The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-11-18
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Have savfd iit- ~

eetsip, Dsf.w met .ams hostile nv ants
cfov r. turing his fef sr' ,Hntass ~ N"T va
stale ard sesusd 10 dsllrlt ~ Ianoint '.'u
- tI,f 'isy chetf-d him rhsn 10 gtt ttrial
/ s~retN|rg 70 produce tlis cfo.t 20 r"N'it.r
hv.ru I'D iollfs stufies ~ hs audlHlie va
in q good humot In = rriuis'"p' MOOD "ns
dtJ stof MAILING ore - the-" 'iarr'' p n
crowd ~ q itti" ,r0ssf.ads Villas. Senator
hrl ~ 'olI Of an Incident vh'h showed 80
sn'Ut ~ hInor ~ - ,,uSd
r. as ~ the strstrst dinner that ! ever
a''rr irL. AID I've attended a st'at n.,rf
D." alI 4 woman well known i"f h"f iN.'r-
thrHplc WORK III Sew lora Nsstlo U'stss-, aui
$40 had as her guests tie hungry aII homo
I"ss men who Rightly form a line outside of y
bakery on Broadway waiting fuT tie bread
that Ia thess distributed. The dinner vas "a
Christmas Day. mud 'le woman who gov II NJ
oau5 g. me and Asscd me to male n ,Icoch To-
those who LsToOk ~ H. IL vas htf ldea that
a MO gftef-itnGor speech would na1c tie
dinacf more Of u sucssss. and sl.c GesOfiDed
tie good that might BIO done In THIS VA, -
strongly that ! agreed TO attend.
LAKE. a good many other people Of New
Yorh. | va, pIctly familiar NIth Lie mighty
s,cLo outside OF tbs bakery and tie character
ei tie men who waited iof tie charity die
lcnscd there. Tho GluHeT was al II2ht, aIt
4 iuade w NY mind 10 tc as iubCuAous about
Ail AItsS a. ALOtkh u hat spiIk W % IiAi'
al TIE aIausloh house ~ lendun. Lut on
my dress C,O-,e, sADcAislsu WIN a boutOi-
mere. sIie, ARA! Gu III lh4s ny re. 1 "tit 10 Va"
u.hu.cr. | u ut tAIuk Aihs ever nIuGo
quito such "a. iuuIIcss!v!I un Lrs IA tIe sight ~
ti1c~e men as Ihey ate that uii,her. III uc row
"a ia~e, atOuL ,He lJJie a. uIu act lihS "a STU
cent u CIIluIuOIVsy 10 Ii,h out those whose
CRIMINAL II7,InCts had Tor ycaIb Teen DOM
INFANT. alu Ia tI,Ir LaTGcLcu I,GlLI,s IL was
UiLiOsl iiul uos4II0 IL lead what lec.ug that
ulLuer ~ NY alI earaiiCe Ircduoed. AL ate
ra'ei.VLsiy. aud Nha, slrGCA ne very iogtiLIy
MAS l4t IUCL u tvL'crsallCn. III !oli, IL sItst
liza. oiity VI Tue men seemed to pre.cr ~ eat
ia sIicDle. HVS aud theu u wcTd would Ds
pao.eL, Uut Il was leIt, ANY Ia All uuucrtune.
a. A4ter u Wn!Ie IL came udhe ior me 10 speak
NLLe Lley wore catus II had vcgaI 10 ui"n
upuu NO AIat LAe td,A WAS a pIeIly hard one.
and wien ! GOT up ~ speah 4 let uial LAS MAS
Oa!y tOO lIue. AIAioash Iey udu eaten wtl
ana A4elr inner Inali hLl Uce!I satisfied iu u meas
~ lIey had not nno M IOr years "a at amy tIt45
peIoIe. YET uIe 1904 gwen iue py ever lAdn ~
tI.ll u4lAler appoaIS VI " De one OF ItseiLlieLI
aid ucda1ce, Ay nist words iaI!ed 10 ea.ango
IL ANY IGvs lie euien iook wIuu.i =. woe uLu as
my eyes swept over MAT suangc uasembla.e
aOsViuuc.y Lo slsu VI anlLLAuon was Ni-lDie On
any cou4t.ldhce DeioEe ine. / dout l.Ii'A ever
la my u.s uaVe / ieIt - Us / Odd as i !UOEcu IHtO
those iaCes and wondered aOw / could IuEI e-I
tAVsc mcu VINO sat loOGIug al ius silently ard
sIAcniy as 4 stood t.e,e IA my evening cIotAes
p4tseLAse kuCl u ColtFdst,
Il don leneIIocr non What | said at llrst. but
l DO reAaelnDer that IL zeal ausoiuleIy HAT, Ihci.
/ tried some HUMOROUS uttIe uIass that had
stcou Lac IA good stead al tiues ar less uyL4s
u4aI ul.s, lac hfsl stoiy 1 tV4L l .OIued pro-
yucca 40 llIpI cS5iDl. lJLtIt Wis sun ldc st4le
euu.eiI ioOA III Inc faces which seemed " portend
usliL.er AIo4id the ownrrs OF tnein n.Gsl iLe
LAuer uuiei unt "a cu!lsIano,,. - Inc une |
reached u.e end 81 the second story 1 SAN mat
some were IIs,sLAug W LIE III a way thaL roLiy
ueAOtea IIleresl, one or Two hIliiied. YET tIcie
were st4. some Oh WHOSE iaces There was aoso-
Iuteiy 10 sis4 OF interest, Out Instead Tie ueilaat
zoos 81 lie AilarcuIst OF oJclaIIsI ior oLs whom
tIey Regarded az a TRADITIONAL eIeLI'. ,
i tO.d u uilrd stOEy. LLiv the Two others, "
was u HUMOROUS oae, put 4 had hhoNl IL sp!Le-
times not 10 lac. Nnel 4 llu,s,cI il solle OF
NDose De.ore me were Laughing oaulsnt and
oLIuIs "c.o sLII4i!IG. oiIy saw q low VINO
were sun silent, one OF them Ia particular 10
cause Av lltu add Lls eyes continually on Iie
SINCE / had entered. AiIer mat l we.t Oh lce.-
Ans a nlue more al ease myself. ! Taxed ON
suUJeCl, sus sesteu W lHe season We "Cie ~
III. Iiolnu a. OF Lncil were lie .-iiIg attchliNtIy
uuu the next story 4 tOIu Wa IOIiUWcu uy u ldush
t.aI SOUNDED lac music uleT me SOMEWHAT
ouunols silence lnat had seemed " !nSeT over
that strange least Even tne ma. 1 hau nouSed
laughed s.I5 ulne w.ta lIe resi-, a io.d. raspins
laugh tuat / heard above tie oli.cIs. iiaid
as II was. II be,Ldyed unluistlhao.e etIoyIiont.
Il think | TALKED All hour III ali - ihC=e Incn.
the .tranrett ard the bsrdest audience / haNe
ever hdd In forty-iour years III specciiIlaAiIg,
when ! finished / made up M inind would
1 stationed M; self near the door and each
man took. the hand l .lToa,red ana ~c SHOOK
strange the fe,iLls. oi their hanas was even
more en-. Some OF them erasped my hand
l.lnly and spoke their tAaIhs. while others
he'd a he itaicy about 1t, Ia my shirt iroLt
l mad II ,tud u value tlN IN to me- ~ Cornelius
auucrbit. l saw nearly every one look u,
It, drop his a. es and pass on.
finally. ulon. came tho man whom ! had
noticed, He Lad lascred behind and l Lad
felt that his ey e were On me al the time. lie
was the typical Anarchist. Il foreigner. Hats
IL Ni!u, As LIS face .hONcd plainly. Lad go long
begiI the rui.us PASSION that II l0d elmo
oll.terated al tho others. l put out my hand,
all the tine locking IL bis ey &c. for somchow
] felt u was TIL, man who, would 90 ne harm
there II any. Ill, hand. closed on nin Ia a
way that made me tank IL was TO render II
pDWprlpSs. fOr a moment the man le,ltdIe1
while l stood there PREPARED FOR anything
Then he said,
-'Chauncey Depew, I made u my mind
when l saw you here tonight 10 XII YOU. but
damn IL, you've captured mo- 49,
lie shook my hand and passed out with
the others and ! have never seen him since
From his appearance, from the was lis e-es
had rested on mo while | was ~speahirC up I'LL
the last. whcu ] made him laugh, / have had
no hesitancy in believing that I at man meant
what he said and that by making HIN laugh
had perhaps saved my life. l shall never
forget thst incident or the man whose hand
! clasped al he spoke those words