The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-06-11

him such a pla~e It would perhaps
solve cur problem"
II believe that cam unused Phil
lip. AUST wait a minutes" and he
wrote a note. ineiosing it In an ad-
dressed envelope, which he handed to
her. 'If your father will take this
note to the address on the envelope /
am quite certain they win make a
place for him"
II don't know how to thank you"
she said. "YOu viii have to take 1t
for granted"
He took her warm hand In his own,
and II in that moment he had obeyed
the impulse that was In his heart, If he
had spoken the words that strove to
rush upon his lips, the whole course Of
his life might have been chancellor
the better. But again ambition. which
grimly forbade any clog upon his
movements. interfered. and he held
her hand with the tenderness Of q
brother-no morei
Really, Elsie. I wish / could have
done more for yeu." he said. 81 want
you to promise me that If you get into
difficulties of any sort you will let me
smooth them out for you"
Il have no one else to go to-" she re-
piled simply. do you know how much
suffering there is in the worldT she
suddenly asked him.
81 suppose there is great deal OF It !"
do you understand what suffering
is?'
"I DO" he returned T had my
share Of it-of illness, Of poverty, of
cold and hunger, of uneleanliness. of
the social degradation that belongs
with want of money. know these
things not as one emerging from them.
from luxury. Some people that expert
ence seftens, others it hardens and
makes bitter. Sometimes l think 1t
had that latter effect with me-"
att must not beI' she said earnestly.
''Phillip, what has happened to my
family has happened to three-foHrths
Of the people in Hampton, which, as
you may or may not know, Is eompos-
ed entirely of poor people. workmen
who in better times try to buy their
own homes. In that village of four or
Eve thousand people there are per.
haps one half of them facing actual
starvation at this minute"
"YesT inquired Phillip, waiting.
There are hundreds and hundreds
OF other villages like Hampton, where
thousands upon thousands are In the
same condition. Things were never so
bad as they are now"
"YesT he asked again.
"They say-they say'-ehe halted
and stopped, and then, with her face
colOring. she stumbled on-''they say
that you brought on this panic and
that you could stop iE It isn't true, Is
ttP'
In a measure / suppose It Is" ad
mitted Phillip. ''The condition was like
a pile of loose gunpowder at the side
of a railroad track. where constantly
passing engines are sending up sparks
One spark was sure to land In that
gunpOwder and explode IL merely
happened to be the spark. but with nc
more power than that spark 10 stop
the subsequent destruction"
She reesiled from him with ailatine
eyes. 'It Is true. thea1" she said.
7 suppose it Ia, even In the way yev
look at IL. bat 1 assure you, Elsie
that it was necessary. Out of this
bettsf times viii result and betteI
times could net be reached except
through this devastation. it L. like 6
surgical operation. which, painful and
cruel as IT may seem at the start, Is
necessary to save the rest OF the BODY
FROM death and decay"
She shook her head. ''T cannot I'm
derstaRd II, but then suppose cOult
F.! never have been q surgeon"
| He smiled and laid his hand upor
her shoulder. mo, donf think got
could"
She WINGED under that touch ant
glance, not because they were repul
sivs to her-oh. not because of that
but because they were the touch ant
glance of a brother.
Rensselaer, was announced Just then
and the interview closed
In Phillips touring car. big Sam uT
beside the chauffeur. Kelvin and Rens
selaer bowied along pleasant country
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