The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-12-25

feeling and fu the dimuCss OF the old
shop a glow seemed to stand around
hts hair. Ike the glow around n sick
voman's head when the pain Of her
suffering IS exceedingly great. And all
tho while. as he thought. HIS eyes
qtarcd-unseeiuR. distracted az
tho hoops and boards which lay along
I beneath the ceiling or the shop. He
was as man hypnotized BY an idea
ygstcr. more profound than himself.
At midnight the old church bell
d halfway across the frozen city doomed
its hollow message Of the great new
day. By ruddy fires. over cups or
cheer. the millions Or people laughed,
looked into each others eyes. and
were happy. sheltered within warm
walls that shut out the grim. cutting
winter. The whole city. where the
city was rich. 1o1led in comfort indoors
and sang songs % the coming Christ
mas.
But as the young Jew wrapped his
long coat about him and strobe out
Through tho bitter Ghetto. ne passed
tenement after tenement where the
starving poor ehuddcrcd I'm their chilly.
bare rooms. There was no mcrriment
there. only curses at the rich Of the
land. For iu 1929 the rich were very
|rirn and tho poor were very poor and
tho poor had no faith I'm anything. be
.r1uro they had been so often deceived.
Long ago the rich had been rich be-
cause they had held the trust or the
3 people. now they held only all the gold
I'm tho nation.
And the strange Young Jew. a7 he
+ passed along. nodded az the dismal
.teucmcuts and said. over and over 90
himself. THAT is why 7 am here.
that ie why 7 ann herei"
At sixth avenue nc took an elevated
train to one Hundred and Fiftv-fifth
D hoo d 100
- 1 railroad train. It was tho last one
10 t1 leave New York city that night. and
Tits destination was the POCautiCO hills
D. country 90 the north.
Before 90 was o. o'clock Joseph
Q SON found himself alone I'm a deserted
Q railway station and among the hills
p TIE knew mo- directions. but DO nao
- vaguely "a sense or where he wanted
- Tho sIeot sortened suddenly 20 a
- .cnUr rain and soaked his Ereatcoa'
b through The friEid gale bit clear 90
u his bones. and made his teeth shake
q set n strange fever came into hi'
Be- veins. and kept him miraculously
l wa rru- Ho folf and Crawlcd and CrOpct
and strobe along. over the shiveriu,
s grass. the dead bleak leaves. the frost
q bound stones. always en- the direction
q ne sought. always toward tho Erca
q house with it's wide-fluuE pavilions
p back among its pine trees on the cres
" Of one OF those tumbllng hills.
e on this miraculous night the i'm
% mcurc house. all lighted up. shouc Ike
n another miracle. It's turrets and Gu
b. uolas were dark. but the glass con
's -crvatories and broad vCrandas. tn
p. lofty-cei1ingcd vestibu1cs and room
is scattered their yellow radianc
through the midnight darkness Ik
~ some fairy palace blazing with jewel
O. and lanterns.
= The young Jew silently and humbl
. crossed the wide stretches Of law
= and stood before one OF the Frcnc
II windows OF the flower room. IT
turned the knob and walked into tn
empty glare OF light. From room {
deserted rUom he passed until q
length ne came 20 the library. Her
ne pushed another door open an
y stood motfonlcss on the threshold.
In a hiEh-backed leathern chair be
fore a cracking log sat an old mar
alone smoking a cigar. In all tina
house save Tor the servants. the oil
man was alone. For twenty year
forty years. he had been alone. and o
christmas eve he always sat thu
late into the night. smoking an
thinking before his fire. A certai
birthnight. too. and a certain weddin
night ne celebrated I'm this fashion
The rest OF the time ne worked an
gathered up money. For he was N
richest man in the United States, an
the most powerful
The young jew fixed his great. sol
rowful eyes upon the old man: but IN
old man. lost in thought. stared int
. | the fire. He was a hale old ma
Y . made OF strong fiber. with gre;
shoulders and sturdy chest, long arm
n big. magnificent head all covere
with gray hair and a gray bear
His ewes shoue clear His cheel
were ruddy. Life tingled IN him as
~ "a mountain brook. Yet when
D. thought deeply. as now. n softne
g spread over his face and his fiery ey'
> siumbered.
D" Il am here" said the young Jew.
nj. Look at that man." murmured. tf
ny millionaire. But 81 did not seem Cd
~ that Dc should be there.
~ Il must speak TO you" said the JET
vim And the old man passed his Fir
hand over his eyes as if I'm a drear
m and answered:
~. come to the fire-you Take o
your coat. FOR you must be cold"
bat code What is cold2 7 am M
I'd coid.~ answered the other. IN a poigi
- ant voice Then he said. Il see y,
No are thinking That is good: for y,
must think still more"
--- There was that in the wanderer
face which made the millionaire G.
rious So he said:
who are you. young man."
20" And the other replied: II am q
... man who must make you think 81
~ more"
N. The old man looked az him mo
ne closely. intcntiy. You have come
ask charity on Christmas eve he d
zee clarcd. We'll you shall have e."
Yes said the young man. sirupl
"T shall have IT," And he drew off 2
. +. coat and stood upright. facing the M
III lionaire. Listen 20 me-" ne we
Hon. when trees and runni
"a. streams and little seeds think. Il
40 time for you also TO think. But
3 4 win tell you, you must think as IN
linz do-charitabiv and generously
- ward all the people on earth. j
jill hold. old man. you are the rich'
= man in this land. You own runni
OF waters transportation. harvests.
materials with which men build cv