days remained of bi3 seven years of service.

among tbe ubeen, thar. m .i’1 be count ed stolen with me.”

Laban listened to tbs proposition in amazemen

THE PRIKCE OF BUTLERS. Tco Much of a Good Thing. Widower—There is the photo, and

from that you think you will be able to paint me a good portrait of my poor wife?

Artist—Oh, yes, I will guarante* you a speaking likeness.

Widowerdon’t do that, man!

JACOB AT HARAN

“And now we are free. Your father has no further claim upon us."

“And what will you do now?” Rachel to him thai Jacob must be crazy tc asked, wonderingly. not comprehend- propose such terms. Why, it was a ing the full meaning of the situation, sure thing for him. What show would

“Do? Has not God kept me during I poor Jacob stand? But ha managed all these years of hardship and toil, J to say: and cow He has done this that He has given me a son of thee.

His Resourcefulness Saved His Mis­tress in an Awkward

Situation.

remarkable

It seemed

FAST III.—SERVING FOR LABAN’S CATTLEThe late Thomas Coldwell, the inventor

of the lawn mower, was a great admirer ot witty and alert persons.

At a dinner in New York Mr. Coldwell •aid^ 01 a famous millionaire:

“This man, through hard luck, once had to work as a butler He made an e cellent butler. Let me give you au in­stance of the sort of work he did.

“Ilis mistress was giving a dinner party of 1- covers on a certain evening, ot the courses consisted of scalloped oy­sters in silver shells. The set of silver shells was broken—there were only 11. The mistress, therefore, told the butler that she would not eat any oysters, and thus there would be just enough to around.

“The butler, when the oyster course came, placed before the lady one of the shells. To his horror, she did not de­cline it. Calmly she let it rest before her. If she started to eat it, one guest would be short of oysters. What was the matter with her, anyhow?

“ I he butler watched her nervously, teck up her fork. She was actually about to plunge it into the daintv shell. Then the man, ever alert and ready, dew to her side^ and bent over her respectfully:

' 1’ardon me, madam,’ he murmured, but you said I was to remind you that

the doctor forbade on any account.”

OUR BIBLE STORY by the “Highway and Byway” Preacher

(A Vision Between the Lines of God’s Inspired Word.)

(terrified) — Goodness

“Behold, I would It might be ac- I would re-1 cording to thy word, but surely thou

art joking.”Always the Way.

I suppose you expect to win thai shaving set at the raffle?”

“No, indeed, it will never come to me because I’d have some use for It It’s bound to go to some fellow who doesn’t shave himself.”—Philadelphia Press.

turn unto the land of my fathers.”“But how? We have nothing we can

call our own.”

(Copyright, 1*06, by J. M. EJaon.)

Scripture Authority.—‘‘And it came to

pass, when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away, Jacob stared at liis wife, while con-

that I may go unto mine own place, and to dieting emotions of blank astonish-

my country. Give me my wives and my ment, disappointment and indignation

children, for whom I have served thee, and played over his features. His mind

let me go; for thou knowest my service had been so elated over the thought

which I have done thee. And Laban said (hat his years of servitude were ended

unto him, I pray thee, if I have tound favor Rn(j tfca£ jle pQyjj now re(-urn tjje

In thine eyes, tarry; for I have learned by ]and God h&d ige(] to , M experience that the Lord hath blessed me . . 1 , .for thy sake. And he said, Appoint me thy i hl« a possession that he had

wages, and I will give it. And he said unto no^ thought of his poverty. He re-

him, Thou knowest how I have served membered all the 14 years of faithful

thee, and how thy cattle was with me. For service. He had taken Laban’s few

it was little which thou hadst before I flocks and herds, and under his

came, and it is now increased unto a multi- they had become vast possessions. But

tude: and the Lord hath blessed thee since if was all Laban’s, my coming; and now when shall I provide “Follrteen years'” he said slowly

for mine own house also? And he said «... T . „ . „ . . , .■,?What ihall I give thee? And Jacob said, 1 hav® thee‘ hf «XC aimed, With

Thou shall not give me anything; if thou *uddel? emotion placing his arm about

wilt do this thing for me, I will again keep Amoved Rachel and drawing her to

and feed thy flock. ] will pass through him.

all thy flovk to-day, removing from thence all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the broTvr. cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats;

and, of such shall be my hire. So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to

some, when it shall come for my hire be­fore thy face; every one that is not

speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be

counted stolen with me. And Laban said, behold, I would it might be according to thy word.”—Gen. 30:25-34.

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'Nay,' rejoined Jacob, calmly, 'those are the terms on which I woulS

serve thee.” One

“Be it as thou hast said, then.” said Laban, trying to conceal the inward exultation of his miserly soul.

And that day he and his sons re­moved the he goats that were ring- streaked and spotted, and all the she goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had some white in it, and all the brown among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons. And he sent Jacob with the re-

carc- malnder of the flocks a throe days’ journey down the valley, and as he started off with his all white sheep and all black goats he chuckled tc himself, saying:

“Never a speckled and spotted one will he get out of those flocks.”

The months rolled by, and so dili- “Anri the baby.” she added, smiling gently did Jacob apply himself to the

into his face as-she took and fondled task in hand that his visits home were him to her breast. “But that does not few and far between, and to Laban’s give us camels and asses to ride on questions as to how he was getting on and flocks to nourish us on the jour- he returned but brief and indefinite ney.” answer. At last, unable to curb his

“Nay. but we have God. We can curiosity longer, he sent one of his trust Him. Did He not lead my feet sons to spy on Jacob, and the reports thither? And will He not lead us back? which he brought first astonished and He has promised us the land. He will then alarmed him. Lie finest of lambs provide.” and the kids were speckled and spot­

ted. How could it be? It was noth­ing short of a miracle. Nothing like it had ever been done before. Laban went in before his gods and bowed himself and burned incense to them that he might win their favor. And then, not certain that he could trust them to protect his interests, he post­ed off to where Jacob was feeding his flocks and indignantly charged him with fraud and insisted on cnanging the agreement so that the speckled and spotted should thereafter be his. And Jacob quietly submitted, and went on feeding the flocks. And when Laban found months later that longer was the increase of the flocks speckled and spotted, changed the agreement, and Jacob submitted, knowing that he in God’s hands and that lie' could trust Him. And thus the years rolled bv and Laban had changed his wages ten times, but still he patiently served and In spite of Laban's double deal­ing, he increased exceedingly and had much cattle, and maid-servants and men-servants, and camels and asses.

On one of his visits home Jacob chanced to be passing the sheep fold of Laban, and, hearing loud and angry talking, he paused to listen, ognized the voices at once as those of Laban’s sons, and overheard the words:

“See how he hath stolen that which was our father’s. I tell you if it con­tinue there will not be left anything that we can call our own.”

And then the voices were lowered, and all that Jacob could catch “After sheep shearing . .matter ... fix him.”

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But when next day Jacob broached the subject of his going to Laban, that individual was filled with disappoint­ment and alarm. How could he get along without Jacob? He knew only too well how much he owed his pros­perity to the faithful services of his nephew. He knew that it would be an unfortunate day for him when he departed. The thought of losing his daughters and their children did not trouble him. There was not room in

ACIIEL stood in the tent door humming a lit­tle lullaby to the babe which rest- ad in her arms. Her body swayed gently with the ryth "i of the mu_.c as she rocked him to and fro, and her

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/ his selfish, greedy heart for other than eyes rested upon the worldly possessions of flocks and his face lovingly herds an(1 silver and gold, and as he for a moment ifaced the danger of losing the one

whose management had brought him such prosperity, he was dismayed at the thought. He had never been dis­posed to commend Jacob or admit his obligation to him. but so disconcerted was he at the prospect that for onoe he gave expression to the truth.

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In the course of an address to students on one occasion Lord Kelvin, the great British scientist, uttered this

and then lookedhe - again

againout longingly over the surrounding landscape as though searching some one whom she was expecting.

“Why does he not come?” she ex­claimed, anxiously, aalled, addressing her maid

('Digram;The end of education is twofold-first, to

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“Bilhah,” she-X DISFIGURING HUMOR.within,

“did not father Laban say that he would send Jacob word?”

“He did, but he seemed displeased, ancA muttered

“Tarry thou must, for I have learned by experience that the Lord hath blessed me for thy sake. Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.”

Jacob was silent. He was eager to get away, in fact he had quite made up his mind that he would go, but did the Lord want him to depart empty handed? Would it be faith to rush oft impatiently and expect, God to pro­vide for his wives and little ones? Or would real faith keep him patient In the present situation? Was not it probable that it was God’s way of providing for him? God had blessed bis services so marvelously during the 14 years he had worked for Laban, would He not continue His favor now that he was to provide for his own household? All these questions flashed through Jacob’s mind as he stood be­fore Laban, wTio anxiously awaited his answer. At last he looked up and said, quietly:

“I will continue with you.”“And what shall thy wages be?”

Laban asked, eagerly, anxious to have the bargain concluded. He knew what some of his neighbors were paying for the services of their herdsmen, one- twentieth of the increase of the flocks and the herds. But there were no such herdmen as Jacob. All his neigh­bors envied him his services. If ne could keep him he would do better than the ordinary wage, afford to. He would give him a tenth of the increase.

And while Laban was making up his mind to do the really generous thing, for the greedy and avaricious are al­ways ready to deal magnanimously when they believe it is to their profit, Jacob was pondering the question deeply. If he agreed to the ordinary wage arrangement, he knew that La­ban would say in the end:1 have made Jacob rich.”

. would not consent to such humiliation. And then if God was with him, wouM it not be the part of faith to let Him give to him such portion as He would have him possess?

“Thou shalt. not give me anything,” lie finally said, looking steadily into Laban’s face, and drawing himself up

I proudly.“But,” exclaimed Laban, his face

paling, “you said you would remain.”“Yea, If thou wilt do this thing for

me, I will again feed and keep thy flock. I will pass through all thy flock to-day. removing from thence all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and / the spotted and speckled among the goats; and of such shall be my hire.So shall my righteousness answer for me In time to come, when It shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that la not speckled and spotted among the goats and brovn

1 on, Brushed Scales from Face Like Pow­der—Doctor Said Lady Would

Be Disfigured for Life.as he turned away something about Jacob leaving flocks too much.”

Rachel’s brow clouded. She felt the Injustice of her father’s exactions. He

a hard taskmaster, and begrudged Jacob the time of his visits home, which during the past year had been more frequent than usual, for he full of tender solicitude for her. But now he had been away fully a month. Tli* great joy which had filled her heart at the birth of a son had been tinged with disappointment because of the absence of her husband. Day after day she had watched for his coming in vain. Disappointment had given place to resentment, and resentment to anxiety, and now the baby Joseph was nearly a week old.

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What could it mean? Did they seek his hurt? What had he done to merit such treatment? Fearful and troubled, he could not sleep, and at last rising he went forth Into the night.

“Go, Bilhah,” she urged, impatient­ly, “ask father Laban why comes not.”

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