The Van Buren press., 1898-10-15
ALASl POOR DEWEY.
The story of n nI<tDd-HeartedM X G d Man Who
Found There Was One Fake
Too Many.


who has a reputa ton among people
who know him for his kindness 81
heart, was filed with distress the
other afternoon when he was ap
preached hy a fveyear-oid son of one
of his neighbors. The little fellowwas
crying bitterly, and the kind hearted
man lost no time III making inquiries
as to the nature IF the child's trouble.
Some" he said, patting the boys
head, "teG me all about II. Who hurt
you?"
.N-n-nobody didn't hu-hurt me" the
Sufferer sobbed, "b-b-but Dewey's
dead. boo-h oo-hoo-hoo!"
dewey dead! Great heavens.
That's terrible. Where's the news.
boy? Dear. dear, dear, dear. I'm sor.
ry to bear thatP"
And forgetting all about the distress
of the child, he rushed into the house,
exciaiming TO his wife:
Mamma, Dewey's dead"
"Mercy on u.s." the lady replied,
"where did you hear that?"
Little Francis Parker just told me,
Poor child, he's crying as if his heart
will break. / suppose his father nas
Just brought the news home from
down town. I wish the boys would
hurry up ard get out this way with
their papers. BY George, this makes
me feel blue. There's been some
sreachery-you mark my words.
Dewey is the victim of foul play Now
I'm 70. wiping the whole darned Span.
ish race off the tace Of the earth,
Nothing short of that will atone for
cur loss
BY this time the gentleman had got
to walking around in a circle, and ms
wife felt it TO be her duty to do some
thing to keep him from breaking
down.
"Why don't you go over to the
Parkers," she said, "and ind out about
it? There may be some mistake. do
hope II isn't true"
"Yes, l hope so, too" he replied,
mechanically taking his hat as she
handed it % him, 'but I'm afraid 1t is
I've had a kind OF premonition from
ibe first that something was going Ia
happen to Dewey. and I've worried a
good deal over the delay in sending
help to him, although ] haven't said
much about 1t. This completely upsen
me. It's Just ns bad as if I'd lost q
member of my own family"
Then he went over to the ParkerS
little Francis having, in the near
time, returned home.
Mrs, Parker and her daughter Grace
were sitting on the porch making
things ou: of fluffy lace and linen.
Well" the kind-hearted man sala'
"it's too bad about Dewey, isn't itY'
"Yes," Mrs. Parker answered, we
feel real bad about him. We had re-
elly become attached to him"
How and when did 1. happen" the
gentleman asked, as he took the char
that had been pushed forward by Miss
Grace.
"Hc died this afternoon. I guess DC
must have caught cold. The girl aas
the hose ont yesterday and spr'nkleO
on him, aud think that started IT,
The man with the kind heart sa'
there, looking dumbly at the two 10
dies FOR about minute, after whie'
he asked:
what do you mean?" =.
WAY" said Mrs. Parker, tine nv
lie chicken that our milkmap brought
in from the country for Francis. iou
never saw it, did you? It was oea'
little thing. Francis called it DeWey,
In honor of the hero Of Mania Bu''
she sighed, cts dead, aud Francis H"
been crying all the afternoon.
The kind-hearted man went nouns
shortly after that, and in answer "
bis wife's anxious look, merely SaIu,
-'Nother ."-Cleveland Laau'''