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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-03-30

had it come? From the heart of an
Easter lily? Or had it come into the
house of God with him with a ray of
moonlight? Or, was the voice in his
brain alone-,born of memories? He
could not tell, and it did not matter
When he had laid her away twenty
years ago he had not laid away the
influence that had been hers all
through his young life, her faith in
him. her smile, nor the memory of a
certain day when he had been gradu-
ated from college and had promised
her that he would seek first the king
dom of God and his righteousness
through all the days that he should
live. And he had kept his promise
until tonight, when the greed of gold
became the dominating motive of his
life; tonight, when the thirst for lux
ury had conquered him.
The cashier stood clutching the seat
of the pew in front of him, his eyes
fixed on the lily-banked altar. Then
he squared his shoulders even as he
had seen his father do in that long
gone year. And when the first soft
flush Of Easter day crept across the
eastern sky the money was safe in the
bank again. For the cashier kept faith
with his mother.
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CHAPTER IV-Continued.

But what was this? Bloesy, leading
all the others In resounding call OF
WELCOMED" and then Blossy drawing
her two hands from behind her back.
One held a huge blue cup, the other
the saucer to match. She placed the
cup In the saucer and held it out to
Abraham. He trudged down the few
steps to receive 1t, unashamed now OF
the tears that coursed down his
cheeks. With a burst OF delight he
perceived that 1t was a mustache cup,
such as the one he had always used
at home until 1t had been set for safe
keeping on the top pantry shelf to
await the auction, where 1t had
brought the price of eleven cents with
half a paper of tacks thrown In.
And now as the tears cleared away
he saw, also, what Angy's eyes had al
ready noted, the inscription In warm
crimson letters on the shining blue
side of the cup, ITO Our Beloved
Brother"
Sisters" he mumbled, for he could
do no more than humble as he took
his gift, "ef yew'd been gittin' ready
fer me six months, yew couldn't have
done no better"
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a familiar ring which was not OF the
voice alone, nor yet of some lons-for-
gotten reading. The words were
borne in upon his senses now as in
that long-ago yester-year, when, as
little lad, he had sat in the living
room of his home listening to his
fathers heartbroken confession to his
mother that he had failed in business.
1t was Easter then as now On the
broad easement of the low French
window stood row of exquisite white
lilies. His mother had turned from
his stricken father to regard them, and
over her face had come that tender,
confident smile the little lad had so
loved. Consider the ilies," she had
told the man, they toll not, neither
do they spin, yet Solomon in all his
glory was not arrayed like one of
these" And his father had taken her
into his arms with great sob, while
the little lad had looked on, under
standing only that his mother had
somehow helped his father over a
great crisis
And now in the crisis of his own
life, when temptation had mastered
him, he sat alone in a lily-laden
church and 10! the voice of his mother
babe him consider the lilies" Whence
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CHAPTER v.
The Head of the Corner.


Everybody wore their company man
hers to the breakfast table-the first
time in the whole history Of the home
when company manners had graced
the initial meal of the day. Being
pleasant at supper was easy enough,
Aunt Nancy used to say, for every one
save the unreasonably cantankerous,
and being agreeable at dinner was not
especially difficult; but no one short OF
a saint could be expected to smile of
mornings until sufficient time had
been given to discover whether one
had stepped out on the wrong or the
right side of the bed.
This morning, however, no time was
needed to demonstrate that everybody
in the place had gotten out on the
happy side of his couch. Even the
deaf-and-dumb gardener had UNFINISHED
his surly temper, and as Abraham
entered the dining-room, looked in at
the east window with a conciliatory
grin and nod which said plainly as
words
"'Tis a welcome sight indeed to see
one of my own kind around this estab-
lishment!"
why don't he come in?" questioned
Abe, waving back a greeting as well
as he could with the treasured cup in
one of his hands and the saucer In
the other; whereupon Sarah Jane,
that ugly duckling. explained that the
fellow, being a confirmed woman
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Curious Rite of Palm SUNDAY.

Independent of eggs, hares and
buns, a number of curious rites at
tach themselves to Palm Sunday. In
Lincolnshire, England, a churchward-
en- cracks a gad-whip three times dur
ing the reading of the first lesson
and then seats himself with the con-
gregation. When the reading of the
second lesson begins. He carries his
whip up to the minister. Attached to
it by four strips of wych elm Is
purse containing 80 pieces of silver;
this is waved over the minister's
head, and the churchwarden then
kneels before the minister until the
lesson is finished
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On certain stocks came from man
with inside knowledge, and to take
the money from the bank would
just be borrowing it. The stocks were
scheduled to make a wild plunge up
ward within the next few days and
then he could sell, replace the money
he had taken from the safe before it
was missed and have enough ahead to
justify several of his intended moves
toward social advancement. Why, it
was all just the simplest thing in the
world to accomplish! All the time he
argued with himself he was not quite
easy in his conscience, but his thought
of the confidential position of the
friend VINO had given him the tip made
the outcome seem certainty-an end
that would surely justify the means.
He pulled the blind, unlocked the safe,
concealed the money he needed on his
person, carefully covering his tracks
Then he locked the safe and quietly
let himself into the balmy April air.
1t was past midnight when he stole
silently out of his home for a little
walk, being unable to sleep The moon
light held the world in it's thrall, bath
ing the spring flowers in its silvery
light, but the cashier was oblivious to
its beauty as he wandered aimlessly
down first one street and then an
other, until his attention was arrested
by the sound of a glad hosanna from
nearby church-the final choir re-
hearsal for Easter music Scarcely
realizing what he did the troubled
man slipped into the vestibule of the
big church, drawn by the lights, the
music and the hunger for human COM
partnership watch gnawed his troubled
heart. AS he stood undecided what
he should do the joyous anthem end
ed, the choir filed into the vestry
room and the old sexton turned out
all save the chancel lights. The cash
Ter slipped quietly into the church and
sank YEARLY into seat, his eyes fixed
on the lily-laden altar
Easter lilies we're everywhere Great
banks of them covered the altar, and
from every nook and corner they
cleaned white in the dim chancel
lights. They were like a prayer-a
mothers prayer for her children
pure, and clean, and white. Their deli
cate fragrance was pleasant to his
senses, but above all else it was their
wilderness which riveted his thought.
He could not get away from it.
Suddenly he buried his face in his
hands to shut the lilies away from his
sight, while he went over the argu-
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clasping her hands together and bring
ing Abe's attention to herself.
Really! You surprise me! You
don't mean to say folks talk about us
like that"
Islander is a dretful long-legged
critter," amended Miss Abigail, smil-
ing and signing in the same breath.
"Sary Jane" inquired Mrs. Holman
sweetly, what's the matter with that
pepper pot? Does 1t need fi1lin'?"
And 30 began the reign OF peace in
the Old Ladies' home.
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Yes, He Could Do 1t Easily.

ment he had used to himself when he
had taken the money from the safe.
But, strangely, in the midst of his
effort at justification, the whiteness
and purity of the Easter lilies surged
through his brain.
Then out of the stiffness sound
was made. 1t was the sound of a
yoice-the voice of his mother.
Consider the lilies" it pleaded soft
fy.
The, cashier sprang to his feet and
looked about him wildly. There was
no one in the big lily-laden church ex-
cept hirnself-himself- the voice.
Consider the lilies" came the ad-
vice to him once more.
The voice was unmistakable. AL
though his mother had been dead 10,
these twenty years, he could never
forget the gentleness Of her voice. But
that was not all. The admonition had
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CHAPTER vi.
Indian Summer.

Indian Summer.
Miss Abigail had not banked in vain
on the "foresightedness of the Lord. I"
At the end of six months, instead of
there being shortage in her accounts
because Of Abes presence, she was
able to show the directors such a
balance sheet as excelled all her pre-
vious commendable records.
How Go you explain it?" they asked
her.
I'VE cast our bread on the waters"
she answered, IAN Providence jest
kept a-sendin' out the loaves" Again
she said. Twas GRIMM that done
it. Brother Abe he kept the gardener
good-natured, an the gardener he jest
grinned at the garden sass until 1t was
ashamed not ter flourish an Brother
Abe kept the gals good-natured an
they want SO niasy about what they
eat; an he kept the visitors a-laughin'
jest ter see him here, an when yew
make folks laugh they want ter turn
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Never Had 'Em.

Old Dick was a plantation darby.
He was rarely sick, and he always
claimed it was due to the way he had
lived One day as he was walking
down the street a local merchant,
taking advantage of his ignorance, &C
costed him thus:
Dick, one of your best friends has
just told me that you have ancestors
of the worst sort"
Nov, look heah, Cap'in Gawg, 1
doan want to hurt nobody, but jes'
want to know who dat man was wot
toll you, an l sho will go after him,
cause he done gone and suit me.
Me got ancestors? Why, cap'in, that's
as big lie as was eber told; neber
had nothin' in my life but the mumps
and collie. "-National Monthly.
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hater. cooked all his own meals in the
smoke house, and insisted upon all his
orders being left on slate outside the
Toulouse door. Abs shifted disdain-
fully, contemplating her homely coun-
tenance, over which this mornings
mood had cast a not unlovely trans
forming glow.
why, the scalawag!" He frowned
so at the face in the window that it
Immediately disappeared. "Yew don't
mean ter tell me he's sot agin yew
gals? He must be crazy! Sech a.
handsome, clever set o. women 1 never
did see!"
Sarah Jane blushed to the roots of
her thin, straight hair and sat down.
suddenly disarmed of every porcupine
quill that she had hidden under her
wings; while there was an agreeable
little stir among the sisters.
set deown, all hands! Set deown!"
enjoined Miss Abigail, futtering about
with the hea~tness Of a fat goose.
Brother Abe-that's what we've all
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around an dew somethin' fer yew. l
tell yew, eff yew kin only keep grit
enough ter grin, yew kin drive away
a drought"
In truth, there had been no drought
in the garden that summer. but almost
double yield of corn and beans; no
drought in the gifts sent to the home,
but showers of plenty. Some of these
came in the form Of fresh fish and
CLAIMS left at the back door; some In
luscious fruits; some in barrels OF
clothing. And the barrels Of clothing
solved another problem; for no longer
did their contents consist solely of
articles Of feminine attire. billed
shirts" poured out of them; socks and
breaches, derby hats, coats and negli
gees; until Aunt Nancy with humor-
Gus twist to her thin lips inquired If
there we're thirty men in this estab-
lishment and one woman.
Il never thought I'd come to wearin'
quilted silk basque with toseels on
urged to try on a handsome smoking
jacket. Dew l look like one of them
sissy-boys, er jest dude?"
Its dretful becoming" insisted
Angy, "bewtiful! Amt it, gals?"
Every old lady nodded her head
with an air Of proud proprietorship,
as If to say, Nothing could fail to
become our brother" And Angy nod
ded her head, too, in delighted ap-
proval of their appreciation of "our
brother" and my husband"
Beautiful, joy-steeped, pleasure-filled
days these were for the couple, who
had been cramped for life's smallest
necessities SO many meager years.
Angy felt that she had been made mi
raculously young by the birth of this
new Abraham-almost as If at last
she had been given the son for whom
in her youth she had prayed with i'm
passioned appeal. Her old-wife love
became rejuvenated into a curious
mixture of proud mother-love and
youngwife leaning, as she saw Abe
win every heart and become the CEN
ter of the community.
why, the sisters all think the sun
rises an sets In him." Angy would
| whisper to herself sometimes, awed
by the glorious wonder of it all.
The sisters fairly We'd with one an
| other to see how much each could do
for the one man among them. Their
own preferences and prejudices were
magnanimously thrust aside. In a
body they besought their guest to
smoke as freely In the house as out
Of doors. Miss Abigail even traded
some of her garden produce for to-
bacco, while Miss Ellie made the old
gentleman a tobacco pouch Of red fan
mel SO generous In it's proportions that
on pinch 1t could be used as a chest
protector.
Then Ruby Lee, not to be outdone
by anybody, produced, from no one
ever discovered where. mother-of.
pearl manicure set for the delight and
mystifcation of the hero; and even
Lazy Daisy went so far as to cut some
red and yellow tissue paper into
squares under the delusion that some
time, somehow, she would find the
energy to roll these into spills for the
lighting of Abe's pipe. And each and
every sister from time to time contrib
uted some gift or suggestion to her
brothers" comfort
CTO BE CONTINUED9
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-03-30
Emerging From the Dark.

Life, beautiful, reckoning, encourag-
ing, dances in merriment as the spring
breezes blow. 1t has found loneliness,
and fragrance as well, in the grim
black ground. 1t needed the dark,
cold winter to rest in. The cold has
not killed the warming, fertilizing min
istering power of soil. On the con-
trary, the winter has been one of it's
earth, only rested it for coming bene-
factions, and new labors.
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Just Any Kind.

Betty and two of her playmates
spent an hour shaking Betty's bank
and then rushed to the corner store
with the single coin they were able
to entice through the SLOT
Whats for you, little ones?" asked
the storeman.
Throwing the coin on the low glass
case, Betty replied with an air of con-
tented indifference:
Our folks are all rich. Jist give
us cents worth of any kind OF
candy"
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As Il Seemed to Eitzstop.

"Was your father a pirate?" asked
young Fftzstop of the girl of his choice
at a clandestine meeting, after the
old sea captain had urged his exit
from the family mansion on the hill
by the use of his pedal extremity.
mo, my darling" was the reply.
"Why do you ask?"
"He seemed to me to be a good deal
of a freebooter" said the young man,
refiectiyely
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Daily THOUGHT.

The world would be better and
brighter if people were taught the duty
of being happy as well as the happi-
ness of doing their duty. To be hap
py ourselves is a most effectual con-
tribution to the happiness of others
Sir John Lubbock
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Easter.

"She, supposing him to be the gardener
Dead is our Christ and our hearts cry
''Where?"
We would peer in the tomb behind thee.
All! Not there!
But as of old in the open air,
Out in the garden, Lord, we find thee.
Mary Eleanor Roberts, in Lippincott's.
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OLD LAI)Azszz;z:7AzK| -. 6
NUlMBFPl35]EMEE7IR|ss!IE
III IOUISE ORSSLUND
'CyAUTHORQ THE STORY OF SARAH" THE
Or OF "ThF STORY OF SAPAH, The
SYNOPSIS.

Captain Abraham Rose and Angelina,
tbs wife, have lost their little home
ny Gold mining stock Their household
goods sold, the 300 auction money. all
.ney have left, will place Abe in the Old
nan nome, or Angy in the Old Lanies
nome. Both are self-sacrifcing but ABE
lIecides: my dear this is the fust time
1ve mad chance to take the wust of It;
me old couple bid good-by to the n ttLs
house. Terror Of what folks will say"
sends them along by-paths to the gate OF
xne Old Ladies' home. Miss Ablgail, ma.
iron of the Old Ladies' home, hears OF
the Ill fortune Of the old couple. She tells
the other old ladies', and BlosSy, VINO mas
PAID double fee for the only doupiS PEG.
chamber, voices the unanimous Veroice
that Abe must be taken In with his wife.
Abe awakens next morning to find that
ne Is ''Oid Lady No. 81 The old ladies'
give him such warm welcome that ne
IL made to feel at home at once.
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Very True,

Church-What do you think of this
six-cents-a-loaf bread?
Gotham-Well, / don't think it is
any better than the five-cent loaf.
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A man gets down to bed rock when
he has to keep the cradle in motion.
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From Warsaw to Berlin is a dis
lance Of 1913 miles.
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CONSIDER
Ttl!f5 l2zl ll !
- ~

He cashier was alone.
He drew a pencil and
scratch pad from his
pocket and figured rap
idly. Yes, he could do
it easily. Just a turn of
the combination and the
SOTO wac oman u;o %in
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INTERNATIONAL,
SUND6ISQlOOL
LESSON

(By e. o. SELLERS, Acting Director OF
Sunday School Course. Moody Bible In
stitute, Chcago.)
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LESSON FOR APRIL d
SAUL REJECTED BY THE LORD.

LESSON TEXT Samuel 15:1o-2S.
GOLDEN TEXT-Behold to obey is bet
ter than sacrifice.-I Samuel 1922.
The Tomahawk., 1915-06-03

barks like any common dog. and
for one think it is a shame that Tow
ser was put out of his house for that
good-for'nOthing animal"
One night Farmer Mason heard a
loud barking, and then the smashing
of glass. He took his gun and ran
downstairs. He found the window in
the kitchen broken, and when he
looked out there was Towser stand
ing over man and growing very
fiercely- The man was a burglar that
had tried to enter the house by the
kitchen window. 81.
The new dog was in his house. He
had let the man come in the yard and
did not bark. Towser wagged his
tail and looked at his master in a very
knowing manner.
The next day the new dog was led
away by a boy to whom Farmer Ma
son had given him, and Towser was
put back in his house. 4E>,
His master patted his head and
said: IF you can catch a mar at
your age and hold him, you will do to
look out for us for while YETI
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TcwsER.
COPYRIGHT 5yt1tcLuae
9WonApeN SyAolcArEN3

y ToWser was an old dog. He had
been on the farm for many years, and
Farmer Mason thought he was too
old to be a watchdog any .lger.
So he brought a new dog home one
day and put him in Towser's house.
Poor Towser did not understand It.
He slept in the kitchen and the new
dog had his house In the yard and
ate out of his dish. ~. '::..2-
Hello, Towser,' said Pussy the
next morning. How do you like sleep
ing in the house?"
1t was nice and warm said Tow
ser, trying not to show his feelings.
"Yes, know that" said Pussy; ''but
you have looked out for things so
long it must be hard to see someone
in your place. He is fne-looking
fellow" added Pussy, as she went out
the door,
Towser did not go around where the
doghouse was for several days.
Poor Towser,' said the farmer's
wife one morning, "he really seems to
feel hurt at being put out of his house.
I truly think he is a better watchdog
now than the new one, for tramp
came up to the door the other morn
Ing, and the new dog did not bark.
Towser did, though, and he drove him
rut in quick time.''
'Towser has been good dog" said
Farmer Mason, but he has had his
day. I think he should have an easy
time, now he is old. I hope when l
am old someone will let me take
things easy. Don't you worry about
Towser; he'll get used to things in q
few days.
One day Towser was passing
through the yard, and the new dog
growled. Towser did not notice him
at first, but when he kept it UP Tow
ser walked toward him, growing and
showing his teeth, and by the time he
reached him the new dog turned and
went into the house.
He is a coward said the old roost,
er, who was watching them. "Towser
Is worth three like him.
But Towser is DID, said the little
brown hen, "the new dog is young
and he is tine-looking, ALSO"
THAT is what Puss Thinks" said
the rooster. Handsome is that hand
some does is what I think" he said
strutting over to the pig pen.
Madam Pig" he asked, what do
you think of the new dog?"
Il think Towser the best" she sad
THAT new dog comes over here and
barks at us just like a silly dog
The rooster met the horse next.
How do you like the new dog?'
he asked.
He is a stupid creature" said the
horse. HE runs at my heels and