Mower County transcript., 1903-07-01

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faced man dk tl,iirt me
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interest u his study proc c1aimed = stu
dent stf not a scholar The man himself
had az reserve power. How much more
than that was not apparent at first
sight.
y 10 q sorry to disturb your morning,
dr. Falmouth. know your rule, but
this is a case Of death. u knew you
would listen to me- 2 k..s
q Certainly; go on. I was thinking Of !
more like it. Don't try to palm OH
another one Of your rotten boxes on
me or you'll hear from me, eh? Put
It on the table, Then, as two chill
dren came in5o the room at the heels
Of the two men who brought the eof-
hn, Gordon was astonished to see Ran
dali pat them on the head kindly and
say: Now, then, lads, out of the road.
/ can't stop now j: s. f3 #i.@ sz5s !. ].
The children went sout OF the room.
and Randall hustled il and out, order
ing chairs and helping place the body
Of Louie in the coffin. Gordon came
up to the table to look at the little
face, for Louie had been partly de-
formed, and his face was like baby's.
He looked down at the figure and
noticed that one hand was clinched
tight. STOPPING a little lower, by the
dim light Gordon recognized his own
little gift when he had gone in with
Mr.. Marsh: 1t was sample bottle of
perfumery, and the child had chung to
1t in the darkness, dying in the horrible
filth of his surroundings, and, as Cor
don learned some time afterward, lit
orally covered with vermin.
John Gordon's tears fell on the face
as he felt that here was one OF Gods
little ones against whom somebody
had sinned. .'Better for milestone to
be hanged around his neck''-he seemed
to hear the words of the Son of Man
'than that one of these little ones
should perish Who was to blame?
Was it the social system? Was it the
selfish wealth? Was it political. dis
honesty? Was it definite Individual?
This child-weak, deformed, helpless
did it not need the strength and beauty
of whole universe thrown about it in
loving protection? Instead of that,
flung like some vile thing among the
rotting, loathsome, crawling things of
the<lowest physical world, it had gone
out of world of black horrors, cling
ing childishly to bit of artificial
fragrance that was practically all the
touch it ever knew of the; abounding
perfume Of flower bedecked earth.
Poor little soul! Will not God take
him and hold him long in his bosom Of
infinite pity? And will it be unjust il
an impossible gulf .yawns between
him and the Dives who on earth tasted
all the physical delights, but let the
dogs lick the sores Of the beggar at his
gate, proud OF his charity in fiinging to
him the crumbs of the feast? For is
not that about all that wealthy Chris
tendon has so far flung at the dying
beggar of the slum, after 1000 years of
luxurious civilization 3sss'.: 3s: "
Now then young man, is there any
thing more ?" ..s4 ~. = X .t.=t
His profound reverie was suddenly
interrupted by Randall. i. T. >>s. s*.S g.s+. !;
The service?' - .S~..' .f.;;:.
''The service! I will see to that" j
''1s.. there any ministerY' Gordon
asked firmly, for he knew enough from
what he had heard from the residents
to know that in many cases there were
no religious services Of any kind and a
horrible haste and tumult that partook
of the savagery of brute nature. T. =
Tommy Randall paused before he
answered, weighing somewhat careful
ly-just how far he could go. -
what business is it of yours, young
fellow?' ., /" =. u
Gordon silently showed him his In
/ spector's badge. -. o H.. .:x+....,
'Umph! Board of health! Does the
honorable body authorize you to man
age funerals? % 60. r .. t.-
ut does," replied Gordon boldly. ,.
SLOWS that?" Randall asked sharp
ly. ~ +:.,. j.. -. 4
''The duties of tenement inspectors
Gordon went on calmly, 'are clearly
defined in section IL, article 4, of the
regulations of the state board of health.
That article distinctly says it shall be
the duty of the inspectors, in case Of
death occurring in districts under In,
spectfon,, to notify the proper authors
ties and, II no other authorized body is
in charge, to arrange whatever Is nec-=
essary for the welfare Of the family
in the matter Of BURIAL etc. i consid-
er. therefore, that I am acting fully
within the limits Of my authority when
I say have a right to call in minis
ter for the decent observance Of the
rites attending this DEATH" + y 81. T II
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Wisdom applied to practice is called
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