The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-09-15


God bless voa, nv des-l ! hope
Tou VII and the Dsxt minute I ESs
going 60E1 stairs ealing myself ,
fool
Thew thonght ! did1f know al
boms. bat ! did; there WAS the WIfs
Eoinr over and over again 10 Ben
nsr5is place: and al sorts Of little nlcs
things were made and taken tbere-
ofien ase6 ie see them taking about
i. but / took 10 notice; and thai ART
fal scouadrel, nv bsy Lake, used ta
psy TIE half crown every week oui q
his oEa pocket, after g0l1g 70 ts;ch L
from tie widows
And aIl the tine ! told nysalf !
didn't Ike II fo- ! could see thsi
Luke wzs changed, and always
thinking Of that girl-a girl noi bal
good enongb for hin. Remembered
beng poor myself ard hated poverty
aDd / used % speak harshly 70 Lake
and ibe wife. Gad feel very bitter
Atlast cane Al Rfssrnooa when !
knew there WIS something wrong
The wife lefI direcsly afte- dinner
saying she was gong ID see 3 sIek
woman knew where i was, bless
T0ul and Luke VAS Edgetlng about
n0f about himself; snd s. lasl De took
his bai and went cut
They might have ooahaed u ns,
/ said. bitterly, b1t g tbe tine ]
knew that ! wouldn't Jet them
They'll be spending moDey-thToE-
M Il away. know they spent
pounds OF them already
At last I GOT IN sacb way tbsi /
called down or foreman, iefI hin n
chsrge, and took nv raj aad went
after them
EFerFthi1g was very quiet II Ben
nets place, lor s csupls of dIrrT, C
5seaed locking wcDsn, Cne Ct whom
was IN arrears % ne. had se1t the
chadraa that played IN The court
right EwsF because Of the noise, AID
were keeping gusrd 50 that they
could Dot cone back
Iwent up the stairs sstlly, A13 81
wAs very slIl only as l goI nearer 70
the room ! could Lear 3 bitter, wall
i1g crT. a1d then / opened TIE door
gently and went n
Lake was there, standing with hls
head bel-. by The sewing machine
wife sat n z chair, and o. her knees
with her face buried Il tie wiie's lap.
was the p9sr Eirl. crying Is 4 her
Little bearEweald break; whle On the
bed. with al TIE lock q pain go1s
on q Der face, lay tie wid1w-g0Dt
70 meet bar husband. where pain snd
so-r0w a-e No u1re.
l couldn't see very plainly, tor
1bs-e was z ruist Ike before ~ eyss-
but ! know Like flushed up q he
to0k 3 step forward 3 f . proteci
The eirl, and the vie looked 81 hlm
II & frightened way.
But there WEs ID iced. t9r some
thing that WASH ne spoke. and thai
n very gentle way. a. ! stepped
forward, raised TIE girl NJ, and kiss
ed ber pretty fare before laying her
little helpless head upon ny shOul-
der, ard smoothing her sofl brown
bEir-
Mother SAYS something from
within ne, i think there's ro0m Il
the nest 81 boms for this po5r, forss-
ken little bird Lake, nv boy, VII
vou 70 and fetch 3 cab Mother WI
see 70 WHIST wants doing here
Ny boz gave q sob Rs he caught
nv hand IN lis. and the nsxI momenI
be did what be had not done for
vear-kissed ne On the eheek-be-
f9le running ont Of TIE roon, leaving
ne Nth n darling nesting II ny
breast.
l said ny darling for she has
been The sunshine Of or home ever
since pale. win1ry sunshine while
the sorrow was fresh, bu: spring Eno
summer now
WY. bless her. look 81 her I've
felt ashamed s0neu mes % think thsl
she, s lady Of birth should come
down TO such = life, making ne
vel. 10 end Of money By her elevsr
wsvs. But she's happy. thinking
her husband thai Is 10 be The finest
fellow under the sun; EDd Jet re tel
voa there's many gentleman not 20
wsl Of g nv boy VII be, even i
the money has al come from Z queer
trade