The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-05-30
Romano, Oh "A DInncr.Pnii.


Jus, aner the stroke OF noon Saturday.
says the Boston Globe, q CHELSEA ana
Boston car wa going up Broadway past q
large misunderstanding establishment, when
the attention OF the psesngrrs was called
10 q q nssr little woman Ia IA old-fAshioned
polk bonnet, Who hurried down the stree
with = tiu pail in hse hand and went 30 the
isntory gave and Knocked for admission.
An old gentleman who sat In the forward
right hAnd corner OF the car looked no
and -sid;
Hello! thc-e Goes Dolly agsin."
Dolly whu?" asked n girl st his side.
why, Dolly Whl'e-CraSy Dolly, ~ she
Is ,lled by sli who know her."
What mstss them call her crszyY'
queried the girl. puokeriac mp her pretty
liuls month until it lookrd like period
uuser ner hooked Interrogation point OF o
nos.
Oh, Il wac n long time ago, when BNr
eno On .Tlie hadn't been married but q few
yerrs, and she used to coms rp here every
uitorpoor and brlbg him hia dinner, that
the story commences. They lived In a
house on Washington avabue aud had two
children to take care OF, aud they were just
az hsppy 40 they could be, for Charlie MS
mating a good 'ivirR and had the pLnmisa
of ho-sship Ia tbe iail. Wher
ono day at noon she came
with his lunch, os wss her custom and JUS
~ sho 90, tn she gate IL dew open and
ont cana four men bearing the dead body
II her h usbapd who had ust been kil!td
bv falling tlmb-p. Dolly falstsd away az
the sieht end fell INFO foyer that tid not
Rhsie until lopg aiier poor Charlie
had been buried ana another took hts
place. in thn factory. hs soon
rs s1e got able TO & oG' She went 10
work ADD secured up the od dinner
rsl md pus up nmsei Tor the dead nus
| l. nj lea L.
ing Just o, usual AT ll:i5 she puE on
ner orig ut nav shawl snd gray botn"i, nDd
taking the p.il IN her hand, ripped oil
down 'ho streeJ,And knocked he gate. the
men came out, and aho cold thcm 5oe
wanted to 20 in and wait ior Charlie nud
let him have something 10 oat
| They trIed 10 reason With her, ana iuIl hsT
| tsat he had gone away on long JOB, ana
would not require any dinner for many o
d,y-nsyer, perhaps. Bat she would not
lisieu to them. and waited there until tue
H-l rang for the men 10 so 10 work again
T. yer 9ince Then, and that was nearly ten
years sgo, she has done the same
thirg every dsy that the FAC
tory had been running. Sundays,
| shs stsys st home, but all the rest OF the
time sha puts ON the same old shawl end
| ooupct--shey are tsded and breadogre-
and starts do wn the street with tin pail In
her hand"
"Do~~ she carry thu same old dinner,
or " It fresh every dn,?" asked the girl.
ut Is fresh and hot svery day"
"But what does she do with the old one
When 9 q finds that Charley don't come out
{ "a, ~"
We'll, she takes II home aud sets 1t
dowA ON the table, and, going into her
oh al Der 10 take OF her shawl and bonnet,
ahs ssSys thsrs add cries and cries and
cries. Before she comes out her two chill
drsn stsAl into The room and 80 me dinper
all uv sAd leave nothing but the empty
pail. rAsy sss hearty children. their
10 other 10 poor ~ COED hot dinner isn't
bad tor Asvbody, 70 thsy cal IL and AJAX no
question:"
Obi" sid tbs girl. relapsing into sloDce
aud losing OIL interest Ia the story.