Show THE MYSTERY UNRAVELED A cleter newspaper mao man divines diviner the neason of a tremendous what Is it who la is hurt anybody been ran over la Is it 0 4 man in a fur fit high above the ceaseless rumble and roar of rose human voices in anxious ious inquiry and the dense throng at the intersection of state and madison streets grew denser still it was just belai sunset and the mighty heart of chi cagos business center throbbed with the feverish energy that marked the dorioa hours of another day of toll and tho the hurrying homeward of restless elger eager thousands the swiftly mo moving g str stry lh of humanity that are wont 6 mat in eddying whirls in this dizzy vort and then diverge and move onward aam each in its destined course had suddenly become blocked and chaos reig reli aed ded pushed toward the common con conte by tho tb over throngs afoot in carriages and in street cars and unable to extricate themselves men women nd children gasped for breath and uie the crowd in the streets and on tho the sidewalks overflowed into alleys and surged hither and yon like the resistless ebb and flow of a mighty sea bea A policeman on the outskirts of the dense throne climbed a lamppost and from his bis elevated position surveyed the scene give him air ho he shouted sternly waving his club give him airl the matter inquired a hundred voices as he climbed down 1 I dont know he answered and with gloomy lowering brow he strutted up the street disappeared down a short flight of stairs from which a few moments later he emerged wiping his mouth and in the same stern stem uncompromising way he walked a block farther and sent in a fire alarm meanwhile the surging multitude at state and madison grew every moment more appalling and inextricable something must be done r fiercely elbowing his way through tho the crowd a newspaper reporter at last was seen bearing down toward the center berof of tho compact mass his hia hat was off his hair flying in the wind and his face was deathly pale but with set teeth and dilated nostrils he tore his way along thrusting to the right and left every ono one who opposed his progress reaching the corter center of the throng he be seized two individuals by their arms and in the same resolute fearless way opened a passage for them to the outside and as if by ma magic le the vast concourse dissolved the converging streams of humanity whirled and eddied as before and the business heart of the great city throbbed again the reporter had conjectured rightly the blockade was caused by two women who had met in the exact center of the street and stopped to tell each other the troubles they were having with their hired girls chicago tribune |