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HUSKS.
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He shuddered in spite of himself. Why, he
had almost done it already. Wasn’t that what
dissipation meant —his own dare devil, reckless
moods? He was surprised at a sudden shame
that struck him, for his desperate eyes and
general appearance was accounted for by the
fact that he had been sleeping off a debauch.
Had he, Alaric Waitland, come down to the
level of a common tramp?
He walked on, beyond the river. The
thought of it had not been in earnest; he had
not been ready for that. He left the road and
began to walk the railroad ties. The action
gave him a boyishly reckless feeling, as if he
were a child again, racing a train.
He stumbled suddenly, nearly tripping over
some obstacle. He stopped to see what it was,
for it felt hard and heavy, totally unlike what
he had been walking on. He reached down
and touched it, and then he cried out in aston
ishment, for it was a large piece of the steel
rail of the track, cut out and flung across the
sleepers. He felt around him; yes, there was
the empty place. The track had apparently
been cut with premeditation to wreck the next
passing train. What should he do?
Christian doctrines, attending night
schools and Bible classes, never miss
ing an opportunity where he could im
prove his knowledge of Christ and
of the Scriptures. One of the great
est desires which dominated his
heart, was to testify about Jesus to
everyone and on Sundays he wrnuld
go from one open air meeting to an
other, helping all that tried to preach
Christ to the people. He became a
member of the Bible class that was
conducted by Mr. Badenoch of the
Mildmay Conference Hall, as well as
a Sunday school teacher in one of the
chapels, and on the Sunday evenings,
he would join a group of young men
who went to evangelize in the so
called “Thief’s Kitchen” in the East
End of London.
Using Opportunities.
In the home where he was staying,
was a large library of theological
works, containing two or three thou
sand volumes of different books by
great authors and theologians, and
this young man while he was feeding
the machine with paper, managed to
learn to feed it in such away that
he could do it without looking, and
had a book before him which he read
while working at the machine, thus
availing himself of every opportunity
to learn of Christ and his doctrines.
Friends who watched this young man
soon realized that he had a desire to
be of use in the larger work of the
kingdom and spoke to him about
studying for the ministry. It had
never dawned upon the young man’s
mind that such a step was possible,
but, after prayerful consideration and
thought, he decided to see whether
any mission would accept him for such
a purpose and he went to speak to
the directors of the China Island Mis
sion, who, after due examination, rec
ommended him to study at some of the
missionary schools for a few years.
The young man then applied to Spur
geon’s College, asking for admission,
but he was informed that the college
was so full and the number of appli
cants so great that it would be better
for him to apply to Dr. Grattan Gyn
ness’ Mission School, which he did and
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He tried to collect his mind and conjeciuie
what time it was. If he was guessing at all
correctly, there was a train for the east very
near due. Could he reach the nearest station
in time to warn the train?
He could try at least. He had no watch, and
he would have given almost anything to know
the exact time and the exact whereabouts of
the train; but he stumbled on hopefully. His
lite hadn’t been of much use to himself or any
body else so far. Would God let him make
amends this time?
He had had no food for some hours, and he
felt suddenly faint. But he could not stop to
think of that. He fancied he could hear the
train coming in the distance.
Ah, there were the lights of Gilmington Sta
tion. Surely that was the whistle of the
train.
“Stop it,” he shouted to the astonished night
operator. “Stop the train quick, or there’ll
be a wreck.”
The operator gave him, one keen glance;
then he sprang forward with a red lantern.
Only a minute more and the deed was done.
The train slacked speed at first almost imper
ceptibly, slower, slower, slower. At last it
stopped just beyond the station. Alaric Wait-
1889, he was admitted as one of their
pupils.
Called to Higher Work.
The time spent in the Mildmay Mis
sion Printing Office; in the Bible class,
and especially in Dr. Gynness’ Col
lege, were years of great blessings and
wonderful preparation for future work.
After a time, several missionary
agents spoke to him about going to
where he was accepted and, in the year
the fields of their various societies,
but he did not see his way clear un
til one day Dr. Gynness called him to
his office and told him that a lady
interested in mission work in Brazil
was willing to pay the traveling ex
penses and outfit, and help on the first
year’s salary, if he would agree to
go to Brazil, binding himself only for
the first year. After that he would
be allowed to join any other board,
or give himself to any other kind of
work. After prayer and consideration,
this young man resolved to accept this
offer, and, in the month of January,
1890, left London for Portugal, where
he was to study the Portuguese lan
guage.
(To be Continued.)
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land turned suddenly faint and leaned against
a baggage truck as the people began to swarm
out o fthe train. Eagerly, though in rather a
weak voice, he told his story, and the crew
started out to corroborate it.
The passengers were crowding around him
with commendation and curiosity on their lips.
The gratitude of a sudden deliverance must
needs be unstudied; it is of necessity sincere.
Yet in spite of the sincerity, Alaric Waitland
did not wish to be acclaimed as a hero. He
was planning how best to dodge it all when a
strangely familiar voice suddenly aroused his
attention.
“I should like to shake hands with the
young man who saved us, ’ ’ it said.
The erstwhile tramp felt a sudden sob in
his throat. “Father,” it seemed more his
heart than his voice that cried it, “Oh, father.”
The rest of the crowd did not hear, or if it
did, it failed to understand. The two most
actively interested, who scarcely understood
themselves, moved into the shadow while hand
clasped hand and remained clasped.
“And you saved us,” he man whispered hus
kily, “You!”
Alaric was puzzled. His father had so
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