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Show trnnVa Dream, sttn rrank had been walking tn the gar- h9P9 den with hit uncle, who had been ex- KuH plaining to him how the plant wai QHfl rolled up In tho tiny teed, and how thi (BnE sun and rain nnd air worked tngclhci SBasV 'lth the mysterious life that wss li itsK the germ nt tho seed to unroll It and IssisM make It tlretch out Into a tall, fruit- atassiH He fell asleep In the arbor thlnklni H about It, nnd dreamed that he heard I H number of soft voices talking dote '.a H him, Ho listened, and toon came te know that they were tnlklng about H him, and teemed to be rejoicing thai H they had found him. "Isn't It wonderful," one of the voteei H exclaimed. "Just to think that there It H a splendid man wrapped up In him." B "Yes, desr Faith," answered another, jH "and It Is our duty to help get tbe man H out. It will bo your turn first What H will you doT" H "I will teach him to become rooted H In Christ," answered Fnllh, "tn that ht H may begin to grow. What will you do, H Slater Prayer?" "Ob, I will strengthen your arms and H help him by claiming the promises to H draw rich nourishment for his growth." H "And I," spoke up Promise, "wilt H help you by giving him all the rich H things (lod bat in atoro for him ns soon H as he Is hungry for them, and here by H my side In the Word are Cnmmindmenl H and Warning and Knuwledgo and H Praise. They will help blm to grow H Into a strong man " H "And I," tald Obedience, "will hast- IH en hit growth by turning him In the Jl H rectlon ot Promise. I will lead blm to H where you can roach him." H "And I," tfflko up Oood Works, H "will glvo him such exercise every dsy jH thst he will grow rapidly." jH "And I," whispered a voire thai , H sounded like n soft icphyr, "will watch H over you all and orer blm; nnd make H all your work fruitful mid perfect him H In the image nf his Father " H Then all the other voices softly H whispered: "It was the Spirit that M spoko. Amen. So will we do It ht H will give attention to ui." Chrlstlru B Hndravor World. H All Ih Holt list lion la War, BKVJ New York Bun- Over on the west BAJJ aide nt the city, wlitro moat ot the BS armories are, the boys hare raught lb - "war fever" with a vengeance. When BBS school hours end. then the boys gsther M and put on their uniforms, which nro BBBj "something great." Pnper cars, leg- M glngs made from brown paper or rotton BH elotb. slicks for guns or swords, and BBB a good s'rong voire make up the equip- H mrnt Then the company starts out tn H parade Fire crarkert, torpedoes, flags H and other martial accompaniments sro H carried In abundanre. and as ths BBJ youngsters swing down Ihe side street tM they make nolso enough to stir ths H blood ot a fish It It not on uncommon! BBB thing to see half a doten companies oQ BBBJ fifty or seventy-five bays each parading BBJ In different sldo street within an hour, BBJ No obstructions rsn be plsccd In tbi BBB streets, or there would surely be a fort BBJ at every other corner In the city. Hut) BBB up In the Iraa Ihlckiysettlcd districts BjBjJ that Is different If tho Spanish even M landed In New York tbey would find B at least one formidable fort confronting BBJ them at Kingston roru! and tho boule- H vard. Up on a high and large rock at BB the Intersection of those highways M there Is a monster fort, built by thq BBJ hoys. The fortifications are at lease BB twenty-five by thirty feet In else. The) H rsmparta nre built of pillaged etovo BBl Iron nnd scrap Iron, with gunt made ot BjBJ sewer pipe and stove pipe frowning M from every embrasure. The place la BBb railed "Fort Washington," as one may flB see b a sign on lb mparls. Then BB there are other signs, all neatly let- tenil, such at: ABB "Dewey? I guess we do." BB "On to Cuba " BB "Down with Spain." Bl A big American flag waves over the Bl fort all day and Is hauled down every BH night with due ceremony. A Magnolia BH New York World: Bailors have long B told tales of magnetic Islands which lure ships on to wreck by affecting their compasses. At these accounts BH the scientists have scoffed. Scientists havu In their time scoffed nt a great many things since proved And the scientists were wrong who BB denied the existence ot magnetic 9H Islands. An Island, not far away from & civilisation, and recently discovered, WE hut near the coast of Kurope and JQ known for centuries to the geographers, BJ has this quality. This Is the Island of (El llordholm, which belongs to Denmark, MQ and lies In tbe Haltie sea tear the ahoro It of Prussia. flH The power of attraction which cornea BB from thla Island alters considerably BB tho reading of compasses on passing BB thlpi It Is In effect a vast magnet, Xfl whose Influence Is perceptible for a dls- BB lance of about ten miles, BB |
