The advocate., 1894-05-09


Graham and the Rev. Marshall Mason
spent a very agreeable evening, and all
slept peacefully at last; two Of them in
ignorance, the other two in fOrgetful-
ness, of the condition Of the humble
blacksmith whose soul was hesitating
upon the brink Of eternity.
All, Major Delormel General Manager
Graham! Has it never occurred to you
that the cOarsely clad labOrer whose
life your cherished claw and order
values so lightly is always somebody's
SOM is somebody's brother? that a
fond, old mOther-that loving wife
may wait his comingP that there may
be children who run to meet him in the
eVeningP That common clOd-that
son Of poverty and of tOil-that mere
"hand"-yOu slay with such reckless
celebrity; have you never reflected that
he may have human ties that there are
hearts as human as yours, perhaps, that
love that poor bit Of clay with a soul in
itp All, General Manager Grahaml
Tomorrow you may perceive very
clearly that shooting one of your shop
hands may be very serious affair after
an-eDen to yOU! Perhaps it may turn
out that this particular murderous
assault made by claw and order" in
your mighty behalf, shall cling to your
memory as if the victim had been rich
enough to make him a human being in
your purse-prOud estimation. Not a
brother, of course, for you believe in
business is business" and "competi-
tiOn is the life of trade" and the bal
ance of that creed, and men engaged
in universal throat cutting can have
no brothers, but certain discoveries
may impress it upon you, arrogant
general manager though you be, that
the wounded blacksmith in yondeT
workingman's poor home was human.
Perhaps the discovery may end in max
ing you human, too. AS to Major DE.
lorme, not in this life, save by a miracle,
can his Sordid nature ever be human
lied. Let him 60 his way, which is
Satan's way perhaps, Gods way, too,
for such as he.
During the evening Mrs. Delorme
had ap0lOgized for Lena's nOn-appear-
ance by stating that she had gone out
to visit a poor family who had been
wards of hers before her departure for
Europe; but next morning she was not
at breakfast, she was not in her room,
and investigation made it certain that
she had not yet returned; and Mr.. Ora
ham was uneasy. Such an occurrence
was so unusual, so unlike Lena, that
there must be something wrong. She
was all the general manager had left
him in this world. Her mother had
come back from Europe only to die at
home; and Lena was wearing black for
her now. Mason was up early, and be-
fore breakfast had read in the morning
paper a tWO-cOlumn account of the
shooting of his friend of younger days.
Major Delorme had given the account
perfunctory reading, as became so
thorough "business man." but Gra-
ham had, for reason which will be
apparent presently, read it with the
greatest earnestneSS. The account
stated, among other things, that, at
Ruble'S house where John had been
taken, was q young woman, "MiSs
Chipperwell," who seemed, from her
appearance, to belong to a very differ
ent social sphere, and that it was whis-
pered that she was the wounded mans
sweetheart. Mason was greatly per
turbed, and at breakfast spoke with
much feeling of his acquaintance with
John; said he was remarkable mana
genius, in fact-who could have been a
lawyer or preacher had he desired, but
had become workingman from delib-
crate choice, prompted by conscien-
tious convictions; and declared they
two had loved each other as brothers;
and much more in the same strain.
DelOrme was bored by so much "gush"
from a man of MaSon's class over a
common grounding, and dismissed the
whole mattar with the highly original