The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-12-30
GLlMPSES OF ARKANSAS
TIE COMIC OK TIE TRAGIC SIDE or
MANY RURAL LIVES.
snun.Dippers and Tobacco Cbewers tn he
Found Among the Women-A
Touching Scene.
Little Rock. Ark. Dec. 2s, 1891.

more pathetic than any other.
But the glimpses are so brief that they
are often very tan:aiizng. 1t is like read
ing the middle chapters OF Il continued
story and never knowing either the be-
ginning or the end.
Early one morning not long since l
stopped 1T a picturesque old cabin with
lots OF old-fashioned flowers blooming IN
the yard. In one of The two rooms of
the house a pretty back-eycd girl lay on
the bed. and when / asked ii she had
been IN her face broke into a charming
smile. and she pointed 20 bundle OF red
flannel lying near ncr that ! had not
! noticed before. / uncovered it,, and there
| lay the ii,iest creature / ever beheld IN
! human form. 4 teacup would have COW
f, erred mis- littlc head, ears and al; his liiIe
! lp"s were no bigger than my thumb. ana
his poor ltttlo hands. Was anything ever
| so small and weak before as those help
less baby fingers? The young mother said
| she was very proud OF him, and John
| thinks a sight OF him, too" she added.
/ John, of course, was her husband. ! saw
/ John when he came in TO dinner. RE was
! q tall. fair young couniryman, with a
! kindly, pleasant face. and he spoke with
/ great pride OF his son, who was only a
/ week Old. Ia the afternoon ! went again
10 see the baby and the young mother
| and | saw that she had been crying. My
! baby is sick" she explained HE has not
! cried all day except TO make that little
| moan, and ! can't make him wake up
! Here the baby moved feebly and uttered
1 the tniest, most pitiful wall | ever heard
in my life. His little face was drawn
| with pain. and there was a dun blue line
| about mis- little mouth and eyes that 10
| me looked very like death. The mother
! looked at her baby and burst into tears
| John" she called, John. come and do
| something for my baby; there is some
| thing dreadful the matter with him He
! tried to comfort her. but he could not
| rouse the child, so he said he would sad
| die his mule and 60 for the doctor Some
! OF the women ST the house came in. and
/ Just then some one called mo. saying II
was time to 90. I left the poor girl hold
| ing her tiny, precious baby 20 her breast
| and crying as if her heart would break.
Did the baby die? | do not know. l can
! only say that il seemed 10 me that the
seal of death was on his little face.
4 short time ago | was sitting on a
porch talking TO a group OF country vo-
men. Some Of them We're barefoot, some
were dipping snuff. others chewing to-
bacco, and, altogether. We were having
/ ct very sOciable time. one OF the group
I finally went into the house and brought
back tin-type OF some mutual acquaint-
ancc and passed il around Tor inspection.
well. ! 90 say" exclaimed the first who
looked at IL. shifting her ''qu4d' 10 the
other cheek. ia a kEowed that wuz Jim
IL ia a saw it in Egupt.' The mex lady
{ was equally aStonisAed. and positively af-
/ h.med that she would have known IL
| was Jim If she had found 10 iu.the mid
! de Of the big road \ third-she was
| large placid woman. with dimple
| where she ought To- have had a chu-sa'd
| she lowed il was about thc best likeness
! she ever saw took" So Il went the
| rounds. the women vieiug with each other
! Iu tho rcmo;cncss of the localities in
! Wh.,.. they would have recognized % and
! I'm expires sing their profound establishment
/ that Iim's likeness should resemble
/ him. When my turn came J saw a pic
| tuo of am ordinIry-looHing oouutryman.
| Enthusiastically aturcd in bis sunday
/ clothes
People sometimes aucous. iously give
tao,r remarks q meanins very foreign %
! their thoughts. yOWg lady artist call
! al upon me IN g. railroad town the other
/ day. 40 bare feet and snuff there! She
| was dIiutly attired in white white shoes.
white hat. white gloves and everything
else according. Had seen some Of
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iou hH'" Ihd-dHs very S'iIou idu-A-
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