established in the new world it had into one compact mass the whole of north america from the canal to the ocean and england at the sacrifice of her great colonies had succeeded only in retaining india but this was no more than temporary the struggle with and the rest of asia for india was merely delayed england was destined shortly to lose india while behind that event loomed the struggle between a asia and the world and while all the world was torn with conflict we of the united states were not placid and peaceful the of the great had prevented our revolt but violence was everywhere in addition to the labor troubles and the discontent of the farmers and of the remnant of the middle class a revival had blazed up an of the seventh day sprang into sudden the end of the world confusion thrice confounded cried how can we hope for with all these cross purposes and and truly the religious revival assumed formidable proportions the people what of their wretchedness and of their disappointment in all things earthly last days were ripe and eager for a heaven where entered no more than passed through needle eyes eyed over the land and despite the of the civil authorities and the persecution for the flames of religious frenzy were by camp meetings it was the last days they claimed the beginning of the end of the world the four winds had been god had stirred the nations to strife it was a time of visions and miracles while and were the people ceased work by hundreds of thousands and fled to the mountains there to await the imminent coming of god and the rising of the hundred and forty and four thousand to heaven but in the meantime god did not come and they starved to death in great numbers in their desperation they the farms for food and the consequent tumult and in the country districts but increased the woes of the poor farmers also the farms and were the property of the iron heel armies of troops were put into the field and the were back at the point to their tasks in the cities there they broke out in ever and their leaders were executed for or confined in those who were executed went to their deaths with all the gladness of it was a time of madness the the iron spread in the and deserts and from to the small groups of indians that survived were dancing ghost dances and waiting the coming of a of their own and through it all with a serenity and that was continued to rise the form of that monster of the ages the with iron hand and iron heel it mastered the millions out of confusion brought order out of the very chaos wrought its own foundation and structure just wait till we get in the said � said it to us in our street quarters look at the states captured with you to back us we ll make them sing another song when we take the millions of the discontented and the are ours the said the have come over to us the farmers the middle class and the the system will fall to pieces in another month we send fifty men to two years hence every will be ours from the president down to the local do to all of which would shake his head and say how many have you got do you know where you can get plenty of lead when it comes to powder are better than mechanical you take my word chapter xvi the end when it came time for and me to go to washington father did not accompany us he had e of life he looked upon our as a great and he had embarked upon an apparently endless of investigation he with the and was an intimate in scores of homes also he worked at odd and the work was play as well as learned investigation for he in it and was always returning home with copious notes and over with new adventures he was the perfect there was no need for his working at au because managed to earn enough from his to take care of the three of us but father insisted on pursuing his favorite phantom and a phantom it was judging from the he worked at i shall never forget the evening he brought home his street s of shoe and nor the time i went into the uttle comer to make some purchase and had him wait on me after that i was the heel not surprised when he tended bar for a week in the saloon across the street he worked as a night potatoes on the street in a was utility man in a factory and water for a street railway construction gang and even joined the union just before it fell to pieces i think the bishop s example so far as wearing apparel was concerned must have fascinated father for he wore the cheap cotton shirt of the and the with the narrow about the yet one habit remained to him from the old life he always pressed for dinner or supper rather i could be happy anywhere with and father s happiness in our changed circumstances rounded out my own happiness when i was a boy father said i was very curious i wanted to know why things were and how they came to pass that was why i became a the life in me to day is just as curious as it was in my boyhood and it s the being curious that makes life worth sometimes he ventured north of market street into the and theatre district where he sold papers ran errands and opened there one day closing a cab he encountered mr in high glee father described the incident to us that evening 