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Downers Grove Reporter, 5 Dec 1895, p. 3

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‘ ‘ ARENOONSCIOUS HERO "You no how harden n is that you would ever understand me." the am my. "You have morn Mention Mile-I natal-um mum: forum *0! than around you You in". M m I. w your mun-onc- tn “til-m ht you are lorry for tum-n 10.! mm W!" More on answered Mm Eleanor no, and In so doing dropped the now- m the m boon holding. Horn: may to Net them up. when Instantly ‘0 sheet! In: mu. imperative to»! upon them. era-hint than to the floor. In hand It the mooted ma wounded. "You have taught me one lemon. manor. that 1 thin not forget. I hope when you and your hero he will love you a truly I: I lane doneâ€"u I will «manna to do. If you do not forbld me. And now. good by. We put triads. do '9 not?" She m Intense 3nd angry, and at last In In arm-ed. "Do?" the repeated with wnheflng acorn. "do anything to show the worm that m are a man. and at least capable of match; your own mun Life Is full of laumcflonl. but you have never lax-nod one of m lessons. You have not even hee- n profitable amulet." at. 'u very handsome. very ounc- tln In her strong young womanhood. and u a reformer, the fad of the ham. "WEI! would you have me do to prove line" 3 hm?" naked Hams Holmes with a. gently patronizing air, as I! he Ind hen outing to a child. and which lam-laced Eleanor. A "Pm-don me." "turned the young wo- man, tearing the heart from a :1» a performance which made the maltlve lama wince-"l think you are promâ€" pts with time and Influence. and all other good thing: which you waste by Int-III; them on your-21!. How um you account {or wasted opportunities, and talents folded in a napkin. when the “y of reckoning coma?" alt my hull that my lunar 2m me (Ms fortune? Union. dearest. I may call you so once. Why not help me to be- come m: "mom? At mu I an not I walla-to." “My dear aocialist." mid Morris with the familiarity of long acquaintance. “it you listen to reason a moment you will see In“ with money you can rcmcd y a (rent may ovlin; without it you are: practically heiplen." “How may evils have you remedied, Iofl’h? Answer me that." ‘Then he a soldier of peace; there are daily was to be waged that need din- ciplined soldiers. Be anything but a dlwdler on the silken skirts of society. You believe that because you hnve in- herited a fortune that oiher men earned for you by the sweat of their brawn, that you are to lie idle In the lap of In» my. Shame. Morris Holmes! When I marry I will choose my husband irom among tho ranks of the people; my hero mint do great deeds, not dream them. oll day long." cru-hed the cluster of helix American 50“” men she held in her clasped hand: with pain- tni intensity. an if they were some- Vllat to blame. "I cannot marry you. Morrisâ€"you are not my hero." "Heroee do not exist out of novels." answered Morris Holmes with that per- fect inflection tint good breeding gives to its pom-nor; "I cannot ugh: tor my lady love as the medleeval knights did. nor fly to the wave, in these degenerate days." ‘ “For. :5 yet, I Mm“. llul. Eleanor. "'HAVE YOU EVER HEARD 0F MORRIS HOV.ME.,"‘ :Htfl a. Mair. " <. an!“ mam» "Imhmtom 'hlt you need and vmholpnulty'onwmlatu." «- mun-m. 1""; m o: u mull! m “ "hint n whit: a nun; and how «thowuntm may ma, " was the surly reply. "Your hand. friend.” he had and to the foreman. and noted the :1eg no“. and determined at! of Man] with which the man drew luck. A morn desolate place than that In which the "Little Summit" mine wan located would be hard to dmlho. The mine that poured wealth into the cot- ton of its ownara was conducted by lil- mid. soddon men. «tubby boys and halt blind males. The foreman was hmlallud by a long course of low wages, heavy expenses and sordid aur- roundlnga. It wna a word and n blow with him. or an oath more demoralizing than blows. When a stranger appeared he was r-celved with mllen and ms- piclous silence. being more than half suspected of wanting the bread out ‘ some other month. Morris was shocked 1 almost out of recognition of himself by this unexpected state of things. {or he j telt himself passively to blame‘ He could not lay the odlum on the should- er: of his agent. for he had never naked a single question concerning the mine. or the moral or physical welfare of the men. He had taken the means from it as part of his patrimony. lndltterent as to methods. He had been helping to grind women and children into the duct. that he might loll In luxury. m- eonncieuce stung him with reproachee which were inadequate to make nun cutter as he cleaned. Mon-ls prepared for a night of vlgns. then tell Into a sound :1er curled up In 5 corner of (he car seat. and 'hen be a'akencd It was early morning. were too poor to late them along. but may had um momma a! work where they won going. and then they would send (or them. If Morris helped them he did no! ht his left banal know 'hal Ma mm was dnlng. but I do know that the children [allowed men parents a few weeks later. At. the next stopping place he went. out to catch a breath of fresh air. and bought a bag at cakes (or the baby, an act of generosity that mu tired mother appreciated with a smile. lie talked with the (minor and learned their story. Two children Ien behind with telatlves because they “I would not make a good soldier. and I certainly am not a horn," he said to himself, and men he thought of Eleanor. and fancied her zooming the troublesome, crying child in the lur- lher end of the car, and gaining the confidence 0! the mean-looking parents. who were poor and tired. the embodiment o! hardship and prlvnâ€" Hon. Mon-la had taken mac or no notlco or this branch of his wealth, the man- agement and details belng left to Me agent. but when he lelt Eleanor Lands. berg on the occasion of her second and final retuaal of his otter or marriage, he suddenly determined to take a trip to the mining country and try his hand at heroism, In the way of improving the fro’ndumu at the men whu worked In ndcrgronnd chambers, (I work to him. "not my nun telegraphed for n loc- lion." "They were all taken than, lit." Morris Holmes had donned the plain drug of the ordinary business man and wore a hideout gray ulster that wu- ceoled his elegant personality. and was on his way to the mining district. where o mine was located or which he was part owner: not a gold mine. but one that brought in goldâ€"a bituminous coal mine. known as the "Little Bum- mil." "A. unit mm mph do, lit.” laid the conductor. “There'- old Juan 8mm:- Ind his wife; they us both so- in; to sit up to-ulxht." An In born alike In thinâ€"that they have to begin and um out the “n a! me. The «up-mm and menu In whilst...“ an Inn then m In mm In loin than in uteri; but all have to burl-«Ill mobllpd ham: males for am; «a q- with. W or ”an. on gun! enlarg- nah: a ti. :1. Il- 1 There be many who mourn tba want of opportunity. and yet endeavor to m- farm to the dllpotltloll of their lunar. and to any themaelm wisely and well. who will wake up brand-by, when they stand In the presence of the all- revealing Eye, with sweet [ammo and adoring gratitude, to see how much mom their we mean! than may then- nlm thoushLâ€"Fm snat- Knight. The man who but begun to live and work by artificial ctimniaut never known where he stands and can never count upon himself with any certainty. He takes into his cute a servant who becomes the most imnnical of masters. The trouble with a good many men is that they spend so much time admir- Ing their own ability that they don't let other people have t chance to see that they have any ability to admire. Christlanlty Is not a new system at theological reasoning. not a new assort- metn of ”naming, nor a new circle of acquaintances, nor even a new Hue of medltaflon~bnt a new life. Learning without thought In like! lost; thought without learning In peril- nus. to iose him. He had returned 0“,.“ shield. an of a tuning roof. 8° llama. with one loot at the Mn- «I; not. Mn. nun Into the cm and was mum alone a.“ n nw-itriclun Inev- a into the ban. of death. There was not much more to mt. When the sign! 'as given the" were vim-g buds to help anther the two men from u. wreckage. but only one elm up am. The other had succumbed to the fatal ,dI-p. A long mm followed. but It meant little to Eleanor. "er en- ruted on (our alt-quoted. hackneyed llm. that chad the story; they mid nevet leave her; Filo-nor and In I to. amen-o m: no no" that had bun Inn to Mr. Thm Ind m n «dam In an mm. Tho tool of on mum ell-m rm! mm "a hurt“ ("Ill Mun batman: It. The mu m rem-m with («It amenity. and m u that um hm", “land. Win all rm "p- poml to hm hm» and. the" in a wsllinl cry. Ind (ho n". o! '1)!!! Our. div" sin-ml“! from It: ”mind Mold. and Mod to throw horn-ll [Mo m III-o, "mu Nolan. pm» and out o! Urn-uh. all"! far In" Io no down you Nu «a N9!” (imam-.1“ one to NM. Tho mu owed their "m in their names and an knew m: «up. In A In month: ah mkod a mood wisp-p". ”bu-had "to lb. flat. In I Ion “mum Ibo when. In ("In the an 0! um Imm- of (M mun. ll Mao maul-ad A muted puny-uh. but "up mulln: nu Imxulu mun. mm. u ”and penal. and on u» hm- dcr van in!" I rude Mud. Mano; I. (In mm. and “to Ml! Irlun but mum “no. "Old morale." Manor Landaben Ind no ion! from Mom- (or II: month. Thou all. to- cclved n papa: muted In red lull. whkh :m a par-mph that Intern-ted her. It on a plum statement or m an: Improvement um Ind uh: puoo in the "Laue Gunman" ulna. and went on to tic-«Ibo the comfortable home: or the nine". (ho new mhlnaty which had ban put Into the ulm w uh "ac plus 0! child Inhor. tho col-lon- nbh- rubles above ground that had been bull! (or the mum, the unmoved nod-l condition 0! the men”. human. and "and will I [lowla- tflbulo to the "noble “or" of the young and uh. kuc ulna own". Mom- Helmet" 8pc by! {one} he hero, never I‘ll]! "For when“? on the mallow high 0r In Ihe haule's VIII. The flue“ place (or man to die, I: where he dies for man." A ten cheered Mm. other: remulnod sullen and discontented, good new; be- Infl rmired with caution tnd alu- plclon. “I am Morrla Holmes! 1 m here to right your wrongs, but I demand pro- tection m. your lands. 1 denund your confidence, and (Inn of your the: and children. I hive the right to all: “III. For the present thnl ll all I have to “Aye. :n’ of his tamer atom him. It's um he might lie so“ and eat fine food, that we get: lost In the choke an‘ damp. ll be: ml you. go back and tell him to come out here himseu'. We hev a long account to settle, an‘ the nmre In waltln'.” It was “Old Geordie" who spoke. A groan and a series of yells saluted him. ‘ Holmes?" “Men," said the stranger. unbutton- ins his heavy ulster. and throwlng It open, ”have you ever heard a! Morris “Go suck to your master, and tell him what his lovln' workmen says," and the toreman contempluouuly, “an’ m a photygrafl of some or the bunny chil- dren and dyln' mothers. tor the ram“! album. My missus will give yon hers." “They duau't come nigh their own WOWI'W." laid another. "they're whlmâ€" llvored comma, and not worth the powder to blow 'em to thunder!" The mints, dlrtv, black. and com- tel-mu. had nth-rod around the tannin, and alumni: (In: W him. they were bound tn him by s common grudge. \ “Tell them to com aid [at filled with warm lendâ€"we'd hut It tut the 'cnaion," laid a. burly miner known at "Ole Geordie." will [In him u m volcano- hogan that they all an!" GRAINS OF GOLD. ‘f In J. nun-y mm. Ibo annular. In ' new man. II his mum umflo u float". N. 1. on I hunk num- 0! Pain“. A nod Mon at no annual- !Ma 0! the work I. fly" by [M pm- E In. 1'!» sum, when mpkml. { which wm not be for I" or MI month: not In In he not up In up any «N'hlyln tow. 8. (f. It. RM“ when his coir minim from the Lulln‘ Falhowl :1- «mm at Chum”. which had .- nnned and mm: a fund for Ihe erec- tion of I sum of Calhoun when the war More out. An" the war mm of the find was "er an a 9mm which Is now alluding In Ghanaian, mm M Is not a “minnow owe. Ind Ir. Rhlnd'a In defined to an In place. 0! the original monk" a! the anoth- tlon oily tour at the now ml". one of them In In. Snowdew. low Immy yam old. She fro- the In! has be“ mm“: 0! (ha amlauon. and Is an] to have Insured the unfair o! the [mm dating the war by gawk: the govern- ' TI". than". hula, bloods and u- M". Ill- pro-mu nu. Ill! an. out 0! lbs in! mm.- non 3.0. mm. Ibo. ynn m now“ u M- , now- I“ continuous I“ up“. [ Inn-mm Ind “-617.10“ at 'Mondu. Ind ya: - «'qu man. do mod In M- nunlly Ind a mu. mm m chlldno, M cu war-Dal los- nm of N. m in 0 "(My 0! «ml; "b mud“! to: not! In modulo”, A no. nonl- of huh-a only "W a»- lnt her aunt“. who one-w an to Inv- oilu our n 9.4 at up" on M- Inn. mm- l" Mn nwlhd mount a! II.- vacuum. MM "qu In In one ol the belt known oi wettern pooh. died very suddenly last alon- dny at hlo home In Chicago. A than sketch of bio life In ' published In the Chicago Record and to as fol- __. lows: A boy was born in St. Louis forty-five year- ago of old colonial stock. who grow up in New England and the west, and thus canto to possess an a man many of the characteristics or the dwel- lers In both these sections. While he W yet a little child his mother died. and he was placed in the care 0! hi- aunt. Miss Mary French. of Amherst. "use. At 17 year: or use he entered Williams college. His father. Roswell 31. Field. A distinguished lawyer of St. ‘ Louie, who is. perhaps. best known as one o! the counsel for Dred Scott to the tntnoue ainvery cue, was in thorouah acholnr. He required the young stu- dent to carry on all correspondence with him in Lotta. Before the son had been long at Williams college the inth~ er died. Prof. John \V. nurse”. who in ‘IDDoluiod the hoy’o guerdinn. placed ‘ him at Knox college, at (laieahurx, Ill. He studied there two yearn. and utter- vard remlltml tor aotne time at the Unlvenity of liaaouri. In lti‘li. having name MI majority. Ir. Blue-IO Field vent to Europe, where he traveled for air months. He became a new-ND" reporter In lfli, being employed on tho 8!. Lonia Evening Journal. oi which he aoon in nude city editor. lie al-o Iorhed on a newspaper in St. Joaeph [or anal months. and later became ”min; editor at tho Kauai: City Titan. About liteen year: on he went to hoover an a member oi the editorial III. of tho Tribune at that city There within I abort Unto hi- tuition (In his a wide reputation. Alton.“ III: "'0 II Told Iv Ibo Pup-r the Discount! Illaâ€"Ind - I‘ll“ Ilium I- thmtutw'fl I!” 0w- mt cum. 'I'HI CHIEDNBN'S FAVORITE P03? WAS GREATLY BELOVED. LATE EUGENE FIELD Ii. numb ‘1' won on ITATUI or cancer. UGENE FIELD, «no In Nov Yuk I- an. In tho bu «um-v than produced I... «It. la- a». to". "In [VI-Olfflb" Ill full-r In. ”I'M" him MI; And Ibo Inl- (or palm (M lulu. 0! mm.- mam 0n publisher. I“ II. n- mum union 0! m lanai! cl Inl- !m In M. unnam- an m ro- nrvled an an“; ID! choked an mu.- -m o! lat-burn. Ir. mm M «Idle! for a um um In Ilka). lhel In bud... and the- . Pm- Iv Ger mm. It In no: QM tap-pict- lug his studio I- Purl. that Do any to Anetta. The flat "I I. «a all" mm m In the m d 00 Theological all-try It Truly-Int “not nd mm. "are. New Yul. HI. minim. humor, in club- uahed by In unin- for the m doan o! Willy ell-rd. loaded '1 Vim-u anwl Actor 9- mm» “on of his father, Ind II. denial. [or the King Count-In In Alba], 11. Y. H. n at present eluted n n my: lac-l "lion. Ind u '"I uh you. to ”I noun "to n. In Incl. I an anvil um nun In to Jon A. In”. ro- und by (I. ennl run. A. um lucmlm tanned Ila am. hi nu bum. Tm rut-M. air but“ n In. nomw. No I». cog-nod with an hm IM Ibo] «mu ll. 10 mo, Tm non b- e“ m at.“ wunlnt man "a in no!" company IND a Iva-MI, ”an. My. what: in Ialnm Io any I). In]. nu "not nun» to In an no 5 non polo-I tutor In II. mm. an m. hull. In“ II. he but. that II. clam ”to am": dial-loud. Rlchard Tait, of Kitchener. N. 7.. has begun suit to recover 85.000 tron Bernard Dauuchler. n Int-bar. who no allege: maliciously Ill-val 08 hi. lux- uriant mustache. Tait Icy. am he visited Deutsclller'n chop lut Summit! and naked for a shave. Bolus tired h. iell into a data under the loft. ministri- tlonn or the tonwrlnl Artist. When he awoke hoJound to hi- dinmny that ho had been given I "clean shave" and no mistake. Until that time In Ind won a fine mustache, long, yellow 1nd Dilly. It had been the result 0! yarn o! culti- wine-it a lulu at mm 79;“ _ Hald'l H “mm Inn-iv man 11qu: duo. A 'l’ I mw In hi: mind tu- un. u i 1mam (or min or months. In mrd of it was written. Ital!!! turn came. all lhu the whoiovu down In all hula. Applnntlythou never 3 inch of unblock. The truth lu mainly in tho picking Ind choco- inn. Realising that his ability to do good work was count-nil] incl-suing. Eugene (Field was slow to publilh MI Icon-io- and poems in book (arm. ma volumes were issued becam- noi even their mom: critic. the humor of then. could help coniculnx um they dunno ed to see the light. it? .35 £15? o-ur lnlt hr III-OI..- EUGENE HELD. > V E‘ E a 5 E mural-6mm empmmflm that m. Thomonuhulm-dl-"u 0min mmuummwcfi In (he out an M rm 1- I. Into- an ' ‘ 3:3 (ordlvmo “MIDI“ 3% on chore. to my an". / [thumb-tum” no Dnu- Anus-10¢ a... b mm" to In. a up]... “C [M vari- ot Knit. ms-gnmuumvm um do” not no t Nearly to,“ u. d M Tun-u tn- Cllu :1 I} m 0H” Ib- "Ihmurd "Ulric. m Inc will nun-u W has pm Man Ind...“ ”la-flu Tampa" by Josh. "nu-h. 5! 55 It". h- uman I. «In “film (0 an ulnflhh‘ifl'c. Dun-35:: Mun-much!“ ‘Imtl‘mm-‘IIIIC'M ‘81. old It In lo! I... m Inml-hmwnmhh hlo wily can-Ind III.- In W. m ham I" I I!" on Ibo "Ill. put." “mun. no nun." "elnlu no 3 I 5 1 I “m chit-a." "um-g an m 3. a . im‘ : l on to Inc-(In. Ann WW Mutual-ulcbnuuqulllu, Ila rich «tho luau. Ebb.“ u- about “Dunn. no N nurhc'ummm-q‘ 5 mm on- n ulna-u «In. Hi. on” he. «I. m that I .. Ila-M our hmtmmbfll-x than m- club‘s-[lug III C ”_ Minn-0' river III! clued. Inch cute. In I. new m an of the unravel“: the mm- In the deal: » . tot-co or men In 3mm , every morning and! of '- .i and Icovu all Round 1!!! gunning from tho um . tor the refuse that in ~~ the twenty-tour hour- prom ' an to am» tau-loud- a! VI ‘ Ind muloupo finds. photo '1. and bits of cotton m ‘ 1n» now. The nun-nu m uh work Just below marine and In .. in work baton tho uh! tune W the then (rout bum. The III If." ’nrmed with long-handled Iowaâ€"”bl with which they gather our! I thins thlv. ll out o! olden. n m b that Balttmm tumult: mh It point of man on tho um M they out watermelon. also in so“ fifteen cuload- ot rind. mum. twenty-tour loan! Blltlm'l u mlnl nun scoop up. too. W . refus- tint I- thtown "who"! I!- Iteunon and other but. that fill h -~ the hubor. Around Nov York's mt. . trout "nun u dun-pod "aboard ma » " beau. chip- and coon flut- Il IO dlflmu quntlth‘. Th1, m Hound tor-lumintdndt. ebb at tho tldo tho it“: pure. It um III-m "so an of the lid. It NOV four to at: (cur-Ia no man ' whale body 01 In" mad tho fit! I ‘ changed uric. I dunâ€"Nov ‘ NOTE. 0' TH. DAV.

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