St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-01-23
MINNEAPOLIS.
PHASES OF LIFE.


In a dilapidated old one-story house
on Second street north lives an aged
couple who go by the name Of jenkins.
They live alone. and, so far as the
neighbors have been able to see, no
friend nor relative nor stranger ever
visits them. In the morning little tin
pail is set out upon the front steps, and
when the mlkman comes along ne
picks out his pay and pOurs IN his
milk. The meat man leaves his meat
in the same way, and in the course
of the morning. the old lady pops her
gray head out of doors and takes in the
pail and the meat. The jenkins are
people with histOry-a romance cllngS
about their lives that Would be interest
ing. could it be learned. This much is
known. however: The jenkins are
Southerners. who lived in Tennessee
during the bloody war times. jenkins
was a wealthy planter. and had his
mansion in the city-in what is now
known as Old Chattanooga. All
their children three bOvS-Were killed
by the Yankees and the sweet
heart of one of them went insane. The
reverses of war lost for Mr.. Jenkins his
though he saved enough out of the
Wreckage to allow himself and wife to
live. or rather exist, until such time
when they would be summoned to cross
the StyX. 1t is not known how long
they have lived in the city, though 20
lice Captain Hem says it IS as long as
lie can remember. They live the lives
OF reciuSe. passing away the weary
hours. no doubt. in dreaming OF the
good old days of long ago.
Among the Old-time Migrants brought
into the central police station Saturday
night was jim Murray. He will be ar
ragEed in the police court this morning
to answer for the hundredth time to
the charge of yagrancy. Jim Murray,
in the halcyOn days OF the past, was an
actor. an eXpOnentOf the legitimate art
and he claims to have been member
OF the original cast play
ing the English version Of
SardOu's Dora, which was re-
named Diplomacy" lie says he played
with Lester Wallack, Rose Coghlan and
others when the play was first pre-
sented in New York. although it was
not as Jim Murray that he was known
on the boards. lie declines to give
his true name. Whether Murray's
story concerning DIPLOMACY is cor
rect or not. is a question, though certain
it is that he at one time was connected
with the stage. His knowledge Of old
time players, plays and matters con-
corning the stage and the stage world,
is evidence of that fact. lie says whisky
brought him to his present deplOrable
condition. and whisky will lana him on
the other side, where no police stations
or police courts exist.
In Layman's cemetery is a little
mound. and at the head of it a small
slab on which is inscribed the name
Dorothy" The slab was once painted
white. and the letters Of the name were
black. but the winds and weather of
many year have changed the white to
a dull fuzzy gray and the letters to
ragged outlines. During the summer
months. when the little grave is over
grown with grass and daisies, ali OLD
graY-haired woman may be seen
vending her way through the
rows of graves, every morning, rain
or SHINE. and stopping before the gray
slab with its inscription Of Dorothy"
She carries a bnnch Of ViOlets in her
hand. and after shedding a tear on the
grass grown grave, drops the flowers
and walks silently and sadly away. No
body appears to know who she is, and
probably nobody cares. One of the Old
attaches OF the cemetery says he re-
members to have seen the same old lady
stop before the grave with bunch Of
violets in her hand as many as ten years
ago. lie has noticed her every summer
since that time. and she has always
gone through the same sad perform
ance.