Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-07-16
ANOTHEB GOOD TURN.


"Give me small bills for five" said
the alleged bad boy, ~ he went into the
grocery, followed by two meek. looking,
Sisters of Charity. The
groceryman gave him the change, he|
handed one of the dark dressed ladies'
two dollars, received thanks, and the
Sisters bowed and went out, while the
boy rolled up his three dollars in piece
Of tissue Taper and put 1t in his pistol
pocket, and watched the groceryman,
who seemed TO be mad.
Well, you are the darndest fool I
ever saw" said the groceryman. "You
haven't got sense enough to go in when
Ii rains" and he brushed some crumbs
of crackers, sugar and tea that were on
the counter into barrel Of ground COT
fee.
What's the matter with me now 2"
asked the boy. " Have got 10 take
my regular weekly blowing up?"
Matter? Matter enough" said the
groceryman, "a he sneered at the boy.
" You 20 and earn Ave dollars, and the
first person that asks you for money.
you give 1t to them. Now, them Sisters
Of Charity could buy and sell you
every day In the week, and yet they
kanoodle you out Of two dollars.
would not give them condemned cent.
What are they going to do with that
money? How do you know but they
will spend it for clothes. l heard once
that these Sisters Of Charity had . high
old time when they were inside the
walls of the place they stay in, and
that they laugh right out loud. They
couldn't fool me with any Of their
stories"
swell, for . mean old grumbler you
take the whole bakery" said the boy,
as he picked up a rolling pin as though
he wanted 10 maui the groceryman.
You have got about as much charity
about you as goat. You ought to be
put on exhibition at a museum az the
champion mean man of the nineteenth
century. 1 could excuse you for find
ing fault with anything i have evel
done but this, but when you abuse pool
Sisters of Chsrity you are beneath ever
the contempt Of a bad boy. Thos'
ladies' are the purest of their sex, de-
voting their lives to doing good, will
no hope of reward except when they
die. Those ladies are two of the LITTLE
Sisters o. the Poor, and they care ten
derby for old people who have no homes
no money and no friends.
They are getting money to put OF
an addition to their building, and pi
gave them ton dollars, and told Ia
would like to take q little stock in tina
scheme myself, and he said could l
I wanted to, and so / happened +
meet them and told them had raths
have two dollars stock in their min
than to buy pools in q baseball match
as you did last Saturday; and the
said they were not C. nvassing anon
children, but II wanted to aid then
and could afford IL, they could see NJ
ELECTIONS; so l took two dollars WORT
of stock. II had gone in company wit
Iyou last Saturday, and bought tw
dollars worth Of pools In the base bal
match, and had won a dollar, 20
would have given me credit for bein
awful smart. You would have said
had head on me like chief justic'
. and yet would have beeu only plair
, common gambler. like yourself
would have felt mean rs you 90 nov
You lost your money on the bas'
= ball match, and feel mad at everybod!
, and abuse Sisters OF Charity, ladies WI
are always the first to appear at an
scene Of accident or calamity, to sootf
! the last hours of the sick or Athletes
Your investment in base ball poo
makes you n dyspeptic grumbler, wi
[ looks upon the whole worl
az colossal swindle. My inves
J.. ment In stock in the enterPri
= of caring for old people tn
are homeless makes me happy, and a
7 the world seems to me bright on til
pleasant morning. may never get
: dividend on my stock that will sho
\ up ut the bank, but II you and ] shou
start for heaven this afternoon, and "
should present your base ball pool
St. Peter at the gave, and should ha'
nothing with me but the reflection
the heavenly smile of that Sister
Charity that l gave two dollars
: which of us do you think St: Pet
would take the most stock in?
"He would fire you out, and II
= didn't let me in he would at lea
! steer me on to some place where the
WAS a hole In the fence about my sig
70 And II the pool seller that you invest,
Il your money with had sent up his boo
4. TO st. Peter, to be looked over, and q
: Little Sisters Of the Poorhad their boz
, which book had you rather your nan
! would be found in? Now, CUES
you are &DOut nm hbuhnlctt VI youAc'
J as you ever will be, and II you want
n. chip in toward the Sisters of Chart
I'd and want to give few dollars,
m only to help along the scheme, but al
Q, sort of apology for your unkind
y marks about the good Sisters, l think
er could catch up with them down the
or by the post Office somewhere, and 81
h. it to them, and say that the nice
n. gentleman who keeps the grocery ste
a had sent it,
q. Gan right; here's the five dollars
a said the grocery man, al he pulled
Of a leather wallet and began to unroll
n sliling some old pool tickets on
e, counter. give 1t to them az comi
~ from the blamedest fool in Wilson's
ne but don't FAY anything about this c.
versation. And the grocery man hal
ed the money to the bad boy, who W.
= out on run looking for the Siste
while the grocery-man took his pc
tickets and threw them out the pa
ldoor, and said; swell that boy te'
'em all.