Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1899-06-29
She Helped Him,

journey through life was always try
ing to be helpful; always looking out
to lend hand to her fellow-way-
farers and to make the rough paths
smoother and easier for them, says
William E. Curtis, in the Chicago
Record. She was never so happy
as when she was making some sac.
ritice or serving some other person,
sharing her strength with the weak,
or her plenty with the poor, and
sometimes she overdid it. For the
purpose of Identification | 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 behind her. Here was o
chance for a good Samaritan, and
she seized it before anybody else
got ahead of her. She saw that be
was comfortably seated, she opened
her lunch basket and offered 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 fellow
being so afflicted. He 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 far it
was to Little Falls. Mrs. Jones
was alert and answered every ques.
tion and assured him that she would
see TO his perfect safety. She urged
him to be comfortable and content
ed 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 officious per-
sons who offered to assist her, and,
taking the blind man by the hand,
led him out to the platform and de-
livered him to some friends who
had come to the station to meet
him. After she had bade him good
by and returned to the car she
noticed in the seat he had occupied
y we'll worn satchel. She seized it
instantly, 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 conscious
ness OF having performed u Chris
tain duty.
Pretty soon a rather rough-look-
ing person, who had neglected to
shave that morning and chewed
tobacco, came back from the smok-
ing car and began to look around
curiously and in an anxious way.
Noticing that Mrs, Jones was watch
ing him he looked at her inluiringly
and then asked:
"Madam, have you seen a satchel
that wasslett in that seat?"
"Yes,'' she replied, promptly.
at belonged to | lind man and I
threw 1t out to him at Little Falls"
"The HI you did!'' exclaimed
the unshaven citizen. Whereupon
Mrs. Jones, perceiving that her
friendly interest in the blind man
bad possibly caused some inconve-
nience to one who had two large,
blazing eyes and was addicted to
the tobbaco habit, began to apollo
gize. The stranger listened with an
expression on his face as If he re-
gretted that murder was out ofstyle,
and when Mrs. Jones had completed
her somewhat incoherent explana.
tion he remarked:
"Madam, permit me to advise
you hereafter to mind your own
blank business, and let blind men
and other folks gripsacks alone.
/ am going TO Utica to attend court
to-day and that satohel contained
oil the documentary evidence In II
case that involves many thousands
Of dollars. ! have got II continued
twice on various prctexta, but II !
80 into court TO ddy and tell tho
Judge that | can't 10 on beeause q
lunallo haa thrown my grip at u
blind man he'll rive mo The laugh
and my clients will be robbed. Ard
/ won nro 10 blame for IT."
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