The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-03-20


at Ra.ton for o. vaars ono oe the t,r,s-
+aos ard . liberal oi,-o,. ua nrided
himself nm that fact R,,t so far as Civ
ino any of his fine mr. narsonal service
was concerned be world as soon have
thought of giving all his nroperty away
10 fbe FIRST MOO. man he mot His min
is+er had This last week written him an
~arpest. warm heartedH letter. express.
inr na,cl, pleasure ut fine service he
had rendered So many ve,,s rs , fms.
Zee ana asking him if he wop,d not
come to the Thursday evening meet-
inc ,l,at veet and fake some mart
whichever he chose TO helm alon@ If
was a season of anyious interest among
many in the church and t],e nasto1
earnestly desired the presence and holm
of an tha ,ae,,hers
Robert had ,esd the letter t,,ro,,ah
hastilv and smiled n Iit+le sco,ut,l,lv
What, He take part i'm y nrare, meet.
ms, He ,oIlan,t ,euer,Lar hon. no
had attended one Tl,av wore foo d,,,l
for him. he Wondered ot Mr. Tones
fo,. WRITING s,t.h a Iatte, and almost
feIt rs tbo,,oh no haa haon in,,,erti.
mont ua threw tba let+ar in tho v,as+a.
basket and did not even answer If. He
world not have heen aI,iltv of s,,cb a
lack of courtesy in re@ord to q h,,si-
ness letter b11t a lettar from bis minis
fer was another thing Tba idoa of 20.
nlvino ia q latter from him ,aya. oo-
Cured to Mr.. Hardy. And when
Thursday NIGHT cama he wont down 70
q meeting of tbe chess c,,,b a~1 had a
good time with his f. vor.4e ro,,o fo,
he was q e,a MIA var ana VOC rod
in q sar;as- of ao,s,s lit, Ia;ns
PLAYED for the state championships.
The superintendent of the Sunday
school had latelv timid1v annroacbaa
Mr.. Hardy and asked him if he would
not take a class of bows in the Sunday
school. What. HE take q class of hovs,
He, the influential, wealthy manager
of one of the largest railroad shops in
the world-HE give his time to the
teaching of q Sunday school class! He
excused himself on The score4of lack of
time, and the very same evening Of his
interview with the Superintendent he
went to the theater to hear a roaring
farce and after he reached home spent
an hour in his favorite study of chem
istry in his laboratory at the top of his
house, for Mr.. Hardy was a man Of
considerable power as a student. and
he had an admirable physical constitu-
ton, capable of the most terrible
strain. ANYTHING that gave him pleas
ure he was willing to work for. He
was not lazy. but the idea of giving his
personal time and service and talents
to bless the world had no place in his
mind.
And so as he lay on the lounge that
evening and listened to his wife's plain
statement concerning his s~elishness he
had no intention to give I'D a SINGLE
thing that gratiied his tastes and fed
his pride.
After a silence lust about lone
enough for some one to give the expla-
nation lust given. Mrs. Hardy said.
speaking colGly, as If it were a matter
of Indifference to her:
"Mf. Burns, the foreman. called
while you were out"
"He did? What did he want?"
"He said four Of the men in the cast
ing room were severely injured this
afternoon by the bursting Of n of the
r%etorts, and the entire force had quit
work and gone home"
Couldn't Burns supply the place of
the injured men? He knows where the
extras are"
"That was what he came to see YOU
about. He said he needed further di-
rections. The men fatty refused to
work another minute and went out in
a body. l don't blame them much.
Robert, don't you believe God will pun
ish you for keeping the shops open on
any Sunday?"
Nonsense, Mary" replied Mr.. Hal.
dy. Yet there was a shadow of I'M
e~asiness in his tone. "The work has
sot to go on. 1t is a work of necessity
Railroads are public servants. they
can't rest Sundays"