The daily Republican., 1902-12-17

ed IL the wet pavement, when tAerc came,
iIuu somrvHric below my vast line,
small Wuiur.
"PtG,c, MAN, gImme nickel:
luokeG down and bched the ,maI lest,
G.rilc,t, mos, iot.a2rn tile wull., lAd
over seen She c,u'l have ht,u ~ uorc
'uar seven, but there was ruo.r "'a'n-
e" tales ii t.c hoiows OF her cI,r~-, aud
the ovcr brILat black eye brsp"kc kno"I-
.tge ul h,ta and starvation aud wretch
Cucss.
"Ey penny, She wAiued.
va, cal. interested, A thought be-
You'd myself and Mm VA, welcome.
"Pl,a,e, mun She began agam.
There vrrc l,.' IA cents IN my pocket,
ior had deposited my last dollar with
the boarding hou,ckeeptr IN Gaze the
l0undr, o~n -houid cali in my absence.
Notwithstanding the chlId's hardened
li'Jir tA.e ,nelc was an expression about
ter Nl1, mouth That attracted me. 1t
Nl, a,mn-D mot4erly IN n- maturity,
Laying :" III AcI ana the penny s'dc by
src IN my uluu, ! sad:
1T Is al. | a.,c. |, lou rahc 'ae nickel
~al'D have to Nnh home hul i It Is the
very uryd.
~ge ,loj IA mpudrrl, m4nl-i;yc g,auce
a mr
"Wucrc u,ou,r t,pf" she Asked
VI nunu,a.J, repeated my street Num..
her,
'r,u Io,h,." NE cornuliy ,rIucd
Du', to,, and sanity grathng me
u ,.~ sac dared "round the conner.
Vie ueA, uul wa Christmas, and dld
uoa - &oNu ,u h'cah!u-'. hu, Mncued otf
SOFA ,,lohcrs and eont -,A.c candy III my
I,uu.
", uu-tma, Cari.,ma-," repca..I
the words e. haunting memories, and
an AFRAID crrcd uttIc.
~.m, one tapped 81 my door.
', omr N rallied III quite matter
or ...J tome. lar u"or ulrcd 'm.G'y
ara .cr On tlo thlc-hoM stood uo urnrr
ru1n my lttic bcggtr OF the ulgu, be
lule
SIZE va much embarrassed, but before |
,oHM 0rj,omc u,r one G,rrl paw >ho, out
,aa&Dny ike ner qG,rN gauces, and III the
b,-'.H"a utlr palm lay my nickel.
II rrlgd It back. me srammued,
ydu-r cause
'le-, cause | wpcd you,c off as
lnd o. on Nousc uppcls lou>c own self,
aLd ! mt seemed -Ie"P sound
Sac eot ne luuher TIN. dlty. sinful.
..I.c ."It. Tor ! nld gatuc'od her NJ IN
ny aHu, and vd~ hodug her very tight.
~uIur ulo cwcd' On tina, dr,u,dr hrs,
ma some one actually Jared,
"I.'lir Noinau. ! .ad presently, laps.
luy mto tAr Lrguapr ot h,m vino was
,ou.'arrR ID my thoughts. "thcre j. one
G0IH ,ouuu2 10 me all ON account Of
dDci,.I IauudNnau. WHAT would you
l"lucr ha'r tnan dUl' ung c!.e that dol
.l van bay
IIo~ you,c p,' de doug, surr 'nongh!'
u'Gd,d.
INSTANTLY .br answered me- "Say. what
I'D i "ho,c dinner cot, wid mashed po.
'a'u,- fer bolu oi u,en~;
We must have mad" Il romrral picture
un mess uIcud and ]. a. We entered the
uD.,. dow. town restaurant, There wu.
Il.,' one rther person seated there on tins
',G> >'mas day a man "lol IA the shadow
~ =. onner.
| r cr.Iu naj scrambled into a cuait
.n..,Aicd hy the Hcld waiter and wa,
about t. aDk" my place oNpo.rjc, wucu
tue man IN h" coruer Suddenly arose.
rauno'. oven nov, lcmtmbcr how il
ID 'a,, ,,.'u& CDD.U-eGN saw 'Ne luuug
tDoc > eyes l.o% rouuu aHp Noudpr. and
',r hcrI waiter ,rlh.d an r>d,untnry
| o3' g. :or 'Irrc 1T the public restaurant,
! ! @a- 10 rI0t stranger. tIm-. And rnis
| remember distinctly the man, most
| mvN word-'
"Iorp Y" NC, hDt0r wooau tor no, find.
| ~ you sooner. narr hcen .oou,mg ror
| Mud iol lou Not wo,d not a wo.d u!
/. all va rrt'h AMI if a,d tan, "a /
.up o.d maU aunt
voice nt'nurtrd hIm T. SO, g.,
yruuE-N"r's:
"~al. mis-. dd gIy = on de ,Qnr,e
hprc,t--l Xiv 'c"
And hrs, hrI :''o orart, SIZE did ,eL
| t., lruIa