Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-09-23

"No, beautiful ring Of gold, thou art
Innocent"
lured into haunt of vice, filed with
liquor and disgraced. One of them
happened to be young man from a
respectable family, and in making his
way home he got into the wrong house
and awoke the neighborhood. That Is
how happened to hear about it. The
family came to the Courier office In
awful distress, and they want US to
say nothing about it"
1t is very plain, isn't It," said the
minister, with touch of bitterness in
his voice, that the devil is not dead,
nor has he turned Christian?"
''Mr. Marchmount was at first going
to suppress the matter. but as he
thought it over he felt assured that he
would publish it IL the offense had
been committed by some one of no So
cial standing. and he decided to treat
this case exactly as he would any 9TH
err. There is going to be quite a write
up in tomorrow's paper about the af-
fair. l am sorry. 1t seems to show
that Mr.. Sundays work was very SUI
perficial, but know 1t was real" The
young man spoke the words Il know"
with emphasis.
Allan Rutledge sat in silence, and the
two men gazed into the glowing fire.
II have been reused to action by the
scorn Of the enemy" said Reginald
after a long pause. II met Mr.. Me-
Crea this afternoon, and he leered in
my face and asked me If l was going
to tell all about the actions of some Of
Bllly's converts"
did he dare to do that?" asked Al
Ian Rutledge incredulously
HE made a mistake when he reused
me as he did," responded the reporter.
II told him right then that l was con-
WINGED that even Gabriel himself
would need fumigating If he associated
with some Of the people Of Bronson
before he could return to heaven"
The minister laughed and said, "You
seem to be getting the Sundayesque
style
II admit was angry with McCrea."
said the young man. 'but seriously,
DR.. Rutledge, unless we can do some
thing to heal these open sores in our
social life large number of these
young converts will surely backslide.
Let us begin action ut once for the
cleaning up of BronsoH"
Il have been regretting very much
that our council did not come under the
Sunday influence more" said the min
ister IF only the mayor and ma
jority Of the council had been convert
ed we could have ousted these evil
places In week. That is what has
happened in number of Iowa towns
after Mr. Sundays meetings"
"McCrea knew that, and he used all
his power with the city administration
to keep them away from the taber-
nacle."
sour present city administration rep
resented very well the old Bronson.
but they misrepresent the new BrOn-
son." said Allan Rutledge.
But the trouble Is" persisted Regi-
maid, "that the old administration keep
In power until next election. and fear
that by that time our newly recruited
forces Of righteousness will be sadly
weakened by assertions unless we can
arouse strong public sentiment against
these open and protected evils. We
must begin a fight for civic decency
at once"
what do you proposes" asked the
minister, surprised to see the grasp OF
the situation shown by the young man.
II was reading In my Bible the 9TH
err day." began the other. "and turn
ed to the book Of Nehemiah. like
Nehemiah. someway. He seems so
modern and practical to me. When
he came to Jerusalem to assist the peo-
pie In rebuilding the ruined city the
first thing he did was to arise by night
and make night circuit Of the city.
You remember the incident?"
Allan Rutledge nodded. and the city
reporter of the Courier continued:
with few friends Nehemiah went
around valley gate, dung gate. the
jackals wall and viewed the broken
down walls Of the once proud city of
Zion. After this investigation he call
ed the people together. described the
desolation Of the city and cried. Let
us arise and build think we ought
to initiate the ancient patriot"
"The Bible is practical book to you.
see." remarked the minister. smiling.
This is n practical world" replied
the other. "What do you think OF my
plan?''
What exactly Is your plan?" asked
Allan Rutledge. becoming more earn
est. you have told me Of the meth
DDS of Nehemiah. but Bronson is not
broken down in exactly the same way
as ancient Jerusalem"
81 want you and Mr.. Townley to ac-
company me through Bronson In the
night time. will engage the serv-
Ices of policeman. who, know. will
consent to guide us, and we will see
things that are done under the cover
Of night In this city,"
Continued Next Week.