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CHAPTER HI.
When Mr. Hardy woke on the morn
Iuk of tin- first nf tho seven days left
him to live, he was on the point of Bet
ting renly for his day's business, as
usual, when the memory of his dream
flashed upon Dim, and he was appalled
to decide what he should do first.
Breakfast was generally a hurried and
silent meal with him. The children usu
ally came straggling down at Irregular
Intervals, and It was very rare that the
family all sat down together. This
morning Mr. Hardy waited until all
had appeared, and while they were
eating he held a family council.
Ills wife was evidently In great ex
clteineut and anxiety, and yet the love
and tenderness she felt coming back
to her from her husband gave her face
a look of beauty that had been a stran
ger to It for years.
The children were affected by their
father's remarkable change in various
ways. Qeorge was sullen and silent.
Will looked thoughtful and troubled
Alice, a girl of very strong and decid
ed opiulous and character, greeted her
father with a kiss and seemed to un
derstand the new relations he now sus
tained to them all. Clara appeared ter
rified, as If death had already come in
to tho house, and several times she
broke down, crying nt the table, and
finally went away Into the sitting
room. Bess sat next to her father, as
she always did, and was the most
cheerful of all, taking a very calm and
philosophical view of the situation, ss
that Mr. Hardy smiled once or twice
as she gave her advice.
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Impression of the night before was evi
dently deepening with him. It would
have been absurd to call blm iDitanf.
Ills wife was obliged to confess to her
self that he had never appeared more
sound In judgment and calm in speech,
lie was naturally a man of very strong
will. Ills passions, as we have al
ready seen, were under control. Never
In all his life had he felt so self cou
talued, so free from nervousness, so
capable of sustained effort But the
ne great thought that filled his mind
was the thought of the shortness of
the time.
"Almighty God," was his prayer,
"show me how to use these seven days
In the wisest and best manner."
"Kobert what will you do today?"
BBked Mrs. Hardy.
"I have been thinking, dear, and I
believe my first duty Is to God. We
have not had morning worship togeth
er for a long time. After we have
knelt as a family In prayer to him I be
lieve he will give me wisdom to know
what I ought to do."
"I think father ought to stay at home
with us all the time," said Hess.
"Robert," said Mrs. Hardy, who
could not comprehend the full mean
ing of the situation much better than
little Bess, "will you give up your
bUFinesH? now can you attend to it?
Will you have the strength and the pa
tience while laboring tinder this im
pression ?"
"I have already thought over that.
Yes; I believe 1 ought to go right on.
I don't see what would be gained by
severing my connection with the com
pany." "Will you tell the company you
have only" Mrs. Hardy could uot
say the words. They choked her.
"What would you do, Alice?" asked
her father, turning to his oldest daugh
ter, who, nlthotigh a cripple, hud more
than once revealed to the family great
powers of Judgment and decision.
"I would not say anything to the
company about It," replied Allcs
finally.
"That Is the way I feel." said Mr.
Hardy with a nod of approval. "They
would not undorstand It My successot
In the office will be young Wellman, to
all probability, and he la perfectly com
petent to carry en the work. I feel as
If the matter were one that belonged to
the family. I shall, of course, arrange
my business affairs with reference to
the situation, and George can give me
half a day for the details. But you
know, Mary, I have always kept my
business In snen shape that ha any case
of accident or sudden death matters
could easily be arranged. Thank God!
I shall net have to take time for those
matters that I ought to giro to more
serious and Important duties."
It was true that Mr. Hardy, always a
man of very methodical habits In a
business way, had always arranged his
affairs with reference to accidental re
moval. Hla business as manager ne
ceaaltated hie being on the road a great
deal, and be realised, as many railroad
men do realise, the liability, of auddea
death.
But such a thought had not had any
Influence on hla actions to make biia
lees selfish. He thought, aa all men do,
that he should probably live right
along after all; that death might take
the engineer or conductor or fireman,
but would pass him by.
Suddenly Will spoke up: "Father, do
you want George and me to leave col
lege?"
"Certainly not, my boy. What would
be gained by that? I want you to keep
right on just aa if I were going to live
60 years more."
George did not say anything. He
looked at hla father as If he doubted
hie sanity.
His father noticed the look, and a
terrible ware of anguish swept ever
him as he reoalled the part of hla vi
sion In which he had seen hla oldest
son In the gambling room.
Again the prayer he had been silently
praying all the morning went up out of
hla heart, "Almighty God, show me
bow to use the seven days moat wise
ly" "Father," said Bess suddenly, "what
will you do about Jim and Clara? Did
you know tbey were engaged?"
"Bess!" said Clara passionately. Then
she stopped suddenly, and, seeing her
father's brow grow dark, she cowered,
afraid of what was coming.
But Mr. Hardy looked at the world
differently this morning. Twenty-four
hours before be would have treated
Bessie's remark aa be usually treated
her surprising revelations of the se
crets of the family. He would have
laughed at It a little and sternly com
manded Clara to break the engage
ment If there was one at once, for
James Carton was not at all the sort
of man Mr. Hardy wanted to have
come Into the family. He was poor,
to begin with, and, more than all, hla
father had been the means of defeating
Mr. Hardy In a municipal election
where a place of Influence and honor
wos In dispute. Mr. Hardy had never
forgotten or forgiven It When be be
gan to see hla children Intimate with
the Caxtona, he tried to forbid their
going to the house, with the result al
ready described.
Mr. Hardy looked at Clara and aald
very tenderly: "Clara, we must have a
good talk about this. You know your
father lovea you and wants you to be
happy, and" Mr. Hardy stopped la
bis emotion, and Clara burst into tears
and left the table.
"Come," cried Mr. Hardy after a mo
ment, during which no one seemed In
clined to speak, "let us ask God to give
us all wisdom at this time."
George made a motion as If to go out
"My eon," called Mr. Hardy after
him gently, "won't you stay with the
rest of us?"
George aat down with a shamefaced
look, Alice and Clara came back, and
Mr. Hardy read that famous sixth
chapter of Ephealana, beginning "Chil
dren, obey your parents in the Lord."
Then In a brief but earnest prayer he
asked God'a help and blessing on all
l day and rose to face It, the great
burden of hla responsibility beginning
te rest upon him for the first time. He
sat down for a moment by his wife
and kissed her, putting bis arms about
her, while Bess climbed up on the side
ef the couch, and the boys stood Irreso
lute and wondering. Any outward
mark of affection was so unusual on
the part of tbelr father that they felt
awkward In the presence of It Mrs.
Hardy was almost overcome.
"Oh, Robert, I t-nnuot bear It! Surely
It was nothing more than a dream. It
couldn't have been anything more.
You are not going to be called away
from us so soon."
"Mary, I would to God that I had
even years to atone for my neglect and
selfishness toward you alone. But I am
certain that God has granted me but
seven day. I must act God help me!
Boys, you will be late. We will all be
at home this evening. Alice, care for
your mother and cheer her up. You
are a good girl and"
Again Mr. Hardy broke down ns he
thought of the many years he had
practically Ignored this brave, strong,
uncomplaining nature In his own
bouse, and remorse tore bin fiercely
as be recalled how he bad practicnlly
discouraged all the poor girl's ambi
tious efforts to make her way as an
nrtlst, not on account of the expense,
for Mr. Hardy was not a niggard in
that respect.' but because be had a
false idea concerning the profess ion.
He looked at the girl now as she limp
ed across the lloor to her mother, her
pale, Intellectual face brightened by
her love nml her eyes shiulug with
tears ut her father's unusual praise.
"O God," was the Inner cry of Mr.
Hardy's heart "what have I not neg
lected when I had it In my power to
create so much happiness!"
The, thought almost unnerved him,
and for a moment he felt like sitting
down to do nothing. But only for a
moment He rose briskly, went out
Into the hall and put on his overcoat
and, coming back a moment said: "I
am going down to see poor Scovllle the
first thing. I shall be so busy you must
not look for me at lunch. But I will
be back to 0 o'clock dinner. Goodby."
He kissed bis wife tenderly, and she
clung to him, sobbing. Then he kissed
his daughters, a thing he had not done
since tbey were babies, and shook
hands with the boys snd marched out
like one going to execution, something
bright glistening In his own eyes.
An, ye fathers and husbands, you
who are tolling for the dear ones at
home, how many of you have grown
so unaccustomed to the tender affec
tions of home that your own wife
would almost faint and think some
thing was going to happen to you If
you kissed her goodby when you went
away to your work In the morning?
How do you know that sbe who has
been your faithful friend and lover all
these years and nursed you through
peevish sickness and done a thousand
things every day for you without se
much as a word of thanks or praise
on your part bow do you know she
does not care for these demonstrations
of affection? And If sbe does not bow
does It happen except through neglect?
Call It not a little thing. It Is of such
little things that heaven Is made, and
It Is of the home where such little
things are found that It can truly be
said, "Love Is master, and the evil one
cannot find an entrance to blot with
bis foul tread the sweetest thing on
earth."
Mr. Hardy hurried down toward the
tenement where Ward Scovllle lived,
revolving In his mind as he went along
plans for his future bappluess and
comfort
"I'll deed him the place where he
lives and arrange It In some way so
that he won't have to go to the hos
pital or come on the county when hit
poor wife Is gone. It will be the best
I can do for him. Poor fellow! What
a shame I did not come down last
Ut kUted hi wife tenderly, and she dune
to him. Mobbing.
night! And bis wife a hopeless In
valid and the oldest child only 4 years
old, Mary said!"
He was surprised as be drew near
tbe house to see a group of men stand
ing there outside and talking together
earnestly. As Mr. Hardy came up tbey
stood aside to let blm pass, but were
barely civil.
"Well, Stevens," Mr. Hardy Inquired
f one of tbe men, recognising blm aa
one of tbe employees In the casting
room, "how la Scovllle this morning?"
"Dead!"
Mr. Hardy reeled aa If struck In tbe
breast witb a heavy blow.
"Dead, did you say?"
"He died about an hour ago," aald
one of the other men. "The surgeon
was late In getting around, and after
tbe amputation It was ascertained that
Scovllle bad received severe Internal
Injuries."
"Was be conscious?" Mr. Hardy ask
ed the question mechanically, but all
the while hla mind was In a whirl of
remorse.
"Yes: up to the hist moment."
Mr. Hardy went up to the door and
knocked. A woman, one of the neigh
bors, opened It and he went In. The
eight stunned blm. The dead man bad
been removed to a rear room, but bis
wife lay upon the very same ragged
lounge Mr. Hardy bad seen In bis
dream. The aurgeon was bending over
her. The room was full of neighbors.
The surgeon suddenly arose and.
turning about spoke In a quiet but de-
cided tone:
"Now, then, good people. Just gc
home, will you, for awhile! And sup
pose some of you take these children
along witb you. You can't do anything
more now nnd your presence disturbs
the woman! Ah, Mr. Hardy!" be ex
claimed, seeing the manager. "You
here? This Is a sad business. Come,
now. Indies, I must ask you to retire."
Everybody went out except the sur
geon, the poor woman's sister and Mr.
Hardy. He drew the surgeon over to
the window and Inquired concerning
the particulars. Mr. Hardy had receiv
ed a shock at the very first and be
trembled violently.
"Well, you see." explained the sur
geon, "Scovllle was a dead tnnn from
the minute of the accident Nothing
could have saved him. When the acci
dent happened. I was down at Bayvllle
attending the men who were Injured In
the wreck Inst Saturday. I telegraphed
that I would come at once. But there
was a delay on the road, and I did not
get here until .1 o'clock in the morning.
Meanwhile everything had been done
that was possible. But nothing could
save the poor fellow. This shock will
kill his wife. I doubt If she lives
through the day."
"What will Ie done with the chil
dren?" Mr. Hardy asked the question
mechanically, again feeling the need of
time to think out what was best to be
done. The surgeon shrugged his shoul
ders. He was accustomed to scenes of
suffering and distress continually.
"Orphans' home, I suppose, he re
plied laconically.
A movement and a moan from the
woman called blm to her side, and, Mr.
Hardy, left alone, he thought a mo
ment then stepped over to the surgeon
and asked htm If be could go Into the
other room and see the dead man. The
surgeon uotlded a surprised assent, and
Mr. Hard stepped Into the rear room
and closed the door. He drew back the
sheet from the face of the man and
looked down upon It Nothing In aU
his experience bad ever moved blm se
deeply. The features of the dead maa
were fixed. It eeemed to him, In an ex
pression of despair. Mr. Hardy gazed
steadily upon It for half a minute
then, replacing the sheet, he kneeled
down by the side of the rude bed and
prayed God for mercy.
"O Lord," he groaned In bis remorse,
lay not the death ef this man to my
charger let even as be prayed, ha
could not drive back the thoaght which
chased across the prayer: "I am this
man's murderer. I Issued the order
compelling the' Sunday work. I refused
a week ago to Inspect the retorts which
were declared unsafe, on the ground
that It was not my business. I com
pelled this man to work under the fear
of losing bis place If be refused to
work. I compelled him to work on the
one day In which God has commanded
all men to rest 1. a Christian by pro
fession, a member ef the church, a maa
of means 1 put this man In deadly
peril upon a Sunday In order that more
money might be made and more hu
man selfiHbness might be gratified. I
did It And this man once saved my
life. 1 am bis murderer, and no mur
derer shall Inherit the kingdom of
God."
So the wretched man prayed there by
the side of that cold body. Yet the
world today goee on with men In high
placea who have It In their power to
change the conditions tbat exact Sun
day labor from thousands of weary
men and drive the commerce of the
world across the continent at the cost
of tbat priceless thing, the soul of
man. In order that' the owners of rail
road stock and the men who get tbelr
aalarled living from It may have more
money. What! Is It not true that every
Sunday In this land of Christian homes
and hearts many and many a well fed,
sleek, self satisfied, well dressed man,
witb a blgb salary and well established
social position, with a luxurious home
and money In the bank, goes to church
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and sits down tn a softly cushioned
pew to listen to the preaching of the
gospel, while within bearing distance
of tbe services an express train or a
freight thunders by upon the road
which declares tbe dividends tbat
make tbat man's wealth possible?
On those trains are groups of coal be
grimed human beings who never go In
side a church, who never apeak tbe
name of God or Christ except In an
oath, who lead Uvea tbat are aa desti
tute of spiritual nourishment as a des
ert of sand and rooks and who are
compelled to labor contrary to God's
everlasting law of rest In order that
man may have more to feed hla body
and Indulge his passions! Do not tell
us It Is necessary labor. It Is labor for
tbe making of more money. It does
not need to be done. Tbe community
could dispense with It and In tbe sight
of God It Is a wicked use of human
flesh and blood and souls, and tbe
starved spiritual natures of these men
will come up at the Judgment day be
fore tbe men who had it In their power
to aay. "Not a wheel shall turn en
these tracks Sunday even If we don't
make a little more money." Money or
souls! Wblcb Is worth more tn tbe
thought of tbe railroad corporation?
Let tbe facts make answer. ,
Mr. Hardy did not know Just bow
long he kneeled there In tbat bare
room. At last be arose wearledly and
came out but bis prayer bad not re
freshed him. Tbe surgeon glanced at
him Inquisitively, but asked no ques
tions. The sick woman was In a state
of semiconsciousness. Mr. Hardy's
of semiconsciousness. Mr. Hardy's they hurt?"
took, her sister, sat listlessly and worn
eut by the side of the lounge. The sur
geon rapidly gave directions for the
use of some medicine and prepared to
go. Some of the neighbors called, and
the surgeon let two of the women come
In. Just as the two men were going
out together, Mr. Hardy still absorbed
In his great desire to do something of
Importance for the mother and her
children, hla minister, Mr. Jones, appeared.
He looked surprised at seeing Mr.
Hardy, Inquired the news of the doc
tor and at once asked If be could see
the poor widow. Tbe doctor thought It
would do no harm. Mr. Jonea whlsper-
ed to Mr. Hardy:
I "She was a faithful member of our
church, you know."
Mr. Hardy did not know It to hla
shame, he confessed. Tbla sister of bis
tn Christ had been a member of tbe
i same church, and be bad not even
known It If sbe bad happened to sit
1 en the same side of tbe building where
ie sat be would probably have wonder
ed who tbat plain looking person was.
dressed so poorly. But sbe bad al
ways sat back on the other aide, being
Th feature of the dead man wen ,
tn an expression or aetpair.
one of a few poor women who had
been attracted Into tbe church and
been comforted by Mr. Jones' simple
piety and prayers.
Tbe minister kneeled down and said
a gentle word to the woman. Then, as
if la reply to a low voiced request be
began a prayer of remarkable beauty
and comfort Mr. Hardy wondered as
be listened tbat he could even have
thought this man dull In the pulpit
He sat down and sobbed as the prayer
went en and took to himself tbe conso
lation of that heavenly petition. When
Mr. Jones rose, Mr. Hardy still tat
with his hands over his face. Tbe sur
geon was called out by some one. Then
the minister, after making arrange
ments with tbe women who bad come
in for tbe funeral of Scovllle, started to
go out whoa Mr. Hardy rose, and they
went away together.
"Mr. Joaee," said Mr. Hardy as they
walked along. "1 hate aa ozptaDaUoa
and a eon f east en to make. I haven't
time to make It now, but I want to say
that I hare met God face to face with
in the pa st 24 hours, and 1 am con
scious for the first time tn yean of the
intensely selfish life I have lived. 1
need your prayers and help. And I
want to serve the church and do my
duty there as I havs never before done
It I bare not supported your work ss
I should. I want you to think of me
this week aa ready to help In anything
In my power. WIU you accept my apol
ogy for my contempt of your request s
week sgo? I will come Into tbe meet
ing Thursday nlgbt and belp In aay
way possible."
Mr. Jones' eyee tilled with tears. He
grasped Mr. Hardy's band and said
slmDly: "Brother. God bless youl Let
me be of service to you In any way 1
can."
Mr. Hardy felt a little better for tbe
partial confession and parted witb bis
minister at tbe next corner, going
down to his office.
CHAPTER IV.
It was now 10 o'clock, and the day
seemed to him eruelly brief for the
work he bad to do. He entered tbe
office, and almost the first thing he saw
on bis desk was tbe following letter.
addressed to him. but written In a dis
guised hand:
Mr. Hardy V tn th eastta room don't BM
ne looking after, bat maybe th next pot of M
Iron that explodes will be sat to. oa U V
thinks we hue bodies bat Be sol MOM moralnf
; .mi wmk ap bekrrtnf soother this.
,jn.t K kd as sum supposes. Better look
house and employ sporol patrol j It yea So I
wlil bilk hU faea for him.
There was no signature to this threat-1
enlng scrawl wblcb was purposely
misspelled and ungrammatically com
posed. Mr. Hardy bad received threats
before and paid little attention to Ultra.
He prided himself on his steady nerve
and bis contempt of all such methods
used to scsre blm. Only a coward, be
reasoned, would ever write an anony
mous letter of such a character. Still
this morning be felt disturbed. HI
peculiar circumstances made tbe whole
situation take on a more vivid coloring.
Besides all that, he could not eecapel
the conviction tbat be was In a certaiai
eense responsible for the accident Is I
the casting room. It was not his par I
tlcnlar business to Inspect machinery.
But bis attention bad been called to It
and he felt now as tf bo bad been crlm-l
lnailv careless In not making tbe la-1
spection In the absence of the regular I
officer. An Investigation of tbe acd-l
dent would free Mr. Hardy from leg
responsibility, but la the sight of Got!
he felt that bs was morally guilty, atl
thin moment Mr. Burns came la. B'l
iAAkxi anllen and snake la a low tone:
"OniT half the men are back tM,
morning, sir. Seo villa's death and tbjj
intnrlaa nt tbe others have had a ha I
effect en the men."
Mr. Hardy crumpled the letter
nnalv In his hand.
"Mr Rnrns. I wonld like to SOOlOguSJal
nrk we thaw anil haw houfl
they hurt?"