Telegram-herald., 1889-06-16
" LITTLE JIMMY"
The PaLhotic History OF WOm-
ans Stormy Life

w we're snow bound on the Northern
P4cilc The nrsI day ~as spent Ia E2a2ing
Complaints against the weather, IN asAlaS
foolish questions of TIE eondactors IA ldle
g4esses a. - how long 80 would be de
laFed varied VIII expressions of eontempt
10 che f8olhagdlaess that had led - 70 a.
tempt such journey q, s4eh q time of year
SEeE such = road
The second daY we resigned ourselves u
a. situation with soAerhlng more OF grace,
and from making The ho4rs burden turned
sar stteatian 10 ia ~ fer.Iu ( their todio4sness.
~ .se found out thaJ our party OF storm
STAYED travellers possessed wealth II re
sources Songs we're sung, po-ms foclLed
aud stories told The elocutlonlsL rolled lis
eyes ana as rs FOR the entert4iument OF MS
apprecl.Llve Audience, The conuhdrlM hena
rose % the occasion- Among the stories
tod / remember best the following one,
which 1 give a. nearly IS possible IN the
language u the narrator.
Il haven't thought u little Jimmy IN many
day. bat there's a pair Of eyes in this car
that are a. ike what hers Used 70 DC as
ever 1 saw 0ne pair OF ewes ike another,
and I've been haunted all day by a memory
Ia the trsl place sLs had q miserable, drunk
en- brutal wretch Tor q father. She was half
sLAlNEA AAl4 E1AA tiNNtLANtA a. Ai~A AA+N- ~"
only thiags that she had plenty Of We're
blows and curses, aud old Temple was free
a. air with these. There never was a time
when DC dldnt have them on hand and 10
spare, but II t.eyd cost cent jimmy
wouldn't haze known the sound Of them.
This sort Of treatment doesn't have a
sancfifyinl effect, and a. : more than likely
that jimmy was rather Wild, women folks
sad So. aud though don't take much stock
IN what women say OF each other, Il may be
they were right in this, why nOti The poor
childs mother died when she was Dorm IL
was said that the mother was q very sweet,
gentle little w0man-and Ia those early
Wild davs it was every man and every WON
Al Tor themselves and in this case there
was 10 one 10 help, but many 10 hurt.
But, anyway, when jimmy was about six
teen she ran OF with Dick lhOrne-and "a
thorn nc was, ani no mistake III there
ever was a man meaner than the evil one,
be was thc man. He was "a coarse, rough
fellow. unattractive IN every way. She
never cared much for him, but suppose
size thought life couldn't be much worse
than IL was, and hero was a chance, II a
small one, Of something better; 50 she took
II. some folks seem born with faculty Of
running on % snaCs, and jimmy was one OF
these She found before long that she q
gone from bad 20 worse
.Prettvl Yes, she was as pretty as u
picture, blue ewes, like that OF OF sky up
there. ouiy they had something IN them that
the sky lacks, hair the color OF gold, that
waved and fuffed around her pretty white
forehead; a complexion Ike blush rose,
and though sin and iniquity had been her
food aad drink one might say, she had
an expression like that I've seen in the faces
OF pictured saints. IL happens sometimes,
you know; there's no sign on the white
face Of the wster-lly Of the mud and slime
10 came up out OF, and often 50 u Is with
human kind.
.We.l. she had dogs life OF it with
Thorne; there was no kind Of meanness that
ne did not have a hand in, and that he did
not try % drag her into, but she clung 10
him because be was her husband, and 4
she left him she knew Just about where
she A 90 She knew what temptations stood
waiting for such as she; always waiting /;
and poor and ignorant and abused as she
was. she had a leaning toward decency aud
made a brave fight for H.
But after aut
..Yes. after al she went under. that is,
she ran away from him, Just as she ought
20 have done long before, and then another
devil OF different pattern stood in her path !;
nice, smooth-tongued, handsome devil,
with smiling ewes and lvtug lips and black
heart aud money in his pocket.
It's a curious thing, but in different
people meauness shows in different ways
Thorus soussd her because be vas mean
and selfish. aud her father likewise, and
E.Iost Gray was good 70 her FOR the same
reasoa. 10 pleased him 70 see her look pref
o.. so he bought her silks and laccs and dis.
II
first man she ever loved with all her hea~i
and soul and brain, and he was doubly loved
for he loved himself first, last and all the
time
Il don't know but II a mans zot 10 he
mean tnat the smiling. pleasant hammered
ones are no. better than the rough, swear
ing sort n wousus Eot to have hei
heart broken she "a certainly = little better
CT not 10 have aer head broken az the same
time. and 10 know that 3ll the happiness
thar title jimmy ever h.sd that olsc K hearted
liar gave her
.Os rrurs,, he xott tired of her. and equally.
q course. she didn't get tired of hin. You
see some men require woman 70 love nim
INST when and how and a. much as -
wants and no more, ard -he fcobsn Great
ures don't seem IN understand they seen
t1thlrk that thev can't love a man 10 ths
hlr4 .0o vel to stop short whene YER he says
81. and my vas that unreasonable that
sne kept on caring FOR Elicit when thers
was every reason that she should hate hlm
instead He x0t on the down grade ard
kent going Thsv weut here and taerf Z,
thav we're ln Denver fer awhile. her tn7
clothes went for bread and shelter and tc
Keen him ouf ~ the hands ~ -he iaFv. Their
ere sa~I saw him on tae street IN Deaf
wood Hs clothes were sort o' SHABBY
vrn+eal bst hs wore a six har and his boots
shoue - vou could have seen Jour fsce n
thar,. and he carried a cane. He bad ne
same aarf. cruel look on his mrute-Fou
NAV tax about reading man hy "a eyes,
hns there uo feature So The moutn Tor
telling MA man - .u bears ard lfe-ths
4s~,e snltle. tcat had re more warmth I'D e
,ha- -here Il n che er 90 a rsFor hs
..as-.- zrrv u'a hs- g. was usrt 90 nv aRse
ne=s in ths~e lays to rerlsrnser faces. ard !
rerrern ae~ri 11z
"a few iavs after -h1t had beer out IN
ERE -nrnfrv .oosirV sfre~ a thief tsat Al
eacfntf ns. ard was driving inro town
when saw s1uleth.nE ln me road a tta
way ahead. and a eueer oltHt it appeared -
~ A. = drew rear I saw 10 was a vvrr, al.
$40 hsd tiCt ere corner II = failed summer
sv 81 al oid Sschel ard vas ars.1s "a z
t'c 'ai along ru che zrsrd Sc vas 80
f t8a- sha fsi-Ir STAGGERED. II vas
ref -rat she raf no business CD ae walls r Z
rhat drv Arr aizHvav under chat
A1Z sun. Sc I geined - an ssss-