The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-28

o0Nn tAe lAdder. an4 o. 1T opDeGlto hin
- sna atde nhas NAa1s anothcr 1T by ID
ade The man who a: opposite 'Scow
Jce told him they. he and his partner.
had come 70 hn him for his treachery to
the smugxsera Ever = man. ice fought
for has ma. but tie two msa beat him un-
al shey thought he was dead. and left him
lying In The tiny cabin Of The scow.
Almost day Joe lay ehere, unconscicm.
ocs nnaily hand aboard the b6at found,
nim- He was taken 70 . hospital In Seattle
and after weeks u suffering was q last
sent to the poor farm. unahae 70 wan. an
Able 70 talk. unable to naOve his aanda.
HAD the nenc Of the Pat invented pun
tsnment Tor this poor mAu he could not
have executed . moro horrible SENTENCE
Iness NJ sfn. DAY After day. . llvfng
deafa-e mses thing that with horrible con-
tordons tries TO prove to you hs once uas
Z man.
"DowN an he strstcA Il hsu to In
There $40 shass nars ssrrsSss thaa
Up In . sunny room h ~ hespltal H.
Deor house. rooms Rev. John omikh. An
Hasiishman he 4. ana what educasicu s.
has he recsived At u Edwnrd's, Liver.
pool Early In his youth he went UPON the
stage and played the nautical parts In the
company thai tfaveesed England BY and
~ ne became an sxhorter. and Tor twenty
thrss years be Worked = : reviva,ist, sev.
Tall. great bodied. with fun chest and con
orous voice. he yet seems the man to call
sinners to repentance. BUT he In in the
poor house. and there he win probably end
his days.
Il worked too hard trying to savs 9TH
ers." he said. land when the breakdown
came this was my only refuge. Thank
God 1t b what 1t h / might have been
left 60 starve. Here am watched ana cared
for. Epilepsy Is my disease. and one at =
day my portion. Had II not been for this
home. what. In Gods name. would have
become OF met"
Cant save him." said Dr. ORourk. TOO
old 10 do anything for him. rm afraid.
But ! am doing my best. my very best
THEN another door was opened, and We
stood in the ward OF the poor house
where those doomed to die lay In peace.
awaiting the last summons-the consump-
uves-
Dark - 10 the shadow OF the death an
gels wing when II falls acroD the crib Of
the dryt-bogn. or takes from the side OF
welded lovers che husband or vita. darker,
aye. far darker. IL that shadow when ono
must lie and wait Tor It to fail. Day after
day. looking out the windows. over tho
with flowers. lifting the eyes to the eternal
hills in their glory Of forest. the consump-
tivss see the shadow creeping slowly. oh.
70 slowly. ever toward them DREAMS Of
ch1idhood's days beside the brooks and in
the meadows come borne In by the sun
shine. Dreams Of - MOODS. womanhood's
days came waited in with every breath OF
wind blown across the lowered fields. And
then-and then they lift their eyes. these
Door souls who are wasting AWAY diving
by inchea and murmnr. How long, oh.
God. how longr'
THE poor farm isn't the place to 60 for
recreation. While all the best tho
land affords Is 1t the command OF those
who dwell there as patients or inmates,
probably better food. and certainly better
care. than they ever knew before. still,
with 1t al there u that nopelsasness, that
II won't. can't try again look In tho
faces Of all you meet that gives che trus
this article.
Over the hill to the poor house. That's
X. That means loss Of courage. loss OF
seif-respect. lo8 Of manhood; aye, Il
means. no matter how well cared for, that
he or she who goes y . pauper.
Tive found" said DR.. o'Rourk. ''that one
OF the frst things we have to combat with
here 10 the feeling Of depression that &C
companies patient to the county hospital
They seem to feel ~ II branded. OF course
mean only those who have never beer,
subjects Of charity before. We have 9TH
ers who are only happy when they are here,
but It Is the man or the woman who u
forced to come here that suffers most We
do cur best for all OF them, but sometimes
our very best is but little"
Truly. each heart kncweth its own Bit