The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-05-20


be united, on its knees praying, on It's:
feet working. And as the campaign:
drew near it's climax every dark and
hideous viper that had fattened I'M;
the security Of years Of protection
from the city crawled out Of its hole
ana showed its ugly and poisonous
front yearing it against an assault:
that for sbeasst time in history was
really doing sometssSSg sa-sasssaeate tness
name Of the stern righteousness Of Coo
in men. ss:sss -
One morning John Gordon, going by
Tommy Randall's double decker, found &
It deserted Of workmen. 1t had cones
up three stories and half.
When Miss Andrews heard the news
she said: 'tThat means that Tommy issss
In need Of campaign funds. ..&He%has
spent fortune already. If that dumb
bell is never finished" d. s,ss5ss3Sss:
eve will let it stand as a monument
Of victory" said Gordon. sS.z+7szSSs;
Two evenings later Gordon @ az
mouth, Chamssees=s md Miss Andrews 1
went together to moncter mass meet
ing. All four Of them spoke. MSS zaa.-.
drews was received with great dem
onstration. When Chambers spoke, H.
was noticeable that hundreds Of mem
and women representing the wealth
and fashion Of the city were there and
that, although he uttered the most
scathing rebuke Of the selfish wealthy
people who Stunned all civic respoasi
bility, they listened with posityeSadss
miration to a speech that was q torrent;
Of eloquence, for Chambers WIS anSsS: rSs:
aristocrat himself and could not beres
pudiated by any Of the city most:
cultured or refined circles. Mrs. Pen
rose was present that hight with Lueala
and Archie. They all heard MisssAnssS
drews, with genuine surprise az her
ability. Chambers provoked theirsap
plause even while he anSered-theaaA
his prophets deuunciation Of thearss
wicked selfshness. Falmouth s speech
was a calm but earnest appealsto the
conscience, and every hearer was more
honestly thoughtful for it hen#Gor
don rose. i:
He had gained amazingly in the pow:
er to address great crowd sHe%sinns3
ply told the story Of the tenementssout
Of his OWL experience. He made snoss:
plea; he uttered no denunciation,, SIRE
ply told how childhood was tortured
and crushed and stifed and murdered
in the double deckers. His story
the story Of childhood's rights tt:
made tremendous impression. MIS-
Penrose bent her head, and her hpS
whispered the itany: s,ssiss
80 Lamb Of God, who takest aWayg
the sins Of the world, have mercy upon
me-"
Luella never took her eyes off john
Gordon's face. AS he drew near the
end she 1oted the extreme exhaustonsS
Of his whole bearing. And as he sfn-
ishcd and sat down she observed Miss
Andrews, who was seated behindsG Cor
don, lean forward and ask him somesss
thing.
was making some announcement Sfor
another gathering Luella saw Cham
bers and Falmouth suddenly rise and
go over to Gordon just as he's sWayed
and would have fallen. The twohienes
caught him and quickly carried him
off the stage. Miss Andrews followed &:
them, and the great audience began To-
go out s.5sssssssssss ssssSs::sss5:
Lucia hesitated- Mrs. Penrose had
not seen anything. She had not been
looking.
81 think Mr. Gordon was ILL.," Luellass
said. ;:;sEss.
''Shall we wait and Inquirer MIS-
Penrose asked quickly.
':I'll go up and see about il" Arch1ess rls
suddenly volunteered s.s,sSssss 5s2ss:sss;
He went up and crossed the stage
and disappeared. When he came back.
after few minutes, he said that Cor.
don had been removed to Hope House. 4
and no one seemed to know just what hat
the trouble was. :sssssss :s5s3sss.
'sNothing serious, think" Mrs. Pens;
rose remarked. well telephone downs
when we get home .!gs;
Word was sent back by one Of the
settlement workers in answer to MIS-
Penrose's inquiry that Gordon Was51Az
but it was not possible yet to say how
seriously. Mrs. Penrose sent word: to-
Luella and added that if Luella wished
she would go down to Hope House
with her next day and inquire. uelta.:ssss
replied that she did not think it neces
sary, and Mrs. Penrose did not press
the matter. Sgss.sS
But three days later Luella was Stnss q &.
the drawing room when a visitor was
announced
Miss Andrews from Hope House,
said the servant .-l=sss5:a+ 1sss:sSS sss:ss
Luella rose to meet her as she en- A
tered. Both women were very grave
L11ella tembled as she motioned Grace
Andrews to seat.
rro pE CONTINUED. s