The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1904-01-07

| the four were married and very we'll to
do. owing largely to the wise and liberal
| provisions made by their father. AS
soon as the full meaning Of the blow be-
came evident and they realized that the
catastrophe would involve every dollar
of their fathers estate and leave him
bankrupt. the affection of these four
sons and daughters and their consorts,
for their father and their interest In his
affairs as we'll, cooled so perceptibly as
to make the whitehaired unfortunate
vince, as even the aloofness OF some Of
the men ION the street" whom he had
befriended, had not.
But when they approached him and
explained individually why they could
not, owing to various domestic reasons,
throw open their homes or any Of them
to himself and their mother, and while
each and every one was most terribly
hard up for various reasons. yet they
would all deny themselves and con-
tribute enough to make up pittance
for the economical support of ma and
you" the old lion In him arose and he
drove them from his presence with all
the force and dignity of his best days.
1--WE can go to the poor house, Helen"
he had said to his wife after 1t was over
"but we cannot eat the bread OF be-
grudged charity from our own chill
| dren.'
I'VE were too lenient with them
Homer" she said, simply. ut is our
own fault"
This attitude of his children whom
ne had denied nothing played on him
the most strongly. The idea that his
own flesh and blood could take such a
character seemed to take away his last
spark of courage.
There finally came a dreadful night
after they had moved into three cheap
rooms over store, and the bankruptcy
affair had been finally settled. that
Homer Warfeld came In and. bowling
his head in his hands. burst into tears.
Helen, Helen" he said. IL don't
know what to do. | have tried every
thing | can think Of. have Inundated
myself before men have always sum-
moned as lackeys. but cannot get even
a minor position of any sort. thought
surely | could get some sort of clerk
ship at a salary OF 500 or $3.50 month
with all my connections-but get moth
Ing but a cold shoulder. And-and.
haven't $40 in my pocket. | wouldn't
care. but for you and Archie-you. to
whom owe everything, and Archie
| x,hn I
thought always would be able TO care
for him. His we'll and sound brothers
and sisters were given to lavishly and
this poor cripple. without means to care
for himself, Is to be thrown into the
street to beg" and again the man burs,
into tears.
Helen comforted him and soothed as
only loving women can.
"Oh | can do something" the mar
said. bitterly. 81 guess they would let
me run an elevator or drive a street car
Then suddenly-"where is ARCHER
haven't seen him for week or two ex
cept at breakfast"
81 don't know" replied the mother
sadly. He used to tell me everything
and to be always playing his violin
For some weeks he has been avoidini
me. | don't know" and for the frs
time in his life the husband saw tear.
In the eyes of his wife In his eye.
burned the light Of insanity.
At this moment the door flew open ant
Archie burst into the room-Archic. tn,
hunchback, the cripple, the misshapcn
He carried his violin case and his sunker
checks were flushed unnaturally.
Mother, father" he cried. staggcrin,
across the floor and dropping on hi
knees with both hands on their claspet
, ones Listen Oh, the great luck Nv,
had. I've been bursting to tell you To-
over week, but wanted to be sur,
first. You've always been so good ant
kind to me and spent so much on my
music and everything that | thought
would try and see II It was really worti
anything now that you need help your
selves so much. And | went to Prof
Alrado and some others, and what dc
you think? have been engaged at tn,
Lyceum theater to play I'm the orchestr;
for $25 week to start on and maybe
more later. Oh, It's true That's why
didn't tell you before, | wanted toshov
you. | began a week ago and here is m,
first weeks wages" and the excited boy
threw down five crisp dollar bills.
Then In sheer Mysteries the boy begar
to cry and the tears of the mother ant
father joined his
Then did they realize that what they
had considered their gre attest failure wa!
their greatest success, and that they hat
given the world something worth while
| Four Killed by Explosion.