The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-13

BHlV,s the hero, is robbed of his
estate by villain, who showed his char
acter in the first chapter. Later the vii
lain is killed, out of revenge, by one who
suffered loss by the first piece of villainy
recorded in the book The poor whites,
whom Billy has been prosecuting for
whipping negroes, charge Billy with the
crime, and circumstances point his way.
Billy is placed in jail. The poor whites
prepare to lynch him. Annie becomes a
heroine indeed by taking a wild ride to
save him. He helps save himself, how
ever, in this wise
AS Billy heard the rush Of their feet in the
hallway he swung his own door wide open 1.-THE
5ai1er benz riend had not Kept him ce
threshold lighting up the hall and the threaten
ing front of the crowd.
AS the foremost man thrust himself within the
sharp and insistent, stayed him suddenly His
words were not loud, but they were firm and his
tones We're vibrant with a deadly intensity.
II have six shots here, he said and T do
not ofteE miss my aim. Just as the first Of
yon steps thru that doorway will kill him.
The second shall follow him.. Prob -nly you
can haye your way afterward. No. let the
man who is willing to die come forward and
pass the lamp
The mob stood irresolute.
This mob is not quite satisfactory; it
lacks the spirit of a mob, a spirit of reck-
lessness, which whisky primed mob
would be expected to have.
But just at this point an alarm is
sounded, for Annie has aroused Bil1y's
friends and the ttirresolute mob takes
flight
Despite the imperfections of Mr. Nc
Cants' art, very apparent in the above ex-
tract his story Is good picture of the
times and conditions he seeks to portray,
and that Is saving a great deal
THE GREATER SACRIFICE i.
Through years of toll that knew no day
too long
Or night too brief for rest if so her hand
For doing deeds Of love kept firm and
strong,
life all sacrifcial she had planned
And lived; her purpose held above defeat,
That one most cherished life might ever
be
With richest, rarest blessings all replete
Behold" men said, 'she lives unselfsh-
ly.."
Then shone light about her, and a voice
In sudden wisdom cried, mo more re-
joice,
For haught of blessing in thy giving lies
Deny! Deny! e'er all his manhood dies.
And needing then that startling, strange
advice,
She made her first great bleeding sacri-
flee.
,-Myra R. Libby in The Outlook for June
II.
Marmadlke Pickthall, whose tale of the
orient, Said, the Fisherman mcclure
Phillips & Coz, gives such vivid picture
| Of Palestine fifty years ago, says that the
| most humorous book in the world could
be written about Jerusalem to-day and
| the half demented Christian pilgrims who
make it their stopping place. Most o.
| them believe themselves to be reincarna.
lions of the apostles or the Savior him.
| self. IA more diverse set of naniacs
never met in my life" says Mr.. Pickthall
! Zone dear old lady met used to ascend
the Mount of Olives every day with a tea
| basket, so that she said. when thu
! apostles come may refresh them .
John Graham Brooks discusses labo
problems in a book on The Social I'm
/ rest. Mr.. Brooks speaks from close ac
quaintance with the subject. From hi
/ own experience he warns readers tina
1 literature is an unsafe guide in labor mat
/ ters unless it is hot from the press, o.
/ rather from sources of information, or The
conditions of which they treat. TIL,
4 safest course is to get ones information
! from personal contact with conditions
Perhaps that is why Mr.. Brooks book Il
| issued in paper covers-because it doe
1 not take long for such information, ane
1 consequently for deductions based upol
i it, to cool, and, therefore, it would b,
useless to give 1t more permanent form
The student Of labor problems will fint
much to interest him in the book and will
find it lucidly expressed.
4 The Uneasy Chair.