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Show firTeENUOUs religion Wk OF CHICAGO PREACHER HI-.1 ;j Footpads Attempt to Hold Him Up, RJ f and Ho Swiped 'Em Good f J nnd Hard. CHICAGO April 15. Thcro was a vi-. vi-. clous-looking 3S-calibcr automatic renvoi re-nvoi ver in Rev. A. II. Kaylor's pocket as , 1 lie faced the audience at Forty-sixth j i street and Emerald avenue and told : them of the beauties of the strenuous , ' (religion. t , And Rev. Mr. Kaylor would have used ' . i t'he weapon, too, for lio had been at-. at-. tacked by two footpads during: the day, Jj and vhen one of the highwaymen fell fe-ll covered consciousness he was lying- in ji I the middle of the street. And all that rC saved the second from a similar fate ," was the fact that he ran before the X clinched right hand of the minister 1 , caught him on the Jaw." "I believe in the strenuous religion," t, announced the minister, and the uuto-' uuto-' ,) matlc bobbed up. . V f "The Lord said that If a man struck X you on one cheek to turn the other. Eut A the Lord wasn't thinking of Chicago j and Its thugs," continued the minister. V Mr. Kaylor attended o. service at one L . f the downtown churches. It was about f noon when he Btarted up State stret. As ;Vf 1 no nc.ared Ontario two susplclous-look-h ing men came down the street. The i' 1 pavement was not wide enough for the ft yj three and they met near the curbing. t J) Glve us a quarter," said one. ift ' Xot "on your life," answered the J prcucher. I ! He said "not on your life" and not Ji J "I beg to bo excused from contributing," D J "Well, I makes It a half. Now, fork ' if . over," said the other. ' J "Not on your life. I work foj- my I jfiuarters .and halves and I don't give Jfe Jthem to nny " The preaober "was. not allowed to If finish. :S One of the men swung at him, while j .the other reached for. his pocket, o I Then the minister's right went Into A faction. Ho was an athlete' at Yale once, 'i fnnd he learned considerable about Jolts l , itnd swings and smashes. He dealt out j Ih. choice assortment, and one of the ,V (highwaymen went reeling to the pave-v pave-v onent. The other ran. . C The minister wiped the perspiration ' ffrom his face as he waited for the man (to recover. The footpad's brain was f ' Slightly clouded as he raised himself to tvAu sitting posture. '? " "Now. you dirty thief, do you want 'any more of it?"" queried the preachcrr. r J "And they told me as how you was a i preacher," began the man. ' 1 "I .am. But have you had enough?" 1 1 "Say, but you're the goods, and I'm ; for you. Any one with a poke like dat ' Vfprcachln'! Say. but you're all right," !J( t and the highwayman was lost in admi-J admi-J ! v ration. I v i "If all preachers was like you I'd be Vn Christian," and the footpad hoisted i . (himself to his feet and started in search of his companion. V . i : : |