New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-28
JEANIE'S LOVE LETTERS.

~ bovs and girls congregated round the door
atom NJ the tall tenement house In which size
ron,ad one small back room. They were hoo'
,r,, oner ieerng at a man seated in MS sii''
s,oaves on the doorstep placidly snohihs d
huge German porcelain pipe. The man oiu ho.
coon, in the least disturbed at their Jeers anu
sbrieks. but smoked on with his eyes IKE" "po''
rho one strip Of sunset sky visible ABOVE TIC
grimy roofs.
Jeanne pushed her way In
whats the natter? go ,
"Yah-Dutchy! Int e a blooming SOIL ',e
n boy shillin' to go and fetch IN soi''e'"'"e
eat and is wiling ere for m! Int e s'''e'
Wonder 'ow long he'll wite''
"Who Is he?''
"a blooming Dutchy e carnt speak no Eng
= lish. e carnt-'as to mike signs-ahu no'oa'
ere carnt speak nothinlS else. INT e soi'y
The girl paused. and looked at the man; there
was something in his patient atutuue e"" ~
aroused her pity. Some softer reiheli'.' ,,,ad
tho DAYS before she came To TINS great VIM
Iondon came oyer her. The man w., %
blue clear and bright and the heai.ns nish n
his wholesome face, smote upon her VIZ.
nang Of recollection Of the honeSt o., ,
faces she had left with contempt Ior tnel r. oo -
tent. when she had started forth To see iHc III
London. , ,oad IN him to
,o,,nv, her indoors She tried To make MN
understand that he had been robbed me ~
gentle tones that answered her were quit mn I'M,
telieible: he smil d. shrugged MS , 10;
spread his hands, and looked at her win tn a5
calm trustfuncss one sees III uos' anu
children. .,,o s,oire and
.Am r,', on, ~ the house She returned with
n loaf of bread and a half pound OF sausases loi
him and a roll for herself; she would nahe tn''
do; he was stranger atone a''n nonting down
tho street as If to Indicate that she had brought
the things from the boy. ne se'.c' - bi, Iins
stand took her hand and raised II 10 . h,S nv w.
thn action was 50 simple. 50 grateful thd' ale
felt ashamed and ran up the s'a's ~ "0'
room. L.. rou tho
Her comfortless breakfast Of dry ron III b tnT
next morning made her Il niue reSIe.i III 80, e.
charity the night before. NJ .tN,,,,h, and
himself as have had to do she thought anu
she went out to her days WORK i, found
When she returned in the evening she i"unu
him standing outside his door. He bowed anu
smiled. opened his door. and showed ms va sr
purchases on his table. He had eVldehu! iou""
his way round to shops. 49,. ,,,,,
bit disappointed that he ala not Iequit., nv. it
any more He seemed different from thc Jiu'r
v,,lp,r mon and women she came in CONTACT
with I'm her city litf. The air or the neIus
seemed 10 cling 10 him still she thouEnt rs a,l7
toiled up the weary stairs how sweet me rpul,r
try must h" looking now was me sun ai"''",
on the hills at home and making the waters %,
th. loch spar<lc-the bonnie hills that she wou'u
never gee again? Friends were dead anu 20
t1llpTsSS AT tM'iNf NnliliHHo 81 WIN -
decd a far cry to Loeb Awe ,,, ,.h
Something was on her table. Htilc sk'tch
n a sweep Of wide hills with mr. forests rihsI EN-,
10 their sides little cluster oi houses VII" WIZ
ov.rhangirg roofs. and shutters l." inc WIN,
dows \ figure WAS standing In the doorway VI
one - the houses. ,..o,,
"Xvb,t 4 funny thing 10 DO. 10 give me a picture
II H. | wish | could send him back one OF
Loeb AVE. and our house ny on the nr'es'
The next day was Sunday; she usually passed
n bod tired out with n'T WIN =
work when she came down about the riuuie
of the day she met him coming m ",i"ch hycb
Vii II was clear hc had not learned the man
ucrs - Eureka Court yet
she tried 10 express her thanks by LOOKS ana
er,iI.a IT,, seemed % understand. ana laughed
and then she frlt with quick touch oi dis'I"N
that he glanced in surpris" At her untlhN ul'SS
and towzlcd hair. Jeanie did not udy he'sr,, ,
unfi afternoons. then in an enormous nat anu
feathers and much hrcurled head. she p"ranhu-
lated the adjacent streets in company with girls
81 her Acquaintance" not N't Nvi""SS' %,'' a1-
r,rluf vain and craving for a niue "l tha' nap
mines, whlch seems to all girls their birthrISnI
That same hair was In papers now Snr
flushed as she recalled tn" fact-hrf "'I,rS
were grimy. her face uhwaShen' MS
They dia not meet again during the week
but next Sunday morning FOUND Jeanir WIN mes
hair out Of papers and her hahds "dSi'"' HI'o
v.as lettering AT the street corner when he came
back in his spruce clothes. she gave M" d
pert nod She felt ANNOYED with MN i"t S,',, n
SELF as rcsplcndant as possible III n'' O"0"P
gauly fincry. . - Gu,
"Hc shall see that can be smart. TOO, she
thought and tossed her head as he appeared.
He stopped and drawing notep"oN
from his pocket. rapidly sketched 1hurG En-
front upon H. She s snoo 6u,c he' fingers drew
The outside of one of the oommoncst type or
meeting house She shook her NJ al AGAIN anu
moved of. somehow she dld not IKE oD S''"
him how she spent her Sunday evenings
rho weather became very hot Jeanne dropped
more and more in the unhealthy w'rhrooh anu
stufy streets. lie seemed to ho'iCe H. i"r vi
SATURDAY night she found drawing OF trees.
and n path and figures walking about, ana
underneath the figures 2:3o. Could ne be asking
her To- go for a walk? She waited IN 10 see;
At " 80 Il knock came AT her door. ihrt' ne
was with his square ugly good-natured race
smiling at her. She felt awkward going down
the stairs with him. What could they DO Virlns
q whole walk II neither could speak 10 the
other But that walk did not take place. The
smart tie around her neck had been the price OF
her dinner; she turned faint and reeled then
sat down on the stairs and burst into tears.
She hardly knew If she was veXed or pleased
to find herself picked up like baby ana carried
no to her own room and laid upon her bed. she
sat M and drank some water while he stood
looking pcrplcxedly at her. and she blushed that
he should see her untidy. disordery room
He went cut. In few minutes she heard her
door open, and something pushed along the
floor IL was "A little jug Of hot coffee and milk
and "A plate Of German rolls.
The next day another picture was left. II rep
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tables all busily engaged over some mechanical
work: underneath was written the figures 3os.
With unskilfu fingers she drew an outline
,of n coat and waistcOat and n needle and thread
and posted It at his door as she went out {:
but she had To come back again. she was SO Ill.
and all day she lay there alone, waiting for what
was the only friendly signal In the world to her,
the scrap Of paper Of the foreign artist.
Sh, heard II pushed under the door nj last.
and fccbly rose and CROPPED for H. Her head
was throbbing so. that she could scarcely see
that II contained II whole line or portraits-an
elderly man and woman. ana younger faces.
among which was his own. His family doubt
less.
She made rough outline OF her hat, with
n sharp oval for "A face underneath. She was
too i'll % get il down to him She pushed IL out
and trusted that he would fetch it. She heard
him I'm the morning come up again, and then
she heard no more. for the fever seized upon
her and when next she woke TO consciousness
she was lying "A hospital bed For days she
was too weak L. speak or think. but, when she
was able one of the nurses asked her If she
would like to some papers when had becn
brought to the hospital for her. ana the nurse
spread them out before her.
The first OF man following stretcher