Sophie 5. Turnen A POSTHUMOUS NOVEL BENEATH THE DOME BY ARNOLD CLARK To fill with joy and peace The barren lives that mock Thy gracious care; To bid oppression cease, And all in Thy rich bounty own a share. -FRANCES MARGARET MILNE. CHICAGO: THE SCHULTE PUBLISHING COMPANY A. ARNOLD CLARK was born in Eckford, Michigan, January 15th, 1861. He never attended the public schools. His mother was his teacher until he was ready to enter the preparatory course of Albion College in his native county. He graduated from the classical course in 1881, and continued one year in a special study of philosophy and comparative philology. At the age of sixteen he began the practice of oratory, which was one of the ruling passions of his life. From the first he spoke easily without notes. The Sundays of his eighteenth year he devoted to the temperance platform. It was during the Red Ribbon movement. Many veterans of that campaign in Ann Arbor, Flint and smaller Michigan towns will remember the pale, slender boy whose wit amused and whose eloquence surprised them. Before he was a voter he gained a reputation in Calhoun County as a stump speaker in political campaigns. On receiving the degree of A. M. in 1882, Arnold Clark became a teacher in a private school at Sherwood, Michigan. In February, 1885, he was appointed to a clerkship in the office of the Michigan State Board of Health. He retained this to the time of his death. Here he read extensively on sanitary subjects, and came to be a valued aid to the State Board of Health, not only in its office in the Capitol, but also at its public meetings around the State. He was |