The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-07-02
DARBY AND JOAN.
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 l, MS a flthy street. ef epurt rather for there Wds no roadway; the houses were ot .,ll sizes. shapes and eolors. and all m the ia-t stage ot tot. merely huldn. one another up ike a group of drunken cupplcs by leaning together. Were one house pulled down the whole lo, would fali wl,h crash and po,san the ar Ni,h the fearful smells they hold \ gutter ran down the center 5i thi> Eden. and inc whole place wd, ,ltcwn With A!nkic->hcii,. bloaicr hcs,is. orange peel. bfekcn crock cr. sirau. dc d Vcrmin. tud other refuse deTF.asicd iyom unc tn ttne, ~o that the ram. WhlNh ~a> falling steadily hld col- icCted m rstl,ile,. ,itf..,sA w...lA sl.ildz, bafe-toeicd utthn> wou q raa. tiom 4ir to tune "a .hc bceIheu,s' ..t thc corner.
 The ihtfd hou>e .,lp ,he eaut, U.,, per haps III sach a thing eid pes>lbiH be. more broken t.oMn and :, one [, sced lhal all the n'hets put tnsvtAct the door w.4> warped. cLAs ked. ..I.. paia.g2>, and -lts.a.. like essin ,.e ith ,es-ssI.. h,nseii anas;. .,i. the sia,rs were m such ,s ctsld l4oA [ d one oi the vcty eldest inh56a.a}1 oa., could show the way UpNIth any ,&gfee of >.sictN aH eetf.uaiN; ' une dfd manage to gcl Ui.. tn1t, .a f,et,H- ~t.t,c> II tp- parent tTIe.s1rlCty u,lcucC ou Jd Ihc zali- ron> landings and gave ,,4~,et,-bY .t NieM tand Il >a.t oi tiHtgteN ,ag5faa~ pi poverty. c.tCh aiA-c npN..sd beng >eN.u times ~otsc than ,he lrercda.-.: and yel. here, amid t,cc. di>cas- titnc d. ;hAl l., ,tWfil IT lI,,EFj'Ite s5 ,s,i. love, He, l3Hc although they kneN na moro If e,4si ;bfn ei Sansettt ur the ianEna,c-ri -our fntci4,hef- auttlta, .,,a. tpf os,,s}c thl platc H.,, even sle foul tor m. fvDarte>. IAe place h4> gene ncW. la1 <c hltrS fastiI>se.fg> base A>Uiped the spai. fa whl-hrish i.,dl,-s LYo whn arc Naii virtue. ,ad have and hai at =. and nlne- tccnih 6sni9n hYpoeJt>N Ai,cr one would 'AIat he had -a, t1 fine ,r,r ,, i,~t tiigh, ei s'sia~ w-'.ii,i '., i....5sl the fourth
 steep aataw, and more ru,tcn than the o;hci>. leaenA to ihe topmo>i .oam the attic. Alig diIl >sN : !, Was hardi, worthy the naulS. lnc cc'hng >lopcd uil | me, the iloar on all >ldeS and oh l. such ! floor there were pools oi water on II for capcl. let m bS the roai during every >tutn such as was pouring now. and Il was ~u1;n-e1ten and ratien There were no windows. what light ,hcv had came n Niih the fain and smoke and wind. no tire. ua food. n. furniture. but moaning. halt-de.,I Worian on a bun de oi straw and rags n the least cold corner If the hovel
 Oh ye ladles and danes. her bed had no soit pllinWs. no warm coveriet. na rose tinted curtains, but pam. fever. hunger and cold ta make her toss and moan her eyes and cheeks had so sunk tha; her head looked more like the skull of one who had been dead for wears. especially m the d.m ilght, than ot d living creature and a woman. and there she lav moaning and wri,hins In pain.
 One ..ould hardly think she had ever been pretty. and yet. forty wears ago. she had been the belle of all her htile circle. and made capital marriage when she went io church with lohn. What strong. loving man he was how loving now although he is bent with age. care. want. and hunger, How well they had man. aged at hrs,. He was his masters right hand man. til his master failed. but he soon gained another place. bu, there he had an accident. and then oh his mas ter discharged him. and go, servan, who could work quickly for less money and since that they had sunk lower and lower m. poverty. as age crept on. and friends fell of. till TOW, in their old age she is lying moaning and starving and he
 The sound of some one coming up stairs made the woman hi, her head and listen. Yes. il is Johns step: you can hear he walks lame as he comes, pausins every few steps to gain his breath. for hs is old-no strong John Is he now, but lov, ing John for aye.
 John. is that you?"