Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-05-28

CHAPTER All.
AMother's Broken Heart.
Reginald entered the minister
house and apologized for his late visit
II thought 1 would likely catch yol
at home at this time" he said in al
apologetic tone, "and I wanted to see
you alone"
What has happened now%
II have learned some things today
which make me feel that we must moi
think the millennium has come tC
Bronson yet" said the other, seating
himself by the comfortable crate hre
while a number of us were trying
to serve God in Augsley last night the
devil was busy in Bronson
1T seems that every evil resort In
Bronson has redoubled it's efforts since
the close Of the tabernacle meetings,
continued Reginald, gazing into the
fire. while we had Mr.. Sunday with
us I understand that the saloons and
gambling dens and the other resorts
were almost deserted. Many Of the
fellows who patronized these places
were converted, and there is deter
mined effort being made to win the
poor young converts back to the old
life"
Allan Rutledge looked grave. Il had
been planning an attack on the social
institutions Of iniquity, but I did not
think we would need to be in a hurry
THAT is just why called tonight
said Reginald hastily. Il knew that
you were planning to give good deal
Of your time. to evangelistic work In
neighboring towns for a month or two
Excuse me for saying it, but / think
it is a mistake. The iron is hot In
Bronson now. Let us strike at once
What do you mean?" asked the
minister, surprised to see the earnest
ness Of the newspaper reporter.
WELL" began Reginald, last night
some Of the weaker converts were
lured into a haunt Of vice, filled 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 1 happened to hear about it. The
family came to the Courier office in
awful distress, and they want us to
say nothing about it."
TT 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 If 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
er. There is going to be quite write
up in tomorrow's paper about the af-
fair. / am sorry. 1t seems to show
that Mr. Sundays work was very su-
perficial, but know it 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.
81 have been reused to action by the
scorn Of the enemy, said Reginald
after long pause. II met Mr.. Nc
my face and asked me if was going
to tell about the actions Of some of
Billy'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 1 was con-
vinced that even Gabriel himself
would need fumigating If he associated
with some Of the people Of Bronson
before he could enter heaven
The minister laughed and said, You
seem to be getting the Sundayesque
style"
Il admit was angry with McCrea,' u
said the young man, but seriously
DR.. Rutledge, unless we can do some
thing to heal these open sores in our
social life a large number Of these
young converts will surely backslide
Let us begin action at once for the
cleaning Of Bronson"
Il have been regretting very much
that our council did not come under
the Sunday influence more" said the
minister. IF only the mayor and a
majority Of the council had been con-
verted we could have ousted these evil
places in a week. That is what has
happened in a 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."
"Our present city administration
represented very we'll the old Bronson
but they misrepresent the new Bron-
son." said Allan Rutledge
But the trouble is," persisted Regi-
nald, that the old administration
keeps in power until next election, and
I fear that by that time our newly re-
cruited forces of righteousness will be
sadly weakened by desertions unless
we can arouse strong public sentiment
against these open and protected evils
We must begin fight for civic decen.
cy at once"
What do you PROPOSE" asked the
minister, surprised to see the grasp OF
the situation shown by the young
man.
Il was reading in my Bible the 9th.
er day." began the other, "and l turn.
ed to the book of Nehemiah. / like
Nehemiah, sOmeway. He seems 81
modern and practical to me. Wher
he came to Jerusalem to assist th'
people in rebuilding the ruined cit!
the first thing he did was to arise b!
night and make a night circuit Of tn,
city. You remember the incident?"
Allan Rutledge nodded. and the cit!
reporter of the Courier continued
With a few friends Nehemiah wen
around valley gate, dung gate. tn,
iackars wall and viewed the broker