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If you are not located in the United States, you'll have -to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. - -Title: The Glebe 1914/01 (Vol. 1, No. 4): Love of One's Neighbor - -Author: Leonid Andreyev - -Editor: Alfred Kreymborg - Man Ray - -Translator: Thomas Seltzer - -Release Date: August 8, 2020 [EBook #62880] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE GLEBE 1914/01 (VOL. 1 *** - - - - -Produced by Jens Sadowski and the Online Distributed -Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net. This book was -produced from images made available by the Blue Mountain -Project, Princeton University. - - - - - - - Love of One's Neighbor - - THE - GLEBE - - VOLUME 1 - NUMBER 4 - - JANUARY - 1914 - - SUBSCRIPTION - Three Dollars Yearly - THIS ISSUE 35 CENTS - - By Leonid Andreyev - - -The only editorial policy of THE GLEBE is that embodied in its -declaration of absolute freedom of expression, which makes for a range -broad enough to include every temperament from the most radical to the -most conservative, the only requisite being that the work should have -unmistakable merit. Each issue will be devoted exclusively to one -individual, thereby giving him an opportunity to present his work in -sufficient bulk to make it possible for the reader to obtain a much more -comprehensive grasp of his personality than is afforded him in the -restricted space allotted by the other magazines. Published monthly, or -more frequently if possible, THE GLEBE will issue twelve to twenty books -per year, chosen on their merits alone, since the subscription list does -away with the need of catering to the popular demand that confronts -every publisher. Thus, THE GLEBE can promise the best work of American -and foreign authors, known and unknown. - -The price of each issue of THE GLEBE will vary with the cost of -publication, but the yearly subscription, including special numbers, is -three dollars. - - Editor - ALFRED KREYMBORG - - - LOVE OF ONE'S NEIGHBOR - - - - - LOVE OF ONE'S NEIGHBOR - - - BY - LEONID ANDREYEV - - AUTHORIZED TRANSLATION BY - THOMAS SELTZER - - - NEW YORK - ALBERT AND CHARLES BONI - 96 FIFTH AVENUE - 1914 - - - Copyright, 1914 - By - Albert and Charles Boni - - - - - LOVE OF ONE'S NEIGHBOR - - -SCENE. A wild place in the mountains. - -(A man in an attitude of despair is standing on a tiny projection of a -rock that rises almost sheer from the ground. How he got there it is not -easy to say, but he cannot be reached either from above or below. Short -ladders, ropes and sticks show that attempts have been made to save the -unknown person, but without success. - -It seems that the unhappy man has been in that desperate position a long -time. A considerable crowd has already collected, extremely varied in -composition. There are venders of cold drinks; there is a whole little -bar behind which the bartender skips about out of breath and -perspiring--he has more on his hands than he can attend to; there are -peddlers selling picture postal cards, coral beads, souvenirs, and all -sorts of trash. One fellow is stubbornly trying to dispose of a -tortoise-shell comb, which is really not tortoise-shell. Tourists keep -pouring in from all sides, attracted by the report that a catastrophe is -impending--Englishmen, Americans, Germans, Russians, Frenchmen, -Italians, etc., with all their peculiar national traits of character, -manner and dress. Nearly all carry alpenstocks, field-glasses and -cameras. The conversation is in different languages, all of which, for -the convenience of the reader, we shall translate into English. - -At the foot of the rock where the unknown man is to fall, two policemen -are chasing the children away and partitioning off a space, drawing a -rope around short stakes stuck in the ground. It is noisy and jolly.) - -POLICEMAN. Get away, you loafer! The man'll fall on your head and then -your mother and father will be making a hullabaloo about it. - -BOY. Will he fall here? - -POLICEMAN. Yes, here. - -BOY. Suppose he drops farther? - -SECOND POLICEMAN. The boy is right. He may get desperate and jump, land -beyond the rope and hit some people in the crowd. I guess he weighs at -least about two hundred pounds. - -FIRST POLICEMAN. Move on, move on, you! Where are you going? Is that -your daughter, lady? Please take her away! The young man will soon fall. - -LADY. Soon? Did you say he is going to fall soon? Oh, heavens, and my -husband's not here! - -LITTLE GIRL. He's in the café, mamma. - -LADY (desperately). Yes, of course. He's always in the café. Go call -him, Nellie. Tell him the man will soon drop. Hurry! Hurry! - -VOICES. Waiter!--Garçon--Kellner--Three beers out here!--No -beer?--What?--Say, that's a fine bar--We'll have some in a moment--Hurry -up--Waiter!--Waiter!--Garçon! - -FIRST POLICEMAN. Say, boy, you're here again? - -BOY. I wanted to take the stone away. - -POLICEMAN. What for? - -BOY. So he shouldn't get hurt so badly when he falls. - -SECOND POLICEMAN. The boy is right. We ought to remove the stone. We -ought to clear the place altogether. Isn't there any sawdust or sand -about? - -(Two English tourists enter. They look at the unknown man through -field-glasses and exchange remarks.) - -FIRST TOURIST. He's young. - -SECOND TOURIST. How old? - -FIRST TOURIST. Twenty-eight. - -SECOND TOURIST. Twenty-six. Fright has made him look older. - -FIRST TOURIST. How much will you bet? - -SECOND TOURIST. Ten to a hundred. Put it down. - -FIRST TOURIST (writing in his note-book. To the policeman). How did he -got up there? Why don't they take him off? - -POLICEMAN. They tried, but they couldn't. Our ladders are too short. - -SECOND TOURIST. Has he been here long? - -POLICEMAN. Two days. - -FIRST TOURIST. Aha! He'll drop at night. - -SECOND TOURIST. In two hours. A hundred to a hundred. - -FIRST TOURIST. Put it down. (He shouts to the man on the rock.) How are -you feeling? What? I can't hear you. - -UNKNOWN MAN (in a scarcely audible voice). Bad, very bad. - -LADY. Oh, heavens, and my husband is not here! - -LITTLE GIRL (running in). Papa said he'll get here in plenty of time. -He's playing chess. - -LADY. Oh, heavens! Nellie, tell him he must come. I insist. But perhaps -I had rather-- Will he fall soon, Mr. Policeman? No? Nellie, you go. -I'll stay here and keep the place for papa. - -(A tall, lanky woman of unusually independent and military appearance -and a tourist dispute for the same place. The tourist, a short, quiet, -rather weak man, feebly defends his rights; the woman is resolute and -aggressive.) - -TOURIST. But, lady, it is my place. I have been standing here for two -hours. - -MILITARY WOMAN. What do I care how long you have been standing here. I -want this place. Do you understand? It offers a good view, and that's -just what I want. Do you understand? - -TOURIST (weakly). It's what I want, too. - -MILITARY WOMAN. I beg your pardon, what do you know about these things -anyway? - -TOURIST. What knowledge is required? A man will fall. That's all. - -MILITARY WOMAN (mimicking). "A man will fall. That's all." Won't you -have the goodness to tell me whether you have ever seen a man fall? No? -Well, I did. Not one, but three. Two acrobats, one rope-walker and three -aeronauts. - -TOURIST. That makes six. - -MILITARY WOMAN (mimicking). "That makes six." Say, you are a -mathematical prodigy. And did you ever see a tiger tear a woman to -pieces in a zoo, right before your eyes? Eh? What? Yes, exactly. Now, I -did-- Please! Please! - -(The tourist steps aside, shrugging his shoulders with an air of injury, -and the tall woman triumphantly takes possession of the stone she has -won by her prowess. She sits down, spreading out around her her bag, -handkerchiefs, peppermints, and medicine bottle, takes off her gloves -and wipes her field-glass, glancing pleasantly on all around. Finally -she turns to the lady who is waiting for her husband in the café.) - -MILITARY WOMAN (amiably). You will tire yourself out, dear. Why don't -you sit down? - -LADY. Oh, my, don't talk about it. My legs are as stiff as that rock -there. - -MILITARY WOMAN. Men are so rude nowadays. They will never give their -place to a woman. Have you brought peppermints with you? - -LADY (frightened). No. Why? Is it necessary? - -MILITARY WOMAN. When you keep looking up a long time you are bound to -get sick. Sure thing. Have you spirits of ammonia? No? Good gracious, -how thoughtless! How will they bring you back to consciousness when he -falls? You haven't any smelling salts either, I dare say. Of course not. -Have you anybody to take care of you, seeing that you are so helpless -yourself? - -LADY (frightened). I will tell my husband. He is in the café. - -MILITARY WOMAN. Your husband is a brute. - -POLICEMAN. Whose coat is this? Who threw this rag here? - -BOY. It's mine. I spread my coat there so that he doesn't hurt himself -so badly when he falls. - -POLICEMAN. Take it away. - -(Two tourists armed with cameras contending for the same position.) - -FIRST TOURIST. I wanted this place. - -SECOND TOURIST. You wanted it, but I got it. - -FIRST TOURIST. You just came here. I have had this place for two days. - -SECOND TOURIST. Then why did you go without even leaving your shadow? - -FIRST TOURIST. I wasn't going to starve myself to death. - -COMB-VENDER (mysteriously). Tortoise-shell. - -TOURIST (savagely). Well? - -VENDER. Genuine tortoise-shell. - -TOURIST. Go to the devil. - -THIRD TOURIST, PHOTOGRAPHER. For heaven's sake, lady, you're sitting on -my camera! - -LITTLE LADY. Oh! Where is it? - -TOURIST. Under you, under you, lady. - -LITTLE LADY. I am so tired. What a wretched camera you have. I thought -it felt uncomfortable and I was wondering why. Now I know; I am sitting -on your camera. - -TOURIST (agonized). Lady! - -LITTLE LADY. I thought it was a stone. I saw something lying there and I -thought: A queer-looking stone; I wonder why it's so black. So that's -what it was; it was your camera. I see. - -TOURIST (agonized). Lady, for heaven's sake! - -LITTLE LADY. Why is it so large, tell me. Cameras are small, but this -one is so large. I swear I never had the faintest suspicion it was a -camera. Can you take my picture? I would so much like to have my picture -taken with the mountains here for a background, in this wonderful -setting. - -TOURIST. How can I take your picture if you are sitting on my camera? - -LITTLE LADY (jumping up, frightened). Is it possible? You don't say so. -Why didn't you tell me so? Does it take pictures? - -VOICES. Waiter, one beer!--What did you bring wine for?--I gave you my -order long ago.--What will you have, sir?--One minute.--In a second. -Waiter!--Waiter--Toothpicks!-- - -(A fat tourist enters in haste, panting, surrounded by a numerous -family.) - -TOURIST (crying). Mary! Aleck! Jimmie!--Where is Mary? For God's sake! -Where is Mary? - -STUDENT (dismally). Here she is, papa. - -TOURIST. Where is she? Mary! - -GIRL. Here I am, papa. - -TOURIST. Where in the world are you? (He turns around.) Ah, there! What -are you standing back of me for? Look, look! For goodness sake, where -are you looking? - -GIRL (dismally). I don't know, papa. - -TOURIST. No, that's impossible. Imagine! She never once saw a lightning -flash. She always keeps her eyes open as wide as onions, but the instant -it flashes she closes them. So she never saw lightning, not once. Mary, -you are missing it again. There it is! You see! - -STUDENT. She sees, papa. - -TOURIST. Keep an eye on her. (Suddenly dropping into tone of profound -pity.) Ah, poor young man. Imagine! He'll fall from that high rock. -Look, children, see how pale he is! That should be a lesson to you how -dangerous climbing is. - -STUDENT (dismally). He won't fall to-day, papa! - -SECOND GIRL. Papa, Mary has closed her eyes again. - -FIRST STUDENT. Let us sit down, papa! Upon my word, he won't fall -to-day. The porter told me so. I can't stand it any more. You've been -dragging us about every day from morning till night visiting art -galleries. - -TOURIST. What's that? For whose benefit am I doing this? Do you think I -enjoy spending my time with a dunce? - -SECOND GIRL. Papa, Mary is blinking her eyes again. - -SECOND STUDENT. I can't stand it either. I have terrible dreams. -Yesterday I dreamed of garçons the whole night long. - -TOURIST. Jimmie. - -FIRST STUDENT. I have gotten so thin I am nothing but skin and bones. I -can't stand it any more, father. I'd rather be a farmer, or tend pigs. - -TOURIST. Aleck. - -FIRST STUDENT. If he were really to fall--but it's a fake. You believe -every lie told you! They all lie. Baedecker lies, too. Yes, your -Baedecker lies! - -MARY (dismally). Papa, children, he's beginning to fall. - -(The man on the rock shouts something down into the crowd. There is -general commotion. Voices, "Look, he's falling." Field-glasses are -raised; the photographers, violently agitated, click their cameras; the -policemen diligently clean the place where he is to fall.) - -PHOTOGRAPHER. Oh, hang it! What is the matter with me? The devil! When a -man's in a hurry-- - -SECOND PHOTOGRAPHER. Brother, your camera is closed. - -PHOTOGRAPHER. The devil take it. - -VOICES. Hush! He's getting ready to fall.-- No, he's saying -something.--No, he's falling.--Hush! - -UNKNOWN MAN ON THE ROCK (faintly). Save me! Save me! - -TOURIST. Ah, poor young man. Mary, Jimmie, there's a tragedy for you. -The sky is clear, the weather is beautiful, and has he to fall and be -shattered to death? Can you realize how dreadful that is, Aleck? - -STUDENT (wearily). Yes, I can realize it. - -TOURIST. Mary, can you realize it? Imagine. There is the sky. There are -people enjoying themselves and partaking of refreshments. Everything is -so nice and pleasant, and he has to fall. What a tragedy! Do you -remember Hamlet? - -SECOND GIRL (prompting). Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, of Alsinore. - -JAMES. Of Helsingfors, I know. Don't bother me, father! - -MARY (dismally). He dreamed about garçons all night long. - -ALECK. Why don't you order sandwiches, father. - -COMB-VENDER (mysteriously). Tortoise-shell. Genuine tortoise-shell. - -TOURIST (credulously). Stolen? - -VENDER. Why, sir, the idea! - -TOURIST (angrily). Do you mean to tell me it's genuine if it isn't -stolen? Go on. Not much. - -MILITARY WOMAN (amiably). Are all these your children? - -TOURIST. Yes, madam. A father's duty. You see, they are protesting. It -is the eternal conflict between fathers and children. Here is such a -tragedy going on, such a heart-rending tragedy--Mary, you are blinking -your eyes again. - -MILITARY WOMAN. You are quite right. Children must be hardened to -things. But why do you call this a terrible tragedy? Every roofer, when -he falls, falls from a great height. But this here--what is it? A -hundred, two hundred feet. I saw a man fall plumb from the sky. - -TOURIST (overwhelmed). You don't say? - -ALECK. Children, listen. Plumb from the sky. - -MILITARY WOMAN. Yes, yes. I saw an aeronaut drop from the clouds and go -crash upon an iron roof. - -TOURIST. How terrible! - -MILITARY WOMAN. That's what I call a tragedy. It took two hours to bring -me back to consciousness, and all that time they pumped water on me, the -scoundrels. I was nearly drowned. From that day on I never step out of -the door without taking spirits of ammonia with me. - -(Enter a strolling troop of Italian singers and musicians: a short, fat -tenor, with a reddish beard and large, watery, stupidly dreamy eyes, -singing with extraordinary sweetness; a skinny humpback with a jockey -cap, and a screeching baritone; a bass who is also a mandolinist, -looking like a bandit; a girl with a violin, closing her eyes when she -plays, so that only the whites are seen. They take their stand and begin -to sing: "Sul mare luccica--Santa Lucia, Santa Lucia--") - -MARY (dismally). Papa, children, look. He is beginning to wave his -hands. - -TOURIST. Is that the effect the music has upon him? - -MILITARY WOMAN. Quite possible. Music usually goes with such things. But -that'll make him fall sooner than he should. Musicians, go away from -here! Go! - -(A tall tourist, with up-curled mustache, violently gesticulating, -enters, followed by a small group attracted by curiosity.) - -TALL TOURIST. It's scandalous. Why don't they save him? Ladies and -gentlemen, you all heard him shout: "Save me." Didn't you? - -THE CURIOUS (in chorus). Yes, yes, we heard him. - -TALL TOURIST. There you are. I distinctly heard these words: "Save me! -Why don't they save me?" It's scandalous. Policemen, policemen! Why -don't you save him? What are you doing there? - -POLICEMEN. We are cleaning up the place for him to fall. - -TALL TOURIST. That's a sensible thing to do, too. But why don't you save -him? You ought to save him. If a man asks you to save him, it is -absolutely essential to save him. Isn't it so, ladies and gentlemen? - -THE CURIOUS (in chorus). True, absolutely true. It is essential to save -him. - -TALL TOURIST (with heat). We are not heathens, we are Christians. We -should love our neighbors. When a man asks to be saved every measure -which the government has at its command should be taken to save him. -Policeman, have you taken every measure? - -POLICEMAN. Every one! - -TALL TOURIST. Every one without exception? Gentleman, every measure has -been taken. Listen, young man, every measure has been taken to save you. -Did you hear? - -UNKNOWN MAN (in a scarcely audible voice). Save me! - -TALL TOURIST (excitedly). Gentlemen, did you hear? He again asked to be -saved. Policeman, did you hear? - -ONE OF THE CURIOUS (timidly). It is my opinion that it is absolutely -necessary to save him. - -TALL TOURIST. That's right. Exactly. Why, that's what I have been saying -for the last two hours. Policeman, do you hear? It is scandalous. - -ONE OF THE CURIOUS (a little bolder). It is my opinion that an appeal -should be made to the highest authority. - -THE REST (in chorus). Yes, yes, a complaint should be made. It is -scandalous. The government ought not to leave any of its citizens in -danger. We all pay taxes. He must be saved. - -TALL TOURIST. Didn't I say so? Of course we must put up a complaint. -Young man! Listen, young man. Do you pay taxes? What? I can't hear. - -TOURIST. Jimmie, Katie, listen! What a tragedy! Ah, the poor young man! -He is soon to fall and they ask him to pay a domiciliary tax. - -KATE (the girl with glasses, pedantically). That can hardly be called a -domicile, father. The meaning of domicile is-- - -JAMES (pinching her). Lickspittle. - -MARY (wearily). Papa, children, look! He's again beginning to fall. - -(There is excitement in the crowd, and again a bustling and shouting -among the photographers.) - -TALL TOURIST. We must hurry, ladies and gentlemen. He must be saved at -any cost. Who's going with me? - -THE CURIOUS (in chorus). We are all going! We are all going? - -TALL TOURIST. Policeman, did you hear? Come, ladies and gentlemen! - -(They depart, fiercely gesticulating. The café grows more lively. The -sound of clinking beer glasses and the clatter of steins is heard, and -the beginning of a loud German song. The bartender, who has forgotten -himself while talking to somebody, starts suddenly and runs off, looks -up to the sky with a hopeless air and wipes the perspiration from his -face with his napkin. Angry calls of Waiter! Waiter!) - -UNKNOWN MAN (rather loudly). Can you let me have some soda water? - -(The waiter is startled, looks at the sky, glances at the man on the -rock, and pretending not to have heard him, walks away.) - -MANY VOICES. Waiter! Beer! - -WAITER. One moment, one moment! - -(Two drunken men come out from the café.) - -LADY. Ah, there is my husband. Come here quick. - -MILITARY WOMAN. A downright brute. - -DRUNKEN MAN (waving his hand to the unknown man). Say, is it very bad up -there? Hey? - -UNKNOWN MAN (rather loudly). Yes, it's bad. I am sick and tired of it. - -DRUNKEN MAN. Can't you get a drink? - -UNKNOWN MAN. No, how can I? - -SECOND DRUNKEN MAN. Say, what are you talking about? How can he get a -drink? The man is about to die and you tempt him and try to get him -excited. Listen, up there, we have been drinking your health right -along. It won't hurt you, will it? - -FIRST DRUNKEN MAN. Ah, go on! What are you talking about? How can it -hurt him? Why, it will only do him good. It will encourage him. Listen, -honest to God, we are very sorry for you, but don't mind us. We are -going to the café to have another drink. Good-bye. - -SECOND DRUNKEN MAN. Look, what a crowd. - -FIRST DRUNKEN MAN. Come, or he'll fall and then they'll close the café. - -(Enter a new crowd of tourists, a very elegant gentleman, the chief -correspondent of European newspapers at their head. He is followed by an -ecstatic whisper of respect and admiration. Many leave the café to look -at him, and even the waiter turns slightly around, glances at him -quickly, smiles happily and continues on his way, spilling something -from his tray.) - -VOICES. The correspondent! The correspondent! Look! - -LADY. Oh, my, and my husband is gone again! - -TOURIST. Jimmie, Mary, Aleck, Katie, Charlie, look! This is the chief -correspondent. Do you realize it? The very highest of all. Whatever he -writes goes. - -KATE. Mary, dear, again you are not looking. - -ALECK. I wish you would order some sandwiches for us. I can't stand it -any longer. A human being has to eat. - -TOURIST (ecstatically). What a tragedy! Katie dear, can you realize it? -Consider how awful. The weather is so beautiful, and the chief -correspondent. Take out your note-book, Jimmie. - -JAMES. I lost it, father. - -CORRESPONDENT. Where is he? - -VOICES (obligingly). There, there he is. There! A little higher. Still -higher! A little lower! No, higher! - -CORRESPONDENT. If you please, if you please, ladies and gentlemen, I -will find him myself. Oh, yes, there he is. Hm! What a situation! - -TOURIST. Won't you have a chair? - -CORRESPONDENT. Thank you. (Sits down.) Hm! What a situation! Very -interesting. Very interesting, indeed. (Whisks out his note-book; -amiably to the photographers.) Have you taken any pictures yet, -gentlemen? - -FIRST PHOTOGRAPHER. Yes, sir, certainly, certainly. We have photographed -the place showing the general character of the locality-- - -SECOND PHOTOGRAPHER. The tragic situation of the young man-- - -CORRESPONDENT. Ye-es, very, very interesting. - -TOURIST. Did you hear, Aleck? This smart man, the chief correspondent, -says it's interesting, and you keep bothering about sandwiches. Dunce! - -ALECK. May be he has had his dinner already. - -CORRESPONDENT. Ladies and gentlemen, I beg you to be quiet. - -OBLIGING VOICES. It is quieter in the café. - -CORRESPONDENT (shouts to the unknown man). Permit me to introduce -myself. I am the chief correspondent of the European press. I have been -sent here at the special request of the editors. I should like to ask -you several questions concerning your situation. What is your name? What -is your general position? How old are you? (The unknown man mumbles -something.) - -CORRESPONDENT (a little puzzled). I can't hear a thing. Has he been that -way all the time? - -VOICES. Yes, it's impossible to hear a word he says. - -CORRESPONDENT (jotting down something in his note-book). Fine! Are you a -bachelor? (The unknown man mumbles.) - -CORRESPONDENT. I can't hear you. Are you married? Yes? - -TOURIST. He said he was a bachelor. - -SECOND TOURIST. No, he didn't. Of course, he's married. - -CORRESPONDENT (carelessly). You think so? All right. We'll put down, -married. How many children have you? Can't hear! It seems to me he said -three. Hm! Anyway, we'll put down five. - -TOURIST. Oh, my, what a tragedy. Five children! Imagine! - -MILITARY WOMAN. He is lying. - -CORRESPONDENT (shouting). How did you get into this position? What? I -can't hear? Louder! Repeat. What did you say? (Perplexed, to the crowd.) -What did he say? The fellow has a devilishly weak voice. - -FIRST TOURIST. It seems to me he said that he lost his way. - -SECOND TOURIST. No, he doesn't know himself how he got there. - -VOICES. He was out hunting.--He was climbing up the rocks.--No, no! He -is simply a lunatic! - -CORRESPONDENT. I beg your pardon, I beg your pardon, ladies and -gentlemen! Anyway, he didn't drop from the sky. However-- (He quickly -jots down in his note-book.) Unhappy young man--suffering from childhood -with attacks of lunacy.--The bright light of the full moon--the wild -rocks.--Sleepy janitor--didn't notice-- - -FIRST TOURIST (to the second, in a whisper). But it's new moon now. - -SECOND TOURIST. Go, what does a layman know about astronomy. - -TOURIST (ecstatically). Mary, pay attention to this! You have before you -an ocular demonstration of the influence of the moon on living -organisms. What a terrible tragedy to go out walking on a moonlit night -and find suddenly that you have climbed to a place whence it is -impossible to climb down or be taken down. - -CORRESPONDENT (shouting). What feelings are you experiencing? I can't -hear. Louder! Ah, so? Well, well! What a situation! - -CROWD (interested). Listen, listen! Let's hear what his feelings are. -How terrible! - -CORRESPONDENT (writes in his note-book, tossing out detached remarks). -Mortal terror numbs his limbs.--A cold shiver goes down his spinal -column.--No hope.--Before his mental vision rises a picture of family -bliss: Wife making sandwiches; his five children innocently lisping -their love.--Grandma in the arm-chair with a tube to her ear, that is, -grandpa in the arm-chair, with a tube to _his_ ear and grandma.--Deeply -moved by the sympathy of the public.--His last wish before his death -that the words he uttered with his last breath should be published in -our newspapers-- - -MILITARY WOMAN (indignantly). My! He lies like a salesman. - -MARY (wearily). Papa, children, look, he is starting to fall again. - -TOURIST (angrily). Don't bother me. Such a tragedy is unfolding itself -right before your very eyes--and you-- What are you making such big eyes -for again? - -CORRESPONDENT (shouting). Hold on fast. That's it! My last question: -What message do you wish to leave for your fellow citizens before you -depart for the better world? - -UNKNOWN MAN. That they may all go to the devil. - -CORRESPONDENT. What? Hm, yes-- (He writes quickly.) Ardent love--is a -stanch opponent of the law granting equal rights to negroes. His last -words: "Let the black niggers--" - -PASTOR (out of breath, pushing through the crowd). Where is he? Ah, -there! Poor young man. Has there been no clergyman here yet? No? Thank -you. Am I the first? - -CORRESPONDENT (writes). A touching dramatic moment.--A minister has -arrived.--All are trembling on the verge of suspense. Many are shedding -tears-- - -PASTOR. Excuse me, excuse me! Ladies and gentlemen, a lost soul wishes -to make its peace with God-- (He shouts.) My son, don't you wish to make -your peace with God? Confess your sins to me. I will grant you remission -at once! What? I cannot hear? - -CORRESPONDENT (writes). The air is shaken with the people's groans. The -minister of the church exhorts the criminal, that is, the unfortunate -man, in touching language.--The unfortunate creature with tears in his -eyes thanks him in a faint voice-- - -UNKNOWN MAN (faintly). If you won't go away I will jump on your head. I -weigh three hundred pounds. (All jump away frightened behind each -other.) - -VOICES. He is falling! He is falling! - -TOURIST (agitatingly). Mary, Aleck, Jimmie. - -POLICEMAN (energetically). Clear the place, please! Move on! - -LADY. Nellie, go quick and tell your father he is falling. - -PHOTOGRAPHER (in despair). Oh my, I am out of films (tosses madly about, -looking pitifully at the unknown man). One minute, I'll go and get them. -I have some in my overcoat pocket over there. (He walks a short -distance, keeping his eyes fixed on the unknown man, and then returns.) -I can't, I am afraid I'll miss it. Good heavens! They are over there in -my overcoat. Just one minute, please. I'll fetch them right away. What a -fix. - -PASTOR. Hurry, my friend. Pull yourself together and try to hold out -long enough to tell me at least your principal sins. You needn't mention -the lesser ones. - -TOURIST. What a tragedy? - -CORRESPONDENT (writes). The criminal, that is, the unhappy man, makes a -public confession and does penance. Terrible secrets revealed. He is a -bank robber--blew up safes. - -TOURIST (credulously). The scoundrel. - -PASTOR (shouts). In the first place, have you killed? Secondly, have you -stolen? Thirdly, have you committed adultery? - -TOURIST. Mary, Jimmie, Katie, Aleck, Charlie, close your ears. - -CORRESPONDENT (writing). Tremendous excitement in the crowd.--Shouts of -indignation. - -PASTOR (hurriedly). Fourthly, have you blasphemed? Fifthly, have you -coveted your neighbor's ass, his ox, his slave, his wife? Sixthly-- - -PHOTOGRAPHER (alarmed). Ladies and gentlemen, an ass! - -SECOND PHOTOGRAPHER. Where? I can't see it! - -PHOTOGRAPHER (calmed). I thought I heard it. - -PASTOR. I congratulate you, my son! I congratulate you! You have made -your peace with God. Now you may rest easy--Oh, God, what do I see? The -Salvation Army! Policeman, chase them away! - -(Enter a Salvation Army band, men and women in uniforms. There are only -three instruments, a drum, a violin and a piercingly shrill trumpet.) - -SALVATION ARMY MAN (frantically beating his drum and shouting in a nasal -voice). Brethren and sisters-- - -PASTOR (shouting even louder in a still more nasal voice in an effort to -drown the other's). He has already confessed. Bear witness, ladies and -gentlemen, that he has confessed and made his peace with heaven. - -SALVATION ARMY WOMAN (climbing on a rock and shrieking). I once wandered -in the dark just as this sinner and I lived a bad life and was a -drunkard, but when the light of truth-- - -A VOICE. Why, she is drunk now. - -PASTOR. Policeman, didn't he confess and make his peace with heaven? - -(The Salvation Army man continues to beat his drum frantically; the rest -begin to drawl a song. Shouts, laughter, whistling. Singing in the café, -and calls of "Waiter!" in all languages. The bewildered policemen tear -themselves away from the pastor, who is pulling them somewhere; the -photographers turn and twist about as if the seats were burning under -them. An English lady comes riding in on a donkey, who, stopping -suddenly, sprawls out his legs and refuses to go farther, adding his -noise to the rest. Gradually the noise subsides. The Salvation Army band -solemnly withdraws, and the pastor, waving his hands, follows them.) - -FIRST ENGLISH TOURIST (to the other). How impolite! This crowd doesn't -know how to behave itself. - -SECOND ENGLISH TOURIST. Come, let's go away from here. - -FIRST ENGLISH TOURIST. One minute. (He shouts.) Listen, won't you hurry -up and fall? - -SECOND ENGLISH TOURIST. What are you saying, Sir William? - -FIRST ENGLISH TOURIST (shouting). Don't you see that's what they are -waiting for? As a gentleman you should grant them this pleasure and so -escape the humiliation of undergoing tortures before this mob. - -SECOND ENGLISH TOURIST. Sir William. - -TOURIST (ecstatically). See? It's true. Aleck, Jimmie, it's true. What a -tragedy! - -SEVERAL TOURISTS (going for the Englishman). How dare you? - -FIRST ENGLISH TOURIST (shoving them aside). Hurry up and fall! Do you -hear? If you haven't the backbone I'll help you out with a pistol shot. - -VOICES. That red-haired devil has gone clear out of his mind. - -POLICEMAN (seizing the Englishman's hand). You have no right to do it, -it's against the law. I'll arrest you. - -SOME TOURISTS. A barbarous nation! - -(The unknown man shouts something. Excitement below.) - -VOICES. Hear, hear, hear! - -UNKNOWN MAN (aloud). Take that jackass away to the devil. He wants to -shoot me. And tell the boss that I can't stand it any longer. - -VOICES. What's that? What boss? He is losing his mind, the poor man. - -TOURIST. Aleck! Mary! This is a mad scene. Jimmie, you remember Hamlet? -Quick. - -UNKNOWN MAN (angrily). Tell him my spinal column is broken. - -MARY (wearily). Papa, children, he's beginning to kick with his legs. - -KATE. Is that what is called convulsions, papa? - -TOURIST (rapturously). I don't know. I think it is. What a tragedy? - -ALECK (glumly). You fool! You keep cramming and cramming and you don't -know that the right name for that is agony. And you wear eye-glasses, -too. I can't bear it any longer, papa. - -TOURIST. Think of it, children. A man is about to fall down to his death -and he is bothering about his spinal column. - -(There is a noise. A man in a white vest, very much frightened, enters, -almost dragged by angry tourists. He smiles, bows on all sides, -stretches out his arms, now running forward as he is pushed, now trying -to escape in the crowd, but is seized and pulled again.) - -VOICES. A bare-faced deception! It is an outrage. Policeman, policeman, -he must be taught a lesson! - -OTHER VOICES. What is it? What deception? What is it all about? They -have caught a thief! - -THE MAN IN THE WHITE VEST (bowing and smiling). It's a joke, ladies and -gentlemen, a joke, that's all. The people were bored, so I wanted to -provide a little amusement for them. - -UNKNOWN MAN (angrily). Boss! - -THE MAN IN THE WHITE VEST. Wait a while, wait a while. - -UNKNOWN MAN. Do you expect me to stay here until the Second Advent? The -agreement was till twelve o'clock. What time is it now? - -TALL TOURIST (indignantly). Do you hear, ladies and gentlemen? This -scoundrel, this man here in the white vest hired that other scoundrel up -there and just simply tied him to the rock. - -VOICES. Is he tied? - -TALL TOURIST. Yes, he is tied and he can't fall. We are excited and -worrying, but he couldn't fall even if he tried. - -UNKNOWN MAN. What else do you want? Do you think I am going to break my -neck for your measly ten dollars? Boss, I can't stand it any more. One -man wanted to shoot me. The pastor preached me for two hours. This is -not in the agreement. - -ALECK. Father, I told you that Baedecker lies. You believe everything -anybody tells you and drag us about without eating. - -MAN IN THE WHITE VEST. The people were bored. My only desire was to -amuse the people. - -MILITARY WOMAN. What is the matter? I don't understand a thing. Why -isn't he going to fall? Who, then, is going to fall? - -TOURIST. I don't understand a thing either. Of course he's got to fall! - -JAMES. You never understand anything, father. Weren't you told that he's -tied to the rock? - -ALECK. You can't convince him. He loves every Baedecker more than his -own children. - -JAMES. A nice father! - -TOURIST. Silence! - -MILITARY WOMAN. What is the matter? He must fall. - -TALL TOURIST. The idea! What a deception. You'll have to explain this. - -MAN IN THE WHITE VEST. The people were bored. Excuse me, ladies and -gentlemen, but wishing to accommodate you--give you a few hours of -pleasant excitement--elevate your spirits--inspire you with altruistic -sentiments-- - -ENGLISHMAN. Is the café yours? - -MAN IN THE WHITE VEST. Yes. - -ENGLISHMAN. And is the hotel below also yours? - -GENTLEMAN. Yes. The people were bored-- - -CORRESPONDENT (writing). The proprietor of the café, desiring to -increase his profits from the sale of alcoholic beverages, exploits the -best human sentiments.--The people's indignation-- - -UNKNOWN MAN (angrily). Boss, will you have me taken off at once or won't -you? - -HOTEL KEEPER. What do you want up there? Aren't you satisfied? Didn't I -have you taken off at night? - -UNKNOWN MAN. Well, I should say so. You think I'd be hanging here -nights, too! - -HOTEL OWNER. Then you can stand it a few minutes longer. The people are -bored-- - -TALL TOURIST. Say, have you any idea of what you have done? Do you -realize the enormity of it? You are scoundrels, who for your own sordid -personal ends have impiously exploited the finest human sentiment, love -of one's neighbor. You have caused us to undergo fear and suffering. You -have poisoned our hearts with pity. And now, what is the upshot of it -all? The upshot is that this scamp, your vile accomplice, is bound to -the rock and not only will he not fall as everybody expects, but he -_can't_. - -MILITARY WOMAN. What is the matter? He has got to fall. - -TOURIST. Policeman! Policeman! - -(The pastor enters, out of breath.) - -PASTOR. What? Is he still living? Oh, there he is! What fakirs those -Salvationists are. - -VOICES. Don't you know that he is bound? - -PASTOR. Bound! Bound to what? To life? Well, we are all bound to life -until death snaps the cord. But whether he is bound or not bound, I -reconciled him with heaven, and that's enough. But those fakirs-- - -TOURIST. Policeman! Policeman, you must draw up an official report. -There is no way out of it. - -MILITARY WOMAN (going for the hotel owner). I will not allow myself to -be fooled. I saw an aeronaut drop from the clouds and go crash upon a -roof. I saw a tiger tear a woman to pieces-- - -PHOTOGRAPHER. I spoiled three films photographing that scamp. You will -have to answer for this, sir. I will hold you responsible. - -TOURIST. An official report! An official report! Such a bare-faced -deception. Mary, Jimmie, Aleck, Charlie, call a policeman. - -HOTEL KEEPER (drawing back, in despair). But, I can't make him fall if -he doesn't want to. I did everything in my power, ladies and gentlemen! - -MILITARY WOMAN. I will not allow it. - -HOTEL KEEPER. Excuse me. I promise you on my word of honor that the next -time he will fall. But he doesn't want to, to-day. - -UNKNOWN MAN. What's that? What did you say about the next time? - -HOTEL KEEPER. You shut up there! - -UNKNOWN MAN. For ten dollars? - -PASTOR. Pray, what impudence! I just made his peace with heaven when he -was in danger of his life. You have heard him threatening to fall on my -head, haven't you? And still he is dissatisfied. Adulterer, thief, -murderer, coveter of your neighbor's ass-- - -PHOTOGRAPHER. Ladies and gentlemen, an ass! - -SECOND PHOTOGRAPHER. Where, where is an ass? - -PHOTOGRAPHER (calmed). I thought I heard one. - -SECOND PHOTOGRAPHER. It is you who are an ass. I have become cross-eyed -on account of your shouting: "An ass! An ass!" - -MARY (wearily). Papa, children, look! A policeman is coming. - -(Excitement and noise. On one side a crowd pulling a policeman, on the -other the hotel keeper; both keep crying: "Excuse me! Excuse me!") - -TOURIST. Policeman, there he is, the fakir, the swindler. - -PASTOR. Policeman, there he is, the adulterer, the murderer, the coveter -of his neighbor's ass-- - -POLICEMAN. Excuse me, excuse me, ladies and gentlemen. We will bring him -to his senses in short order and make him confess. - -HOTEL KEEPER. I can't make him fall if he doesn't want to. - -POLICEMAN. Hey, you, young man out there! Can you fall or can't you? -Confess! - -UNKNOWN MAN (sullenly). I don't want to fall! - -VOICES. Aha, he has confessed. What a scoundrel! - -TALL TOURIST. Write down what I dictate, policeman-- "Desiring--for the -sake of gain to exploit the sentiment of love of one's neighbor--the -sacred feeling--a-a-a--" - -TOURIST. Listen children, they are drawing up an official report. What -exquisite choice of language! - -TALL TOURIST. The sacred feeling which-- - -POLICEMAN (writing with painful effort, his tongue stuck out). Love of -one's neighbor--the sacred feeling which-- - -MARY (wearily). Papa, children, look! 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