The Detroit times., 1914-04-17
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that gathered and over many heads
caught a glimpse OF a crushed bleed
ing form PROSTATE under a heaNE
dray. The onlookers pressed close,
not in helpful interest but in morDld
curiosity TO him more CHASTITY man
- the torn flesh An ambulance came
and carried the hurt one away Inc
crowd resumed its hurried march,
absorbed once more in its divers
= cares, the tragedy forgotten.
The incidents oppressed him. They
seemed 10 define his disappointment.
He came from the clean silent places.
where life is held dear and men, even
strangers, meeting howsoeyer casual
~, were used 10 part lingeringly, re-
gfetfully. But here IN this gorge
through which the city pored It's Hood
OF men he felt-he was too dazed 10
think something far different life
cheapened 5y its very multiplicity
lives isolated. even more surely than
by hermitdom, by the knowledge OF
their cheapness.
Soon a ripper understanding was TO
set IN order that first impression OF
the city crowd-the pale..aced throng.
weaklings most Of them but taught
70 aght with the yenomoUs despera-
xion and INSCRIPTIONS craft % those
who know that to go down IN the me-
lee Is 10 be trampled forever under
loot: al lacking sense OF fellowship,
none secure in his neigh5or'S faith.
having lost through unnatural contact
all real 10Y in the huma1 relation.
But even then, with only instinct and
Quivering senses 10 teach him, he fet
IN each passer.by an aloofness, q
IL. al n
hostility AEd suspicion. IL troubled
him: though he had come Dreaming
or xcuqnest il was 10 be in a .frIendiy
-eenereas struggle th.at aSbolIfd know
no hittssNss aEd leave no scS.,ttiS. isstv+
this was no sham battle, =
He wandered on. And, Eenses blur
red by too many impressions-or
lperhaps, instinct groping deeper-he
began TO feel. not the presence OF
many men, but q monstrous indivis-
abIe entity-the driving master, the
city itself,-with many tentacles out
to drag down the unwary, ruthlessly
crushing the lsggard weakling under
its heavy tread; the roar that rang
in his ears was but its sinister men
acing voice. He could not translate
what he saw into terms OF his
dreamed conquest.
He caught the pace of the shift 2
crowd.
Full darkness fell. He paused under
a fiery sign, The Seneca. Through a
great plateglass window he saw
gaudy red-and-gold interior broken by
many columns that TO the ineXpert
eye somewhat resembled marble. Uni
formed pages skurTied 10 and fro.
WeIl-dressed men lounged in easy
chairs or sauntered leisurely about
Many lights burned brilliantly. lie
looked within longingly.
While he debated whether or not
to enter this expensive-looking hos
telry, porter swooped upon him and
snatched from his hands the ancient
carpet.bag that held his slender ward.
robe.
This way, subj"
He hesitated no longer; he ha
need for some abiding-place. some
fixed spot that should restore his
sense OF stability. He followed the
porter TO the desk, painfully con
scious OF the figure he cut. uncouth,
out of place. A clerk OF lofty mien
placed an open register before him.
Write your name here"
Mark wrote IL.
And your town"
Mark hesitated-and then. with a
logged lowering OF HIS head, firmly
wrote the name OF that city.
But after the shock even OF April
waters a moment OF reaction comes
10 the healthy, when the blood leaps
and the tissues glow.
In the dining.room that night many
smiles were cast at the raw country
youth. He did not regard himself as
subject for mirth. AS he attacked
the strange viands the waiter set be-
fore him, little OF his self-confidence
returned. The vivid sense of a cruel
overpowering entity faded Home
sickness for Bethel the refuge sub
sided. To be a wanderer IN the crowd.
ed street was one thing. TO sit at this
Injurious repast mis- standards OF
luxury may have been somewhat crude
was quite another He began 10
think comfortably OF the fat leathern
pocketbook now reposing in the no.
tel safe. By SO much at least he was
armored against the rapacious mon
ster that stalked the weak and un-
wary; more, ne shrewdly guessed.
than most OF those on the street could
boast. And perhaps, after all, this
monster might be tanned 10 service
He began TO take in details of the
novel scene around him. The big
room with it's shaded lights and live
ly diners, the hum 'of many voices &C.
ceted by an occasional tinkle OF won.
ans laughter, the strains from the or
chestra-whose shortcomings he was
not competent TO detect-at once
soothed him and stimulated his de.
pressed fancy. He discovered a taste
for this sort OF thing, which amused
but In nowise alarmed him. The
waiter called him Sir" neveE-- he
fore had he received this badge, -or
superiority. That, too. he liked.
His ears strained TO catch the re.
marks that fioated to him from the
neighboring tables. II was a strange
tongue he heard, lightly dismissing
topics that would have busted the
gossips OF Bethel for a moon. There
was young man who wore diamonds
and talked in a loud and impressive
fashion.
Elizabeth, see, broke the
record again." elizabeth. II deyel-
oped, was not a race horse. but one
OF the Quinby Steel Company's blast
firnaces) Eyes. sir, Moren forty
thousand tons. Henley says think