The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1854-10-10

show for next day; for could only buy three,
four would look more respectable. That's the
way folks trade you know Well | took my
money home, and that's tho way helped my
neither along.
'Tim,' said. 'let me ask you
Well, Fm in the witness box-go il.
How did you get money to buy papers next
day?
Did another job of snow.
While was writing this down, the medium
whstlod and he Immediately said, 'Gollyr
didn't think could do that-thought must
do somethin' while waiting for YER
Where did leave Off Oh, I got shilin',
and gave it to mother. Stock was up, but
had none on, so said nothin'.
When went homo each night thare was
grin on my face as broad as moon. Mother
said. Tim, I've hope of you, If you'll keep out
of liquor So down she went on her marrow
bones-why-on-earth she did it couldn't see
but sho ups with her eyes and says, God
bless Timp Somehow felt weak In the joints
and down went; twas catchin', says /, God
bless Tim, too ThenI played leap-frog all
round tho room, ! was SO happy. Mother
laughed and said, Tim, my crazy boy;' that
made feel better, but l couldn't understand it.
Bye-by dad come in, and he smelt like dis
tilery; oh, if he didn't rip it! but l gave mother
tho wink not to let him know was set up in
business. When he came in he couldn't stand
up, so he down on his bones, and swore
blue streak. thought smelt birthstone.
What was eternal strange to me. mother didn't
cry bit; says /, Tim, that's mighty strange.
she'd cry for me and not bit for that lubber.'
But she did worse-she took to coughing, and
knew tho jig was up for that time. And so
it went, day after day. Dad said she was
drunk. but he kneio he lied.
Well kept solling papers and increasing
my stock. l ups Broadway one day Bill at my
siGe, and seen some nj. P.'s on corner /
warnt afraid of 'em, SO l stepped on one Of
their toes. Ho gin me devi! of look-moth-
er says mustn't say that-says Bill, Lets
to our trotters, or wen be rent to tho house of
Refuge Id heard tell of that, dad used to
threaten me with it. Down by the Park saw
some awful fine dandies prnking along; says !,
Bill, just seen the NJ. P.'s; now look at the M.
T.'s.'
So / went it every day; couldn't feel bad
to save my fe-suspect warnt born in bad
timc. Mother said il used to make her heart
good to see me come in.
asked him, ''Were yon so cheerful them"
warn't nothin else. When used to swear
il made her feel bad. told hor took it the
natural way.
asked him, "H,w SOP
L Dau Dcoru my tOrcIatner5-lIl III Toll you
what heard one day in the Park.
A great lnbberlv feller was making speech
He said, "The tirno is coming when tho day
shall bc elebrated-, en,-that speaks of
the noble deeds of our forefathers.' I'm not
so grand as he; can't make such cock a
doodle-doo So run home and said, "Moih-
er tho day is coming when il shall be celebra.
ted that speaks of the noble deeds of our FORE
fathers
Sho said, Tim, Tim, what OH earth will
come of youp So it went along.
One day dad was brought in dead. need
not enter into particulars, twas all in the pa
pers. | cried 1t and made it all extra Herald
for me.
asked him, 'Iiow SOL
1t was the celebration Of the death of my
forefothers.
went homo after getting few coppers,
and found mother cryin' and blubbering like
anything, for she had loved him once. She
said, "Tim, step softly, your fathers dead" >"
Says |, Il will, for I'm afraid I'll wake him
up
"Oh,' says she, "Tim, you'll break my heart
talking so; forget the past; go look at him who
once loved you and called you his child |
went and looked; his faco warn't red no more,
and there was a sorrowful expression about his
mouth-and caught something running down
my check afore knowed it. We'll, they hold
a coroner's inquest, and he was buried.
! a-ked him what made the toars run.
He had kind o. sorrowful look. felt, oh.
dear! suppose he'd been good man like
see in the Park, wouldn't he love his Tim and
thought, "Tim, don't you love himp How
could l, when he made mother suffer so. |
sposed he was in hell and damnation they talk
Of and l couldn't but feel sorry. That was
tho end of that.
l watched mother mighty close after fathers
exit. In spite of herself she breathed freer.
l never sec the woman so happy. Bill come
in with forlorn old black bonnet he'd begged
somewheres; she kissed him and said, God
blessed me in my trials felt 80 proud l
could have knocked over anybody. We had
some potatoes that day-Bill got 'em.
l used often to feel SOFT was took that
way every once in while-tears ond fun to-
gether. | used to be ashamed Of myself, and
then I'd swear blue streak to hide it. Bill
sold radishes for a living. Ho went into the
vegetable line. Twas moro intellectual.
Mother got sewing. She scratched, we
scratched, and We got along nicely; there was
nobody TO drink it up.
l was death on M. P.'s, just for doviltry;
couldn't keep still.
used to feel bad coming home nights to
see mother look so bleached. saw pain
killer advertised down in Nassau street, SO
went and got some for mother. Warn't q
fool, liked to have killed her, not the pain,
Ono day she said to Tim, take this ring my
boy ,and GO buy yourself pair of shoes =
Well, Gays j, mo, mother, can't do it, She
says, immy, I'll never live to sec you wear
EN- out, so let me 500 you have them IfPd
got licking, couldn't have felt worse. So
runs after Bill, and says !, Bill come in here,
mothers kinder lonely Bill mover stopped
for nothing, but after tho doctor he goes--a
spensary doctor-mother looked so sick. Says
l. Mother, open yonr pecpcrs; don't look SO.
She says, 'Tim God bless you. Tin and Bill.
hate to leave you, but God will take care of
the orphans. says. Mother, I'm sorry you
are going, but seoing you cant stay, hurry up
your cakes, and III. take care Of myself
asked him, 'why did you say that"
Oh, she did feel awful bad so says !, MO
thor, Jordan is hard road to travel. II you
get there before do, toll em I'm coming too.
She laughed, and by golly If she didn't die a
laughing, and that was just what wanted.
Bill didn't get back before she died! Oh.