Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-11-30
MOTH

It is easy to say, "be kind to MOTHER and
ninety-nine people in-a-hundred will say it,,
and many of them will be mighty unkind to
mother if they are not careful to watch every
expression, and not speak harshly some day
wien the cares of the world trouble them.
When the mother is old and has nothing to do
but to think of her boys, and compare their
present size with their size when she tender]y
cared for them and when she became SO tell
der hearted that cross look makes her so
sorry, big boy wants to look 1T himself IN
the glass before he speaks for fear there may
be an expression of care on his face which she
will mistake for something else. A man that
can school himself so he can go from the cares
of the world, where his heart is hardened and
his brain nearly crlzed to the presence Of his
mother with a happy smile as though the
world was all a great picnic full OF fun, and
sunshine and laugh heartily as she tells him
he is Just great big boy though his hair is
becoming red roam and do the laughing and
smiling for mother, when his heartStringS are
pulling with pain has got that in him that
will make him come out right in the battle OF
life. We were at {; railroad junction one night
last week waiting Il few hours for q train in the
waiting room, in the only rocking chair, trying
to talk brown-eyed boy to sleep, who talks a
great deal himself when he wants to keep
awake Presently freight train arrived, and
Il beautiful little old woman came in, escorted
by great big German and they talked i'll
German, he giving her, evidently. lots OF IN:
formation about the route she was going and
telling her about her tickets and her baggage
check and occasionally patting her on the arm.
At first our United States baby who did not
understand German was tickled to hear them
talk and he ''snickered" at the peculiar sound
of the language that was being spoken. The
great big man put his hand up to the good
old lady's cheek, and said something encour.
aging and a great big tear came to her eye
and she looked as happy rs 4 queen. The
little brown eyes of the boy opened pretty big
and his face Sobered down from its laugh and
he said, Papa, it is his mothcr!' We knew
it WAS. but how should a four-ycar-old sleepy
baby that couldn't understand German, tel
that the lady was the big mans mother and
we asked him how he knew and he said, so
the big man was so kind to her. The big
man hustled out, we gave the rocking chain
to the little old mother and presently the mai
came in with a baggage man and to him he
spoke English. He said. This is my moth
er and she does not speak English. She is
going to Iowa and have got to go back or
the next train, but l want you to attend to hel
baggage and see her on the right car, with I
good seat near the center and tell the cOnduc
tor she is my mother. And here's a dollar
for you. and will do as much for your moth
er, sometime" The baggage man graspet
the dollar with one hand, grasped the hie
mans hand with the other and looked at tht
little German mother with an expression that
showed that he had a mother too, and W.
almost know the old lady was well treated
Then we put the sleeping mind reader Oh ;
bench and went out on the platform ant
and got acquainted with the big German, ant
he talked of horse trading, buying and selling
and everything that showed that he was ;
live business man ready for any speculation
from buying a yearling colt to crop of hop
or barley and that his life was very busy ONT