Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-11-24
T. G5e D.
SaEnaritanS

BY c. u. LEWIS

was an elecutionist and quite willing
to help others over the same road for
pay. SO long n her ambition was kept
within bounds and her prices were not
too steep her native town OF 1000 In
habitants supplied fair number OF
pupils and the local press now and
then referred 10 her In way that was
pleasing
one unfortunate day Miss Minis de
cidcd that clocutiOn such as hers should
have no limits The village boy who
fell into the frog pond decided that II II
was good for him IL ought TO be good
FOR the whole United States. Miss
Minis rcasoned after the same fashion
She collected her bills. packed her
trunk ana set out Tor the metropolis,
and never was young woman more
sangulne.
In q week she WAS surprised. In u
month she WAS tired In two months
she had decided 10 drop elocutIon and
look for place MS Il typlst and stenog
rapher Her mind was fully made up
on this point. and yet She could not let
~ Of clocution with bang She must
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parting less painful,
Miss Minis sat az the open window
OF her boarding house and dalllcd with
clncutiou In her we'll Inodulated voice
sbe won, n,.r ,,r... ~ ,or- -, no.
cbo,cos, ..,,. and ,b., l,ror,h, 80,
"'rbe u.,r,....,,"
Sln i'm aiv.,vs r,,da ! bi+ !, MT
II was about = lovely Girl who loft bor
,.iiIa.,c homo f,r g., ..r..,t cl,v ami o,,ar
nsi,g mn, an nor ,n,no, o,,d ,,,,,.,,,,,,,
eynrvthir. th.t hnr uncle wou,d ~
ya,,co IN, 81, c,,,,,t,,,, s,i,,1n a,,d
ire IondIa1, found h.r deod whom she
wont i'm ~ cor.ct ber waak,s ron+ !,
advance
I'm olocu,ine This nntbatic onneol Misc
Minis had IA ,,uul,t. Acknowledgement,
sorrow l,riaf ann.oI resi,,no,lon ami
several oth.r tbinys calculated ~
oronso human Interest and sho bad an
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ON tbr floor above was n Young ma,
who haI b.,n IN rho harding house
almost ~ ,n, IS ~. ma ~, ~.
had mn, ba.n introduced ami hod ,oi,an
ver,- nm. f,,.rcst u, o,cb ,,hor 10
wos tho oudianca on tb,s rgcht Mice
Minis voice eootoJ I'm n him ana he
listened ana hecome intorestad Grad.
ualIv h. found bis sv,nno,bins oror,ad
From yvbo, no co,,ld mnlfa ont sho ,,.os
clean dis.ourogel and ra.d,. for Tho
dn.dlv fr,,o. ~ charcoal sho ,,.os
.evan b,,ourt for fo,.1 a, th,t ,nor.,,,
or1 .be-n ,y,s ~ ma n tho CROFT c,t,.
70 whom she could turn
Th. vouu, man wos deenlv .Tec,od
ITero was "a case r,gh, under bIs nosa
where >vmnotbv and cosb were ra.
oulrod ANA only I'M, evening no had
doa.nI IN. l,n1I,d,. v.ha, Ia oa,no :,
lie wa, p.rturbel ana unsa, for a fey
minutes hut finally reasonad II an,
tliat If the moor Girl s,pck IN her nro.
grammo ami died II would save her
being diSuppointcd In love IN tha IN.
tnrc
When n ,ug silence had followed
her fearful app.ul 10 haaven no
brought ont Il manuscrInt and heo,n
10 rrud aloud Tie was no alocutionist
Te might have been one had he NOT
become ,lramatlst nj nm early are
The mnnuscrlpt In his hauds was
play written bv himself II * need
less 10 give II a name. bnt II may he
said to have been pathetic. II had a
hero. ANA the hero went through trou-
bic enough H. swamp a canal boat
within five miles OF Troy. He kent
hoping ana hoping but It was no use
IA soon as he came In sight Of good
thing II vanished He hung on ana
hung on until the beef trust made lts
last raise. ana then he starved to
death with the same dignity that he
had lived
What the dramatlst was reading was
the soli"quy 81 the hero when he had
abandoned all hope ana decided that
niincc pie WIS no longer for him The
revcrie of the clocutlonlst below was
broken by hl, reading aud ravlng. She
listened. and tears Of pity came to lser
eyes. She hal Thought the world was
harsh - her. but here was Il worse case