Naturally, I am grateful,
and as I find that he is a teacher, who aids the poor, and will not
take money from anyone, I want to thank him publicly, and help to
make him known."
"Of course, of course!" said the reporter; and before my mind's eye
flashed a new set of headlines:
WEALTHY CLUBMAN MIRACULOUSLY HEALED
Or perhaps it would be a double head:
CLUBMAN, SLUGGED BY MOB, HEALED BY PROPHET
WEALTHY SCION, VICTIM OF PICTURE RIOT, RESTORED BY MAN FRESH FROM
GOD
I thought that was sensation enough, and that the interview would
end; but alas for my hopes! Said that blood-hound of the press:
"Will you give public healings to the people, Mr. Carpenter?"
To which Carpenter answered: "I am not interested in giving
healings."
"What? Why not?"
"Worldly and corrupt people ask me to do miracles, to prove my power
to them. But the proof I bring to the world is a new vision and a
new hope."
"Oh, I see! Your religion! May I ask about it?"
"You are the first; the world will follow you. Say to the people
that I have come to understand the nature and causes of their mobs.
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