Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-02-14

to fake my place: Food for The lion.
Three cheers for the press! It's the
great agency of civilization. It's the
prize life taker. It's the-look out!
Here / go againr'5 =: = ~ Il.
He put his head down and coughed
SO long and violently that at the end
Of it John Gordon found himself on his
knees by the side Of his friend holding
his head and now thoroughly alarmed.
why, this can't go on, David he
expostulated.
Eyes, it can apparently. At least it
seems to go on quite easily" ..
''But you'll simply commit suicide
If you don't listen to reason and quit
all work for at least six months.''
Cant do it. Got too much at stake"
Barton answered. He rose, and, going
into an adjoining room, be took some
medicine, bathed his face and came
out looking so much better that John
Gordon was amazed
"Only a trifing little cough, John.
It's not on my lungs. Just throat
trouble. got caught out in the rain
down near Hope House the other
night and didn't have q chance to steal
an umbrella without getting caught
again. Come in and let's have out the
reform business. You can't let Harris
offer go by. It's too much of a
chance"
"But I'm keeping you up too late,"
Gordon said doubtfully.
"Why, old man, haven't you sent
your things over here to stay until you
get married or something? Whose are
those buds out in the hall?''
''They're mine, expect. I sent them
over this afternoon. The break had to
come at home some time, and I knew
you would take me in at any time"
"Sit down, them" said Barton, giving
his friend push into an easy chair.
He himself went over to lounge and
lay down on it, turning his pale, thin
face, with it's great, glowing eyes, to-
ward John Gordon.
The grim death had already laid a
long hand on Barton's chest, but with
the stubborn cynicism of his chara cter
Barton refused to acknowledge any
| mastery. although, contrary to most
victims of consumption, he knew and
acknowledged himself that do what he
would he could not shake that hand
off.
John Gordon mournfully eyed the re-
| cumbent figure on the lounge.
'Forgive me, David. have been so
busy over my own plans that l have
not thought of you. Why have you not
let me know about
"Oh, let's talk of your matters. Mine
can wait. Besides, don't you know it's
| not the thing to talk to sick people
about their condition? Don't make me
believe that l have anything. How
about Harris offer?"
81 have decided not to accept it," re-
piled John Gordon quietly. q
"Thats plump. Say why
John Gordon did not answer at once.
give already told you partly. Seeing
Harris confirms my opinion concerning
his insincerity. He simply wants to
| use the fact Of my connection with
Hope House to get a feature more or
| less sensational for the News"
| you didn't take to him very loving
~, did your Barton chucklcd.
| II found myself in danger of hating
| him"
"Still, Harris has his coed points.
He's the most egotistic man l ever
knew, but with the exception of that,
and perhaps q dozen other remarkable
faults, he's interesting. He's interest
mig" Barton repeated. you're toe
| particular, John. don't see why you
can't carry on the department and
make things around Bowen street just
hum for reform if you have the paper
to help you. IT you expect an angel tC
come along and give you page of his
| daily to boost your reforms, you'll have
| to wait till angels are thicker in the
newspaper business than they are now.
| I don't know any myself. My &C
Quaintance so far has been in the other
| direction.''
'"There's another reason haven't
given for refusing Harris" John Cor.
| don spoke thoughtfully. II want to
know the people before 1 begin to talk
or write about them. And ought to
spend at least ten years Of my life in
seeing, hearing, thinking, knowing, but
not much in writing-not yet. Do you
know what the bishop of London said
! awhile ago?' -
mo; l don't know the bishop
"He said: 4 have found that isola-
| ton of one class from another is the
root of all social evils. Contact with
the neglected people and the lapsed
masses. was the method of Christ's
| reclamation of the lost. 1t is the only
method that can succeed now Isn't
that quite remarkable for bishop? I
met him in London. He is the most
| all around Christian ever saw. I
wish they had a bishop like that here.
Now, you see don't want to, 60 into
the newspaper business In the sensa-
tional way that Harris wants. need
to live among the people for period,
at least until / am able to talk and
write with some sort of knowledge.
Harris idea is to burst out with q
page of denunciatiOn and hvsterical