New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-03-04
WHY ssae Old Man Died With a smile G


His Face.
One time there was good old man
HvIag al Detroit His back was bent, his
szteEs was slow, ana men who gazed upon
his snowy locks and wrinkled face whis-
psrad to each other, 'He is good old man
who hiss not got long to live"
The old man h al been we'll off in his day,
6u4 when he found himself on the shady
SIDE OF life, wife dead and home broken up,
Ne said TO his only son, "Here, William,
takS ell have, and let your home be my
ROEue until die"
1rhs son took the papers you bet he did!
and the father was given CoZy corner,
brig chair and a eornoOb pipe. All went
well for year or So and then the son and
She cons wife began to make it uncOm.
kcrtabIe for the nice old man in the corner,
They threw out hints, deprived him of hIs
aOuEforts, and one cold day in winter he
wss cold that he had better go to Halifax
Nova Scotia.
The old mans heart was sore as he went
out into the world to battle against hunger
and cold, and when night came he covered
IN O. doorway and wept like child.
~YVho is making that chin music up
there" called reporter, whose steps had
been arree ed by the sobs, and he went up
tho steps, patted the old man on the head,
and by and by the story was told.
Ast<ome down to the station with me" said
elfa reporter, taking the old mans arm.
Pre6eTred buzzard to lamb, and I'll help you
fE him"
Next morning one of the daily papers
sOneained an item to the effect that an old
gaHGleman named Goodheart had been
fonRd wandering the streets at night, and
chat when taken to the station $4,000
VEaEGh of United States bonds we're found
on aim. The old man read it over three
6iMea slapped his leg as he saw the point,
and q beautiful smile covered his face and
oliabsd up through his hair. 10 about an
hour his son William rushed into the station
aa6 called out;
saFsther, dear father, come home! All of
us were crying all night long, and my wife
ia now lying in comatose state on your
aeedgnt"
Ftse old man went home with him, wink
ing at the lamp posts and smiling as be
tMrued the corners. He had all his COM
Eor6s back, and the son bought him costly
Bipe and PAIR of bOx-.Oed boots that very
day
Well, as time went on the son ventuTed
60 eaggest that the bonds had better be
euraed over to him, and every time he said
bonds" the old man would smile and turn
the subject. The other day the father went
TO SAed to die, and he smiled oftener than
Elsfore as he lay waiting for the summons.
The son said his heart was breaking, and
thea went through the old mans clothes TO
ffu& the bOnds. He didn't find any. He
suaECehed the barn and the garrett and the
cellar, and finally when he saw that death
vsa very near, he leaned over the bed and
whispered, Father, do you know met"
'Ob, yes; know you like book" re-
piled the dying man.
land, father, don't you see this thing is
aINROat killing met"
"Yes, William, ! zee it."
And, father-tnose-thOse- you
know. suppose you want them used to
purchase you monument
Correct, William" whispered the father,
Winking u CHASTITY wink, and as the same
cid smile covered his face death came to
take him TO a better home.
When evening fell the son and the sons
wife were wildly searching the straw bed f,
10 get their hands on those bonds.-Detroit
Afcs Press.