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CHAPTER X—Continued
— 11 —
David's remark about the daily
grind of housework gave Paul his first
cue to helpfulness. Mary began to
find the kitchen (ire built and the tea¬
kettle boiling when she came down'
stairs in the morning, the wood box
filled, the furnace tended faithfully
day and night, the porches and paths
kept free from snow. On Monday
mornings he appeared to empty wash
tubs and hang out clothes. At his in
stigation, Myra agreed to do all the
baking for both houses until “things
got straightened out.” Violet under¬
took the mending, and Jane actually
gave up a meeting of the Foreign Mis¬
sionary society to finish the weekly
sweeping. And when, in spite of all
this relief, Mary paid for her long
strain and quietly crumpled up in a
heap on the floor one afternoon when
Algy was out of danger, and Sylvia’s
grave was hidden with snow, Paul
picked her up and laid her on the
bed, loosening her dress and taking
oft her shoes as he called for help.
Jane, fortunately, was in the house
and undressed her while he went
downstairs to telephone for Doctor
Wells and to get a hot-water bottle
and a hot stiipulant ready. And when
he saw that it was her inability to
care for the boys that was worrying
her mora than anything else, he turned
his attention mainly to them. It would
have been hard to discover anyone
more stupid and awkward Id dealing
■with a little child than Paul was, but
he did what he could. He did better
than he realized and his reward was
greater than he expected. The first
time that the children fell upon him.
almost simultaneously, with hugs and
kisses, was when be came in with two
small wooden snow shovels—“to use
when Algy wns outdoors again, in no
time now." As he hugged and kissed
them in return, his embarrassment
was equaled only by the inner glow of
contentment that permeated his being.
Mary, up again for the first time,
came in to find them thus occupied.
The inner glow of contentment
changed to a leaping flame as Paul
looked at her and saw the expression
of surprise and gratitude on her pale
face.
“You’re awfully good to those chil¬
dren,” she said softly.
“They’re great kids. I never knew
before how much fun a kid Is. I
thought they were horrid little
nuisances,” returned Paul apologet¬
ically.
Mary sat down beside him. "Blanche
and Philip are coming home for Christ¬
mas,” she said. “Isn't that nice?
Cousin Violet has a letter saying
they’ll surely he here the twenty
fourth, and of course she’s perfectly
delighted.”
“That is good news! Got any
more?”
“I don’t know whether you’ll call it
good or not—but Austin Gray is going
to France. I think that’s much the
best thing he can do, really. He says
It’s only a matter of months now be¬
fore the United States will be in the
war, too. He’s going over as an am¬
bulance driver, hut he says he can get
transferred to ‘the real job’ later on
if we do. He was just here to see
you. 1 went downstairs for a minute
just as he came in, but 1 didn’t know
you were here, so he didn't wait. He
asked me to invite you to go to New
York with him, after Christmas. He’ll
be there for a fortnight, at least, mak¬
ing final arrangements.”
“New York!”
“Yes. Wouldn’t you like to go? 1
thought you were crazy to get away
from Hamstead.”
“I’m not quite so crazy as 1 used
to be.”
“No, you’re getting fairly sane!”
said Mary with a little laugh that
made his heart leap, “and—just as
kind and thoughtful as you can be.
But you ought to go. It’ll be wonder¬
ful for you ! And I’m sure you’d he a
comfort to Austin, too. He must think
so, or he wouldn't have asked you.
You’ll go, won’t you. Paul?”
“Yes, of course. Especially if you
think I’d better. Mary, wait a min¬
ute—” but she was gone.
After that, for the first time since
they had “made up,” Paul saw that
she was avoiding him again. The 'fact
gave him fresh food for thought. She
was willing to be his cousin, his friend,
his companion. She was grateful far
beyond his deserving for the little he
had been able to do to serve her. She
had forgiven him freely for all lie had
done to hurt her. But more than that
she could not and would not do
and be.
Paul was now, for the first time in
his life, deeply in love, and perhaps
for that reason, daily going deeper—
going deepest of all because he felt tt
to be absolutely hopeless. Well, he
must hide it as best he could. That
startled look must not come into
Mary’s eyes again. He must accept
the bitter knowledge that she regarded
his love as something to fear, as part
of his punishment. When Blanche
and Philip arrived, he took Blanche’s
statements of what she thought of
him—it was the first time she bad
seen him since the engagement had
been broken—so quietly that she was
frightened.
Philip was less surprised than she
had expected, when she told him
about it. He had been watching his
brother-in-law closely and had come
to the conclusion that he had either
misjudged the hoy at first, or that the
latter had improved somewhat during
the last few months.
“I.et Paul alone, honey,” he said.
“He looks to me like a man who is
working out his own salvation.”
Paul, with the rest of the village,
was glad to have his sister and broth¬
er-in-law at home; glad not only be¬
cause lie was fond of them, but be
And Blanche Curling Up in His Arms
Like a Contented Kitten.
cause it was easier, in their presence
to keep from saying the things he was
longing to say to Mary—to keep, as he
was longing still more, from touching
her. Time, mercifully, softens every¬
thing—lovers’ quarrels and children’s
sufferings and even the thought of the
Valley of the Shadow. Austin was
finding his solution. Algy, thin but
thriving, was in his high chair at the
table once more. Philip and Blanche,
radiantly happy, were with them
again. After Christmas day dinner,
while the two little boys took their
naps, Violet went to lie down, Seth to
smoke his pipe, and Cousin Jane to
help Myra, loaned for the occasion,
with the dishes. The four young peo¬
ple were left alone together. And, as
the door closed behind the last re¬
treating elder, Philip suddenly
snatched up Blanche and kissed her,
announcing that he was so full of joy
and dinner mixed, that he’d got to let
off steam, some way, that very min¬
ute. And Blanche, curling up in his
arms like a contented kitten, smiled
and kissed him back. They settled
down in the big winged chair before
the fire together—
Over their unconscious heads, Paul
looked at Mary. Then he crossed to
where she stood, and the expression
on his face was unmistakable. Be¬
fore he could speak, she tied from the
room.
Paul went after her. She had al¬
most readied the stairs. He stepped
in front of her.
“See here, Mary,” he said, “1 can
stand almost anything you want to do
or say and 1 know I deserve it. But
please don’t look at me that way. I
can’t stand it.”
“Well, don't look at me the way you
did then.”
“I’ll try not to. I’m trying not to,
all the time. I only thought—it’s
Christmas day—that perhaps you
could, just once—1 won’t ask you
again for a long time. . . .”
It is unfortunately true that many
naturally sweet-tempered women, if
they are also clever, take refuge,
when they are hurt or frightened, In
flippancy or sarcasm. It is to be
hoped that they do not know how
deeply they can wound with these
weapons. But whether they do or
not, Mary was no exception to this
rule.
“Why should you care about it so
much?” she quoted scathingly, “‘a kiss
doesn’t mean anything.’ ”
Paul stepped to one side, leaving
the passage upstairs clear for her.
She went by him swiftly, her head
up. Then, on the landing, she turned
and came still more swiftly down.
“That wasn’t fair,” she said. “Please
forgive me, Paul.”
“No,” he said slowly. “It wasn’t
fair, and it wasn't kind of you to re¬
mind me of It. But what I said was
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true. There are some kisses that don't
mean anything In almost every fel¬
low’s life. They drink too much some¬
times, too. I'm sorry, but it’s so. But
that doesn’t mean they’re hopeless
drunkards and—degenerates. There
hasn’t been anything to drink, or any
of that kind of kisses for me in a long
time. You know that, and you know
why, too. And you ought to know
that it would mean more than any¬
thing in the world to me if I could kiss
you again.”
Paul had learned a good many val¬
uable lessons in the last months.
Mary learned one now. The boy was
humble, but he was not abject. If he
had a right to demand nothing else
from her, he deserved and demanded,
at least, fair play and respect.
“When you go to New York—” she
began.
“You’ll let me kiss you good-by?”
This was not at all what Mary had
intended to say. She tiesitated a min¬
ute, and then, in spite of herself, she
nodded. Then she leaned forward and
touched his cheek with her lips, so
lightly that it seemed merely as if *
flower had brushed it.
“The telephone is ringing,” sue
said, over her shoulder and left him to
answer it as she fled.
“I wonder if Mary and Paul are
really going to make up, after all?”
Philip asked Blanche, a few days
later.
“Oh, 1 hope not—even if he is my
brother! You wouldn’t want her to
marry him now that she’s got such a
splendid chance 1”
“Splendfd chance!”
“Yes, Of getting Mr. Hamlin. Why
if she took Paul, even If he was good
enough for her, which of course he
isn’t, she’d be buried in Hamstead ail
the rest of her life!”
“Well. I shouldn’t mind being burled
in Hamstead, with someone 1 loved."
Philip said. “What do you say about
starting in to fix up the little law
office for ourselves tills spring after
all? I know you didn’t care much for
the idea when I first suggested It.
But I’d enjoy the work immensely,
and I can probably get off for a month
next summer."
“Oh, Philip, couldn't we go some
where else? There’s plenty of time
for that! I’m crazy to see Bar Har¬
bor or Newport."
“All right, honey, just as you pre¬
fer,” he said quietly.
He left Hamstead with the growing
certainty that Paul and Mary were
“really making up.” Violet shared
tills certainty and ran up several new
hills on the strength of it. Mary
came in and out of her house again
as if nothing had ever happened. She
helped with the preparations for
Paul’s departure for New York, with
energy and interest. Austin had de
eided to go by way of Boston and they
were tiierefore leaving on the morning
train instead of the midnight. And
when Paul came downstairs ready to
start, he found Alary, and not Seth,
waiting in tiie little old sleigh, to take
him to the station.
She had, as Violet often remarked,
“no style to her,” and tiiis morning
she had even less than usual. It was
bitterly cold, and stie had on an old
fur coat of her mother's, worn and
shabby and out-of-date, a knitted hood
of red wool, and red wool mittens.
But Paul thought he had never seen
her look half so lovely. She had
seemed, since Christmas, so much less
tired than for a long time, so much
like his old playmate, his old sweet¬
heart.
Mary drove, and they rode along,
talking of trivial things, laughing
often, until they had almost reached
the village. Then Paul put his arm
around her and laid his hand over
hers.
“You promised me,” he said softly.
Mary turned her face to his ex¬
actly as she might have done ten years
before. Paul had meant above every¬
thing else, that this embrace should
be gentle, reverent even, and he did
not for one minute forget this. But
he had not reckoned on its proving
so utterly impossible to keep all traces
of the passion that was surging
through him from his lips, and when
he felt the cold, soft cheek growing
suddenly warm beneath them, invol¬
untarily he sought her mouth. In¬
stead of drawing away from him, as
he instantly feared she might do, she
returned his kiss. For one heavenly
moment they clung to each other.
Then he bent over and kissed the
little red mittens holding the reins.
“You dear girl,” he murmured. “Illy
own dear Mary—” and suddenly seeing
tears in her eyes, ne exclaimed, “I
didn’t hurt you, did I, darling? I
wouldn’t have, for the world!”
“No— Oh, no!”
“What is ft then, sweetheart?”
“Hush! You mustn't call me that,”
she whispered. “I didn’t realize, when
I promised, that you wanted that kind
of a kiss. I thought it was just for—
for a proof that we were friends again
—for always.”
“We are friends again for always.
And that’s all I did expect. But of
course this was the kind I wanted,
even if—”
“ft wasn’t fair.”
“I’m sorry. I didn't mean to, on my
word of honor. But you kissed back I”
he ended exultantly.
“I know I did. That's what wasn’t
fair. I—couldn’t seem to help it. You
were so—so—you meant it so!”
“I’m glad you see that now,” he said
quietly. But his heart was singing.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
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Some 35 feet long, it connects Brattle
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City’s longer thoroughfares.
IMPROVED
UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
Ochool CUNDAY Lesson I
(JBy REV. P. B. FITZWATER, D. D. % Mem¬
ber of Faculty, Moody BibU
Institute of Chicago.)
©• 1933, Western Newspaper Union.
Lesson for May 28
JESUS AND KIS FRIEND®
LESSON TEXT— Mark 13:1-14:9.
• GOLDEN TEXT—Ye are my friends,
It ye do whatsoever 1 command you.
John 15:14.
PRIMARY TOPIC— Some Friends of
Jesus.
JUNIOR TOPIC—Jesus an Honored
Guest.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP¬
IC—Being a Friend of Jesus.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP¬
IC—Showing Our Friendship for Jesus.
A better title for this lesson would
suggest Jesus as giving a propnetic
outline of events in the interval be¬
tween his crucifixion and his second
coming.
I. The Occasion of the Prophecy
(vv. 1-4).
As Jesus was passing out of the
temple for the last time on his way
to tiie Mount of Olives where he gave
this discourse, the disciples reminded
him of the splendor of the building,
to which he replied that not one stone
should be left upon another. When
seated upon the Mount, the disciples
came privately, according to Matthew
24:3, with a threefold question re¬
questing further information.
1. “When shall these things be?”
2. “What shall be the sign of thy
coming?”
3. “The end of the age?”
That which follows is given in an¬
swer to these three questions.
II. The Characteristics of the Age
Between the Crucifixion and Christ s
Second Coming (vv. 5-23).
1. The appearance of many deceiv¬
ers (vv. 5,6). Many false Christs have
pressed their claims as being the Mes¬
siah since Jesus went back to heaven.
As this age draws to a close we may
expect these claims to increase.
2. Wars and strife among the na¬
tions (vv. 7,8). The history of the
centuries since Christ’s crucifixion is
written in blood.
3. Earthquakes, famines, and trou¬
bles (v. 8). Though these calamities
grow increasingly severe as the days
lengthen, the intelligent disciple Is
not surprised or alarmed for these
are the precursors of a new order, the'
birth-pangs of a new age when the
Kingdom of Christ shall be established
on this earth. Let the believer in
Christ in this time of darkness look
up, for his redemption draweth nigh.
4. Dreadful persecutions (v. 9).
God’s witnesses shall be delivered up
to councils, beaten in the synagogues,
and shall be brought before rulers
and kings for Christ’s sake as a testi¬
mony against them.
5. Universal evangelism (v. 10). The
gospel of the kingdom, according to
Alatthew 24:14, shall be preached in
all the world for a witness. This is
not the gospel of the grace of God
which is now being preached, but a
new evangelism which shall be pro¬
claimed by elect Israelites immedi¬
ately preceding the coming of Christ
to establish his kingdom. (See Romans
11:13-15; Rev. 7:4-10.)
6. The universal hatred of tiie be¬
lieving Israelites (vv. 11-13). They
shall be severely persecuted. Civil
government shall be against them.
Their one duty notwithstanding shall
he to preach the gospel of the king¬
dom, depending upon the Holy Spirit
for wisdom and power. For this spe¬
cific duty they are sealed with tiie
seal of God in their foreheads (Rev.
7:3). This will be the real Pentecost
of which the outpouring of the Spirit
at the beginning of the church was a
type (Joel 2:28-32; Acts 2:16).
7. The great tribulation (vv. 14-23).
This is the consummation of the age
immediately preceding the glorious ap¬
pearing of Christ. Out of the mis¬
sionary efforts of converted Israel
shall eventuate the unparalleled hor¬
rors so vividly pictured here. Daniel’s
"abomination of desolation” is the An¬
tichrist—“the man of sin” (Dan. 9:26.
27; Dan. 11:36; II Thess. 3:3,4), who
will direct this reign of terror.
III. The Glorious Return of the
Lord (w. 24-27).
Jesus’ return is the superlative
event, the one to which all prophecies
have pointed and to which all ages
are moving with unfailing precision.
IV. Application of the Prophecy
(vv. 28-37).
1. As these events multiply in the
earth, we know that the coming of the
Lord draweth nigh (vv. 28, 2ft).
2. The Jewish race shall retain its
integrity until the end (v. 30). The per¬
petuity of Israel is the miracle of the
ages.
3. Certainty of fulfillment (v. 31).
The unfailing guarantee of this is the
words of Jesus Christ.
4. The time of Christ’s coming is
unkndwn (v. 32). In view of this tact
It is folly to set the time.
5. The proper behavior in view of
Christ’s imminent coming (vv. 33-37)
is watchfulness and prayer.
Life’s Watch Towers
The watch towers of life are not all
atop office buildings; some folks find
them on a mountain, beside a quiet
brook, or in the quietness of a pine for¬
est where even the carpet of needles
is silent to the tread.—Bok.
Christ Is Coming
“We are on the verge of the greatest
event in the history of the church—
we are on the verge of the coming of
Christ; he may come at any moment ”
-Ttev. E. L, Langston.
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Soups are always a subject of con¬
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They depend for flavor a good
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I have been asked for a recipe of
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seasoned meat. Every country
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Another request, was for recipes
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pens or beans are soaked, cooked un¬
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n sieve. During the cooking, sliced
onion, celery stalks, leaves, or seed,
a hit of bay leaf and thyme may be
added. At this point there are a
number of things which can he done
to differentiate the soup one time
from another. Meat stock, including
ham stock, water or milk can he
added. Sometimes a little vinegar or
sliced lemon or horseradish may he
added to tiie soup stock. Often a lit¬
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flour, is added at the last moment to
hold the soup smoothly together.
With Danish pea or bean soup
sliced sausages are added ten min¬
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Still another requested recipe was
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Probably the request refers to the
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strained cooked vegetable pulp, and
please note—seasoning it very
A bit of onion, a bay leaf, or a few
cloves may be cooked with tiie
to. After the tomatoes are strained
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After the soup is blended, add ad¬
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2 teaspoons salt
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