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Show U A TIlAitP CITY. TnnnADHuniiA, a novcl in- DUBTniAU TOWN. roomlM l,y a 3lan IVIio lla.l lllllh In IlalMt rlrkihel t'nlll (atnioa llulalde nl lla (lenlrol llrouabl Ituln. (Trenton. N J , letter.) Out In what uaed tu be tbo iwnop one ot the blffeet and handeoraett fao-torlei fao-torlei In this elty ttanda four atorlei lilgti nrami Mrrotindlnsi of grimy coal Tarda and the accumulated refuee of railroad Junk. Throuihout the day tlio buH of tti Indiittry aHinil4 In the car ot n man who alta In n little thinly back nf oue of the coal yanta poring over hla ledger with but one dominant thought that runt through nil his labor; how ho may once more come Into poaaeulon ot the big factory fac-tory that he built and owntsl and loot, nml make It again a home far the Ihoutnnds ot Itn former lodgera now tcntterrd over (ho length and breadth of tho continent. Tlio nmn It Tnonitt M. tcrradcll, mid tho factory building with Itt aurroundlnge nm formerly n community which waa to proo to the world tho Indiiatrlal worth ot the ko- BirB IN A L1TTMJ BIIANTY. called worthleea and nearly succeeded. suc-ceeded. fifteen yeara ngo, Terradclt, then n man of 32, a nu engineer on tho l'cnntylranln railroad. Ilo had nl- I ready teen life In many plianec. Ab n ' teliool ly In Trenton ho hnd blacked boota and old jmpers ta pay for hit books and clothca. Thereattcr ho had been nn Iron moulder, n Jockey, a circus cir-cus man, a minstrel, nnd n Jnck-ot-all- I trades, wandering from pltco to place nrul constantly thrown In with the floating population ot trampdom. When ho went Into tho employ of the railroad, at n fireman first, and then as an cnglnccr.'he found hlmtclt still In a position to too much of Irnmp life rind a certain fellowship Which ho had always foil for the knights of the high road, developed Inlu n ttrbng desire, to bo ot tomo Inttlng benefit to them. In his years of experience and association associa-tion with the tramp fraternity he came to tho conclusion thnt tho hobo, as a class, wss not n cumbcror of tho earth, but nn unfortunate, misfit who, under achieved hit ends he alone knows. Unremitting toll nnd devotion brought about. In the course of years, tlio wonderful transformation wrought by tho penniless and unemployed Tcr-radell. Tcr-radell. in tho swamp land whero his curious strurture of telegraph poles and boards had sheltered his hobo friends rote the four-story building of vitrified brick with brownstovo trimmings, trim-mings, nnd around It small rottngei were put up. 27 In all, for such families fami-lies as might join the new community. Whero and how did Terradell get (ho money for such nn eotabllthmcntT I'co-plo I'co-plo nikwl-tlils -question with wonder but nobody ever nniworul It. Doubt-les Doubt-les there were rbjh menwwho, hollering holler-ing In Trrradull and his projcot, gave liberally to help him, hut the land which berora was rrgirdtd as so much waste spies had acquit rd as a valui and nearly (SO.OOQ wss laid out on land alone Tcrradcll tumult workixl mitw the builders," spurring tlmn on by his example and when the' big Industrial building, at ho called It, wat finished lie mi the proudest man In America There was a tJO.CCO mortgage on the place, but ho had perfect fnlth that tin worst of his work was over and that success wus close at hand. To support tho Institution Terradell looked to tho workshops, which took A WONPnilFTJIi TIlANSrORMATION. tho proper conditions might bo. made of una to blmselt and tho community, Wlillo deliberating on how to accomplish accom-plish hit purpose, he was caught In a wreck and so severely Injured that for months ho suffered nnd was wholly disabled for future- service In railroading. railroad-ing. During tho months of suffering his scheme for the redemption of tbo hobo was growing nml solidifying In hit mind, nnd to tho Idea of making something ot this life for tho tramp was added the hope ot preparing him far tho next, for Terradell bad Joined tho church, nnd bad thrown himself Into religion wltfi Die fervor characteristic character-istic of the man In whatever bo did. Though without regular employment Tie contrived to get together a tev dot-1 tort, and with the faith which kfter ward ens bled htm to achieve cb smaslng results set out to build a J tramps' home. l"or m site ht t-tleetodJ a bit of swam land near Iks tallruaitl and the canal, pniil) because It wasi aluag these thortnighrares that his ex Vert(D tsught htm the tramp would travel, partly because the land wnsJ so worthless that nobody cared to J claim the ownership of It at that time. Here he built a wooden sbsnty which' he Intended for a tramp's hotel, having hav-ing Induced several laborers to help him In the work, after he had fully explained his purpose These tramps I sent tho news to others and soon tht hotel was known on every high road In this part nf the country and lodgera came In rapidly. None was turned away by the proprietor but each man who waa able was expected lo do an hour or two of work about tire place with the result that It waa noun completed com-pleted and h stranger looking building build-ing was probably never raised since the day when eery man wat hit um architect. The place was orderly, tor the proprietor, pro-prietor, while liberal In hla allowance for holio nature, would tolerate, no rlotoutness lie was an unwlto hobo who attempted to disregard orders, for Terradell hsd too many friends among tho tramps who were ready at any minute to take up his cause. , Work was found for Tcrradell's tramps when they wanted It. He set up n woodcutting wood-cutting Industry and mndo n II tlio money that way wblrh ho tued In Improving Im-proving his place Trenton people, who hnd becomo Interested In the experiment, ex-periment, found Jolts for tho lodgers, nnd though by far the greatest part of the hotel's cllentnre was ot the strictly transient order, sonic low from tlmo to time would express a daHro ta stay nnd make a regular living. It waa for this class that Terradell was laboring and for them he set out to establish a permanent plant. Ily what slow and painful steps with what patience pa-tience Irresistibly surmounting nil reversals re-versals snd disappointments lit up all tho Industrial building except the duriuliory space nnd the eating rooms and office. There waa a shop for broom and brush making and one for the manufacture of cratss and packing boxes, and In ono or tho other of thrso any man who wst honest nnd would work could find employment no matter how little experience he had had If he didn't know lbs (ratio some work would be found for htm until be could learn It, Men out of employment employ-ment flocked to blm and many of his former hobo friends camo and took regular employment to Ids great Joy, though he never felt sure of them, for they would work through n winter faithfully, but the first sounds nnd i I I trend of spring would set them 1-icH icn the road again The trraclatmabl RSun. who had no Intention of doing Uggiilar nrk could find shtltsr Here EfT t days and nights conditional Von doing a certain amount ot work Bb cuttirg wood or cleaning up about Dae plan Three meals of colfeo and Bad weie given to him each day Bfcl'e he aa there If a slrk tramp nme there he was esred for and nwdl-Bn" nwdl-Bn" thnt the establishment could 111 RVort was given to him until as wat Hale to pi-iKPcd or had qualified for BSspltM treatment Terradell held Bnglona Fcrvlres and tried with vary-Been, vary-Been, tn rnnveit hi asst dates The B rottsges ero rented at low rate, tegardlng his community as a city E ""If "I erradell det tiled to name It prradrlphla Kor a time Terradsl-Nile Terradsl-Nile gntirjihrd Merchants and manufacturers manu-facturers who were Interested In Tsr-Uull Tsr-Uull gave him orders and tbo output M the place round good sslss The gtlagea were filled snd apparently the Hmmutilty nourished Terradell prowled pro-wled another factory building, nnd The future of the community seemed TMiirrd hm hard times began to be git In l A year later there was no 0'ieitlon ntout extending Terrndcl-jhla: Terrndcl-jhla: the qiteaitnn wss whether It eoiilJ maintain llself Workmen out of emp'oynvnt poured In, but there was no mstkel In the stagnation ot 'S for the products of the factory. The cottages renaed to pay rent, for Ter radell had not tho heart to turn tht occupants out Sometimes ho went hungry himself that others might have food, tnd throughout he worked with undcvlailng courage nnd fslth. Nothing Noth-ing (Uo could have carried Tcrradel-phlA Tcrradel-phlA throiiRh that year and Into U9S. Hut It was n lnpeleaa tight. Tho friends ot the Institution saw that It must go under The mortgage wat foreclosed fore-closed and "(llad Hand Tom." ns Tcrradcll Tcr-radcll had rnmo to lie known by the hobo fraternity, took up his hat and wont nut Into the world again. "One comfort remains to me," he said ss he left "I never turned a human hu-man rrraluro away from that door." |