xamining bits of ornament. |
| |
|Piled before him in long rows were envelops. One by |
|one, he or his assistants dumped the contents on the|
|glass case and read off descriptions of each article|
|to a stenographer: |
| |
|"One pocket mirror, picture of girl on back; one |
|amethyst filigree pendant; one round gold embossed |
|bracelet; gold bow eye-glasses; Hawthorne club badge|
|attached to fob; two $1 bills." |
| |
|As the articles were listed they were put back into |
|the envelops. Had it not been for one circumstance, |
|it might have been a pawnshop inventory. |
| |
|There was the jewelry worth more than $10,000, |
|articles for personal use, and musical instruments. |
|But under the long rows of coats, hats, and shoes, |
|there was a pool of water. It dripped from the red |
|sweater onto a straw hat beneath. It fell into shoes|
|and the place smelled of wet leather. |
| |
|When the bodies of those who perished in the |
|_Eastland_ disaster were removed from the water, |
|their clothing and jewelry were taken by the police |
|and tabulated. There was no space in the custodian's|
|office; so he hastily fitted up the public |
|hearing-room, brought in showcases and had |
|carpenters build racks for the clothing....[7] |

[7] _Chicago Tribune_, July 26, 1915.

=94. Climactic Order.=--The climactic order is that in which the
incidents are so arranged that the reader shall not know the outcome
until he reaches the last one or two sentences. The following story,
though brief, illustrates well the climactic order of arrangement:

=VALUED A DRESS ABOVE LIFE=

|First, there was the young man. One night, while |
|they were on the way to a movie, Ambrosia noticed |
|the young man was looking rather critically at her |
|dress. |
| |
|When one is 17 and lives in a big city whe