The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-10-12

Ely, weather beaten race, SAD eyes,
looked at you as if the world had
harshly or unjustly with him,
drawn corners of his sensitive
th gave to his face an expression
sgust, whether with himself or the
@d we will leave our readers to
e.
KS clothes bespoke neither extreme
srty, nor a superabundance OF this
zds goods.
lie was only master builder, boss
tpenter. or anything else that the
Community in which he lived might
call the person who superintendent the
erection Of buildings, either public or
private. Was he young? Oh, no! For
ty-fu~ or sixty; perhaps, but appearing
evet lder. Had he a home? Yes;
the he cottage jpust across the way
Ii or one he rents. Fifteen years
he owned the beautiful residence
the corner of College avenue and
I'd street, he was then the proud,
happy father of five rOllicking,
Flowing boys. In one week four OF
h were carried to their graves, VIC
of one of the most fatal diseases
children-scarle fever
Earl, the most delicate OF the nVe'
tied, and is now twenty-five or
Zee. Since that time there have
IN two little daughters given him.
BY are the pride OF this eVer-lndul-
t father.
lis wife is one Of the very best OF
men. Always ready in case OF ILL
S, and seems to know just what to
for the relief of the sufferer.
)h, how many feyer-tossed, weary
d languid ones still live to bless her
her deeds of charity and nobleness
heart! She is one of those women
on1an speaks ola "crown Of glory
her husband" How she tolls, do
all the household work, the sew
and having the entire care q
children.
Often weary, but never complaining,
her good. wholesome, motherly face
brings sunshine with it always With
\ all this economy, if it be called econ
Cmy to so overtax the mother, why 40
thew live SO humbly? Who has their
former home? Was it sold for debt;
or was the poor man unfortunate IN
business? Neither. He drank it up
lust a glass now and then, he was SO
iexposed to the cold, something to keep
him warm. The wife saw, but never
r hitter word. They moved from one
tenement to another The furniture
grew less. Clothing became old and
worn. At last the husband rambled
home with Keeling, unsteady steps
The last baby that came had no dam
" baby garments, only little night
lin. and coarse flannel to wrap 1t IN
ME son came in and stood by his
oother's bedside-a thin, pale-taced
outh of fourteen.
Mother" said he, with a happy
tght in his boyish eyes: Il have
lace in a store. 1 can't earn much
It first, but, oh, l am so glad! Now
GU shall soon be well and strong
n lgain. See, Mr. Morse has advanced
ne half a months wages, and bought
:, q chicken for you, some good wine anc
Z crackers"
y "And what is in that bundle, my
% asked the feeble mother.
"a threw the package on the bed
is a little soft flannel for baby
b, my noble son!" and the tears
4ed down her pale cheeks.
lat evening, as the children sa
lg some cold baked beans, all tht
w there was in the house, the father
4 zoe in. They looked up, startled a
be because, so rare now, he wa:
yo'r. He asked:
Where is supper?"
'ather, the is all there is" wa
Eanswer, "only what Carl brough
N1er"
le man sat down in chair, bowet
head in his hands, and wept lik
lild 1t is painful to see BIZ
A so weep. The children wer
6atened. The wife called softly:
civilian, come here"
e arose, and, with feeble steps, en-
d the little bedroom.
IN, Sarah, has it come to this? VIII.
mt you reproached me, turned m
NEanything to have aroused with
%!ae a sense of shame?
AuDear William, I knew that yO1
manhood would reassert itself. I hav
never for an hour ceased to pray TO
your reform"
"Wsll, said the now humbled hus
? band and father, from this night
will leave the cup. My children shal
never again blush for their father. w
will have a home once more, my poor
long-sufering, patient wife"