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TOO JEAN DWIGHT FRANXXiIN A little child with lesions all unlearned And problems still unsolved before me stands: With tired, puzzled face to me upturned. She holds a slate within her out stretched hands: ”My sums are hard. I cannot think* to night : Dear father, won’t you make the an swers right?" Thus do I come to Thee, great Master, dear; My lessons, too. are hard: my brain is weak: Life’s problems still unsolved, the way not clear. The answers wrong. Thy wisdom I would seek. A tired, puzzled child. I pray tonight: “Here is my slate—O ma Ke the answers right.” RAISING MONEY FOR THE CHURCH The little church here needs a roof, so does the parsonage, and then there is the deficit on the pastor’s salary. Something hat* to be done every month to keep the wheels moving and—but what’s .the use to write’any more, there is the same problem In evsry church, whether in town or in the country. We had ice cream and cake on the lawn as long as the weather permit ted. then last week we had the play. “Mrs. Tumbbs. of Shanty Town.” and right here I want to say that if you want a clean, clever bit for the stage, that is the one to get. It takes people who are willing to buckle down to mem orize for there is plenty of talk for every character, and hearty laughter from the audience. Three weeks were spent in getting ready, every one of us was so busy that we literally snatched the time to mem orize. One girl told me that her mother would work a little (she was crochet ing a yoke) then she would stop count ing stitches and say: "Fur be it from me from sayin’ anything agin and liv ing being, but that man is so mean that he’d put green specs on his nose an’ feed him shavings, rr.akin’ him think it wan grass.” Then she'd go to counting again, and pretty soon she would break out again < A man said that hie wife would be making the bread for dinner or gather ing eggs, and she would stop in the midst of things and say: “Oh. my gra cious. please somebody bring me the book, and see how this goes.” Another husband thought his wife had company, and wondered why she churned right through the conversa tion. He tip-toed to the door and found her memorizing her part. One wife laughed and said her hus band would have to be excused from a Saturday practice as he had to dig po tatoes. But we had lots of merry laughs among ourselves and when the final evening came we went through the little play with no blunders that really count ed. • Mrs. Tubb's husband was dead, and when she was talking to the census taker she said, “Mr. Tubbs was a hand some man. He belonged to the Impe rial Order of Wooden Men. He cer tainly was a thirsty man. The thirs tiest man I ever saw.” “Oh.” was the reply, “He was bibu lous, was he?” "Bibulous. Mr. Tubbs bibulous. Why mister he didn't know no more about the Bible than my sister's cat, and what’s more. I ain't got no sister. The census taker asked her what her profession was. “Just a widow. ’ He then said. ’I mean what's your calling?” “Wall, mister, I ain’t really been called, but I’ve a leaning to the Epis copal church.” This would make a fine play for next month.- The children are talking about Thanksgiving. Queenie Shelby. aged twelve and in the fifth grade, had "read about it in a book.” But what is Thanksgiving? Elmira Hickey asked her. “Well.” was the answer. “If some body gives you a turkey, its given ain’t it. And then you say thanks, and that makes Thanksglvdn.” Her brother, aged eleven, asks them, ’Ain’t you never et no turkey?” Why. Scuffles Tubbs, just listen to 1 your grammar. "Ain’t you never et no i turkey” ain’t good grammar.” When he finally asked her what he should have said she told him “Ain’t , vou never ate no turkey.” And thus it goes. Get up a play and ! get lots of fun for yourselves and funds for the church. Faithfully yours. LIZZIE O. THOMAS. RETURNED TO HER ODD FRIENDS Dear Mrs. Thomas: After an absence of nine years I beg to be again sdmlt- I ted to your charming circle. The last , time that I wrote to you I think I was at the State Normal school at Athens, (la, attending school. How well I remember that when you received my letter you wrote me a little card calling me “Dearie” and oh, the help, encouragement and inspiration that one message gave me. only the Father in heaven can toll. I still have that card and value it as a priceless gift. If more friends would just send a message of love to girls and boys away from home it would cause less homesick- I ness and fewer heartaches and greater moral courage. After finishing my course in school I ; came back to Floyd county and began {teaching. I taught in schools here and ! one in south Oeorgia. I enjoyed every I day of my teaching. It seemed as if there was something new each day. I i made a specialty of studying the minds !of my pupils, so I could better tell j what was best for each child. Two years ago I laid aside my school work and married the man of my choice, and now I’m keeping house for two. and I am still -enjoying every day of my I work. 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Fefsl» relieves eons of the longest, meet obrinate. ab- -Trial eaaes !n 3 tos Java No Barm, pain or InUrfererwuritb won. Mau file; Double hirer a h 12.00. IMXUT MO. Writs todry. ML A. I. SMITNINTOR RENERT CD., MARRA* CUT, M THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL. ATLANTA, GA , FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1917. ONE WOMAN'S I STORY 1 CHAPTER CIX. IDO not mean to Imply that Harper Carleton had an idea that Phyllis Lawson meant anything to Robert or that he connected my husband with her when he made the statement that her story “read like a leaf out of her own life.” Indeed I do not think any one thought of Robert as in any senSe being what is commonly called a “ladies' man.” He was so sedate, so dignified that he seemed not at all the kind of a man to have an “affair.” Robert came home soon after Harper left and all the evening I looked upon him in the most peculiarly impersonal way; not as my husband, the father of my children, but as the man in Phyllis Lawson’s story. The man who—perhaps was In love with her. I would say nothing of having seen the story, but would watt and see if Robert mentioned it. I felt positive he would. The story written by the woman who so evidently interested him, and of whose cleverness he had boasted would be in his mind, and he would speak of it. I knew as soon as Harper told of seeing him buying the magazine that he bad bought it because of Phyllis Lawson’s story. But I chatted as pleasantly and unconcernedly as I could all through dinner and afterward, relating little in cidents about Bety and Bruce which I thought would either interest or amuse him. He was frankly amused at some of Betty’s pranks—the child was really ii* resistibly funny at times. But when I spoke of Bruce an axious look came into his face, and he asked explicitly about him. How he acted, if he slept well, etc. Then, just as we were about to go up stairs, he picked up the maga zine and remarked quite casually: “Ah. I see you have the Clarion! T intended to bring It home, but forgot it. It is an unusually interesting num ber.” “So Harper Carleton said. He brought it to me,” I replied. “But what is there* of special interest? It is too hot to read?” I watched his face for any change when I told him that Harper brought me the book, then to see if I could note any change in his countenance or man ner when he spoke of the magazine. But his face held the same expression, and he answered in the same tone: “Oh, several things! There’s an ar ticle on the war which will interest you. It is told in a conversational way and is easy reading even for a hot day. Then there is an unusual aviation story, and Phyllis Lawson has a very human little tale. She is doing very good work. Take it all in all it js the best number the Clarion people* have sent out in a long time.” “What is Mrs. Lawson's story about?” I asked still watching him. “Oh, the usual thing! The interest a man and a woman have for each other, and the obstacles in the way of their friendship. But she has treated it clev erly, and that’s all one can expect or fiction writers.” I thought of how differently the two men. Harper and Robert, had describ ed the story before I queried; “What obstacles were there in the way?" “Nothing but a foolishly jealous wife. The man in the story was married, his friendship for the woman purely pla tonic; but the wife was narrow, did not trust him, and so made misery for her self and all concerned. But I am not going to tell you the story; It will spoil it for you." “I will read it when I get time.” I said. I was by this time positive in my own mind that more than an ordinary friendship existed between Mrs. Law son. the handsome divorcee, and my husband. I was furiously jealous, and was growing more and more so as time went on. This may seem strange in view of my feeling of neglect, and the loss of my first feeling of love and ad miration for him. But he was my own I husband, the father of my babies. He had no right to spend his time, give his thoughts and admiration to others, especially to a woman Iknew only cas ually as T did Mrs. Lawson. So I thought bitterly, the while I real ized that a new sort of feeling concern ing that if I let Robert see that some mind, an inordinate pride in his busi ness success, a sucess I had unwitting ly made it hard to win, and, Which In | the early days I had disparaged. Now. at times. I made many good res olutions regarding my own actions. I did not know just where or how I was j to find my happiness again, but I would • try. • Then would come the old foolish feel ' tn gthat If T let Robert see that some ! one else admired me. he. too, would j think me attractive. And I tacitly en ■ couraged Harper Carleton, even while ! I disclaimed —to myself—any Intention of doing eo. So I floundered along uncertain as to 1 what course to take. I was desperately anxious to be happy and too proud to appeal to Robert. chapter cx. I ONCE knew a woman who was con stantly bemoaning her lot, al though it was one many envied. She was a successful writer, as success was measured. She earned a salary many men would have envied,’and had] absolutely no one to interfere with her j or her plans. Yet she would weep hys- ; terically, threaten to do away with her- i self because she wanted the love and; attention she did not have. Most of us who knew her laughed at her foolish talk and actions. But now, as I thought of her, I knew that, Bhould I allow myself, I could weep as hysteri cally, act as foolishly. But neither father nor Bruce would listen to any complaints of Robert, and thought me silly when I told them of my loneliness. Bruce had considered me unwisely. 1 knew this, although he had not said it in so many words. For months Robert had continued to I leave me much alone. If I entertained ! he really made an effort to be at home, but he was so uncertain that I dared not ask people until I had made sure be had no positive engagement. Even then he sometimes disappointed me. When ’ we were invited out he usually accom -1 panted me and then came for me if he j did not remain. He insisted 1 should go ’ without him if it were imposible for him I to accept. One place he never refused ito go. That was to Mrs. Mulhany's. He j and Tim were more intimate than ever, and politics, ap usual, was the subject j they discussed. It was nearing spring. The winter I had been long and uull, broken only by I a short visit from father and Helen at • Christmas, and from Philip a little later. Much to Robert’s disappointment Bruce I had been unable to get away. He was I soon to be married and father laughing- I ly, but approvingly, told us that “Bruce ; was working like a Trojan." I had had a very confining winter. Bruce remained very delicate and fretted when 1 left him. The consequence was inat hi spite of Robert’s objections to my so housing myself 1 went out but lit tle. Had it not been for Myrtle Caldwell and Harper Carleton 1 should nave been , lonely indeed. New Feather Beds Only 5*8.1° Full weight 35 pen Ma. e-pooni New Feather Pillow. Il 40 I per pair. Batiste-tion aeeianteed. Write for free catalog. Mt'Tioia riiTor* a riuow co . o.h 110 Ort.a.Hr., i.c. By Carolyn Beecher But had 1 known that my foolishness in receiving Harper Carleton, in accept ing his gins—simple though they were —was to bring me such remorse, such abhorrence of myself, 1 should have hesi tateU long before doing anything to give him the right to say what he did. 1 stilj accepted mm as my very good friend, as he had promised he would be. Then one day my little house of cards tumbled about my ears, and 1 saw just how selfish I had been in taking Har per Carleton's platonic friendship for granted, and in thinking it could con tinue. Then, too. 1 suddenly realized how wrong 1 had been to allow him to waste his time, his thoughts, his love, on a married woman who wag too conven tional. And 1 felt the more guilty, knowing that I was too fond of my children, and the hidden love 1 bore for Robert, to consider him in the light, ol anything but a friend for a moment. But how he crushed my pride. One day Harper called. I was alone. Martha had taken the children out for a walk. His arms went about me sud denly, and he drew me close. Then, be fore I had time to object to his caress he pushed me almost violently away, and looked into my eyes with a flame in his own which scorched me, before he exclaimed: “Margaret, in heaven's name don’t make it so hard for me, for both of us. I lovjs you better than anything on earth, better than myself. I’m starved for you, dear, starved and thirsted like a man on a desert island. I love you, dear, love you!” “But —oh —‘I didn’t mean”—l faltered, covering my face. I was so ashamed, so insulted in my womanhood, and yet I knew I had no right to consider any thing Harper might say or do as insult ing. I had brought it upon myself, blindly but wilfully. “1 love you. d*?arest,” Harper contin ued,” paying no attention to my protest, "and you must be mine. I can’t make you my wife yet, but we must find a way, dear. We must!” Again I was swept into his arms, and this time his lips found mine in a long, clinging kiss. Horrified, 1 pushed him away with all my puny strength. “Oil. let me go!” I gasped. “Let me go!” He released me instantly. I sank Into a chair. I trembled so I could not speak. Harper mistook my emotion and dropped on his knees beside me. “I have frightened you, darling. 1 have been too rough. But you love me. dear. I know you do. You have proven it in many ways, and you know how I love and admire you. And, Margaret, I have kept quiet so long. I wouldn’t speak until I ’was sure my love was re turned. Put your arms around my neck, dear, and tell me you love me. I so long to hear you say it.” Oh, can you imagine my feelings—the shame with which I listened to his pro testations of love? How should I answer him How con vince him that I qieant nothing by my actions? CHAPTER CXX. UT, Harper, I don't care for you—not in that way,” I at last managed to say, shame facedly. “I knbw I have let you think I liked you—and I do, as a friend, your very good friend, as you said long ago. But, why, Harper, I have a husband and children. You must go now and never come again. I can’t be< angry with you for what you have done, because I am more to blame tlian you are. I have brought it upon myself.” “Don't, dear; don’t blame yourself. But I thought"—his voice took on a note of sadness mixed with wonder ment —“I thought you cared. Then, dear, you are so neglected, so much alone. Don’t you suppose I-know how lonely you have been, even though you have been too proud to complain? Y’our hus band neglects you. Margaret. You owe him nothing.” "He is the father of my babies,” I protested. Then as I saw Harper was not convinced, 1 abased myself still more and told him the truth. "I love my husband, Harper, and I do not care for you; not that way. I have wronged you more than you will care to believe because 1 have allowed you to be with me more to show Rob ert that you—somebody, cared, than be cause I wanted your society. I really enjoyed your company, principally be cause you took me out of myself, away from my miserable thoughts. I am telling you this, Harper, so that it may be easy for you to dismiss me from your mind as . too unworthy to even think about. My punishment would be harder if I thought I had made you suffer more than I do.” Harper looked at me in a strangely dazed fashion. i "Is this true, Margaret? Have you only cared for me in that way to show I jour husband—l can’t believe it!” He bowed his head upon his, hands and I saw the slow tears ooze between his fingers. “It is # true. Harper, to my shame. But it should make it easy for you now that you know how unworthj’ I am.” Ris ing I laid my hand on his arm, "Please don’t.” I begged, “I'm not worth it.” With an effort he pulled himself to ; gether and held out his hand: “It is hard to believe, Margaret, that you feel as you do. I was sosureyou cared. But you have convinced me. it makes no difference, however, in my love for you. It is too late. I shall not ob trude upon you again, but if you are ever in grave trouble and need a true friend you must turn to me at once. Will you promise?" I bowed my head. I could not speak “Thank you, and don’t forget." He took my hand, bowed over it. just brush ing it with his lips, and then was gone. I Hew to my room and for an hour I wept as hysterically as ever did woman at whom I used to laugh. Then 1 bathed my eyes and went out to my children, feeling humbled, ashamed al most to look them in the face because of what had happened. I knew that 1 not only had lost a true friend but my own self-respect. “No matter what you do hereafter. Robert.” 1 thought as I tried to throw off the horror of the afternoon's experi ence. “I shall never again attempt to ■get even.’ One such lesson is enough." The sudden opening of my eyes, the loss of my self-respect, upon which I dwelt, almost jnade me ill. Robert ap peared frankly anxious about my health and as I looked into the mirror I did not wonder. I had not been able to sleep, and my sunken eyes and pale face made me look really ill- I tried to re assure him by telling him I was only tired, but he insisted that I needed a change, and urged me to go home for a month. But I refused to go away— without him. “What has come over you, Marga ret?" he asked a bit impatiently. “It Is absolutely impossible for me to leave home, but you can go very well. Mar tha will take good care of the children, and I'll also keep an eye on them." "There is no use talking of it, Rob ert." I replied. U’nless you and Bruce can fro with me T shall not go.” Strangely enough, ever since Har- Carleton’s passionate acknowledg ment of his love for me, I had been more, jealous of Robert than before. I was obsessed with the Idea that because INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON OCT. 28 ' X October 28, 1617. Ezra 8:31-33. GOLDEN TEXT—“The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him.” DR. MARXON McH. BVLL. One of the outstanding characters in historj- is Ezra, about whom we studj’ today; for it was he who compiled the books of the law and made them avail able to us, as well as the chief histor ical books of the Old Testament. Ezra was the son of Seraiah who was the chief priest when Nebuchad nezzar invaded the kingdom of Judah j Seraiah. Ezra’s father, was killed in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadne::- zaros reign. B. C. 586. When the Exo dus took place in the first year of Cy rus. B. C. 536. Ezra was at least 50 years of age; therefore, when the foun dation of the temple was laid, in the .second year of Darius, B. C. 520. and finished in the sixth year of Darius. B. C. 514. Ezra was 66 and 70 years old, respectively. It was the next year, the seventh year of Darius, when he was 71 years of age. that he led the second ex odus from Babylon, and not the sev enth year of Artaxerxes Longimanus, B. C. 458, as is stated by practically every commentator; for then Ezra would have been 12S years old. And wlwn he marched around the walls w*th Nehemlah, in the twentieth year he would have been 141 years old instead of 84, which was correct. But this lat ter date was the twentieth year of Da rius, not of Artaxerxes Longimanus, as the chronologlsts say. Emphasis is laid upon this chronol ogy, however, because of the wide spread error about it. There were not 57 years between the completion of the temple, in the sixth year of Darius, and. the return of Ezra in the seventh year of Artaxerxes Longimanus. but only one year between the completion of the tenAple in the sixth year of Ba cius and the return of Ezra in the sev enth year of Darius. » POWERS PLENIPOTENTIARY. It was probably through Mordecai s influ ence at court that Ezra secured the decree fron> Artaxerxes (who was also Darius Hystaspes and the Ahasuerus of Mordecai I bad not been elevated as yet to the place of prim, (uiputer; this occurred five years later, was ihade queen s few months later m that same rear, but Morderai already held a po sition of authority in the Persian court. As intense a patriot as he was. there could be little question but that he used all Ins influ ence to get a# liberal a d-cree from the king as lie could, and right well he succeeded, for on the first day of the first month of the seventh rear of Artaxerxes (or Darius), the king authorized Ezra to go back to Jerusalem and take with him all who cared to go, 1.154 availed themselves of tills privilege He gave them a verv liberal donation of a large num ber of vessels of gold and silver and further more authorized the governors to whatever money he needed, up to 15.000,0Tt, for the purchase of animals and materials for sacrifice and for any other purpose which in Ezra’s judgment was deemed advisable. ing that he and those who returned with him pray for the king and bls sons. lie granted immunity from taxation to au priests and levities. and conferred upon Ezra the power of excommunication, and even of life and death, in case he desired to exercise it upon those who would not keep the law■ of God. It is a very grave question whether the king had the authority to grant such powers, and also a grave one as to whether it was expedient to have exempted the priests and Lovites from taxation; but we have not the space to dlscu. ss those questions now. THE HAND OF GOD. One of the characteristics, of Ezra’s life ■was he bad set his heart to seek the law of his God, and to do it. and to teach it. The Power which Ezra exerted was not something which just happened to him. but came as a result of the set purpose of his life. He had taken time to dig into all the the Old records and compiled the law. first to find out what the law was; but he had a higher motive than mere knowledge of it. he wanted to know it so that he might do it. When the law gripped him, he was able to grip others as he taught It to them. . . One of the serious disadvantages of modern life is the intense hurry which prevents time for meditation. The Psalmist said, “When I mused the fires burned.” I very much fear that in our hurry we do not meditate upon God's word as we should, and that too much of our Bible study is for teaching it, rather than first applying it to our own lives; but we cannot make It grip others until it ha> gripped un. You know the old story of the question which was asked the men at the cross-road grocery store: “What do yon here ail day?” to which the reply was made. “Well, we sit and think, and sometimes we just sit. The city man may well envy bls country brother the opportunity which be has to sit and think. . . After Ezra had been given the decree, ten days later he proclaimed a fast, having gath ered the people who were going with him at the river Ahava; this was the point where the road became dangerous. Ezra was not willing to undertake so perilous a journey before first humbling himself before God and asking His guidance. He was ashamed to ask a military escort of the king, because he had boasted that the hand of God would be with him and all those who feared Him. God honored his faith; for after three days of fasting and nrayer he set out, and arrived tn Jerusalem four months later without having lost a man or vessel. Another of the characteristics of Ezra was his ability to recognize that it was the hand of God that had made Darius so liberal tn his decree: that it the hand of God that had induced some of the T.evitea to go with him. when he found that none had volunteered at first; that It was the hand of God which had delivered them from all their enemies on the way. This is one of the differences between the Christian man and the worldling of today; the one sees God and His cniding hand in the small detail* of his life, the other thinks God is too high and holy to take any Interest in our human affairs. Let Ezra’s set pnrnoae in life be yours; seek to know God's word; make up your mind to do it when you have found it out: and then teach it to others. Open your eyes that yon may see all about you the good hand of our God: for truly God’s hand is controlling the affairs of every man’s life, whether he be a Christian or an infidel. Expected Coal Famine Has Charlotte in Grip CHARLOTTE' N. C.. Oct. 24 —The long-feared coal famine gripped Char lotte today, as a cold wave swept the city. Dealers declared their reserves were exhausted, and refused to book orders. a nderson Man Is Named S. C. Fuel Administrator WASHINGTON, Oct. 24. —The fuel ad- . ministration today appointed B. B. Gos sett. of Anderson, as state fuel admin- • istrator for South Carolina. French Loan Outlined PARIS. 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There was a clamor for God’s directing spirit, to lead us and save us from error, and these prayers went up from tens of thousands of southern hearthstones throughout the four bloody years of conrlict. It seems to me the necessity for con stant prayer for heavenly guidance was never more needful than at present. If those who believe that God rules and reigns are genuinely sincere in their profession, the time is now right on us for devout' and cautious entreaties at the throne of heavenly grace, and we are assured that God will listen and re member such devotions.- Nothing can take the place of these earnest, heart felt petitions, and if Christians believe what they profess to believe, that God’s pardoning mercy alone can save the human soul, the time is right here to give sermons at these cantonments for the boys in khaki. This matter has been on my mind for some time. In times of peril we cer tainly need the Almighty’s preserving care. 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