Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-07-18
WORKING FOR A HOME.
sh' "ld Printers struggle to Buy q
bbuuss tud Lot

Nuri'ti" "a h1t.tngten llrwk,y.
li'rr was wife and there WAS a
l"N ton lr.i .re nu,unc now N the
''i,U lid st IA n.wS room pr..,s-
f'''' ius'n SIC office or sauctum. and
20 i"i' a.. OH man hal hc,ain to
l"oh up' ~ th world thrpush ,ccta-
'hF. hli u.s. figure was rs
snHt.li a- 1t was tLl. the typos
N r'loft'i- us.rd H. hear ctclt deal
'i illk ahpnt huyug a lot and build NJ
a i"n.. ".t 900 o., hll. here hr could
hh'" q i.aioh nr gard Ani by AMI
70 ~ Is r' ng 10 iuit sticking type and
&" 600 .unI"thne that would lc. him
f'HN d." e. ~ night and pr, ac Iua,ntcd
WITH % family Aul the suit of clothes
u" huRli in the tall lasted u long way
ihi" w." "a" I ~Imu"r. and thcn they
r''pr "ut tgau N tn WINTER. and the
'li nrhu "a h'l more than he ever
dli an wlu.cthit dream Of home wa
iueri.h hun.
u 8. nn uld tory. tl~ strggg - of II
pitu''.t tu r't a hufuo. any one of these
t'.t t.s.s nhliuoiH of the land. drifting
i,"u pat 1" rort and back again. lurcd
10 thH ignis ftiuuH y. % maHy cents
mor" a Thousand and u price nm IA
ha'i hit o. e oclo X aud hig bills with
int,r "f n," night work. Never wan
d'itur journey an pr.ntcr go, chance
tu 4 tui At the old hau \ ease while he
Vas saving mon Y for "A house and lot.
aud The -il,S looked at INN with the dis
ptring plancos oi starvation l.ut il is
hart. up mll work for printer To buy
- h"n" III pay /. easily TO iuccd and
hnrilt - s"l long strike means on
the AL Tor hum. and If he has a
ianily and cant tramp. he breaks his
heart. puts dust on hI~ head AMI goes
uut "f the union AMI wcarily works at
the u ssfs rates. 30 the old man
worked hrav,ly On. ~ many II printer
has worked before and since his time
anl the title plant IA the bank began
~ gtuw brighter a. the old clothes
rr"N shnhhl,r.
Mi the boy. growing into his tntL
var. MS II to bo seen IN the office. after
school. sand ny nj his tall father $
.ii"w. learning. IN u very irregular,
hoNiTh, unapprcniiced fashion, with n
cataract of lucstions. to stick type The
odd man never intended the bo shonld
ho - printer And he was So proul OF
HIM aud hi~ standing Mt school. aud
once the 10y wrote ten-liIe ccount Of
hov falling down stair. that n
200 lnainr'd reporter sent in Just
as ~ came. although ID was II
dull day. and the scribe wanted
awfully to make II "A column and put on
hanging head. And the old man sent
marked copies OF that paper to every
soul hc knew IN this world.
ilut ono LAY an unbi,lden CUES. came
ho no from school with the boy and sat
down 10y tho hcarthstonc in the old
mans rented home. And the long days
of fever aud doctors bills drew out
nearly all that little home bank ac-
count aud one bla k day the old man
case was empt an the business Office
tll the undertaken that all his
bills would hc paid there, AMI
he mustn't take any money from
the oil man. And pale and
qui.t ani sad. looking old and worn
was th" printer who came next day and
took hiH old place at the case The
type didn click very fast in that alley
wv Nh9f hH't
the ~ ntcrs face would be lying on the
boNe, IN his folded arms. and how pa
thot.c looked the half-iilled stick in the
claspcd hands. the co osing rule
fallen ont Of its place, and the
pisd two aud leads all tum-
bling 'ogcther. More than one printer,
gong on his way to empty his stick
IA tho galley, was long time
bending 'lown 10 find the take his one
followed and more than one, looking
across at the hsart-broken picture OF
sorrow. leaned close down to his copy
to read fair writing that was never
blurred when IL came off the hook, and
rr,mcd his eyes with an unsteady hand,
siylng something about the dust or the
vi of the light And then about five
years after that, the boys mother,
weary Of ,ne long pilgrimage, lay down
10 rest in n cool arbor, rooted with
waving grasses AMI blue viOlets, and
awokc 10 kiss her boy.