The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-24
Gun. Daily $bcf't Story

owing. to various domestic reasons, throw open their homes or any of them Co him. self and their mother. and while each and every one was most terribly hard up for various reasons, yet they would all deny themselves and contribute enough to make up pittance for tho economical support of ina and you" the old Hon in him arose and he drove them from his presence with all the force and dis nifty of his best days.
 We can so to the poor house. Helen" he had said to his wife after 1t was over. but we cannot eat the bread of a begrudged charity from our own chil- dren."
 eve were too ienient with them. Hom- er." she said. simply. Tt 1s our own fault" eZ
 This attitude of his children whom he had denied nothing played on him the most strongly. The idea that his own flesh and blood could take such a oharac- ter seemed ta take away his last spark of courage.
 There finally came dreadful night after they had moved into tfsree cheap rooms over store, and the bankruptcy affair had been finally settled. that Hom- CT Warield came in and. lowing his head in bis hands. burst into tears. Helen. Helen. he said. T don't know WA4Ak ", 0t-t q 0&t3 AkA44 sHH3HXEHIUR Il can think of. I have htrmiliated myself before men have always gummaned ss lackeys. but I cannot get even q minor position of any sort thought surely | could get some sort of q clerkship at a salary of s10o or sls0 . month, with all my connections-but get nothing but a cold shoulder. And-and. haven't sle In my pocket wouldn't care. but for you and Archie--you, to whom I owe every thing, and Archie. whom robbed be- cause. like e fool, thought always would be able to care for him. His well and sound brothers and sisters were giv- en to lavishly and this poor cripple. with out means to care for himself. is to be thrown into the street to beg--'and agnan the man burst into tears.
 Helen comforted him ana soothed as only loving women can.
 "oh, I can do somathing." the man said, bitterly. 'T guess they would let me run an elevator or drive . street car." Then suddenly-"whera is Archie; Il haven't seen hirn for . week or two ex- cept at breakfast"
 T don't know" replied the mother. sadly. He esed to tell me everything. and to be always playing his violin. For some weeks he has bean avoiding me. I don't know-"and for the first time in his life the husband saw tears in the cScs uk HIS WsIe. lh nlS eyes burned the light of insanity.
 At this moment the door flew open and Archie burst Into the room--Arelrie, the hunchhack. the cripple, the misshapen. He carried his violin case and his sunk en cheeks were flushed unnaturaily.
 Mother. father," he cried staggering across the floor and dropping on his knees with both hands on their cIasped ones. "LAsten. Oh, the great luck Eve had. I've been bursting to tell you for over week, but wanted to be sure first You've always been so good and kind to me and spent so much on my music and everything that thought | woud try and see # it was really worth anything now that you need help your selves so much. And went to Professor Alrado and some others. and what do you think? I have been engaged at the Lyceum theater ot play in the orchestra for $25 week to start on and maybe more later. Oh. it's true. That's why I didn't tell you before. wanted to show you, began week ago and here Is my first weeks wages" and the excited boy threw down i've crisp five-doiiar biiis.
 Then in sheer mysteries the boy began to cry and the tears of the mother and father joined his.
 Then did they realize that what thev had considered their greatest failure was their greatest success. and that they had given the world something worth while.