The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1894-10-26
|ORD OF THE DYNAMOS'
|.orr Of a He athen Worship In
Civilized London.

Civilized LOndOn.
NJ. ob;ef attendant of the three dy
-. that buzzed and ratified al
mberwell, and kept the electric rail
~ Going came out of Yorkshire
i he name was James Holroyd. He
= practical electrician, but fond
i whisky. a heavy red-haired brute
m irregular teeth. He doubted Car
ops cycle but accepted Dalton's
omic theory, and he had read Shakes
- and found him weak in chem
Nv His helper came out OF the mys-
lions east. and his name was Azu-
Nj But Holroyd called him Pooh
4, Holroyd liked negro help be-
use he would stand kicking-a habit
m Holroyd-and did not pry into
mach inery and try to learn the
pvs Of it. Certain odd possibilities
The negro mind brought into abrupt
intact with the crown Of our civiliza-
n Holroyd never fully realized.
10 define Azuma-zi was beyond eth
logy. He was, perhaps, moro negroid
an anything else, though his hair
s curly rather than frizzy, and his
Sc had bridge. Moreover, his skin
S brown rather than black, and the
bites Of his eyes were yellow. His
Dad cheek bones and narrow chin
ve his face something of the viperine
His head, too, was broad behind
d low and narrow at the forehead,
II his brain had been twisted round
The reverse mode to a Europeans.
was shor: Of stature and still
brter of English. In conversation
made numerous odd noises of no
own marketable value, and his in
quent words were carved and
ought into heraldic grotesqueness.
lroyd tried to elucidate his religious
iefs, and-especially after whisky
ectured to him against superstition.
uma-zi, however, shirked the dis
sion Of his gods, even though he
5 kicked for it.
yuma ri had come, clad in white
insufficient raiment, out of the
Ike hole of the Lord Give, from the
aits settlements, and beyond into
hdon. He had heard even in his
th Of the greatness and riches of
pdon, where all the women are
tie and fair, and even the beggars
he streets are white, and he had ar
p, with newly-earned gold coins
Us pocket, to worship at the shrine
civilization. The day of his land
was a dismal one; the sky was
and wind-worried drizzle fl
q down to the greasy streets, but
plunged boldly into the delights of
dwell, and was presently cast up,
TERED In health, civilized in cos
e, penniless, helpless, and, except
patters OF the direst necessity, prac-
ny dumb animal. to toll for
es Holroyd and to be bullied by
IN dynamo shed at CamberwelL
70 James Holroyd bullying was
y of love.
'ere were three dynamos with
engines at Camberwell. The two
nave been there since the begin
are small machines; the larger
was new. The smaller machines
reasonable noise; their straps
neo over the drums. every now
.nen the brushes buzzed and
~ and the air churned steadily,
WHO'D! WHO'D! between their
one was loose in its founda-
ana kept the shed vibrating.
'ne big dynamo drowned these
uo'ses altogether with the drone
iron core, which somehow set
v 1ne ironwork humming. The
made the visitors head reel
'ae 'nrob, throb, throb Of the en- |
me rotation of the big wheels, !
ix,.anlng ball valves, the occasion |
lungs OF the steam, and over all |
~ uneeasing, surging note of !
dynamo. This last noise was
- engineering point of view |
49, out Azuma-zi accounted It
'as monster for mightiness and |
Do,' ere possible we would have !
$50 80 OF that shed always about |
:, e. As he reads, we would tell |
story to such an accompani-
~l' was steady stream Of ain, |
-. the ear picked ont first one
In.soth then another; there was |
'''ens snoring. painting