Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-11-18
In His Steps.
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 the culture and the social influence I possessed? Had used them to bless humanity, to relieve the suffering to bring joy te the distressed and hope to the desponding? l had received much. How much had given?
 "All this came to me in waking vision as distinctly as I see you two men and myself now I was unable to see the end of the vision 1 had con- fused picture in my mind of the suffer- ing Christ pointing a condemning finger at me, and the rest was shut out by mist and darkness. l have not had sleep for 24 hours. The first thing I saw this morning was the account of the shoot ing at the eoalyards. read the account with a feeling of horror I have not been able to shake off. I am a guilty creature before God ,"
 Penrose paused suddenly The two men looked at him solemnly. What power of the Holy Spirit moved the soul of this hitherto self satisfied, ele- gant, cultured man who belonged to the social life that was accustomed to go it's way, placidly unmindful of the great sorrows of a great city and prae= tieally ignorant of what it means to suffer for Jesus sake}
 Into that room came q breath such as before swept over Henry Maxwell $ church and through Nazareth Avenue. and the bishop laid his hand on the shoulder of Penrose# and said; "1Iy brother, God has been very near to you. Let Us thank him
 Yes, yes, sobbed Penrose He sat down on chair and covered his face. The bishop prayed. Then Penrose quiet ly said, Will you go with me to that house ?''
 For answer both Dr. Bruce and the bishop put on their oyeFeoats and went out with him to the home of the dead man family This was the beginning of new and strange life for Clarence Penrose From the moment he stepped into that wretched hoyel of 8 home and faced for the first time in his life de- spair and suffering such as he had read of but did not know by personal con-
 
 another long story to tell how, in obedi- ence to his pledge, he began to do with his tenement property as he knew Jesus would do. What would Jesus do with tenement property if he owned it in Chicago or any other great city of the world z Any man who can imagine any true answer to this question can easily tell what Clarence Pearose began to do
 Now, before that winter reached it's bitter climax many things occurred in the city that concerned the lives of all the characters ill this history of the dis eiples who promised to walk in hissteps
 It chaneed,= by one of those remark able coineidences that seem to occur preternaturally, that one afternoon, just as Felicia came out of the settlement with basket which she was going to leave as q sample with baker in the Penrose district, Stephen Clyde opened the door of the carpenter shop in the basement and came out of the lower 1 door i'll time to meet Felicia as she reached the sidewalk
 Let me carry your basket, please, ' he said.
 ''Why do you say 'please2' ' asked Felicia, handing oyer the basket.
 T would like to say something else, D replied Stephen. glancing at her shyly and yet with a boldness that frightened him. for he had been loving Felicia more every day since he first saw her. and especially since she stepped into the shop that day with the bishop, and for weeks now they had been in many ways thrown into each others company.
 E'What else2' asked Felicia innocent ly, falling into the trap.
 ssWhy, . said Stephen, turning his fair, noble face full toward her and eying her with tie look of one who would have the best of all things in the universe, s.I would like to say, Let n1 carry your basket, dear Felicia ''
 Felicia never looked so beautiful in her life She walked on little way without even turning her face toward him. 1t was no secret with her own heart that she had given it to stephen some time ago. Finally she turned and said shyly, while her face grew rosy and her eyes tender, Why don9t | you say ii, then 29
 May IT. cried Stephen. and he was so careless for a minute of the way he held the basket that Felicia exclaimed ''Yes But, oh, don t drop my goodies
 ''Why, I wouldn't drop anything so precious for all the world, dear Fe- ieia, said Stephen, who now walked on air for several blocks, and what else was said during that walk is private correspondence that we have no right to read, only it is matter of history that day that the basket never reached its destination and that over in the other q