The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-03-23
CHAPTER, Xv-Continued.

The wide.set sanitary policeman
paused in his survey long enough to
wag a thick forefinger at the outraged
householder.
Don't start anything" he advised.
There's some tough mugs in this
block, but you go down to the places
I've been, and you'll find that they're
all clean"
With these few simple remarks, he
turned his back indifferently to Mr..
Rogers, and, catching hold Of the car
pet in the corner with his fingers,
he lifted 1t up by the roots.
There's no use buckin' the govern
ment.' Nh. Rogers decided, after a
critical study of the sanitary police
mans back, which was extremely i'm
pressive. IT'S a government Of the
rich for the rich. Has a poor man
got n shown I'm a capable station
airy engineer. All / ask is a chance
TO work-at my trade" This by an
t~fterthought. IF you'll give me two
dollars to tide me over"
Rev. Smith boyd stepped out of the
~sy of the sanitary policeman, and
then stepped out of the door.
And you call yourself a minister Of
:he Gospel" Mr.. Rogers yelled after
him.
That was a sample of the mornings
work, and Rev. Smith Boyd felt more
and more, as he neared luncheon time,
that he merited some consideration, II
only for the weight Of the cross he
bore. There were worse incidents
than the abuse OF men like Rogers:
there were the hideous sick to see,
and the genuinely distressed to COM
fort, and depthless misery to relieve;
and any day in Vedder court was .
terrific drain. both upon his sympa.
thies and his personal pocket.
He felt that this was an exception
ally long day.
Home in a hurry at twelve-.hirty. A
scrub, a complete change of every
thing. and a general feeling that he
should have been sterilized and baked
as we'll. Luncheon with the mother
who saw what a long day this was,
then a far different type Of calls; in
. sedate black car this time, up along
the avenue, and in and out Of the
clean side streets, where there was
little danger of having a tire pune
aured by a wanton knife, as SO often
happened in Vedder court
Away to Vedder court again, dis
missing his car at the door of Templc
mission, and walking inside, out OF
range OF the leers of those senile cid
buildings. but not out of the range of
the peculiar spirit Of Vedder court.
which manifested itself most clearly
to the olfactory sense.
The organ vas playing when he en-
tered, and the benches we're half flEsd
by battered old human remnants, who
pretended conversion in order to pf,k
up the crumbs which fell from the
table of Market Square church. Child.
ing himself for WEAKNESS of the spirit,
and comforting himself with the
thought that one greater than he had
faltered on the way to Golgotha. he
sat on the little platform, with a hymn
book in his hand. and, when the prel-
ude was finished, he devoted his won
derful voice to the blasphemy.
The o~rganist, . volunteer, a little
old man who kept a shoemaker's shop
around the corner, and who played
sincerely in the name of %helpfulness.
was pure OF heart.
The men with the r%ough-hewn coun.
tenance, unfortunately moi here today,
was also sincere In an entirely I'm.
spiritual way; but, with these excep
tons, and himself, of course. the rec
Tor knew positively that there was not
another uncaIloussd creature In the
room. not one who could be reached
b. argument. sympathy or fear! They
we're past redemption. every last man
end woman; ana. ~ the conclusion of
ne hymn, he ron to cast his pearls
Sefore swine, without heart and with.
at interest; fss 40 man is interested
= anything which cannot possibly be
aecomplishsa-
With a festina q mockery. yet up
9eld by the thought that he was hold
ing out the wsy and the light. not
0ly seven times but seventy times
seven tines % whatever shred or
crumb of divinity might lie unsuspset
d In theae assf1s breasts. he styove
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