The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-14

,,,a .hiveriar chore-boy set his t,e~
for the first time towards the dark tof-
ests. ,.,, +,a,-
burden on the raised platform OF tne "a ~
stems. Thorpe turned and froaeed kas
crowd
At once pandemonium broke loose, as
though the previous performance mao
been nothing but'a low-voiced senes's s'i,
| The men looked upon Their leader ana
gave voice to the enthusiasm that Was
| in them He stood alone there. stta
and tall, the muscles OF MS crown go
set To hide his emotion. his head thruss
S,o, nro,,5Iv tn. lines of his strong
fg1re tense with power-the gioSinca-
| ton in finer matter of the hardy. reilai,s
men who did him honor.
| con. aren't you proud OF him.? saspso
| Hflda squeezing HeleH's arm WITH III
tie sob. IT.,
| countenance glowing with pride and
| pleasure. mounted the PLATFORM aao
| stood beside his friend. while MOTION
and the two young ladies stopped max
way UP the steps.
| At once the racket ceased Every ona
| stood at attention.
| Mr. Thorpe" Wallace began. at tha
| request Of your friends here l have
+! a most pleasant duty to fulfill
| They have asked me to toll you row
| glad they are to see you; that surely
| unnecessary. They have also asked ma
/ to congra tulate You or having WON tila
| fight with our rivals
| the Old Fellow" n1uttered JOYOUS voices.
| But said Wallace. II think that I
! first have a story to tell on my own ac~
count
AT the time the jam broke this spr d;.1s
! r-e owed the men here for a years work.
| At that time T considered their demand
! for wages fIl-tirred ard crashing. Wis!
| to apoloeize After the money was PAID
| them instead of scattering they set TO
work under Jack Roadway and Tim Shea;-
| er to salvage your logs. They have work
| ed long hours all summer. Trey nave
| invested every cent OF their years earn
/ panv's booms three million feet OF logs.
! rescued by their grit and hard lahor
At this gont TIE sn .2s53s Was 'qssr,
US a rest" grow,ed the audience. 'Threa
milo, FEET amt w9r!n sk'n ro aog 1frt1,
cay tie wy -ou ushte-,'' ST u d purts.
night two millions pockete2 on Mares
i Island. or we wouldn't had that much"
"Da-nn.fooI ugae TT, q: anyh how, ,,an
very fortunate From failure success has
| come. Eut never have been more for
tunate tllan in my friends. The firm IS
! three times the logs it lost thts YEAR
He paused and scanned tn faces
| But. he continued suddenly. lit can
not now, nor ever can afford to lose what
those three million feet ~rep-esent--ths
! friends it has made. I can pay you ack
| the money you nave spent and the ri'Tle
you have put in Again he looked
them over. and then for the first tine
! since they have known him his face
! lighted up with rare and tender smile
! of affection 'Eut comrades. 1 shall rot
offer to do it: the Gift is accented IN the
! spirit with which il was otfersd-
Ee got no further. The air was rent
| with sound Even the members of his
I own partv cheered From every direc-
! ton the crowd surged inward. The wo-
| men and Morton were forced up the plat
form to- Thorpe. The latter n'otioned
| for siience-
Nov boys. We have done II said he.
land so will go back 10 work From now
or you are my comrades in the fight
His eyes were dim: his breast heaved:
his voice shook tiiIda WIS weepins
saw them all looking at their leader. and
/ in the worn, hard faces sIowed the atfec-
| ton and admiration of a dog for its mas
| ter Something there especially
touching in this. for strong men rarely
| show It. She felt a great wave OF eN-
| citement sweep over her. InstantI-- shs
was standing by Thorpe her evas stream
| Ing her breast throobng with emotion
oh she cried stretching her arms
| out to them passionately, ''Oh! loy5
you; I 1oye you ALL
tThe End.)