, 1881-12-25

tehded victim. who went 10 Cleveland. he VII
made TO- ~entsup him, but In vain. de-. ID
wonaan, and the detective returned ~ New Yor
on tile same trafn.= Size cuutinued. to meet bin
mission. Snt' was given 5l0) and nsKed 70 r.
aii1 yet him TO 20 with her To b,stoh atlu indurs
ohscx tor her thore.: The plans Of Lewis ~
knew ult that WIS gang on, p.aced ths cnse Il
the hands or hts counsel, The result being thu
wv,a9 ,a ;;,',. wss nst. ths xrAd j9t an
Il. This is an illustrator, Of one OF the gros
evils OF the detective service: and the way t,
cut down that service is to increase the etIl
cheney of the publlc official tlllef-catchere. !,
THE REVERSE or THE eHR:srMAs SHIELD
"And the rain: descended. and Hoods
calnc." But neither, rain, nor foods. p0t
mud, nor any other Thug, gould prevail
] against llie Christmas buyers. The passion
being upon them, They would not if they
could, and they cvuld NOT II they would, stay
| at ho.ns. Mrs. Siniih ross early' yesterday
morning, and gazed with actual delight upon
! the broad expause 0f tie murky heavens, and
upon the vust area Uf mud, and then openil;.
! wide the sash look a Whit of the soyggy1,
! foEgy, mis-lade1, atmosphere, to see II she
coulu breathe itSailu ilye. Staggering slight
1y under the blow, but = bractnE np," she
}~conllnenced preparations for shoppfng, some,
! what after the manner Ut Boyton bent on q
sail down the Missi ssippi, :reluark1ng under
her breath that nobody would venture out
OIL such q morning, and that all the stocks of
gooas and all the clerks, ,nale aud female, in
town would be at her SERVICE. =: .<I
4 With CLEAN Of proud satisfaction in her
weather ty e, wllateyer tilat may mean, Mrs.
Smith bolled her breakfas1, robed her persun
from top to toe in rubber goods, and Sailed
forth into the raili,: and fog, and mud. Ell
bowing her way through q crowd Of damp,
disagreeable male bodies On the platform Of
a. street-car; she penetrated the vehicle,
,>whera she was somewhat surprised to lind
all. the :sea;s occupied BY: rubber wrappeu,
shod, and hooded feinale figures. =
I Seizing strap. She >reassurnd herself by
the reflection: that the llutf1ed figures were
shop-girls lurrylng downtown: to stand
and walt" to serve her. Aud 4 feeling Of
nifty fur the poor thugs =: tugged away at
her benevolent heart as she reelected that she
was Drawing the storm to gain march OH the
entire community while they were driven out
by dire necessity. In the plenitude Of the
seasons feeling OF. charity and good will
Mrs, Smith formed various plans for the
an,elioration Of The condition Of working
woIi,eil. Buried in thought me good woman
tout:no note Of time, and she was only reused
from the deep fI Ut. abstraction by: the rapid
clearing of the car. She started, and hur-
rledly followed the crowd out into the mud.
into the rain,a and, curiously enough, Into one
Of The great Stale street blzanrs..: !.
1t was odd, she hought. that a carful Of
girls had one: coliltnon destination. What
WIS her dismay--llay, horror to find the
bazaar already crowded It'd reelection with
eager SHOPPERS They looked like Il large
collection Of d'maged rubber goods on ex-,
l'ibtion and for sale ut reduced prices. Drip
ping with water, spattered with mud, limp,
bedraygleu, and furI1rn in outward appear
pearunce, there was still wonderful degree
Of anilnatiun about; tho group Qf. rubber
goods rescued from the watery and, muddy
abyss. And wllen Mrs. Smith caught
gltlnpses at the face; peeping from out the
hooded prkt:-5onnets, the 'revea tion drove
froul hsr luind the last .vestige Of chagrin
and disappointment. ;. The faces wore such
happy, pleased expressipnl The light Of
Kindness was in them all. They had vent
ured out into the rain and mud with no
thought OF st,if, s4lld The glow Of generosity
oye1spread every countenance. s"rhey js,stled
each other. aud the: rubber robes rustled like
a field OF corn IN the summer wind. But
there was no touch of rudeness. 1t was only 1
eagerness to please, eagerness to :fiuu the
prettIest, tile neatest tling-the thing that
should cause most rapture IN the hvart Of
the receiver. =: Il: I: ='s~
I Mrs. Smith thought she had never seen so
many radiant: sllilng women in one assenl-
Ol women seeking hundreds
Of articles, but uctuateu by single purpose,
a purpose to please; hundreds of women
without single selfish thought; hundreds
,f wvii,en absorbed III the one desire to con
fer happinessl : And. =she had : thought to !
Dutwit all these generous souls, to have !
'hoptul Of clerks mt her command: Mrs. |
Smith felt humbled in: spirit, and from the |
crowd IF explorers after pleasure for others !
ier mind wandered away from the gar scene /
,afore her to the miserable homes of the |
pour; homes where CHI fs1nias presents never
come; ilonles.whera poverty breeds vice and
:rin.e; hoilles lily Sheltered from the storm
through whose peltines tnousands of .penpls +
wended their. way, bent On confer
ing pleasure. And Mrs. Smith began 10 feel
iery. ponr, indeed, as SHE eontrasted her mod
purse With the magnitude OF her
leslre to please, to bring light into the: eyes
i the poor to, who ri Christmas comes o,i!y
II name, alrd causes: only z:tllt anguish Of
'owerlesness to glatlden other hearts, What !
lrea.us Of wealth, The wealth. :;or: .: Vander=
bro iroas ot ssFsr: :1nyeF. wist :s9itxrtns si;, ia
yould i.ssuage, what happiness confer!.::All
[ay long as sl,e sllopped, seeing none but |:
'teased, Joyous. faces: the mornings vision
{ me poor;: ii saualid ttnsuents haunted
Ter. ;s;Ali. day. long she saw the other: the
lark site, ot the bright shield: On that dark |:
tde there were tears and prayers for relief
rom: supreme distress. prayers that never