Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-07-21

their heads on the shoulders of their
gentlemen friends" they hold each
others hands, and an arm around waist
is as common as a belt with big buckle.
But they are good girls, they are virtuous
girls, and nothing seems so dreadful to
them us fallen woman. This one girl
is talking very earnestly. | get near her,
where ! can hear every word she SAYS She
is pleading somebody's cause. She saws;
Tom. don't care what the other girls are
going TO do, ! feel sorry for her. When
she came into the factory she was as pretty
as picture of the Blessed Virgin in the
church, She was loving and tender and
she'd give her last penny to anybody who
was in trouble. That man made her love
him; he told her how pretty She was, and
he gave her things that made her look
prettier, and she done wrong ] amt T.
saying she done right; but | say feel
sorry for her, and ! don't care if YOU say
goodbye to me forever. I'm going to speak
to that girl il she comes on this dock to-
night as sure Us am living and breathing.
Now, Tom, you know | love you, but |
can't believe that girl is bad all the way
through" There was profound silence
after this, and the little girl looked up in
Toms face with her eyes full of tears, and
the moon smiled down on the womanly
lace and gave it beauty. it had never had
before. Tom saw IT, Men and children
and dogs recognize the divine spirit when
u looks out from a woman's eyes. So Tom
drew her a little closer and gruffiy said.
'oh, amt a-interfering with what you
women choose to do"
TALE OF THE Town.
The moon looked down on a quiet crowd,
for most of the children had gone to sleep,
the men and women were tired out, and
the lovers spoke very low. Soon there
came, all by herself, girl who looked
IA frtg al a
showed i'll her sickly face traces of great
beauty. Her dress was u torn, soietl silk
one; about her shoulders, although the
night was warm, was Il plaid shawl. As
she passed along, the girls drew themselves
away, and the married women didn't hest.
late TO call her names that made my blood
run cold. Gradually she grew more de.
liant. She saw me, II stranger, and came
over and sat next to me. Tho shall fell
from her shoulders; in her arms was the
poorest, smallest most miserable little
baby you can imagine. 1t was what the
preachers call the child of her sin; but to
me IT seemed possible that it might be the
child that was to redeem her and make 4
woman of her. did not speak to her.
waited TO see what the girl on the other
side of me was going to do. She glanced
at her, and, taking her sweethearts arm
from around her waist, She got up and
came to her and she said, loud enough for
everybody to hear: nellie, YOU and de
baby come over and sit with Tommy and
me" Nellie looked frightened but the
other girl put her hands down, lifted the
little baby into her own arms, and started
toward Tommy, with the mother follow.
ing her There was a decided mtirmur of
indignation but Tommy, bless his heart,
got up and said Livery one of youse
knows thar
MY LADY FRIEND Is STRAIGHT;
her frens is my frens, and ii anybody's
got anything to say about this, they II say
1t to me, and ] know what talkSv' 10
emphasize this there was big strong list
doubled up. Just then Tommy got a
friendly slap ON the shoulder that was
heard all over the dock, and Mr.. William
Finney, full of enthusiasm and beer, called
out Pm wild you. If dere is any man on
dock dat wants to say word against
Nellie, let him come TO me. | know all
about her. If she hadn't been gentle and
l!ovin', she'd never got in this liz; and
don see as she has done so much. She's
made mistake, but she's got whole life
time to straighten up Al" Ihe tide turned
in favor of Nellie.
The noise had wakcned the baby I'M,
and there stood the little dog who had
come down to see the other side of life
licking its tiny hands Just rs he would
those of u baby born to heritage OF
htNltll Ebuu
i was nearly o'clock in the morning
before
THE JEWELLERS on THE DOCK
began to go home, and when Nellie and
the baby departed it was under the escort
of William Flnney aud of Tommy and
his girl, that good girl who knew how to
speak well for another woman. The moon
looked down i'll the water and drew me A
picture the, picture Of .Nellio--in the
country, with her boy beside her, leading
an honest life and making n man of her
child. There was another picture tOo-it
was Tommy and his bride. saw a clean
little house, saw neat supper table, |
saw II toothsome dish waiting for n tired
and hungry man, and | knew it was the
home of honesty and virtue, the home
where anarchy would never get foot
hold and where two people would live out
there lives always happy because even
when sorrow came there would be love to
tighten it..
am going away last of all, am escorted
to the car by Patsy leading the little dog
lie has condescendingly accepted an invf-
tatlon TO come up and sec the dog, and
have some ice cream and cake, not in the
Kitchen, oh dear no but with the
family. lie tells me if will come down
often to see them he will give me points
on feeding the dog, and il I've got any
boys he'll teach them to swim, thank
him and we go home, We have seen
how the other side summer on
the docks. We have- seen that
humanity is very much the same whether
IL Is III fine mansion on Fifth avenue or
II tenement house ON the water front And
the conclusion reached is that there is
some good in everybody. Bah.