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weaknesses—Philippa
abandoned Olivia—a depressing
ment on the numerical strength of
cousin's weaknesses.
"Rut there’s only Miss
left now,” she said anxiously. “Gift,
—what’s this word?* Nursing?
I’m sure that’s not true.”
“And if it were,” Rupert
"I don’t want always to be ill you
know. I’m afraid she’d have no
for her talents.”
Philippa nodded. “No, you’re
fully strong. Would enjoy
raphy as a hobby—”
“Think of that! And photography
and picture postcards always go to¬
gether. And my entire income would
be spent on albums for them. I
know.’
“Should cultivate,’ Philippa
tinued, “tact and a sense of humor
She paused, “Cultivate?” she re¬
peated, blandly. “What an idea! it
"Cultivate,” he explained, “is the
polite—er—graphologism for deficient
in.”
“Thank yon, go much,” murmured
Philippa ironically. “But I only meant
that—that I think she won’t do.”
“No, I think she won’t do. ’ I
“But she’s the last. it
“And I’ve got to choose one. tt
They reflected. “Well,” said Phil¬
ippa, at. last, desperately, you’ve paid
your penny, and you’d better— <>
"It wasn’t a penny,’ he interrupted
gloomily. “He’s a very exceptional
graphologist, and he charges five
shillings each. >»
“Oh! said Philippa. “But is five
shillings so excessive for a really
reliable wife?”
“But when one goes in for so many, tt
Rupert protested.
Sh eg asped. . t VV
“I meafi, prospective—that is, op¬
tional,” he corrected hurriedly.
“But these four optional wives,’ ob¬
jected Philippa, “are all so hateful—
at least, when they’re graphologized. I
really think another five shillings
would be a justifiable outlay, *» She
spoke a little absently; she was
glancing through the typewritten
character of Rupert himself, and he
watched her with a hint of compla¬
cency. A subdued light in her eyes as
she looked up troubled him.
“I’m afraid there are a good many
mistakes in it,” he said modestly.
Philippa reflected. “Did you have
to pay extra for yours?’ she demand
ed.
"What for?” he asked uneasily.
“The whitewash,” said Philippa,
with dancing eyes.
He looked at her with gentle re¬
proach. "I thought yours perfect, <»
he said.
"Mine?”
“Yes.” He searched in his pocket
book. “I wanted to know yours, but,
of course, I didn’t put it with the
others, as you are not—available.”
"Please let me see it,” she said,
hastily. "Though—though you had no
right to do such a thing.”
She read it with distinct eagerness,
Suddenly she laughed, and then found
, him . awaiting „... explanation. D She ,
an
looked confused. “It’s—it’s dread
fully whitewashed, too, I’m afraid. I
suppose, for a consideration, the—the
graphologist leaves out your bad
points?”
“Yours are all there.^
Uut there isnt one.
“Precisely.”
She was silent, and he came a step
nearer. “Phil, dear, you’re quite sure
that particular design is—is out of
stock 9 ”
She studied the carpet attentively.
,,c Some designs, . . „ she . murmured, , can
be got by renewing the order for
them.”
He was incredulous. “This one was
out of stock three weeks ago,” he re
minded her.
She hesitated. “You chose such a
bad time, Ru,” she confessed. "I—I
had a cold, and you ought to have
known that wasn’t the right time.”
“Is this?” he demanded, eagerly.
“How dare you,” he retorted, “tor
ment me with your four optional
wives?”
He gathered up the typewritten
sheets and tore them in fragments.
“Al's fair,” he’ began. But she put
her lingers on her lips.
“Ru, dear, what a lot of trouble you
took. Do you really think all those
nice things of me?” t
He gasped. “I? But I told you I
sent to the graph—”
“Not for your, Ru. Not for mine!”
He was crestfallen. “I did send
mine,” he murmured, “but when “
came, I touched it up.
She laughed. “And even now,” she
assured him softly, “it's not half good
enough pid mine 9 ”
“1 just wrote down what I thought
of you, he confessed. But how on
earth did you guess? Typewriting
tells no tales.”
Her lips quivered. “YOU said I was
sincere In my attachments, Ru.”
“So you are.”
“And that you were attached to a
country life.”
"So I am ”
She laughed suddenly. “What a
pit\ jou spell so badly, Ru.
He was puzzled. "All great men
spell badly,” he assured her. “What’s
that got to do with it.
She leaned toward him. “I recog- j
nized your touch, Ru. You ijlways djil j
spell ’attach’ with three 't's. »>* The ■
Sketch.
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KISS THEM GOOD NIGHT.
The talcs arc told, the songs are sung,
The evening romp Is over,
And up the nursery stairs they climb,
With little buzzing tongues. Unit cnlnto
Like bees among the clover.
Their busy brains anil happy hearts
Are full of crowding fancies: make-believe
From song and tal> and
A wondrous child welt of dreams they weave,
And airy romances.
The starry night Is fr.li without,
The new moon rises f dowl> nt:
The nursery lamp is burning saint,
Each, white-robed liki a imi ■ lowly. ,
Tlielr prayers they murmur
Good nlfiht! The tired heads arc still,
On pillows soft reposing; mists Of sleep
The dim anil dizzy begin to creep—
About their thoughts closing.
Their drowsy eyes are
Good night While through the silent air
The moonbeams pale are streaming,
They drift from daylight's noisy shore.
Blow out the light and shut the door
And leave them to their dreaming.
—Woman’s Life.
❖ Choice #
♦> ! A Matter of J «■>
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“What’s the matter with you?’ Phil¬
ippa asked suspiciously.
Her cousin had greeted her with a
sort of ecstatic remoteness that called
for explanation.
At her question he made an osten
tatious effort to return to earth.
“Phii,” he said dreamily, "I’m going
to get married."
If he had hoped to surprise her
the hop© was futile, A touch of alert
ness, betraying itself it) his eyes, put
her on her guard.
“My dear Rupert!” she cried con¬
tentedly. “Really! How exciting! Do
teb me wm> she te!
disappointedly. “1
don’t know,” he said, “I’m just eon
sidering.”
Philippa’s eyebrows rose slightly as
she glanced at the sheets of paper
surrounding him. “In typewriting?"
she inquired, "Oh, no; I see. You’re
drawing up the proposal?”
He shuddered indignantly. “Cer¬
tainly not! llow could I when I don't
know yet wjio it's to he?’
“One can leave a space,” murmured
Philippa, “and fill in the name after¬
ward, you know.”
He looked at her with dignified re
proaeh. “These are not proposals,”
he informed her. “They are their
characters.”
Philippa stared. "Theirs? Whose?”
“The girls to whom it would be
possible l’or me to propose.”
“Oh!” breathed Philippa, and hung
over the table with interest, “What
do you mean?’
“Graphology,” he said, "You see I
feel a bit nervous about choosing.”
“Choosing?” rippled Philippa.
“Oh, well,” he sulked, “of course I
know she may refuse me, hut I’ve
got to decide which to ask, anyway,
haven't 1?”
“Oh, of course,” agreed Philippa.
“And you could make certain, couldn’t
you, by keeping a second in reserve?
You know—the sort of thing drapers
put on their patterns. 'In making a
choice we respectfully beg customers to
select two or three designs, to avoid
dtsap’ ’’—
“Oh, if you find it so funny,” he said
disgustedly, and swept the paper into
a heap.
• » 1 was trying to help,” said she with
indignation.
He was with difficulty induced to
proceed. “Well, I sent nvy handwrit¬
ing to a graphologist, and—and some
girls’ letters—”
“How mean!” flasheu Philippa.
«. Portions of letters,” he corrected,
with dignity. "And yesterday I got
these from the man." He indicated
the typewritten sheets.
Philippa sparkled. “You’ll let me
see them?’ she entreated, and ran her
fingers through the pages. “How
many? Five? Oh, but that one’s
yours. Geraldine first. Somewhat
fickle in your attachments—”
“Suppose she were fickle to me!”
he groaned.
“M'm!’ agreed Philippa, inattentive¬
ly. “Fond of dress and excitement
“The stage would suit her better
than 1 should.”
"You are happier in the society of
men than—”
“You will admit,” he interrupted
coldly, “that Geraldine is out of the
question.”
Philippa laid her on the table not
without hesitation. “The others may
lie worse,” she mused. “Who's this?
Oh, Bertha Unwin. Of a somewhat
cold and calculating nature. Yes; she
always lets me pay for everything
when we go out together. The will is
decided, with a tendency to obstin
acy—’
He shuddered.
“A fair sense of honor—
“Anathematized with faint praise,”
he commented.
“Not much love for children or ani¬
mals—” Philippa looked up in some
dismay. “But this is dreadful!" She
—she appears to be perfectly odious.
Let’s sea what he says about Olivia.
Very ambitious; none but the highest
position would satisfy—”
“Necessitating the strerfcuous life
for me,’ he groaned,
“Might with advantage show more
ready sympathy with other people's i
m-it
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INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM
MENTS FOR JUNE 21.
Review of the Second Quarter of the
Year—Golden Text. John 20:31
——The Purpose of John’s Gospel
Explained.
Golden Text. — “But these things
are written that ye might believe that
Jesus is the Christ the Son of God;
and that believing ye might have life
through His name.” John 20:31.
The purpose of John's Gospel is
given in the Golden Text. The best
review of the lessons of the quarter
will be to go through the lessons one
by one and find out how this great
truth is illustrated in each lesson.
In Lesson I. the deity of Christ
comes out in His claiming to be the
door, through whom alone any man
can enter into the kingdom, and in
His claiming to be the Good Shep¬
herd, the relation that in the Old Tes¬
tament Jehovah claimed.
In Lesson II. the deity of Christ
comes out in His demonstrating His
power to raise the dead by His staple
j word.
In Lesson III. the deity of Christ
comes out again in His being the One
who raised Lazarus from the dead.
In Lesson IV. the deity of Christ
comes out in the assertion of His pre
existence with the Father, and in His
Father’s having given all things into
His hands, and in His knowledge of I
what was going on in the hearts of j
men, aijd in Hjs assertion that' He !
was Master and Lord.
In Lesson V. the deity of Christ
comes out in His commanding men to '
believe in God, in and Him in His just as they believed j j
assertion that he
that hath seen Me hath seen the
Father.
In Lesson VI. the deity of Christ
comes out in the assertion of His pre¬
existence, and in His assertion “that
all things that the Father hath are
Mine.”
In Lesson VII. the deity of Christ
comes out in His very presence, over¬
powering His enemies.
In Lesson VIII. the deity of Christ
comes out in His fulfilling in detail
so many of the Old Testament pro¬
phecies regarding the Christ.
In Lesson IX. the deity of Christ
comes out in His resurrection, the
Father’s seal of Jesus’ claim to deity.
In Lesson X. the deity of Christ
comes out again in the certainty of
His resurrection and in His accepting
to Himself ascription of deity when
Thomas called Him, “My Lord and
my God. *»
In Lesson X. the deity of Christ
comes out again in His resurrection
fully attested.
‘‘Rejoice in the Lord.
j Why should we not rejoice in the
good things of God? If the day is
! P ure aad serene, we enjoy its glad
uess. Why should we not rejoice in
from heaven upon us? We find a toy
j n presence and cheerful greeting
0 f 0 ur friends. Why should we not
look up to heaven, whence so many
pure and most loving faces look upon
us with divine affection, and with
nrost ten(ier desire to cheer and help
■Qg ?
kaving an almighty and most lov
ing Father, in whom we live and
move and have our being, let us re
joice in Him. Having a most loving | i
Saviour, who has made Himself our
brother, and feeds us with His life,
we ou sht surely to rejoice in Him.
S pIri \ of G ° d with
us, making us His t temples, and pour- y
lng His love into our heartSi wg D ht
certainly to answer His love and re
joice in His overflowing goodness.
“Rejoice in the Lord always, and
again 1 say rejoice.”—William Ber
nard Ullathorne.
How to Conquer Sin.
Sin begins in the heart. If the
thoughts are pure the life will be
blameless. The indulgence of sinful
thoughts and desires produces sinful
actions. When lust hath conceived
it bringeth forth sin. 'The pleasur¬
able contemplation of a sinful deed is
usually followed by its commission.
Never pause and consider the
pleasures and profit of any sin. Close
your mind against such suggestions
at once, as you would lock and bolt
your dcors against a robber. Let this
one thought. “It is wrong,” end all
dalliance. If Eve had not stood par¬
leying with the devil, and admiring
the beautiful fruit, earth might have
yet been a paradise.
No one becomes a thief, a fornica¬
tor, or a murderer at once. The mind
must first be corrupted. The wicked
suggestion must be indulged and re
volved in the thoughts until it loses
the hideous deformity and the antici
pated gain or pleasure comes to out-
2? * he transgression,
My Chief Joy.
I can bear you this witness, that
not all friendship, not all praise, not j
success in life, not the joy which I
experienced in communion with na- j
ture, nor the rapturous and exquisite ;
beautiful, sensations nothing in the presence in earth, of has things j
ever 1
h JZ me ,f^ sfrength sttc^ con- ;
loved me while 1 was a sinner, and as
j am a sinner; that because I am sick,
He is my physician; and because I
weak, He is ’ !
am my captain; and be
and cause I ^“ am imperfect._ Henry Ward He Beecher, is my “all
a
It is hard to catch heavenly fruits :
when you are carrying earthly frets. 1
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