The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-11
Fun UP AT MR.. MACKAY'S.
A YOUTHFUL BUaroRLsT GETS UP An
UNUSUAL PROGRAMME

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Il Confirms 70 . stranger, who Overhears
the Ceilings On, All the stories No Mas
Heard and Leads 20 = visit BY . Reporter
to NIr. hfackay's Pleasant Country ueuse.
Up In westchostor county, three miles by q
winding hill road southwest OF Chappaqua sta.
ton, is tho country place OF George ID. Mackay,
q New York banker. Mr., Mackay's house is on
the top OF q hill that ovorlooks all tho country
within twenty or thirty miles. In an advan-
tageous situation In o big estate, with It's broad
yeranda in front, II would not attract attention
moro than the fresh.air homo Of any other man
OF means, except for q small chapel thanked by
several military tents. This part Of Mr.. Mac
kay's establishment gives to his moro distant
neighbors cause for wonder and much couversa-
ton. The further away tho peighbors live the
moro they wonder and converse.
To the casual observer certain phenomena OF
life at Mr.. Mackay's have had interesting In.
forences. People who live near Mr.. Mackay
can obtain immediate satisfactory explanations
Of unusual proceedings on the place, 30 their
imaginations do not run riot. All this 10 TO ex-
plain how a rumor camo TO THE sUN not long
ago that Mr.. Maokay was conducting n summer
camp Of religious enthusiasts near his housei
that he made 1t IN asylum for overworked OK
horters, revivalists. and Salvation Army folks;
that these folks held nightly meetings on the
lawn. and with clsshing cymbals and footing
horns mado clamorous attestation Of their
faith. not only Of the owe Of rightcousnoss.
tatn Ss,aas msdi 70 ,s,iw w6oa the s,S sn,sse 5gr 81 Ssr,
people believe are sufficiently lauded on the
homsetops and on roadside fences.
There was a background OF reasonable grounds
years ago Mr.. Mackey was himself an eyepge.
religious work. In 1890 he was 90 well reoog.
nizod In the ranks of the evangolists that It
ference at Northheld, with one Bible reading
which was supplemented by a series Of stere-
1Rs'i Rev. John john K tn h1S off BrooEly Mnl he gave ws'a q
f Rrdss,S OF these nns rs SsM ya in ma9{ Gsu Tsfs1ss q
readings. While Mr., Mscksyfs work was dis:
tinEuished by complete freedom from anything
like hysterical sonsationalisn,, he was associated
In many peoples minds with loud-tonod exhort-
the Chappaqua farm he imported u number of
persons from tho city as workmen on the farm.
were lodged in tents, a mile or, more back
from the, highway. 1t became known that
p pss..sa al No. Of M shSa we're With men Tho "h Ssli esd that lat
they would DO very good and useful citizens u
paid ior their unmsr's work %ttsif III tali h%r:
vest. on the protit:sharing plan, Meanwhile
f hssithPP aiiFp pIao S4s IN to S issa them to PiS Sed S FSs t Siiias 3
folks, not trained to nice discrimination. spoke
reasons Of which, possibly, Mr.. Mackay knows
thusiasm and good nature there is not a bit Of
suspicion of his f~ellowmen,
He did not know at the time that nearly every
morning after he came down to tho city his
assortment u guests piled into . wagon and
10 tho stores and in exchange for orders for
neat and other proy.s!ons, 70 be charged to M:
the storeEsopers Tor the orders. Tbey hung
S Sss nearly sna tS"p 1i@ a %tor Nm Hna % SHSIusSnf 70 u1 como ~
back from work. They, piled and were piled
When the banker. in the cool OF the evening.
went out to visit the little colony he found them
seeS, T. Is said ge TIA, T ss Wos sp WONT S'e I'd B. lot; i a;
the exhausting effect OF a little manual labor on
mon unused TO such work: There are those who
Of work done in his absence BY these WORTHLESS a,
an awful example Of the weakening effect Of the
work Of The harvest began and il became quite
impossible for the gang to shirk any longer,
lett in the end. il is said. to participate In the
sharing OF profits.
tnued. and only the wooden cookshed back In
the WOODS marks : the place where III colony
p pseS. h hs; e MsSst tSe r oonsc 10 aaSS = tS iSs q att sS% ..
sss e, nfsc PEOPLE sst a n having IN h a good snt sln9 on p,
farm an summer. Following his natural 70
i .Siflss.l 'n nss5.. Ss:: & h RsSri dog s sso . as4,
and became a Roman. Catholic. he 10,
Fathers, and has formed intimate ACQUAINTANCE
chips with many of them. 1t 10 only natural
that gather at his place during no summer
there should DO one or more OF the Fathers. i
ali III the " Time 70 so oa hat on the q ho mUiS m IaS% at ttesa3
mass every morning and vesperS every evening
It was rumored lately. without tho slight
est truth. that Mr.. Mackay had gone back Z
Protestant eyangelistic ideas, and was work
superficial evidence was ovorwhelminS. On
night last week a stranger on tho highway nea,
TO voice singing to the accompaniment OF al
organ. 1t seemed to come, from the house
gers WSi'' aFttsntion %C was attracted r. .sd'' By q nc ]son StnSa
RRnanr,@9u coming Ra is,s sTS% s sns tent ont. nearest %I,S I e. e.
Oh. my brethren" said the voice, look q
sess ptae eSes1tal sus Sn n Dl. Il 4 b e fFSss enA'
+, "Hallelujah!" shouted another and younge
BOOM boom BOOM! Boom. sub -SSao1onmoi
sounded q bass drum. and there was q great W
. The stranger on the Highway fol. cold chill
. ss 4 TseE.y The ss x'l iassd EsF ss s isss. the going
"Brothers." said a voice. riaing out Of the dir
r for "sF tss Ssiir let It III :. 1s sEs Sl EsIi 2 purse Sss sn 4 Is D s%ss
every bottle. and 1t costa but % q pill"
"Hallelujahi" cried the shouters. Hall,
lujeh, hallelool" squealed the child.
. GLORY! Glory! Gloryr howled another.
= drum.
. "Brothersl" shouted the speaker, and hi
= yg,eo was Az SpPps Pc nIay h Sn eth feSs lnn
Q II has helped others; II may help you'll kno,
: II will, brothers, II you will only tryi"
= The howlers drowned him out again. FINAL
. { dominating voice came out Of the ~confusio
= crying: "Harlemi Harlem! Harlemi This 10
> | Harlan tFainI Whlta p1atna thu ARat atox
n Harleml Harleml Harlomi"
Tho bowling died away, and In wheeIy, unoe
istic Salvation Army tune. The stranger wer
his way. moved nrst TO mirth and then 70 80,
ness as he convinced himself that Mr.. Macka
had fallen under tho influence OF the gospel
noise,
d about 1t. He found that Mr.. MackayS neareI
neighbors had not heard OF any change In Il
bankers faith.
'There must be some mistake" they sal
"alonR Of tho boys up there being young an