Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1886-01-01
THE ELEVENTH COM
MANDMENT.
[Mrs. y. I. Rayne In petros. Free Press

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1t was one of those UNEQUAL balances
which We are constantly finding both II
the world Of architecture and the world @.
humanity. Q great, splendid residence upor
one corner, and o poor, shiftless, tumble
down dwelling on the other, which the
law protected from the covetous eyes Of
the rich speculator. and reserved for minor
heirs. Meanwhile It was rented, for what
1t would bring. 10 class of people who
were always either moving In or out and
In the miner time, when the windows
OF the, eat maHsion were open, and the
cream Of society holding its revels, such
hilarities as these would be tobacco waited
through the India null curtains
aWhack de fdeR Pass the cratur thle
way, an don't be kapin' the bottle idle y
80, asnure yees hey bad morn's good fOr
aethand COP and foight like insnin
q" Muftherl don't interrupt whilst I'm In
And.stinilaf dialogues Of a domestic
cAaracteA
But Tor Soma mouths preceding Christ.
mas there had beeh . new family % the
old house-tWo young people who lived
alone and were ons of sorta The man
had nothing 10 do He Was slim, pala
sickt looking young fellow and some ono
had found ouk tha3 be vas sorthernef.
well educated ap0 Of euod Sasnily. but
poor es poverty itself end HkolY to stafve
p DEATH a be Wae proud pe wen % poor.
Every dag he went ouk looking Tor work
b tha asMlzs wayI o man gets Into when
bh 0emcnM b gohe END ha has 30 butso0
bis othR c0at to the chin end every day
he came 1pck empty handed % with
somethin9 that had been acquired on the
horder.la0d between responsibility and
vagabondbge "a turkey Won as q rafae or
measure 6f potatoes that he had acquired
LIE Ess 8 tbs low ebb when Christmas
Same-O6ristmaa bringing cheer and
ialifr % nearly everyb BODY bus ceftaiuaT
ntot g lhe poor family In s6e ssmbie@6 dow @6oT6
house on one cornas, nor 10 che patrfchn
people who hred Ii splendid misery on
the othef.
What wus the p,afte1 with themf Er-
9ythfng. In Che frss pfHce there were
only two people fn che greaa house; they
bad pettAaf chic& pot clA6 hos bird, nor
eY Remg. thing ebous them. excpa Their
6wh sw& dry 4s.duss MiveA and hey eot
mighty Cred Of each othe4 soenetfmA
Then nE bofh had Indigestion. efid fivgd
@9 Diet Of hot water add graham toast
Next, their servants robbed and deceived
them systematically, and finally their ciril-
dreu-happy fittle Qnes-wefe al dead.
Their young lives bad been smothered out
under the cap-ffills and embroidered
stomschess. snd they had gone 20 0 place
where fhere were no velvet carpets, b Il
there werS, they We're not too gdoi TO play
ms Christmas morning wnen thc
mi - 49, f.~ "a 4 -
plato glass window and cast an enyious
apc@e @ as the e CorneE opposite LJscf fros::
sefA soft white faii Of snow. as' which had had
wrapped ! benefcent arms abos1t the
tnsfghtir Pile, and It was now Trans
figured In the silver food The frost
king had made each tiny pane Of glass
respondent with castle and tuHres and
festhefy palms, end the rich msQ acknowl.
edged TO himself Igrudgingly @at e was
pretty sight; be vented 10 buy that
spot. tear the old house down and do what
he chose with tae lot; bis nAighbor had
bought one next 10 him for play ground
for his children. But heaven Had given
bis own little ones playground on Which
he bad no title O presumption. While
he stood looking. bis family physician, q
YBalhy m4n. whp bad eimost retrea from
The pr0fesaoB czme out Of the dd housa
he was wsIktng brfskiy past. when Nh.
Mafkham thew open ths window and
1end fnmnlne, Ds. Frnham, Merry
ghnssm99 ii POO can find one hsa bat
Returned 10 practice. I SEQ = With o con-
semgtu9ps elanco es che 6fd comeR
AYe,SHssd the physioian gravesS, ~
b fafhef 2 sad case -Four lno6ths to feed
Ynd noshing % put in shem However,
{eS @ sa1e qod whogms che ravens to feed
Docsos m6 MrA Markham crowd.
log lace breakfast capped head out Be-
side hef husbands. sc6me 10 snd eat
Breakfast With ps. BY appedSe is woisn
and went prescription.
Dyspepsia be howejr growied ne
de sidksoUm Sou want 10 Be cnred
Of al Ehe ms of lifo. observe the eleventh
com@hndncnS
aEaeTenh Commandment Why, there
@p1 any. Doctor, you must 60 10 School :"
61sn1 theie anyi" said the doctor,
gruf1y. Il thought you dft1n's know n
Love thy neighbor as thyself ThereI
A merry Christmas 10 you both, and no
dyspepsia II you DO your whole dnty.n
Peace on - esrth-good d-wll-to-
manis chtmed the bells.
There was confusion Of tongues oyW
In the house Cd the corner. When the
good doctor had announced TO fhe Ypung
husband In real Christmas phrase sUntb'
ym son b born. !" the news had been ~
cetved al first with > natural spasn Of Do
light. and then the detected query, sWhat
Qk earth em / going to do with hims"
But when later me doctor went % him,
with hs face beaming with mischiM, and
CONSERVATION he caused would have been
amusing, II It had not been 80 real There
was gloomy outlook FOR the pale young
mother and her beautiful babes, even
though he good doctor had left some
temporary relief.
Wfll she live2