The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-02-04

Father. oh. father, won't ~you-won't
you put up the purse" You have too little
and ! raw" too much
II. closed the purse again AMI put 1t In his
vest h.~jja;inEly.
All of tn, girls bore up trav"Iy until. when
they were seated in the carriage and the
train having whistleI. they must say their
final rooI-hy. All four Of ;hcn then burst
into a shrirkiu" cry. the tall man turner
away and bent his head. The big. rough
young man turned away for 4 moment
then he strobe back :" the carriage door.
and with 4 fierce hook in his eye. shaking
his stick Ia the girls faces. sdli with bt-
terness. eye ought TO be ashansa VI your
sclves." Instantly h" turned awas gam,
and the train went of with the girls stu
uaiIinp As from out the carriage window
watched him. | saw him. base hypocrite
that he was. rIb his sleeve across ms eyes
Aboard the passenger steamers To-Day th1
treatment .f these rmigrdnt boys ana ElFIs
IS not vet everything IL should be. rms -
NOR, marked IL TN" case % girls toward
urr.,, st.vard,-~Cs unfit to wipe th'ir boots
arr. iusnI.nt and harsh. | had the EXQUISITE
ul.aSur. once II seeing one OF these stew
ard.ssps rct a scatllnE rcbuke thdt SIZE
only too richly merlted. she was a coarse
scotch woman who had troSceatsa the
poor girls throughout the voyage. pdrticu-
I,rly venting her spleen upon those who
v-.r,- sick. b,c4u- 9 with them Sh. had most
trouble. Du the last morning III the voyage
saw her wdn'"uly 1,Prinlini 4 poorly
..,s..,d Young %lyi VINO had persisted IN go
irv tu the Doctor ,iIce- Tine poor SRI III
m, xrauuvr If a quiet gcntlew oman TX
manned to her that ~u. HAD done no wrong.
TN. Stewurd,ss waNei more coarse ana
abttsiy, because she had dared To reply. and
continued 10 SUCH an extent, gathering a
crowd around. that at /, nsth The shy young
glri raised her head, he. i+c, EuSaed ana
ner eye aurc. aud with Il prlde that was
Qus,nIy, =, handed: How dare yoI madam,
sneak to me like that This IL my business
and | attend To- IL. You mud Your business
and attend to II, and 30 not have the I'M
pertineucc 20 open you: lips to m. again IN
this ship" she said all this with such
scathing sooru that tn w'min shrank
within herself and skunk away. And l
walked away happy
The meals s,rN,J :" IN. Storage passrn-
gers ar. fairly sori so iar a. quality and
ou4utity Of liz, ;lgrcd .-uts -, bit Ger
fanny more cleanliness ami more dcccncy
might .a-iiy b, observed IN the service.
ont Of the hearts Of these thousands OF
POOR cmilranis p.iIr@nt grief ana rtiee-
tlou are, .s they neat tue american Sh"te-'
crowded rs thu JOY ot anticipation America
is :. them nos only a land of freedom, but
, land Of gr5su,rty ana wealth. ana a Esn1
r4 which Thy viii Ice abe io a. FOR the
loved ones 1t home that which. through al
their youth in pour ireland. they hai
or4am,d oi: FOR al the yourg IA - ana etIi,
IN ireland lD. * forward with HlSA nope Az"
t..uudiug heart To that Gay when thrE
small. IN tn- and OF the West. pluck the
ar,;.s of gold that grew in the gardens VI
mi dreams. and rcvel in the JOY OF lifting
~, load that for years has bent to eaEih
nj t.il!uS fathers and sorrowlES mothers
For 10 all OF these ci:;iSrdnis America =
81 alv-ays mas been. the land u golden
homes: they cannot realize tho dsappoiht-
rsn-s failures. heart turn:nGs. weary
weary toll aui heartbreaking struggles that
.bo.- K.th and kin who have gone before
have had TO endure again and again IN 'he
p-or,,sed Land. Through the years of their
-.,T ~. one great and constant ambition
- secure their passage ticket u America.
81 fE,v tax, NJ Thought Tor the mofro"
'h 70 one who considers the childish. joyous