The Savannah morning news., 1901-02-15
'HAT WAS THE MAKING OF JONES.
pc Forgot Himself. Went to Living
for Others, and Was Rewarded.

pc Forgot Himself. Went to Living
for Others, and Was Rewarded.
From the New York Tribune
u Perhaps Jones accepted life in too seri-
us a spirit; perhaps he was oversensitive
nd overmodest; perhaps he attached an
ndue Importance to certain emotions
hch in the breast of ordinary men are
a ansitory. but certain it is that the days
his early manhood were deeply tinged
with blue, that he fell backward in the
sAt for place, and permitted bitterness
enter his heart, although it passed not
us lips; that he loved sincerely and with
ronSJancy unWaVering.
Those who knew Jones in his early days
ound in him d source of merriment. Poor
hdp Every shaft of cheap village wit
odnd him vulnerable, and when he struck
pack which was not often, he did it with
such genteness and awkwardness that he
appeared quite ridiculous. His love affair
| WIN Mary Brown furnished amusement
| ior TWO summers and two winters. II
was not much of love affair. Beyond the
acl that he was smitten by the girls
'hdrms, which were many, both of mind
ana body, it was not outwardly a love
affair at all.
There are reasons for thinking that had
Dee sirl not sickened, he would have ask
ner to marry him. and would have been
| reused But the sickness came while the
words were yet unspoken, and one day
e was missed. He had gone West, his
mother said vaguely. to those who in
CURED She was afraid he would never
lArn He was a good boy, she added.
uer voice breaking slightly, but he had
never seemed able to get along with The
eopIe He was not understood. She
I'd hoped to see him and Mary Brown
married but he had spoken to the doc
of ABOUT it, and the doctor had discour-
"9el him. 1t was not right, the doctor
ana Tor folks with consumption to marry.
HAe was glad he had not proposed to the
sil' Do would have made IL so much more
'S!Nt'u for the girl, poor dear!
More than one young man left the VII
se mat year to seek his fortune. as
"e saving is. 1t was like other villages
pace TO be born in and to be reared in:
'al Ia an Il offered no encouragement
1Ae ambitious. Occasionally one of its
us battered and bruised by the outside
o'I' came back, haltingly and trem-
e""sly TO die; but few returned to live.
uI1 OF these young men went into the
'''Nel places, some into the gold fields,
mere and some there; but two of
,-. '.is1eu IN the service or their coun-
ana 1t came to pass, not strangely
o". out naturally, that they met at an
' post IN the Far West, and accosted
o'Aef fervently and with joyousness.
ot them bore the red cross on his
,,i., e1d the other touched it lightly
,,. .a finger when the long handshake
was over.
o& did you come to get into It,
, Taer' was the siightest Of unintentlona,
aais upon the pronoun and Jones'
ar ups quivered for an instant.
us, Won really know" he replied: II
. happened SO. When left home
to, .ats ago l went to work in drug
eoo5 davenport. II was not a very
rol.l' ,. The druggist laughed when l
IN Tor Il. He said he wanted a boy.
us would rather have a big chap like
l.t- Would be satisfied with the pay.
fr. promise TO be satisfied, but | took
s.r was tired OF looking for
... .'H t1e little money / had was
...I, .I'tmngly less That WAS the
lh two years, by hard study.
''si tered pharmacist and getting
hut wasn't happy. / doo Z
I.r. ever boz regularly happy. al
n la ., '' neen nearer that way since I
'ir than / ever was before. !