The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-24

in one corner of the room, came over. nut
his hands on Tins shoulder and said
"Ihat's right, my man, you feel better
now. It's all been mistake, but please
God you've got a whole lifetime to make
1t right. Me an Mis- here will give you
helpiu' hand, an we've got a friend
down in the south. an l reckon as two
can manage so that you get down there
an you can work out in the open air for a
while. Tim, me boy, this is what comes
from only listenin' TO one side of the
story, | don't say nothin' against the
workingman, I'm one myself. and / think
he ought to stand up for bein' treated
right, but since I've talked with some
of the gentlemen from the settlement,
I've learned that the man who hires
and the man who is hired must
work together in unison if we
want big wages. There are bad employ
ers, but there are more good ones, and
usually, Tim, me lad, when wages is re-
duced there's a reason for il. Now,
amt blamin' you, me boy, but you must
know now that these men who go
around talkin' and excitin' young chaps
like you, is paid to do it by the polti-
clans, who, while they say they are the
worAingman's friend, is nine times out
of len. the very ones who grind him
down the hardest Take some OF these
men who mako such fine speeches, and
ask them what they pay the men they
employ, and what they do when there is a
strike, and l guess you'll find. Jimmy,
that the ones who does the least talSin do
the most workin'. Now, brace up, and
be man, and your friends will pull you
through. Not them friends as you've
been tellin about, but them that found
you when you was In trouble. That's the
way to know your friends, Tim"
With another anDrOViug nat on Tim e
shoulder, MIR Connolly stopped, and then
with quiet goodnight they left me
alone waiting for Mis- Connolly.
l TRIED TO THINK IT OUT.
/ tried to see the right and wrong Of it.,
but always before me there came the pic
ture of the dead woman and her baby,
and IL seemed TO me that in the long
month before the baby came, and when
she saw no solution of the riddle, she
must have wished for death. For on the
thin, pinched face there was look of
satisfaction, as If some unwhispered de-
sire had been granted
All that was two days ago This morn
ing, very early, from Mis- Connolly's
little fat, for they had carried Ida and
the baby over there, the little funeral
procession started. just before they
went, a kindly clergyman said prayer,
and after that girl whose voice is heard
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stood beside me, and with her eyes raised
as if she could see way beyond us all, she
sang There is green hill far away. -"
And IL seemed TO me as If resting there,
where the flowers never cease to bloom
and where the sunshine is eternal, we're
Ida and her little baby.
When they had gone we waited for a
little while in quietness, and she said to
me, this good worker, Have you ever
been able to solve the question:
And answered her, mo. All that we
can do is TO do that which is closest to
our hands. Life is full Of tragedies, and
the work in it is not sentimental Nobody
can come down on the other side and help
people by talking. All the preaching in
the world will do no good"
1T is WORK THAT TELLS.
The best lesson Of cleanliness is that
task which may not be pleasant, bathing
somebody who is sick and poor, The
best sermon on generosity is the denying
yourself something to help the women
and children, and the sick who need il.
The best evidence of your belief in happi-
ness here and hereafter is to give pleas.
ure to those who scarcely know what il
means, and the best proof of your believ-
ing that in the sight of God all men are
equal is your respecting the feelings OF
others. Nobody can go on the other side
and expect TO pose as Lady Bountiful
but oh, there is so much work there tc
do Thank God There are men and
women who are doing it gladly and
wisely But always there is room for
more workers"
And just then my little millionairess
looked at her silver watch, and straight.
ened her cotton frock, and said to me:
You are right, but l mustn't stop any
longer for am due down street to heir
take care of woman who has got de
lirium Cremens."
It's work, my friend, in this world that
is wanted.
In the future, can see Tim working
away down south, and in this work ht
will forget for, thank God, we can dc
that. And |, well, think that those PEG
pie who were kind enough TO send me the
money for the living babies will not regret
the use to which it was put by
BAB.