The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-04-10

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George. who seemed thoroughly hum
bled now. listened respectfully ND
even steaIully to. his.fathers cQNnAel
Concerning the sAdIrec ioHs OH bukinsss
andssamilAanattars. issas8 lss " asrsaaa
Thaboy was going through strug-
gle with himself which was apparent
to All In -the house! Ever since his
anotherehad seen-hin kneeling, down in.
the night watch he had. shown 9 differ,
.ent spirit. It remained to Ta seen
whether he had really changed or
aWethgr he had been for the time be-
itIg frightened into q little good nsss. II
!, Saturday morning found the Hardys'
weary with the agitation Of the week,
abpts bearing about a strange excite.
,ment which. only the prospect. OF the
fathers approaching death or removal
could hay produced. ga i4tS
p Robert could mott realize that His
week was almost at an end. Why, it
seemed butt yesterday that he fthad
dreamed q! after, the Sunday evening
service!
AS on every other day, he asked him
self the question, ssWhat SHAH do?''
p Only until He had prayed could he
answer the question. Then the light
came. Wig says prayer. is merely a
form? It is, going to God for. wisdom
and getting it. It is crying out for
light, and, 10! the darkness fees. It
rs spreading out our troubles and our
Joys and our perplexities ana our needs
and finding God himself the best pos
asible answer to them all nss
h. Robert Hardy was, finding this out
lately, and 1t, was the one thing that
made possible to him the calmness of
tie last two days allottedahim.f 49,
rs The day was spent in much, the same
way that ,uthe other, days had been
spent. He went down to, his office
about 10 o'clock and after coming
home to lunch went down again with
the intention Of getting through all the
business and returning home to spend
the rest Of the time with the family.
Along toward 3 o clock, when the rou-
tine work Of the shops was disposed
Of, the manager felt an irresistible de-
i sir sire to speak to the men in his employ.
They numbered about 500 in his de
partment, and he knew how impossible
itFwould be For him to speak to them
indMidu duality He thought aeminute
and then called Burns in and gave an
order that made the foreman stare in
the most undisguised wonder. agj. s3s
Shut down the works for a little
while and ask the men to get together
In the big machine shop z want To
speak to tiYafn.'s aass ssa.lssA gt9g ~
Burns had been astonished go often
this week that, although heisopened his
mouth to say something, hefdid not
seem able to pronounce the words, and
after staring blankly at his employer
2 minute he turned and went out to
execute the order. " { ~ y. . e "a s
: The great engine was stopped. The
men from tile casting rooms and the
carpenter shops and the sstoferooms
and the repairing departments game
troopipg.into the big machine shop. and
sat Of leaned on the ls great grim. pieces
Of machinery, and as-,the shop filled
the place began to take On 4 Strange
ASPECT never seen there Before: - 3s$s
Mr.. Hardy crossed the yard from tie
Office, f0lloWetf by the clerks and AS
sistant loficenss Of the road, AL. curious
to hear what was coming, Nh. Hardy
mounted one Of the planners and looked
about him, The air was still full Of
gas and smoke and that mixture, Of
fine iron filings aid oi1 which Is char
acteristic of 'suclf. places. Fhe men
were quiet and respectful enough.
Many soflithemu hadr, heardIgthe oman
ayers speech of Thursday night at the
town, hail. Most Of them werefaware
that some change had taken place, In
the man It had been whispered about
that he had arranged, matters for the
men injured III the Sunday accident So
that they Would not come to want In
any. way. ,ssw 80 ess5gs3 ~ y! esttlest
And nowithat,tgrimy,l hard Amuscled,
hard featured crowd Of 800 .men4,a all
turned their eyes, upon the figure
standing very erect and pale faced on
the great planer, and he III turn looked
out through the blue, murky atmos-
phere. anthem with an intensity Of ex.
preston which snone@in that audience
understood .g}i As Mr.. Hardy went on
with his speech they began to under
stand what that look meant. 81. RI ssi
my brothers" began the manager,
ith, 2 slight trembling Of the sylla-.
blIes SO new to, q, him, "as this. may, be
Ehe last time shall ever speak to you
l want to say what Is true to me and
what I feel owe to you. For Is years
4 have carried on the WORK in this
place without any thought Of the 800
men at work in these shops except as
their names; were on the. pay roll OF
the company.
'''It never made any difference to me
when your wives and children grew
sick ana died I never knew What,
sort Of houses you lived in except to
know that In comparison with mine
they must have been very crowded
and uncomfortable. For all these 25
years l have been as Indifferent to you
as one man possibly could be to men
who work for him, It has not occurred
to me during this time that could be