Mower County transcript., 1903-07-01

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ments have been made for service,
Mrs. Caylor?' Gordon asked, and his
heart was; sore at the sight of the
Wretched mother, whose fearless atti-
tude touched him more than if she had
shown q passion of grief. .......,-.,... +
"Mr. Randall is seeing to it." she said
indifrerently. r. -'S* I.
"But don't you want Minister"
Gordon was bewildered. He had never
faced exactly the same situation. =
II don't care. Mr.. Randall = i
II You are not Catholic? I remem-
Der you said to me your people in New
England belonged to the Baptist
church. There ought to be service Of
some kind, with a minister. Do you
know one you would like to haye?'
"A minister" The woman turned on
him almost fiercely. "A minister!
Mighty little use they have for such
one as me! This is no mans parishv'
"But for the sake of Louie! can
get Mr.. Falmouth to come down. 1 am
SO sorry for you, Mrs. Caylor. God
help you! Louie was good boy"
The woman suddenly threw her
apron over her head and burst into a
torrent Of weeping so violent that at
first Gordon was alarmed. He brought
her chair and made her sit down.
The other women in the corridor came
up, and one Of them said: "She'll be all
right now. When you can't cry, that's
the time your heart bleeds inside.'''
whats all this racket" cried a
voice from the room. Gordon wheeled
about and faced the man, Tommy Ran
dali. With the instructive forewarning
of peculiarly sensitive and delicate
moral consciousness Gordon knew that
between this man and himself there
could be nothing but. war from the
start. But what form it would take,
what forces the man had to draw on,
how much Of hold he had on the
wretched lives that furnished his field
Of action, John Gordon did not know.
Perhaps it was as well that he did not
know much abotltit A full knowledge
of even one aspect of Tommy Randall's
political influence might have appalled,
more courageous and hopeful man
than John Gordon. .&E 4 m ~ u .z5::.,
] The boss was a man Of about forty
i've. Outwardly he was a short, thick
set man, with a aorid face and reso-
lutte manner He did not show any
signs of incorporate living, and indeed
1t was, his boast that he had no vices.
The most noticeable characteristic Of
the man was his absolute confidence in
his own influence. Itfwas not egotism
SO much as thorough faith in the po-
litical security of his position. # 81 4
. There was one quality that John.
Gordon possessed, however. that made
him formidable. : HS. was fifteen years
Younger h.sh AS lt:;H...s az: iiw li;s 4:
pra actlc;llEy$ 10 sS pericnct. iii lh;,tsworldy
which 1ll was the only world in existence
Tor Tommy Randall. But lie had 4
falth J iinsGod y that was as profound as
tne 1a1 other 9th Tn mans political creed, and il
nus 11e love for the people he was pre-
pared N acting on that creed to 20 any|
lengths that were within human 5,possi-!
bility. II Gordon was ignor 1T of d om-l 1u
my Randall's s strength, the boss Wa s ,1y no 81
less Ignorant q II of this young man s. inner
sources i l Of as persistent and tireless
strength h that would inevitably come toE
MS assistance in the struggle that va 3
beglnnilng 81 in i that Wretched tenement
la' With a. child's death as witness to the
grim contest .79
ss have been 'l q king Mrs. CayIor
Swnat arrangerl have been made
for 9 funeral seryi ''s Gordon spoke
[an1etly % no other mister Has
been enga e 81 sasi 4 think d sget
" lnont tll.ef Yss church q e1nes as