The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-06-10
A painful hush followed.

my answer TO tne EXTRAORDINARY
greeting you have given me this
morning is simple. l am not working
for your approval. ! work for my
own approval, because / must in obe-
dience to the call within me. Long
ago in my life gave up ambition and
ceased to ask anything for myself.
You cannot destroy my career be-
cause l cherish none. The scene you
are enacting here this morning is a
disgrace to humanity. You have sur
rendered to the unmeaning fear that
drives q herd of swine over
precipice. You have, by an act Of
will, Joined in movement to paralyZe
the motive power of the worId-faith!
There is but one thing that runs this
earth of ours for a single day-faith
in one another.
"You are scrambling here for a few
dollars in this bank. What can you
do with 1t when you draw it out?
There is not enough cash in the world
to transact a single days business.
Business Is run on credit-faith. The
business of a bank is to keep money
moving and make it do the worlds
work. You are attempting to stop
the work by the destruction of its
faith"
Suddenly a man who had quietly
pushed his way through the crowd
sprang on the step before the speaker
and thrust revolver into his face.
A cry of horror swept the crowd,
as Stuart paused, turned pale and
looked steadily down the flashing bar
rel into the madman's eyes.
"Who started this work of destruc-
tion?' the man cried. "You-you-do
you hear me? And I've been COM
manLed by God Almighty to end this
trouble by ending you"
AS Stuart held the glittering eyes
levelled at him across the blue black
barrel he could see the mans nervous
and uncertain finger twitching at the
trigger. With a sudden panther like
spring he leaped across the five feet
when separated him from the man
who held the revolver. His left hand
gripped the weapon and threw it into
the air as it was fired, while his right
hand closed on the throat of his assail-
ant With his knee against the mans
breast he hurled him down the steps,
wrenched the revolver from his hand
and with a single blow knocked him
into insensibility.
The spell was broken. The mob that
hated him saw their chance. A yell of
Iyspc fhnY1n n dn1nr
sprang toward him with curses. For
moment he held his own, when sud-
denly a well directed blow from behind
knocked him down. In blind fury he
felt the smash of blows on his face
and head. A stream of blood was
trickling down his forehead and its
salty taste penetrated his mouth.
A sudden crash from space seemed
to send the world into a mass of fam
ing splinters and the light faded. He
heard the soft rustic of silk and felt
the pressure of a woman's lips on his.
Surely he must be dead, was the first
thought that flashed through his mind.
And then from somewhere far away
in space came Mans voice low and
tense:
"Come back, Jim, dear, I've some
thing to tell you. You can't die, you
shall not die until I've told your
He opened his eyes and found Nan
bending over him. His hand rested on
| her soft arm, and his head lay pillowed
on her breast.
"Why, Nan, it's you, What's hap
pened? What on earth are you doing
here?'
He looked about the room and saw
that he was in the inner Office Of the
| president of the bank, alone with Biv-
ems wife. He was lying on the big
leather couch.
II heard that you were going to speak
this morning. I wanted to hear you
and came. I arrived just as you be-
gan and managed to get into the bank.
I saw that man try to kill you, Jim,
and that crowd of wild beasts tram
ping you to death. Two detectives
pulled you out and dragged you into
the bank"
A doctor entered and quickly dressed
Stuart's wounds, and turned to Nan.
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Mrs. Bivens, provided he doesn't insist
on breaking the run ON another bank
by the spell Of his eloquence. l hope
you can persuade him not to try that
again."
II think I'm fully persuaded, DOCTOR"
Stuart answered grimly. "I've seen a
great light today"
When the doctor had gone and Nan
was left alone with Stuart an embar-
rassed silence fell between them.
She was quietly wondering if he were
fully unconscious when she was Sob
bing and saying some very foolish
things. Above all, she was wondering
whether he knew that she had kissed
him.
When her car stopped at South