The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-04-06

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a. HERE was Il great crowd along
the avenue. and it was par
" ticularly dense at Fifty-firSt
street, where foolish million
aire in Il bright red automobile had
tried to cross ahead of the procession
Several policemen We're reproving the
autOmObiliSt, who was replying acri-
mOniouSly. The crowd WAS jecrng good
naturedly and had closed in 50 thickly
behind the car that it could not he
backed without creating carnage. and
the odds were large that the impatient
occupant would have to stay where he
was until about three miles of Irish
men parading in honor Of st. Patrick
had passed that point.
The incident is of no Importance in
this narrative except that it resulted in
blocking the path Of Edmund Uallorau.
who was on his way to the University
club. Mr.. HallOran was a Democrat as
Il matter of intellectual conviction. but
he was an ariStocrat at heart. lie dis
liked crowds. and with reason. for they
are nearly always undignified. Dignity
was Mr.. HallOran'S most conspicuous;
characteristic: he had SO much of il
that as lawyer he could impart it
even to the proceedings Of the typical
New York court
Observing vacant place upon the
steps of the cathedral, Lawyer Uall)-
ran took advantage of 1t and fora mo-
ment was out of the press. bat the
people surged up and presently drove
him into the sacred editicc As he WAS
entering he observed tall. broad
shouldcred fellow who at the first
glance impressed IIallOran as a per
feet picture of robust ana sturdy
youth. An elderly woman. obviously
his mother. stood at his right ana a
pretty girl at his left. When the three
turned to ascend the steps the woman
and the girl took each an arm of the
young man and helped him along He
walked with Il peculiar lamencSS. as
though the SOles Of his feet had been
red hot. The mothers tenderness ana
solicitude We're beautiful to behold. but
the girl seemed impatient and Il little
out of temper.
Lawyer HallOran vaguely wondered
what was the matter with the Young
man, never having seen anybody l;Mn
in precisely that way. 1t was a pass
ing thought, and the matter would
never have crossed his mind again. but
a few minutes later, while he was on
jOying the comparative seclusion of tho
vast and splendid cdifice, he saw the
mother enter and take an obscure seat.
Immediately she began to pray with
great fervOr. The deep simplicity of
her faith seemed to radiate into the at
moSphCrc. and in its circle of influence
the lawyer found himself assuming a
more revcrent spirit The thought of
his errand at the club and the annoy
ance of the delay were forgotten. and
he was glad to be in the great church
on the saints day.
The woman remained at her devo-
tons for perhaps ten minutes and then
arose and moved toward the door, but
Immediately returned. as if she had
forgotten something. She had, indeed,
forgotten where she had been sitting
and, observing this, the lawyer thought
it his duty to point out the error. He
was one who had Il nervous dread of
mixing in the affairs of strangers, and
it was with some difficulty that he
brought himself to address this wOm-
an.
You were sitting here, madam" he
said.
His dignity quite overshadowed her.
She looked up timidly and thanked him