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Tid 'were. always most anxious te visit Aunt Margaret. It was on thelr last visit that the © strangest possible thing happened. Yes, it really happened. Though Un- cle Henry says he's afraid they Were sleeping on the Beach, he is, of course, only teasing. Aunt Margaret believes embracing commandments 5:10,1* every word, anyhow, so they don't An's * obligations to his fellow] ©are it uncle doesn't : men. It has been pointed out that the| That day was very, very warm. : commandment, 'which relates to| The sand was almost scorching on' the ewill | filial duly, is closely allied to the pre:| beach. It was so warm that it made lining | ceding four, and with. them may be| You sleepy, and that is why Tom and slothing| Placed in a group setting forth precepis| Tid (short for Tiddledywinks, you ne | ence nce, and: th "the favor of God and. th an immortal : "of 100 many professors i > - | 1s the lack of this vital religious experi-| ¥ Those The mere experimentalist techanical or dead to keh often hear in said. that relig- exp soul. We Bible for the but it the fi 'who w. them best ubt "them most. 10 whom se cantact shows just what they. real are have hard work to' believe their f) evers would only be more don- sistent in their lives and illustrate their faith in their ideals, no : argument a I low sO cious a 88 re 5 | Gibbons I that famous chapter of his history where he seeks to account for| a the progress of the early church, states HRA _ primitive / Christian. demon: strated his faith by his virtues," and "exercised himself in the habits of hu- mility, meekness and patience." The same Christian. qualities will give more 'gospel iy than all the i a, To ig ox gic ith stewed fruit, efc., Is made a Tollont be Jay bag. or: cloth (which is 'quite leo from holes) with bul: whi - ch. will be_all the better for Jor a twa, let this ing, the remaining five, which empha- size ethical, rather than religious obliga- tions, consiitule a group containing pre- 'cepls or laws of probity. The second group "is sometimes subdivided accord: ing as the separate commandments con- -deémn. criminality in action: (6-8); in word (9),"and in thought (10. Verse 12. 'Honor thy"father and thy mother--Sincs the time of Augustine the Roman Catholic Church, and - subse- quently also the Protestant churches, have regarded the 'fifth commandment as heading the second table. The reason fol" this has 'been chiefly that this divi- sion seemed to 'make the amount of writing on the two fables more nearly equal. If, however, as has been sug- gested in 'a previous study, the original form of the Commandments was much briefer, it. would: seem unnecessary to make. the division between the fourth él and filth commandments for the reason just assigned, since in their original simpler form the Ten Commandments @| were doubtless much more nearly equal in length, That thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God 'giveth thee--If wo are fo think of a simpler original form for this commandment, this at- tached reason for obedience may per- haps be a later amplification. 'The word- ing of the commandment in Deuteron- omy, moreover, is strongly in favor of this supposition. There the command- ment reads: "Honor thy father and thy mother, as Jehovah thy God commanded thee ; that thy days may be long, and That it may go well with thee, in the land which "Jehovah thy .God giveth thee" (Deut, 5. 16). Here the original ommand of Jehovah and the later reas 8on of 'expedienicy ars separated bythe intervening explanatory clause "as Jeho- (Veh thy. God commanded thee," which 'Seems to point specifically to a preceding succinct command {o filial obedience. 13. Thou shalt not kill--An apprecia- tion of the sanctity of human life neces- sanily precedes a sense of other duties and . obligations to our fellow men. Hence the moral precept of this com- mandment is, as we should expect, in. corporated in all' ethical codes which | man has put into permanent, written form, . 14, 15. Not commit adultery--Next to ore's regard for the life of his neighbor is his. respect for family ties, and {his in turn naturally leads fo a recognition of the rights of personal ownership of all things belonging to a family house- hold. Hence the next commandment : Thou shalt not steal. 3 16. "Bear false witness--It is possible to bear false witness both in a public and formal and ina private and infor: mal way. One may perjure himself and testify falsely in court, and lie outright in public about his neighbor, or he may in his social intercourse with his fellow men' simply speak disparagingly about an individual without just ground or reason. While the éommandment as it slands refers primarily to false witness- Hing of the lormer kind, it.does: not ex- clude private calumny, which; in fact, is later on in the detailed legislation given. by Moses lo -srael specifically. forbidden in the words: '*Thow shalt not take up a false report: put not &bhy hand withthe 'wicked to be an unright- eous, Witness" (Exod 23.1), "175 Thou ghalt not covef--In under: taking to regulate a man's inner thought | Jlife-as well as. his outer life of -action the 'Mosaic law plac elf on a higher level than any other system Ws ever pro: 'mulgated among The Decalogue, and especially this commandment, pro- on the: assumplion that man is actually: free to control his thoughts, | : is responsible us and hi of piety. In harmony with this group: | know) sat down for a moment to rest. Burely, It could not have been more than a moment, for hardly were they Seated when the funniest-looking man they had ever seen rows from the sand In front ot them. He was a nice old man, too; with great, bushy whiskers ° . that hung like seaweed, a long, flow~ ing green \Fobe and a 'magnificent golden crown upon: his head. In his hand he carried a sort of pitchfork With three prongs, which he called a trident, "Children, 1've come for you," he announced, kindly. n Tom wished to say "What for?" but he thought he'd better mot, 80 both murmured, "Yes, sir," Tom and Tid could have remained. for hours watehing this performance, but the king called 'them away to take a ride on the dolphins, ; i might have taken the whale," he remarked, "had I not him away for his health for a couple of days! And a fine ride. 00k: this kingdom ufder tis sea. TIA was. a ite" frightened. at first, but she was soon able to guide her dolphin as well as the others. y "Wouldn't it be nice it we owned dole AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA "Come along, then," he commanded. Striking the ground in front of him with his trident, a deep hole appear- ed, with steps running dpwn from where the three stood. King Neptune, for so the old man was named, took Tid's hand while Tid took hold of Tom's. Then they carefully descended. . It became darker and darker the fur- ther they went, until they couldn't see the steps before them. All at once, the three of them tu abled head first down through the pitchy darkness. After a while it grew lighter and they brought Up suddenly on a pile of seaweeds, "Gracious!'" exclaimed the king, 'those swordfish have again sawed away the Jower part of the stairs. They shall not Bo unpunished this time." "Why, we're under the water!" cried Tom and Tid together, as they noticed for the first time that the lights they saw around thém came from wonderful sea animals, carrying what looked like electric globes. Fish darted arour® them on every side, and they walked over strange weeds and creepers. After some thought, Tom said, funny we don't drown." That's because you're with me," ex- plained King Ne,tune. "No harm ean ever come to my guests." Leading - the way, Ring Neptune brought them to the door of a great castle, guarded on ¢ach side dy a flerce- looking shark, The king patted the sharks on the snouts, just as Tom and Tid caressed their dog, and the three passed through large hall, 7 Tom ids, be- ictures of them at 'home, * sald the king, wav. ing his hsnd toward the mermaids, who phins," suggested Tom, wistfully: "they're much nicer than ponjes:' Well, 'you may have: these said King Neptune, smiling, 'only I think X had better stable them for you." Four eyes glistened with joy, "Thank you," théir owners said, "we'll visit you often, anyway, t will be just like having them home." "Which, by the way, reminds me that your aunt will be worrying about you if you don't reach home within the next few minutes," returned the king. They rode back to the castle, where they said good-by® to the mermalds, who gave them all the pearls they could carry, King Neptune then led them back to where they had come down. "Now that the stairs are out of use, we'll have to put you on the volcanic elevator," sald he. Directing them to stand on a square plece of rock, he waved his hand in parting and turned on the volcano. Instantly 'the 'rock moved upward through a dark passage. like that ocou- pied by the stairs. Tom and Tid sat rubbing their eyes and staring at each other, in the very same spot on the beach from which they had commenced thelr queer Jour- ney. But where are the pearls?' gasped "Don' ow." " nr Tost on he wa up uate "Let's keep it a secret, whispered nepily to eons ct Boron think. so? ; oop. a ee a il Would 'Be a Frog. 'Goodness, wish I was a frog, gasp $4 Tommy, Who was broiling under the by asked Jacky, ah se Toma never ry,' sighed ~.- "Bubbleology" 0 MANY strange and beautiful things may be done with soap- 'bubbles that one can: hardly num- tem. of all, It is necessary to have right sort of solution, To get tha ft about' four-nfths of Most any objecteven a spinning top--= may be incloged in a bubble, Pour : of the solution Into a plate or tin dish #0. that the bottom is covered 10 the depth of about one-eighth inch. 'Wet the object to rest upon it. Place a sn el over the article and bio: gently, slo lifting the funtel. he ngles, lease your fim by giving & jerk at right