was the same intent,
curious surprise that had astonished
me so much earlier in the evening,
when l first met Mrs. Brett and her
daughter.
A measure of surprise is natural
enough, when the original of a photo.
graph Unexpectedly appears before
one. But | knew that this fact alone
did not explain the strained look of
The Yale expositor., 1907-05-17
BABYs ECZEMA GREW WORSE.
lieve Him-But Cuticura Remedies
a Speedy, Permanent Cure.

Eczema appeared when our baby
was three months old. We applied to
several doctors and hospitals, each Of
which gave us something different
every time. but nothing brought relief.
At last, one of our friends recommend
ed to us Cuticura Soap and Cutieura
Ointment. A few days afterwards i'm
provement could be noted. Since thea
We have used nothing but Cutiewa
Soap and Cuticura Ointment, and now
the baby is six months old and is quite
cured. All that we used was one cake
OF Cuticura Soap and two boxes Cuti
cura Ointment, costing in all $1.25. q.
F. Kara, 34S East 65th Street, New
York, March 80, 1906"
The Yale expositor., 1907-05-17

cinating game, after all is said, for
boy or man.
had come to Europe secretly
adventure would come to me as had
happened tonight The 33 years OF
my life had been passed in an atmo-
sphere unusually dead and prosaic.
When | had left the university,
had acted as secretary to an uncle, a
multi-mllionaire who lived in an OBJ
scure town of the middle West ] had
trudged the dreary and stupid circle
of business routine, my eyes bent SOM
berly to earth. Success had come, or
what world calls success-money and
measure of respect that is given to
one with a substantial bank account.
But that is not life.
And then one day awoke. | real
lied with a start that life was slip
ping away from me; and with the
hours the golden aspirations and de-
lights that make life worth while. I
was simply a machine, rather a cog
in the huge machine of business. /
reDelleu. IN one uay broke the
shackles that bound me. I was free.
My life was at last my very own. /
could do with e what l pleased /
could go where wished.
And so l had come to Europe ]
had Rugged to my breast the common
but pathetic delusion that across the
seas | should find something-iust
what | did not knCw-something that
would make life more joyous, give to
1t charm and interest.
had searched diligently for the
magic talisman in strange cities. and
of course had not found IL. The blue
flower is not to be plucked so easily.
Instead of happiness and diversion.
disgrace and misery had come. Should
return home, then. imbittered, avert
! ing the eyes? Or should ] avail my
self of the way of escape which this
woman had lightly suggested?
And If / chose to consider it a quest
a challenge, there was none. not even
she, to forbid, though she, of all the
people in the world, would be the last
! to consider it such. And IL fortune
The Yale expositor., 1907-05-17
ZEAL THAT WAS MlsDlREcTED.
Housekeeper Meant to Please En-
ployer, but Alas!

"Such an article" said II. p. Iud-
son, the new head of the University
of Chicago, in declining rather I'M
usul interview, would be not only
futile but even in mild way harmful.
1t would be like the work of the care
full housekeeper. There was an old
general who had brought home from
the war splendid flag flag all
torn with bullets, faded with fierce
suns and stained with the dust and
blood Of battle. This superb trophy
hung over the mantel in his library.
Well, one unlucky day he engaged
new housekeeper and the next week
missed his flag. He rang at once.
Where is that flag of Mines? he said,
pointing anxiously to the empty
space on the wall.
81 have been working on 1t, sir
the housekeeper answered. I've
washed it thoroughly and sewed up
all the rents and darned all the holes
and when l bring it back to you, sir,
I'm sure you'll say it looks as good
as new"
The Yale expositor., 1907-05-17
CHAPTER VII.
Countess sarahoff Wins and Loses.

Countess Sarahotf Wins and Loses.
The next morning. when l first
awoke, wondered vaguely why this
day seemed TO be SO different from
the long and dreary succession OF
yesterdays-why it promised eager
hopes and eager interests to be full
filed. Then / remembered. and my
pulses beat faster Yesterday l de-
SPARED; to-day | hoped.
A woman had come into my life
a goddess-Diana of the silver bow.
Chaste and cold as the SHOWS on the
Alpine heights | could not see from
my window in the blue distance, yet
she had called. she had spoken to me.
Then, disdainfully cruel. she had gone
as she had come. But l was to pur-
sue.
The very audacity of my resolution
gave to it its charm. | was not to rest
until had accomplished my uncertain
mission. That 1t was by its very ma
ture so incredibly difficult did not
daunt me. But how was | to set
about it? A life for a life To save
to the world a strong and buoyant
soul for the strong and buoyant soul
that had persisted because of my help
lessness and my weakness. However
romantic, it was tangible enough
ideal
But was to wander about, like a
knight of MEDIEVAL times, seeking to
succor one in peril and distress-to
rescue beautiful maidens from grim
ogres and terrible dragons? / smiled
at the absurd resemblance of my uD
certain task TO thei>s.
cro BE coNTINUED)
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These wonderful pills are useful in a
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The Yale expositor., 1907-05-17
THE STORY.

DY DINT of coaxing and petting Or
ID pha's friends had at last persuaded
her to accompany them to the festiv-
tiles in the village close at hand.
where for weeks the preparations had
been going on for the honoring of the
gods of the Moabites, and she was
busy getting ready for the start in
the early morning. 1t seemed strange
to them to have to coax Orpha to go,
for in former years she had been one
of the gayest at such celebrations, and
they had expected now that the in
fluence of her mother-inlaw. Naomi,
was no longer present. that she would
enter again heartily into the life and
customs of her people.
On her return to her old home. after
the departure of Ruth and Naomi her
parents and friends had welcomed her
right royalty, secretly rejoicing that
she was no longer to be dominated by
the Israelitish woman who had come
into their midst years before and who
had firmly and steadfastly refused to
share in their idolatrous feasts and
practices, and the feelings of jealousy
ana resentment which were felt at
the time of her marriage to the prom
Using young Hebrew. Chiffon, were for
gotten in the realization that she was
once more one of them.
But to Orpha something in the old
life was lacking. She could not ex-
plain why. She did not understand,
except that In the old home and with
the old friends there was something
lacking. and sense of disappointment
ceme to her. She tried to forget it,
and enter into the activities OF the
The Yale expositor., 1907-05-17
CHAPTER VI.
The Other Woman.

There is no enemy that the aver
age man must crush more ruthlessly
beneath the iron heel than his imagin-
alton The ties of home, of society.
the necessity of earning his daily
bread-these are barriers that hem
him in the narrow rut of routine and
duty He dare not look over the ro-
nance that beckon alluringly. Or, il
he dare. he must throw prudence and
sometimes conscience TO the wind.
But occasionally cataclysm, both
physical and mental. thrusts one with
out the familiar landmarks. The
habits of a lifetime are forgotten
then. IL is then that one dares the
impossible, and refuses to see to what
extravagant and fantastic extremes he
is recklessly plunging.
From dreaming to action is but a
The Yale expositor., 1907-05-17
DANGER In SIGNALS.

II was playing a game of cards In
a mining camp in the Rockies" said
the mild-mannered man, when sud
denly my partner. by way of a gentle
hint, held up two fingers to indicate
that he had pair. Quick as a flash.
one of our opponents whipped out his
dirk and slashed on the fingers.
Awful! Well, II was pretty bad,
but wasn't he in luck that he didn t
have a full hand?"
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sERMoNETTE.

- OHoICe nat CetSTHiiHcu
Z Destiny.-Orpha on the road
: that led to the land of Israel
came face to face with the turn
ing point of her life. The vision
had come to her of new home
: and a place among Gods people
! and obedient to the aspirations
for a better life and holier
! things, she started with her
mother-in-Iaw, Naomi, and sister
: ter-in-law, Ruth, for the Prom
ised Land. Perhaps she and
! Ruth during the sad days of
Z their widowhood had talked over
7 together their plans. While
! their hearts were bleeding and
: tender there had come yearn-
! ing to know the God whom their
7 husbands had known, and
! served, and with il had come
I the resolve that they would
! cleave unto the mother-in-law.
7 Naomi, as the one who could
! guide their feet into the way
Z and blessing of God.
! So they had gone forth with
I Naomi and had come to the Dor
: derland of Israel. There Naomi
J paused and wisely tested the
: sincerity of purpose of the two
: young women. They must count
the cost. 1t was no light thing
!. to choose God and Gods people
as future destiny. They must
J, realize that ii meant separation
from the old life and hardships
!, IN the new. In substance, Naomi
said to Ruth and Orpha what
! Jesus said to those who would
become his disciples. (Which of
; you" he exclaimed, after he had
declared that discipleship meant
; cross-bearing and fellowship in
hardship and suffering, Intend
; ing to build tower, stitch not
down first, and counteth the
; cost, whether he have sufficient
: to finish it. Lest hapIy, after
he hath laid the foundation, and
he is not able to finish il, all
that behold it begin to mock him,
saying: This man began to build,
and was not able to finish"
: And orpha bid her mother-in-
law a fearful adieu and turned
; back. Turned back from the
light Of which she had caught
) a glimmering. Turned back from
the higher purpose and destiny.
; Quenched the Pickering flame of
spiritual aspirations, and turn
; ed back to the old life and the
old gods. Turned back to be
swallowed up by the world and
) the things of the world. This
is the last word we ever hear of
; Orpha. From that time forth
she was counted out of Gods
; reckoning. We can imagine
what her life may have been
, after her return, and how when
the tidings came of the blessing
; and prosperity which had come
to Ruth in the, to her, strange,
! far-off land of Israel, there must
have come the smartines of dis
! appointment and regret that she
! had once been so near the bless
ing and had thoughtIessIy and
carelessiy let the treasure slip
from her. "For of all sad words
, of tongue or pen, the saddest are
these: 1T might have been!'"
; orpha and Ruth stood side by
side that day at the dividing
, line between the world and God.
Orpha turned back, there ends
; the tale. Ruth went on, and to-
day we are rejoicing in the
Christ who was Of the house
and lineage Of David, whose
; grandfather Obed was the son
Of Ruth and Boar.
A =
The Yale expositor., 1907-05-17
Copyright, 1907, by the Author, W. $. Edson.)

Scripture authority:-Ruth 1:1-15,
especially verses Ia and is.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-08-10
THEY HAD TEA AND muFF1Ns.

N FIVE weeks the tenor signed the
bleaching her hair and came to choir
practice with her head tied up in veil
20 hide the inevitable discrepancies as
20 color.
"She's a dear little thing" she con-
fided to the bass. she's poor and takes
care of her mother"
'I'l take care Of them BOTH" the
bass declared ardently, eff she will let
me-"
The tenor having made the same
statement, the contralto carried the
news to the soprano.
They are both in love with you, my
dear" she whispered one Sunday morn
Ing when the green curtain had been
drawn and the congregation had set
tied down comfortably to hear the ser
mon
I'D rather not talk about such things
in church if you don't mind" the so
prano said gently, and the eontralto
agreed hastily and gave her earnest at
tention to the preacher
But tell me one Tnlng, the tenor
! said to the contralto confdentially at
choir practice, chow are we going to
ask her? Her mother walks home with
her after all the services. and she
hasn't asked us to call. and she won't
/ talk about secular things in church.
and there YOU arer
rs love a secular thing?" the con
/ tralto questioned sentimentally.
'She says it IS" the tenor stated
'sbut / think it is divine"
Things came to something Of a eli
max when the sopranos mother wa:
/ taken sick.
Nov is your chance" said the con
tralto, all in a fiutter, as she leaned to
ward the tenor
But the bass was already begging tn,
| privilege
81 had hoped you might let me- thu
TENOR said as he stumbled over tw'
chairs to get TO her.
"Why not both of your said til.
soprano. ITS on your way home. ana
you viii be company for each othe
the rest Of the way"
| "Oh, the aggravation OF herF
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-08-10
A Plea For EnIistino.

No man who will look carefully into
the work of the army or of the navy
can fail to realize that career in
either branch of our military service
is one to which any man may give
himself with the fullest devotion and
with the highest ideals. Americans,
as a rule, know little about the actual
work of either of these services, and
few realize that when a man enters
the service of the army or of the navy,
whether as officer or enlisted man, he
enters a great school, q school in which
is taught not only the discipline of
self restraint, of cleanliness, of devo-
ton to duty, but in which are taught
also the elements Of an education. An
enlisted man who enters regiment
of the army, barely able to read and
write, comes out, If he be a man OF
ambition and industry, at the end OF
three years in possession Of the funda
mentals of an English education. His
officer stands to him not only in the
relation of military director, but in the
relation also of teacher and a friend
There is no career open to an American
boy, unless it be that of a teacher
which offers a larger opportunity thar
that of the army or navy officer t.
minister to the service of men.-Presi
dent II. S. Pritchett in Atlantic.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-08-10
EAST CHICAGO SEWER
CONTRACTS ARE LET.
w. f. Brunt, of Hammond, Lowest Bid
der, His Estimate Being Over $4,000
Less Than Nearest Competitor-3Eust
be Completed Before Dec. L.

The East Chicago board met last
night to award the contract for the
sewers to be put in on Washington
street and Block avenue. When the
bids We're opened. it was found that
w. F. Brunt. Of Hammond, was the
lowest bidder. and accordingly the con
tract was let 10 him. Brunt's bid was
$3.50, which was S4,190 less than his
nearest competitor.
The sewer in question constitutes a
strip over $500 feet long, and accord
ing to the contract must be completed
by the first of December. Mr.. Brunt
viii have a force of men working on
the sewer next week and expects TO
have the Job finished before Dec. l.
Brunt's bid astonished members OF
the board as it was the last one open
ed and a drop from $4,000 TO $3.50
was considerable.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-08-10
RUNAWAY MULES HALTED
BY BIG MOVING VAN
Team Attached TO Ice Cream Wagon
Threatens Danger to Traffic and
Pedestrians-Mnd Race Brought to
End by Big Wagon Which Blocked
the Path.

With fifty gallons OF ice cream roll
ing back and forth on the big delivery
wagon belonging to the Woodruff Ice
Cream company, a team of frightened
mules attached to the wagon raced
frantically across the railroad tracks
near State street and down the alley
in the rear of the Monon hotel until
they were forced to stop by a big mov-
ing van which stood in their path The
animals, which have bad reputation
for running away. became frightened at
a passing train while they were stand
ing at the Erie depot and before they
could be stopped had endangered the
lives of many pedestrians in the course
of their mad flight When they were
finally brought to standstill after a
race with Officer Holman, in which
they beat him TO the finish by a mar
row margin, it was found that no other
damage had been inflicted beside the
breaking of the wagon tongue and the
smashing Of the garbage box in the
rear of the Hammond building One
of the mules stopped so suddenly it
was thrown to the ground, but was IN
injured
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-08-10
The Size Of the Sea Horse.

The popular mistaken idea as to the
size Of the sea horse is a constant
source of amusement to the guards at
the aquarium. According to them,
visitors, after looking at the big sea
cow and peering into the tank where
the turtles lead a placid life, next be-
gin to hunt around among the inhabit-
ants Of the big floor tanks to find the
sea horse. They reread all the placards
and carefully reinspecr all the occu-
pants of the big tanks; then, failing to
discover any immense fish which close
" resembles a horse, they turn to a
guard as a last resort. When they are
directed to one Of the smaller tanks
upstairs and when they learn that this
supposed monster Of the deep never
attains a size Of more than ten inches
they are amazed enough. The speci-
mems of the sea horse at the aquarium
are much below the maximum size,
and when seen clinging by their curl
Gus prehensile tails TO the different OBJ
jects in the tank look more like little
chessmen than anything else. - New
York Sun
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-08-10
CLOSING OF THE zoo.

Mr.. Lambrigger advertises his show
as a school Of zoology. and It merits
the name. A boy can learn more OF
the science Of animals in museum Of
living specimens like this, in an hour
or two. than he could learn from books
IN as many months. The lectures by a
trained naturalist add much to the
educational value Of the collection.
Prof. Sneak is literary scholar and a
polished orator, as we'll as a thorough
naturalist. His lectures are marked by
choice diction and rhetorical compost
ton. Every one should see this ex-
hibit and hear these lectures before
the zoo leaves the city tonight.