The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-08-09
JOHN BLYTHE'S NAMESAKE.

JOHN BLYTHE and the minister were
walking down town together. John al
vays liked, having nothing to ride ex-
cept his hobbies. which his friends de-
clared he rode to death. But there was
such an ever-increasing stud of those
unpopular snd costly racers that he was
never without half dozen reasonably
fresh ones. And one Of them, however
hard-ridden, came up, unDreathed and
active, for service every day. John could
not remember when he had not been ab-
sorbed in the hope and the work Of re-
forming prisoners, and Of saving from
crime the street Arabs who became pris-
oners. When he was six years old he
had been permitted birthday party, with
the precious liberty ofinviting the guests
''hisself'' But when the afternoon ar
rived, his unsuspecting mother found
her pretty parlors invaded by twelve
little gutter-snipes, not much cleaner
as to vocabulary than as to per-
son. John grew more and more ra-
diant' with delight at each grimy and
slinkipg arrival, so that his mother had
harG3av tho heortse call him to account
And when she took him apart to say,
"Johnny, how could you bring these
dreadful bows into mamma's nice clean
house?'' he looked up with such panied
a,nazement that she was silenced. why,
mamma,'' - he said, "you told me might
invite which twelve little boys choosed,
and / choosed these, cause / knew they
didn't ever go to birthday before. "
Mrs. Blythe felt an uneasy apprehension
that practical Chris tianity might be lit.
tie uncomfortable in general use. But
remembering a certain Divine prescr'p-
ton of the etiquette pertai ing TO 1easC,
which insisted on the bidding OF them
who could not bid again, she only SAID;
"Well Johnny, tell nasama beforehand
next time. Aud now we must take al
ronrlittlr friends up to the bathroom
and give them scrub, before tney play
Which, very remarkable attention the
Young vagabonds received, by means
whereof they would have remembered TN
dav forever as get apart from all others II
their limited expeu4cs, had IT not alse
heen set apart as q bewilderment ofgames
cakes, beautiful surroundings, and do0Di'
handfuls of candy as q sort OF stlrrup
The John of six. x.and-thirty was hardl.
more conventional and no whit NOR
selfish than the John of six. And nov
he was urging the minister to take up
sche,ne of his for dsporting certain pa
characters to new field, where ne De
lieved they would reform. ~ on are U
hard on them, Egerton," he WAS saying
in his vehement way. tel ypu, y. W
make 'em thieves and keep em tnleves
and then shut 'em up, because tney III
thieves, in places where they sneo tne'
thieves skin and come out sone.,iln ,,.a ny
worse. It's the logic OF events; I've z.
some friends in Rag-pickers Row: cA
rage people ::.iriVe dog In soap-eo1,
these aristocrats. Sometimes L drop
there when | think the wOIad Is TOO car
less Of nv high mightiness. It's q nast s'
cure for peevishness, but thorough. Il
Row has its water gview-a mud-puoo
that is never dry, inhabited by an ag,
that's never at home, but always ouL ~, =,
ing in the neighboi hood. The rooms ~
ten by twelve, a family in every room
and at least ten souls, or cases 1or soui
in every family. The lower the bree
the larger the litter always. Wna5
these creatures breathe? Air! n ~
stinks! What do they eat? Food! ny
garbage! What do they wear! CioIne'
No: rags and Infection! What n9ld us Is
their veins? Blood? No: poison! wn M
do they do? Live? No: pureiy, 90. 90.
and bones, heart and brain! me o,a t,'
are turned into the street as soon as In'
can toddle, to beg or steal. Iney Ges ~
and 50 sl to Sing Sing, and So to bad {!e.a deat
In short, they're born in hell, an. nye I'VE
hell. And declare to you sgaln Ina -
don't believes just and tender Fatner " v
give them hell hereafter TILL tney W
at least chance"
my dear John.'' said his friend, ~
can't wash convicts clean in baths OF :. ).
timent. You yourself wouldn,I trus,
convict's repentance without long pg pro-
ton. There's great deal 10 pe salu =
the other side; but this is my corner, , q ,
1 have wors to do. IN consider
question, and help you if see my way
Blythe turned down quiet cross-stre
and was startled out Of his medltanon
a wonan's scream. At the same lns,< u
aman stumbling up the steps OF q a. a.
area, ran violently against him. MOI
fast. frie. 3D." said Blythe. 8 It's not
lite to run away when people want y
company. Wen just turn in mere :