Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-19

or happier time. and | learned his sto-
ry lie once WINS rlrh aud ne his home,
mon hiuh IN tho socinl aud political
world dpliehcd TO COME. IN bis natlve
city of Lynn hc stood hpn among hil
follows hnt trouble came, his son Killed
man. his wife dlcd, ho lost his for
tunp. mud went forth an nuienHt into tho
world II WIS the Hniuc old story OF
driuk taken 10 drown sorrow, consuming
the man, aud now under nn assumed
name the old maui lives, his sole ohl"t
m llir tu unrn enough today 90 drink
himself iuto oblivion tomorrow.
Young rh camc out Of atorc locke
lng tired aud worn ont after her louR days
work, trying % please Che customers
who could not be- satisfied Dressed ia
honest vallejo her fnce showing ihnt
thOuph hor yrnrH had been few her
troubles had been many. She pwniird
the coming uf u street Cnr, for her hOmW
WAX far away aud she was tired sud-
denly she saw SOME fruit np0u stand.
she walked past it ana ! could see That
her mind WIS hating between doubt
und determination, ihrn she stopped,
counted the srnnty cOnirnts ul her purss
aud all wis transferred into the hands
of the man who Kept The old stand nui
with smile On her Hips ne she thought VI
ihc sick one at homo for whose comfort
"NN NllIiN NWNMNA IVA MNNN INV NAANNi NW NHAAr
ger, in lier Thought for others forgetting
her wcarlnesH size ftnrted on her long
walk homc,
went on down Main street and In
few minutes saw a boy grown % thg
size OF man, ! knew that boy aud
na he turned TO ~ Into billiard room.
l could not help thinking Of hs mother
at hOmu, prpmninrcly old, trying 20 lunko
81 do tho work ~ ~, and his sister,
who occupies a downtown Office, gives
her whole salary 20 her mother ana
who depryos herself Of al little ndOrn-
monts. 40 dear 60 The feminine heart.
IN order that her brother may be htisi
for his chosen profession, and YET ho "
spending her hard earned savings nc
the pool table aud nt the cigar counter.
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SIN farther on ! mot woman; her
painted face aud flaming attire nn-
nounced her calling SHE WIS q creature
of the town mud one VI the lowest on hrr
kind ~ ! was passing she suddenly
turned her face away and ianiiinr rX-
prossipn OF her eyes caught my uttrh-
lion aud / knew that ! had seen her
when she Ind happy home, | stopped
and called her by numo, She turned
aud almost hpfccly said you know me
thpnf For Gods sake don't let my peo-
pie know They think ! am dead
Though lost % an shame and even dc-
epnOy. abhurng the good, deapialng tho
respectable. ieeflng 90 all she had been
taught ~ reverence. her sef-wapect an
GONE. 500 down dpop in her heart spark
~ W0manh0od stlll wmnned and She
would not have those who knew her
when she was pure know Der now.
Thus u always N, no matter how low
a human being may sink when their
minds revert ~ their innOcent youth they
win aay aa dd that woman, God grant
that they may think me dead
I heard 4 good story yesterday IN my
fnmbles A lAdy wen known ia Iort
Worth was loft alone few nights agp
Tho day before a young man arrived
IA the city aud engaged hoard nt the
house neat door 10 hers, lie WIS
stranger in the clty and after supper
started OF 10 view thc sights returning
about 10 O'Clock. Going 10 his room,
~ III b match found the lamp, ~ that
aud began ~ diar0be 10 40 20 bed, The
n0st ~ his cl0shing was removed when
he was h0rfihed % hear a rerieg pf
feminine Hhfieks from hts bed, Ito
grabbed ne clOlhcs ara went down stairs
m about two jumps When hc reached
tbe door. De realized that be was in the
wrong house, hls boarding place was
nOgt door. he got % his room and ~
baI without biting seen, and the next
mofning rs laullady told him about
ihe aiiempled burglary Tho night biote,
diam ~ iuld the whole sinry ana tho
police were not potncd,