Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-03-14

TO Be. Every day feel that l cannot
put my thoughts into the highest form"
"Every man Of any power feels that"
said, "by whatever machinery his power
Ands expression"
"Perhaps %. Well. when Mr.. Clith.
sroe had once given me start in the open
air. and had got tools In my hands,
pretty soon they began to talk Of me ~
one Of the masters In Lancashire. There's
. great call In England for thorough
workmen. came mp to London. Ifell
In with the gentleman who sent you
here, and got OH we'll. There's ~ much
good work CUES out Of this little shop ~
out Of some big establishments with
great names over the door. People try
to get me to start great shop and make
q great fortune and have George Padi.
ham talked about. But I'm Dwarf
George, born In coal mine and stunted
in coal mine, and Lamely court, with
my little shop In the basement, suits me
best
"I never forgot how owed all my
good luck to Gentleman Hugh and my
dear little Ellen. II II had not been for
them I should have died underground Of
hard work before thirty, as most OF my
mates did. Their help Of me gave me q
kindly feeling toward broken down gen.
tlefolks. owed the class my luck, and
when got on and had money TO spend,
having no one of my own to spend 1t for,
looked up people as badly of a. Gen.
tleman Hugh was when first knew him
and helped them. They are hard class
TO help-proud as Lucifer sometimes,
with their own kind. took this house
here, out of the way a. much as any spot
In London. Whenever ] knew OF gen.
tleman or q yentlewoman given out OF
worn out 90 they could not take care Of
themselves, I brought them In here. II
they were only given out ! put stuff into
them again, Sheered them up and found
some work for them TO do. Gentlefolks
are not such fools II they only had edu'
cation. III found one that was worn
out beyond nll patching ] packed him
into o snug corner up stairs and let HIN
lie there. They like 1t better than pub
lie hospitals and retreats.
"Ail the while was getting on and
getting rich In small way, with some
small shares In patents own. But !
kept my eye on Gentleman Hugh. !
knew what would scome to him, and ]
never took in ten shillings that did not
put away one for him and his daughter.
81 knew Of his going to America with
the Mormons. damn EN-! went down
to Clitheroe to persuade him to give mp
the plan. He would not. He quarreled
with me-our frst hard words. He for.
bade his daughter TO write 10 me.
~ knew he would come back some
time or other. stripped and needy. ]
watched the packets lists Of passengers
He did not come under his own name;
but saw last winter an oil Lancashire
name on list of arrivals-the name OF
that wornout shaft where Ellen had
picked the daisy for me. II was favor.
| ite spot Of his. Part OF his money had
gone down 1t, and he used to cit and
stare into II as II the money WAS going
to bubble up again. I traced them BY
that to London. Here for time ] lost
them. =.
"He got very low In London-poor old
manr' continued Padiham.
Nothing dishonest, hope" said !.
mo, no. Only gambling, with crazy
hope OF getting even with the world
again. In this way he spent all that he
had left, and Ellen's hard earnings be-
sides. II made him wild for her to re-
fuse him; no she was forced to give him
all that she could spare-all except Just
enough to pay for poor place to live In
and poorer fare. She never knew where
he spent the long nights; she only saw
him creep back to his garret In the early
morning destitute and half alive.
"But promised you to talk rs short
a. could. must tell you how found
them. The poor gentle folks that ] take
care Of generally know something ol
ornamental work that they learned TO dc
for play when they were better OIL.
set them at doing what they can do best
and sell II for them. There Is always
some one among my family can draw.
"It was by going to q print shop with
drawings to sell that found my dear
lass. She had painted ine and sold the
picture to the dealer for bread.
wouldn't have noticed the picture except
for the dwarf In 1t, and now ] wouldn't
be a finished man for the world. Yes
there I was, Dwarf George, picking
daisies on the edge Of coal pit; there
was, Just as used to look, with the Goa
dust ground into me, trying to max,
friends with the fresh. innocent daisies
In the sunshine.
"By that picture ! found them Just In
time. When I got to their garret Eller
was lying sick. III in body ard tired ant
sorrowed out. Their money was MI
gone, for Gentleman Hugh had beer
robbed Of his last the night before.
brought my dear child and her father
here. What I had was theirs.
"As soon rs her father WIS safe will
me, his old friend. she got well. As soor
as his daughter was ont of the way o
harm and want, and the old gentleman
had nothing to be crazy about and moth
ing to run away from. he stopped dead
He fell into palsy.
"There he 10 now up stairs. Ellei
chose the upper room, where they coult
look over the housetops and OF clea
days zee the Surrey hills. I've got som'
| skill In my fingers for mending broker
men, but Hugh Clitheroe can't b
mended. It's as well for him that b
can't. He's been OF track too long eve
to run steady In this world. But he ha
come to himself and sees things clearer
at last. He lies there contented ant
patient, waiting for his end. He see
his daughter. who has gone with hin
through thick and thin, by his side, ant
knows she will love him closer ever.
day. And he knows that his old mate
Dwarf George, 10 down here In the base
ment, strong enough to keep all up ant
all together"
"Let me be the one, Mr.. Padiham,
said l, ito ask the honor Of shakin,
hands with you. think better OF tn
world for your sake"
Young man." said he with his clear
frank voice, "a noble woman like m
Ellen betters every true man. Their
strikes nine. A pleasant church cloc!
thati gave II to 'em. Now you're wei
tired Of my talk. dare say. Come
.. Ellen viii have all she has missed whe