The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-10-01
Philanthropy
Feminine

Ii cuuIS nos .Id of ~
n. spinster. TINT at t4e Of
Pan. IS good i59.slIs
woman ! spI OF So a1i9t
be ezpected to be. rae ,p5 in
be expected is that she W.! LA
! hearted and have desire esJFm
| the WORLD and elevate the moral stands
! ing OF humanity generally.
Miss ssheGlin had that desire In visit
ting Sew York city she had mas many
times observed hard up loa3inS men
| who were seemingly drlfiR5S INTO
careers OF wickcdness ice'ie g there
was no OK. 1t land 10 e.IccU-ate them
ana hold cut Il helping hand. she had
often been tempted To address t!seia,
but her lrother Zen happeucd to De
along or she had seen some policeman
watching her or the hard NJ looking
man made a sneak as she wls about to
stop.
It was when Brother Ben went to
Europe on business that his sister de-
terrllined TO carry out her long cher
ished plans. she had the time and the
mouey. ana the steamer was hardly
clear Of Fire island when she was In
the city with her trunk and Installed In
a boarding house where she had been
Acquainted for u number of years. In
confidence she told the landlndy of the
object of her visit. 1t was all very we'll
to donate libraries and to endow hos
pitfalls and colleges. but when man
was walking the streets of New York
with hunger gnawing ut his VitalS ana
hope gone out of his heart of what
use We're such institutions to him?
= n fOO1 nj Vn1FSRIk
then don't know how to make hash,"
replied the practical and level headed
Iaudlady. as she remembered the names
of a few hard up men OF the scores that
had taken her In for a few weeks
board since she had been In the board
ing house business.
But how can make n fool OF my
self. as you term it?" was asked. IF
sneak kindly and cncouragingly to
some hopeless and penniless man. IL
help him to n situation; IL l give him
the opportunity to earn an honest llv-
ing once more. where can you criti'
else %
Never you mind. You've got money,
ana you've got heart, and I've moth
ing further to say"
If she had had anything further to
say it would have done no good 1t
L
fin set out On her quest. She hadn't
far to look. Any one who is seeking
homeless, hopeless man from twenty
FIVE 10 seventy years of age can find
him in upper Broadway mt any hour OF
the day or night. He is there and look
ing for a good thing.
Miss Shefliin found one leaning up
guiust the railing in front of Il drug
store His face betrayed gloom and his
general attitude disconsolation, and as
he looked IN the bottles in the window
he seemed 10 he wondering which held
llaudauum ana which strychuine. She
yeas aDout to address MIN when plain
clothes detective came from the other
direction and said TO the man:
Now. then, out of this or I'll run
you in
The hopeless man sighed and moved
ON wcariiy He moved like one hurt
and humiliated. lie moved down to-
ward the East river as If he would
take a header Off the dock and end it
Ian. Miss Sheflin followed after. and
at the corner she overlook him and
said:
"You seem to be in trouble. sir, and
II can assist you shall he glad to do
So"
He was man about thirty years old.
lie had tin horn gambler and free
lunch written all over him. but the old
maids eyes detected no sign. He look
ed Mt her for "A minute and wondered
what sort of Il plant" 1t was. Then
The became conscious that he had
STRUCK one of those good things" he
had read about and heard tell ola
|feuiaIs phflanthropist. Removing his
IdGt and deepening his hopeless look
ne replied:
Miss. / have been out Of work for
weeks and weeks. and, SO help me
heaven. l have had no food for two
days. was thinking of throwing
|myself under street car and endtn%
It all"
How wicked to think of taking youi
own life"
But of what use to live and walk
Ilhe streets penniless and hungry;
Ipfdn't you just see detective drive
me along like doG:'
II lid, and l felt almost like shoot
mer him. Please follow me to my
boarding house and tell me your story
| he followed. He wiulIed' at an nc
luaintauce as he followed, and his
wink was returned. He ran ncross the
Ihndlady as he entered the house after
Miss ShefflIn, and he henved sigh of
relief as lie found her face unfamiliar.
At the same time, however, he real
led that she was not philnnthropic
hndlndy one to he taken In by
cny ordinary tale of distress.
| Slttin. in the parlOr beside the Old
paId and working mp all the pnthos he
could. the tin horn mar told his tale
| II was one that brought tears to her
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