The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-10-05

~asse with her hand and with the
fortune that has made his brilliant
career possible.
One of the leading advocates at the
French bar owes his present position
ito a similar act of gallantry. in the
early sos. when he was young clerk
in Paris, passing rich on the equiv
alent of 5000 a year he was travelling
from Orleans to Paris when he heard
screams proceeding from an adjoin
ing compartment
Opening the carriage door. he pro
ceeded along the footboard to the
compartment from when .le sounds
proceeded and saw young lady
struggling in the grasp of powerful
and we'll dressed rutiian. Springing
into the compartment. Maitre Nj
seized the rascal and after a brief
tussle pinned him to the floor of the
carriage, where he held him until
the train stopped and he could be
given into custody.
The young lady proved to be the
orphan daughter of one of the wealth
lest merchants in Paris. and her graf
itude to her ieliverer made it a very
easy matter for him to ask her for
her hand in marriage. Four years
later he was called to the French
bar and today there is no position in
France to which he may not legiti-
mately aspire.
Only few years ago poor solic-
itOr's clerk in the city of London was
amazed and incredulous to learn that
Miss Scale mad left him a sum of
100000 for great kindness shown
to her in a time of poverty and dis
,ress.' He treated the mater as a
joke or an unhappy mistake until on
taking ,-e news home to his wafe
she reminded him that Scale was the
name Of lady in very poor circum-
stances who had some years before
occupied a room in the same house
as themselves and whom they had oc-
casionally assisted with food and fir
ing.
IL appears that sometime after they
had lost sight of her the lady had
come INFO large fortune on the deaf h
OF a bachelor uncle who had nr2icc. cl
Mr. during his life, and her first &C,
nai been 10 make a will leaving lar, e
sums OF money 10 the few people
no hal been kind to her in days OF
rs Cd.
4 few years ago shabbily dressed
and ."eb!e Old man entered a crOWdeI
omnib1s in London, but looked in
vain for seat. Not single passen-
ger would move until a crippled girl
rose from center scat and insisted
on ;he Old gentleman taking her place.
IN vain he protested, for she walked
OUT OF the omnibus and mounted the
stairs leading to the top, although
1t was an Indictment day IN winter
When she lett the omnibus later
the old gentleman joined her and at
,er thanking her for her great cour-
,eSy, asked for her name and address.
Every week for more than year
The girl, who supported an invalid
mother by making ar,4lcial flowers
received sovereign neatly wrapped
up in an envelope and left by a mes
senger who declined to say who had
SEM him, and soon after the weekly
sovereign came the news thai
,heir myst erious benefactor had lief,
The girl an annuity of $500, payable
during her life and that of her mother
/ III dlIAuuC III lOuCuIuS ACT o.
kindness to an old man.
A year or SO ago a familiar Inquire
in the streets of Highbury and canon
bury was a shabby, down-at- heels
man of middle age. whose half-witte,
appearance made him the butt on
notwithstanding boys. Often when hi
was on his way home a Mr.. Harper
a solicitors clerk, would drive tn,
boys away and have a friendly cha
| with the poor old fellow.
| One day, on taking leave of him
| the man thrust a stout and dirty en-
veiope into his protectors hand an,
vanished without word .nr. Har
per's amazement may be conceived
when. on opening the mysterious en-
VelOpe. he found that it contained 81
50 notes. From that day ne nevc
saw his strange friend again-Chi
cage Chronicle.