Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-05-06

From the Detroit Free Press.

From the Detroit Free FEeSs
He entered hardware store on Woodward
avenue about 10 o'clock Saturday morning,
and taking a seat by the stove he beckoncdt to
the proprietor and said:
''Sit down here, want to speak with you.
He was man who looked sad from the
crown of his head to the sole Of his boots.
There were deep care lines on his face, his
eyes were red and anxious looking, and his
tattered overcoat was drawn in at the waist
by wide leather belt.
''Can We do anything for you to-day" ask
ed the merchant rs he sat down.
The sad man slowly wiped his nose, slowly
turned around and slowly replied:
.'Sir. it makes me feel sad when | reflect
that we have all got to die!'
"Yes-um," replied the merchant.
.sChristophcr Columbus is dead" continu-
ed the sad man, 'and who feels bad about it
who sheds q tear over his loss? Heis gone
and we shall never see him more! You and
l must sooner or later follow him, and the
world will go on just the same
''Thcn you don't want anything. to-day Z
uueried the merchant, after painful pause.
"And King James is dead!" exclaimed the
sad man, wiping his nose again. lis any
body weeping over his loss? Don't folks LAT
and laf, and don't the world 60 on the same
Sir. it NAV not be q week before you and
will be called upon 10 rest from the labors OF
this life. Doesn't it make yon feel sad when
you think of it,"
''Of course we've ali got to die, replied
| the merchant. as he tossed a stray nail over
among the eight -penaies.
sAndrew jackson is dead" continued the
sad man, q tear falling on his hand. Eyes
Andrew has been gathered: and good man
has gone from arong us. Were you ac-
quainted with him:'
| Il believe not" was the answer.
| swell, he was q fine man, and many a
night have laid awake and cried to think
that he would be seen among us no more tor
ever. Yet, do YOU hear any wailing or Sob
bing? Does any one seem to care cent
whether Andrew Jackson is dead or living ?
You or may be the neXt to go, and the world
will move on just the same IS if we had never
| lived.
1.-The world can't, of course, stop for the
death OF one man, no matter how great, said
the merchant.
''Thats what makes me sac ad-that's why
weep these tears!' answered the man. wr1ng-
inc his long, peaked nose with vigorous grie1.
civilian Penn is dead. Once IN grca'
while | hear some one express sorrow, bu'
as general thing the world has forgotten
William with the rest. Don't it make yo1
feel sad when YOU reflect that you will never
see William again? Don't you feel like cry
ing when you think that he has gone from
among us?'. 49,.
s.Inever have time to think Of these things,
answered the merchant, fondling the Goa
stoveshaker.
ssAnd Shakespcares gone, too, . exclaimed
the man, his chin quivering, with agitation
eve may sigh, and sigh and sigh, and wish,
and wish and wish, but poor Shaky VIII never
be seen moving with US again! They have
laid him away to sleep his long sleep, and !:
bright lamp has been extinguished forever
swell, did you want anything in the line
of hard ware: = asked the merchant, as he
rose up.
Can you speak of hardware to me at such
time as this:' exclaimed the sad man
':Knowing my sad feelings, seeing these tears
and listening to my broken voice; can you
have the heart to try and force hardware upon
me? ?"
The merchant went over to his desk, and
the sad man wrung his nose again and went