Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1891-12-25

came in gasps and he seemed unable
to srtlculate. He clu ch d NV arm
AS we turned down towards Mission
street and reached tine door of a
poverty stricken house, the one that
oldweignt always insisted he could
never find. All these years, the
rent collectors foot had never crossed
the threshold, nor had there been
hny repairs. While the adj ,ining
aouses were bright and sun trt with
for few moments, he thrust it
across the table to her and LAYING
back ia his chair, burst into a Loud
laugh The first real hearty one he
had ell Joy ed for ye r.. When Mrs.
A nsworth saw the check and realiz ID
what il meant, her head sank down
upon it and she burst out into a
regular old fashioned crying spell.
This was kept up 50 long that Gold
weight seemed alarmed and he
sp-red in my ear, eff she done
quit that pretty soon she III spoil the
check sure III WAS indeed correct
for when at last he persuaded her to
lift her head, the check WAS IL such
a condition that II body about the
Nevada Bank would have thong 1T of
cashing it wlthuua first showing it to
Mr. j I'm Mack " and asking his
advice about 1T Gold weight picked
1T up, held it to the light ciitIca ly
and rem lrked that she hal made
pretty hess of it. Then he begged
to be allowed to write another one
saying that he would retain the
first as souy eni. So h thrust
the tear stained check into his
vest pocket and the second check he
placed ON the mantel piece to dry,
As they kue there praying, the
music IF the bells stole into the room.
The first note caused Goliwei- hit to
pause an instant to- listen and as the
bell was answered by scores of ot,ers
from every quarter of the City, such
look Of ecstacy came over his flce
that it was plain to see that the
longer hateful disc I'd To- his ears
Then the soft cadence of cni'dren's
voices swelled upon thonight air;
Wreath Holly, Twine the Bay,
Christ was born on Christmas day.
r sing to his feet, he lifted the
woman with him aud there seemed
to be Joy in both hearts to wmch
neither could possibly give any ex
preston. Ten the old business
habits of the man came back to him
"biing me pen ami ink, quick
There was some trpubl about
this, as writing materials are never
readily f"und III the h uses of the
poor. But she found it at last aud
scraped the rust and c"rroded lux
from the pen.
Your first name, Madam" he
said
Helen"
And pulling a check book from
his pocAeC he wrote:
Pay t, the order IF Hell Aims
worth, $1,000.
JOHN GoLDwEIGHr.
The check was on the Nevada
Bank, and when he had written it,
he looked about for a blutting pad,
but there was no such luxury there
and after waving it gently in the air
did not seem to not &c the protfered
chair and stood gazing fxedly at the
mantel piece where some stockings
hung, precisely as they did six years
Def pre- Then Goldweight turned
towards the woman and the two
stood there gazing at each other for
several minutes. Then Mrs Al
worth putting out her hand advanced
a step or two iowa DIS him and he
shook it i'll dazed way.
MIR. Goldweight you are welcome
to this house.
Madam, said Goldweight, with :.
choking voice, ''slx Yeas ago l did !
you cruel injury and | have come T,
to offer such replratl"n as lies IN ,
my power. Curses fall still-bor |
from the lips of the wicked, but !
when the good call fnr the vengeance !
of Heaven To riga their wrongs, t e |
ear of G. Il l.. Yours has been ansNer /
ed with such terrible results that L /
feel that II full kuowiedIe "t them
would insure your uAq iaiihed Tor
L,iveuess.
''I'know it all frnm your fir end
here, replied Mrs. Ainsw"rth. and
sill king ON her knees she lifted her
han - to Haven Wit 50 fervent d,
appeal that | bowed u:y head and
iuIdweight sank on lis krees beside
lur
,aiut, this building was distinguished
rom the rest by ne.lec+ed, weather
beaten air. The inds huug askew,
h.. door knob WAS cracked and did
clothes supplanted broken pains of
glass. /,
.'rhis it the place. said Gold
weight in VIII per.
As we knocked ii woman came to
the door. When GIL v ethics eyes
net hers they both flushed but
lei' her spoke and We walk d silently
uto the sitting room. Guldweight
vito "A chucl.ie, that it