The Washington herald., 1918-01-16

coat and his gloves. She, embold-
ened by what he had said and who he
was, said:
Did you say wounded for our trans
gressions &"
He seemed to cling to his commfn-
taries and didn't understand and did
mt know. He nodded assent and hur-
Tied on.
Policeman Jeers.
She headed out into the cold. a
paroxysm Of coughing seized her. She
leaned over the railing and she
coughed. Down the street came a
policeman. whose Nbeat vas near. He
recognized her and he said,
Hello Mag, what graft is on to-
right"
Wounded for our transgressions,
bruised for our iniquities.'
He touched his head and said. Poor
girl. she is bug house"
Listen! She regained little
strength and hunted around and
found in her rags the last money OF
her illgOtten gain. She got on a car,
went on. on. of out into the country
and on. around the curve and saw
glimmering light She went up the
pebbly walk, opened the door and the
old dog leaped to his feet and growled.
She spoke his name. He hadn't heard
that voice for six years. She spoke
his name, he remembered 1t. lie
reared up with his paws on her shoul-
ders and licked her first upon one
cheek and then the other. She lay
down with her old friend by the fire.
, place and slept.
In the early morning the mother
NJ
there. She touched them and there
was a human frame inside. She open
ed her eyes and wrapped her arms
around her mothers neck and said:
Wounded for our transgressions,
bruised for our iniquities:
God says. You go down there and
: proclaim to the North. the South. the
. East and the West and say Come
back! Come back! Pardon full and
free. perfect and eternal awaits you
at the foot OF the cross"
Never mind how you have gone In
life. That don't enter into il at ALI
God never asks what you have done.
: God only wants TO know, Are you
; sorry you ever did it?''
, 1t begins in your heart You've
got to fight the battle over in your
! mind and decide whether you yield
. or not You've got to get the con-
, sent OF your will over your con-
! science. Your conscience will say:
. Don't do it! Don't do it," IL you
! are tempted TO go wrong. And
, when you do right your conscience
will say: Well done, Well donew
a man or woman is a back slider
in their heart before they are in
their open acts, sir. o, folks. have
preached down in the slime pits OF
| iniQuity, the Quagmires of filth, and
, have helped 10 pull thousands and
| tens of thousands out and put their
: feet on the rock in the name of
5 Christ, and / expect to shake hands
5 with them around the throne OF
, Jesus Christ when 1 burst through
the gates in the city, when my days
work on this old earth is over. be-
cause they will be true. 1 have
picked up drunkards, and l have
lprayed over them. wcpt with them
2 to help them. One time when /
quit playing baseball and went into
l the Y. N. c. A. in Chicago, a fellow
came in and said:
Il want TO see one OF the secre-
taries." And he paced back and
e forth.
said: Il am one of them"
Thought He Was BIumns.
E He looked at me as though he
e thought l was bluffing. He said: Il
1 was on my way TO a header into Lake
Michigan. saw the sign. Can you
help me?"
/, said. whats the NATTER
r He said: 81 am seventeen kinds OF
I a fool" And then he told me his
4 gfr l.. \
left him He was a gambler and a
e booze fighter. He had lost every
r thing. I prayed with him 1 got
his wife and his two children to come
over to him. I got him a Job clerk
ing in a store, and he was getting
! along fine and one time 1 missed him.
A fellow came up TO the Y. NJ. c. A.
Mr.. Sunday"
; Yes
Your friend is down here at Han
kins' playing farobank.'
said: You are wrong. 1 was out
, to supper with him a few nights ago,
he is all right"
No, / ought to know-I used 10
work the three-card monte game and
the shell game. We were side kicks.
= He is down there playing farobank.
u he insisted
I put on my coat and hat and walk
ed own LaSalle street and turned
: ! East to Monroe and went into the
alley. I went up a back stairway to
Hankins old gambling joint and rap
ped on the door. The door-keeper
and bouncer was a big colored fellow,
: a prize fighter. / stepped in. Judge
: there must have been one hundred
L fifty or two hundred men In there.
They were play1nE farobank ana
heard him say:
q Il will copper the queen and play
: the ace open"
o Handed Him SIS.
I So II came his way. and they handed
him So after the house took the rako
on. He put the money in his pocket
stepped over TO the bar and ordered
a Rhine wine and a seltzer. 1 touched
y him on the shoulder and said:
q What are you doing here?"
He turned as pale as a ghost, put
: his hand in his pocket and said,
! Here, take that and give il to my
wife and kids; let me alone"
+ said. "No, I've come for YOU"
: He said: Il have disgraced YOU,
Bill, disgraced the Y. ". c. A. dis
r graced everybody that has ever placed
any confidence in me. Let me go"
2 said, No" / stood there and
: pleaded with him until / o'clock. j
, took him over home with me. / went
and got his wife and two children
again. took them to my house, kept
I them until he was going right again,
and then ! got him job.
. oh, he was a crackerJack of a sales
! man. He was like steel trap. He
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