The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-02-23
The Bad Bey Becomes the Good
Samaritan.


grocery man, you know that girl
that ran away from our ward last
year, aud married that dude who
thought she was rich. He desert
ed her, aud she came back here
about . month ago, but she was
not well enough to get work in
the store, and she has had a hard
time. ] used to go to school with
her, aud the other day l met her
on a back street, and she asked
me for tive shillings to buy some
bread aud milk, and gave it to
her, and then followed her to her
home. She lives in a room over
q meat market, and all the furni-
ture she has got wouldn't fill a
playhouse for your little girl. l
guess half the time all the meat
she has is the smell she gets from
the meat down stairs, but when
they are frying lard in the butch
er shop the smell is real strength
ening. Well, sir, when l went in
the room she was feeding leetle
bit of baby some bread and milk,
and crying aud laughing all at
once. BY gosh; it broke me all
mp. She had rawned everything
she had for something for the ba.
by to eat, and she was in pretty
bad shape. The baby eat aud
laughed; and went to sleep, and
then she told me all her troubles;
how the dude had gone back on
her, and how she had worked ma
king shirts at ten cents apiece to
support herself and baby. ] was
darn glad the baby did not look
like the dude. Well, sir, that poor,
pale girl, crying there in the bare
room, was too much for Hennery,
and / went out aud called our
gang of boys together, us boys
that / told you had been saving
wood for widders. told them
about this girl, aud being the boss
of the gang, | gave then fifteen
minutes to raise two dollars
apiece, and before the time was
up they all came down with tho
money. Then / divided II up and
told one boy to 60 aud get two
dollars worth Of coal, and anoth-
er one, he was committee on bis
cult and tea and sugar, and ! was
lightning on baby clothes and
milk, and the bundle you saw me
carry down the alley was flannel
clothes onr baby has kicked her
self out of, and 1t WANT no kin.
ding wood for inciendary fires,
aud the kerosene you thought /
had was milk, regular old COW
milk, and none Of your milk wag'
on stuff. Well, you'd dido to
see us fellows get things upstairs,
and surprise that poor little wom'
an. My chum built fire, and
you ought to have seen me dress
that baby. used to be mad
when ma made me put clothes on
tho baby, at home, when she want
cd to do mp her hair, but now
am glad Of 1t, cause ] cen get IL
my work on little, cold poor ba
bies, and make them think / an
old Nurse from Nnrseville. The
tired little mother just sat righl
down on the floor and cried to see
us boys take hold of running tn,
house, and / was afraid she woult
food the butcher shop below, Sc
| took the baby. when | had 20
the warm fiannels on it, and i
looked surprised at being SO warm
as though something had happen
ed to II, and put it IN the mama'
lap and she hugged 1t till | though
she would bust 1t, sure, but moth
ers know just how tight to hug
don't theyf We fixed her up Il
coed shape, and each Of MS bor
, rowed q blanket off our beds a
home and took them to her, and
guess she is the happiest littl
, woman in this town, but | wis
she would not cry so. 1t break
something inside my vest when
: see a woman cry, and | feel a
: though my gall was all ruunin
ont. Well, US boys has took
5 solemn oath to be that woman
. gardeene-how do spell that
: Anyway, We are going to be he
s pertecter, or boss, this winter, III
: til she gets able to work and ear
D her living. and that woman is g
. ing to have all she can lay hs
t jaws to, and the baby 10 going {
: be dressed just as well as any b
r by in this town, as long as ma
/ baby's clothes holds out. l to
you, a baby with four bad boy
laying for it, to watch that it don
suffer, isn't In danger of freezinI
and after this IL You see me goiu
down that alley at night, loade
with anything, from nurse bc
tie to q barrel of -four, don't gi,
me away. And If vou hear of an