The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-09-15

doesn't come at our call. Everybody
was good 90 me, and when ! got well
Engineer Tom Jones said / could live
in his place close 20 the west y, and he
says he'll be slow Co sell il even if the
railroad does want il. He loved my
husband-but then everybody loved
my Joe, he washer voice trembled
stopped, the light came and went and
came again into her face, while tears
stood full and heavy i'm her eyes
The boolSReeper was getting cold
surely; he wished he could sneeze, but
as he couldn't he cleared his throat
and coughed, and wished that car
would hurry mp.
"Yes, yes, I've had some hard
knocks" she continued, as if talking
20 the slackening rain; "but I've
nearly learned IN whatsoever state
am herewith 10 be content think
some day He'll make all things seem
right"
But the booklSeepcr heard, saw, hR
car
Here, III take these pansies," said
he, snatching them from her hand and
throwing n nickel into her lap
you Jamesy!" giving him an adj
monitory kick, short and light, bet
\ ter move along now; it's clearingl1
and he rushed out into the street.
~ alters take her home, boss
! called Jamesy, now alive 90 the change
of affairs, Were pards, you see"
But the boolSkecper was climbing
into the scarcely stopping ear, and did
not even look back
"She's utterly alone and poor, yet
happier than /, he unused. 81 do be-
licve she got 20 quoting Scripture at
me. Pshawl don't know what pos
sessed met anyhow, have little cause
and less sense 20 be blue. Wonder
what the landladyu say Just look
at that clock" as the car whirled
swiftly by the courthouse. lie stopped
\ his musiug and whistled softly as he
/ pinned his pansies in his buttonhole.
A Fentlo wind from the distant
northern prairics waited away the
\ thin, light clouds, and the first faint
stars OF evening looked down upon tho
| little old woman with her crutch fol-
lowing Jamesy through the open gate
way OF the miserable place that was
home 20 her and him.
"'rhe pansies have had a big drink, 4"
cried Jamesy, from the little garden
at the side Of the house
"Rcat yer home" cried the other
"pard.n ilinging wide the door,
As the weary woman went 10 rest
that night she little knew how far the
U n Ia.
beams upon naughty world Lying
ON her hard mattress, she watched The
moon through her shuttcr-slats, riding
high up in the heavens. and muir
INJURED:
II know that was a good young man
this evening" good young man. Our
\ Benny might have been just like him
just like him" Her eyes held them
selves closed, and she was soon with
her own loved ones in the elysian fields
81 slumber
"Why. the storm must have caught
\ you,n remarked the landlndy, as the
\ boolSkccpcr seated himself at his
usual place, smiling over the almost
empty dishes aud the nearly vacated
supper table
"les; but what a refreshing storm IL
was And It's perfectly clear now.
An, thanks FOR your kindness" he said,
cheerily, as the waiting girl brought
him stcaming cup Of tea and some
well-kcpt steak
'Lawsyi / wonder who guv i'm them
pansies; he seems SO mighty liftcdupr
| thought the observant damscl
The bookkcepcr gave the pansies 20
the thoughtful looking little school.
teacher at his boarding place telling
her the story OF the "Motherly Pard.'
and she put them in her Bible that
night, az the fourth chapter of Philip
plans, eleventh verse.-N. Y. Inde.
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