The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-08
Mansas City star.)

NNsttlSdS SllN SpNuAsJ Oh o.
The Kansas City visitor who. seek
ing the lights and shadows. voyages
along Union e aftcL: clrfeW will
encounter IL big cheerful looking man.
with Il round face and Il soft hat OF
immense brim. In his hand will be a
cane twice as large and heavy AS any
polireman's club. This man is Ed
ward c. Turner. and he's. the most
picturesque sight ON Il street where
everything is picturesque
Mr.. Turner's mission is to call at
tention To the wares in The Dld Ken-
tucky Home which he declares. in
poetic language. will. drown all sor-
row and make even the old union de-
pot look like Il baronial castle. When
he Gets the crowd charmed by his or.
atory, Mr. Turner walks behind and
pushes 'cm in. If any pull back.
Turner lets EN- sec his club. r
"Wclcon.c to our city, gentlemen"
said The king barker of the venue to
some coUntrynlcn II night; we've
hccr looking for YOU for Il long time.
and now that you're here the fatted
calf is killed and awaits YOU: step
right in and try some of our Old
women. and children. One glass will
make every dollar you got look like
two; the second round will lift the
mortgage from the farm. and with the
third YOU get Il warranty deed to al
the tidc-water lands about town! WALL
right in! No: Not you sir!"'--ad-
dressing a man who was leading %
poorly clad little girl. and who vas
about to yield to the lure of tho bar
ker's speech. IF you've got any money
get that kid some shoes and stockings.
We don't want it,"
. The man looked up in amazemen:
and then moved on down the avenue
with his. child.
Turner came near dying last WIN
ter with pneumonia. but he recovered,
and the first thing he. did was to re-
turn to the country town where he
was born and where everybody knew
him. While there Il tramp was killed
in the railroad yards. There was Il
bottle of whiskey in his pockct-a
significant witness to relieve the ell:
gineer. Tho remains were gathered
up" Nobody knew the mans name.
or n thing about him. He was coarse
the face. was furroWed with many.
wrinkles, and the hands gaunt and
long,
They were about to dump the bun
die of bones and rags into the potter's
field, when urner heard of it and
asked them to wait until the after
noon. Clouds hung Trick over the
oAS "SN1
the big barker and three friends ar
rived in a carriage. The sexton stood
by leaning on his shovel. 1t looked
like rain and they were anxious to
finish the job. In an implanted pine
box. near the edge of the shallow
trench. was the body of the tramp.
Three or four people Of the ~neighbor-
standing around to see what was go
ling to happen. Some women, with
shawls over their heads, came on the
scene, but remained back away from
the men. They were curious. to learn
what sort of a sermon could be
preached over the body. OF a tramp.
Turner took off his broad brimmed
-grave. His late illness had left his
hair almost white. But for a peren-
NAL twinkle in his gray eyes he might
readily have passed for a preacher.
And as He entered into n certain
4 village there met Him ten men that
were lepers, which stood afar off. And
they lifted up their voices. and said.
when He saw them. He said uno them.
go show yourselves unto the priests.
And 1t came to pass that az they went
they were cleansed."
The barker closed the book and held
it in his left hand. Then he moved
onward until MS large SnOeS seemed
to overhang the grave. BY this time
pulled their caps closer over their
foreheads. but the orator Of Union
aenue remained uncovered. -.
Friends" he said. w shave learned
one Of the biggest truths there il
when we get 1t. into our heads that
none of: us is 30 .all-fired good he's Eot
q right to shy bricks at somebody else
for not being 10 good. I take It that
IL any of us, here was asked what
would be the wors thing that could
happen to us we'd say to get killed
in n strange land and be buried like
a dog. We haven't n accident poll.
cics. against such a thing happening
somebody else. Maybe that Amt SC
clear to You. What ] mean IL. ] don't
believe the Lord will let us be thrown