The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1880-12-11
The Old Bloc Chest.

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tsin1y ia want. She Mad 4 husband whel
she first moved there's poor old ma
whose DAYS could not be long; but on
day he was missing. He may hav
fallen, into the river, or be may hav
wAnt6rli OUT into the co1atgy and died
This III ths Old woman alone, an.
ghsfe were days and days In which n,
one went near her OF, addressed her
The other day when she tels the chilli q
death approaching she wanted some
one with her. Sho had lived alone, bu
she could not die that way. She wept
"a tender hands clsspcd' hers and kind
voices addressed Her. Death had al
ready placed it's mark on her face, and
the women could do nothing. While
their team fell upon her wrinkled hand;
she passed away ~ child sleeps.
There was but little in the room be.
You'd an old chest battered and bruised
and spligtGcd bu1ve& hQl1 He tOeahN
1t had sSel std p( atid = that q blte
chest. , kAaf k0 a!k1 aad broad.
elqlAs perhaps-it had surely held rags.
h0 bean nowuA from house 10 house
nd bOm town to town. 1t had listened
% lighter, and had heard. sobs and
hG Is. 1t had ssvWa Cd no faster
thay the woman whose hands had so
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outlived its owner.
The women locked about for gar.
mmsm xhkR tooenshtoud the dead.
A8s:i1iiEitb iaHE& b., Pc ssS e 's sn9
4A4Ao( (ers a k&p dhSit out from
its dark corner. II held treasure such
treasure ~ men coala 4 not Il boy
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ago. For twenty years the chest had
been it's guardian. Il would have sold
for = few dollars, bnt though, the gnaw.
iSS. n hun Ger Mad eSl6e citen and the
cold had fought its Wy 70 her marrow,
that poor old woman would not part
~ ~ 's s!, ,,f I'll e. feys IL L %sy
wealth and love. Beneath it was treas
urs still more priceless. Carefully
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in H. young ys1ss, h0IJo;n sSas dime dime
; isSgS ssSka $alss. 'ls4ls q,
; ys'%; G1A 3&kaa&1fRls sst
otsHsak 70 tall the dim past, but it had
power. AS the Women saw 1t they Gov
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hat, soIH b old Ind i'd faaea sud 6slS1:
eaten that they had TO be. tenderly
: haadkA! fEhnaweneqlev ed tWn them
to the poor old white face on the bed
and whispered:
"None buts ~ dfot herf \ bud Nave,
treasured these relics. She was old and
81 81 s III i '| &C.! Il 'aI M
childs dumb watch. { iHatdstI Hare
broken and gone, face scratched and case
battered, but the women ghdnAls1 itat
II touch would shiver il. There was
. dolls haaA, q boy% Gsh- Zine, Some toy
chsirs, . yarn ball, and other things 10
show that N the, losa sgV. that dead
woman hsd felt tic cot kisses OF child.
rem, heard their q 6ood Y night " and
thanked thar: God that 81, VS. e y I Zach
with fresh tear stains. They asked the
old 6aae Ghost 10 %vestlonAA lbs ,relics
might have been ,voiceless to- man, lut
to . woman and M0s&sf escI ono Aal
: :s:a ext 3 S sss. .s fis; III. 3 gs
the poor old dead, and they. sold n sach1
other:
"ii she had ousa 160 alBA9 o01
We would haye loved her and sought to
liGA6oA het s0EfxVy. NluoS a1roaP
nqs sle'lhA eoKs.i dshe hsa come
and g6a8 ~ mjsNfY, sud hAt for the
old blue chest SO, fh4 Sofpef X v would
hava cared, and none would lave sor.
roWed.--DstroI Ere. p..ss.' :" :"
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