New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-16

cried another, who was himself a regular sub
Scriber to the War Cry"
L know what he's after muttered Jan, work
ing away very diligently. Don't Won take no
heed. none of you
I've been cOuntin' Of ye up" pursued Joseph,
leaning on his stick, and looking nervously
round Here be twenty chaps workin' in the
Iotments; aye, twenty chaps, not reckoning
women and children, an ye be all putin in
taters An here am l wi my garden at home
waltin to be planted an not bit o seed to
put in it,
Il telled ZEE. didn't I?' muttered Jan to his
nearest neiShbor. Il knowed twas that he
I've lived among ye man and bwoy for sey-
enty-hVe year Aye an my wife an me has
teen wed among we hfty-two year There she
q SIT at home crippled, poor soul We've nought
in the world but what parish gives US. Half i
pound o tea a week an some bread. Bread an
tea neghhors, bread an tea; 'tSn't very salts
fyin' to the innardS Me an my wife was never
great folks for maie. out d like d later to
la bin 1hinkin' -
He looked round again. hesitaungy and pitt
fully.
ye between one an anchorage, a mortal lot
d low'-again the pause and the appcaitnS
elancc-"if every man nd spare me a few like
Ia get two three ranks made up without any
OF We beir' at much loss
The bystanders locked at each other. then each
man glanced inVplUntariy his store
None Of them wen endowed with this
worlds goods and the calculations OF each had
been made to a nicely Old Jim Cross continued
to work without turning his head. and Jan
Domeny smiled somewhat Sarcasticaily.
Why. We see. it's this way, Joseph" said
large. mild man, with an habitually puzzled eN-
preston OF cOuntenance: we be pore folks, all
on US; we've a-rary little mouths to feed. an
not much to put in EN-. An what wi prices
Soin' up an rent day a-comin' round 50 often
like. mans hand d seem to he always in his
pocket. an it's give, give, an pay. pay. ever an
always dive sce7 Now nv tatcrS" he cast a
calculating eve upon the half filled sack at his
feet, they'll not so so far 10 make up thrt
ranks for ourselves. an three ranks is the last
we can do wi. Aye, wi a houseful of CROWN
children later d. last-welI. I mid say they
laisSes next to time"
His hearers drew a long breath of relief. If
Ed'ard Boyt who was well known to be n poor
man with long family. had been imprUacntY
generous, what might not be expected Of other
folks who might be supposed better able to al
ford him assistance,
Aye, It's very trew what Ed'ard says. Charity
d begin at home. 1t ud seem bit ard TO 20
a-buyin for oneself along of heipn neishhor,'
said somebody.
Aye. I d. low tits trew." agreed another,
''Trew enough. sure chimed in a third.
We be sarry for 'ee," summed up four n;
aye, We be very sarry for zee. Joseph, but is
the onfart'uate natur' O things as FORE folks o
lave to do the best they can"
Then. amid general chorus Of reSrettul APP
prOva. spades were piled and backs were ben
before.
stood for some time leaning over it and staring
at the toiers. His face was very red and his
loose irregular underlip trembled. few furtiN~
Slances We're cast IN his direction, but no one
spoke. and after a time he turned and went
down the lane again. his bent form clad in its
shabby white coat travelling slowly past gap
after gap in the hedge until it drifted out Of
the range OF vision Of the workers. As b"
walked however. his heart hot within him
With rage and appointment and a bitter sense
OF Injustice
They'll lave me to starve." he said to him
self; AN I've a-iived among EN- for seventy
five year"
His sense Of injury deepened each time that
he recalled this fact, and h. shook his head
vcmgefully.
As he tottered on his resentment gradually
suggested to him startling plan of action. He
thought of it al The way down the lane and
across the road, and along hy the 1.-THE barn and
the church and by the time he came to the
horse pond his mind was made up.
"A man must live" he said IF other folks
won't help en- he must help hisse IT,.
There was fine moon that night. and had any
one been abroad hour after midnight
he would have marked a white shape creeping
slowly up the lane which led to the allotments,
and presently entering in at the gate already
described and moving from one newly planted
patch of ground TO another
only three from Ed'ard because heve a
spoke me fair murmured Joseph to himself:
IAN I'll not take 'em altogether. neither.