Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-29

mankind and did such honor to the
human heart" (Vociferous cheers and
cries of Good old hearty Person
ally he was proud to think that he
had lived to see this day-this glorious
day, this never-to- be-forgQtten day
when two great nations had combined
to unfurl the flag of the brotherhood
of man, and had planted it on the
watchtower of civilization for all the
world to see." CA voice: Never
mind the flag, old chap. Have you got
the money there? That's what we
want to see.")
YES" responded the chairman,
with an indulgent smile, as if saying
to himself, with Pecksnifian phil.
osophy: Let us humor these good
creatures, these dear creatures. 1t is
natural that they should wish to as
sure themselves, by a sight Of the
gift that has come from Germany,
that their dream of brotherhood is in
deed realized
Eyes, the money is here safe
enough, my friends" he said. ct is in
that satchel which is now held by my
honored co-laborer and colleague, Mr..
Richardson Hall, and which he will
soon have the honor of presenting on
behalf of the people of Germany, and
of accepting ON behalf of the people
of England
This statement was followed by 8
scene of the widest enthusiasm and
| uproar, each member of the audience
expressing his approval in his own
| way. When order, or something like
order, was restored, other speakers
followed the chairman, some exu1ting
In a rapidly approaching millennium,
some speaking less inflateddy, and some
with sound common sense, but all
more or less pointing to the fact that
| the combination of the working classes
of two great nations was an assurance
/ that the day was not far distant when
/ the working men of all nations would
1 follow the splendid example which had
been set by the working men of Ger
many in coming to the rescue of their
oppressed fellow-workers in England.
AS Number Two was now on his
legs, and the moment for turning of
/ the lights would soon be arriving, I
edged my way out and watched the
rest of the performance through the
couple OF tiny oval-shaped windows.
which were set, like pair Of eye
| glasses shining out from an express
sionless countenance, high up on the
face of the swing doors. saw him
hand over the satchel to the chair
man, who worked up his audience to
/ a state approaching delirium by open
ing it and waving bundle of crisp
i bank notes over his head. Next he
i nil a ficf in nd hv~iYa ri1acr {
i handful of gold, he let the yellow
discs slide back againa cascade Of
/ shining coins-into the bag, which hi
closed with a snap and replaced upor
1 the table. Then Number Two gave ths
i signal, and in another instant hac
i done my part and turned off the lights
"a friend who was present told ms
afterwards that the scene inside-if 3
4 scene 1t can be called when there was
no light by which to see-was indie
scribable. He said he could Hken il
to 'hell on busy night-with the
4 fire OUT
j Almost Immediately afterwards the
lights were turned only whom I dc
not know and my friend. who il
economical of speech, described the
4 9
busy night-with the fire on" Worse
was to follow. Number Two, white
with passion or with face, powder,
cannot say which, was seen to LEAF
upon the table, with one hand pointing
to the door, and with the other hol.
lowed round his mouth so as to form
a sort Of speaking trumpet.
"Shut the door," he Numbered
THE money! the money! It's gone,
4 Let no one out! The thief must still
be in the room!"
i My friend, who is traveller and {
hunter of big game" says never tt
4 the end of his life shall he forget thu
i terrible fury of the trumpeted cry of &
wild COW elephant when she turned
upon her pursuers from the dead body
of her bull calf, which they had slain
But he assures me that the cry of {
thousand wild animals of the woot
could not equal in fury the yell tha
went up from these wilder animals o.
the slum and the city when they heard
that the money was gone.
How he extricated himself from tha-
ing like wildcats one with the other
i he does not know. But he tells me
that within two minutes from the an
nouncement Of the robbery there wa.
scarcely man, either among thu
speakers or among the audience, WHIT
had coat on his back or whole
skin to his body.