The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-10-14
TRULYA GOOD SAMARITAN
The Misfortune That Came From a Too
Tender Charitable Disposition-Never
Throw Grip Sack

knew a good woman Once-God
never made a better-WhO on her jour
ney through life was always trying to
be helpful; says William +. Curtis in
the Chicago Record; always looking out
to lend 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 sometimes
she overdd it, For the purpose of iden-
tification l will call her Mrs. Jones'
While travelling between Utica and
Albany one day a blind man was led
into the car and placed in the seat be-
hind her. Here was chance for good
Samaritan, and she seized it before
anybody else got ahead of her. She saw
that he was comfortably seated, she
opened her lunch basket and offered him
something to eat, she looked at his tick
ct to see that ii was right, and did eV-
erything else she could think of to show
her interest in a fellow being so afflict-
ed. He was going to Little Falls, and
every time the train stopped he would
! inquire in an aXiOus way if he had
reached his destination, and whenever
he heard somebody passing through the
aisle he would ask how far il 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 comfort
able and contented and promised to let
him know when his journey was ended
When the train slowed no and a
brakeman yelled Little Falls" she
pushed aside several officious 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
RI no
him good-by and returned to the car,
she noticed in the seat he had occupied
a well-wOrn satchel. She seized it in
stantly, rushed to the door and threw it
off toward her blind friend on the plat
form with as much force as she could
exert screaming a t 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 a Christian duty.
Pretty soon a rather rough looking
person, who had neglected to shave that
morning and Chewed tobacco, came
back from the smoking car and began
to look around curiOusly and in an
anxious way. Noticing that Mrs. Jones
was watching him he looked at her in
quiringly and then asked1
Madam, have you seen a satchel
that was left in that seat?"
Yes" she replied, promptly. 1T be-
longed to a blind man and l threw it
out to him at Little Falls"
The hell you did" exclaimed the
unshaven citizen. Whereupon Mrs.
Jones, perceving that her friendly in
terest 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
apologize The stranger listened with
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
! hereafter to mind your own blank
business, and let blind men and other
folks Gripsacks alone. I am going to
| Utica to attend court today and that
satchel contained all the documentary
evidence in a case that involves many
thousands of dollars. I have got it
continued twice on various preteXts,
but If l go into court today and tell the
judge that l can't go on because a
lunatic has thrown my grip at blind
man, he'll give me the laugh and my
client will be robbed. And you are tC
blame for it,"
Mrs. Jones protested, apologized and
shed tears, and when the conductor
came back and sent a telegram to the
station agent at Little Falls to find the
bag and send it to Utica by the mex
train, she took out her pocketbook anG
offered to pay all the expenses. She
even offered to leave the train and &c
back to Little Falls herself and bring
the bag to Utica. She was eager, anXi'
Gus to do something to repair the dam
age and aid the lawyer in saving his
case When she reached home and tolt
the story to her daughter she solemnly
promised that she would never try t.
help a blind man again.