MJMJLEBUKG POST. ;
niMIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIMl
I Reformer
ty OURUS M. SlflMN.
Anlhor cf "In His Steps," "Robert T
J (.'i.pirwAi, 1J, by CTtori! U. SbMom
"Over agalnst'every prominent t
kwance for a personal luxury the
celestial record book ought to show
some entry In furor of the cauM of
goodness and suffering humanity. Tor
ewry guinea that goes Into a theater
or muKoum there ought to be poim
twin guinea plcdired for a truth or fly
ing on some errand of mercy In a city
so crowded with misery as this. Then
wo have n rV.it to our amusement.
tMherw'.e we have no richt to thorn.
l.::hle every moment to 1m
t In the court of righteous
. rlty for our treachery to
: .'. .;;r race.'
r strong, eh? Hut not too
'::; y.m consider that the
! I..TI s; the poia. the silver.
; r: nil his. And when I Irak
V't . ; church r.iemlers and
the s eiety or business col-li.-h
ti 11 of ttioir uses of inon-
but are
poach-.;i
ness ; : .
heaver, :
"I.;.:1 .
strong
earth is
tlx tir
over :
then re..
imi:is. v.
ey for l;:i
wonil. r '
t'an ;.
pro; '''' .
1-nr.sl
and v .
hni;r,: :
"t--.V. t
r-" amusement. Is It any
t I n-k. "Where Is the Chrts
' that (rives so out of
li i!s n-n gratification oom
'. .luty to pre.it causes
ii-.dj?' Iowoll's verse
I i-m
r;r.-
Our. 1
A-).!
'i from out ti rtoop an.1 kivs:
Th- of my f.mM to pow;
vs! th.-ii m my hiin.IrislfoldT
tvik up with face Afrlow
Mifwer, "Father, hi re Is coldT "
"I am nfrr. M the celestial record book
will fo", show a very heavy do;xstt on
thc irt of the luxury lovlnp Chris
tians (if this day and perioral ton,"
"Then jnu consider Hint one of the
Inflletniei.; against the church of to
day '" Gordon naked as Falmouth
rained his head nnd sorrowfully pa zed
ut a picture of the crucifixion that
bunp over his dsk.
"Yes. that and a lack of willingness
to lear personal burdens, to carry
crosses, to walk tiumhly, to apply
Jesus" teaching to huslncsa, politics and
amusements. There Is a striking in
consistency ttotwoon the church mom
Iter' vows and their dally lives., espe
cially in the business and money mak
ing world. The Christiana in our
churches are not making their mooey
a they ought, many of them, and they
are not trlvinc a tenth part as much a
they oupht to help God's kingdom."
That Is a sweeping charge. Mr. Fal
mouth. Tet you remain In the chant
and continue to preach and act
these conditions."
"I. love the church," Falmouth
-atowly, a pake aluKing' auto reverte
1 father and his were ministers. My
mother is a saint If there ever was
one, and her heart would almost break
If ahe heard what I have said today, for
she believes the church ts God's leaven
in a sinful world. Bo do I. but I see Ms
seed of regenerative cleansing so clear
ly that 1 am torn between remaining
where I am to preach the truth from
th inside and g.ng out to do my work
apart from the church as an Institution,
let whre shall 1 go? There are a
other institutions that are more Cbrtat
Hke thai, the church. The labor orders
are as sel:ish as the church. The or
ganizations that do not profess any re
Jjlou!: ereed ure no more uojieful plana
tor a i....:, to aland than the place
wtier- 1
quiet. '.
to go so
... ;.sy lite intellectual of
U' munus of my congregation
'roiilentt; of humanity
T o--. Gordon' he turned ha
now. 1 could lead a very
! ' tier- if I were content
::. u:.d out. preach sermons
that vv
athe;i'
itld let
face to tlx- visitor, and the Intense pss
sioti of tii'.' mun sliotte through tb
habitual gravity aud culture tbut ortv
rwis- disiiiiKuiBlil hiut "l am, up
hciijiily. sj;,i: 1 say' uo, provideutuurr
caul:-. uj u, t:ie social whlrlwlud uf
Vm- tp'.. i.nC I coutjot I cannot let thes
qu-.j'j:.i rest. Wot- Is me If I preacb
not a whoit gos;ell And In order v
prutich It I muBt go the entire length
of proclaiming Citrrat's Goiun llMte
aijd self lienying discipleship. knowljjf !
fully that my jeopie will grow rvstleas (
under it. knowing that they nre not
wllUiip ti lake up the cross dally la '
orCer to follow their Master, iajd yet i
there Is a futthful handfuL Then arc
suom- who havt irot bowed the knee to
Umuiiuoi. erhaps luore thaii I buw
kuuwL GuC lir-ulve me If I neve been
unjut?: or erreC 1l my Juusujeirt of the
cburci it tint ugt "
Oeoroat CtC not wtitvrre to break the
ajijee that followed. When Fulmouth
glir rnieC Lu beud, he said. With a
rat siulie.
"I en,v yov. Gordon. I wotihJ sj
moFt l.ke to chuuge places with yuo.
Vwj (M-ui to U- Oolnp work that nxls
Ui .L t)ju . Vou are douip tiiiHK-. I
ttur writing about thtn. botue day
He stopped abruptly aud Umu asked :
"If you e ui my pii . what
vutim hooW yo(i take with the tuou
! busiueas met hi Udb church to
toocb them with a wuw- of their rv
jojS"iillity atKl prirliue ae siewurds
f Gv"l uselth''"
Gurvlot auHwerud lijuUuitiy :
"Get as tuMijy of th-u.' u jfwt-slliii' to
KO iimii !'' Jinuei! slrevt HiKi
how tin ofher hal' lives"
Kttl..it'l:V --s g iea met!.
"! '.;...;.." tiiey "1! go. FJ! U.i Jt
I Ibim ni .ir !e-'i titeie myself i'.uf
I t-t .luui pitnt. Xccj think tin- Uim
fci. v. i.:;.f :. tu.s ;Jly do Jto' Uiiow
tiii f:o Vu" til.iil: kuowiitie of
Ukj iu . vtii ti.ucii Ueuj to Uu wyiue
ta,u' .'
".Nut U--.". . ai-.j.-. liut tle cui'.uied,
,wuii:,,. ;. ur ciiurcLiet ut a
rule 1 ..- ; ..w i'Jl'-ly IttftijtL fjvw per-
feoital t: . 'nil ,t;i u: t-e Lvirwra of city
IS: 'J - - itcvt-i" i.-ojutidUc the lifje
arete or tn respectable, comfortable !
ad la many cases luxurious conditions .
Into which they were born, I am con-
Tlnced that If 500 of the beet business :
men la the churches of this city couU
M the thing I hare seen within the '
tat -two weeks, and know the (acta '
that every , resident -In Hop House '
know 'like the alphabet the present '
awful wrongs would not be permitted I
la the city. The Christ method was'
personal familiarity with alnful con
ditions. He was a Saviour because he
himself knew the sinner. The weak
aesa of the church lies In the fact that
it has dropped out so largely the per
sonal factor and exists too much for
Ita own religious life la Its elaborate
church services, which In so many
cases have no other meaning than
pride and vainglory of the partici
pants. Hut I forget myself." Gordon
smiled sadly. "1 am not At to criti
cise the church I who for so many
years dishonored her with Up service
and formal worship."
"You have as much right to criticise
her as any Christian If you do it In the
right sptrtt," Falmouth said gently.
Then he added: "Iet us have a prayer'
together before you go. Wo need to'
ask forgiveness for many things and J
wisdom for everything."
So the two men kneeled while the '
minister prayed. It was a good, strong, j
sturdy prayer that did John (Jordon ;
good. There was no whining, no cant, '
no complaiulng. An honest heart plea
for more strength, rooro toleration,
more faith, more lore, more patience,
and Gordon, after a hearty handshake,
went out and back to Hope House,
whore he had agreed to moot Falmouth
and the singers a little before 3 o'cUvk.
At 3 o'clock Kowen street w as fully
aw-atv that something unusual wns
taking place. A "funeral" in Bowen j
street w as aa a rule an informal affair j
In which the immediate neighbors were '
apathetically Interested. But this af j
fair of the deformed Ixiule Caylor
promised unusual developments. Word
had pone around that Tommy Randal)
had been temporarily "downed" In a '
"set to" with one of the gents from
nope House, but that before the funer-1
al was over he would le on top of the
pile, so to speak, and everybody satis
fied. So Bowen street poured Into the
court of No. OX and choked the narrow
stairways and back yards commanding i
a possible view of the funeral party.
hen John tJoroon, Falmouth and
the quartei turned Into the court off
the street, the amasement of the dif
ferent members of the choir had given
way to an expression of disgust min
gled with actual fear.
Tor pity's sake. Mr. Falmouth,
where are you taking us?" exclaimed
the tenor, a distinguished looking man,
well known In musical circle as a
growing singer at fashionable recep
tion. , The soprano, young woman of
am beauty, and the alto, a llttl older, i
bat a woman of real strength of ex
pression, drew closer together a the
ueeetbuMwua rowu fevwen
pressed nearer and the real horror of
the place began to make Itself felt
The gentleman who sang baas was
with John Gordon and was looking at
hint with a look of Intense Indignation,
as If he were the real cause of bringing
the party Into the place.
"Do you wish to go bark? Ton ca
If you wish," Falmouth said quietly.
"No, no; but this Is horrible. It is
past all belief. Is It safe for the ladle
Win they be able"-
"Perfectly safe, ladies," John Gordon
poke with a touch of grimnesa. "Peo
ple are born and live and die here.
Safe enough, I assure you."
He led the way promptly, asking the
people to give them room. How the
quartet ever lived to get up that stair
case where Mr. Marsh nearly fainted
no one can tell except tbenmelves. The
soprano said afterward" that It was a
miracle that any of tluns ever came
out of it alive. Aid her hidlgnatkm at
the tier. Tsui Falmouth woe so dep
that nothing but financial consider:
tions could Induce her to, gljitr in the
f."T. Falmouth's church agnlL
The corridor in front of, Jrs. Caykr
was pecked almost solid with w
wnsbed humanity, although everybody
was dressed in the best garments be
pusBiBnufl. Tommy Randall waf on
hand as putterul manaavr. He wus ob
egutuos and even eetntngty fnwnitig
o the Rer. Paul FRhnouth. He spoke
good naturedly to Gordon and ga e
everybody the impression that the.
Wliote arranermeut was of bis owe
paanulug. And in fact that night when
Gornoc ran ovr aS the incident ef
that lentarkebie day he aasaaat amUed
to think that Tommy Bnilnf bad
cored a triumph with Ldsb funeral
a the background.
The quartet sat out In the eerrtdot.
and the uiluhfier stood In the doorway
wnere be could be heard by the crowd
In the rvutue and outside. The three
runt were JamuMed with a pcvuiiveo
vfl uol that wac packed krto every
waueetvable corner and krft the under
aaker and Tommy BandaQ merely room ;
enough to quees themaelves lc dose
Bp by the cottln. Gordon was aaelgned
a pines by airs. Gaylwr. Gut ou the
touts that cuuanauded a view of the ,
oriotstvr and the singers a motley
crowd of cblldfvu, buys, young men
and okl women and babies was ctasv '
tered in various degrees of more or ka '
boiy lulu-Mart, which quWtud down to
u ioteuate sMllitees when the norWt
roee to sing the first aeXevtiwu.
The singers Uud evidently mode op
their minds to make the beet of a 1
very bud situation. They were tweh- 1
alcatly skillful and Irvm a variety 1
vf reasous they huijH with a power j
that probably astonished theinserve. I
The unwonted surrouudJuKS, the vmr
axiuaiur and iuhuman aspuet of every
r.p'j.sivf phynk-al tiling, tle scaring
Mtjii.e fux-s that grvw up In tnimtent I
fetxiotplit-re uudl tlmy bwuiue type '
(hat can be littod ou to any other tea-, '
uieut bouie rowu person,. aU this act-' '
vd veith a definite aic-ure of exclte
lucut upou the jui:rtel and as a mat-'
ter sit fact litK, Paul FslKjpyyi said to
himself be bad never heart thoni iln -f3at aathlng! What's a day or two
with more expression or real feeling mora or leas! -Comer'
aa say occasion. - v '.
When tb song ceased, a sigh went
ap through the rooms, and out on tb
roof a movement could be beard that,
was Uk applause. Falmouth stood up
and began to talk. He wss not at all '
afraid or seemingly consdons of hit
unusual situation. He talked of eter
nal life, bow It began, what It was
worth, how It could be distinguished
from physical lire.'
The people understood him.
Caylor, who had sobbed all through
Gordon put on bis hat. Burton threw
aa a light overcoat, tliouyli the evening
was not cold, and they- went down aa
fast a possible. As they passed out
Into tb' Boulevard ami ran over to
the next corner to get the tirst car a
fine mist swept Into their face. " Ba-'
for tb cur came the mist hml changed
to a drlixllng rain and a brecse bad,
; sprung up. I
t "Ton ottght notto have coiue," Gor
Mr. Jon said aaln. I
the singing, wss perfectly quiet whll
"Don't give me swny to my cough.
Let's fool It a long a nostible." Bar-
Falmouth talked and afterward, when ton said, with a grin,
he prayed for her and for all mothers j They left the car where It crossed
who had lost children. Bowen street and ran down toward
Then the quartet sang again. When ; the place. People were running In
they ended, there was unmistakable . from n thc side streets,
applause from the roofs. The soprano ! -jf, n0. 01. " Mr Marsh's double
turned red. the alto looked confused, deokerr Gordon punted as they drew
the tenor scowled and the bos seemed j nearer.
uncertain whether to smile or frown, j iarton ,,,,, llot ,llmw,.r. ne wns
Gordon come to the rescue by rising orwithlng painfully, but did not stuck
and helping Mrs. Caylor as ah took a ; . ht!l nilM. , he ,ln(1 ,,,,
last look at the poor figure tn the coffin, j tne pHEe Wnuer for the half nillo !
She shrieked and flung up her arms Th(, ,.-pnrtment had strotclvd a cor-!
until the undertaker somewhat rough- j ,jon noroS8 tlu B,m,t lmt tll0 lnol, diH. ,
ly. but "I Gordon knew afterward, reKurdtd It. Flumes were pouring out :
with no real Intention of being so, wf ,,, i,,,,,,,,,, wlmlows of No. l1. i
thrust the sliding cover of the coffin , wi.r,, tll ,,uk,.rv W1IH. Thc w,,, Wllll
up In Jts groove, covcrlug the bony i rH,1)?
from sight .Tommy Randall took cm J tnprp,.. crl(H, ,,.,,., BUlUon,Vi
etui of the coffln the undertaker took , ,,, ,0 th(? , of
the other end. and the brief procession .,,,.. ,.,. A ,.,,., ,. mill f
made its way unceremoniously out of
the room and down to the wagon
which was in waiting on Bowen stret
Falmouth went In and spoke a few
words of comfort to the mother, who
seemed, now that it wus all over, to
have resigned herself to her usual apa
thy. When the mtnlsvr came out Gor
don and the singers were grouped to
gether watching the crowd, disperse
from the roofs and back staircases, so
as to get out on the street and see tho
coffin loaded into th wagon.
"This is horrible horrible! Let us get
out ss soon aa possible"" thc soprano
murmured. She was holding s fin
scented handkerchief to her face. Tho
smoke from the chimneys of thc bouso
below was drifting In heavy masses
up through the corridor and Into the
rooms of all the apartments that open
ed on 1t as the only outlet
"First time I ever beard applause at
a funeral," the tenor muttered, speak
ing partly to Gordon. Gordon looked at
the window. She held out n younger
child In her arms. For a second she
total there In plain view of the crowd
lu the street, and then she disappeared.
In another moment she came to the
window again.
"Look! Look!" a hundred voices
called out. I'p through the central air
shaft sixty feet abovo tho ) court a
tongue of tla inu leaped. The next In
stant out of every window except the
row fronting on the street with it rush
and a roar the Are broke, lattllnjr the
glass to the ground and licking the
whole structure arouud with hungry,
greedy, long anticipated delight
The child with her burden of the
younger child again appeared at one
of the top windows. Ths crowd roared.
A wagon tore around tho corner. Lad
ders rattled as they were pulled out.
"They will be too late. They can't
save ber!" Barton groaned. The whole
street was now bright as noon. The
child did not cry. She stood there, her
the etnger quietly and almply said: palo fae, inking down, her arms clasp
ing the little figure tighter to her body.
CHAPTER VII
"How many of the people ever heard
first class music? Dtd you ever think
there la more than on kind of hun
ter r . .
They all went down the stairway to
gether, a they had com up, Gordon
as before leading the way. Going down
the aMo said: "But this Is simply awful.
How can homan being live In such
places?"
"They dent tire," Oordon said, ex
actly as he had said to Mr. Marsh. "Be
careful of that step. The stairs are uu
aanatty clean todajr. I think Mr. Ran
CUurtwpon?lA1w 1&bVl WW MI -the
corridor so dean as.lt wat today.' "
"Cleanrthe soprano gasped. "Iaaall
sterer be able to wear this dress again.
ThU 1 the most fearfully awful place
I was cret in." . J,
Cordon did not aay anything .until
they Were all down and out of the
court Into Bowen street again. Then he
turned to the soprano.
"ould you and the vest of the quar
tet be willing to come down to Hope
House some time this fall and take
part in a free conctrt in the new hall?"
"I I don't know," the soprano look
ed doubtfully at the other singers.
"I think I couM coma," the alto said
a little hesitatingly.
"iKia't believe I eould managa.
Ha vest Cms," the tenor answered
shortly.
r' . .ul .... V. . UL. 1 a
UWU.U BUUl up LEW 1M-W SOU
did not say another word until the;
party was back at Hope House. When
they went out to get the cur that went
by at the wxt block, Falmouth said to
Gordon: "iKiu't set disoouraaed. Butt
oh. mi God. wiiu LuSan niiserrTGoSi turned white
don, you social settlement people al! Pk)W of fire It seeined aa If the eoin
ways JvvJoJkK'k jt! jLpeemsjto me, P,LT VRB unusually glow. Before the
tie" sight would drive yvu mad afu ! la1Jw'8 uad reached a perpendicular,
awhile. The utter lKpteBtsB of it is they had trembled, swaying
eirogL to kill tbejienrt of s giant" . Tr twJ tbe building, a dosen faces
God LTnot deaa," Gordon "iW3d. 1 Ppewl t the upper windows beside
He shook Lands all arbmd Vnd tluuiked ' e child altb her charge, beckoning
Falntonth and the st&fers, feeling a Et-
1
I Vr lyHE ladder went up.
den, and then a scene occurred that
will never leav John Gordon ss long
as he toll on bearing human woes on
his brave and bleeding heart .
The child suddenly disappeared, and ,
la ber place could be seen two men and '
woman nghtjng Ilk wild beasts 'for,'
tho first chance at the ladder which
tested on tb sllL A fireman was climb ;
Ing up and had almost reached tho
Saddened fighters. At the othar win-1
iw wild,- Imploring face begged la
agony for life. Two more forms were
seen to jump from the windows at tb
corner farthest from the ladder. Th
fire was now bursting through th roof,
and one group from the window next
the lighters above the ladder fell back
as If a. floor, bad given way all this In
tin few seconds It took to be burned
luto Gordon with awful detail when he '
saw the ludder rise to a perpendicular
ts If some giant hand had pushed It
back. It rose until It stood straight, tho
solitary figure of thc fireman silhouet
ted against the blur.lng wall, nnd then
the entire front of the house, with a
roar that gntliered volume in a sicken
ing rush of death, fell over Into the
street, burying In one mingled mass the
Uretuan who had been standing ou tho
holder, his companion at the foot and
the crowd tu the street that, caught in
a trap, could not escape even If there ,
had boon time to gie warning of the
du uger. '
For one awful second Gordon and
Barton, who had been standing Just
outside the reach of the f n 111 lit; wall,,
looked luto tin.' bla.lng Interior of the
tenement. Figures within that roaring
furnace leaped dowu Into It from tloorn
mid window ledges, others Jumped In
to the street They looked like great
insects leaping Into Jets tif tla me. Then
with a deafening crash the remaining
side walls fell Inward. The rear wall
rem. lined standing for-a minute, then
swayed and crashed backward upon I
the lower buildings behind, where nt i
unco lire broke out lu a d07.cn places.
To the friends It seemed as If thc n!r ,
suddenly tilled with groans, with ap
peals, with cries that were like curses, I
like walls of spirits thnt had been do- j
tiled nil earthly happiness and by tho
greed of sol Huh mini had now boon eon-'
signed to endless torments in thej
other world, there to bo subject to the
rut'lcs rage, to the ceaseless suticrlng
that earth had begun and hell existed
to perpetuate.
And oh, for you, little child of tho
tenements! Nameless heroine, crushed
Into shapeless form of horror, still
faithful to your charge, both going
down together into that grave of lire,
who shall deliver your eulogy, who
shall roar your monument? For ouo
among those who leaped Into the street
lived long enough ,to tell your story
nnd to say that you ran back luto th
burning building to warn sleeping In
mates and tlieu was snatched away
from th window, from the only place
of possible rescue, by the very men and
women wakened out of suffocating
death, If there I reward .or .compen
' satlon In the world beyouu, the gooi
God. has; sorely folded- you Into the
vale of pleasure. Into the paradise of
childhood's playground, that eterulty
will . provide, For you never knew
what play meant here.
As the rear wall fell, crushing lu the
roofs of the smaller bouses near and
spreading the fire into the adjoining
blocks David Barton gripped John Gor
don's arm tight and exclaimed: "The
Hope House will go
and Anti-Pain pi
Cured GripDid tJ
Day's WorH, -
AnH-FaJn FlUa, the nJ
"I wish
Tills aid
it out aaaa I
IftO ate
- - u-i sin I'lji.
timet denng the salt mr lur
sad always with Mori grstuW,
consider ta the ke.l
ediei. I h.v alio aud vow N J
Cure in ay family with ttcZS
fulli. Actual eiptruracc with theWSLf
rmr remedies kave ptovctl to brnrL
cheerfully recommtsd them
Mksrit M. Dayton, htuinrss Ml
Ful.hi.hing Co, Puuli.heri ltl,.ltl r?N
weekly newi, Cornell I)iv s,,7'
In itt.rH LnGrippe ii very al
in u ucr ciiccii li ll one ol th
Kctmrcn that nlfirli mi4,.i
llis nervous, tvnttm. mttu t
i-UUIl, IIIIU IUYS Hie IOUIHUlli'll f.,r
ItiS
Ita
hea
p.. ... ....,.,. ,ntb
the vitality and tenders it,r ' c!'l
tihle to pneumonia, bmni lnt:s jh.i 3
1 he liefct Irealmriil
v i " " aei
brain, rettom .rnnih n.l
etitire sytemi Dr. Mile' Nme
rills, a nerve tonic stting ihrertiTJ
rirn'et or the diueitive iirgiiiurauMj-l
t" net in naltiral tnd healthy ma: tier .,1
Rlilc Aciti l ain fills which n tp-iJ
ness, the mtmt commtm vtniti,mn
.1 i! ,?cirV! ""nl K""mte
tie I r. MiW Kemnluri. S.-n, j,
on Nervmm ami Heart I
Ir. Mile. Medical Co., Elkhart, Ui"
u unuuiai countries the mJ
of the best sleeping place, ti, J
Hoof-ftwellln lno b.tU(
the best !iri..J
la Seamier.
' 18 not Eetrj
is Strang that In northern
and especially In ours, the cr
has not been seized. liwaU
months at Ipaat infiri..i 1
- . ' ua . . : i, f
corned, most of the United JaJ
cldedly oriental, says AmeriaiJ
Iclne. Is It the energetic fc fcj
l'hiiadeiphla, to whom we tt a
for the Inauguration of the pa;
top of th building of tbe P,
hospital Is to be used u t rot'
for the uberculoui patlena. a
pital roof, W by 150 feet, it cent
a canvas roof, to which
side flaps for use when pnxtea
un or rsln Is necessary,
ted up with beds, so that tk
may be kept In th open
of th day. It la xpected ticfe
'and shrubbery will be tastti
root and that it will resjkV
with wallis fad snaa,iii
patients. .- In planning the eat
of hospitals hereafter win ttta
have to allow for this eictW
of treating patients? Atini
th tubsreulouB? And vtjSnV
alone?
ir tat
quickly, but to tb
breathless crowd
'.bat now blackened
every housetop and
cbvked Bowen street
with a mass of c
faces touched with the
tie ashamed o.1e curt silence attl
tenor's refusal to accept his Invitation.
Falmouth prumlsed to come down aooo
and take tea at Hope Boose and parted
with Gar under the itapresalon that
the aftoueacra igpsrlsm had brought
them aatu eloaer togethe.
Bow Btrte any one af a raefean on
the chanire that com Into al aw plan
by tbe-aerWeirts of Hfe, and yet how
many great eaeuts owe their greataeas
to apparent trlfiea that are called acci
dents far want of a better name.
Gordo had gone up to see Dsvtd
Barton that saute evening. Barton bad
frantically for help.
"See! See there!" Barton cried again
with the same nervous tension which
he had show u since leaving hi rooms.
A figure leaped out of tbe upper win
dow, whirled aver twice, striking the
tipper extension of the Udders, and fell
Into the street Th crowd groaned.
A second figure stood out on s window
til end, throwing up ita arms, with a
shrill cry more beastly than human,
flung Itself out toward the Udder now
leaning over toward the building. It
was woman. Bbe actually touched
one of the Udder rounds with her fin
gers sad for a second the crowd
greeted him cheerfully and again aa- j thought ah hud grasped It. but for
toniahed him by his apptsManoe. Tbey I a)Jr second. The body shot down-
warn, ano parcou anu Moray n ciosea
their eyes and involuntarily put their
bauds up over their ear to shut out tbe
horrible sound. Again the crowd
bad lingered Kiug ver their evening
talk, and Gordon bad Interested Barton
trenMidonsly In bis account of the
meeting with Tommy baodall
Ton aoored ou ulttV Barton chuo
kted.
-I flout kuuw. Jtte U deep In certain
dlreetloua. But I will know the socrvt
of his bold. In fact, I think I bow It
already. Ue will never best me," Cor
don anawared firmly, but modestly.
They aat ou, postpouliig budtluw until
the clocks struck 12.
Time to pot the coogb on th shelf,"
Barton aald. He bad not had a spell all
the evening, to Oordou's relief.
Oordon went luto his room, which
tad windows coumaaXUng a vlaw of
the lower part of tbe city.
Be came back liislantly and culled
to earton:
XAime Lere: Jyyok! Isn't that a
fire over bear the end vf Bowen street,
Waterside district V
'"Ilight you tre!" Barton exclaimed
quickly. "The Moss street cars will
take us within a block. go."
"David, rou ought not to rUlt" t
td, and It was only after th wool
thing was history that Bowttu street
laarnod that owing to tbe, narrow
courts and the broken pavements the
department wss fatally hindered la all
Its movements and the wagon carrying
the life blanket had overturned at a
corner, killing th driver aud maiming
ou of the horses so that It had to be
shot Make out another liidlcUnvut for
murder against a municipality which
delibuaWly robs tha people of Us
rights In order to keep tho wheeU of
the political tuuchiiiu juovliig. What
are human lives compared with ths
spoils of ollke uud the plunder that U a
part of poliilcul service to the powwi
luut U? (
The Udder fell over and touc'Ucd the
window sill where the child of the
U-neu.eiiU was stiiudljig with her Lur-
wind U changing
nextr
They were on the corner next to Hope
House, and the horror of the whole sit
uation was suddenly Intensified if pos-
atlTtlA riv Vi n t u rt ine K 1 n on liv,o r
fjlViC JJ IUC UUIIVl V1I11.U 1 - V IU11IIV
ened the one building in the whole
ward that represented humanity at Its
best The wind bad changed to the
east The rain was Increasing, ff $amo
down In a steady cold that bad no et- j.
feet on tbe fire except apparently to .
increase Its fury. The awful con f union '
was Increasing every moment. The
alarm Lad been sent in tor the entire .
department. In almost a second's tjme
the mass of low wooden tenements that
stotxl crowded together on both sides
of Hope House was buratlng with Ore. !
The maddened, punlc smitten people
were carrying their goods out luto the
streets. Under tbe aliapeleHH muss of j
hot bricks and twisted Iron brains lu
Bowen street buuiau forms could be
seenhere a fuce staring up, hero a
hand, a foot a trunk of formica hor
ror. Tbe whole pile seemed a writhing,
tangled heap c? human agony. Groans
and cries burst from it that were ap
palling. The mass had fallen so near
to the two men that some of tho bricks
Uy at tbetr feet Before either realized
What he was doing they wero both dig
ging at the ghastly mound, Hopa Houue
forgotten for the time being. Their
hands were burned and torn by tho hot
bricks snd splintered beams. Barton
especially seemed Inspired with uuusu
si strength. He wss drenched to th
skin. His light overcout was soon
mass of Uttered rags. He was lifting
a beam that lay scroti a figure that
had moved a hand thrust out of th
debris. Gordon wss helping hlin.
It's My. Cuylorl" Gordon exclaimed
A north Missouri editor
of his subscribers was ini tJ.
that his paper be dlscoa'J:
days later the editor met tlx
subscriber on th street,
about th not. "I wrote
self," returned the tubtcra
for?" asked th editor. "V
to stop yer paper." Hid
candidly, "an knovrla'
need th money, I dlin
to com right out an' it t
wrot you the note alou-.ta
Id ties:
I'thtit
Unreneetlve mlnda pes
only as a Jug does water.
ing them. In a diKl?J
knowledge exists like na
the physical frame, rei? t
cd to tongue, or haLd, or H
thither, anywhere, ul
dsird. --
groaued. and a wild beast yell arose, f tn, foce 0 ,u- flKUf appcarod
-us aw umuaeir some one turn- Tu W4)IU(IU WM crUH,lwj ,uto B ipk.
enliig physical muss, but she was allv
svd cousciou.
"It's Mr. Gordon, Mr. Cuylorl" said
Joh)i, with a sob, us he tenderly wiped
the face uud with Burton's help lifted
off the beam that had crushed Iter.
The woman gunned uud spoko feeLl,
but clem ly:
"Do you think I'll ice Louie? II wai
a guod boy a good boy."
'"Ves, yes, Mrs. t.'uylor, and bin body's
straight uuj uuiv out uf ,,),"
ToumuMIM Ml M T W I Hi.
Slaw in Yiiijv iilduiya t
tn fiufius nminunk I'M), cui t.-an Kl'lML't' llt. tinny
fUilnm itii biuiln. liciuviirl.'u . Clilcuu wr tf V
, Wf.l.'UAliJA ruri rt l y
I'M.- "lUlUV-Ilt, lilmf "
Vr MII'm' i'a
A Hill (l-ii.Aii.i
Ths plague of 'i I a Grippe.
n acwf
itfojoli.Oiuii-Wilt'Ni;rvlf
Ther were four bUH
passengers In 1902 and
thousand of them hurt.
mortality among c&ault
greater. But thers li tin
In favor of automobllW A
don't llv long you bl
It lasts.
A royal commiwloB " A
from London to i'niT U
road svstams la America: 4
Eniliuhmsn want to lea
ths largest number of "J
th amalUat powlbl na
no further than New T
A Texas man in a it"'
foot high was arreivei
fa m n(lfn a lixndful'
tVI P.WIUl ,
dimes among a mob of
can't understand tbst
Uk they can In Tu
The public men b H
cartoons of themtKl'1
Ider the awful aiterus-j
ing Ihulr picture
i. tiiSt I1
Dixit who dUdfrouitin
Ing 'J oo ,00 to "t oPy
M years sUoJjug
Aud now there U uJJjj
bureau scandal, U " J
anything more vWJ
wtaihur bureau iwvj
Tbe man who 9'MJ
tho girl who sUcki
nlture. Jle vr j