Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-19

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At length it began to whimper softly.
Heaven only knows how or why the call
dren of the very poor learn not to cry
aloud. The little noise, however, that
came stirred the mother at once, and in an
instant that puzzling look was explained
and the face was TRANSPORTED. 1t did
not grow beautiful. 1t had never been
that; but it looked molly, and the tender
grace OF the loving smile that came was
far better than beauty.
Rising, she took the child in her arms
Its crying ceased instantly-and crossing
to little cupboard, to look into wnicn
out glass, in the bottom of which was a
little condensed milk. 1t would have
touched you to see her look at the glass
and then turn to see where the shadow
was on the fioor-there was no clock in
the room-if you had understood what
those looks meant. There was enough
milk left to give the little one one gOod
drink, and it would be three full hours be-
lore Bob would come home. She knew the
correlation between the two facts, though
she could not have defined the word
ohe was only poor working mans wife,
ana Rob was out of work. She diluted
the milk and gave it to the little one,
sparlng none of the kisses and little
pretty endearments a happier mother
would have INDUCED her child with, and
then with long breath that was really
smothered sigh she put the baby down
again and resumed her sewing.
hob was out of work. He was always
h0b" to her, though he went by the name
Vi Bob johnson among his mates when he
was at work. That was before the strike
was ordered. They had been married
now four years, and though they had had
enough NJ m VI IN wit
some degree of comfort, sickness had
Aept them from laying any little surplus
away, There had never been anything
over to lay away. Still, they had man
a2ed To live and keep clear of the poor
mans heaviest burden, debt. Rob would
10y let her want for anything she needed
IL II were possible to get 1t, and when
Tue oaby came there was much that she
he had struggled along, though, having
1morAed the most of the time at his trade.
ns was only bricklayer, but he was
ple1y good one and was known to be sober
anu Industrious, so he could generally
seVa JoD. But though not highly skilled
~ workman, he was q thinking man.
linking men are not scarce among the
ing classes, nor are conscientious
; nien; The trouble is, gentlemen, that it
80 lully as hard for working man to look
or.. Dutn sldes OF question as IL Is for his
bnpoyer-sometimes it may be little
Va haIuer' Perhaps bis thinking is apt tn
,nuuenced little by his privations. 1t
,'n everybody who can think clearly on
% suolect that involves his bread when he
Is not certain of getting his bread. And,
~, ~ Knows, is not even the conscience
a. 70 De little influenced when ones
Sty W uls wife and child seems to be a
S,,'.l Din Z influence on the question Of his
"1Iy 70 his employer aud to society?
saoMeVer those questions may be an
selea, Bob johnson could think clearly
bnUugh 10 see that no bricklayer could
o ouPe 10 better him 9lf much without CO.
bp ~ with other bricklayers. unless
~ auappened to be man with the talent
NJ, settlng Oh In the world" Bob had
bo , .nst TALENT, and he knew it. All that
hIo "tIuiu ever be, under the most favora-
Ur W. circumstances, would be a fairly good
shw n,sI He did not know anything
S ~oout gray matter, or phrenolo sIcal de-
Ln,ophent, or heredity. and If ae had
u"n nc would nos have bothered much