Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-12-30
But I know. ] know.
I know | snail be there.

/ viii you. ~l!i you-
Say. viii YOU there?
| There none but the pure and the holy
Can ever enter in:
You have no hope of its glory
II still you're the servant OF sin
Bless Cod. bless God,
Bless Coo. you may be therei
Yes. you can go there. my brother,
For Jesus has died the tree,
And that precious blood is flowing
That washes. poor sinner like
viii you. VIII you.
Will you wash and be clean?
All who enter that glorious city
Have made their garments of white,
Have trod IN the Saviour's footsteps;
They've battled for God and for right.
i long, | long.
long to meet you there.
Had ever singer such an audience
such an occasion or such a purpose in
using the divine passion of song? Long
before she had finished Eric had faint
ed dead away, and Stuart and the doc
| tor were caring for him as he lay on
the floor of the band stand, his up
turned face as CHASTITY white as those
| two below. But Stuart'S senses thrOb-
bed to that song as they never had to
any triumphant aria that ever swept
through the gilded, perfumed opera
| houses of Europe. What were all
those singers there to this one who was
using her gift to help save life and pre-
| vent crime? 1t is probable that Stuart
Duncan laid his heart at the feet of
Rhena Dwight that evening. He had
already surrendered his soul to God.
1t was no less q sacred mingling of
that with all the rest of his recent ex-
hof Io Il; b
the height of loving this woman.
The song ceased. The men breathed
deeper. as if they had been holding
their breath during the singing, and a
murmur swelled over the square. It
grew every second, but the mob was
not the same. The better purposes in
hundreds of the men had been stirred.
They were not brutal or cruel or law
less men for the most part; but on the
contrary, very many of them were
deeply religious, and above all else
they desired to see the cause of labor
triumph. The facts so clearly pre-
sented by Eric were undeniable. One
of the older men began to speak now
from the stand. They had come up to
Champion to take the law into their
own hands. The question was. in the
light of sober reason, what would the
results be if they should do this thing
in hot blood? Eric was right about it.
There arose a storm of cries from the
crowd at this point for a division on
the question. what did the union de-
cide?" "Bide by the union in the mat
terri AYE, aye; that's reason!' Voter!
"Decisionr'
The vote was accordingly taken.
Should the soldiers and officers be dealt
with by the miners for the death of the
two men or should they be handed
over to the authorities to await due
process of law? The vote was taken
by hands. Less than a fourth Of the
men thrust up their hands with clubs
in them on the vote to deal with the
soldiers as they pleaz-ccc- ON the mega
tive an overwhelming majority carried
the day TO submit the entire affair to
the law.
Instantly every man in the band
stand came down. Stuart and the doc
tor assisted in bearing Eric back TO the
doctors buggy. Eric revived a little
as he was being carried and asked to
be taken to his own house The doctor
thought that would be wiser than to
take him back to Stuart'S, and Stuart
reluctantly consented to the transfer.
He went himself with Eric saw him
comfortable and then returned to the
square.
The decision Of the union was being
faithfully carried out. The troops and
their officers were placed under guard
III the engine house, and the police of
Champion were assisted by the miners,
who claimed that the firing of the
troops had been without excuse and
that the placing of them under arrest
was called for by every dictate of JUS
tice and fair play. ,
AS we pass this incident in the course
of this narrative which is connected
with the story of our lives in Cham
pion it is sufficient to say that next
day the troops were taken back to De
Mott by the authorities, and in the
trial which came off afterward the
case was dismissed on the ground of
insufficient evidence to convict. AS u
matter of fact, there had been great
provocation on both sides, but the fir
ing of the troops was always conSid-
cred by the miners as not warranted
by the facts. They always spoke of
the killing of the two men as "mur-
der and looked upon the acquittal Of
the officer who gave the command to
fire as an outrage and q clear miscar-
riage Of justice.
So ended that memorable night.
Stuart went home at last, feeling that
the problem was no nearer solution, so
far as the strike was concerned, and
agitated as never before by the great
rising within him of emotions and
thoughts heretofore entirely unknown