New-York tribune., 1910-05-22
TIE Cinnamon, for
Instance. Acted Diff
fcrenfLyf from the
Negroes.

want 70 hit the TRAN. Badly, and-7vaSch
tl7e fools watch for the comet my friend
O-Farreu said TO me last "Wednesday night
was nro1ld Of the invitation l am
,,,ord 10 he the friend Of FRANCIS -
o.Farrell. the author. who Is. with the eN-
cen.ton Of EThert Hubbard, Miss TaJbell
and .he late deceased MI Ibsen. cur grea'-
st living genius. he IS the only great
man with whom I an acquainted 1r"ouiu
f,e 2 treat to accompany such 4 ihaii
shrouEh the metropolis. for ne Is WEI
aware Of his own superiority ana aplIe-
r,.+es ezen my admiration When such an
event IS the passage of the Garth through
G comets tail was occurring. be would Ger
fainlv be inspiring
From our window ! could see many N
fer,or Tersons on roofs below gazing ez-
-,artar71y several WAYS. hut mostly at the
moon which was giving light When l
ss,, .'o15r window J do not claim 10 share
o.Fsr-eITs apartment. When the paTti-
+ior r,e+v-ee0 our rooms was put I'D II
81 di-3ded the window that part Of II now
comes In one room and part in the other
LET'S heat it now. then the author ex-
claimed. when : had thanked him Mrs
Hforgan IS ut.on the roof with her shoes
of
Ms Morgan occupies The third room 81
the suite with her five deceltful end uh-
y,rincirled children Ny door opened silent
l.. O.T0arreiI's made 2, slight squeak e
e1v-s-s. 4rv 10 PASS through 9irs. Morgan s
apartment when she IS out or retired 50
s. 70 spare her expectations regarding the
rant We reached the sidewalk unseen
.sNov-. BaIdy," said O'FaTrel. listen 10
thiF woman on the stoop, who talks as II
.la had swallowed a loaded Dreadnought.
The other lady. with the wart on her eye
ia thinks rha comet viii kill her and her
Cli!6-en.
Comets don't mean no hurt 10 nobody
-f7e woman was saying: That IS. NOBODY
hut great people an folks OF some account
Garfield died when the last one come, an
)are FREDDY. my fourth, he died. an he
vas awful bright 10 comet wont hurt
none o. your young ones, nor nobody IKE
'en1"
..Tl-e-e Ealdy,' said OFarrell: Tots of
r.eople are kind hearted after all and com
fsrt other folks like this woman. CheeT
ur"
o.ra-ren knows that have been made a
ss6dened man by deep reading
TIE street ve took led through one Of
-be nonre- districts of the city. like good
,nsrry Of the streets approaching our house.
Many persons stood on the sidewalks look
ing upward but they were poor an1 OF
I;,+1A importance. We were soon IN Ninth
s.-erue and. turning west at 9th street.
ro,,rs ourselves surrounded by negroes !
shall quote my friends account OF what
1,sonened. as heard him telling It 10 the
e,5es- Morgan child.
There -1ore rs many IS . thousand
negroes "a 7he street. guess, hig ones and
,irrle ones. We had 20 pick our way over
I'M r.
Most Of 'e-n aeIe scared blue, only you
couldn't see il. OF course. because II was
under the black A big fat NANNY sat on
,7e Sidewalk, chewing down five ham sand
,z!ches with q river OF tears and believing
ber-aen bites. We heard a boy sing out,
ives all 'bIecdged ter die an 4 ant
Ct,i5.iue she boun' ter die plum fun
Every time al arc Light sputtered or an
e-4vared train made blue flash everybody
screamed. Oats i" Yer she comes" 'We's
done fer, and soma Of them dropped on
,bei,-. knees. All OF e sudden al Il o'clock
-i.are was = terrific screeching in the
houses. and svrarIns more came tearing out
OF the gambling places and saloons. Most
Of EN- were screaming and waving their
arms. one young sport shouted, 'Ah's
sr5ne die outdoors, IN Ans gwineter see
All der IS ter see, you bet The whole
street 3usr sang with the racket.
Then We heard g sound like a sort of
chant coming from a house knew, and we
,,,lsned in. Even the halls were Jammed,
and there wasn't q window open. We
crowded through the negroes To the room
,.rs1atrs Most Of them We're old and gray
headed: they al chanted and sobbed and
yooaned The room was hung ali around
,-i.n norseShoes and nails and old iron and
feathers.
"A hg west Indian negro. with white
,4,ool 8 foot long. stood before z horrible
-,oo5A7 image on the wall. he was the
,v,-,doo 6oc.or. e eorr of priest praying 20
dr. ,aol 10 keep Of the comet He had lust
1900 oT the head q & white rooster