The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-07-03
;6he Fourth at The Home
Nv Howord Fieldina

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ph,,,snnhers nro1,a tho ,nen,tv ~
- p $500 a.s
spaes Wy ASKING you " tAiiih y le ~
OF IL as q wall with nothing upon the
other side. This is declared to be un-
thinkable. There can be no final place.
n 20 wall with a void beyond.
I know better, for T have seen that
wall. I came to It In October, 1899.
There was nothing on the farther side
and very little on the nearer 1t was
not an end, but . continuance, that was
tnconceivable to me.
My business had come to an end. No
philosopher could deny that. My ner-
vous system was done for. I seemed to
zee 1t taken out OF my body and tackled
upon that final wall like the skin OF q
squirrel on q barn door.
was 80 years old. and T felt 100.
When my friends asked me what I
was going to do I simply yawned at
them.
e was at this time that some one
recommended me to Miss Glendon. Peo-
pie have absolutely no conscience In
such matters. The younR lady was
Informed that I was a trustworthy and
ed1cient man. q victim OF misfortunes
that would have been too much for
anybody, and she credited the tale.
old and very pretty. Her income Is
somewhat more than q dollar per min
ute, and there are 525. 500 minut in a
year. She Is said to give about twelve
hours a day to charity.
The gentleman who mentioned my
name to Miss Glendon persuaded me. at
her request. to go with him TO call upon
her. I was too predetermined to resist.
To the best OF my recollection. ] did
not clearly understand where I was go
ing until I found myself in the lady's
presence.
The sight OF Miss Glendon produced
q considerable effect upon me. She
veals, even to such eyes as mine were
then, the energy Of a noble and finely
balanced nature.
I forgot for q few minutes that the
unthinkable wall stood in front Of me.
and I was conscious. with a, mild sur
prise. If talking like a living and ra-
tional human being.
After half an hour Of eeneralities
Miss Glendon asked me il I would un-
dertake he management Of her chill
dren's home. q yery, admirable charity
which she had established o a wear
before. She had heard that I had had
charge Of q hovs, school in MassachI-
SeLkGG IOr&a COuDtG OF wears ALTER CON.
Guiding ny college course and that /
had done wonderful work. She knew
that I held q medical dinloma though
* had practiced but little. The knnwl-
edge would be OF great advantage. in
her opinion. Altogether She spoke Of
my desultory and p~urposeless career
as If 1t were the very thing she had
been in search Of. and abe apologized
with great delicacy for yenturing to
offer me a position in which ~necnniar nv
reward would not be at all eol1al to
my deserts. Then she named a really
handsome salary and paused for myEre-
ply.
welcomed such q haven. and above all,
* would have sacrihced ml1cf for the
sake of sharing any sort Of work in
which Miss Glendon was engaged hut
I am honest in the main, and this thing
was not possible. I told Miss Glendon
frankly that I was filter to be an in
mate OF her home than the head-uf IL.
that Twas utterly broken down and
~prematurely IN nv second chiIdhnod
and that. in brief. the institution cnYld
NOT fail into worse hands than nine
&c the were chnsen hv chanca
ont Of thed irectnrv
r. anneared that nv friena hod ~
nared her FIR this ran1y He had ta1a
her that 7 was ! Bit the worse r ar nost
anxiety and rnwiseiv worriad obo,,t
NV heath MT that there waa raa1 liz
othing fha matter All naaded was
little remenf
this vjew M,s.# c,orao,
proceeded "a encourage me She tn1a
me how well r Was 1nokinp ana %
matfer ~ Fact i actnaIiv d,d 1aoi1 %
r1Ipged 10 = tn eoSIisr saars r : r, 20
veT., atrong and tha r,I.c,,Ian .haII
stili stood az the bark Of n tree viii
sometinaa stand wben = haart ar a.
a d,,st Il INV +jrnes villa sha ne - ~