The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-23

below had steadied my nerves for a
good long haul And I needed 1t too.
CHAPTER XIX.
DENOUNCED.
The snake Afts tts hcad-lNu rtct,rc oets
into the ae,ospdpcr-Ths Rcu. Mr.. Hard
man IN hts churcl-The opinions Of
n,ts,tsters-Mr. Hdrdn,dn points hts
finger at mel reply-A sccnc-Th<
real blo,D-May has hor saU-Women,
religion and this earth.
IT was the Saturday after my
little adventure in Indiana. As
l was riding downtown in a
~ street car nay eye was caught
by a coarse cut in the Newspaper that
the man opposite mo was reading. The
miiiar. Underneath 1t ran these tar
ing headlines:
bribery Of Judge-Ohhcial In
Packing Concern Implicated-Exclu-
sive Story In tho Nationalist"
bought q copy Of the paper. and
when reached my Office l read the
article. 1t was sprung. plainly enough,
to hit Garretson, who was up for ~
election, and in the main they had .
straight story-Lokes. Frost. the judges
brother-in-law, and oil. And the right
figures too! The reference to Slocum
and me was vague. and Ed was left
out altogether. My picture was put
in alongside OF the judges and labeled
"vice President and General Manager
of the American Meat Products Com
pany" The inference was plain, and
the paper wouldn't have dared to 60
so far, judged. If they hadn't their
facts where they could produce them.
There was no word Of the story In the
other morning papers. folded up the
article and put it away in my desk.
then telegraphed Slocum. who had gone
to ST. Louis on some railroad bust
ness for Farsou and me.
Luckily the Nationalist was not q
sheet that ever found its way into my
house. but that evening looked ap-
prehensively at Sarah. She was pale
and quiet-she had been downtown all
day sbopping--bnt she said nothing to
indicate that she was specially disturb
ed. The next day was Sunday. and.
though Mr.. Hardman's preaching was
not much to my liking. I drove over
with Sarah to the little church on the
north side where he held forth. There
was a pretty large congregation that
morning. mostly women and poor peo-
pie Of the neighborhood. with a few
north side men whom I knew in q
business way
The Rev. Mr.. Hardman never preach.
ed a good sermon that he had written
out beforehand. He was one Of those
Episcopal preachers who come out III
front Of the chancel rail. cross their
hands. look down on the floor anu
mediate q few minutes to get their
ideas in flow. Then they raise their
| eyes in a truly soulful manner and be.
gin. But today for some reason Mr.
Hartman didn't 60 through his trick
He marched out as II he had some
thing on his mind to get rid of quick
| and shot out his text
What shall it profit q man If he
| gain all and lose his own Soul?"
Then he began talking very distinct
! ~. pausing every now and then after
he had delivered a sentence. He saiC
| that We had fallen on evil days: thai
! corruption was abroad in the land. pol
| luting the springs OF our national life
| And the law breakers came and wen,
boldly in our midst. the rich and pow
| erful. the most envied and socially re
| spected. Every one knows the style
| Of his remarks from that Introduction
Most preachers nowadays feel tina,
| they must say this sort Of thing once
| or twice a year or their people won
believe they read the papers. So lon,
| as he kept out In the open had ns
objection to his voileys. I had heard
| It all before, and in the main agreed
| With him-only be saw but Q little wal
| into the truth.
Suddenly his right arm. which had
been hanging limp by his side, sho
out. and m we were sitting pretty wei
| mp front on the main aisle 1t seemed (.
point at u.s. Sarah gave . little start
| and her cheeks flushed red
| And I say" the minister thundered
| that when such men come into ON
churches. when they have the e6ront
| cry to miEgie with Eodfearing people
and, unrepsntant Of their crimes, desc
| crate this sanctuary, yea, partake o
the Holy Body. say It II worse TO
them than II they were mere common
| thieves and robbers. I tell you. m!
people. that here In our very midst ON
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