The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1902-10-18

Her Excessive Zeal In Looking After
the Welfare of a Blind Man on a
{ Train Got Her Into Trouble with
the clustering Nun.
Ia / knew a good woman once-God
never made a better-who on her jour-
ney through life was always trying to
be helpful: always looking out to lend
hand to her fellow wayfarers and to
make the rough paths smoother and
easier for them. She was never so hap
by as when she was making some sacri-
flee or serving some other person, shar-
ing her strength with the weak or her
plenty with the poor, and sometimes
she overdid it. For the purpose of
identification l will call her Mrs. Jones
While travelling between Utica and
Albany one dav, blind man was led
into the car and placed in the seat be-
hind her. Here was a chance for
/ good Samaritan, and she seized it be-
fore anybody else got ahead of her.
She saw that he was comfortably
seated; she opened her lunch basket
and offered him something to eat; she
looked at his ticket to see that it was
right and did everything else she could
think of to show her interest in fell
low being so afflicted
The blind man was going to Little
4 Falls, and every time the train stopped
he would inquire in an anxious way if
he had reached his destination, and
whenever he heard somebody passing
through the aisle he would ask how far
it was to Little Falls.
Mrs. Jones was alert and answered
every question and assured him that
she would see to his perfect safety.
She urged him to be comfortable and
contented and promised to let him know
when his journey was ended.
When the train slowed up and a
brakeman yelled Little Falls" she
pushed aside several officious persons
who offered to assist her and, taking
the blind man by the hand, led him out
to the platform and delivered him to
some friends who had come to the sta
ton to meet him. After she had hidden
him goodby and returned to the car
she noticed in the seat he had occupied
a we'll worn satchel She seized it in
stantly, rushed to the door and threw
1T off toward her blind friend on the
platform with as much force as she
could exert, screaming at the top of
her voice:
'fYour forgot your satchel."
Then she returned and took her seat
in the car with the consciousness of
having performed Christian duty.
Pretty soon a rather rough looking
person, who had neglected to shave that
morning and chewed tobacco, came
back from the smoking car and began
to look around curiously and in an anx-
ious way. Noticing that Mrs. Jones
was watching him, he looked at her in
quiringly and then said
MADAM, have you seen satchel that
was left in that seat?"
ayes she replied promptly. ut be-
longed to blind man, and I threw it
out to him at Little Falls"
"The blank you did, exclaimed the
Inshaven citizen, whereupon Mrs. Jones
perceiving that her friendly interest in
the blind man had possibly caused
some inconvenience to one who had two
large, blazing eyes and was addicted to
the tobacco habit, began to apologize.
The stranger listened with an express
murder was out of style, and when Mrs.
Jones had completed her somewhat in
coherent explanation he remarked:
Madam, permit me to advise you
to hereafter to mind your own blank
business, and let blind men and other
folks gripsacks alone. am going to
Utica to attend court to-day, and that
satchel contained all the documentary
evidence in a case that involves many
thousands of dollars. l have got it con-
tinued twice on various pretexts, but If
81 go into court to-day and tell the judge
that can't go on because lunatic has
thrown my grip at blind man, he'll
give me the laugh and my clients will
be robbed. And you are to blame for
IT,
Mrs. Jones protested, apologized and
shed tears, and when the conductor
came back and sent a telegram to the
station agent at Little Falls to find the
bag and send it to Utica by the next
train she took out her pocketbook and
y offered to pay all the expenses. She
even offered to leave the train and &c
back to Little Falls herself and bring
the bag to Utica. She was eager, anX-
ious to do something to repair the dam
age and aid the lawyer in saving his
case. He settled down in his seat
{ chewed his tobacco calmly and let her
do all the fidgeting.
MI. When she reached home and told the
story to her daughter, she solemnly
promised that she would never try to
help blind man again.-Chicago Rec
ord.
z. NJ G. A. PHYSICAL DEPART