The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-22
copyrightea 1850, by wiIIiam E. Norris.

4 CdAAlIS thieves.
1t was thus that Felix Green was in
duced to decline haughtily the hospital
ity which his good-natured employer con-
tlnued TO offer him, and it was thus that
IN the fulness of time, he became a mem
Der of the Universal Brotherhood Club
Inc dingy and dirty premises occupied
py that establishment were scarcely to the
taste or self-indulgent young man who
loved such small luXuries as he could af-
tord, nor were the appearance and man
heIs OF MS tellow-members of a nature
70 MAKE MIN eager to embrace them as
brothers. Still the sentiments to which
tney gave free utterance on evenings of
ueoate were well adapted to quicken the
pulse and arouse great Thoughts while
thelr poverty was surely the last thing
IN the world with which it would be fair
10 reproach them Who, in truth were
these unkempt Frenchmen, Germans
1talIahs and Poles, with a sprinkline of
Ehehshmen amongst them? Were they
not one and all, the representatives-the
lew courageous and intelligent representa-
1Nes-oI suffering, down-trodden human
| 10y And what did they demand on behalf
ol constituents who had been too cow
aruIy or too supine to nominate them for
lIaily Why, simply the inalienable right
OF every human being to work and TO
| I'VE upon the fruit of his labor. That. at
Iedst was what they said that they de-
| dDDeArG0
De IN no hurry to seek for work through
| inc ordinary channels. 1t would be CON
| lrafy 10 their principles, they explained
70 enter into any contract with the vile
bourgeois" the vile bourgeois" must
De suppressed as a preliminary step to-
| ETY..
Walking back to his modest Iodpins
with Dempster, one evening, after LISTEN
ing TO polygiot Remuneration of every.
thL1g ana everybody, the exact mean
ING Oh winch had not been rendered very
oIeer 70 MN, Felix remarked that this
| sounded uncommonly like anarchisrn
AND what if it do?" retorted his com
pahlon, scornfully. Are you afraid of he
ing called an anarchist, NJ ster Green? If
you are, L ain't-so l tell you! Find me any
other method than anarchy of abol.shing
| the tyranny under which you and me and
millions of our fellow-men is groaning. and
II argue with you But it'll take you all
your time to persuade me, young man,
that revolutions is to be Accomplished
without bloodshed."
Dempster had good deal to say upon
the above theme. He had been refreshing
himself literally with gin and water lat
Felix's eXpense), and on such occasions
| ne was wont to indulge even more than
usual in what his admiring disciple mem
| tally described as rugged eloolIence." Az
III.
Felix, who had not yet uplifted his own
! voice at the Universal Brotherhood Club.
| often longed to emulate him. Stung by GER
tain reproaches which Dempster presently
levelled at him Qor not even unlimited
| supplies of gin and water could wholly
excuse in Dempsters eyes a man who con-
| t-nued to draw a weekly salary and an
advanced thinker who had not the cour-
age of his opinions), he resolved that the
members of the club should soon hear an
Grafton from him which should astonish
| them. There ran through his character a
| vein of prudence which deferred him from
| putting the cart before the horse by imme-
| diately resigning his employment; but he
| was ready TO advocate the most extreme
measures against the section of society
| upon which. he was temporarily dependent,
and he gave up writing poetry for a day
or two, in order to devote the whole force
of his intellect to another form of compo-
sition.
What caused him some annoyance, dur
| ing these days was that Mr.. Bailey, who
| either did not know, or pretended not to
know, what excellent reasons the young
man had for hating and despising him,
| chose to ask impertinent questions as to
| how and where the latter's evenings were
spent, and to suggest that there were many
worse places than Hammersmith in which
| to spend them. Felix at length put a stop
! to such officious interference with mucn
| dignity.
II believe. sir" said he, ''that I have
| given you no cause to complain of the
| manner in which l discharge my duties.
| MY spare time is my own, and you must
excuse me for claiming the privilege of
using it as may seem best to me-"
ooh, all right!' answered the burly to-
bacconist. with laugh. "If you prefer
bad company to good, that's your affair,
as YOU say God forbid that l should
| strain the muscles of my back by hang
ing too long on to- the tail of donkey
who is bent upon plunging head first over
a precipice. Don't say l didn't try-that s
| ALL"
IT almost sounded as if Mr.. Bailey had
| some inkling of the existence of the Uni
| versal Brotherhood Club; but little re-
Election convinced Felix that that could
hardly be, and that the unasked-for warn
| ing addressed to him probably referred
| to music halls and their frequenters That
| such a warning should have been ad-
dressed to him at all was, however, an
| additional nail, so to speak, in the cofiin
| of the self-satisiied "bourgeoisie," and
! the recollection of it added some fire to
the spirited appeal which Dempster's pro-
| tege poured forth, in due course, into the
| ears of an attentive audience.
1t was a very spirited appeal, and was
very sympathetically received. 1t de-
| manded, as all appeals which are Heaul
| to be effective ought to demand. prompt
and definite action; it did not mince mat
| ters, nor did it err, as the discources OF
| previous orators had erred, through deal
ing with vague generalities.
What" the perfervid Felix inquired, in
a voice Of thunder, lis the use of merely
applauding the brave men who have bled
and died for us in foreign lands? Is their
example to teach us nothing, but to sit
here with folded hands and cry Bravo!
while others do our work? Is life such a
| priceless boon to us, the slaves Of tyr
amy more infamous than that of Roman
emperor or Russian car, that we fear
to sacrifice it, if need be, to the advance
ment of our sacred cause, / do not be-
lieve it OF you. my brothers! | believe
that when the moment comes to strike a
decisive blow--and that moment, mind
you, should no longer be delayed-not one,
but all of us, will be ready to start for
ward and cry. Send met
You made EN- sit up tonight, young
man." observed Dempster, with an ap-
proving chuckle. when he walked away
with his friend, after accepting the usual
refreshment.
II believe did, answered Felix, com
placenuy land / am not without hope
I 81 II.