The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-03-20

What endless melodies were poured.
Is, 5 saa as earth, as sweet as .heaveni
ssoea .MUGGINS.s {
I sttt0a f583 yTgi---t-- = - 81 .gstiiSJs3
'df There. was not a particle of romancs
4 in him, from the topFof his frowsy
:, ,snn-singed head TO the, bottom of. hi:
j blue, mud crusted toes. He had .
broad, fiat face, with great pratches ol
! dirt Ike chess-men here and there
and, brown ugly freckles for, oppc.
nents,, His mouth; was big and disa-
i greeahle, with q .hnngrys painful ex.
I preston and his eyes, which ;origl-
Jpaily might have been very good ones
had so long been, forced TO look a
j things through . tangled lock of haii
and q hole in his capyizor, that they
4 had undeniably cast in them. AS for
4 his clothes -poorl felloW-they were
4 but q poor apology for clothes. Ger
.tainly he must have been obliged to
put them on. piece by piece, an arm
4 here, asieg there and strip anywhere
Lit, would fit, they weres so ragged and
4 If he, ,ejpEed the luxury of q washer
4 woman, must have sent his coat away
by, the dozen, like certain destitute
! gentleman of whom have read. But
in spite of this he was g. human being.
He had no charming foreign history,
was not a poor benighted heather,
worshiping idols beneath a tropical
| sun, but a poor heather sweeping
crossings in the cold, muddy sti eets of
! New York, and therefore had no
claims upon society or philanthropy.
I He was very neal. starvation,. and
only q few doors from freezing, but
nobody knew it, and right there in
The open day with the busy stream. of
Lie pouring up and dow the street, he
E-sat down on u step and mused. He
hadn't a penny, and he might. sweep
al day and not get one, for it was bit
Eter cold, and nobody would take the
trouble TO remove mitten and di. e into
pockets for him. Oh, no! ~ :"
pa eOh, Katie, L wish we were on the
other side-see that lovely braid! L
must have il; but how am 1 to get
over this wet place-Pve no rub
oers.?v sitasQR .i'sza i q
b My hero looked up. The speaker
was a young girl,with a sweet woman
.ly faee, anu and her lovely eyes were
looking imploringly at the store ep-i
posite. 1910 ~ -s7l fsisl -
sis it over there you'd be going p,
he asked, with a twist of his protrud-
ing wisp of hair. - i's'isa = zsss =
le The young lady smiled. Fi a4l
- eyes; want to cross the street
very much. L could if it were swept
here for a yard or so-itis dry all the
rest OF the way" -9 3t
20 Now, of course, he had never heard
of Raleigh's gallantry to his royal
bride, Queen Elizabeth; but with as
tonishiDg aIacity he tore off the main
part of his ragged coat, and spread it
over the wet crossing. 6sf.s
~ There, now: jest you step on this, |
and give little hop, and there you
are as dry as match, on t'other, side"
- The sweet-iaced girl stopped for a |
moment, aud then walked across, and |
called the boy. '''si.. = ~ ~
'sWhatiis your name, boy ?" .--'.
l"Don't know no name only Mug
gins; Jack Muggins, 1 s'pose, though, |
now come to think of it."
swell, Jack, do you know that you
have thrown away your coat !'
"Dori'tI ? Well, you bet! But it's
no count. III be, fore morning,
where they don't need coats; I amt
had no vittles for most two days, and
L guess a fellef can. stand that but / /
can git through without coat, spec
tally an old rag like that"
'h"Dof you ever steal food, Jack I?
Couldn't you?," i.ias s't .
t5a"Coufd1rt i? Do you see them
stands and winders? DO you think
could find grub enough? l had a
mother oncet, l had, and she told me
better, and III be mighty sight hard
er up than am now, afore I'll take
chat as other folks gets. had quar-
ter hooked from me oncet, / did, and
Ijkinder know how it seems
The two girls were in tears. He
did not see it; but he did see the four
bills the sweet faced one held out.
s."Jack do you see these. I'm going
to give them to you, and want you
to use them well-there take Them"
"s.Do yer mean that Pm to keep
twenty dollars to myself?" 80.
: But they were gone, and Muggins,
with the independence of million.
aire, stood there in mouth-open won
der. i sfI #l lJ
"Henry, l don't know who can so
well know our needs as 10 send us
money. This is the third time it has
come siuce your illness. 1t cannot be
that Mr. Jacobs has repeuted of his
stern refusal TO advance Jonr salary,
or that any of poor papa's debtors
have been touched by the sharp sting
of conscience. This makes one hpn-
dred dollars that we have received"
s. The young wife, with fearful eyes,
turned the bills over in her hand, and
then murmuring blessing on the
donor, went on with her work.
1t was pretty little room, but there
were clear evidences of poverty visi-
BILE everywhere. 1t shone out on ev-
cry article of furniture, and, clearest
Of all, on the invalid husband, who
with marks of recent and severe ILL I
ness III his face, sat near the window. {
s "Well, Carrie, whoever sent it must
know, our wants, and We must feel {
grateful. Why" with smile, "if {
they keep on, Ill soon have the nee-
essary amount to buy the Clarkson's.
There's Clarkson, now, coming up the
street,"
Claykson was a fine, spruce looking
business man, with smiling face, and l.
q quick, nervous manner
lin glad, Bently. To see you look
ing SO we'll. 1 believe it's more than
halt due to yourrecent good fortune,"
said he. .sftsi..,..,.t..-.
my fortune, STRIP
f'Why, yes. I've heard all about it.
There was an individual in the store
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