The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-09-26
- BY W. Alexander INLAY

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-9y W. Alexander INLAY -.
weaving eternal figure Fights
through the streets OF great city
In The southwest Saturday evening
] crowd shifted in human phantas.
magora under brilliant arc lights II
was early winter In the fashionable
district we'll clad men wore new ov.
orcoats and silken mufflers. In the
lower end OF the city men pulled
thin summer coats tightly about
their necks.
81 Women beating their way along
the thoroughfares felt the chilling
wind on sleazy silk clad ankles.
Children OF the slums hoped swiftly
along homeward bound from er
nnds seeking the warmth of tene'
ments. for their chilled bare feet.
a gutter rat stood In the door
way OF a cheap restaurant. The
odor Of frying onions and steak
tantalized his nostrils. II was
for the warm air that came
Through the open door that he
tarried.
"Gt. you bum," he heard. A
second later the toe Of tall
mans boot had forced him into
the street
mo one wants a down and
outer" the smiling thing moan
ed as he skunk away.
Women OF the street passed him
with lcer 4 down and outer
was the last thing on earth they
Fought What they wanted was
money for food and warm quarters
The rat" could supply neither.
"A swinging light in the street
ahead drew his attention. Upon com
ing close TO il he spelled out VEL
GONE"
"Ha, Hal" he laughed cynically
but he entered.
Next morning the "rs," was
no longer a rat. He had been
fed and clothed. He had been
bathed and given a bed. Hope
burned high in his heart.
Through the offices Of his new
friends he was gwen work. II Is
useless TO follow him for. OF
course. az In all articles OF this
kind. the "rat' made good.
Beaten and CURED; seorned and
81 unwsnted he had at last come
NJ 10 his own.
N Five years later we find he rat
without a semblance OF the thing OF
the gutter which had been clinging
about him
In pleasant room. with flower
lin the window. we find him reading
. the daily paper A woman speaking
in soft tones il mlling child to
rest
Outside the wind howls 4 COW
bawls in the stable at the rear Of
the lot on which the coy home IS
built
The one time down and outer IA
y moving up He has wife and
child lie owns a home. He has a
COW
> 1--WE must make some steps
60 issue our child the surround
mos OF Christianity" tho wife
tells the one time thing Of the
gutter. after the child is sound
asleep in It's crib.
well. what shall we do about
III" he replies
The woman places her cheek
next to his and whispers. The
honest citizen is al peace. He
mods his head In acauieseence.
Sunday comes with bright spark.
ling morning light. The honest citi-
zen and his wife dress In their best
and start for church.
II is church OF brick and stone.
Glazed windows break early morning
light into Thousands of prysmatic
CRYSTALS
The minister takes his text
"Eyen as you do unto others"
His sonorous voice rings ont In
full periods. The one time child OF
the siums In entranced
a great organ peels its message OF
life and love
The honest citizen and his wifo
walk forward
They join the church
No one knows he has been
thing Of the streets and the Gin
derpath. That has been forgot
ten. But
Many are brought TO American
churches each year who took
their first upward step with the
salva.lsn Army backing their e.
fort.
House Endorses s. A. Campaign. d