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the fight for capt vincent by captain hen uy mansfield it was the master ospr kerosene oil thero was little of note in tho passage j into to the south seas the logbook was knew not even hours that ran into rodgers back the captain fired pomt computations whiled away weeks playing cribbage in the cabin ank into the barricade and talking politics and news that was with thht there was toi1r thev followed us and pushed us lshower of arrows fel among us wepoes tne ioowea us aim puiicu sur an 1 11 w nn nn- months old and worn threadbare others who might bo captured rather than leave them to be tortured halsey a seaman who was a bull ock for strength and myself slid noise lessly into the black water and began swimming up the- craek pushing the cumbersome cask before us severy rustle of foliage every subdued eound of the night made me quake in each j j j shadow i pictured a lurking savage j we deemed him as good as dead and wou our des every swarming around us sp of against the wooden own stream in ea- bam sounded to me jy- the booming i thought we must be billion mark passed by sun life it is seldom that a financial institu tion s able to mark the completion of its year with twosuch happy announce ments as those made at the annual meeting of the sun life assurance company of canada at the meeting in question president macaulay was able to announce that the assurance in ss lesson february 28 jesus teaches respect for law matt 22 1522 golden text think not that i am come to destroy the law or the prophets i came not to destroy but to fulfil matt 5 17 introduction the enemies of from which direction being dragged over the gunwae a in blind fury i dozen hands clutched him from the veil and a splashed away dow when tho water went bad it only ioum harthey wsre coming jdlikl tho we cursed tho water as waslptain and i firedat heads when ahead of them when we wij barricade now and the speed that was ours and we w multiplied the uncomfortableness 0 tn 0i l t ixi t u wi w reached the i one moment we swam the next we things we cursed the water as was were able to walk but inch by inch we tnrl in tho tronics and the showed there one msoent sav- eno forged ahead until we rounded the choluench liquor until we should be able to make wall and yeoing was fitting the ar- eovnto l w ter an ushed th t kade ai ono of the kermadec islands which jj o his bow vveal stumbled s some way u s w proba s wo knew to lie a little to the north- 1 carefuly with my pstoi i ae a stumbled along some wa d k coscaganst thesde but almost in the very act of firing though 1 must liae oeen more nin 0 the stockade we placed the cask not one of the barbed shafts cut into my drance than help once in deeper water j daring even t0 breathe i hejd my west of us in about longtitude 1g7 degrees west and altitude 31 south to drink the water meant sure sick ness and of course we could not nor would we subsist entirely on liquor on the second morning of our thirst we sighted a low bank of land in the distance and bore down on one of those little coral paradises which dot tho southern pacific boats were lowered and the big water casks were taken ashore for perhaps a mile from the waters edgo the islnnd was flat and shewed very gradually to the foot of great cliffs that towered like citadel walls high over the ocean a stream wound through tho surface of tho plain tho heavy ropic verdure of its banks hid ing the water from view except where the sun filtering through the leaves flashed back from a ripet tho water near the mouth of tho stream would have been good to drink but there was a possibility that it would not last as long in the casks ls that which we might take from fur ther up where air and sunlight reach ed it some hundred yards from the mouth of the creek which twisted and turned upon itself in a marvelous manner the whnleboat grated on the pebble bottom and came to rest the captain got into the dinghy with me and four sailors rowed us cautiously up the stream where the water soon became deeper again palm walls rearing on either side gave the effect of winding through a tunnel tho darkness and the odor- laden heat depressed the spirits j thero was a heavy sense of being hand and the pistol going off in the air clattered to the bottom of the boat my wound was in the flesh the arrow merely having cut me in passing and i snatched my weapon with the other hand aiming as best i could rodgors was not dead and he lay grimly refusing to groan with the pain in the bottom of the boat the men churned the water bending their oars to shoot the boat forward the captain and i did some execution with our weapons but it helped little careening over almost to the point of capsizing we scuttled around the bend in the stream out of sight of the stockade and there lined across the stream were four canoes filled with grotesquely tattooed savages bearing bows and arrows and spears or asse gais cries and furious yels of the sav ages lent terror to their onslaughts as they paddled down on us our men were silent strength and breath and alertness to the last degree would be needed if any were to come through tho approaching clash alive the eyes of the painted devils glar ing at us seemed greedy for life it was terrifying but it roused a like spirit in us the oppressive languor of the jungle had left us we were animals hunted but at bay and ready to fight dim thoughts of safety if we should gain the ship our real object in break ing through the line of canoes were lost in the fury of the primal instinct to fight fight fight as we swept toward the enemy i leaned far over the side and fired at alone in a vast world of silent vegoj tble life when we lost sight of the of pndders he leaped in the whaleboat around a bend and we ex- f s the perienced a vague distrustful feeling ca vincent tore tho side out of one of something inimical lurking in the canoc with shot from hl9 rlfle and lt very air i tur over to sink reason warned that the place must the men who were thrown out be teeming with the germs of fever struggled through the water which and malaria but stronger even than was up to their armpits brandishing the islands the savage told us that the j t 1 f t sfruck that was a subtle something that urgj their weapons in an instant we were captain had promised hm by means m 3m fa b i tfc vbijr black fellow lunged of the same language that if he would rii i ami aiuix iui oeing agetotheshipheshould n aw a l i i one corner of the inclosure the foreseen terrible rowed as fast as we could and with the natives yelling behind us gained the cove in safety eight men from tho ship were row ing frantically for the mouth of the dream but as we met them and look ed back a flotilla of canoes issued from the creek and we knew that to fight was useless a battered used up party wo went on boardvand prepared for an attack but the natives did not care to tackle us on board ship and paddled away upstream the men were in no condition for work and besides there was a lurking wish in my heart to attempt revenge for the captains death so we did viet pjt out of the cove late in the afternoon i was pacing tho ofck rather stiffjointediy when i noticed a blaoi object in the water slowly approaching the osprey from shore disappearing then coming to i he furface still nearer to us the men grouped at the rail and we soon made out that it was the head of a single swimmer we had no fear of one man and we saw that he could not be armed when we had made signs to him that we would not harm him he climbed into the chains at the bow and scrambled on deck the men regarded him with no unfriendly glances and no sooner was he on board than he took a small i round nut from his mouth and handed it to me as i stood in front of the other men with a little pressure the two halves of the shell parted and i found a tiny scrap of paper rolled into a pill inside the nut tremblingly i unrolled the paper and read scrawled in pencil feast tomorrow torture for gods sake come n the crumpled paper dropped from breath until it seemed my lungs would burst then took another quickly afraid of waking some one gently firmly we pressed against tho wooden plug it hadbeen cut large enough to let the air reach the oil so that there would be no danger of it failing to explode the rope and matches in the oilskin cases were dry we placed the fuses everything was ready fear gripped me suppose the other men were not yet in position it would spoil all if tho savages had time to collect themselves after the explosion on the other hand every second of delay held a thousand chances of dis covery simultaneously halsey and i struck matches and lit the fuses of pitch they burned fast sputtering almost mad with jear of failure expectancy and hope we hurried into the water and with only our heads above the surface watched the fuses burn just on the edge of the hole they seemed to hang fire for minutes then sudden ly there was a flare a dull explosion great banks of smoke swept upward and outward flames ran along the ground and some climbed the wooden barriersy in the jungle downstream there was a din of yelling the rush of our men for the barricade sounded like the trample of a regiment inside the stockade all was confu sion men and women and children ran from the little doors in the wall cries and the reports of rifles and pistols crashed in the darkness halsey and i leaped from the water skirted the spreading patch of flames and climbed the barricade from the top i fired at savages who were attack mr t b macaulay president sun lite of canada building accommodation tho formal opening of wnich followed the annual meeting itself it was evident that still further space must at once be pro vided this in spite of the fact that the new sun ure building is one of the finest and most commodious in canada is devoted exclusively to the use of the campany and houses about eleven hundred ot a staff the fiftyfifth annual report which appears in another column reflects the enterprise which has marked the companys operations and the com prehensive way in which it is expand ing not only in canada but through out the world it has become not only one of the outstanding financial insti tutions of the dominion but shares with one or two of the banks and my fingers the men suspected the g some of our men who had managed truth by means of the sign language i tho a big black which is almost universal throughout mow hurled a spear at ray head i ed one to be rid of the place put one upon them on guard prepared for something un- with an assegai but our man in the a mes 1 think there was bow raised his oar and the heavy stick have whiskey aplenty and beads and knives in abundance we then locked i apv mec r not n man among us who did not feel the mysterious sense of approaching danger and yet we determined to push on until we should find water that bubbled over rocks and was made healthful by the action of air and light besides none would have given in to the feeling of strange dread suddenly rounding a graceful bend in the stream we came upon a stock ade built of great trunks of palms and logs close to the edge of the water the men rowing could not see it but the captain and i in the stern of the boat faced it squarely on the oppo site bank to the one we wore skirting an unmistakable sign of permanent habitation looming unexpectedly in that waste of morass it startled us trudded against the head of the sav age he sank beneath the surface then the crash came the canoe i yelled him in the hold lest he should turn c w to cru a head wi traitor to us tn nly p w a savnge briefly i explained the situation to 1 the men who already were aware of jj n0 b the facts it seemed the captain whom tho cp j free we had left for dead had been drag- t natives were still struggling ii ged ashore alive and was being held confused masses terrified by the cx- for a great religious ceremony to be j plosion and the flames which were celebrated the next day i fast devouring the walls of the stock- how wo cursed ourselves for what and s inio the forest called cowardice in leaving the hal w dro l closed with us and it was knife and rifle butt against assegai i dropped one savage with the last shot from my revolver then used it as a club a pair of sinewy arms twisted about the captains throat but as i dodged a thrust from a spear f smashedtbe butt of my pistol onto the crinkly head of the savage who dropped into the water onev our men was drag- captain to such a fate there was noi c behnd me he m ged from the boat and trampled into need for me to work- upon the feelings ca lncent who was w and sufl the stream then as the native of the men just as ye were crawnng through climbed over the sides the dinghy cap- boys i said the finest skipper ono savage dashed sized and we were all thrown thrash- that ever paced a deck will be 9 halsey brains with a heavy cub ing and kicking into the creek need tomorrow to a heathen god who j cau uda a had drop- of how others fared i know nothing of you will go with me to rescue himj bnd feled tne man wlth a 6tab n and our faces must have shown our it was each for himself and we were i one by one the men stepped to my s consternation before we spoke for all kept busy dodging struggling side silently grimly and shook my i do not know how the others made the men let their oars rest and turned half drowned we fought there in the hand it meant that fifteen men would their way back to the boat i saw two to stare where we were looking there water when i dodged a blow my j leave their bones to rot in the jungle f our m drag the body of halsey was no reason to believe that natives head would go under and i would gasp or capt vincent would not grace the with them as they fought their way would bo anything except friendly i in the water and rise again only to feast to jome south sea idol j through tha forest some one helped the inhabitants of such islands were strike out desperately at some head we lost no time in preparing for a me with the captain it was a con- usualy disposed be kind and to bobbing near me j night attack on the stockade from fused kaleidoscopic whirl of blows trade unless they had suffered recent there was a shout in a second of th head of a large cask of kerosene an parries fighting for every step outrage from some unscrupulous respite i saw the whaleboat rounding the carpenter cut a circular piece of finally gained the boat the half crew the next curve i learned that the wood and planed the edges so that it drunken muddled savages were all so we argued among ourselves and men had got out into the water to push j waa too loose to be repaired then decided to approach the stockade it ahead of them as a protection from this we inserted and made fast and see if any natives were there tho enemys weapons and when they paraffin which made the cask ngs from tjlc fl through his trumpeted hands the cap- had forded the shallow place and airtight again several bits of rope halsey was dead two of the other- tain halooed and received no answer j found the stream deepening had climb- about three feet long were soaked in men rv helpless after the tight but from the dense forest echoes rumbled ed into the boat agnin back at us confusedly from way way force of the sun life company is now j jesus had been foiled in their attempt considerably in excess of one billion u entrap him on the question of his dollars a level never before reached i authority so they now resort to other by a canadian company s criminal in the same address ho stated that i fif ff 1 c atthoueh owing to the rapid expansion pthlf ot busines it had been found neces- 1 rcpresentcd different interests but sary t greatly extend the head office now they agree in order to place jesua in a dangerous light with the rulers of the land they fancy they can force him to make a pronouncement which will involve him in ruin if he- sides with the cause of rome he will alienate his galilean supporters if he takes up the cause of the revolution ary party he will come into conflict with the mighty power of rome jesus had silenced them with a dilemma now they attempt to use the same method against him little knowing the wisdom and resourcefulness of christ the pharisees and herodians vs 15 16 the pharisees sided with the com mon people and were out of sympathy with roman rule the herodians were loyal to the cause of herod belonging to the government side v 16 we know that thou art true they proceed to flatter him praising his knowledge insight and independ ence thus they hope to disarm criti cism and blind him to their evil de signs but it is usually the flatterer who is blind v 17 is it lawful to give tribute unto caesar the word for tribute becomes in english census and it stood for the polltax which had to be paid to the roman authorities to be distinguished from the property tax this poll tax went directly into tho coffers of the emperor for judea was an imperial province it had to bo paid in the coin of the empire and this caused great resentment to tho extreme political party of the jews called the zealots who believed in tho use of force in order to drive out the hated roman these people looked upon this taxpayment as an evidence of bondage and if jesus could be made to express approval of it he would at once alienate all the sym pathy of this class he would be re presented as a renegade to rome it is probable that his tempters wished to drive jesus over into the camp of tho zealots in order that he might become implicated in their plots and thus bo treated as a political agitator v 19 shew ma the tribute money jesus sees through their plans he would not possess any roman coins himself nor would his followers since they were not commonly employed by the people mark expresses it mora vividly suggesting the pause while they went in search of the coin v 19 a penny rather a shilling a silver coin called a denarius which had to be used for the payment of this tax the jews had coins of their own v 20 whose image and super scription probably the image of ti berius the emperor was there in relief with an inscription round the edge v 21 they say caesars they admit it without thinking and ero they know it have lost their case if the coinage is caesars they should render him his due the jewish teach ers had a law he is king whose coin passes current render unto caesar jesus seems to argue that since god had allowed rome to exercise dominion over judea it therefore becomes the duty of the people to acquiesce in this rule and to submit to the laws of the empire jesus was no jawbreaker no agitator he had no sympathy with the extremists like judas of galileo who in ad 6 had tried to throw off the yoke of rome jesus maintained the constituted authorities and it is possible that his refusal to sanction the extreme party in galilee led to the sudden turn of events when the crowd who had called hosanna soon cried out crucify and csked for barabbas and unto god jesus does not draw a line between secular and sacred as if these two things were distinct for he would have them knew that fidelity to the earthly rulers was also a reli gious duty but he would remind them that there are higher obligations than those of tho state and no earthly ruler should be allowed to interfere with these we ore in the statothe coin which bears the image of the em peror we owe to god our very self which was made in the image of god an interesting explanation has re cently been given by dr hendel har ris who says that the roman- coin would have on its reverse side the emperors head end on its obverse that of a heathen god jesus looks at mr arthur b vood vicepresident and actuary sun life of canada transportation cojnpanles the honor of being one of canadas best known institutions abroad its ramifications now extend to fortyfour countries and states and us branches girdle the globe the assurance in force was in creased last year by 143400644 bringing the grand total up to 1021- 097101 in keeping with this the as sets were increased by nearly 29000- 000 making the total assets now 303- 058145 payments to policyholders and beneficiaries of 35441582 brought the total amount so paid since the company was organized to 219- 239710 the lotal net income for the year was nearly 70000000 policy holders will share in another increase in profits the sixth consecu tive increase of this kind off in the distance came the sound of a down upon us smashing with their bark i oars slashing with their knives and well go ashore said capt yin- firing whon they saw the opportunity cent and see if we can roue any one by one they were fighting us ore j free from the savages and dragging none too willingly the men started us into the whale boat a11 would have to paddl to the beach with a gerce gone well had not another band of na grating the boat slid onto the banktivea appeared at the edgo of the and the captain rose to step out the ttream and producing canoes from men were in the act of shipping thir somewhere paddd to assault us oars so quietly was the whole thing j thro of our men wro lost and three dope that there was an air almost of more were disabled there were at pitch and these were sewed into oil- j even the one death was counted better jn no time the reinforcements werejgkin packages sealing the seams with that the captain should have died mystery about it while they were bonding over rod ger- ore of the seamen just groaned divsly and slid forward on his facw there had not been a sound with the rattle of the oars we had not evsn heard a soft whirr but there least flfty of th natires with the re- infoteoment and flight was oar only hope i iras cut and wounded in a dozen places ami lay half dard in too bot tom of tho boat the captain was tho last man to b pulled over tho side when you mend socks the men at our house rag out the j e side in turn and lays whose heels of their socks long before the j head is this caesars they answer other parts begin to show signs of jand whose is this a god let fwear so in order to mend them i them share it between them then for simply cut away the entire heel this obviouaiy b to them about us but they were obiged to turn wvl resuit two mssst3is to mvinc themselves and their dwell- inch ho then cut 2 by 5 j mittens on abtnng strip from the double cotton tops of i in a home wnere tao famhy is large wornout hose and fold into a 2inch t is quite a problem to keep mittens square stitch one edge of the five- gloves in a place where they can inch length on the machine gradually readily found we have tried the curving in to the fold turn the sock following plan and found it successi on the wrong side flip the heel intfjf place and stitch it carefuly to the a length of strong cord and about as we rowed out to the ship the sock this method produces heels that tw dozen strong safety pins arc need- chanting from the island and knew swept upward and lapped resemble the knitted ones of grand- i ed- the pins are fixed at regular that the natives were drinking and about the top of some of the palms j mothers day ard that are more com- intervals along the cord which is dancing in preparation for the mo r- the sky was red and the black smoke fortable than roughly darned holes i stretched between two hooks in thi rows orgy we did not fear for the swirled in great rolls the scene was j also mend the childrens hoe this way i hall it takes only a secord to attach captain then for we knew they would on5 o beauty ore that would have and my own o g a pair of mittens or glovfs to a pin keep him until th final moment for b admired but for the poor v and they can be seen at a glance if tho proper death but it aeemed hours mangled body that had paid for it when frying bacon i the weather is wet the whole cord can that we waited there for silence to tell r o when frying bacon in cool weather be taken and hug behind the stove us the natives had drunk themselves j tj j f r u ihaent we all spent precious time in t t into stupor warm lianas cot baby pulling the slices apart often with o our precious cask once in tho whale- j 0n chilly d when my babys great difficulty and often tearing easy darning you wont have a bit of trouble get pitch- j in torment then we aat down to wait toward would have evening we heard barbaric music and in the bck of hishoumer stack anth savages in tb caseas from short w to kflj h captain or any in th bottle r j a boat we rowed cautiously to the hands aro cold i fill the hotwater bo- them throw the required quantity mouth of the creek there tho iaatj with quite warm water and give en masse into frying pan or baking tin ting the needle through the materia whlepered consultation was held noltk bottle to the baby to play with whichever method of cookejy you when darning a sweater or other to be left alive in the clutches thu amuses him for a long time and prefer and the slices will imtedite- heavy knit article if you use a stes tvagea if our scheme failed his hands are soon warm from handl- ly melt apart and car be spread to fry bodkin instead of a hrppointed one was of the savage with no delay or trouble f t e j dodkin instead ceedleviw jf