, 1884-08-29
CHANGED BY 4 WORD.
G,odly Decd of Bad Young Man Who
Thought Of His Mother.
A ssshoe strIngp Gambler who Had
ono son Place IN His Heart
An old Woman's
Blessing.


a yoCng man IN IAtfy HtOrc and hnYinf
tho general air Of rhcost1ng" gambler
strollol down Fifth svenue yesterday after
noon. At tho corner OF Adams street no We,
stopped by an old Lady. She Bas feeble n
cont with age: her Shoes wero full Of holes
her dress was soiled and torn; her gencrn
appearance denoted ibc pauper. Son sh,
said, which one Of these houses docs tho
county agent live Int J want TO SEQ him, fi
lie viii aelpme. am very poor. They toid
ne the mayor wns n kind man, but when
went 10 see him ho was not to TO seen, n &
young man told me- t. 60 70 the count,
agent It must be a long way there, Tor j
an 50 tired Can't you how ns the way
soaf7
swell. now. old GIRL aid the young man
Hyou are on the wrong steer for the count,
agent He Is about s'toen blocks west OF
here, and at the gait you nre travelling yot
Will got there about fifty Minute 10 g. nnl
the young man elevated his cigar.
"Pleass take me there" said the old LADY:
II don't know the way"
mot this eve, said the young man sYot
arp too much Of a la-la for me- and h.
turn-d away.
The old lady lookPd after him Maybe J
can end the way sho mid, with a sigh, abuf
hope, SON. that your mother VIII never be
Ike me-
He stopped lie looked into the Old, sor
rrwfyl, wIinkled face, and thought Of hf
own mother. He pulled out his watch nnd
raw that It was 2 O'clock He had an up
pointment in ten minutes, and had the prom
$50 Of a bottle OF wine. He hesltated a mo-
ment, then threw away the cigar, and said:
-Coms on, | WIN take you there II I losa -
She loanc upon hin arm, and whon they bad
walked a little way she looked up and said:
Il am 50 sainti L with had a cup OF tea,
on"
He put his hand In his pocket HO had a
silver do.llr and two dimes. He thought OF
tho chances Of thirtysix - one on tie
double o, and then turned to a lunch.
counter. 30 seated the old lady and told the
waiter 10 givo her all shs ordered The
waiter looked at both Of them and smiled.
Whom no paid for her lunch tho cashier
punchol him In tho side. and saidi SIVhcre
did you catch onto tho mash Jimi" That's
an old woman that's hungry, AMI I'm giving
her a squaro N all said tho young man.
somewhat s~uilenly. @You shouldn't guy q
man when he's doing the charity" Tho cash
isr's mi ~disappaared, and be handed back
the price Of the lunch. People on the street
loolnl curiously at the old woman and the
1ashy young man. but he brnvely faced
tdeu, although he feared that he might meet
some ono who knew him A m~ail-carrier and
the oorcuctor helIed him put her on a car at
Madison street, whLo a policeman kept back
the leans with his club. Two young girls
locked Mt him, as be sat by the old lady's
tide, and tt cred Ee scowled at them and
savngely spat out or the window. When
thov got out OF tho car the old lady said:
"N here's Ito ohurchl l want 10 pray"
The young man was startled. mo. no:
YOU'RE Oft again." said be, but no didn't
rr.Va AWast want - "a ekn r,4rt n,n-e %
80 do /; 50 do said sha. ~ am so old
that 1 forget But l feel 50 thankful, and
you arc 50 kind. that I wanted to pray. Are
W, nearly thore nowl I think my boy viii
como back to me some day, don't youf He
won't to California yoars AMI years ago.
and then l heard BIO was dead. But I mover
got a letter from a doctor that said he wna
dead. Oh, dearl lam tired again Dc you
think the county agent viii enc mo to Elgini
And l want him to give me a new pair Of
s1oc5 and thon I VIII bs happy. know a
good woman IN Erin who Will let mo live
with Ter a little while. Have / any friendsl
No, not ono, ard ] have no money"
IT, pat his la ID IN bis pocket Tho silver
doln~ and ono dino werc siill there. He
put It in her HI nd and 3 i'd; "Eere. mother,
catch on. I'd like to 2 We ycu IN re, but this
Is my pill. Play elo e. and yum WIN
out TIE alley is I g joint y u r, Ioaking
for" He let her W |, sio howe 9 bless
ings upnn him; end wh,1 he again reached
tho south filc, and r Il ID t I he Lad missed
his appointm nj, no nves oil his solitary
fimo In u cigar and said 70 himself. well.
II ! did get lift on one lay, ] caught on to
ano her one kind a queer, IN Just tell this
story to tho old woman. and may be she
won't kick - harl for awhile II l get home
late ut night"