Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-05-26

fort should be made by all railroad cor
porations to lessen Sunday work In
shops and on the road. All perishable
freight should be so handled as to call
for the services Of as few men on SUM-
day us possible. and excursion and pas.
senger trains should be discontinued
except In cases Of unavoidable neces-
sity.
Item 3. The inspection Of boilers, re-
torts. castings, machinery Of all kinds,
should be made by thoroughly compe-
tent and responsible men. who shall an
swer for all unnecessary accidents by
swift and severe punishment in case of
loss of life or limb.
Item 4. In case Of injury or death to
employees, If incurred through the neg
lect of the company to provide safety,
it should provide financial relief for the
families thus injured or stricken by
death and so far as possible arrange
for their future.
Item 5. Any we'll organized railroad
could. with profit to Its employees,
have upon its staff Of salaried men
corps of chaplains or preachers whose
business is would be to look after the
religious interests Of the employees.
Under this last item Mr.. Hardy wrote
in a footnote, discuss feasibility Of
this with Mr. B.. influential director"
1t was now o'clock. The short win
ter day was fast drawing to close.
The hum Of the great engine in the ma
chine shop was growing very weari-
some to the manager. He felt sick Of
It's throbbing tremor and longed to es-
cape from it. Ordinarily he would
have gone to the clubroom and had a
game Of chess with member, or else
he would have gone down and idled
away an hour or two before supper at
the Art museum, where he was a con-
slant visitor-that was when he had
plenty Of time and the business Of the
office was not pressing. Young Well
man, however. had succeeded to the
clerical details of the shops. and Mr..
Hardy's time was generally free after
o'clock.
He had been oppressed with the
thought of the other injured men. He
must 60 and see them. He could not
rest till he had personally visited them.
He went out and easily ascertained
where the men lived. Never before did
the contrast between the dull, uninter-
esting row Of shop tenements and his
own elegant home rise up so sharply
before him. In fact, he had never
given it much thought before. Now,
as he looked forward to the end Of the
week. he knew that at its close he
would be no richer, no better able to
enjoy luxuries than the dead man lying
in No. T6O. He wondered vaguely but
passionately how he could make use Of
what he had heaped together to make
the daily lives of some Of these poor
men happier.
He found the man who had lost both
eyes sitting up In bed and feeling in q
pathetic manner Of q few blocks of
wood which one Of the children in the
room had brought to him. He was a
big, powerful man like his brother, the
large boned Dane. and it;seemed very
pitiful thing that he shou. be lying
there like a baby when his muscles
were as powerful as ever. The brother
was in the room with the injured man.
and he said to him:
"Olaf, Mr.. Hardy come to see YOU"
Hardy? Hardy?" queried the man
In q peevish tone. What DO / know
him to be"
1.-The manager. The one who donate
so really much moneys to YOU"
"Ahw with an indescribable accent
"He make me work on Sunday. He
lose me my two eyes. A bad man,
Sword. l will no have anything to do
with him."
And the old descendant of thousand
kings turned his face to the wall and
would not even so much as make q mo-
ton toward his visitor. His brother
offered a rude apology. Mr.. Hardy re-
piled in low tone:
Say nothing about 1t. deserve all
your brother says. But for a good rea-
son | wish Olaf would say he forgives
me-"
Mr. Hardy came nearer the bed and
spoke very earnestly and as If he had
known the man intimately:
81 did you great wrong to order the
work on Sunday and in not doing my
duty concerning the inspection OF the
machinery. have come to say so and
to ask your forgiveness. l may never
see you again. Will you say to me,
Brother, forgive your"
There was a moment Of absolute
passivity on the part Of the big fellow;
then a very large and brawny hand
was extended. and the blind man said:
"Yes, | forgive. We learned that In
the old Bible at Svendorf."
Mr.. Hardy laid his hand in the other,
and his lips moved In prayer Of hum
BILE thanksgiving. What, Robert Hardy!
Is this that proud man who only the
day before was so lifted up with self
ishness that he could coldly crticise
his own minister for saying that peo-
pie ought to be more Christlike? Are
you standing here in this poor mans
house which two days ago you would