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tho man utterly brnke down ngatu. giving why
to nnotl,or pnrox1fm Of Rr3of. In n few min
uscs tho man rnf11od somowhat, and, ncenn-
panied by his nlcco, nadc his wny through tho
crowd Of jnTymcn, reporters. atlh policemen
that t'lod tho ruom. crossed tho ynrd. and went
tn gnzo on tho fnccs Of hia sister mud her chill.
dratl.
on ESrE1s1xo TIL: PASSAGE
whore tho tlanl wcro laEd out h!s gFlcf broke
out nrow, nnd tho kccne TINT cnsticd WAS most
11alnfnl ono. 1,own on his knees flo wont rs he
recognized eacll lovcd 5nco still In tlGath. md,
wntitg out hin lamentations, pressed hs lips To
tho acnrco cold fncca OF Ills sstnrs children. At
length he waa with difficulty led awny, aud, re-
annfnB hts seat, sat for n ttmo Bto1td md hpEnr-
ontty unconsciona OF hfs surroundings, utterly
bowed down by tho sudt,cnncaa with which bis
doar ones hntl t,cen snntchcd nwny.
4 YOuSu GtH1'a TALL: or Wo.
15otwecn her a0bs Nnry BhcrI'}an told tho re-
D0ster Whnt sh1 know of tho htuster. Ehc Is n
protfy girl af modest bcnran4, and IL 10 ycar8 Of
aKc, sho snttl: "0nr family consisted Of my
m other, Il widow, for fathcr wna drowned four
yoa rs ago tho waR 'lonHatnrcmnn and worked
III Jersey Cftyi. two brothers older ttinn ar,,
Th0fnns and john, both Under 20 years ut hgc,
and poor little Martin, and Mnrpnrct, aud sister
Katie. NY unelo Rowland. mothers brother,
also loRrsed NTH It's. nn'1 1,o wcnt to work ut tho
He'd Btnr dock. Jersey City, cnrIy this morning.
My twp elder brothord til not llyo Rt home. My
poor mother "-and hero tho bercayed gtrt cav
cred her fnco With her hands md for a time
wopt bittcrly-"my mother" Aho bc9nn ngntn,
"was very sick indeed. I'LL last week. We did
not expect her to live. 1was up enrty aud got
breakfast, giving neither cup OF ten In bed.
Whtlo wc worc eating. Il great c1o,,d Of smoke
rolled into tho room. / thought At first there
wns frc IN tho next house. never thinking 1t
wns ours. 1tunnlng 10 tho sctlttio found
1t WINS In oar hottsc, and I tried to re.
turn, bit tho choking smoke drove mic l,aGk.
climbed out through tho window, atmost sutro.
cnfcd. and tttsnred Into tic street. think sono
ono must hnvo caught tnc. btt1 was 80 confused
hardly know what ] did. When found myself
In tho ntrcnt wanted 10 10 back
TO sAvE sti MoTIIEil AND THE Ctt1Lni.ES,
bnt tho people would not lot mo 10. Tllcaa
clothes l have Oil were given to mo by some
ncighhors.
A FATHERS AOoy1zlSu DisCovHRy.
Soon It Wna whispered nrpuud tho station.
house TINT ut nny moment tho husband Ut Mrs.
Cassfs1y might nrrive, rs ho Ind been hurrlcdly
summoned from hls work hs n 1aborer Mt tho
Pennsylvania 1iailEond Depot. Shortly after
o'clock n stcrn- fAccd fnnn, with n short ErAy
inuEtauhc, entered tho atRtt0n-housp, and with
strange catnntss. though tho twItahln9 of tho
muscles OF Ills faco showed tho riolencn OF tho
inward struggle ho 10 mnnfnlly fouHht With, ILL
qulrcd If nny ono knew n,Ight Of bis
vito and children. With f1w words or
preparation for tho ilrenu spcrtnele he WINS
abo,it to ook .,ton.a kindly Scrscant led hin, 10
tho lAseugeway wherein lny tho blisterett md
blnckcncd forms u thoso whom hut few hours
elHca ho had left In health md safety. Tho eceno
which followed will long live In tho memory of
tloso wlo stood by md taw tho strong snan bat-
tic With grlof such rs happily fafs to tho lot Of
but n few atnong poor humanity. "Whcro arc
they. whoro aro my children, my little oncs ?"
he cried hoarsey rs he gRzc'i On the faccs at tho
tnuto forms lying prono aro.tt,i him. Then his
eye c1l,lKht tho fentIrcs Ut bis youngest boy, lie
fell on his knccs beside tho corpse und io0kci
long ail1 earnestly ut tho features Of tue little
ono thnt but few hours bofnro no had kfgsct1
goodoy. Tho silonco TINT ens,let wns painful,
aud tho strong mon turned away to htt1e tho evil
dcnco Of feeling it woro idlo to attempt 10 sp-
press. at lust tho niHh spoke again. but the
voice WIS strangely changed, holluw md wcnk,
yet plaintivo withal, and ns though awaklng
from drcaul. and. rs yot but half conscious, he
Ratd: "Ah. yes, tlat's Charley: poor little
Charley; futher's pot," and thcn hc smoothed
T11E D1srtaunEp FACE
With his hard toil-wor1l hand and put back tho
tangled, grtn,y eurls TINT oiust1rel rounu tho
blackcned forehead. Then tn an I1i8tnnt ecc-
ot,d change carip 0ver tho nnt,, and, sprtrging
to bis foct hu ticFccly qucrled Of tho bystRndcrs
"Atd wheru Ii Tommy? Whrre ia my litlo
Tommy" hut before tho answer oannc tho
fAtlors eye lit on tho foatnrcs OF his by, and
agal,t be croonosl out words Of cndonr1,ont to
tho (ifeless form as ho cr0ticiled over tho dend
body of his child. Thotl, rs he again rosa and
stnoA upright. kindly hands wcro p,ttsiretciicu
t0 lead him away, but he shook them oh hasttly.
"Wh1ro fs my wifc2 Hhpw her to me, won't
yot, somebody" he saId, and now no spoko as
ono might speak who bud dono wlth+ life,
listlcsly and wchrily, in hoarao monotone.
They 1oa him to wbora 10y that which
y few hours atnco hnl t,oon a living,
brtnthlnB Wntnnr, and tho distrAught man,
agnfn upon hts knees, threw OF tho blanket hid
Ing tho charrcd. unrecogntzablo remains OF
tho tuothor Of his chtltlrcn, And uuw a scono
occurred as difficult 10 convey appropriately In
nero wortls as 1t WIS agonlzinyly painful to tho
bohOitlers. As tho man, motnentnrlIy d,tnb With
gricf. sltcntly turned aside tho wraps that con-
ccnled tho remains Of his wifc-thongh az yot
tho cngcr, inquirtnK look upon his biauchcl fnco
showed hG yct doubted that tho corpso was hers
-hc sczoti upon tho bIackcncd form of an In.
fnnt sho hcld tightly clasl,cd In hor nrlns, which
up to this moment had cscnpel tho notice of tho
police. "fcs, yes, It Is my "ifu anA my baby,
Oh God! did think that oIl9 was ut least saved
to mo-" THEFT hc rose, mud With bis hpad bowed
on bis bEcnat left tho psAco altd pnsscd into The
Rtntfon-houee. murmnr1ng to hEtnsclf: "Atl
gone, all lost! wife. boys, baby; all gonoi o
Charleyi Tommy! my poor boys! my roor
boys" "ThRt pa0r follow hna gone clean of
his head" sald 1t policeman, who hnd stood by
throughout tho sad acene md little wonder In
Ieod MIL It bpshOnld such aN avalanche Of tronulo
provo to hnyc unhlugud tho balance Of tho poor
nuns brnln.
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