The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-01-15

f'1n. Murphy l'ltln ihem down aud
fri esen with my ff'rrs munlcrcr'
CNkile they separated nrucc aud
nteailf t. go downtown Slnue lo
d ar3a "a his ulacc his face set Ia lines
II srn determination he sirode rap
All 'eaarl DIS an e. Aud there he
eas ssl HmiNs ol the fifteen Anton
i7ea leal a. ihe t.rwH,ut honsc tru /.
aisie-all algrN Aecause - newspaper
s.0g.es vhell Lrucs termination a.
"a iae ,'.n higher up 20 lha tenement
OWLS low lncw a' rfa0c dil not
Ai he hh4sclf was th. man highci
amt hi uermsrss was mcon
esa'el
Ne'sv gat ~ Afiar a him before he
,au lIi ms sMd stone unuiy. "uur
eNa'c iesllieu Is nclagcd Ly this one
uan ihlw sou arr ihe one chieily in
tte.fel Yun oNn some property in
li enru eR cwirri of Ncn o
ftts' H.a'lc mrif
: supoarl il" s4'a BOW I'm not
senslh'r for rly trnluts"
NeH ilap lgrli.m with a woman
E tue II NunF hnscs
Aees tlHi can Vac 1onc." agreed
tNs aftera momew's though, Wen
l'au l'f details later. stone"
There uas mure talk aud then Dow
bad 10 hurry home ln lunrh Dow was
nelel father and husband He WIS
devoted 20 his wife mll his love for
his Two ehlifen Harold aud Lillian
tacw 10 bounds
inl meanwhile. even while bow
played With lh, oNn ,hilllen Ia his
laAW.Hgs hamt Bruce ud Dorothy
nffe seeing u,Atf children la house
ihat VAS also owned hy low En lhis
lierse WIS icnennnl TIM, Disregard
go law aud d,tcuey alike There were
ia Gre e. cales The heating system was
oui of order and there was running
ea or ffum Only one tap on each floor
dorothy and the uoman's two chil
dren went 10 look over the building
Bruce. sickcuel. went IT, Tie street
Other children came 60 talt with him.
aal he sat down ON the stoup and
'iayea with them icrcss the street
was ~alon and from this emerged a
lnrly, in favored man. al the sight Of
whom the children shudderod.
Hey, youse Beat IT, We don't
want 10 dude rcfonncrs down this wuy
seeH said The fellow. whom Bruce
recognized as cheap ward politician
named Black
Bruce smiled. took ont a PAD and
made a neie Rlack shoat hia is ll
his face ana. turning. made slarnl
that set several rouehs across the
street il motion Bru, G started forisc.
Blaek kneeked him down. and the gang
.ane teating over
kick him till he's stir yelled
Black
fai sudden anl remarkable inter
eention came TO Rruce's aid AS If by
instinct the children flung Themselves
upon him. covering him With their soft
budles. The gang stopped even their
brutality shfank from attacking the
children Bruce had time To- draw his
revolver and rose the WEAPON va his
hand Black turned aud ran. the sang
stefs drew guns aud looked for shelter
fiui the childfen's SCREAMS hia brought
the Toiiee. and Bruce was safe for the
tine.
From that moment Bruce went To
work with fed0ublei energy. And Dor.
oihy. painfully impressed by what She
had seen. had helped by trying TO do
ehat she could fof the tenement chii.
dren. She knew she could not q much
for the whole city but IN thar onp
house she improved conditions ,asilv.
une night she was visiting the Bows.
old friends II her family. ard des IN.
ei the class size had csiahi bed for
the children Of the tenement h0use
And tonight. said Dorothy TO.
mani - * N'iHr ~ i4a 3 v y III 80 tttN :
tree for them down there. I'm going
down now to give out the little pres.
ents.
Mother. cant we 20 and scef" cried
Lillian
"Oh- yes please" echoed Harold.
Mrs. Dow hesitaied.. Bnt they plead
ed 50 eagerly that she gave ~ ~ last.
and Dorothy took them with her On
The way she stopped and iclel,honrI to
tell Bruce and ask him to join her. His
voice as he answered WIS excited
I'll cnne # can as soan rs |
can be said "Dofaihs. I'm on the
trail at last. do bc'i.ve, Toui-ht I'VE
got chance 10 get the evidence !
need l.
What had happened was that that
afternoon a woman had come 10 Bruce
IN his office. a woman whose profcs
sion no one could mistake
Say" she said. when she was with
him alone. YOU want to fef the eoDds
ON all this tenement siud. don't yuug