Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-06-30

/ To take the best care nmdglnatlt OF the
bird. | never saw man So dtmOrallLed
rs was Mr. Dou ubIeagle. The loss Of a wife
could not have been apparently a more
! poignant grief to him ! thought a great
deal more OF AlOnZO from that moment.
| said To myself that we must be mistaken
about his sympathies and the size
| of his heart. We might have been, so far
a. fowls went but as to mankind
So | fancied then. ] think differently
! now.
You wouldn't believe it, but it's ~,
Mr Doubleagle came down stairs three
times that night 10 take a Look at Dick
When morning came, he was the first TO
make his appearance Then another hour
WAS spent in doCtoring Dick however,
would not eat Many Inducements were
made; all were of no avail
Hell starve, hinted AlunZO
"No. he won't starve' said |. rather i'm
patiently, at the mans persistence to take
the dark side Of the case
Now Dick had habit of drinking ink
from his masters pen In fact, he would
sip ink by the penful, and. to all ap-
pearanCes, seemed to thrive on the mix
ture.
so went and got the big, gold pen,
milk This plan worked beautifully,
Dick let me feed him without any resist
anCe.
You see, remarked, he's got to be
humored, just like sick folks Mr. DOub-
leagle smiled fatally
"'TlI give you $40 If the bird lives, Mrs
Cleanie, was his response.
Hell live, was my reply, not expect
i'm (. I.
he actually reached in his pocket and
brought out gold piece and gave it to
me and | took it. at which the giver
showed unfeiGned relief A wonder to
me- Well, yes, it WAS and it was won
der As slid the yellow coin into my
purse, | said Ten dollars for a poor fam
lily in the north part Of the town; they like
to live As we'll as birds He didn't appear
10 hear the gentle insinuation, but guess
he did. During the day the banking buSi-
ness must have been very light The
president came over four or five different
times 10 view the patient.
And you say. Mrs Cleanie, there is "A
poor family somewhere that needs atten-
uon' Can you give me the number
gave it TO him, much to my surprise
When | went to visit this family that
afternoon, found load of coal had pre-
ceded me to the house As | entered the
gate, "A man was also unloading some dOur
and vegetables. Mr. Doubleagle had
surely turned over a new leaf
We'll Dick improved rapidly, although
it was two weeks before he was rs chipper
us ever As the bird mended, its master re
gained his appetite He really had no de
sire To eat II Dick refused his food You
may say that all this has the stamp of liC
tiOn. but it's true, nevertheless. As you
know. it is always the unexpected that Is
happening, at least have found It 80.
1t soon leaked out that the mlserly
AlonzO was doing penanCe for his wicked
ways had reformed Twas told that he
had resolved to do some good with his sur
plus wealth He had been seen to enter
several huts III the suburbs with large
basket on his arm One grasShOpper suf
ferer was greatly enjoyed to have the eN-
orhltant interest on his mort gage cut
down to reasonable figure. From all
sides came good words of Mr. Double
agles kindness and charity. The secre-
tary of the W c. T. l. acknowledged
through the locals of The Founder that.
Owing to the thoughtful consideration
and lIberality of one Of kItZburu's most
prominent and respected citizens the so
ciety had been able to remove To
new and pleasant quarters, and also
TO make number of donations
of charity The nelghbOrhood was de
lighted. The president also seemed to de
light IN his new reputation, entering with
much spirit into his recent departure.
tie became truly enthusiastic.
Not Il church sOCIablr. festival or fair
but he was present Ii was at one Of
these meetings that Alonzo met the secre-
tary above referred To. Amanda Sualid
WAS her name, and she captured that time
tossed craft Mr.. DOubleaLle's heart, at
sight And when the pretty officer Of the
Christian order thanked the bank pTeSl
dent for his gift TO the formers treasury,
the heart Just mentioned fluttcred rs il
had not fluttered since early manhood
flushed the cheek OF the now gray whlSk-
cred man.
Mr.. Alonzo Doubleagle fell deeply in
love at the age of 53 Within one month
from that momentus encounter, Miss SOa-
lid was busiiy engaged with the making
of her wedding garments. Another
month and the happy couple were walk
ing up the aisle to the music OF an appro-
pirate march. while the eyes of all Fitz-
boro were strained to see the sight.
That new house you see up there on the
hill is the Doubleagle mansion. And
need say the family is a happy one? 1t
is, indeed, very happy one
Il met Mr.. Doubleagle on the street TO
day smiling like June morning He had
just been 10 the telegraph Office TO say
that the mother and child We're both do
ing nicely Dick' Why, yes. nearly
forgot him. Mr. DOuhleagle says he has
three pets now. and but for my reminder
of his former selfish nature, he might have
died with only one, and that bird. -
John d. Trent in The Current.