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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 lilies,' 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. nent
 And now in the crisis of his own life, when temptation had mastered him, he sat alone ia a lily-laden church and 10! the voice of his mother bade him consider the lilies." Whence 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 ey es 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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Ihen out of the stiffness sound was made. 1t was the sound of a voice-the voice of his mother.
 Consider the lilies" it pleaded soft ly.
 The cashier sprang to his feet and looked about him wildly. There was no one in the big lily-laden church ex- cept himself f-himself-and the voice.
 Consider the lilies," came the ad- vice to him once more.
 The voice was unmistakable. Al though his mother had been dead To, these twenty years. he could never forget the gentleness of her voice. But that was not all. The admonition had a familiar ring which was not of the voice alone, nor yet of some long-for- gotten reading. The words were borne in upon his senses now as in that long-ago yester-year, when, as a 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. It was Easter then as now. On the broad easement of the low French
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sentence, and the girl rose abruptly. Miss Amy followed her down to the dining room, but scarcely knew what was spread before them. What mat tered food or drink or sordid land ladies or gossiping boarders, when she had found the key to her paradise at last? Perhaps it was graft-per- haps the girl spoke thoughtlessly.
 The next morning very early Miss Amy went shopping. She told the mil liner she wanted brown hat to match her suit. "No, not a toque like she had on; something younger" and she de scribed quite accurately the hat which the girl had worn to church the after noon before.
 "Ill wear this" she said, and you can send the old one home"
 Next she went to the nearest drug store and studied the directory "Wes- ton, Albert, singing teacher, 121 West street"
 As she left the drug store she spied florists window, and she stopped for bouquet of violets. Then again sine hesitated. The crisis of this, her new life, was at hand. She allowed three cars to pass, and then with firmly compressed lips she signaled for hanson. At the boarding house ev- eryone said that in New York one must keep up appearances. Perhaps Ii Ae thought she could afford to ride ia hausoms he would overlook her
 ueai deficiencies.
 Albert Weston, worn by his strug- sles with an indifferent pupil. was s,anciug at the window of his studio W slen the hanson drew up before the Building and the brown, wrenlike fig uta stepped cautiously from the ve- nieie and shot questioning glance up 1he hrownstone front.
 I'm glad took the hansom," con- mented Miss Amy as she mounted the steps. This was life! An absurd thrill swept over her and brought delicate and most becoming blush to her face.
 MT. Weston studied her curiously, hands deep in his pockets, when she asked almost timidly the privilege of studying with him. Prices, hours, ev- erything seemed secondary to the fear that he might not accept her as a pupil. He tried her voice. paced the room a few moments and then said Sravely:
 Yes, will take you as a pupil, but want to be quite frank with you. You will never be a great singer. You have a sweet, harmless, drawing-room voice, but don't want you to go into the work with any idea ot being a grand opera singer in time. You have
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begun too Iate--too late for that" ]
 Again the delicate flush mounted to her face. | r+f t.-s... '.4 s.f#
 T understand all that-it is just for my own pleasure. I--I could not study sooner. It is just for the joy of being able to sing for myself"
 He stopped short in his nervous walk and looked at her. Such simplic- ity. such humility, such lack of ambi, tion, almost staggered him.
 Perhaps some time-when my voice is a little stronger-you might, that is, if it would be quite right, you might let me join you-@choir at St. Augus- tin 's?" Y l,S
 First vacancy there is," lis assent ed heartily. 'FWhat our congresation likes is a. number of sweetS$correct voices. By the time someone gefsftired of rehearsais Tor marries or moves away, I'll have your voice placed and be glad to take you on.' ar%
 And so commented the musical ca reer of Miss Amy Carter, aged thirty one, residence a second-class boarding house; occupation, spending 8 small
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ALL SHARE In. BOY
Splendor of the Resurrection Be- longs to Each One Who
 s7B Believes. .e

TK7HEN anyone is reading g book " what he is most anxious to know is: Does it end happily?" We dislike to read book which leaves us in gloom. There are two happy end ings to the two great narratives of the New Testament. The first nar- rative is the life of Jesus himself. The second narrative is the life. of his church. The story of Jesus life on earth would be immeasurahly sad if it left him on the cross. That would in deed be the worlds most rayless trag- edy. Those hands so busy in useful toll and in kindly service, nailed to the rough cross;. those feet which had sought out sorrow in order that relief and comfort might be brought, also pierced and torn; the eyes which had looked forth with infinite tenderness and pity upon the. sorrows of men and women and little children and which had 1rerealed undreamed-of depths of sympathy, closed in death; the brow on which the light of heaven had shone, dark with {. the shadows of death, covered with dust and with blood from the crown of thorns; the heart that had throbbed with love for the sad and the needy and oppressed, pierced with the Roman soldiers spear. That would have been aN end ing too grieyous to endure. But the story does not end that way. There are no tears in it's ending. The Savior met his weeping friend Mary of Mag dala in the garden with the. comfort ing words "Why ,weepest thou?" Since he is risen there is no longer any reason. foEsdespair rsnd grief. He spent those. days .bt.aef before his. ascension in bringing. to his friends assurance Of peace and joy. And he went back to heaven promising that he himself in actual spiritual presence would be with them always, even to the end of the age. e.s
 The. happy ending, in Revelation is but another part of this same happy ending of the Gospels. All Christ's fol- lowers are to share in the joy and splendor of his resurrection. We are to come to him with songs and ever- lasting joy upon our heads. May our faith in him, our love for him, our allegiance to him be so strong and bright this year that of all the Eas- ters it. shall be the gladdest we have ever known.--Christian Herald.
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from every nook and corner they gleamed white in the dim chaneel lights. They were like prayer-a mothers prayer for her children pure. and clean, and white. Their deli cats Fragrance was pleasant to his senses, but above all else it was thsir whiteness which riyeted his thought. He could not get awaysfrom it M
 Suddenly he buried his face in his hands to shut the lilies away from his sight, while he went over the argu- 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 whiteaess aA3 purity of the Easter lilies surged sAguh his brain.
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 four-part sacred song.
 Wasn't it shivery and grand where the bass took up the tune!
 The girls hands came down on the keys with a crash. She had not dreamed that Miss Amy had come into the room. Most of the boarders did not come down stairs until the tea bell had rung Miss Amy was almost as startled as the girl. She had been in the house five weeks and never ex- changed word with anyone save the landlady.
 Were you at St. Augustin's this afternoon?" inquired the girl, swinging around on the piano stool.
 lj"Oh, yes," replied Miss Amy, simply, I've been there every Sunday since heard you sang there in the choir.'' l4fA,m, sure it is awfully kind of you tn saysso. I don't do much, you know, just, one of the chorus, but it's $1.5O nan and, you meet real nice people, too. I'd have joined the Musical 9geague, too, only you've got to report fot, every rehearsal or lose your tick cts for the last concert"
 f Miss Amy sat like one entranced. Here was girl who did not simply buy admission tickets and listen to others. She was in it all, in the world of music, from which Miss Amy. had always been excluded by the iron key, marked Duty" n "How-how do you manage to get into choir-or a league or anything of that sort?"
 The girl felt flattered as she looked into Miss Amy's kindling face.
 "Oh, they're always looking for good sight readers with fresh, clear voices in the big choirs. Sometimes you get paid, sometimes you. don't I didn't get anything last year But the easiest
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Extensive Easter Equs.

In Austria, eggs are given as pres. ents at Easter, and the emperor pre-. sents a great number of them to vari- ous people. They are generally com. posed of silver or gold. mother-of pearl or bronze, and often contain certain useful presents-a piece oi Jewelry or some little knickknack, in tenoed to give pleasure to the recip. tent.
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way ger III IS 10 take lessons from the choirmaster- priva t c lessons. Then MT. Weston will put you in the choir to jolly you along, wheth- CT you can sing or not. You're new to New York, and you wouldn't b e Ii eve tn 6 graft"
 The clang of the dinner bell drowned the lat ter part of the
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born in her. she thought, but there
 had been work to do, so heavy that
 her hands had grown too rough and
 stiff to play the old-fashioned organ.
 There were two invalids to nurse
 when the village choir would have
 been glad of her. services. And so
 she counted her love as dead and \ buried until the inheritance had come,
 and then h., >.-. f+.
 :"Well," she said, with a whimsical
 smile teI thought I'd come to New
 York and hear the best music while
 the money lasted. I would have a
 taste of real life-What l have heard
 people call the joy of living
 Weston smiled to himself. She
 called this seeing life! And indeed
 these days she was quite in a flutter of
 excitement all the time. Weston had
 tickets he could not use for this con-
 cert and that. Matinees came just when he had pupils, and it was a shame to waste the tickets. He was tremendously diverted by this delicate, fiowerlike woman, who felt that she was indulgingiin mad orgy of music. He learned to1loDk forward with keen E.interest te fSeas comments ca the con- certs she. attended. Self played so small part in!her enjoyment 1t was
 always not how she felt, but how the
 music affected the Audience. And grad ually he discovered that she had de cided gift of criticism, which was de.
 yeloping under the course of reading
 he prescribed for her.
 Something he knew, too, that his
 pupil of thirty-one had not discovered.
 Under the magic of indulging the one great longing of her lifetime she was cheating old p Father Time, turning pages back and not forward. The faint color was always in her cheeks these days, and the voice. rising in her lifting like a lark's in lowered mead ows.
 And watching her development, the tired man began to wonder what had
 come over him. He saw his work in new light The weight of drudgery SllppSQ lIOul HIS SiOulu0iS. uc SGilSG
 of wasted effort yielded to the infec. tious happiness of his buoyant pupil And so dawned Easter morning over St. Augustus. Outside the doors the
 mob of sightseers swayed while the regular parishioners claimed first 1 right to pews. Then came the thrush of strangers, the organist took his l place, MT. Weston raised his hand and | the band Of whiterobed men and | women filed into the choir loft. Out l to the waiting multitude rolled the | waves of perfectly balanced harmo 1 nies. A hundred voices, admirably SC. 1 lected, thought the congregation, and l yet to the man who had trained them i there came but single voice. Her l face was uplifted, her. eyes dewy and | tender, as with flutelike clearness the l wonderful words reached him above
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Old Beliefs of Easter.

The stories of the Easter hare, which children belieye,s is an old tale, doubtless originating in Germany sI In certain sections of France children are taught to believe that the. cathe- dral bells lay the Easter eggs. That belief has been transplanted to some of the old$, French settlements. of America ss 9.g m:
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the heads Of the other singers:
 The strife is OCT,
 the battle done: The victory of
 life Is won;
 The song of tri- umph has begun.
 Alleluia. Ale luia. Alieluia.
 To the man it came not ass a pean of triumph but a message of peace and she had shown him she wayi
 He wanted to
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Lily Typical of Easter.

Easter fashions are almost as typi- sal of Easter as the Easter egg and the Easter lily.
 The lily is typical of Easter be- cause of it's whiteness! and personfica- tlon of purity. In it's natural state it blooms about Easter time in France, its native home. -
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@ANNyI scratch pad rom his StsN pocket and figured rap
 G idly. Yes, he could do
 NG it easily. Just a turn of
 the combination and the
 safe was open. His tip son 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 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 who had given him the tip made the outcome seem certainty-an end that. would surely justify the means. He pulled, thA blind, unlocked the. safe, concealed thSsmoney he needea~ ~0nsR his. person. carefully covering his tracks, Then he-lockeds the safe and quietly let himself into the balmy April air.
 It was past midnight when he stole silently out; of his home for little walk, being unable to sleep. The moon light held the world in it's thrall, bath ing the spring flowers in it's 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 q 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 panionship which 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 fer slipped quietly into the church and sank wearily into seat, his eyes fixed on the lily-laden altar.
 Easter lilies were everywhere. Great banks of them covered the altar, and
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tell her now-this minute! The service stretched ahead of him ill. terminably -(S
 "Alleluia. Alleluia." "
 His glance caught and held hers. A startled expression flashed oyer her face. He was answered
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Easter.

e.2. 5lpposlag him to be the gardener" ]. ~ssa is our Christ and our hearts cry
 Where?" Ws would peer in the tomb behind thee
 .Aii! Not there, Bat as of old in the open air, out in tle garden Lord. ws find thee --Mary Eleanor Roberts. in I.ippincott's.
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inheritance which had come to her suddenly after a life Of narTow' drudgery and un- relieved sacrifice. At first her les sons opened and closed with al- most monosylla- bic conversation, but in time the musician delved beneath the heart which for years Il ad a l m o S t starved for mu-  SIC. It had been
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 @h|\k6<> <>3. 'lBTEK JOYCE

lSS A M Y c "A R T E R leaned back in the dull shadows of the board ing-house parlor and watched the girl at the piano.
 The girl had a true but quite untrained voice, and she sang in commonplace, soulless fashin ion tbo air of q
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CONS E)E R THt5E.|!!|E:> z 4 : ss,u..a;., L ILL,

HE cashier was alone. r6h 3ca He drew pencil and taSN0.0 scratch pad from his $ls GII pocket and figured rap fGA idly. Yes, he could do IT it easily. Just a turn of
 the combination and the cofo uoc Opap LI;o Fir,
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1915-03-04
Notice for Publication.
Clerk.

Department Of the Interior, U. s..
Land Office. Gainesville, Florida,
Feb. 10, 1915.
Notice is hereby given that Charles
c. Edwards, Of Avon Park. Florida.
who on May 20, 1913, made homestead
entry No. 0l1s3s, for lot Tor north
half Of northeast quarter), and north
half of northwest quarter, section 10.
township 30 south, range II east. Tai.
lahassee meridian. has filed notice of
intention to make three-year proof.
to establish claim to the land above
described, before Clerk of Circuit
Court Arcadia, Florida, on the LIST day
OF April, 1915.
Claimant names as witnesses: Hi.
ram Hartwell. Of Sebring, Florida /.
Henry Steer Of Sebrlng. Florida: WI.
ley Mesrole, Of Sebring. Florida. 7
b. STRIPPING, Of Sehrlng, Florida.
ROBERT W. DAVIS,
2-1S TO 3-1S-inc Repister
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1915-03-04
Notice for Publication.

Department Of the Interior, U. S.
Land Office. Gainesville, Florida.
Feb. 9th, 1915.
Notice is hereby given that Thomas
Taft, one of the heirs for the heirs of
Royal NJ. Taft, Of Cornwall on the
Hudson. New York, who, on April 90,
1911, made homestead entry No.
0S4o2, for southeast quarter, section Z,
township 40 south, range 90 east, Tai
lahassee meridian. has filed notice OF
intention to make three-year proof, to
establish claim to the land above de
scribed, before Clerk OF Circuit Courf
at Arcadia, Florida. on the list day Of
April. 1915.
Claimant names as witnesses: +. T.
Bailey, of Bermont. Florida NJ. r.
Hoffman, of Bermont, Florida X. T.
Watkins, Of Nocatee, Florida A. Al
bridge, OF Bermont Florida.
ROBERT W. DAVIS,
W5t.2-11 to 5-11 Register.
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1915-03-04
Noti,e for Publication.

Department of the Interior, U. 81
Land Office at Gainesville, Blori'
da, Feb. 20, 1915.
Notice is hereby given that Gather
inc johnson, widow of Harrison A.
johnson. deceased, Of Sebring, Blori.
da, who. on March 2Sth, 1912, made
homestead entry No. 01o412, for east
half of southwest quarter, and east
half Of northwest quarter, section 10,
township 80 south, range 20 east, Tai
lahassee meridian, has filed notice Of
intention to make five year proof to
establish claim to the land above de
scrlbed. before Clerk Of Circuit Court
at Arcadia. Florida, on the sth day
Of April, 1915.
Claimant names as witnesses:
+. G. Collier, OF Crewsville, Florida ;
Frederick +. Swingle, OF Sebring,
Florida: william A. Smith, Of Sc
bring, Florida; Israel G. Collier, Of
Scbring, Florida.
ROBERT W. DAVIS,
2.25 TO 3-25pd Register.
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1915-03-04
Notice Of Election.

Notice Is hereby given that an cleo
tion will be held Saturday, March 18Th,
A. ID. 1915. in Special Tax School Dis
tricts Numbers one to fourteen and
sixteen to thirty-six Ola and 1886
inc both inclusive, for the purpose Of
electing three trustees and voting the
number Of mills to be levied and col.
lected annually in each district for tn,
ensuing two years.
The following persons have been APP
pointed inspectors and clerks TO hold
said election:
Arcadia District No. /, polling place
DeSoto County High School:
Fred Gore, j. l.. Livingston and Il,
A. Mills, inspectors; W. L. Dun.
woody, clerk.
Punta Gorda District No. 2. polling
place Punta Gorda High School:
b. A. Wachob, j. NJ. Weeks and
+. NJ. Cooper, inspectors; A. B. Tuck.
er, clerk.
Avon Park District No. 3, polling
place Avon Park High School:
S. f. Tucker. W. Il. Dougherty and
g. T. Kellogg, inspectors; G. F.,
Smith. clerk.
Popash District No. 4. polling place
Zolfo High School building:
1. +. Wadsworth, j. II. Brown and
II. G. Murphy, inspectors; ]. e. Co
ker, clerk.
Wauchula District No. 5, polling
place Wauchula High School;
W. G. Cassidy, Il. d. Moore and
Abe Turner. inspectors; L. W. White
hurst, clerk.
Nocatee District No. 9. polling place
Nocatee School building:
F. NJ. Peterson, j. W. Mccormick
and J. A. Reynolds, inspectors; A. r..
Stroud. clerk.
Owens District No. Z. polling place
Owens School House:
T. s. Barrow. j. L. Perry and J.
W. Bullock, inspectors; II. p. Gar