The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1885-12-25

/ I1hu NO OHc cdu HidTN q WINS aNtl
10 work. Ion must try again TO
morrow, and yon may Iiud some.
thing 10 do. Anything that is hon
est aud honorable. ShUuld YOU
make but fiftecu rents day, we
will not Starve, for In Mobile YOU
can live No cheaps that ono can't
well starve.p
g BGt, our llOuse rent"
Trust ne tor that, the lIr0loTd
viii not turn us ont. Ii Eoa' will
get something tO-'lo. will see that
we have house rOom.'
" Well, | will make Que more eff
fort said Henry, despairingly.
g. But you must go, determined
\ to do anything that is ho1estw
Anything reasonable, Della II
What do you call reasonable,
Henrvp
"Why, anything decent
Poor Della lelr inclined TO smile,
but the matter was too serious for
that, and cloud passed over her
| face. The holidays were rapidly
approaching, and her. little ones,
9th their pldymates, were c0u-
stantly wondering what "Santa
Claus" would bring them, aud to
blast their happy visions aud have
hnnger instead, was almost too
much for the brave heart. She
knew her husbands disposition, and
felt sure he would Gnd no Work.
She knew he would look for some
kind OF work that would not lower
him in the "Social Scale" as be had
often expressed it. However, she
knew it would be useless TO say
anything TO him at this time, and
so she let the matter pass.
On the following mOrning the
last hlt of food in the house was
PAT upon the table. Markham could
hardly realize that be WAS penniless
aud without food. For years he
had been cay, thOugh'less, and for
tunate, making the most out OF the
prrseut, forgetting the past, and
letting he future take cafs of itself.
Vet the facts stared him plainly in
he face, and leaving the house he
said, ''SOmething must be done.r
No sooner had her husband gone,
than Mrs. MH-kham put on her
/ boHuet aud shawl. Her eldest child
VAS eight years old aud the Young
ssl four. She asked her neighOOr
il she would let her children stay
there until uoOu, and as they were
carefully reared, qniet aud man
a-eable, they were taken cheerful.
! ~. She then locked up her house
aud went away. AT nOOn she re
turned bringing dinner for her chill
dren, then went away again. She
came home in the evening before
her husband, carrying heavy bas-
ket on her arm.
Well, Henry" she asked, after
her husband bad entered and sat
dOwB, "What luck =
"Nothidg! Nolhing!s he moan.
ed. 81 made out TO get a lunch by
au old friend treating me, but could
not tnd any work."
alt seems strange to me, but
some way you are always where you
can get free lunch Do business
men 20 there to iud wOrkmen 1t
appears 70 pc they would rather
NOT have men who seek tree lunch
counters. Is that the only place
you have looked for work r.
"0h. Fve looked every where.
I've been To hundred places, but
its the same story, its nothing but
Que eternal no, no. Tm sick and
tired of IT,"
"Aud what have you tried to
dOf0
"Why. I've even gone 50 far as
to offer 10 take a place in u bar room
down town.
Della smiled.
Now, what shall We doi" said
Henry.
Well, we'll eat ouT supper and
then we can talk the matter over"
"Snpper have you got any r
Plenty of it,
But you todd me you had DOne."
"Neither had we this morning.
but went after work this morning
aud fOnnd it,"
You hunted work and found
somep
aYesin
"Bu; how-where r.
Well, l didn't go on ROYAL
street, around the bar-rooms, but 1
did 90 to Mrs. wagnel's. 1 knew
her girl was sick, aud hoped she
might have work to be done. told
her the truth, aud sue set me to
work, doing her washing. She gave
me iOOd TO. bring home, aud paid
ne. thirty-iive ceuts in cash when I
got through"
Z" Nhatp cried Henry, much sur
prised. "lou have been washing
tor our butchers wife -
OF course l have, and have
thereby rnedenough for dinner
to-morr0w, so yOa can come home
aud not depend on a free lunch at
q bar-rOOm.0
"But how about the rens =
"0h, that's al right, 1 called on
Mr. 6leniIon aud toid him how We
were situated, and offered hin nv
watch and chaiu .asl security or
three monthsrenfya aud "a 4 = worth