The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-11-30
A WoMAN'S CAMPAIGN
BY HAROLD CARTER.


Public opinion was not enthusiast
tically in favor of Raphael when he
came to live in East Kemp. Raphael
was an Armenian, and his color was
that of the lining of ham sandwich.
or course his nationality was not so
much against him as the fact that he
had foreign ways.
He had peddled cheap jewelry in the
district for several years when he sur
| prised everybody by buying the Drew
! cottage and establishing himself there
| with his wife and son, lanky, ham
colored lad of thirteen. Apparently
he had amassed all the money he
needed in the peddling line, for he set
to work to raise poultry and vege-
/ tables which he sold to Hiram Smith.
/ the grocer.
! Something has got to be done
about those people," said Mrs. Daunce,
the leader of the social set in East
Kemp. We've got to Draw the line
somewhere, or wen all be black and
tan before we know where we are"
Everybody followed her lead obedi-
emily. 1t was not malice-just stu
pidity, and a sense that the Raphaels
were rather out of their proper ele-
ment. Mrs. Daunce forbade her son
Harry to go to the Raphaels' house.
Harry and young Raphael-his father
had changed his oriental name to
Washington--had played. together
good deal. Harry felt badly about it.
But the word had gone forth that the
Raphaels were to be ostracized.
/ can see Raphael now, in Hiram
Smiths store, always with smile on
his pleasant face, and a CHEEKY word.
He was the kindest-hearted fellow, and
most of the men had a good word for
Raphael. 1t was pre-eminently WON.
ems crusade. inspired by the desire
to keep the aliens across the river
Raphael joined the volunteer fire
brigade among his other activities.
The sight of the fat. bearded man run
ming like boy to every blaze was a
ludicrous one. When they served out
brass helmets-donated by Horace
Daunce-Raphael was the proudest of
the proud.
Harry Daunce had been i'll with
scarlet fever for three weeks when the
great fire destroyed the Daunce home.
There was no need to sound the fire.
bell. The flames lit up all East Kemp,
and within five minutes the engines
were out and the horses galloping
wildly toward the scene.
| IN, ba front of ppau I,tc fora
, wild with excitement, was Raphael
in his big brass helmet. He was
! shouting to the beasts as they gal
! loped up the steep hill toward the
furious flames that leaped skyward
. out of the burning roof.
The servants had got away, but Mr.
! and Mrs. Daunce and the boy were
. trapped in the burning wing, Horace
Daunce showed that there was some
! thing more than superciliousness II
him that night. He caught his wife
in his arms and crawled along the
coping, leaped a six-foot parapet will
! her. and crouched among the sparks
until they got rope to him.
The moment he had got his wife t
the ground he ran back into the
flames. He had got half way through
y the hall toward the stairs when fall
q ing beam knocked him senseless, ant
n one of the men ran in and rescued
A him.
81 The boys white face appeared a
y an upper window. He was a chip OF
Y the old block. He didn't scream o
a cry-just sat at the window ant
looked out and waited.
Half a dozen men dashed In blu
Raphael was the first. He vanishe,
y in an inferno of smoke and flame, an,
q 1t seemed an eternity before he wa
a seen at the window beside Harry
He seized the lad in his arms AM
disappeared within the room again
At Only the coiling smoke came out.
crash followed and the whole floor G
that room fell in. The flames shot u
m above the roof tops.
IN We had about given up hope whe
out of the debris there appeared
figure, the almost nude body of a mar
~ crowned with huge, brass, mockin
e. fireman's helmet In his arms, whic
IN were smoldering, he carried a lin
ne body wrapped in a blanket. He stae
re gered out Of the fire and smoke, whic
Of shot forth angry tongues after hin
ri as If Infatuated that he had escape
n, its malice.
10. He stood for an instant gaping VI
30 cantly about him; then he came stal
=. gering down the steps, and so RI
:" phael laid the body of the boy at Hol
ace Dances feet Inside the blaT
II kets was Harry, half asphyxiated, br
absolutely uninjured by smoke or fir'
Raphael sat down and looked up Q
49, us, He presented n spectacle that fe'
Of us care TO think about. Mrs. n
phael, who had been revived, ran 10
At ward but suddenly another woma
shouldered her away. 1t was Mr.
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