Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1906-01-25

way. The indignant citizens went on
footing but after all, nothing but a naval
battle could add very much to the pande-
which reigned in New York in
those days. Did the noble Baggs fslterR
Not he. AS the slang OF the time ran, be
had another ace up his sleeve.
"Now you must know that j. Willard
Willard was at that time president OF the
automobile trust, head of every important
automobile society in America and the
power behind every tonneau. He It was
who had sent counsel to prosecute Baggs.
"Observe this large building which
now fash on the screen. That was the
Willard Building, thirty-t two stories high,
built by j. Willard Willard from the flesh
and blood of auto victims. II stood not
far from the old Brooklyn bridge on
Nassau street, then a narrow thoroughfare
in the business district, now eliminated
by the warehouse district contiguous to
the aquatic and aerial wharves. II was,
of course, steel frame structure.
"On the fourth morning OF the great
campaign and when all looked dark,
long haired street musician with hddle
appeared at the door Of the Willard build
ing Had any discriminating person taken
the time, he might have noticed something
noble in the brow, something ideal IN the
face, something clean in the neck, which
set him of from the average street musl-
elan. He played lively tunes, ligs, street
ballads; but those who paused TO drop
pennies into his tin cup might have
noticed had they fingered that between
tunes he drew his bow over his strings as
though feeling for a note. First II was
one note, then II was another, but he |
drew monotonously on the one note be- |
| fore ne changed. |
.sAnd presently the clerk at the cigar |
counter was heard to say:
al wonder what makes the building
| fnfa mr.
droning the same note With renewed
energy. The eigsr lighters flicker and go
out. The old musician tucks his instru-
ment under his arm and departs, NUT
/ tering:
90 fiat exactly
"That afternoon thousand peds dis.
trihuted themselves about the wizard
bile horn, keyed exactly on q fiat. In the
second story OF a building across the way
The Baggs peds had established mead
"suddenly from every direction came
sound OF motonous footing, all IN the key
of G fiat. II rose above the noises Oh the
street-a thousand honking horns gong
together. first softly, then increasing ID
volume. The Willard building began TO
shiver as in an earthquake. You know,
for history has told you, what this meant
The old musician was DIR. Schmitz, the
eminent German American yioiihist,
second only TO The Baggs in the great
movement for emancipation Ina na
caught the KEY OF vibration OF that buld-
ing. They were working on the principle
OF the fiddler who fiddled down the brloge'
aThe great building trembled visloiy.
Its elevators, its halls, its stairways were
, thronged with people running TO escape
the earthquake. The police were sum
moned. W hat could they do The MUST
n . had taken care mol
10 eongregate in crowds, and the courts
mad ruled that il was lawful to foot an
1 automobile horn. -,,,
aThey were footing from the windows
! of adjacent buildings, from far corners
: from doorways. Besides, the police were
: secretly in sympathy with the motsiiei ~
A. the luckless Nicholas H., Gar o.
Russia. learned to his cost in 1900, wneL
+ the army and the police Join in revolution
: I them thrones totter. They could Du
: clear the street-for they foresaw the mex
: catastrophe. -. A.sa
: s.The great building trembled from base
a ment to flagstaff. Suddenly oegan y
= cast it, concrete shell. Story after SLOT
I stood denuded, revealing bare, steel beam
and expensive Office furniture, no" aDou
10 fall In the general rum. -, a..;,,
J; aSuddenly through the mass OF nyln
= cement appeared the form OF j. Millar
= Willard. Across the street the heroi
!, Z Rags. gentle IN NlCAoiss " 49,
: fiag from the window, the signal Tor III
- cohorts TO cease firing. II was orama1i
: moment when the leaders met.
1sWhat do you demand ? cried !
!. Willard Willard. -
II 1.-The suppression OF the auto nOini ~
II a fIye-mile speed limit in cities. nat.
sNeyerr cried Willard. MY ouiiuln
:. NAV fall. it is only one OF many, Out 70
!, cannot intimidgte me y
= livery WE'LL answered Patrick henI
Is pagvs I'VE have the keynote OF ever
huilding owned by automobillsts IN ln
I city OF New York. Accept our terms no"
!, or we will make the downtown district
% field OF devastation. ,,, ,y,u.-,
% EVERY WELL said J. Willard Wliar'
:, Though am ruined, for the good OF u
!, city accept
i swear it - cried Baggs.
e - Before the police swear 1t ! erie
% aAh The reformers are not the onl
heroes 90 revolution Think OF
y Willard Willard, alone there, dragge
!, hack by the weight OF conservatism an
~ early training digress. Enough
y SOW that when the populace, swept I'M
- fsnaticism BY this early success, KEPT u
- electric chair working night ana Gay
= The honking OF horns from frantic ~
- tanatical peds, J. Willard willard aio'
r was spared"