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Clinton New Era, 1895-08-16, Page 9STOW .fOR wive AND THOSE Wiio irXPECT, TO St. Fe CLINTON A SLUM FVNERAt,' ERA saw the'l3attle of Waterloo. Peeth of aim the flunelth wk' -4 Pegrade4 Anions the many nonagenarians who n onsan's syrpathieing Heart. • died recently was Marie 1?'rancoise Roch, , "Directly after leaving collage X task born at Ways in Belguien, in .Tune, 1803. oshf ndilof a, miwhssion the following a small A.s a girl alp ,he witnessed the greater part of Waterloo, to which her sister was ! occurred," said my friend, the Rev. Dr. lied Maiio Roch, whose ' Halpin. `e01ts night at the aloes of the service* my assistant, a young man named Nath. in,'Dame to me saying, 'Maggie Klein's brother is dead and her mother wants us to sit up with him to -night.' We were aocustomed to strange, unceremonious, and pathetic calls, and in a few moments .were hurrying to the house of death. "Maggie Klein, who often attended our meetings, was a ragged, unkerhpt, ili- nered street girl, who lived in a short, •»cringe Uri. •Grady -.An Amiable 7liostess ace ldentaily _. r, memory remained unimpaired to the last, and Surly Gwen -430th of Uncertain Age, ' fell a victim to the influenza in the his- Sssppoletly the Gluest---hire. Grady Be. torso house known as La Belle Alliance where the word "Estaminet" has been out *wen TWO Ir1res—ookandeensband• in the center of the inscription comment - "Tee," said bonne Mrs. Grady, gland. orating the meeting at its door of Wel- ing at the clock, "my husband is late for I lington and Blucher at the termination dllmer „ of the Sighting. 1c$alf an holo', surely," remarked the TAM'S BRIGHT IDEA. #lea's and, guest, adding in a elightli *adulated tune, "011ri,etmas dinner, too. "Poor man i" was all Mrs. Grady vouch- ers/0, with a compassionate smile. Neither of the speakers was young ; as a matter of fact both were between the stones _ forties and fifties. 'Mrs. Chasely looked Green to his son at the dinner -table one die•# she were on the half -century side. day. Tom said nothing but he looked Ides. Grady appeared as if she could have his dismay and forgot to eat the piece of He Got the Meadow Clear of Stone and narrow alley between the two main Thea Treated to supper, vtreeta, known as Buckeye alley, whioh,at "I plowed up the Pike Meadow this this hour of the night, was literally alive with the wrecks of fallen humanity; the drunken outcast, the opium fiend, . the. morning, and I want you to pick out the scarlet woman who had reached the last stage in her soul -damning and body -de- stroying career. "When we arrived the vile brothels were in full blast,and lounging before the low groceries were groups of half -drunken men, who, with hands thrust deep down into the pockets of their ragged trousers, leered stupidly into the painted nrepassed acof the women who passed them. "Arriving at Long Dang's laundry Maggie led the way through a dark hall up a creaking pair of stairs to the rooms above. There in a corner on a filthy mat - trees lay the horribly misshapen corpse of a bunch -back. The large brown eyes were wide and staring, the lips far apartt showing the firm, yellow teeth, and the bands clenched until the nails cut into the flesh, as if the last sad moments had been ones of intense suffering. The mother sat in a low chair rocking back- ward and forward and moaning piteously. "Maw, here's Mr, Halpin,' " said Mag- gie. "The woman arose. She was tall and graceful rind had once been handsome, but p now every line of the face was narked ly and ohincrto knowt'a a tinyy itpecia e giving with dissipation. The dreamy eyes, the about good thing to a bit more directions. He turned on his heel and deadly pallor, the shrill, cracked tone of dear,there is a go your cook. Well, my rushed into the house, very differently the voice, all betrayed the hapless victim says that tee good deal a chuth in the from the way he had gone out of it a few of the opium habit. saying the way to reach a man's' 'It will bo best for you to spend the heart is via--," and Mrs. Grady's plump minutes before. white hands fluttered pantomimically. I'm going over to Sam's." he said to night at a neighbor's,' 1 asid, 'and we "The thing I took most pains about when his mother. She looked at him and saw will make all necessary arrangements. a roguish twinkle in his brown eyes. •" `Maggio saw Mr Childs, the city h startedahousekeeping was a cook. My y hnebandalwayeoame home to dinner, my "Wall." she said; "only don't fail to undertaker,' replied Mrs. Klein, `ani he have your work done by night." said the funeral would be at : o'clock.' " dear. One day, Wednesday, ofm the ninth "No, No, ma'am, " trying to look sober, " 'Will you sing at the grave "The weak , our marriage, I remember ft love -e- though he smiled in spite of himself. An Sweet Bye -and -Bye?' " asked Maggie. featly, cook and Ianted a perfect lydirect- hour later he came into the dining -room That was Jim's favorite He used to sit ly dinaer,bune wanted to he shirty. rent- where she was sewing and tilted himself by the window all day rocking and sing- ly. The dinner was sin thirty. At on her rocker while he coaxed: in g • six -twenty I was seated in happy expecta- tion at the window. Six-thirty—Henry weuld turn the corner in a moment. Six- thirty-five—he had not turned the corner. How I fumed and fidgeted and fretted! My hands got all hot in the palms. At six forty -flue I had ruined my clean handker- chief rubbing them. As I left the room to get another the gook sang out 'This dinner's spoilin' mem.' `The master will be here directly, Ann, I'm sure.' I tried to answer cheerfully, hut the conviction fa even now forced upon me that the tone betrayed irritation. At ten minutes past seven in came Henry. I greeted him with: 'O,,Henry bow oould you be so late? The dinner's ruined. ruined 1' " "He said be really oouldn't help IL As the table maid put on the dishes she. re- marked in an acid tone: 'The cook told me to may, ma'am, she was very sorry,bnt the dinner's been kept so long it' a quite 'polled." "You can tell the .wok that we have no difficulty in asoertaining that fact for our- selves," snapped out my lord and master, by way of reply. The meal was gloomy and only plaited at; the evening still gloomier. "At 10 o'clock I went up -stairs and bad a good cry; then bathed my eyes for ten minutes and went to bed without waiting for Henry. ' "The next day, after dinner, which was punctual, and all right in every way, Henry said—and I never forgot what be said;.—I am going to give you nearly the exact words be used—`Come here, little woman'—I was a little woman than— 'and be lectured. You were very angry at my being late for dinner yesterday. You need not have been. If you had stop- ped to think a moment you need not have been so put out. Doesn't it occur to you that when a man has been hard at work all day he gets hungry and tired towards 6 O'clock!' That when he knows there is a jolly good dinner and a sweet little wife waiting for him'—he put the dinner first and the gglfe second, man -like, my dear— 'that he'A�going after those two very good things as quickly as he can? I spoiled last night's dinner, my darling, to arrange some very important business. Now, re- member, in future, if I'm late for dinner, don't be cross; pretend you enjoyit. Yon shall not develop into an acrmonious little shrew if I can help it, so take fair warning. I shall develop into a very nasty husband if you do.' " "And did he, my dear?" queried Mrs. Cbasley. Replied Mrs. Grady—"He oertainly did. I didn't forget that lecture for six months, and then -1t was his birthday dinner, a culinary symphony. He was an hour late. I greeted him with '0, Harry, this is too cruel of your " "What did he do?" "He put on bis hat and left the house. When he returned at 4 in the morning be was the least shade ,wabbly and he reeked of cigar smoke." At this moment the door buret open and n hearty voice ejaculated: "My dear Mre. Chasely, I'm so very sorry to be late. If I hadn't the, beet wife in the world your dinner would be spoil- ed; but come in, I know it will be all right." Mre Chasely noticed that by aocident Mr. Grady forgot to take her in, but en- tered the dining -room with his arm round bis wife's waist, and as she drove home that night she wondered if at 49 years of age a man and a husband could be affect- ed by a change of tactics. But that depends a good deal upon eage of the wife. bailed the barrier from a distance of near- 'lyten years. Actually Mrs. Chasely was 41; Mrs. Grady 49%. Mrs. Chasely gave one the impression that if she bad tried to feast on content and happiness Wince her marriage she had not succeeded in com- pletely digesting either. Mra.Grady, that she bad amply partaken of and digested both. "Do you like your husband being lata for dinner?" asked Mrs. Obesely. "Not at all, "was the answer, "especial- ly when you are my guest." "Shall you scold him when be comes in?" "Wait till I tell yott pomethfng that hap- pened durtg the first three months of my married.life. -.As you know, I'm fond of housekeeping. and pride myself on know- ing how to nook, how to select a good cook, and,above all,how to keep her when E"re got her." "I should like to know how to do that, Interrupted Mrs. Chasely. ! "My process le to make her take a ride in her work by judicious apprecia- tion turnip which he held balanced on ,h+ end of his three -tined fork. • "Throw them over on the west side of the lot, then they will be out of the way," continued bis father, as he put en his hat to go back to his work. "Yes, sir, "said Tom The door shut, and Tom groaned, "I was going over to Sam's to make that butte this afternoon," he explained to his sympathetic mother. "I thought that meadow wasn't going to be plowed till next week." If you go right abpnt it perhaps you can get through in time to go to Sam's,' advised his mother. "It will take the whole afternoon to do it alone, and I shan't get through before yark, " said Torn dismally. Mrs. Green said nothing more, and began to wash the dishes. Tom wandered out to the benyard with his hands in his pockets. He stood watobing an old biddy call her chicks about her,when,suddenly, a bright idea struck him. "I've got it i" he cried, such a warwhoop that the hen and her chickens scattered in eleven "Say, another, can't I have a few of the fellows to supper, and won't you make some hot biscuits? Father's going to the village and won't get home till 7 o'clock, so he won't care." "I guess so," she answered. "I was going to make biscuits, anyway, and I can make a few extra just as well." She did not ask why he wanted the boys to supper, but she knew he was working out some bright idea of his own, and, mother -like, was ready to help, while she watched him curiously. Soon after she beard him mixing some bright red paint The boys came at 4 o'clock, ac- cording to Tom's invitation. There were four of them besides Tom. Mrs. Green looked out of the kitchen window and 'saw Toro taking them toward Pike Mea- dow. Over on the west side of the mea- dow she could see some bright object standing on the stone wall, but she could not tell what it was. Then she saw the boys stoop and fill their pockets with stones. They formed in a line and took turns throwing stones at the object on the other side. They kept their shots flying, little by little moving nearer their target. Meanwhile, she baked her delicious biscuits and laughed to herself. At 6 o'clock the flue young slingers came trooping into supper, hot and hungry. "That was a fine target, Tom," said one of the boys. "Where did you get it?" "Made it," said Tom, promptly. "Had some paint left over from the boat, you now." While they were eating, Mr. Green came home unexpectedly. He spoke kindly to them all ; then, turning to Tom, he said: "Did you Dirk the stones out of the meadow this afternoon, as I told you, and throw them on the west side, Thomas?" "Yes. sir. w. di,l," sni,l Toni. demure- ly, whi:i. ti e t -r h;vs. •e i1,: ti rmeh the juke i,.: t: !. •-' tine, 1 :rlc iouuvl. "Three's a land that is fairer than day, " And by faith we can see it afar." ' " 'Yes, we will sing that, and now good -night, and may God keep you.' The door closed behind them, and Nathan and I were alone with the dead. After preparing the corpse tor burial we drew our chairs to the window and made ourselves as comfortable as possible to spend the remaining hours of our long watch. Leaning far out of the window I watched in silence the changing scenes be- low. Borne on the night air above the noise and confusion of the reatiees crowd below were the tones of a cracked piano and a shrill violin from the concert hall across the way. "As the hours wore on the noise grew less and loss, the alley became deserted, the lights slowly faded, one by one, and from the oonoert hall came the sound of a woman'svoroe singing a sentimental song. As I listened I thought of that other sing- er who, from his seat by the window, had watched the same sad' scenes night after night, and of his touching hymn— Going to Law. Sam S. Sanford, who was a pioneer in minstrelsy, but now sells elctrlio belts in country towels, who once ran theatres in l?biladelphia and Pittsburg, who was known far and wide as manager and per- former, once got into a dispute with tho owner of his Philadelphl theatre. it was over a question of rent. The owner shut the theatre and Sanford sued for 1150,000 damages. Next day his landlord met him and said: "I see you intend to go to law about this affair of ours." "Yes, sir" replied Sanford. "Well, before you do I wish you would go to a certain saloon at such and such a street and read what is on a sign in front of that plaoe." San- ford did so, and on an oval-shaped sign he saw a picture of a finely -dressed, pros- perous -looking man riding at full gallop. ,Above the sign were the words "Going to maw." Tbe reverse side presented a somewhat different view. It was a pic- ture of the same man, but ragged as a tramp. His horse was a living skeleton and the rider was not much better. The soreed above the sign read: "Returning from the law." Sanford looked at the two picures, pondered and went home. Next day he went to his lawyer and re- quested him to withdraw the suit and the case was compromised. " The Triumph of Love Is Happy, Fruitful Marriage" ,MA1' Y' PARTICULAR LADIES. altt ar,t404a, Who want to look nice, feel good and make the MiX4t t "' themselves, find me an efdeient 1@4t help fair I make arti . ' that make ladies beautiful of face and forma, and healthy in body. 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A despairing man, who bad applied to ns, soon after wrote: "Well, I tell yon that first day is one I'll never forget. I jest babbled. with joy. I wanted to bug every body and tell them my old self bad died yesterday' and my new self was born to -day. Why didn't yon tell me when I first wrote that I would find it this way?" And another thus: "If you dumped a cartload of gold at my feet it would not bring such gladness into my life as your method has done." Write to the Erie Medical Company, Buffalo,N.Y., and ask for the little book called "COMPLETE MANHOOD." Re- fer to this paper, and the company prom- ises to send the book, in sealed envelope, without any marks, and entirely free, Datil it is well introduced. " ' There's a land that le fairer than day, And by faith we can see it afar, And the Father wits over the way To prepare us a dwelling -place there.' " "As the lonely hours dragged on was Jim in sweet communion with the Father, and did he sae by the eye of faith the fair land afar? Had the Father in tender com- passion been waiting all these weary years for him? Was it the loving tenderness of an all -wise and Heavenly Father that placed Jim, the hunchback, amid the heart -sickening scones of Buckeye alley? Was it an omnipotent Father's love that permitted him all those years to be sur- rounded by the degrading influence of shame and vice, and to know nothing but intense suffering and grinding poverty? And as a reward for all the hours of cruel suffering and bitter anguish, was it true that the Father had prepared a place for him, and that now he was a citizen of that city whose builder and maker is God, safe forever more where the wicked cease from troubling and the weary are -at rest. "Or, as he stepped from the sharer of time and pushed far out on the bound- less ocean of eternity did be begin an end- less 11 fe of untold suffering and hopeless despair, of which this brief earthly life was but the faintest forecast, and from which there was no escape? " Opposite in the concert hall a company of men and women watched and waited, and as the pauper's hearse, accompanied by the single carriage, moved slowly away they silently walked beside it to the city of the dead. The thick black clouds were swiftly gathering in the west, the sky hung heavy with unshed rain, and the wind sighed and moaned among the branches of the trees in pitying sorrow for the scene. "The men did not follow ns quite to the grave, but stood a little distance away, reverently waiting. In touching contrast the women sympathetically gathered about the two mourners. " 'Don't cry, my dear, he's better off,' said one, as she tenderly drew Mrs, Klein's head down upon her shoulder end with the oorner of her ragged, faded shawl wip- ed the tears from the wan, haggard face. It was a kindly act, betraying the sym- pathy of a womanly hetike beneath which years spent in a life of shame had failed to stifle, and her own sin -scarred face grew soft and tender as she sought to comfort the mourning mother. "Nathan's voice was tremulous with emotion as he sang, 'There's is land that is fairer than day.' " " 'Then shall the duet return to the earth as it was, and the spirit return to God that gave it,' I repeated, as they low- ered into the narrow grave all that was mortal of Jim the hunchback. ''As we slowly left the grave the rain splashed heavily on the plain, blank box, and I repeated softly: 'Blessed are the dead the rain falls on,' " The secret pleasure of a generous act is the groat mind's great bribe. 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