Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-01-07
A Il SER OE LOVE.
rirss SAINT aIAua.
Greed TS1stlA @

Greed 1>1c~-~-e~tl.s ez1l1~10
Weariness b-cot carelessrcss.
This YVES The why and wherefore OF
the acciderS
The hands wife was shocked unto
death when she saw his maug,ed body.
So the great capitalist who employed
the hand buried them both handsomely.
The grocer who kept the store Below tie
fat where a1d and wife had lived W&S
pood erousl 10 attend the funeral; also
the gfoccr's So e, as well as lie ghDoc
or two 1or both the dead seemed rcla-
tionless. TIE man had been 6 kindly
fellow, ara lis observation-disclosures
mon-grave VIE CHANGED 70 be pretty
and sweet. Thus q respectable follow
inc was insured The capitalist paid
the bill, bus was not represent c.-tiine
was precious There was even q nom
inal Inouyne-, Who unavailingly studied
the somber carb and demcanor OF the
followers and wondered at the carriage
ride, the chapel service, the deep hole
in the arcr,sari Chief mourIer was
her tide Icy right at this ceremony OF
funeral, ior the two collins held the
corpse5 Of her PARENTS.
susie. = child Of five, and now an
orphan. without relatives Che capital
isf had overlooked her-she YVES small
and not q labor Iactor), thought Of Two
things G-r.-o that service: her big
blacl, cat. then sole occupant Of the
little fat. and her rauch-lovcd inGrimGte
comfort, dolI-not the traditional
dirty, dmnpv thing, but pretty, we'll
dressed, clean, GaNen-haired a-1j bIae-
eyed
Returning from the funeral, Susie
beeged 10 be Permitted immediate &C
cess to the fat; her doll would be lone
"; her cat anxious, for papa and mam-
ma were "oUt"
The grocer wife took her UP, let her
in and lett Ler, glad of an opportunity
ia confer Win The others on Sus;e's fr-
ture. It's hard 10 know what to do with
\ child who can neither understand nor
anDlv funerals, and who has 10 re.a-
tiyes. She had to be "done something
with" so Susie was allowed 70 rejoin
her cat and her doll while the funeral
attendants decided which Of them
should trv and explain the mystery Of
death and the misery of orphGraGe to a
girl child aged five years. This IN
yolved unpleasant and unrecomPensed
responsibility-one of those things
most mo-tals shirl-so much time ana
talk was consumed.
When, al last, Susie was sought
neither sia, the doll, nor the big black
cat could anywhere be found.
The men IN tle precinct saluted their
captain S.. .te-haired, white-bearded
giant, stern dis1ip linarian, yet popular
with the men, 1or he was fearless and
iust-quite silently that day. In every
eve was an anxious expression. Il was
The third anniversary of an event which
had robbed nature, for Capt. Granger,
Of its wonder, its charm, its beauty.
The 10Y of living and gratitude for life
had changed with him 10 respect for
a painful, weary process Of worldly
existence. HIS wtfe's death had closed
the church door, destroyed the desire
for prayer, and seemed tohave Killed the
religion in his soul. lie fonted the
mercy and loge OF his Maker, and the
name OF God, save as an objurgatory
synonym, never-passed his lips. He had
'.done duty always, and he neryed him
self TO start in then on his hardest spell
the obligation to live out dead life
-alone-to the end.
IIr. and Mrs Granger were together
20 years, and With them had always
been The "lo7e that passeth understand
ing" although the priceless blessing OF
children~had been denied them. He
was supposed 10 be over 60, but The only
time his staff eyer saw sign Of weak