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PINEY
WOODS
A BREACH OF PROMISE CASE.
BY F. A. MITCHEL.
“My daughter,” said Judge Leadbet
ter to Mr. Ralph Fanning, “since
sending you to me to ask for her hand
has changed her mind. Not as to her
feelings toward you, but she has de
cided to pursue the profession she has
been studying under my tutelage. We
are a race of lawyers, and my daugh
ter inherits the family inclination. Af
ter giving an affirmative answer to your
suit she fell to considering that mar
riage would necessarily prevent her
following a legal career/’
It seems to me, judge, that this is a
case of breach of promise. I, too, have
inherited legal instincts from a long
line of jurists. My great grandfather
was an associate United States justice,
my grandfather was an eminent crimi
nal lawyer.”
“Enough. You enter a charge
against my daughter of breach of prom
ise. You shall have an opportunity
to substantiate it and she to plead.”
The judge called a maid and told
her to ask Miss Margaret to step into
his study. The lady came in, some
what surprised to see Mr. Fanning
there and curious to know why she had
been summoned.
“My dear,” said her father, “Mr.
Fanning charges you with breach of
promise. I do not understand that it
is for the purpose of claiming dam
ages, but I can not allow you to treat
any one unfairly. What have you
to say to the charge of accepting him
and then throwing him over?”
“I plead not guilty.”
“Very well. Now, Fanning, you may
proceed to state your case.”
“My attentions to Miss Margaret
have been noticeable and noticed by
our mutual friends for months. She
has accepted various trifles from me,
especially gifts of flowers, indicating
that my attentions were agreeable to
her. Last evening I called upon her.
A DAY OF DECISION.
(Review)
Dec. 28th, 1913.
Read Joshua 24:1 to 33. Heb. 11:28
to 31.
THE GOLDEN TEXT:
“For God so loved the world, that He
gave His only begotten son, that who
soever believeth in Him, should not
perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16.
SUGGESTIVE THOUGHTS.
WHAT SHALL I DO?
In reviewing the lessons of this quar
ter select the leading thoughts of each
lesson and impress it upon the minds
of the scholars.
LESSON NO. 1.
October sth, 1913.
Num. 11:10 to 18, and 24 and 25.
The leading thoughts of this lesson
is that man at his best is imperfect,
that even Moses, “the man of God,”
failed in the critical hour. Therefore,
all men need Christ.
LESSON NO. 2.
October 12th, 1913.
Num. 12:1 to 15.
Teach the hideousness of jealousy
and envy and how displeasing it is to
God and how it always hinders the
work of God. (Luke 22:24 and 26, 1
Cor. 1:11 to 15.)
THE GOLDEN AGE FOR WEEK OF DEC. 18, 1913
M e were sitting in a cozy room in this
house before a fire of blazing logs. An
aroma of the last lot of cut flowers 1
sent her, arranged in a Dresden vase
by her own shapely hands, pervaded
the apartment. The cheery firelight
contrasted delightfully with the winter
gloom without. We sat side by side on
a large”—
“I object!” cried the lady.
“The objection is not sustained,” rul
ed the judge.
“Nevertheless I prefer to respect the
defendant’s wishes,” said the plaintiff.
“I will omit the rest of what happened
except so far as it pertains to the law
of contracts. I then and there asked
your daughter to be my wife. Her
head sank —”
“I object again!” cried the lady.
“The plaintiff states in one breath that
he will omit what happened except as
to a contract he claims to have been
made and in the next breaks his prom
ise.”
“I beg the defendant’s pardon,” con
tinued Mr. Fanning. “What occurred
was the delight of my life. I was in
a whirl of joy—”
“Yes, yes,” interrupted the judge.
“The court understands all that. He
has been there himself though many
years ago. Please confine yourself to
the contract.”
“Your daughter, her beautiful face
buried against my breast, whispered
Wes.’ ”
There were a few moments of sil
ence, when the judge announced to
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
LESSON NO. 3.
Ooctober 19th, 1913.
Num. 13:1 to 3, and 25 to 33.
Show how unbelief makes us cow
ards, while faith makes us brave and
true.
LESSON NO. 4.
October 26th, 1913.
Num. 20:1 to 13.
Do all things as God directs and give
to Him the glory, show the sins of
doing what God commands in different
way from the one God commanded, al
so show how such a cause robs God of
His glory and brings a judgment upon
those who disobey.
LESSON NO. 5.
November 2nd, 1913.
Num. 22:2 to 6.
Num. 24:10 to 19.
Show the folly of trying to do the
will of God and at the same time seek
to obtain rewards from the wicked,
that the way to die the death of the
righteous is to live a righteous life.
LESSON NO. 6.
November 9th. 1913.
Num. 14:7 to 21.
The leading thought of the lesson is,
that we shall all stand before the judg
ment seat of Christ, that every tongue
shall confess to God and every one
By B. LACY HOGE, Norfolk, Va.
his daughter that he was ready to hear
her defense.
“Your honor,” she began—“l mean,
papa—l base my defense upon that law
which has protected many a minor in
an inheritance, the law against exert
ing undue influence upon a testator.
Mr. Fanning sought to deprive the
noble profession of the law of my life’s
services. He took advantage of our
pleasant surroundings, the cheerful
firelight, the aroma of flowers, the
luxurious sofa”—
“Chair?” interrupted the plaintiff.
“Will you protect me?” cried the
girl, appealing to her father.
“Another such interruption,” said
the judge sternly to Fanning, “and I
will fine you for contempt.”
“I claim,” the defendant proceeded,
“that Mr. Fanning took advantage of
these surroundings to unduly influence
me to bequeath myself to him instead
of my natural heir at law.”
“And I claim,” urged the plaintiff,
“that in giving herself to the law the
defendant disinherits her natural heirs,
a husband and children, besides
wrecking the life of myself, the plain
tiff in this case.”
A silence followed these words, which
were spoken with great depth of feel
ing. It was broken by the judge, who
asked of Fanning:
“Do you desire to enter any rebut
tal of my daughter’s statement?”
“No, your honor. I rest my case,
which I have summed up my last
words —that if the contract is broken it
must give an account of himself to
God.
LESSON NO. 7.
November 16th, 1913.
Deut. 34:1 to 12.
The central thought of this lesson is,
the worker dies, but God‘s work goes
on.
LESSON NO. 8.
November 23rd, 1913.
Joshua 1:1 to 9.
The leading lesson taught here is,
that the death or removal of a faith
ful and useful servant of God is the
call to others to be strong and of good
courage, and take up the work and go
forward.
LESSON NO. 9.
November 30th, 1913.
Joshua 3:7 to 17.
The leading thought of this lesson
is “anywhere with Jesus we can safe
ly go.”
LESSON NO 10.
December 7th, 1913.
Joshua 6:8 to 11, 14 to 20.
The great lesson taught by this scrip
ture is that all walls and obstacles will
fall before obedient faith.
LESSON NO. 11.
December 14th, 1913.
Joshua 7:6 to 15.
SKETCHES
By MARGARET BEVERLY UPSHAW
will result in the wrecking of my life.”
“I reserve my decision,” said the
judge. “The court will take a recess
for half an hour, at the end of which
time the decision will be handed down.”
He retired from the room, leaving
the plaintiff and defendant together. In
exactly half an hour he returned and,
seating himself, appeared to be fram
ing what he was about to say when his
daughter spoke:
“You needn’t trouble yourself, papa.
The case has been settled out of court.”
“Indeed!” The judge looked pleased.
“On what terms?”
“We’re to be married in the spring
and go to Europe on our wedding trip.”
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Impress upon the scholars that God
will not go with us and give us
strength and victory unless we put
away all sin andd give to God all that
belongs to Him.
LESSON NO. 12.
December 21st, 1913.
Joshua 14:1 to 14.
In studying this lesson, show the
wisdom of wholly following the Lord.
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