The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-24
pTly OF SALVATION.
,Yo9 ~ he United Press.l

habit VIC N1N--
W ras done We we're accustomed to form
E oA about the rusty stove and enjoy a
II bsfore separating
FOR 81 '-a,orter's life in a city where
part o. ebbing and flowing like tide,
popula1lo.'n.b drift upon the shore. and where
lssves NJ NJ ircIuding the administration of
every I-.- .rrde. it is a lonely life, that Of
BN, - viewiuR an alien throng. 1t is
spec. -, the best of social enjoyment.
eft Oh mans without thinking definitely
And >, foa1ditions, we gathered morning
q 'ny lining. and We'd with each other
~ So he world slept.
NAil' 10 Of the youngest OF the Rroop, not
d oyer the period during which one can
thrill at seeing his own WORK In print,
feel III ~, - ,.ar1ember those informal meet
ls1au "a. sIa familiar faces will come again
i1cs' 60. o. dav dream. The haze and fra
Fliu ~ II NV solitary pine recall them now,
grsngI' an see each one, though the rains of
sla l-sasons have beaten upon the sod
if5ora some Of them.
so9' ssoI ALWAYS think, too, Of the grimy
sDr, the scissored pictures stuck about
locA -lan the low ceiling. cracked and dingy,
lI7 nncarneted floor, seldom swept and
lus scrnbte ed. At least the Old Reporter
pS.t;, had never been scrubbei, and what
~ .5;J NOT know about the papers history
r,s last even to iradlIlon:
~, ,srticu!ar morning, ''of the Cold
o. On, 81 SAFELY cutting my murder down to half
rec rs. Teculiar title he used belonged to the
- nor during that functionary's alb
cay VIXEN en- duty be was MIR. MARITIME
r9 murders are too common, now" re-
.J'TICmnson. loftiIy. 1.-The carnal body
g,h INLET hole in it's worn out."s
WI Tb1mnson catered to the religious ele-
If the community, and wheu he man
ars N keep sober. did it very well. He was
ia.tei upon by ministers and good people
LISTED in mission work, not simply as
~"iel Young man, but tleck Of purity in
~! Lo nv cnrTe0t Of secular journalism.
81 was at meeting tonight that lays
.ssr over that conference you are stufing
The psper with, said Myers
ihooit YOU be playing shepherd to any
inv Aocks. returned Thompson.
~ Won and your flocks be-saved! l
u,.atthe Black Bear hotel to count the
.avties iabbed into a bartender's system
Ttb A totte. and hearing music at little
s5grch next door, stepped in just out OF
curiosity. | want to say that the man who
Ts,talkipg is world-beater. He had as
tpsky looking rufians as ever pou saw, and
Fnf
aver the room, and crOwding to the bench
nfrsnt; the mourner's bench you call it,
DON'T YOU, Thompson"
"Yes What eternal nonsense it all is!
inst a. easy way for amateur Saint Johns
10 make living. l suppose your preacher
nuts a charge OF gospel powder under a sin
her and blows him straight to glory"
"Yo, be doesn't He speaks quietly and
earnestly. You ought to hear him your
self you whiied sepulcher."
"Leboring under conviction, cha Just
Sand costs, said Simpson, who WAS tainted
by contact with police courts.
"lhope,n interpolated the Old Reporter,
who, W to this time, had said nothing, ~
bore tlatyou irreN erent asses will be grown
some dav Now let me tell you few truths
that may help you to sound the depth of
yourogn ignorance"
The Old Reporter was our oracle. He
affected contempt for each of US, but it
vas only bis stfectation, aud how shallow
1t was, those Of the staff who had appealed
70 hin for counsel, best knew. He settled
himself 10 his chair and thought for mo-
ment.
"ldOua know" he began, "why should
waste ny time trying to reform you. In
the matter Of reformation it is essential to
have material to work upon. Still. will
V04 yvG aoVue OlLIl INteO lu6 VI
ibis paper used to have before its era of
Youngsters who ought to be biting gum
r1gs. Now, you didn't even know there
bad ever been such a reporter here, did you?
UicJUSe not. Well, desert the high and
honorable calling yourselves, and look for
tie traces you leave.
Jim was one OF the best reporters ever
SleV alert, quick, tireless. He was about
" years old waen we were first thrown
together. tall dark man with close cropped
naoE beard and piercing eyes. He would
IIslraily have been taken for a city psrsou.
heollt laugh very often. and he didn't
uH very much. With people about him he
was cold as stone, until one got ac~
glallNd with him, and then it was
ieula that his heart was as ten
uTass woman's-as a good woman'y. He
way ssa"oower. and had child, then girl
" 'ylI, lar as an angel, like her mother,
M@l' he laid elaborate plans for the
eluls future, and everything that he did
sas Nf ner sake. believe that all the love
~ t lal D Fne his wife had been transferred
t.s Ee gaOy she had left. He hired an old
,a.y, Ils oeaming and buxom relic of
o o.'al engineer, to take care of the little
Ol ~ 81 her cottage in the suburbs.
/. o.e regularity Of Reeds was that while
s..e'sF forced his beliefs upon any one, he
E r%a oi'ter atheist L mean by this that
.J,I"seu at the mere mention of the plan of
syatl9n. Rot, he called it; fools. those
, WY believed 1t. When he came back from
r ,soatug sermon he would mutter an i'm
y y,g'a .s'I with every line he wrote, until
h. b oolu imagine sulphurouS halo above
cb,.;.r put he was full of the spirit of
pan r," n.y.. Many begger accosted him, and
bsT.v.''eL nane mistake, yet theoretically
ers, ,as very bad, and according to the av-
n, 1t &. sectsrlan creed, the smell of fire was
% hs garments. --'' '''
trc, ~ u'SnI there was a suicide in a dis
oon, ' a, 1ourlsa ed then, district of sa-
roys,t Iuu ives some glitter. but more
Datsy;,s reed and we're both detailed
neiei iI n.Y 70 IT, principally because man
ltwss uI pany IN that part of the town.
snow u %iia'ef' We tramped through the
nsda ,oTti word, for the bitirg wind
dssa.. talking difficult. Reaching the
NofeaI 81 pace, We entered dance hall.
RssbiIvS W describe 1t. Unkempt women.
end syo anu caeaply dressed: blear-eyed
path 10 GagsI men at all stages on the
atm, Srbo1l plete wreck, circled in the vile
Penty 10 10 the sound of an old fiddle.
there We. .icentive to suicide appeared, but
The nr ,r.; uo visible sign of any such deed.
bed maxi ai L!f scowled at US, for reporters
took sYr Ho Jun Jun uncomfortable before, and it
through PIE pSrsuaS.on to get him to usher us
Ittbev a. harrow passage into back room.
up pron nLg" tin front I'd have to shut
IN vos! the proprietor.
Sonan1 i IN startled, for had known of the
aagpi9oamnto better days. She had been a
as. Eo NOW =. u eature; queen in other orr
Se bond"o t sne great eyes were hollow, and
and thros, uNi n located In disorder over face
EsDted for roam roam was on her lips. She
vas the ern ",eatn. More striking than all
"a everv esb' eSSion OF mental agony written