Show A SUICIDE ile he had reached the limit leml t of human endurance ue he was not a coward jio ile had faced physical danger many times never neve r ill flinching nor hor was ho be easily putdown cast down he had pressed forward for or years in the face of almost I 1 insurmountable ansur moun table obstacles now disaster had overtaken him life LI co had become a blank ills hearts desire had failed nil souls ambition was thwarted the darkness of Ineil inevitable table defeat had battled down upon hini and there was no way out these are not idle words the mans case cabe was desperate he was deUr determined mined to end the struggle ile he decided to drown himself lie ile was a swimmer awl nimer but the river below is a match for the strongest mail it wa a swift course to a fall beyond which the waters are caught in a swirl swirling ing mao that sticks bucks in every object that tant comm to I 1 Ui N drawing it down relentlessly to certain death from that vortex leape is 1 impossible he made his final preparations and left home hla his way liy across lelda and along a shady lane lie ile passed A cottage where a doctors carriage waited As he be drew near the house bouse the feeble wall of a newborn new vew born infant assailed his ears lie ile paused an instant find even smiled as he recognized tho sound lift ile journeyed on his mind busying itself with the thoughts of the life just begun his heart yearned over it how fitting that its farst articulate sound hound should bo be a nail aill I 1 crossing a field ho he saw flaw a flock of meadow larks As ho he watched them he heard a shot the birds scattered one flew up into the sky and then fell at ail his feet where it lay still lie picked it u up it had been shot through the heart As he held the tiny body P still warm in his open palm he fel felt ta a glow of indignation at such wanton destruction of life lie ile would haie given winch to restore the little feathered thing to its condition of it a moment before ile he laid it tenderly down among the stubble and went on he rioted noted the blue sky and the thon pi hills lie he reminded himself that them for the last time zhe he passed close cloge l ir bores bone and laid grating w 1 naud upon tho the abl pa jl aub a seng ganse e of loving kinship ile he crossed a bridge sp inning it u deep cut mado made agea ago liy by homo bome upheaval of 0 the earths crust it wits was i cry deep and the ri acks below were rudd d it rid nl threatening the bridge was a trail frail structure half way across ho be stepped on a board that biad become the end flew fiew up and he fell lolling louing clear out to the edge of the I 1 ridge ile he clutched the rail desperately and with the greatest swung himself tack back to safety lie he stood for an aft instant panting and breath lem jie ile scrutinized the loose board it was waa only a surface board tile the under structure wai waa birin and solid out but it was waa a narrow escape 11 lie sald to himself and shivered then he smiled at the thought of the errand upon which ito w wai wa bound and aid at hla his anxiety to baie himself self amru a fall fal I 1 he passed on his way at last he reached the ther it rui rill deep and broad a and rid swift between the tree lined banks it Reen leI to him welcome ile ho laid his hand with a sense benac of 0 leave upon the rough bark of at a I 1 liveoak the S drooped oer mer lit liln ii as ai the great tree were it hene acen spirit piri fc the aher callad WILI Ill its if bosom was rest behind was dis too he wit will 3 about to take tho the plunge when lie he hemd bolow him on oil the bank A nursed ald aal a child were ere cona coming ng toward it him I 1 ili impatiently nay anay ito ho would seek another lie ile had bad walked baeuml ping p ics acs when he heard it a shrill sc ue rush back to learn arn and saw the child adli car bin bineth Lath the waters the maid stood upon tho the tink Bi naming and wringing ringing her nandi without an Inq instants tants hesitation ho he carew oil off coat and shoes find and to the As the child rose to tile the surface ho he vi yra spert rasped it by tho the skirt the current carried them out into the stream antl anil bore tycin downward it aa was cry swift ife he bt hald id I 1 lie hc fillds lill ds bead it bov the water ater and aind struck for the short still the current bore them downward ile He battled with it flor lend 03 tit alio water him with sai anno age blows blos q and tossed him like a hip chip upon its waves ile iio fought his way inch lj 13 inch toward tile the short shore tho the neild lit ild still stood there SU ChUlIng and writing ing her bet hand ile he had almost reached tho the god when the aher tossed toed to ed hini him bicic b into the cui rent the ibe water mhd 11 and dd d ailed 1 in a the sunlight su n ugh t lift Ifo re returned t u r n ed to tho the charge like a denton demon evemy nerve was tense tenge every muscle WAS wai cd to the uttermost in the effort to reach the shore at length lie ho gilded tho the quiet close in under tho the shade of tho the liveo wis alph and lie rallied lila strength for onu one final t imort and raked raised his burderi abo aboa Q ills his h ili ill id the til ili ild lome come to clr anse i giampi d titi I 1 we oni tho fhe ibid wl wn alve 1 ho sink bick into the hie bosom of the livoi iho ahe w itar clofed abouna hini him and the current buro borel him blin swiftly downward down own w ard file inird stood upon tin the batik hushing her crying charge chara suddenly she looke d down the stream and bima md d to liim him nut but the lilt haid missid 1 issi 1 I front froin ho irl ng i |