New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-10
CHAPTER XLNI


The BEGINNING of the End
TIL whole thing happened t..~ more quickly
than II can be- told. J. draggea -tnne back
from the window. slammed the shutters o.. for
one Of the Co~~lck~ tavorrtc tricks was % nre
20 anyone seen 20 "a window IN the course OF 90
street row. and curtIv bidding Anue o. stay
where she was for the moment. rushed down
stairs and into the street. revolver m hand
AIf-hkt auJ half e. dozen of Ut1~ men were be-
fore me. There were very few off us m the
house Just now. most Of the othcr~ We're with
LOris and \d~~ilitli. attending Is lIg procession
and meeting with their usual object. % main
tam order as far us possible and cnceavur o.
prevent conflicts between the troops and the
people. IL was astonishing how much Lori~
had achieved m this way, even during these
last terrible DAYS Ut mot aut H..aHt.~No,.. tie
was ever ON the alert. he seemed o. know by
instinct how 20 seize the right moment o. turn
the temper of the crowd or the soldiers and
avert disaster. and his splendid personality
never failed m IT. almost magnetic elect "u
everyone who came IN contact with 70. ttV WIS
q born leader OF men.
And. although ne was ALWAYS o. the fore I'm
every affair, as utterly reckless of his own safety
.> he was anxious % secure the safety of others
nc had hitherto come un~CatLeC Chr. ugh every
thing. though 90 couple of our men n.ti been
BILLED outright. several Others badly Wounded
tud the rest of us had got few hard knocks
one way or other. Id had ID bullet through my
left arm tlc arm that was broken I'm the -,r'rTr-
mage outside Petersburg IN June. flesh wound
time 20 thln> of II. which WASH g often.
r. the time We get o, tb, street the affair
was over. The tu~~.t,b-. Urging their
ponies at the usual Wild eaIup lDt firing wan.
t'ulv up 80 the houses. since ths people who had
been III the street had rushed Tor cover. were
almost out oft sight. and ou the rHli and side
walk near NJ hand were several kiIlvJ and
wounded, mostly women. besides Madam
Levinskd, who had been tho cause .f 10 aI and
h-d plid with her ht,
i heard low. heartfelt CIV, suG >Iv Nuu,
beside me. her fair face a>hru WHITE. her ewes
dHatcd with horror and compassion. ass She
stared at her friend corpse.
Go back / >lid roughly. You ,Iu i.r
nothing for her and viii see To- the rest
Go back. | say There may bc more trouble.
NV duty Is here she sand quietly auJ
passed ON to BEND over "a woman who was
kucrllug and screaming beside "a small body
that OF % lad about v'gbt or nine wears OLD
which l.tv very still
1t was As Wen knew useless To- argue with
Nnnc. SEQ / went ou with my ambulance work
m grim silence. keeping Near her. Jud letting
the Others go Co and fro. helping the VuuuJrl
INTO shelter and carrying away tho JcJL
NdtdiNJ hJd run out ALSO and ftluyG her mis-
trc~s. NoS~"t was NOT 10 hand IL WIS h,
whom we expected o. bring the news We were
awaiting SEP eagerly.
There was quite o. crowd around us ~oyr .-
the people who had Ted before the tu~~.ick-
,..fuv back AGAIN. weeping gc~tlyuiatiue.
shouting uuVrCyJtiuu~ ou the Car. tho t1y-
eminent. the soldiers. 90, they slVtv, did when
they were excited. but. a- usual doing very
httlc o. help
a H. 1t one, thor, was 90 bigger tumult near
40 hand dui w'h ,JWc pouring Ilou.
the street. 90 di-'rjyrlv Vroyc->t1u ut men ans,
women ami httlc children. 1JuutiuE banners.
waving reel hJuth,rchiyt> laughing. trviur
houtng ANIL singing J> f the, were NOR,
IMAM MALT dr'rWu~ with 1rN Juu excitement.
Nnd. what was more remarkable. there were
neither puliyv NOR soldiers mn sight, nor any sigu
lot LorIs or ht~ men. Many such procession
occurred iu N.r,aV that d.tv. when the great
news came. new that was ~vuu o. bC SD hvr-
uhlv discounted .u@ luuullcd. which. for me
wis rendered insignificant even I'm that FIRST
hour. hv The great Tragedy that followed hard
upon rs ,umJu.s-thv tragedy that VIII over.
shadow All INV htr. Evvu after the lapse at
years / ,au a,tr,vly urtu- myself O. vrtc of &C.
though every u,iuvut O.. stamped tu,vhblv ON
my BRAN. tIy.r before INV ewes now rises
Auuc's ts,y, eos. with her .trtu about the pour
mother. who v.ts half tJtrtIue ,h, turned aud
booked at the iuvcu~ rtJb,,