New Ulm review., 1899-10-25
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LILLE HE'LL PE I'LL w WOMAN
sHE WAS TOO ANXIOUS 70 ASSIST
HER FELLOW MoRTALs.
Her Excessive Zeal In Lookinx AFTER
the Welfare Of Hind Man ON .
Train Got Her Into Trouble with
the clustering Man.
(. knew good woman once God
never made a betterw who on her jour
fney through life was always trying to
be helpful; 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 some
times 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
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hind her. Here was a chance for a
FOOD 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
0f TO SIoy Ir,. iv,t
ing so afflicted
Ihe blind man was going to Little
Falls, ard every time the train stopped
he would inquire in an anxious way II
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 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 officious persons
VINO 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
tion to meet him. After she had hidden
him goodby 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
! 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 car and
began to look around curiously and in
an anxious way. Noticing that Mrs.
Jones was watching him, he looked at
her inquiringly and then said:
MADAM, have you seen a satchel
that was left in that seat?''
YES" she replied promptly. "It be-
longed to blind man, and l threw it
out to him at Little Falls"
'"The blank you didv' exclaimed the
unshaven citizen, whereupon Mrs.
Jones, perceiying 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-
| gretted that murder was out Of style,
and when Mrs. Jones had completed
her somewhat incohereItt explanation
| he remarked: t.-~-
Madam, permit me to advise hBu
hereafter to mind your own blank
| business, and let blind men and other
folks gripsacks alone. 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. have got it
continued twice on various pRetexts,
but if I 60 into court today and telkthe
judge that can't go on because q
lunatic has thrown my grip at blind
man, he'll give me the laugh and my
clients will be robbed. AND ,ou are to
blame for it."
Mrs. Jones protested, apologdzed and
shed tears, and when the conductor
came back and sent telegram to the
station agent at Little Falls to find the
| bag and send 1t to Utica BY the next
train she took out her pocketbook and
offered to pay all the expensee She
even offered to leave the train and 60
back to Little Fails herself and bring
the bag to Utica. She was eager, anx-
iouss to do something to repair the
damage and aid the lawyer In saving
his case. he settled down In his seat,