Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-07-13


after he had loved another woman. used
10 hope he was burning eternally, out now
want him back
Here she broke down with u wild sobbing
while Charlie and looked at her, and
realized how helpless we were. l nave
no woman ever spoke, Bernhardt or Duse,
as did this woman. We could otfer no
consolation; but we waited, and then, after
a whisper from me, Charlie went up to her
and told her that was coming down again
to see them during the summer, and could
swer. but took for consent the tact that
she pressed close to her heart the magnolia
blossoms. Did this make All excitement
ON the roof garden of the other side
Nobody heard it except Charlie and me.
Little children were lying naked and asleep
bigger ones were playing hide and seek be.
hind the chimney tops. just as your boys
and girls, madam, are playing pehlnu the
trees on the velvety lawn.
RooF-ToP CARD PARTIES.
We walked along quietly, and then, sud- |
denly, Charlie touched my shoulder: l
looked up, and l saw seated together four
typical toughs playing cards. Inc llttle
| pile Of pennies told me they were amateur
| Gamblers. / went behind the one with the
worst face and asked ki o, IN NE p ansSsfsd
| qruffiy: 'It's dam bad luck, but suppose
SnI, cam 1 watched, and / saw the keen
| desire not so much to get the money rs to
play a good game. Charlie, happily, helped
me. He asked a question about the hl6hest
hand, and my own especial tough began TO
Tie said: "You see, the udder Teller had
a stroight--dat's de numbers runnin' IN
dere order-an' |, we'll, | had full house,
and that, $ tree of one kind-and two o de
odder. De udder blokes2 Oh dere hans
didn't amount TO nuthin' an swiped de
Doodle, see P' ,,n,. A.
game DEPEND very much on what you
] draw"
He laughed, "What dam ignorance !
, Course il does; il you amt DRAWN TO luck
/ you might jest as well give the udder chaps
E your plun!;s at de fust.n
5 Then said Charlie There's no science
! in it?" Dear little Charlie; he had learned
r the value of science in anything from his
q Jew playmate, the little scholar lsadore..
It Nav" replied the tough, Its Jest IN
II the draw" -.
e A thought came to me, and acted on it
o IF you boys will let me play, with you
20 I'll teach you game in which there u
a some science. You are all bright fellows
II and why don't you show your wits II
" playing q game that calls for brains wher
q, YOU won't lose any money, rather thai
H. one where you lose your money, am
lie nothing really depends on yourself" NJ.
ly proposal was accepted at once. one OF Ih
Of BOYS dropped ont and stood by Charlie
On while, with an awkward Thanksgiving I
i. INV grandmother for teaching me to pla
/ whist, took his place and began to teao
er them the game of gentlemen. We playe
m for two hours, and they were so much II
in terested that when MT. Connolly came "
nv nlopping his forehead and said: MT
IN Connolly thinks you'd better De goii
ok home.h
ne MY EXTREMELY TOUGH FRIEND
I I slapped him on the back and asked, Go
~ molly, when dc lady feels dat she's W
~ dose dat are in harmony wild her, why q
sor you interrupt de see-ance2" Connolly W
~" too tender-hearted to make trouble, SO
watched another round, and then n
gentlemen friends wished TO rush q
-, growler and treat me. am going 70 y
18th YOU the TRUTH let them do it. drank
Oh, glass of cool beer with them. Connol
yer had one, and so did Charlie and when
Z, 1t got up to go they all stood up to bid ]
d." goodbye, and what do you think we di
lily, We formed a whist club that is to mi
ere once week on the roof and Charlie
be my own special tough are to come al
the me next week. agreed to joining
for with one proviso, and that was that
IS a to control the growler money. Ny tou
e is friend looked at me for moment or y
but and then for the first time since !
hes been there, he took off his hat, and
and said; well, wimmen Is mighty que
o be AM / pose even lady has her crank
af- but if we want yer down here we've go
10 Civ in foyer"
and with Mr.. Connolly. MIR. Connolly said
oily me beg your pardon, Miss. but.
Iery- ceptin' to see Mrs. Connolly and Char
now what do you come down here for
med He was looking at me with his clear
)wn, eyes-the eyes of an honest and 0,
aged nan-and | answered Mr.. Connoll!
mie. don't know. When was little girl
the went to Quaker meetings, my grandfa
such used to tell me when there was 81
the meeting that the Spirit hadn't moved
into body To speak, Now, the Spirit mt
ging. me to come down here. l can't do
ched harm, and | can always see Charlie
gain Isadore and maybe the Spirit may II
said me to do the right thing to some unf'
there nate soul"
is so Connolly looked at me, and said
You got favor to ask, Miss. The next
You come, won't you let me take yt
the saloons Nothin' will happen to
ed I and / want you to see how u IS.
ones then almost fell over a small boy,
there looked up in my face and said, "Wh
man the bow-wow?" We hadn't brough
nos al puppy | tried to make it plain 10
ves In that one bow-wow had gone TO the G
90 no try, but that there were two here, and
She the Youngest one of them, Christie
w the Columbus, would be with me on my
IN IN. appearance Then 1 asked: WINE
vared YOUR mother?" lie pointed to VIII
Near woman, tired out, had gone to ;
We'll, stretched OUT NAY on the TOOL. t aS
hole.n And he said: I'm the s'loon."
from LEND HAND.
,;ne ~ That night promised Mr.. Connoll
,fnilv he should take me to the saloons, and
80 hSd he went away, sat looking out o
., nc window and thinking. ] could hea
dc and music from the roof garden not far
aim to could hear voice singing, "Oh, b
md he me, if all those endearing young cha
~ ,hat and could see the people among wi
Il al AZ had spent my eveping, but the gu
again KEEP Golnlns up pelot IN, ine so e
q one stand out just as plain as did the st
ivini the sky. 1t said: Not by organize
a ba.,,, not by treating them as the army
,,rarad poor, but by remembering that eact
,srhen individual life, and by approaching
y oaa as man to man, and woman to WON
MS If giving them the politeness due fro
home. human being to another; the con
: q Tfoyd ton current among gentlefolks, a
i, th;s loving kindness that is part OF the
-, a. 49, Gift from d mercilul God.
' uy Is the answer right? Do you agr
IA ths me2 If you do, then meet the ques
~ ,vi1h il is going to DC met by WOMB
10 rave hopes each one Of you calls her Il
". great and who is
han, IN | -D-