The Labor enquirer., 1884-08-23
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spised and spit upon as the name was by
their neighbors their fellows Of the.
town, both with clear ayes had sought
the ttdth and With brave hands had
clasped it to theirl hearts and made it
welcome.
R aas 3 sociiAst 4irss and I 10 her
listening ear he preached together the
creed of love and dutysl To the first she
yielded. To the seconi, the idea Of self
imhaaao1 ibr sle saksS Sfan indiHaedsl
wosN gtoxhAi Aidsi of iitihe abnesation
for others, she objected. Her proud
heart could brock. no rival and the
burden of her thought was that the love
thu YlaEsal Amete idsst abovs her faoe
and mind and soul was but mockery.t
He thought, urged in every hour the old
and trus rafraiH Hti II NJ GIl.f
~ Icould not love thee, Gear, SO much, loved
! not HONOR more" ..f. s 3
Andso one niishtittame about that
the fine frenzyof true eloquence struck
at bis heart strirgs and played upon bis
lips Us he spoke before d meeting Of
working people, shesFas among them,
her, face pale and her lips tremulous with
grjdabssaiss Sf i quarrel they had shad
upon the yeied froublaus question.
& AS he stood Surveying the assemblage,
30 stlid, 80 indi Serentsr daNn together
BY cnfiosity lor s,lfsh 1iesife, tas among
them he saw Ithsawtite faoeIofi her he
loYed which reb'lked him for his course,
as he stood there with his heart break
ing and sob hnl bensafhi aevery word,
he felt come owe. him The old, old fury
which Truth senEis down from Heaven
to aid the altering feet Of those who
struggle for the heighss So, then he
spoke out what.sras in his heart, spoke
out the TRUTH, psinted the misery Of the
gaunt worlds slaves, sI'oke of the grlmy
men, the moaning and weeping women,
the sad-eyed children bound to factory
wheels; and then he.breught shpWs ITO
the h(saSb the rsmeds and hof fheE,
had III Sbht the .1LL bib Hal .ysalf
bloom with flowers Then like the War
God, thas sThpnserer, Thor. he, broke
forth aiththS mig Anina q respkbi Ffoni
hh,nouth psales forth f1e MhnHers. not
Of the Church, bit Of the elder Christ.
And many yrtBss nasR Hooked into,their
own hearts, saw HERE the serpent of
seihshnsa snd NEED and laid hands y @
upon Its throatq 10 soas i.aiiia islI
And shs, *honl hs fssisd that he had
sacrificed to Duty, shet whom he had
dSd11 sgaiasts Shens thS Right beck
onsd hm anothe way, WITH one eloquent
glance from eyes that were set in. teara
hailed his yictors,s iag 90 liiR Y ss'l
"How could you preach at me before
the world p she said,
So then IN ate. days they loved and
each deed they s.nctlfsd by some fair
deed for tho welfare of other men.
Friends left him and her words con-
soled work fsd hung b drsw nesfs but
her kisses reyiye1 his fsinting heart!
One day the crash esne A CONNER
cill psnlesss3eS upQnl thsf Land. ma M.
lions Of workers walked the streets in
idleness. The hours passed on. The
wives and children, gcaded by Starya-
tons whip, wspt and cred out by shs the
frelees hearth, Then lang out the old
daxS ~ of { 3etI Bleeds,a Then
the skies we're painted crimson By the
torch u cbdaAe grafton; then murder and
rapine, ofEshoots --of ignorance and
mieerss held the thron,, sf poyesoszsu sus
s1ipst ne ,lifa Of ore great maateF sf
Aeiil YAaR ~ tariog, paR haa a slissd
! thosaand hands wsse nigqd in spsy