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Phil is :1 nervy chap, and without _ _ 1 , iwaiting for'tilie thought of the risk he soon as he has fll’lISl’leu his course in was assummg to Gap-en 1115 damp 'high-school. , lmiiiation to prote “ll-ills father, .he The chicken-run is far from theirouted1 out'tlge setting1 hens, mlnch farm house, so far indeed, that one imme iatc.y egan :1 out} one mg. evening, when Phil’was, studying hisThen, while the hens continued their lessons for the next day, the sounds shrill complaints,- le snapped out of the squawking of his chicklegnsjthc (hook irom its staple and threw c e but faintly into the room. ut the cor open. Walign he Opened the “When (1091', hel The night was clear, and sufficient heard Plalnly a great Connllotmn at,liglit came to Phils eyes, now accus- th§1 6112101?“ kyal‘g (HYeTngwmi'd tulle tcmed toh the; blackliéess righthe buildé l‘al 1‘08. l'aC . e 1g be a an 61' ,, jug, so t a 1g; cou see e p0 es 0 Qnd telling ,his mOthe}: Phat ‘1 fox was - the chicken roosts. But he had. not llkely makmg‘ 9- 101111183 haStelledlstuiposed the hon would 0 qu1ckly acrfoss tibe incidovés. He his lost rig); maka a? egitfrancei‘andlbare thastlfie 3 GW 0W3 0X95 21“ W1 1 E cw ee rom iie oor, w en e attackof a foxyin mlna, ‘he Stealthillf‘ lion, growling loudly, leaped within. ,apiikroached whtere tthe fowls were Phi}. his‘ nerve}: {1kg tau; wing ma mg ‘d gl‘ea 0“ QTY. scramble: to t e ig er po es, an HOlding “1‘1: lantern P9301? 11131: kg, he'was not a fraction (if a econd tfio illiiléd‘ipelilia‘i $353: tibial... 353.. 2:35.23 gills‘iieii‘i? ".235: digit; claimed, as a far larger animal than a spring, crashing against the side of if; Isl-ippfd into Rhea shim? ctif tfieahe ‘li‘uilding and tbretaqkingflthe pollgcst, c 10 en OUSG- n , a 11‘s, esmas ing' many 0 e .oor. 11 thought the creature W35 a neighbor’s! Phil had grabbed the sill of one of bird dog, which sometimes chased his the windows, and as he hung thepe hens’; but it seemed strange how a dogi desperately, the lion made another ceilglldhlliave gained1 a1;\entran§}ek. t the furiou; fling}, allmostf rilppinhg afwag; ii swun us an erii so a one o. i s sioes ron is 00 . beams encirc ed the space before him.,Afterward, Phil found several slits and as he did so his heart seemed tol in the leather, “‘here the claws of one (pound hinto his throat. Ittfiras not 3i 01f1 the Plion‘: fcregeetl had cut the og w 161 crouc.c( on e groun 5 0e. is can airy within a few yards, gaZing toward now, Phil drew himself up to the liim with angry eyes, .which gleamed. safety of the window ledge. ' red _in the lantern light, meantime The window was barely lashing its tail from sine to side. enbugh f0“): him to pun To behold a lion in a chicken yard was enough to, make any one frenz1edi with fear, and there could be no ques- »' :tipn but that the brute directly in; front of Phil was a. lion. For several, moments Phil’s nerves went rigid with terror, and he found it imposnthe building and make an attack on sible. to change his pOSition. Thenihis father, Phil dared not risk a warn- liis quick boy wits came to his rescue. ing from-the window, Silently he} Just as the lion was about to makelowcred himseif irom the ledge, then it’s leap, Phil lifted the lantern and'he dropped ‘to thegrqund. landing threw {ti-nth ail‘his strength, directâ€"[lightly on his. feet. Without waiting‘ ly intoltne coasts face, at‘the same a second he Slipped quietly butswdtly moinem t1leaping .to on; .side,‘ _t1husiarounil the .blljfldlllg‘,1alsd'tg‘algillgg tgs.’ gaining 1e open (1001‘ o. Lie cnicscmooor .e quic' y pus ie 1 s u ; a . ‘ihloutse. Instantly; Illa-gallki‘tfrll tilic hdoiriats quickly sIliippeid (thebpadloclé tlll‘OlgEIh .sm', securingi insi e w: is on . is ring. - e ia arey one is wihe‘vi’ilfilci{ev§al;01é::i;:e9aSign: 531201;Rategnlaixfafiher called, “Phil, whatisl. cattle barn, and which has ibeenl Phil leaped to his father’s side. “A; changed into a snug place for fowls. lion!" he gasped. “Padlocked in the? As the winters are severe in Ontario, chicken house! Listen!” V an extra siding of one-inch hemlock The lion had already turned its at-, boardfs hasl beend‘added.thTher}e wasntcntion to tge hhens, hamtlh althoughl there ore, itte anger . at t 9 ion some escape t roug e runway, could break into the building, but for which was near the door, the brute; a few moments Phil gasped with the had caught one of the others. And‘ fright of his narrow escape, as he (lluring the follownig ten minuties tlfie listened to the growls of the lion,‘ ion devoured several more 0 t ei which remained just outside the door. hens. " ~ I Except at a circus or a zoo, “0,15,! “Lion!” exclaimed Phil’s father, af- of course, are unknown in these parts i“. he had liStened to the Coniusmn‘ and Phil knew that the lion must have. mSlde the chicken'house and Pb“ had escaped from confinement, and, as' gaspe,d Wt his 93°1th tale‘ “It: the yard is directly above the railroad doesn't ,Seem possu’lei. but ‘thosel cut, it seemed equally clear that the growls in there are certainly not com- lion had escaped from a circus traiii,,m% £1201“ ‘1.“3’ ordmarlf beaSti . ,,i or, possibly, from a freight can. It is a lion and a mighty big lion! while being transported to a zoo. igaspe‘l Phll‘. Andi father' lts hke'. Presently Phil’s nerves became less 1y a eircus lion, and probably escaped shaky, and although he still heard the ff‘om 5‘, tram. 01} the rallroad: And “on growling outside the door) there Ive been thinking that the ban is n,._. Phil's father has a farm in Ontario near the Grand Trunk railroad, and close to the railroad track Phil has a, chicken run. He is an enterprismg fellow, seventeen years of age, and it can be mentioned, is stocky, and solidly-built, and has developed his muscles so that he has taken several rises for athletic work in his school. e sells his poultry and eggs in a town at a little distance, and is save ing the money for a course at A. Chi which he proposes to enter iust as and rested for a moment on the ledge he saw a swinging lantern above the path that led to the yard, and knew his fiber was coming. For fear that a cry below this farm. One of our animal feeders is a careless fellow, and it is evident that after he fed the lion ,its supper h :the door of the cage, and the was on a flat car. more than fifty miles down the line we didn’t know of the escape of the ,lion; then we stalled our train and began telephoning up the line. (at first, we could get no information 'of the lion's chattering , large; himself . through, but just as he managed this, would cause the lion to leave e did not properly secure Untilr we were But, whereabouts. Finally came a message that it was here at this farm in a chicken house. and we engaged an auto, reaching this place as soon as possible. “Napoleon, as he is named, is an ugly old brute," went on the man- ager. “We can do nothing until the“ men bring his cage. It's coming on ah auto truck. I shall, of course, pay for all the damage Napoleon has done, and in addition I shall give this plucky fellow here fifty dollars.l There are mighty boys, who would have shown so much senseâ€"and, yes, sand!” Although Napoleon was said to be an ugly creature, he had greatly en- joyed his feast ' of chickens; and when the cage was trundled into the chicken yard, and the trainers had thrown the door open, there proved to be little difficulty in urging the lion to come out of the building and enter his cage. Phil was paid for the chickens the lion devoured, and in addition receiv- ed the sfifty dollars, which sum he added to his fund for a course in the agricultural college. In telling the story, Phil calls the lion “my lion,” and explains that for one night he considers that he actually owned a lion, by “right of capture," as he puts it. (The End.) . ._,:.-.- Superficial Reconciliations. Theminister sighed as he tied his horse at the Thornton gate. Of late, troubled thoughts had come to him whenever he passed the big .white house on the hill. John Thornton was an intelligent, well-informed man, highly esteemed iii the community, for years a trustee in the church, twice \\' supervisor of the town, now nominally a justice of the peace. He ought to know without being told how shallow his reasoning was in the matter of Rueben Graves. ' pastorate at Hillsdale, but he knew all its ugly details. John Thornton had broached the subject every time he had entered the house) and he would hear again this morning all that sop- ]iistical reasoning to convince the lis- tener that Rueben Graves was no “neighbor” of John Thornton's, but, by the teaching of the Good Book it- self, a “heathen man and publican.” John ‘Thornton had been three .months bedridden, and the minister looked down pityiiigly at the silvery hair on the white pillow. Perhaps the genial kindliness of the face, with some subtle suggestion of unrest, en- couraged the minister in his faltering ' resolution. , “There was one thing about Graves iâ€"â€"it happened years and- years ago,” lthe invalid began; but the clergyman checked him with a gesture. “Don’t, Md. Thornton!” He was silent a moment. watching the. sur- prised look in the eyes of the older man. “Pardon my abi‘uptness; but il’, as you say, you've convinced your own conscience that Reuben Graves does not fall within Christ’s definition of a neighbor, there’s no need» of bringing more evidence. ,God knows all the circumstances from beginning The quarrel antedated the minister's u“ give a new, ,to end. What you think or what I think doesn’t matter a turn of the hand. VVe’re all tgying to make a superficial reconcilaition between the plain teachings of the gospel and our own thinking and speaking and acting ' Awhittling down God’s yardstick,‘i with ‘the foolish idea that by tillS" seem to realize that it’s our little foot rule we‘re using, and that God will use his own when the time comes. When Christ spoke of ‘sin,’ ‘repent- ance,’ ‘love,‘ ‘forgiveness,’ ‘neighbor,’ and the like, those words meant some- thing definite to Him. They mean just the same now. They will mean just the same when we’re all judged by them by and by. Our little bicker- iiigs and surface reconciliations are like thinking we’re nearer getting a piece of property by setting a ridicu- lously low price on it in our own mind yvithout consulting the owner.” had been no attempt to break into the used to bElng.§l1ut up in a cage: 50 bunamg. And a few moments later perhaps after it s eaten all of my poor; the 1pm turnéd its attention to the hens it can catch it won’t try to break chickens in the yard, evidently catch- 0‘“- Tl}? blillding is Pretty Strong, ing one which it devoured. lan‘XhOW “ ; «I don’t propose to Stay here au’ Run to the house and get my; lion rifle," exclaimed Phil's father. “Tell; your mother to use the ’phone and, rout out all the neighbors. We’ve gott to watch here. If the brute broke out, gthere’d be every kind of peril, and ifi iit got into our ,cattle burn it would do a lot of killing of our stock.” Phil raced to the farmhouse, and! night,” whispered Phil. “The must be a circus brute, but if it should take the notion to visit our cattle barn it wouldn’t do a thing to our calves!" ,' Another thought immediately cam‘a. Before Long his father and mother, would wonder why he did not return,“ . . . , . and his father would robablv come alter gmng hls fathers message .t° “tel. him_ If his fat. at did“, there his mother, returned on the run With Was the certainty that he would be the “fle- Andi very 59°“v gathered; “tacked by the hon. - {by the news of a lion in a chicken; . "It’s up to me!" whispered PhiL‘house, a number of-the neighbors’ in have got to do something. And hastened-to the building, and contin-‘ ? I could get the “on to come in here, iied all night to guard the imprisoned; nd 1 was outside, I Couid dose a’nddion. But after its hearty chicken! padlock the door." feast, it made no effort to break out. There are several small windows Early next morning, a circus man- , 'on one side of the building, and the , 33" apfieared at the farm» With 59‘" Windows are high up and Just under. eral of is animal keepers. the roof. phi} whispered agaim “Inf. ‘ “About dusk last night,” explained here there are some setting hens. the manager, “our circus train was 1‘1] run them out of their nests, so stifled by a freight in the cut.’ right “If de been convinced I was on safe ground," John Thornton said slowly and refiectively. “I shouldn't have gone on talking about it the way I did. No. I can’t put my arguments off on God, so what’s the use of them? Stop at Reuben Graves's when you go home and tell him I want him to come and see me. Tell him I'd come to him if I could. Tell himâ€" tell him I can’t go out, yonder without doing my part." means we can ‘measure up.’ We don't 1 l i l I The Chinese are gradually adopting the European style of footwear. 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