The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1909-11-28
THE BARS ON ROBERT MORRI.
SONS WINDOWS.

Robert Morrison started celluloid
factory in Brooklyn, n. Y, years ago
Business grew wonderfully. Little by
little Morrison secured more space in
the building. He saw the orders for
his eelluloid rolling in. He didn It spend
any more money than he had to.
lie met a girl, told her proudly of
his business, and married her. His bust
ness grew and he took as much money
out of it as he could get. He got as
much work out of his employees as he
could; he thought more of himself than
he did Of them. He put bars on the
windows TO keep burglars out; but he
dldn t put fire escapes on the building
to permit his employees to gte out in
case Of fire. Fire escapes would have
helped burglars.
tell the whole story of Morrison prin-
ciples in life. 1t was wonder that he
could ever be happy a moment with
those bars on the window.
There were happy times in his home.
Children came and there Were merry
christening parties. But all the time
there We're those bars on the windows.
His sons went into business with him /;
he loved them and was proud of them
as they moved energetically about the
factory with the barred windows
Morrison began to grow elderly and
att all the social and family gatherings
he was the center of hospitality and
pleasure But ne didn It take the bars
from the windows.
He went TO church. but while he sat
there, the picture of content and world
~ success, the bars were on those win
dows, telling the story of how he loved
I himself more than his fellow-man
Now and then, perhaps, he had high
and kind thoughts. Perhaps he even
used to pray, thanking providence 70,
its kindness to him. But the bars wera
still on the windows. Two months ago
Morrison was especially happy. His
son William was marrying good and
beautiful girl Robert Morrison IS face
beamed pleasure and satisfaction. He
was the life of the festivities. But the
bars-they were still there at the win
dows
Not many days ago fire broke out in
the factory. Huge quantities of cellu
| loid exploded. Within five minutes the
/ building was mass of flames.
/ Tie bars were still on the windows.
''My God. Ny sons in there
! screamed Robers Morrison. He tried
/ to ~ush in. but the police held him
back He tried again in his insane an
guish, but the police reached him after
he had been painfully burned.
When he was taken outside he looked
up at the barred windows. There he
saw Ten human beings. enveloped II
smoke. the flames behind them, tuggins
weakly at the bars. And behind the
bars was the face of his son, the on.
who had been happily married
Right then and there Robert Morrisol
became insane The bars had done theil
| work at last.
The firemen at last tore down th'
bars to get the corpse of the son, which
i was among the eleven bodies taken iron
the ruins Ten others sacrificed wer'
faithful Morrison workmen.
For a week the wife and remaining
son guarded the father in their splen
did, luxurious hoine- But early on
morning he eluded them, went into TIL
bashroom ana killed himself with gas.
There is always punishment SOM
way, somewhere. for the man who take
and guards all he can get from tn
world and never gives anything back.