Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-05-23
VOL. Sc. NO. II.
SUCH FOLKS.

AID despised Them.
Amongst the decent people was
the family of an honest, hard work
ing teamster who had spared no
money In educating hie two girls for
teachers,and keeping them and their
mother as nicely dressed as possible.
The girls did not fnd that COM
mittees were waiting st the door of
the high school to bear them off at
the close of their graduating exer.
oIses. Months passed and eagerly
as they had sought situations, they
were still at home doing nothing.
while their mother cheerfully did
everything, rather than compromise
their position at the breakdown or
the wash-tub.
The old man was not strong, and
the hope of Starting the girls in life
had buoyed him up through a long
struggle he, in the meantime creep .
ing in and out of the back gate, lest
such folks as the opposite neighbors
should know he was the man of the
house and the father OF the girls
whose patient p,acticing on a rat
Ting piano wac anything but agree
able to them.
He ventured at last to suggest that
there were other ways, aside from
teaching, by which the girls could
make living, The mother, whose
love exceeded her wisdom, exclaim
ed What, and waste all we have
spent on their education =
1t was in vain that the sensible
father limited that learning was
something that would keep The
mother asked indignantly, 'What
would our opposite neighoors and
such folks think, if they knew OF
their leaving their books and piano
for shops and stores p
To know such folks and to APP
pear like them, was this poor WON
ans highest ambition; while oil that
such folks knew or cared about
them was to say, why doesn't that
old teamster take his whip to those
girls and stop their pounding tina,
poor piano
But there are ssuch folks at both
ends of the social line. Oar young
girls were IN pursuit of schools which
they could teach, or of music Schol,
ars they could not teach.
The upper part of the house was
vacated and bill put up.
Women whose fine clothes contrast
cd strangely with the style of the
apartments came TO look at them,
and the silly mother of our young
girls said she did hope 'such folks
would hire them. And when poor
weary looking women and young
mothers with babies in their arms
came then she said Il do hope such
folks won't get in here.'
After a score of persons bad ex-
amined the premises, they saw the
landlord come up the tips and pull
off the bill. The. house was let, and
to whom became the great question
The mystery was soon solved. A
wagon drove up to the door With a
little plain furniture, followed by an
old lady in a widows cap Of very
shabby Grape and bright young
girl with her arms full Of boxes and
bundles.
To the horror of the people be-
low stairs, the young girl having de.
posted her burden, returned and
took books, pictures, looking glass
and other little things from the
hands of the driver and carried them
up stairs.
ooh, dear 7 exclaimed the old ten.
ant, how dreadful to have such folks
get into the house with us | What
will the folks across the street thinks
Whatever the dreaded gentry
might think-if they took the trou
BILE to think at all-made very little
difference to the worthy widow and
her children. They came in and
went out at the front door with
packages and baskets, just as they
had q right to do in house without
restrictions, and with no other en-.
trance but one through the back eel
lar reached by long dark alley
way. They were very tidy and very
quiet, for such folks and always had
pleasant smile and good day or
the stairs.
They were soon set down al
strange persons for the voice o.
prayer and thanksgiving was heard
night and morning, from their rooms
and Sabbath was a day of rest aac
of worship in Gods house.
The family below stairs were com
pletely puzzled by their mingled all
of gentility and modesty. They had
at first resolved to keep entirely
aloof from them and to let the folks
opposite see that they did so; but al.
most involuntarily they fell into
companionship with them. One night
the poor old teamster, having lifted
heavily and wrought long in 6
drenching rain, was taken suddenly
i'll. The widow above stairs hesrC
the commotion below, and waitcd
for no call. She went down and
put oil the motberly skill into prac.
tice, while her son went for the doc,
tor, and her daughter rendered lit
tie services which the alarm of hi!
own children prevented their doing
The doctor CHANGED to know Mrs
Graham, and the respectful manner
in which he addressed her raised bel
into the position of lady.
When the doctor was leaving b,
gave cut his directions to Mrs. Ora
ham, and said, Il must tell your
country woman, Mrs. Shesfe, tina
you are 40 near. And by the way
if Miss Gracie's hands are not full
already, | am sure she will find Pr
pills there
The Dobbs family soon learned
that their new neighbor was tn,
widow of Scotch clergyman, will
little means /; that she had come tt
America in hope of eking out liv
ing, and at the same time allowed
her son to finish his medical educa
ton that the modest young CIR
had already secured place as morn
ing governess at three dollars a weel