The Republican journal., 1873-11-06
United at Last.

Simmer really deserves pity, for it Ger
tainly was lncommonly rough on him.
He was going up to Reading the other
dav, and when he reached the depot he
| looked into the ladies' room. A woman
sat there with a lot of baggage and three
| children, and when she saw Simmer she
rushed at him, and before he could defend
himself she flung her arms about his neck,
nestled her head upon his breast, and
| burst into tears. Simmer was amazed.
| indignant, conioundcd: and ere he could
| find utterancc tor his feelings, she ex-
| claimed
80, Henry. dear Henry. We are united
al last. Are you well? Is Aunt Martha
still alive? Haven't You longed to see
/ your own Louisa? %
And she looked into SINNERS face and
elun@ TO him, and smiled through her
| tears.
"Madan. said he, solcmnly. ''if | am
the person alluded to as Henry, permit me
to say that YOU have made mistake. My
name is Iemuel have no Aunt Martha,
and | don't own 4 solitary Louisa. Oblige
me by letting 90 my coat. 1t eXctes re-
| mark.
| Then She buried her bonnet deeper into
| his waistcoat, and began to cry harder
than ever, and said:
20 Henry, how. how can You treat me
so How can You pretend You are not my
| husband ?"
Madam screamed Simmer, IF you
do not cease sopping my shirt bosom. and
remove YOU umbrella from my corn. shall
be obliged 10 call for the police Let me
| 60. ] say
The children are here, She persisted
They recognize their dear father Don't
: on. children >"
Yes, yes" they exclaimed, IFS pa. its
ON dear pa
And then they grappled Simmer by the
trowsers leg and hung to his coat tail.
Woman - he shrieked. ''ths is getting
serious finland me, ! say
And he tried TO disengage himself from
| her embrace while all the brake-men and
the baggage-master. and the newsboys
stood around, and said his conduct was in
famous In the midst of the struggle q
stranger entered with q carpet-bag. lie
looked exactly like Slimmer-and when
he saw his wife in SINNERS arms he be-
came excited. and he tioored Simmer with
that carpet-bag, and sat on him. and Smote
his nose, and asked him what he meant.
Simmer was removed on 4 stretcher, and
the enemy went off with his wife and fam
iv in 4 cab He called next day to apollo
gizc His wife had made the mistake be-
cause of SINNERS likeness to him. And
now Simmer wishes he may oonbc kicked
in the face by mule, so that he will re
semble no other human being on earth.
The fire which swept over the Omaha
prairie . short time since was attended
with some tragic results. Of which the
dispatches give but a dim outline.
school-houso was situated in the direct
line Of the fire. but the precaution had
been taken To have the ground surround
mo it plou@hed and the prairie grass cut
nearly 10 the ground. the flames APP
preached the srhool-house with frichttul
rapidly. and the children looking out upon
the vast field Of flame became wild with
fear and unmanagable. Every effort was
made to keep them within the building,
and many did remain. Some fifteen or
twenty, however, succeeded in breaking
away. and in the belief that they We're say
ING themselves from destruction by SO do
ing ran out through the grass toward their
homes. Before reaching points of safety
Ten Of them We're caught by the advancing
flames. in which three or four We're known
to be almost instantly burned to death,
three more 81 seriously burned that they
cannot recover. and the remainder so badly
burned that they are NAMED for life A
tragically affecting addition to the terrible
scene of the burning children was the APP
pearancp Of the mother of one of the vic
tins making her way ffantically through
the unbnrned Grass in the hope reaching
and saving her child She was too late.
however, and before She could realize her
position her child had been burned and she
was surrounded and caught by the fire and
burned beyond recovery