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SHRON, Autho of "In ifis Sts,""-Reert liardy's SeveaI Copyright.19o1, by C1.arles 3.$ Add CHAPTER XI. ti f( - g 01 ti r( a T S "Arc you a tenemcnt houes inepcctorP" FTER awhile Miss Andrews said: "You say 'no.' Do you not m e a n 'yes?'" John Gordon lifted up his head. The lusk had deepened, and he could see b nly the outline of her face. a "You have not answered my ques- a Lion, Miss Andrews. Did I do her an r< justice when I made it a test of her eeling that she come down here?, ught I to have asked her to do that?" A "Would It be any harder for her to e ve here than for you or for me-o"-- S he spoke hurriedly-"or for any of a s?" 3 "She was born and has been reared d In great luxury. Of course coming here would mean a complete change from s ill that." t] "I do not see how you could have sked anything less," the voice came tc almly. "The woman who loved you would expect nothing less." 01 John Gordon did not answer at once. "Then you think Miss Marsh does not j ove me?" T "I did not say that. I think she be- is iees she does." b1 "But do you believe she does?" ni "It is not fair to ask me!" she ex- p flaimed, with agitation. Then she laugh- r( d in her usual happy manner. "Excuse sE 2e, Mr. Gordon. I fear I am not com- n ~etent to answer all your quest-ons- hi he realm of love is a realm of myste- al ious contradictions. I am sure of only r ne thing. The test you made was not p ao great. It was the only test possible. would warn you, however, as your in enior by'-ten years-that you do not ul o hastily judge of your feelings." " "Ba supposing," Gordon went~ on m ervously-"supposing I had begu~n to di eel attracted toward"- b He could not see her face at all now nd could only feel that in some way r2 rhat he said was unwelcome. He did ti aot finish, and in the silence Ford came to the room and lighted the candles. tc [lss Andrews rose and went over to ci e table and asked .Ford some ques- y< on about the day's work, and when inner was announced a few minutes tt ter she went out and took her place a: t the head of the table as usual. When of ohn Gordon came out and took his et eat, he saw the placid, earnest face ut eightened perhaps in color, but bear- tI g the usual quiet seriousness that dis- rc( nguished her. The talk at table turned upon Tommy hi andall and his plans. It was the con msus of opinion that nothing could be one except in the way of enforcing e building ordinances. And every- m ody agreed that from past attempts e probability was very small that tt ~ommy could ever be convicted. f "For my own satisfaction," said Gor- it Ion after they had discussed every base of the remarkable situation, "I p vant to see the mayor and have a per anal interview with him. Let us strike j> t headquarters." Miss Andrews smiled sadly. "Mr. l ~ordon, youth is always rash." Gor- th Ion colored as If he understood her to ean it in a double sense. "But go tl nd the see the mayor. I've no objec- h: Ions. NeedlIsayIhave seen mbsev- ti -al times to no purpose? Has a parti- is n machine any place in its mechan- bi m for human mercies?" e Gordon felt abashed. "I did not mean t > hint that I could do anything. I a lxply wanted to put the city govern- ti et to the test in a plain matter of uman right and justice. It will be nore for my own satisfaction and ex- o ~erenc-e than anything else." e "Go your ways. You .will get the ex- a ~erience without fail," answered Miss y ndrews, with a look which contained tc depth of sadness out of her own ex- t ~erence that haunted Gordon all the ~venng. Nevertheless the next day he went tC own to the city hall and asked to see a1 he mayor. After a delay of half an m our he was admitted. As he entered a tour men came out of the room. They 01 were talking excitedly, and Gordon ould hear the name "Julius Chain- tl bers." "So Julius Chambers is making him- h self talked about at headquarters," B hrdon murmured to himself. "I must p: ow that man." d: He was ushered into the mayor's of fice by the doorkeeper and faced a oj slightly built, rather aristocratic look Lag man, carefully dressed. Gordon ir bad seen him on public occasions, but y bad never before met him personally. d "You are the son of the late Rlufus Gordon, eh? Yes. Knew your father a uite well He was a stanch supporter of the party and a man to be depended b upon. Sorry to know of his financial o losses just before his death." t The mayor was a soft, easy spoken man, with a slight hesitation at the h end of his sentences that gave a listen- T er the idea of mental indecision, not G borne out by his political career. 'What can I do for you?" he said suddenly. Gordon was not prepared si for It. The tone was suddenly hard, n brisk, businesslike. "A good deal, Mr. Mayor, if you ilL"s "Thats the usual statement. Mr. Gordon. That's what they all say. Of f ourse you've come to get somcthing. r They all do." The mayor spoke withal toe of.esnnatinathat struck Gordonje p1 ... te G ays,"Etc. unusually impersonal- it "Yes, sir; I did come to get some- 13 ing, and I have no apologies to offer , r it, because it is something that any n >od citizen ought to get, and that is a istice." A "Be specific. Justice is not delivered re in wholesale lots." "Is It delivered at all?" Gordon burst I, it. The mayor coolly eyed him. tl "That depends. State your errand, k )ung man. Others are waiting." tl "Do you know Tommy Randall?" d The mayor raised his eyebrows. h "I know a part of him. Nobody tl aows all of Tommy." d "He Is one of the biggest rascals in b is city." "This is not news." The mayor looked t) signed. "Yes, Mr. Mayor; it is news to this h dministration. What Is this man, ommy Randall? He Is not an officer a( the city, he Is not authorized to take a rt in its affairs, yet he dictates"- W "Be specific. Others are waiting. ai ate your errand, young man." The ords came hard, incisive, like the bit g of cold steel on steel. Gordon sud- a( nly pulled up, and in five seconds he hi as as cool and clear headed as the apassive political figure sitting there ni : his desk. ti In a swift, forceful manner that % iaracterized him when driven to It by i hostile listener he pictured Randall's -oposed violation of the building ordi- 01 ance, the long, heartbreaking fight 0 r childhood that Miss Andrews had en making, the gift of the settlement nd Randall's contemptuous defiance of t 11 humanity In his plan of restoring the e )gular causes of the people's misery. c He must have stated it wonderfully ell, for the mayor was really inter ted. Once he interrupted. "Say that again about the window pace required in proportion to floor b ea. Do you mean to tell me there are 000 dark bedrooms In the Waterside P istrict?" "Three thousand two hundred and ul aventeen, sir. And children rot In :em like" "uo on," the mayor said in a low ne. When Gordon was through, the may was contemplatively sifent. C "You've come to the wrong place, N) r. Gordon. I can't do anything to >mmy Randall. What you want to do to lay a complaint before the city 1llding department. The whole busi- d .ss Is under their jurisdiction and operly should come before them. I gret exceedingly to hear what you y about the tenements. I had no idea B atters were so bad. Of course the42 using problem Is a vexed question In I large centers of population, and all i ~forers, I believe, are agreed that no oblem presents so many"--d "Do you claim, Mr. Mayor," Gordon t terrupted, but his blood always boiled t In him when a man lied to him, hat you do not know about the tene- ~ ent house conditions In Waterside hi strict? Has Miss A&ndrews told it so dly that you have forgotten it?" The mayor's face was dark. He lsed his eyes to Gordon, but lowered I uem again. 1 "You have come to the 'wrong place prefer your coniplaint, sir. Go to the ty building department Is that all S ur errand#' "It Is," replied Gordon, and he rose, I rned his back on his honor the mayor d without another word walked out the office. Gordon had such supreme mntempt for a deliberate liar that he ed to say it choked him to breathe e same air with him in the samek At the noon meal he told the story of s interview with the mayor. iss Andrews looked at him quietly. ni The same old story. And now" "Now for the city building depart- ~ ent." "It's the regular routine. After that bl ue state board of health, then the state hi .ctory and tenement house Inspectors, a Len"- di She spoke with her usual deliberate tlence, and Gordon colored. "I know. I am simply following a tter person than myself, but" "But you are man," she said wistful- tc . "You may succeed with some of em." John Gordon looked doubtful. But in e afternoon he went down to the city p, .l again, and after a long and vexa us delay he managed to get a hear g with one of the officers of the city te ilding department. The superintend- ai t was in Europe. But a deputy lis- yi ned to him with an air of polite resig- bi ition, as if he were losing valuable i ne. When Gordon was through, he said: a "Oh, Mr. Gordon, that's altogether o~ .side our jurisdiction. You'll have to a irry your complaint up before the S( ate board of health. I can furnish a u with the necessary blanks on which N make complaint. Are you a regular yi nement house inspector?"b "Yes." "Then possibly you will be required file your complaint with the factory sl d tenement house inspector's com- di ission. Sometimes the complaints are g ade out to one body, sometimes to an- fe her." .ic "They have complaints, then, do uey?" asked John Gordon Ironically. ci "Oh, yes, yes," the deputy replied a arriedly. "Sorry we can't do anything. T ut the whole affair Is outside our de- ey irtment. Glad to have met you. Good a y, Mr. Gordon."a Gordon went right over to the room the state board of health. bl After the usual delay he was ushered uto the office of a nervous little man a ho said, withou'; turning from his ask at which he was writing: "Be so kind as to state your business, e ad be brief, as time is precious." tx "So is human l!.fe!" said Gordon, who ei ad refused the chair at which the al icer had nodded when his visitor en- d The man at the desk jumped as if he ad been unexpectedly hit on the back. hen he turned around and looked at p: ordon. o "What did you say?" p "You said time was precious, and I t ld, 'So is human life.' Both state uents are true, but I think mine is tb tore important." "A, yes; possibly, possibly. Will you s: :ate your errand?"'s Gordon began, but he had not gone r when the man at the desk Inter "Are you a tenement house inspect "I am.' "Regularly qualified?" "I am." "Then you ought to carry this con aint to the board of state factory an nement inspection." "What comes after them?" aske ordon. "What?" "What is the next public body 1 hichi I shall be referred after the fa ry and tenement inspection body d es its responsibility in the matter?" The man gravely stared at Gordon. "Don't let it keep you awake t ght," said Gordon, in deep disgust 1 went out, and as it was too lateI 11 nn the state factory and tenemei spection body he wint back to Ho] ouse, where he made an attempt ve a humorous account of his afte )on's experience, but dismally falle ; he could see by the look on MI ndrews' face. He went down to the city hall ne: iy and found that the state facto: spectors met at regular sessions < ic 1st of the month. From all tl iowledge he could gain he conclud Lat the delays he would have to e ire before that body would consid s complaint would be so annoyh tat Tommy Randall would have h uble decker all built and inhabit fore the red tape had all been u ound from the complaint filed wi te department He came back to Hope House aL id a conference with Miss Andrews "I am perfectly satisfied as to tI tministration," Gordon said, speakir th repressed Indignation. "They a: [ a set of political thieves. What d .ey care for humanity? So far as n learn there has never been a co: tion during the whole of the presei ministration for violating tenemex >use ordinances. There have bee imerous complaints filed at differel nes, but they have all been treate th the most insolent contempt or p ely entered in some departmen ere to lie untouched. But there Le course open to us now, and I' dng to take It." "Of course I know what you mea )u can carry a complaint directly e city attorney, have Tommy arres I and bring the case into the poll urt. Do you know how many tim e have had Tommy arrested?" Gordon shook his head In surprise. "Within the last eight years, for ox Ing and another, Tommy Randall h: en arrested as many as fifteen time Ith no result except failure on ol rt to 'convict. Do you wonder th e women in Hope House have giv( ) arresting Tommy?" "It seems to me the person to arre the mayor," growled Gordon. "B re God, he is guilty If ever man was "Arrest Tommy and bring the case : ilius Chambers' court. According e statute law, the jurisdiction 2ambers' court extends to all cases : aterside district. Chambers has ne had a case of this kind. From a at we know of him so far he is n raid of Randall nor in any way I bted to him." Gordon gravely assented. He was sl g in the library, where his vie rough the window extended dou owen street to the end of the burn( strict He could see a group of wor en laying out foundations for Tox y's first double decker. The sight suggested a plan to G< n, and he went out and walked ov the place. Tommy Randall was at the farth d of the lot, but as Gordon came 1 walked over to the street and sa Ith cheerful insolence. "Fine day for building, Mr. Gordon. Gordon went down to the end of t1 t. The basement excavation had be' ade, and the masons were at work al e foundation wall. Gordon came back to where Rands ill stood. "Of course you know your rear ex ie for this building runs fifteen fe .rther south than the law allows?" Tommy Randall was chewing a 1 pine splinter. He spit out the pieC en turned toward .Tohn Gordon. "Is this your building that's goi >? Don't you wrorry about me. iow what I'm doing." Then to Gordon's surprise Rands me up close to him and said in .wh as Intended for a bluff, hearty ma r: "Say, Mr. Gordon, what's the u quarreling with me over this litt atter? Of course I know that tec caly the ordinance isn't lived up i it it s practically a dead letter an sw. None of the contractors ever pa: iy attention to It. What differen es it make anyhow? I mean to p 1a good building, and the peo1p iow my rents are fair. No one ev mplaned that Tommy Randall ev rewed 'em for rent when It was ha: get Live and let live is my motto." Gordon looked him in the eye. "Mr. Randall, you kn'ow or ought ow that this double decker you a itting up here is a death trap a3 at the law distinctly provides for ti iace at the rear of the lot to give V nement dwellers sufficient light ai r at that end of the building. Aft u have got your building up It w a fre trap like old No. 19. You c erately violate not only the ort tnce in regard to rear space, but ye -e planning to violate other provislo the building acts in regard to ligi g areas and metal staircases. I' en your plans, and they are nothl ore nor less than copies of plans o. 91. I'll have you arrested unle change the ground plans of ti xlding." "You will, eh 2" Tommy spit out another piece >linter and contemptuously start >wn toward the masons. "It ain't t -st time I've been arrested, but t ilows that does it rem embers nger'n I do." Gordon went over with Ford to V ty hal, and together they swore o complaint before the city attorne hat officer eyed Gordon rather cui isly, and while his assistant w aking out the warrant Gordon ask' few questions. "This case will come in Judge Chai rs' court?" The assistant looked up and paus his writing. The city attorney eyed Gordon agai "Judge Chambers has jurisdiction e Waterside district. It has been ct mary, however, to follow the prE lent established by the new buil :t of '7 and call these cases in t: strict court." "Jury case?" "Yes." "Am I right in saying that the col aining witness in cases of violatli city ordinances has the right to a ar and cause the party complained appear In the police court that h rsdiction in civil cases over the d Ict in which the violation occurs?" "That is the law." The city attorn owly and seemingly with reluctan Gordon went one step further. "Th is warrant will cite Randall to a aar before Judge Chambers. If ens uat come under the provisions of t anm- at.fu i 9.7 nre nnnealed..fre tiepolice court of Judge Chambers, di they go to the court of appeals or th( court of special pleas?" . The city attorney hesitated. d "The court of appeals. There is n< choice in the matter." d Gordon was silent The city attorne3 eyed him again with interest. "Are youa lawyer, young man?" 0 "o." ":Do you know Tommy Randall inti mately?" "No. Do you?" The city attorney evaded the ques tion. Ls 'He's a bright one, Tommy Is; very bright. Very bright, don't you think?' it "Will this warrant be served at e once?" Gordon asked, in his turn ignor ing a. question. r The attorney placed the warrant iD the hands of an officer, with instruc ;s tions to serve it on Tommy Randall al once, and as he gave the order It seemed to Gordon that everybody in the office, from the city'attorney down to the policeman, eyedehim with a sort ie of pitying contempt. d He-,wa"ked out of tht building boilinn with wrath at the insolent attitude of every person in the city administration t with whom he had come in contact during that week's experience. "But Chambers seems to be unpop ular around here," he said to Ford "That's hopeful for us, isn't it?'" Ld "How unpopular?" "Didn't you notice the city attorney's is hesitation when Chambers' name waw mentioned? And while you were talk ing I overheard a little talk betweel e two men at the other end of the office, 'o Chambers' name oceurred several times, and it was never spoken of it any complymentar terms. If he is un it popular with the city administration t nt that a good sign for us?" I n "Yes. It's a glimmer of hope, bu1 t only a glimmer in this awful municipal darkness. We'll follow it, though, an hope for the best." Gordon was not-present when the of ficer served the warrant on Tommy n but he learned afterward that the tw< regarded the matter as a good joke an '0 adjourned to the nearest saloon to hav .o a drink over it together. When ner t- morning Gordon appeared with For :e in Chambers' court in response to th4 s warrant, which set 9 o'clock as thi time, Tommy was there in good spirit, and nodded familiarly to Gordon as hi came in. is When the case was called, the threi S, went forward and Gordon noted witl L deep interest the man who preside( and of whom Mrs. Penrose had said "He does not fear man or devil." ;t He was almost youthful in appear ance. His smooth face had a delicate 7 scholarly look that a pair of gold bowe( I spectacles emphasized. He seeme : strangely out of place in that polic > court When he spoke, it was in a vol so soft and refined that Gordon wa disappointed. His heart sank and a 11 once the glimmer of hope he had al lowed his heart to entertain fiickeret . and went out. "Who are the prosecuting witnesse t in this case?" Chambers said, and Gor don and Ford stepped up. Gordoi n made his statement, and the judge eye( d him through his spectacles. Then h4 Sturned to Tommy Randall. S"Have you any defense, Mr. Ran dall?" * r. "I plead not guilty. My attorney .wil ir take the case," said Tommy, .with - smile. 3r Then, to .Tohn Gordon's surprise, Hp man got up from the front bench an( Ld laid a bundle of papers on the rail i front of the judge. S"May It please your honor," he said ie "this case is purely spite work. M3 'a client has gained possession by pur in chase of a tract of land that this mar Gordon and his companions have bees .1 tryIng to buy for their own uses. Thej are now trying to stop the, building o: id a model tenement by my client b: et swearing out this warrant, charginj him with violation of a city orinnce it in regard to the space required at thi e, rear of a building lot We don't den: the ordinance. It explieitly states tha g if the building Is four stories hig] I there shall be fifteen feet between th rear end of the structure and the enm 11 of lot. But may it please your honor it my client has not violated this ordi a- nance. The diagram here will shos e that my client has left the require( le space provided for by the law." a- The lawyer unfolded a blue print and o, spread it out Gordon looked at Tom 7 my Randall. There was a smile of sat s isfaction on his face. :e "You may see, your honor, for your t self. This plat is the city engineer's le The measurements from Bowen stree r south on lot are ninety-eight feet i2 r full. My client's building, as seen b: d this contractor's figures and diagram,' he opened another paper, "is exactl: eighty-three feet, which is just wha to the law calls for." ee "Will the city engineer certify to thi: Ld statement?" The judge's voice seemaei Is softer and more refined than ever. ae "He will if necessary." id "Is he present?" er "We did not think it necessary, youi [1 honor. I think he is out of the city a1 e- presept. But your honor can see tha Li- thd print is his own official measure tu ments. My client asks that this casi as be dismissed as maliciou's persecution.' t. "What have you to say, Mr. Gor re don?" The judge turned his spectaclec ig -eyes toward him. af "I say he lies," replied Gordor ss promptly. Is "Have you any proofs?" The voici seemed sharper, and the figure straight ened up perceptibly. af Gordon hesitated. He began to set d through Tommy Randall's scheme. I1 ae was not like Tommy Randall to rut ae such a risk, but his whole political lift it had been such a mesh of lies and delib rate dishonesty that it was not be le yond the region of probability for bire at to resort to a very dangerous and des y. perate trick to clear himself. Gordor -- had carefully measured the foundatior is walls of the double decker and kneu d that by his measurement they covered the entire lot, yet he had nothing t( a- prove that fact except his own state ment d "Have you any proof that this state mont of Mr. Randall's Is a falsehood?" ' The voice came in an added tone o sharpness. S"N'othing but my own word," Gordot e- answered quietly. g-"Have you tihe measurements you ie made with you?" -Gordon produced a paper _with.4 rough diagram marked onit #owia the distance from the..front-OffGYe -street to the end'of.'the lttobeb1. Ueight. feet and'theioUnda$tjOfl.. f the building to measurethe- same'dis tance. s "You've nothing more than this?i' thE s- judge asked. His voice,was again- soft and his manner meditaie 7' "Nothing more." John .Gorgonshji; a tated. "Miss Andrews lwastwithlmE and Mr. Ford when we took'tie'meas n urements. She could -verify-their' ac " curacy." e "Is she here?" myself and make the measurements. It is possible some mistake has been made by one side or the other. Gentlemen, I desire your attendance while the court adjourns to Bowen street." If a bomb had exploded in the face of Tommy Randall and his lawyer, they could not have been more thorfghly dumfounded. The lawyer hastily whispered to his client. Tommy smiled In a ghastly manner. "It is possible, of course, your honor, that the city engineer has made a mis take In his figures. Mistakes are possi The little company -rose to greet him. ble in surveys and measurements, as can be easily shown by reference to of ficial records." Justice Chambers made no reply. Probably a more speechless group of men never traveled in the electri cars together than that one which made the trip' from the police judge's court, No. 9, to the Waterside district When Bowen street was reached, the five men walked over to the site of Tommy's double decker. Judge Julius Chambers secured .a I mason's measuring line from one of the workmen. Then he turned some what- grimly to Tommy Randall. "I suppose you can trust me to meas ure correctly?" Tommy murmured something. So did the attorney. It may be remarked in passing that It was not exactly a prayer that either man uttered. Calling one of the masons to help, Judge Chambers measured off the foundation walls. Then he put down some figures on a card. Then he straightened up and said in a peculiarly soft voice: "I get your measurements, Mr. Gor don, just ninety-eight feet Court is ad Journed to the station, an4 I desire the attendance of all the prties In the case." Not a word was said by any one on the way back.. Gordon was singing in his soul a song of hope. Here was a Daniel come to judgment Whenever before in the history of that city had a public judge or any other ever done a thing like this? The spectacled, soft voiced young man suddenly loomed 'up before (Qordon as a most Imposing fig ure. Back in court again, Judge Julius Chambers, relieving the assistant judge who had taken his place in his absence, confronted the parties in the case. His .volce was ringing now; no softness or meditation in his manner. "Tommy Randall, this court finds you guilty of the charge named in the war rant, and I fine you the maximum pen alty, which Is a fine of $300, with an added sentence of sixty days in jail, un less the building Is changed in Its con struction within thirty days to conform to existing ordinances. I may add that while it is possible the city engineer may have made a mistake in his fig ures, it is my deliberate conviction that a conspiracy of a grave character has been entered into here by you, Mr. Randall, to deceive the court, and if such conspiracy can be shown to exist, as Ishall do my utmost to prove, it will be a penitentiary case for both you and your attorney. Call the next case.". Tommy Randall's attorney had a face the color of dirty putty. Tommy himself glared at the judge and then at Gordon. He finially, with a great ef fort, pulled himself together and went out with his lawyer after the latter had gone through the regular formal Ity of appealing the case to the court of appeals. All the way to Hope House Gordon and Ford felt like executing a dance of some kind in the car. Once in the familiar library, they related the whole affair to Miss Andrews and the de lighted settlement workers. "This means the beginning of the ed for Tommy Randall," said Ford. Miss Andrews shook her head. "Tommy appealed the case. He will get out there. Remember he has never yet been convicted. Today's experience was only a scratch to him. He has not yet been seriously hurt You do not know him as Ido." "But Chambers does not intend to let the other matter rest. It was a plain case of conspiracy and deliberate effort to deceive the court." Miss Andrews shook her head again. "Tommy is an old fox. He made a mistake in not measuring Judge Cham bers aright Buit now that he knows him he will be cautious. I confess I have very little hope of his ultimate conviction." "But he will have to change the building, won't he?" one of the young women asked. "It's my opinion the masons will be at work tomorrow just the same, and no enange wi De made. My dear, you do not know Tommy Randall nor ap preciate his power. I do, to my cost." In the morning Gordon and Miss An drews went over to the site of the ten ement, accompanied by Ford, Miss Hammond and~ nearly all the workers. The masons had begun their day's work. In answer to questions they said they had received no orders to change anything. "It's easy to say, I told you so!" Miss IAndrews calmly spoke as the little com pany slowly went back to the house. "Of course, pending the decision of the case in the court of appeals, Tommy will go on with the building, because he feels sure the decision there will re verse Chambers' decision." "Then I don't see as we can do any thing," said Gordon dejectedly. "Yes, you've done something to get Tommy Randall convicted in any court Sat all" "But I don't see that the conviction hurts him any. He ought to be in Jail. Instead of that, he's going right on ..,h his lainesn ns the same as Neiter said a 'word. -Tha eni ndguiltyat all," aid one-of the young woIeD.'n Gordon looked at Miss Andrews. She' uniled sadly. "Yes," she replied in answer to his Question, "unless Judge .Tulius Cham ers can scotch this viper more seri asly than this I anticipate nothing ex ept endless delay of the case in the >urt of appeals. There is a case there ow that 0as appealed by Tommy three years ago. It is a case of law's llay, and we seem powerless to do inything." "Somehow I have hope in Chambers. Did you see the account in the Inde.X this morning? That sounded like him." "I saw that," Ford spoke up brightly. It gave Tommy a great roast, I tell The article referred to in the morning [ndex was a conspicuous column ac ount of the conviction of Tommy Ran a in public court on a charge sworn aut by the Hope House people. It was , scathing article, written by some one ho had dipped his pen in something more than a hired reporter's ink bottle. 'here was a scorching vigor to it that rove the fact deep home to the reader that Tommy Randall was murdering little children in Ward 18 by his con :ruction contrary to law of tenements ike the one that made possible the re ent tenement house tragedy. The arti cle concluded with these words: Will the people endure this sort of thing much longer? Tommy Randall is not an bstraction. He is 200 pounds of coarse ish and bad blood, which spits on the aw and says to the people, "You mind our own business." For thirty years ommy Randall has ruled Waterside dis trict like a tyrant. He has -no offce in the service of the people. He works at no trade. He is not elected to any position In the city. Yet he has grown rich from his blackmail of saloons, gambling dens, houses of vice and business firms In the district His trade Is In flesh and blood. No slave driver ever employed more art ful means to trap his victims or more brutality in riveting on their manacles, and the horror of the whole affair Is in tensified by the fact that this creature who is after all the tool of the machine that created him has actually persuaded the miserable wretches who nourish him that he Is their best friend. There will e no release from this slavery until the achine that made Tommy Randall what e is has been broken In pieces by the people so that It ,can neither turn out any ore product like him or keep In power hat has already been brought into ex stence. We say, Smash the machine. The people are able to do It. Will they Oo It? The Review also contained a good account of Tommy's case In the police ourt and In addition cited in full the blue print Incident and boldly de ounced the lawyer and the boss for attempt at conspiracy to deceive the ourt Three other papers had more or less extended notice of the event, and ll of them were unfavorable to Tom my. This was the more significant as o of the papers had been for the ad ninistration. "There's hope here," Miss Andrews iad that evening as the little settle nent family was gathered In the famni library and the accounts In the dif erent papers were being reviewed. Maybe this Is the first murmuring of e people. God grant The bell rang, and a visitor was an ounced. Mr. Julius Chambers came in, and e little company around the table rose to greet him. The slight, pale faced Igure with the gold rimmed specta les was at that moment the most in erestng personality, next to their own iead, in all the city. "I've had in mind 0 come here for some time," he said. o Miss Andrews when they .were all eated again. "I want to know you and our work at first hand. Unless I am nistaken the storm center of the next ampaign will be somewhere in this icinity." "Will you be anywhere near the cen :r of that center?" asked Gordon, lean ng over and looking at Chambers In ensely. "By the grace of God, Mr. Gordon, I want to be as near the center of it as can get, and nothing would please me nore than to have your company." Gordon tingled all over. He arose d put out his hand. The judge took . Neither said a word, but from that ninute the two men were knit to each They sat late that night around the ibrary table, the most enthusiastic, in :erested and in some ways the most Inselfish group of men and women in bat city. Gordon and Chambers laid )ut a plan of campaign. It included the ase of every moral and Christian force athe city. And the message they were .obring to the people was the message ,fmurdered childhood, the double lcker for a background, the political oss a necessary result of politics that ived on its spoils and cared no more or humanity's loss and ruin than any aine cares for the dust that whirls brough Its mechanism, to be blown out er the world or trod under foot to *se and be swept again into the rush )fthe wheels that with metallic heart essness grind on, doing the will of heir maker, but caring for no man's It seemed to them all during the weeks that followed that the city was Lwakenng to some stern reality of its noral obligations. As the young judge ad said that night when he appeared mtHope House, "The hour of the peo le is at hand." He himself, sometimes lone oftener with Gordon or Fal nouth, night after night addressed reat mass meetings held under the di ection of church or temperance or mu icipal reform bodies. Falmouth and a ore of other ministers organized the oung people into campaign material. The pulpit began to speak out The pa ers contained columns of very free ad h-rtising of Tommy IRandall and his nethods. Chambers' voice spoke ?rough an astonishing number of edi :orials anid other articles, exposing long tanding cases of awful incompetency mnd fraud'in the city government The torm of the people's fury rose and rew with every night's gathering, and terside aistrict. P Under the leadersdge% Chambers and Falmouth h nredl- ot' business men visited the fenem houses and saw for the first timethe horrors that were intensified by machine. Hundreds of them were takl en by Miss Andrews or Gordon. Tommy Randall's double decker, whih had gone steadily up through all the rising of the storm, and the lawles of his acts was a visible illustrationix the whole situation. Miss Andr had written to Mrs. Captain. Effingham telling her the and that old lady had replied,"T the first hundred thousand if -necess- r in carrying on the- campalgn-ai second also. I will try to-finXsome more If you only succeed -in out Mr. Thomas Randall." So the settlement workers n God and plunged into the thick 0 fight as it grew in power,.fbr' ev saloon interest, every g2 every house of evil fame, its miserable life. For onn like magic, to the astonLshment all the good of the city a be united, on Its knees praying;: feet working. And as the drew near its climax every hideous viper that had, d the security of years of 4rom the city crawled out of tsh if showed Its ugly and front,gearlg- it againsta n that for tinie ins really doing some. name of the stern essm in men. One morning Tohn Gordo Tommy Randall's doublee it deserted of workmen. It hadz up three stories and a half. When Miss Andrews heard the' she said: "That means that in need of campaign spent a fortune already. If bell is never finished" "We will let it stand as a mon of victory," said Gordon.. Two evenings later. mouth, Cha me d went together to a mon'ter as ing. All four of them spo drews was received with a onstration. When Chambers was noticeable that hundrodsofdne and women representing thei?, and fashion of the city werth - that, although he utteredt-. scathing rebuke of the selfishl people who shunned all vi bility, they listened with .o miration to a speech that was a of eloquence, for Chambe aristocrat himself and-could p'udiated by any of the.... cultured or refined cir'eles. rose was present thatnightlith and Archie. They all heard , drews, with genuine surprisea ability. . Chambers provoked plause even while he an his prophet's demmelation wicked selfishness. was a calm but earnest a c6nscience, and every hearer honestly thoughtful for . le don rose. He had gained amazingi er to address a great crowd.._.... ply told the story of the tnem.n of his own experience. He._. plea; he uttered no ply told how childhood wast and crushed and stifled ad. In the double deckers. His soe the story of childhood's.rgt' made a tremendous prsIn Penrose bent her head, Amd hr whispered the litany: "0 Lamb of G.od, who Tks~ the sins of the world, havemey. me."_ Lulla never took her eyes ofr Gordon's face. As he drew ~ne end she noted the extreme exhausin of his whole bearing. And as le Ishd and sat down she observed D Andrews, who was seatedbeld don, lean forward and ask thing. Then as the cnnairman of the was nakng someanoceet another gathering Luella saw. bes and Falmouth suddenly~ go ov.er to Gordon just as h and would have fallen. Thetwil caught him and quickly carriedi_ off the stage. Miss Andrews them, and the great audience go out Luella hesitated. Mrs.Pers not seen anything. She had not looking. - "I think Mr. Gordon :was Ill 1~ "Shall we wait and Inquire?' Penrose asked quickly. "ll go up and see about It," suddenly volunteered. He went up and crossed thesa and disappeared. When he came after a few minutes, he said ta don had been removed to Hope House, and no one seemed to know' just wa the trouble was. .3( "Nothing serious, I think," Mrs. eP rose remarked. "We'll telephone down when we get home." Word was sent back by one of settlement workers in answer to Penrose's Inquiry that Gordonwa but It was not possible yetto say seriously. Mrs. Penrose sent wr< Luella and added that If Lueia she would go down to Hope Hn with her next day and inquire. Lu replied that she did not think it nee sary, and Mrs. Penrose did notp the matter. '; But three days later Luellawaw the drawing room when a visitor w announced. "Miss Andrews from Hope Ho said the servant Luella rose to meet her as she en-. tered. Both women wyere very grave, Luella trembled as she motiondGae Andrews to a seat {To BE CONTNED-] FRUITS AND FLOWERS From a twenty-year-'old mulbeni ree 218 pounds of leaves have bee picked n ayear. String beans may be obtaineddiIg the entire snmmer by planting once month for successive supplies. 7 Some trees are much more unfao able to the growth of plants beneakhn them than are others. The worsb are the yew and the ash. Whenever water is given to -poe plants enough should -be used thM. oughly to wet the soil around the ' hfere sprinkling of the surface does t tle good. The next time you have a bouquet f lowers to keep add a very little came phor to the water in the vase and how much longer Its freshness will be retained. One of the most satisfactory'plantsc for house culture is the yellow oxall-a t will blossom freely If given sun an: water, and its bronze brown folag sets off its pretty yellow bloom rarelyg Inhos~pitable "Smithers Is positively the most hospitable man I ever saw " "Yes; I never knew him even toen +mtan an Ide."--What to Eat.