Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-06-06

! looking ineta bly, cOnceited.
II don't know that. You men can make
laws, but | notice you nave great dlm-
Guilty in enforcing them"
only the temperance laws. We have
greater difficulty in keeping you women
from marrying us"
~ think | should like TO marry pain
/ ter. He could put his pastures on canvas
and send them out TO see the world, far
/ away from me. He could not bother me
/ with them. And then they would be
/ out OF the way great DIAL OF the time,
and thus (wbile they are in tee studlo)
the wife could be preserving her illu-
siOns."
"The wives of celebrated men are often
thought to be unamIable," said the Judge
looking upward.
Miss Person laughed.
Their wives see them pose, perhaps"
said she.
won't you let me hear your paper?"
asked the Judge. "YOu must remember
in writing 1t that we men are, after all,
your fellow-creatures."
Yes, have remembered, and | have
very good paragraph about tyrants,"
said she.
II don't see the connection" said the
Judge.
at is not necessary that you should;
but you have come 10 talk business, have
you not?"
The Judge Strengthened himself up; he
was young enough To feel the rebuke.
"rhe poor fellow who lost your dia-
mOnds is very miserable and very Ueni-
tent, . said the Judge, becoming business
Ike all of sudden. lie took the box
from GrafOnfs on Saturday night. and
put it in his coat pocket. BE had many
things 10 deliver and d very cold night 10
do 1t in. These Christmas times are very
hard on these men. When he got to your
door he lelt for the box; it was gone. An
unfortunate lesion was discovered in his
pocket. He went Immediately 10 Graf
fonts, told the whole story aud gave him.
self 10, after searching tor the lost pack
age all night. He and his poor little wife
are almost distracted. They have offered
rewards, aud have done everything at
Grahonfs, but unsuccessfully. OF course
be is ruined, DISCHARGED from their SER
wee, and under arrest"
GLOW cruel!'' said Miss Person.
chow necessary. My dear Miss Pier
security will Gratfonl have IN the future?
Every dishonest CLERK will steal every
lady's diamonds. You must forgive me If
| say that your i'm rulsiVe generosity
would be out OF place here"
But suppose Tor moment that he is
innocent aud unluckYV
Then Gratfoni must pay you for your
place ter his carelessDess.'
"Wbat sort of husband would lawyer
makeY asked Miss Person, thinking of
her paper.
''IUu Will give me this mans addressy'
she asked. Il am writing novel, and
want material for the plot"
"Here is the address, said the Judge
pulling it out rather reluctantly, ''but
don't tell him he may nave life, liberty
and $1,000 for stealing your diamonds. L
declare am very mucn impressed by his
wife, pretty and courageous young
woman, sitting there with two pretty little
children aud holding up this poor fellow.
declare, to ind wife like that it could
almost induce me to marry. Such hair,
too. Such a complexion. Such a set OF
teeth, and buried In The most miserable
| lodgings. Poor thing"
''Please give me the address," said Miss
| PiersOn rather celdIy.
Don't let that fellow of too easily"
said the Judge. "He isn't worthy OF her,
indeed he isn't.
The diamonds were my own, sup
| pOseY she asked, still more stifily.
Yes, and so is your heart-the best
heart in the VERDI" said the Judge, Look
ing around at the bric-a-brac. GOOD
/ night"
Gertrude sat in silence for a few min
utes, then she took up her pen and wrote /:
How about marrying man OF affairs, a
| lawyer, we will say? A prose and a
| poke, l should say.) Would he not be
/ the worst or tyrants, because always in
the right? But grown woman need not
be afraid of tyrants.
"Tis the eye Of childhood
That fears painted devil
/ No, it is the c0wardly woman whom
| tyrants trample upon. get they would
| be very unplea sant people TO have in the
| house, tyrants.) What does he always
talk about the Dying Gladiator for! | de-
clare he is extremely unpleasant. But
little courage, a great deal OF inditfer-
ence. He said she was very pretty. What
| rubbish ~
Nv here is that address?'
civilian Murphy, 2I0 Baxter street."
IL.
There was no bric-a-brac in Baxter
| street. Nothing but dark, bad dwelling
| and dangerous staircase, which led TO the
humble apartments OF William Murphy.
| A woman clad in the humblest dark gar.
| ments, which had about them the air of a
| Protestant SlsterhOOd, climbed with pa
tient, strong step the rickety staircase.
1t took her some time to find the door, but
having knocked twice, it was opened to
her by a woman whose beauty absolutely
silenced her and left even her pTacticed
speech at fault.
"Are you MIS-. Murphy ?" she asked at
last.
"Yes," said the woman, rather shutting
than opening the door.
II am Sister Mary Christina, from the
House OF the Good Shepherd. You will
let rue inG Perhaps can do you some
SERVICE"
The young mother was lifting one baby
from its crib while another was erawl ling
on the door; the crying of the one aroused
the other, who hOwled IN unison. Sister
Mary Christina took Other hoOd-ike bon
net, and lifting No. 1 from the floor pro-
ceeded TO take from capaci0us pocket a
most interesting and loudly barking toy
dOg. The effect was magical; the crying
ceased and No. was pacifed.
You see am used TO children" said
the sister. Now. II there be an Rmbas sa-
dor from the courts above who has all the
credentials for introducing two women To
each other, u is a baby. Mrs. Murphy
was Modified, and lOOked at the good SIS
ter with gratitude.
"YOu have two lovely children" said
the Sister, kissing the golden hair Of the
boy she held.
Blessed influence OF a word OF praise for
the children. The mothers neart, stecled
by misfortune, dry and arid from its cruel,
crushing weight Of desp0ndencv respond
ed, she SMILED, and then the tears dled
her ewes.