The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1878-06-06

! 10 pay an engagement III the northern
states, and already Boston and New York
heralds in public print her approaching
| advent as a stellar attraction If vou sill
beside the lawyer and listen to his low
toned conversation with the merchant !
wife, You will hear all about her. Strange
he should know of her. isn't it He saws
she IS bad woman. who follows a bad
calling play actor, a burlesquer Yet
| am told She has two children, dearly
loved and kindly cared for, and her hus-
band, in the same profession as herself
could not ask for a more faithful wife
Now you know as much as DO about
her"
But, if everyone else Sights her and
looks aSkance at her handsome face, ouI
conductor cannot; nor does he wish to-
Indeed, his walk through the cars com
pcted. he returns, and with a remem-
hrance OF one or two "iollv evenings
passed at the theatre, seeks a c0nyerSa
tion with her. The conductor finds her
most charming in a conversational way.
Her bright eyes are almost dangerous to
him, whose sentiment, coal. smoke, West
inghouSc brakes and all his iolting. have
not been able to destroy, Naturally be
speaks of the poor woman in the ..Third
Glass Car" The dangerous ewes of the
,.wicked" actress turn sorrowtul, and dll
with pitving tears. Tears are not far of
often, from the sparkle Of a drinking song.
"tan | 70 into that car" She asks
- ou can; but t'> no place for j gen
tclady Ike you" replied the conductor
"a place good enough for a good wo-
man is rood enough for me" She SAYS.
and they hct3kc themselves. She in thp
conductors care 10 the comparative
squalor Of the ''thrd-claSs car.
The wayffrcr is asleep. Her rrav hair
grows. scant and thin oil from her
Wrnklcd forehead, and her deep. dull-set
ewes are shut out from the LIGHT, \ GENTLE
hand passes over that W1inkled forehead.
and a soothing touch seems to give com
fort ia that sleep. N once some little
means of alrviatIng the troubles of the
ronuh Journey are sent for. to he Lronrht
from the ualacc car. and then the actress
thoughtfull} returns. The first visit is
not the last. Twice. thrice. in each day.
ana ALWAYS once each evening. The same
tourney Smadc. from soft cushioned spats
10 the hard benches of the common chr.
thc Journcy seldom empty handed. Others
learn OF thc paor vonan., czi,trucr bur
"othrrs" ouy have words M \ Gi>tanrp
Nv NAV of comfort and hrIn
Each morning the lawyrr. chosen If
appears. naturally 10 The plarr Of me
chaplain. reads PRAYER. or rcprats one,
ana then hrtakrs himself ID conversation
ana III reading. She the actress, listens
Nith attention 10 the rravrr, ana hrtal,rs
herself upon her comforting Journey
happy to Win Il '.God Mes, you lad> :"
nom the thin lu,,
one bright. warm div. the blonde
haired daughter of MelpoDenp sjrs lone
bl the side OF the sufferer. The afternoon
sun Slant> in at thee window. throw
ing "a CLEAN of golden autumn to the fast
moving company. The rush and vhirl of
the train cannot keep out the SOM of
birds. and the air j, refreshed by melody
and sunlight. The melody fin, the heart
and the sunlight makes her wbo is bean
titul beneath calcium li-rht. and the rlare
of the theatre. more beautiful ~tjlI. IS
,hr S.tS Her fair rnunl arm, .1tnnrtin.r