The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-21

We were taken to the d. r. G. de-
pot where we boarded the train for
Denver rel this most scenic route.
Two incidents which took place on
this trip brought us to realize as
never before that:
There is a power whose care
Finds its way along yon painless
coast,
The desert the illimitable air.
Lone wandering but not lost"
A Fatal Accident.
While we were waiting at Grand
Junction for the west bound train as
s~istance was being rushed to this very
train, for just east of Tunnel a 20
ton rock, falling a sheer 125 feet,
crashed into the smoker of that train,
crushing the steel ears as though they
had been paper. Three persons were
killed and many injured. Just an hour
after we had passed the Royal Gorge
two trains collided there with more
loss of life and injured. We were for
tunate in escaping. While Mr.. Crews
claims to be something of a predes-
tinarian, and while his views were
pretty holly assailed by Mr.. Love,
and as warmly defended by Mr..
Crews, both used two incidents to
prove his contention. Mr.. Crews was
reminded Of his hasty retreat at Naco,
and came back by calling attention
to the fact that because we were
running half an hour late we missed
the boulder. Their argument remind
ed me of a young German justice of
the peace who was trying his first
case. After the attorneys had fin
ished their arguments he said:
"Chentlemen of de chury, it be-
comes my duty to make you some in
structions. If you belief everything
the attorneys for de plaintiff has said,
den it is your duty to give the yer-
dict to de plaintiff. If you belief
everything the attorney for the de-
Tense has said, den it becomes your
duty to give de verdict to de defense.
But, gentlemen of de chury, if you
are like, and don't belief anything either
one of them has said, throw the case
out of court"
The scenery through which we
passed is grand beyond our powers
of description, and shows, as nothing
else can show, the W inspiring
grandeur of creation.
A Stop in Denver.
After an all day ride through the
Rockies we arrived in Denver an hour
late and went directly to a hotel
where we were able to secure much
better rooms than the supper which
was served us. The Grand Master
slipped on a few of the very good
clothes which he had along with him
and Wen out to seek a barber, while
: Love wanted a shine, and l wanted
to go to sleep. While out the Grand
Master made the discovery that in
; the magnificent $4,000 hall owned by
the Odd Fellows right across the
l Lodge A. F. and A. NJ. was in regular
l monthly communication, and pro
posed that we go over and pay oul
respects, and it was then that l I'm
| derstood just how David felt when
= he said:
II was glad when they said unto
me let us go into the house of the
: Lord"
When we sent in our cards there
| was something like a panic created
| While we waited they sent out the
5 S. D. S. signal. That is the wireless
l signal from ships in distress. YOU
will recall that the new lettering tool
t the place of the old C. D. O., which
meant: Come d quick while
| the new lettering means help want
ed. l would not be surprised if the
brethren of Centennial were sorry Of
the change. Anyway, the sigma
brought the Grand Lodge of Colorado
for in the absence of the Grand Lodge
| the Grand Master is the Grand Lodge
and Grand Master Rector came, at
tended by a sufficient number of his
grand officers to give the occasion
all the dignity of a Grand Lodge meet
5 ing. We were received in form by
I the Grand Master, with the exception
that the grand honors were over
looked and the pass was not required
2 of us. We were most cordially wei
l coined, and your humble servant was
i introduced and made a few remarks
after which Grand Master Crews wa
e introduced and in his happiest anC
most eloquent vein electrified thos,
" present, and made his associates oil
e the trip prouder still of the grand ole
jurisdiction of Missouri. Grand Sec
rotary Love. was witty and pleasing
in his closing remarks and captivatet
I mis- hearers. He stated that he hat
e watched the progress of the European
e war, and it had never happened tina
a battle was concluded with the small
arsm of the service, but the gran,
a finale was usually staged with TIL
o heaviest siege guns at hand. H,
I stated that this was the first time il
o his experience in which the prelimin
airy bout followed the heavy weights
k and concluded the entertainment.
Brother Crews was SO lavish in hi
s praise of my ability to demonstrat
0 symbolic Masonry that Grand Mas
e ter Rector requested me to "extin
S guish" myself, which in all probabilit,
proceeded to do. We were surprises