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z" LET ME- HELP

you'll
over EoZier and placed per strong
young arms round his Dooy.
"Quick!" she painted LET me help
you! You will be killed If you remain
herew
Her voice seemed to rouse him as
from troubled sleep.
II was hit" he muttered. What is
It? What is wrongT
"Oh. come. come" she screamed. for
some unseen agency tore q transverse
cash In the planking not a foot In
front Of them.
He yielded with broken expostula.
dons. She dragged him to the top of
the stairs. Clinging to him, she half
walked. half fell. down the few steps.
But she did not quite fall. Hozier's
weight was almost more than she
could manage. but she chung to him
desperately. saved him from a head
long plunge to the deck and literally
carried him into the forecastle. where
she found some of the crew who had
scurried there like rabbits to their bur.
row when the first shell crashed into
the engine room.
Iris fine eyes darted lightning at
them.
You call yourselves men," she cried
shrilly. yet you leave one of your
officers lying on deck to be shot at by
those fendsw
I'VE didn't know he was there,
MISS" said one.
The firing now appeared to increase
In volume and accuracy. Several bul.
let's changed against the funnel or
broke huge splinters of the boats.
Great heavens. listen to thatv'
growled voice. "An' we cooped I'D
here blazed at by a lot of rotten da-
goes. with not a gun to our namev'
Iris was still supporting Hozier.
whose head and shoulders were pill
lowed against her breast as she knelt
behind him.
Can nothing be doneT she asked.
II believe Captain Coke has been kill
ed. Mr.. Hozier is badly injured,
fear. Bring some water, If possible"
Yes. yes; water. Only a knock on
the head How did it happen? And
what Is that noise Of firing?"
HoZier'S scattered wits were return
Ing, though neither he nor Iris remem-
bered that the Andromeda was water
less. He looked up at her, then at the
men. and he smiled as his eyes met
hers again.
Funny thing" he said, with nat
ural tone that was reassuring. II
thought the windlass smashed itself
into smithereens. But 1t couldn't
What was 1t that banged?"
"A shell fired from the island" said
the girl
Hozier Strengthened himself a little
He was hearing marvels, though far
from understanding them as yet
"A SHE'LL he repeatedly vacantly.
HAD she said "a comet it could not
have sounded more Incredible.
YES. 1t might have killed you. Sey-
eral of the men are dead. | myself
saw three Of them killed outright, and
two Others are badly wounded"
Here YOU are, sir-drink this" said
fireman. Offering pannikin of beer
1t was unpalatable stuff, but 1t tasted
like the nectar of the gods TO one who
had sustained a blow that would have
felled an OK. Hozier had almost emp
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right in assuming the extent of the
boats damages. 1t was common
knowledge that the vessel must be lost
and that those who still lived when
she struck would have the alternative
Of being drowned or beaten to pieces
against the frowning rocks or shot
from the mainland like so many strand
cd seals If some alliance of luck and
strength secured momcntsry foot
hold on one OF the tiny islets that
barred the way.
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ITO BE Continued
lnfantiIe Depravitv.

Elsie (aged seven)-Ma, | want a
penny. Mothcr-What for, dear? El-
Sie--I asked Bertie Jones 20 pretend
were getting married. and he says ho
won't do II unless | have a dowry!
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been drilled full
Of h o | es. You
might as well try
to float n sieve"
Are none Of
the oats sea-
worthy ?"
mot one. They
are knocked to
pieces. Sorry for
you. Miss YOrke.
But " re a ii
booked for king
dom come. In 'arf
a minnit or less
We'll be on the
reef, an the ship
must b e gin to
break up"
Coke was tell
ing t he plain
truth, but HoZier
ran aft TO make
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AhdD' Nib OL Is
rael. There is a
lesson here for all
Of Gods people.
BE not unequally
y o k q d together
with unbelievers"
neither by mar
riage ties nor by
business partner
ships and close
friendships. What
communion h a { h
light with dark
ness? ?"-2 Cor. 6:14-
1S.
Ahab made war
and invited Je-
hoshaphat TO go
with him. 1t was
expected to be an
easy conquest, but
the Lords bless
ing was not with
1T, as Jehoshaphat
later learned, es-
Gaping barely with
his life. But his
still earlier mis-
take was in ar
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Ing scrap Of metal that stretched him
on the deck.
The gunners on shore had not allow
ed for the drifting Of the ship. That
second shell was meant to demolish
the charthouse and clear the bridge Of
Its occupants. Striking high and for
ward, 1t had robbed the Andromeda Of
her last chance.
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NkBMUkEYN j
1'lH6ERNAlf
.BBLE.STUDIES.
JEHostiAPHATs ONE MISTAKE

u Chronicles 17:1-13-January 20
"Seek ve first the Kingdom of Cod and his
righteousness; ana al; ;.ose things shall be
added unto you."-Mdh. 6:Ss.
"HILE Ahab was king of Israel, Je-
w hoshaphat succeeded to the throne
or Judah. He had the advantage
that his parents were godly people-a
great advantage. AS suggested i'm our
last study, the iniquity and idoatry of Is
rael reacted favorably upon Judah just
as the drunkenness and profigacy of a
parent sometimes reacts upon his chill
dren. who perceive his folly and learn by
mis- mistakes. Moreover the idolatry of
Israel. which drove its most sanity char
acters OF all the tribes to Judah, enriched
the latter nation In moral tone and char
acter. This included all Of the priests and
Levites who were still loyal to God and to
the worship which he had established.
Encouraged thus. the young king began
general crusade against every idola-
trous place and custom in his kingdom.
AS Ahab exceeded his father Omr1 as an
evildoer. so Jehoshaphat exceeded his fa-
ther Asa as an upholder Of the Divine
Law. Indeed we remember that in Asa's
later years he became proud and self-con-
scious and In measure for time rebel
nous against the Divine arrangements.
Prosperity In Divine Favor
Jehoshaphat's kingdom prospered. He
fortified its various boundaries, especially
toward the land Of Israel, Judah's nearest
neighbor Neighboring smaller nations
It,do dob 20
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manders wrath
could not be ap-
peased.
"Get this stun
pumped out an
ave the tan k 8
secured. Wen put
into Fernando
Noronha an refill
there. It's on'y a
day lost. an 1
guess the other
liquor on board III
last till we make
the island"
Coke lure he'd
away In the direc-
ton OF the chart
room. III ozier
found him there
later poring over
a chart Of Fer
nonAn NnrAnho
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prosperous, but we remember also that
many wicked nations and iniQuitous Gus
toms have prospered and are plospering
today. Prosperity, therefore, is not al
ways a sign Of Divine favor. To Jehosh-
aphat and his kingdom however, prosper
ity was a sign Of favor because Judah
still represented Gods chosen nation in a
special manner. According to Gods Gov
enant with them they would be blessed
In proportion as they maintained their
loyalty to their agreement-their loyalty
to God.
But this promise or Covenant was not
made with mankind In general. but mere
ly with the one nation of Israel, which, at
the time of our study, was specially rep
resented by the Kingdom Of Judah II we
would see that Righteousness does not al
ways bring peace and worldly prosperity.
we have only to look at the Master him
self and at his most faithful followers to
see the contrary. Moreover this is the
Masters assurance to his followers: 'In
the world ye shall have tribulation, but
In me We sha" have peace"
But when Mes siah's reign shall begin,
all this will be changed and every wrong
act and word and thought will receive
prompt punishment. and every good ef-
fort will be rewarded and encouraged.
Thus the Scriptures declare, when the
judgments (righteous dealings) of the
itants OF the world will learn righteous
ness" The blessed opportunities of that
time will belong to all mankind except the
Church. The specially called class OF th..s
Age have the special blessing of hearing
ears and understanding hearts and a call
to the heavenly portion-the High Call
ing"
Thus, my dear readers we see that our
trials and difficulties rightly appreciated
and accepted. are blessings Cor us, be-
cause they thus work out for us a far
more exceeding and eternal weight OF
glory-than the world will receive. The
highest rewards for the world will be res
tftutionary, earthly-to attain perfect
manhood Thus we see Gods provision
In Christ to be eternal human life for
mankind In general, and eternal life on
the spirit plane for the elect Church, and
eternal death for those who. after expe-
rtencing to the full Divine mercy and op-
portunity. shall sin wilfully.
Jehoshaphat's One Mistake
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one might try to help others. The
thought brought ray Of comfort.
She was about to look for the speakers
when bullet drilled hole In a panel
close to her side. She began to run
again. for terrified glance through
the forward gangway showed that the
ship was quite close to the land.
where men In blue uniforms, wearing
curiOusly shaped hats and white gait
ers. were scattered among the rocks.
some standing, some lIneeling. some
prone. but all taking steady aim.
But 1t showed something more. Ho-
zier was now lying sideways on the
raised deck Of the forecastle He part
~ supported himself on his right arm.
His left hand was pressed to his fore
head. He was trying to rise. With an
intuition that was phenomenal under
the circumstances Iris realized that he
was screened from observation for the
moment by the windlass and the
corpse that lay across 1t. But the
ships ever increasing speed and the
curving course Of her drifting would
Soon Drlng hlm into sight, and then
those merciless rihemen would shoot
him down.
"Oh, not that. not thatw she walled
aloud
An impulse stronger than the In.
stinct OF self preservation caused the
blood to tingle in her veins She had
waited to take that one look, and now.
bent double so rs to avoid being seen
by the soldiers. she sped back through
the gangway. gained the open deck.
crouched close to the bulwarks on the
port side and thus reached unscathed
the foot Of the companion down which
the wounded men had crawled. The
zinc plates on the steps were slippery
with their blood, but she did not falter
at the sight Up she went. stopped
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Without tact you can learn moth
ing.-Disraeli.
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Jehoshaphat's One Mistake

Like others. this king, no doubt made
many mistakes, blunders, but his most
important mistake was in affiliating with
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CHAPTER V.

SHOWING WHAT BECAME OF THE AN
DROMEDA.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-30

Among the sections or suburbs of
the city where there has been marked
activity in building in the past year
might be mentioned the following
The shops district, where scores of
neat dwellings have sprung up almost
in a night-tOadstOol fashion, College
Hill addition, where numerous excel
lent homes have been built; Elmhurst,
where the construction work has been
going on apace; Highland Park, which
continues to attract those who desire
plenty of space; and Garfield Place adj
dltiOn where many three-acre tracts
have been sold. Tracts have been sell
ing rapidly in the new Pinehurst dis
trict. and indications are that next
year a dozen or more homes will
spring up and that work will be COM
menced on the extension of the street
car system to Gage park Lakewood
Park addition should also be men
toned. Here dozens of lots have been
sold, and several houses built in the
Permits above $4,000 aggregate
s525, 900 A list of these permits fol-
Marion g. Kenderdine ~ story
stucco dwelling. 522 West Seventh
street ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 3 5+vDO
ing, 5os-c5 Muivane street. ....'..'.. 5000
Mrs. Anna NJ. Weightman. two
story frame dwelling, S34 Fill
more street. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 300
i5l7 Boswell street .......e.....'..-. $500
dWeins, Is GTeen Te Si' avenue. s $500
]. c. Gafford. two story frame
street =. ......',........''' 80. 10000
L. NJ. Penweu brick and stone three
street - =. ..,............... 1900
Clearinghouse Realty Co.. two story
frame dwelling. 12s7 Garfield ave
w nue r Wilson. IL story frame s'''
dwelling 1885 polk street ........... $500
H NJ. Ellis. two story dwelling.
1895 College nue................ 800
Kansas State Fair association con-
crete and brick horse barr. .-....- "A. 900
L. T. AIoorhouse, two story business
house and hotel, 1854 Holiday
street l5D1p
F. K. Barns, two story dwelling.
11l7 Polk street NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 5000
Charles Wolff CO.. sausage factory.
North Quincy street.......-......-..- 1900
c. A. KARIN Furniture CO., two
story warehouse, zoos Adams ST.. 1000
DR.. F. H Scholle two story frame
dwelling. 1895 Topeka avenue....... 5000
H. r. Eversole, IL story frame
dwelling, 600-2 Monroe street,. $3.50
H. p. Dillon. two story stone and
brick residence S31-S33 Harrison
street .------------------ 5o,vlo
First NJ. F. Church society. stone
addition to church building 4o9-
lib West Sixth avenue. ............ SJ,OJl
Mrs. Nellie 3. Hughes. 1920 Blu
chanan street two story frame
dWelilnS OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 1iyt
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He strung wires, affixed bells and pin
ned up torpedoes, and when dinner time
came even the cat hardly dared walk
across the floor
safe as the rock of GIBRALTAR" he
whispered over his coffee.
Mrs. Bowser had kept getting madden
and madden all the time, and now she
blazed out with:
You are always limiting what. a brave
man You are, and yet when the time
comes to show it what do you do?"
Woman, what do you meanH
Why you leave me to face burglars.
SHAH sit up all night with loaded re-
volver in my hand,'
yes shall sit up to protect the house
and YOU These flumadiddle things don t
amount to shucks- 1 shall sit up and
watch and shoot to kill while you may
so to bed and sleep"
''You-insult me, madam shouted Mr..
Bowser.
1T is not my intention, but you must
see for yourself that the house must be
protected"
And who is to protect it-who?"
why, you, if you care TO sit up in my
place.
Your place is in bed madam. If there
is any sitting up to be done l shall do it.
L say that the house will be well guarded
without that. but rather than have you
pass a sleepiess night and have to send
for the doctor tomorrow, l will SO on
guard through the night. I will have a
gun handy, and by the seven bulls the
burglar who comes within half a mile of
the house and as much as SneezeS Will
find six bullets hurting through his
carcass
But the loss of sleep! You know you
are not we'll"
TT is settled, Mrs. Bowser. In the first
place, L should have thought of it myself,
but had my head full of other IDEAS In
the next. my courage has been impugned,
and that by my own wife Tomorrow
shall demand an apology from you-a
most abject apology If succeed in kill
ing a burglar there must be two apologies,
both AFFECT
Mr.. Bowser had a revolver in the house
and he hunted it up and loaded it. He
also took walk and borrowed one of
the butcher and another of the plumber.
He likewise brought in the and a
bIudgeon, and with compressed lips and
giinting eyes he laid the family butcher
knife the piano.
There was very little conversation dur
ing the hour before Mrs. Bowser went up
to bed. Mr.. Bowser sat grim and deter
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''Then sit inside by a window"
"And while I was Watching at the front
they would enter by the back. Aye, they
might enter by the skyIight on the roof.
] don't want to unduly alarm you but
nothing is more certain than that an
atetmpt will be made to despoil US this
night I shall foil it. Bells will ring and
torpedoes explode, and Mr.. Burglar will
take skate. There will be other houses,
but not Bowser s.
II don't believe a burglar will come
within mile of US, but L suppose you
must gr aheadi''
Mr. Bowser went ahead. He still main
tanned his mysterious attitude as he
worked. and he even came to the point
of whispering in Mrs. BoWser's ear:
keep your eye on the cookl I've often
guise."
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BOWsER's BURGLAR.
He Ate and Drank and Left Mes
sage.

When Mr.. BoWser came home two
hours earlier than usual the other
afternoon with package under his
arm Mrs. Bowser was naturally curl
Gus about it. When he began looking
about the house in a furtive way-tip-
toeing from cellar to garnet and even
king into the flour barrel and the
oven of the kitchen range-she grew
desperate over it and demanded:
Now, then, want to know what
the foolery means. Are You looking
for a lost nickel or DR.. Cooke
Then you haven't heard a thing
today?' he querled in reply.
Nothing to bring chills.''
IF some neighbours wife had got a
new hat you'd have heard all about
it, but 2S houses around us can be
burglarized and you remain in ignor-
ancet'
when did it happen?"
"OnIy last night
But it wasn't in the morning pa
pers'
1.-THE police suppressed the news.
They are following up clews. Yes, IS
houses entered and plundered while
the inmates slept, and why ours was
not among the number / don't know.
/ was told by a detective today that
the gang would probably return to-
night, and that | would be expected
to guard my own house. Have any
about this afternoon? %
mo. What you got in that pack
age?"
''Have you left the house for a sin
gle moment unguarded %
mo. What have you been buying p?
t.No one has called and prtended to
be a gas or water inspector?
NO! no one I asked you what you
had in that package2"
Mrs. BOwser, there is no doubt
that our house has been marked down
for burglary tonight There is
chalk mark on the gate. I came home
to take precautions. ] have a patent
burglar alarm and other things. In
two hours I shall have this house so
protected that no burglar on the face
of the earth can enter it
Some more of your eXperiments!''
she sighed as she turned away. IF
you think there may be burglars about
tonight why not sit on the front steps
with a club across your knees?"
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In Prof Ellsworth Huntington's recent
book Palestine and Its transformation
(Ioughton Mifflin Coz there is striking
comparison of Palestine with southern
California In the latter, from Los An
geIes fifty miles northeastward across the
mountains &c The AJojaye Desert the same
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mined, and she had a little plan to carry
out. She renewed her offer to sit up and
defend the family safety, but she was
waved aside
through the lower part of the house with
a gun in hand.
At half past he made another and this
time with two guns
At II a cat squalled in the back yard
and he rose up with three guns.
A little later when boy threw a snow
ball against the front door. the hero was
there with guns, knife and ak.
AT midnight he was sound asleep in
his chair.
the stairs and softly tip-toed along the
hall At intervals of five seconds the
sleeper Snored.
A form bent over him. Deft fingers got
his watch and roll. Then that form went
down to the dining room and raised a
window and poured wine into a glass and
scattered cracker crumbs about Then
it assembled to the sleeping, snoring man
and took his guns, his ak, his bludgeon
and his knife and piled them up against
the front door. Then that human form
lodged into the library and lighted the
gas and wrote a brief address which was
later pinned to Mr.. BOwSer'S courageous
breast, 1t read:
THANKS, old man! Saw you were asleep
and didn't disturb you'll!
At one O. clock Mrs BoWser was brought
down stairs by yell and d fall Mr..
Bowser had got chilly and woke up and
discovered what had happened and fallen
down in some sort of fit The doctor says
he must be kept quiet for at least three
DAYS and then Mrs. Bowser may tell him
down and gagged, though, before she does
it, for he may try TO say and do things.
-(Copyrighted, 1911, by Associated Liter
airy Press9
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Harper & Brothers announce that they
are reprinting this week The E.xpatrs-
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Permits Issued for Erection of
300 Dwellings,.
Their Cost in the Aggregate Is
$65O,OOO.
MORE THAN A MILLION
Total Amount of Permits inI911
Was $1,O4S,O59.
Prospects Are Bright for Actiy-
ity in 1912.

The year just closing has been one
of remarkable activity in home build
ing. Permits issued at the office of
the fire marshal aggregated $1,O4S,O59,
of which amount $3.50, 900 represented
the cost of sos new dwellings,. Fur
thermore 145 dwellings have been re-
modelled at an expenditure OF $4,000.
The buildings of a strictly business
nature for which the permits call have
not been as costly as in the preceding
two seasons. Sixty buildings are on
the list OF those erected and those re-
modelled, and the cost of the improve
ments aggregates $15O,0O0. Permits
have been issued for the building of
So barns or auto sheds at an expendi-
ture of $1S,SO6.
Records Not Broken
No records have been broken this
year, but a comparison with former
years Will show that it ranks high
among the rest.
To the items included it will be
found that $4,000 has been spent in
church improvements. The largest
single permit is for the building of
the modern Sunday school addition to
the first M. E. church.
The Kansas State Fair association
through the county commissioners
spent $4,000 for a brick and concrete
horse barn, $4,000 for four swine
barns, $1,000 for two race horse barns.
ana YIZ,14f Tor the dElS ana IfecIldHl-
cal building.
An addition to Stormont hospital
cost $4,000. Then $4,000 has been
spent in schools. The st. Joseph pa
rochial school cost $4,000. The high
school of the Assumption church, S.,
900. the addition to the State Street
school building $4,000, and the adj
dition to the Monroe school building,
$4,000
The following were some Of the most
expensive business buildings for which
the permits called:
The addition to the plant of the
Peoples Ice and Cold Storage Co,
costing $4,000; concrete and brick
building at the plant of the Topeka
Storage Co., costing 100000; the l..
M. Penwell building, $4,000, and the
Charles Wolff Co. S $12.0 900 sausage
house. A fine new building is also
being erected as the home of the Roy
al bakery. This building Will cost
$4,000.
Some Costly Residences.
Among the fine residences the H. |
P Dillon $4,000 home. and the |
Arthur Capper $4,000 residence stand !
out most prominently.
BY months the permits We're issued |
as follows: January, $25,550; Febru- |
ary $66,305; March. $685.; April, |
$50, 1856: May. $1S1,SSO; Juue, $14S,- |
442; July. $63.775; August. $1Z1,42S; |
September, s74.13O; october. S123.- /
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ates by Lillian Bell, and "a Golden We'd
ding" by Ruth McEnery Stuart. The
same firm is also bringing over from the
London Harpers' two volumes in Har-
pers' Library of Living Thought: The
Life of the Universe by Svante Arrhe-
Mus ana christianity and the New
Idealism' by Rudolf Eucken.