Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-08-01
THE HELPFUL WOMAN
SHE WAS TOO ANXIOUS TO ASSIST
HER FELLOW MORTALS.

Her Excessive Zeal In Looking After
the Welfare of "a Blind Mnn on n
Iruin Got Her Into Trouble With
the clustering Mum.
| knew a good woman once-God
never made better-who on her Jour
uey through LIE was always trying to
be helpful; always looking out to lend
a hand to her fellow wayfarers and to
make the rough paths smoother and
easier for them. She was never so
happy as when she was making some
sacrifice or serving some other person.
sharing her strength with the weak or
her plenty with the poor, and some
times she overdid it. For the purpose
of identification l will call her Mrs
Jones.
While travelling between Utica and
Albany one day, n blind man was led
into the car and placed in the seat be-
hind her. Here was chance for a
good Samaritan, and she seized it be-
fore anybody else got ahead of her. She
saw that he was comfortably seated;
she opened her lunch basket and Of
fered him something to eat; she looked
at his ticket to see that it was right
and did everything else she could think
Of to show her interest in a fellow be-
ing so afflicted.
The blind man was going to Little
Falls, and every time the train stopped
he would inquire IN an anxious way if
he had reached his destination, and
whenever he heard somebody passing
through the aisle he would ask how TAR
it was to Little Falls.
Mrs, Jones was alert and answered
every question and assured him that
she would see to his perfect safety
She urged him to be comfortable and
contented and promised to let him
know when his journey was ended
When the train slowed up and a
brakeman yelled, Little Falls" she
pushed aside several otticious persons
who offered to assist her and, taking
the blind man by the hand. led him out
to the platform and delivered him to
some friends who had come to the sta
ton to meet him. After she had hidden
him goodby and returned to the car she
noticed in the seat he had occupied
well worn satchel. She seized it. In
stantly. rushed to the door and threw
it off toward her blind friend on the
platform with as much force as she
could exert, screaming at the top Of her
voice:
you forgot your satchel."
Then she returned and took her seat
in the car with the consciousness Of
having performed Christian duty
Pretty soon a rather rough looking
person, who had neglected to shave
that morning and chewed tobacco,
came back from the smoking ear and
began to look around curiously and in
an anxious way. Noticing that Mrs.
Jones was watching him, he ,n,y93 6t.d 1t
..1177iG.rin's'y and rnen sa h1tsS:
Madam nave you seen saf iGu,aal
'hat was left IN that egarT |
Yes she replied promptly, Ut IN |
longed to blind man. Anl threw 1t
out to him a Little Falls
1.-THE blank you did"' exclaimed the
unshaven citizen, whereuDon Mrs.
Jones, perceiving that her friendly in
teTest in the blind man had possibly
caused some Inconvenience to one who
had two large, blazing eyes and was
addicted to the tobacco habit began to
nno1ptr,yn E1n OF,
an expression on his face as If he re-
GREETED that murder was out of style.
and when Mrs. Jones had completed
her somewhat incoherent explanation
he remarked:
MADAM, permit me to advise you
to mind your own blank
business, and let blind men and other
folks gripsaclls alone. | am going to
Utica to attend court today, and that
satchel contained all the documentary
evidence in a ease that involves many
thousands of dollars. | have got it
continued twice on various pFcteXts,
but If | go into court today and tell the
Judge that can't so on because Il
unatic has thrown my grip at "A blind |
man. he'll give me the laugh and my
clients will De robbed. And you are to
blame for it,"
Mrs. Jones protested, apologizcd and
she'd tears, and when the conductor
'ame back and sent a telegram to the
station agent at Little Falls to find the
BAG and send 1t to Utica by the next |
rain she took out her pocketbook and
offered to pay all the expenses. She
wen offered to leave the train and go
Jack to Little Falls herself and bring
he bag to Utica. She was eager, anX-
GUS to do something to repair the
lamage and aid the lawyer in saving
lis case. He settled down in his seat,
hewed his tobacco calmly and let her
10 all the liuSeiing.
When she reached home and told the
tory to her daughter, she solcmnly
that she would never try to
elp a blind man again.-Chicago Rec