Page 48 - YB1907

Thus 1 was musing recently upon the future of my classmates, what is to become of each and every gil'1 and boy? As I was won- daring, the outlook became br-ighter and clearer and 1 longed to get a tiny glimpse into the mysterious future. Suddenly a happy thought came to me-I would consult an as- trologer. He could predict the future, So 1 did and much to my delight he promised the whole prophecy of the clase=tor he assured me the stars would undoubtedly unfold the mystery. About a month later he handed me this prophecy, which is written for the year 1912. Here is a cozy farm house nestled among the hills where the cattle arc accustomed to graze, a tiny streamlet in full view dances along. Just now the shadows are lengthening. In the door-way, awaiting the coming of someone, is Hattye Bell. She is just the same jolly, fun-loving Hattye, and yet she is a trifle older-but one expects that, my reader. Let us leave her in her little home where she is happy and learn something of the other folks. You are now in a large and crowded auditorium in one of our large cities-c-it matters little which=-where the dropping of a pin can be heard. Who is holding thus so vast an audience? The speaker is no other than the noble and good woman of whom ever-y- one is speaking, She has won renown and a d mira tion with the public by her earnest work for the temperance cause. The interest she has aroused on that subject, and the vast fame and influence she has spread abroad is proven by the grateful attention here to" night. Carrie Hull Thomas is bidding fail' to fulfill her mission. Now we will take a grand skip and imagine ourselves in the tiny picturesque village of Buckeystown, Maryland. It is Sunday morn'. inga~d everyone is going to church to hear the Word of God. Let us follow the crowd, What a neat little church, and do you recog- nize the preacher? It is Mr. Lewis Purdum. His eloquence and earnestness will impress you, and by the way in which his congre- gation is drinking in his every word, you will know that he is succeeding. Now he is inviting us to stay to dinner at the parsonage but we will leave him with his people, Let us turn OUI' thoughts for a moment to Lillian Zahn. She is working her way up in the world in a tiny school house in one of the suburbs of Baltimore. One can see her each day trying to fill the heads of the young Americans with knowledge. She enjoys the life 44