Evening journal., 1905-11-17


took a second look at him, and he beck
oned me TO come over. He made
place for me to sit beside him and
opened the conversation by asking:
Young man, want TO ask you II
you are a resident Of Blankville7"
Il am, sir" 1 replied.
"Then you can do an old man a IA
vor, II you viii. ! am not only an old
man, but very lame to boot My name
is John Scott-the Rev. John Scott
although l retired from active work
some years ago. I presume you are
well acquainted with your city"
Fairly well, sir, and / shall be glad
to oblige you in any way can"
Thanks. knew / could not be mis-
taken IN you. It is this want to ask:
How far is Butternut street from the
depotY
"Only two blocks away
"And about where would No. 224
beT'
mot over three blocks away" re-
piled, after a little thought
THAT is well. The street, as 1 have
been told. is respectableT'
"Oh, yes. The residents are mostly
working people, but it is a nice street
you don't happen to know a ma
chinist living at 224-a man named
BarrowY"
'No, sir"
well, no harm done. / don't know
him, either. but shall make his ac-
quaintance this evening. / had a son
die in South Africa three years ago.
and this Mr.. Barrow was with him
and has written me that he can give
me full particulars. He is to meet me
at the depot and put me up for the
night. Poor Harry He was my only
son, sir. He went of there to seek his
fortune. and was killed by the natives
You are not a father and you don't
know what it means for one to lose
his only child.
assured him OF my sympathy, and
as a matter OF fact 1 did feel sorry
when l saw his chin quivering.
"Oh, well, 1t is a cross 1 am called
upon to bear" he said after a time.
"The Lord gives and the Lord takes
away. Are you a member OF any
church, may 1 ask?"
'Not as yet. sir"
But you believe in the Christian
doctrine. hope;'
Il certainly do"
swell, let me trust that in time you
, will see your way clear to ally your
self to some church. Religion asks
nothing Of any man he cannot grant,
and you do not know what a consola-
tion 1t is in time OF trouble"
Later on he told me something OF his
history. and learned that he had been
a great exhorter in his time, and had
been The means OF leading thousands
into ne true path We fell to discuss
ing Biblical questions, and / was sur
prised and pleased at the extent OF his
knowledge and the keenness OF his
arguments. / offered to withdraw sew
eral times. thinking might weary
him, but he overruled me. and so 1
rode the whole distance in his COM
pany. He did not ask my business OF
other impertinent questions, but seem
ed perfectly satisfied with what 1 told
him.
When we at last reached the end of
our journey l felt it no more than
common politeness to offer my arm to
help him out Of the car. He accepted
1t, and when he rose up he placed a
crutch under the other and moved
painfully along. He had already told
me that his complaint was sciatic rheu-
matism and that he was just now suf-
fering from a periodical attack. He
had said that Mr.. Barrow was to meet
him. No such person was there When
we were satisfied of this the reverend
gentleman said:
"He may have made a mistake about
the time. or something has happened to
= detain him. Would It be asking toe
much of one who has already favored
me to ask that you walk to the corner
with me? shall be indeed grateful"
Why not? Any man would have done
so. We set out at slow pace, and
afterward remembered that all the
r hacks were gone before we left the
platform. nor did notice a policeman
/ about. The two blocks TO Butternui
street were occupied by lumber yards
and factories which were closed at that
hour. In going a block and half we
did not meet a single person. Then We
halted and the Rev. Mr. Scott said;
Il viii change the crutch under the
J. other arm, please"
He stepped back of me to make the
+ change, and the next thing l knew h'
4 had his arm around my neck, his kne'
in the small Of my back and was doing
I the garrote In first class shape. was
found half an hour later by pedes
D trian and removed to the hospital, anC
/ It was two weeks before ] was able tC
crawl out. 1t was a put up job to ge
j my money, and the $4,000 had IN my
o pocket was duly transferred. We haC
j the police on the case for a full year
! bat they never spotted Off anybody
+ who resembled the slick garroter with
! In forty rods. M. QUAD.
: Fall Schedule. B. G. o. r. r.
The new schedule Of the b. & o. Rail
a road, which s'ill go into elfs.t on sun
day, November 19. makes no change
lin trains on the Philadelphia Division
The most important change is il trail
: No 6, eastbound from Chicago to New
York. which leaves Chicago at o p. M
Instead of $50 p. m. and arrives "A
p Wilmington and Chester at the sam
ltime as on the present schedule.