The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-08

ana she lftU IN the Benz. Il > line 40 itCt
she'd be unfortunate, and if she did she
might be stain here in the snow with her
baby in her arms at that. How would yoi
like the cops TO git her and take her child
away Red? i say unto you forgive your
enemies "
Fiercer and fiercer grew the fight inside
Red. A good many times the voice from
The Pend had the best Of It. but as 1t was
about TO win. that other something would
pick itself up from the center of the ring,
with marvellous vitality and would deal q
fierce uppercut at its antagonist
Reds face was getting drawn and twist
ed he pulled his cap well down over MS
eyes and turned up his coat collar.
"Sit here till / 90 away and tink, ne
said 10 the shivering woman before him.
He took out cigarette and tried TO light
il. His hand trembled so that two matches
went out in quick succession in the at
tempt AS the third one sputtered aud
elimmered and then died away in his
shaky fingers he flung the cigarette into
me snow. whats de matter wild me2P
he said angrily TO himself. He walked up
to the corner and leaned against the lamp
post
"Dis is where you win Red" said voice
No !, but voice No. ? caught the blow on
ils left and dealt that invincible right
handler Il say unto you, forgive your en-
emies."
''Dere's somethin' wrong with me-" said
Red, thoughtfully. as he locked up the
street. Sure deere is But thar one glance
settled Il.
slowly crunching up the snow two
blocks away, Policeman Hogan was com
ing up Ryan street. Red knew very well
that Hogan was never in a good humor on
nights like this, and that he wouldn't stand
much back talk when there was a chance
to make vagrancy arrests. IL anything
was to be done, IL had to be done quickly,
va
1t was a Knockout blow Red made one
wild dash down Ryan street 10 Maggie and
her child
Come wild me, i" he said grufiy, I'm see
you true dis"
aaggie looked up with her big, blue eyes
at Reds face They were beautiful eyes
| in spite of the tear stains, sti1.
Don't go back on me, Red she said as
| he helred her rise from the doorstep.
| please don't. just for de kids sake.
Even then his whole LIES philosophy
| showed signs of r1turn ng animation. lie
| glanced ncryously over his shoulder 10
make sure that none Of the gang were in
| s ght. what would dey tink of me, Rod
| Mccain takIn' care OF Barney's sister,"
| he thought. "Dey'd have a perfeck right
| to KICK me as a traitor"
"But | say unto you, forgive your enc
| mics"
Crunch, crunch. up Ryan street came
|
! block away now.
Maggie realized The danger. too as she
stood by Reds side. Give me de Kid he
said, quick
Maggie's baby was too weak to cry very
foud The approaching policeman didn't
hear its low moan as he came near her
For moment Red held it up under the
lamp post-long enough 10 see the two
| blue eyes set in the white ntt,e face.
| "Dev're like yours Maggie" he said, and
| they started up Ryan street.
They 9th knew the street. so wei that
| il was a very easy matter 70 dodse down
| an alley, the end of which was barricaded
with ash barrels, and make their way out
70 the Bowery.
| Up Albemarfa street, through Dog alley,
| they trudged, Rcd holding he baby ia his
arms. In front of a square brick building
| Red hnNe1.
"Ds is it, Maegie," he said, DDS is
where yer got Ter go"
But You can't do 1t, Red she pleaded.
"Its after 'leven O'clock, and you know
what Cephas is" She did not finish her
| sentence, but Red understood. He saw the
point she was trying TO make.
For more Than 50 years "St. Caphas
shelter" for INDECENT women he's sto5d at
the end of Dog aGsy 1t is constantly re-
ferred to as a model among charities A
| Icing while ago somebody or other WHO
| had good many sins to account for, died
and left snug sum Of money to found ST.
! Cephas. The original theory Of the original
| board Of trustees was that st. Cephas'
| doors should always be open TO any poor
woman or child who ha1 nowhere else 10
| GO. st. Cephas did not undertake 70 ke5 q
/ unforlunates permanently. ii simply gave
| them a shelter where hey could sit down
ana tn nix of how % take the next step
81 Cephas had visiting directors and
| resident directors and treasurers and cor
| TpeD1D1ipp EpPrpf1VipG and neatly nJinFp1
reports and rules-especialy rules.
ST Cephas has become as much a part
| of the life Of the Bend as the police sta
| ton or street sweepers -Four women are
| in charge. Very precise proper persons,
| the four women are You can see them
Many Sunday afternoon with their prayer
| books under their arms on their way 70
q church uptown. Every succeeding
generation of precise, proper women who
| have presided over ST. Cephas has added
| to lbs rules until now they form a long
! document which hangs beautifully en-
| crossed in a gilt frame in the vestibule.
| The rules are the joy and pride of the
| precise women. and TO see that they are
not violated is one of their chief cares.
The rule which particularly concerned
| Red he carried his little living burden
up the brown stone steps, was that nc
one could, under any circumstances, be
| admitted after II o'clock. Ii was a rule
=
| matter how many cots were vacant at 81.
| Cephas, no matter how despairing the
| applicant who knocked on the door at II no
she could rot be admitted because of the
| ruie-"and what's the use of having a
rule il you break it?"
With the inexorable frmness of the
! rule Red was perfectly familiar. Under
ordieary conditions he would have no more
| dared pass that door after II o'clock than
he would 70 punch policeman. but con-
ditions We're not at oil ordinary that night,
| and so he ventured
With strange humping of his heart
| against the inside of his waistcoat. Red
pat his thumb on the button of the cleo
trio bell at St. Cephas' door There was
no answer, so he repeated the perform
| once. Then he bore down heavily on the
button and kept it ringing for ten min
utes. In the stiffness Of the snowAakes
! ana the night. Red could hear the faint,
buzzing rims far far away inside of ct.
! Cephas
| Il wonder II dey'u call the police?" he