The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-03

sort of way, when she sees him.
Who = asks the morgue keeper
kindly.
who % is The fierce response. who
but me daughter. was told I'd ind
her here after a while f. she here On,
tell me ii size IS, and the woman voice
becomes plaintivc
Come in and see, my poor woman,
says the kindly keeper, and be leads her
in very gently.
She scans every pale face that is ex-
posed, and turns back with a sad sigh.
"Shcs not here yet SIR" She SAYS 10
the keeper but she'll meet me here
some time
4 gray bent old man calls 10 look 10
the body of his wife who died few days
ago. and, !. the truth De told. partly OF
starvation. Sine is 60 BE- buried in Pot.
tels Field to-day. / he old man has
neither friends nor money.
lie looks long and lovingly upon The
features of his dead wife and cries like a
child The k eper stands aside, for the
Ecepcrs in the mOrguc are men.
"Mcye been t'gether these iity years,
the old man s0bs, IAN snc w0r good
Niict0 mc-.hc WOr indccs
MARY he continues, rs though speak
ing 90 one VINO heard ITO me yc are the
-,rl ye wor CITY years agone. there wor
none like yc.
ln q trembling way the old man kisses
the wan. worn face and comes out
Al the gate be says in quiet but dig
ndei way "~Ors Nc and Mary been
tgether these fifty years an we always
planned % De laid tgeiher n the same
grave, bui Mary goin TO Potter Field,
God help me, am -- an. 30 DID, ana
weak and poor, butsors, ] ii see my Mary
again, an That / know
With This the old man moves ON, and
several of the men who have heard him
cough in peculiarly husky manner
And SD the visitors come and go. And
some days when q big Sac 0r some great
accident fills the morgue IL Is oNeuun
with visitors and narrowing scenes are
the rule
And then there are many great per
sons Who pass the mOrsue, are not
IDENTIFIED and are buried in P0ters
Field A Grandchildren OF Mas0us sui-
tered This fate many years ago, and the
tact was NOT discovered until long alter
his intcrmcnt But while visitors are
coming and going 20 and from the
morguc. boat is living down at the dock
below some time before noon men are
seen carrying long, narrow boxes TO The
boat
his boat is the hcarse for New York $
dead paupers no millionaire on futh
avenue can afford one So long and roomy.
And the paupers get the USE OF % Tor
nothing Up ON an island in Long ls-
and sound tine pauper dead are landed.
paupcrs whO are not fortunate enough
To- Doe dead take charge oil the collins.
With one 0r twO Is some ono Who has
pass and who has come TO see
tlc dead inferred It's not a pleasant
ght They are buried by paupel- from
tuc WOrRhOuse, whose cllel desire is %
borrow tobacco, and who show as little
emotion Us au OK in his stall does when
consulted on theology. Harris Island,
where The unknown 0cad OF New YORK
gc-t, is beautiful. su0t, OF would ue
were il not put 90 the uses 10 is.
But long alter The boat has returned
from rouers Field, long after the day b
ordinary visitors have left lue place 0t
death, there is something Lett II Is the
dap, drip, drip. on the dead faces in
tle morgue, ana The gurgle and splash OF
TIC water underneath sOcs on.
AN ENTERTAINING TABLE.
That entertaining little fable concern
ing The marriage OF 1ir and MIS-. Robert
Louis stevenson which is drifting u0m
newspaper 90 newspaper, is eXcellently
calculated 10 make Things unpleasant for
the novelist when the couple take up
their residence in Sew y ork. Like most
fables 10 mas germ OF truth, but %
needs an addcndum The character
of Mr Osborne, Ms. StcyensOn's nfst
husband. was Enthusiastically the fate
of tine second Mrs. Osborne, whom
Ae promptly deserted The char
actcr of Mrs. stevenson is amp
Us illustrated By her present
relation 90 Mrs. Osborne, her sue.
cessor who did not disappear a- news
paper gossips say, when Osborne vanish
el from society, but who mas been main
tanned by The bounty OF Mrs Stevenson
fory One object OF Tic Stevenson >
tup 90 the Pacific coast was TO assure
themselves with their own eyes OF MIS-.
Osb0rne's continued welfare Ms Sic
vens0u is Mrs OshOrucs most devoted
friend, aud the two are as sisters.
THE REyAL LORD TAUNTLERoY
Rumors Of heartbuming5 and jeal-
ousies between Che little FaunNer0ys ind
valuable expression IL is hard 10 charge
upon two universally sWeet-tempered
children q fault which belongs TO Mrs.
Burnett If TO anyone. Bright lit
tie Tommy Russell has hardly
received fair play in the part
which has made bright little Elsie
Leslies fame 10 was the original
arrangement that the small actors should
alternate In their impers0nation. Elsie
PLAYED in Boston and Won Mrs Burnett
heart W hen it came Tommy turn IN
New York A0 showed up in the green
room TO ind little Elsie there before him.
But its my turn, sand the boy
know il, but / was sent for said the
giri The dressers got both OF them
ready and waited for Mrs. Bur
Nets arrival TO decide which
child was really 10 90 upon the
stage. Mrs Burnett did not appear
until the whole company was assembled
Then She made q little speech to Tommy
blunuy before them ALL The burden Of
10 was, IL DO not like YOU. Tommy
Elsie shall play Tommy was cut 10
Che heart Ills boyish face quiyered
With brave effort he choked back
bis sohs, turned and rushed away
lie had been needlessly Inundated
m me presence OF his friends. Since
then he has played 40 matinees only. lie
was almost heart broken. More than one
spectator of the little scene expressed
the opinion that IL would be long before
be was again the same boy. Mrs.
Burnett in neglecting 10 am
nounce her decision TO him phi
vately. was thoughlessly cruel, so
they said, 70 the proud, sensitive little
soul Since the story got out Tommy
has had many sympalhizers who make q
point of attending bis performances, ape
plaudng him warmly and saying that
he is the better actor of the TWO. Kath-
ryn kiddcr, who plays the mother is
said TO hold the same opinion.
BEIsEY O'DOwD.