The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-08-17
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MONDAY, AUG. IL, 1885.
A RAILWAY LESSON.


Bridgewater. Among them was
stylish dressed young man who
wore stiff white hat, patent leather
shoes, the neatest of cuffs, the
shiniest of stand-up collars. He
carried cane, and carefully brush
ed the dust from the seat in front
of me before he sat down.
just across the aisle, opposite
him, sat tired woman, holding
sick baby. l never saw on any face
more discouraged, wornout, des-
pairing look than that on the
mothers face. The baby was too
sick to cry. 1t lay moaning and
gasping in its mothers lap, while
the dust and cinders few in at the
open doors and windows. The heat
and dust made travelling even for
strong men almost unbearable.
| had put down the stylish man in
front of me as specimen of the
dude family, and was making u
mental calculation on the probable
existence of brains under the hat,
when, TO my establishment, he lean
ed over the aisle and said to the
woman ..
Madame, can l be of any assis-
lance to you? just let me hold
your baby awhile. You look very
tired"
The woman looked much surprised,
though the request was made in the
politest and most delicate manner.
ooh, thank you SIR said she
TREMENDOUSLY. 81 am tired" and
her lips quivered.
II think the baby will come to
me- said the young man with a
smile. ''Poor thing! It's too sick
to make any objection. 1 will hold
it carefully, madame, while you lie
down and rest. Have you come
far?''
Prom the Black Hills"
"'What! By stage?''
Eyes; but the baby was well
when l started. 1 am on my way
home to friends in the east. My
husband-my"--
"Ah, yes, l see, l see!' continu-
ed the young man in sympathetic
tone, as he glanced at the bit of
Grape in the little travelling hat. BY
this time he had taken the baby and
was holding it in his arms.
''Now you can lie down and rest
little. Have you far to go?''
"To Connecticut" replied the
woman, almost with sob, as she
YEARLY arranged shawl over a
valise and prepared to lie down in
the seat.
"Ah, yes, l see! And you haven't
money enough to 60 into sleeping
car, have you, madame?" The poor
woman blushed family and put one
hand over her face, while tears
dropped between her worn fingers.
l looked out of the window and a
mist came over my eyes, while 1
changed my calculation of the young
mans mental ability. He looked
thoughtfully and tenderly down at
the baby, and in a short time the
mother was fast asleep.
A woman sitting across the aisle
from me, who had heard as much of
the conversation as l had, came and
offered to relieve the young man of
his charge. "I'm ashamed of my
self for not offering to take the baby
from the mother before. Poor little
thing! It's asleep
$50 it is. I'll surrender it to you
now" with cheerful smile).
At this point the train stopped at
a station, and the young man rose
in his seat, took off his hat, and said
in clear earnest voice:
Ladies' and gentlemen, here is an
opportunity for each one of us to
show that we have been brought W
in Christian land, and have had
Christian fathers and mothers. This
poor woman (pointing at the sleep
ing mother), has come all the way
from the Black Hills, and is on hel
way to Connecticut. Her husband
is dead and her baby is ill. She
hasn't money enough to travel in a
sleeping car, and is all tired out and
discouraged. What will we dc
about it?"
Dol" cried big man down neal
the water cooler, rising excitedly
do! Take up collection, the
American citizens last resort in dis
tress. I'll give five dollars"
The effect was electrical. The
hat went around, and the way thu
silver dollars and quarters and ten
cent pieces ratified in it, would have
done any true heart good.
l wish L could describe the lool
on the woman's face when SHIT
awoke, and the money was givel
her. She tried to thank us all, ant
failed; she broke down completely
But we didn't need any thanks.