The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-06-20

Intoxicating liquors while live:
From bad companions II refrain
And never take Gods name III Faln'
One Lily's Mission.
On June 9 the Willard W. c.
T. 7. of Baltimore, accompanied
by the elder members Of the L.
T. L., visited the Maryland Uni
: versity hospital with flowers and
literature. On one of the cots
was an Italian about twenty-six
years old, with a broken hip. Un
able to make himself understood,
he lay sulkily Indifferent. A
young girl approached and spoke
pleasantly to him, but his eyes
remained closed. She placed a
beautiful white lily close to his
pillow and asking something of
bis history of one of the doctors,
learned that he was but recently
from an enligrant ship, friend
less and alone. Touched with
pity she picked up picture pa
per and again approached, to
find him looking with softened
expression at the lovely lily in
his hand. Raising the card at
tached to the flower she read.
"God is Love" She searched
her brain for some Italian or La
tin word to convey something of
it's meaning. Never had she so
regretted her Indifference to the
languages; only scraps could she
find, bat she ventured, ':Jesus,
'sAmor," and pointed to the pic
ture of Christ healing the sick.
He smiled and nodded, but his
gaze scarcely left the lily, breath,
ing its sweet message of home
and love and hope.
Some months later, while driv-
ing with her young brother down
a street very much torn up by
trenches for pipes. their horse
SHE'D violently and would have
overturned the carriage into the
trench, but for a workman who
sprang forward. seized it by the
head and murmured soothingly
to it. Looking to thank the man,
she recognized her protege, who
smiled brightly and then fright
ened her by his pallor. A COM
panion caught him by his arm
and volunteered: ''He been seek
lady-hurt.." She directed that
the fainting man be taken to her
house which was near. A small
crowd was attracted and what
was her surprise when neigh
bor's maid with a shrek of Joy
threw her arms around the man.
Then, with Lucia for an inter
prefer, she heard Of his coming
to this country to find the sweet
heart who had left for it's shores
two years before.
The sudden death Of his moth
er severing the last tie that
bound him to the old home, and
trusting to meeting meeting Lu-
cia at the wharf or on the streets
of the village-as he had pic
tured Baltimore-he did not
write her of his plans.
Formalities over at the wharf,
he is set adrift. Following the
tide he slowly moves along,
eagerly scanning each face, see
ing done but strangers, careless
ly Indifferent. He is appalled,
by the vastness and noises of
the place, jostlod by the crowd
and teased by his departing com
panions who have felt rebufed
by his reserved on shipooard.
Then in the Italian quarter he
6nds tricks to take advantage of
the country boy whose little store
of money is rapidly dimishing
and no work in sight-no word
Of Lucia.
Sick at heart he is slowly
vending his way up a crowded
Baltimore street. The dirty
stream under the bridge makes
him think with longing Of the
clear streams and blue skies OF
Italy. Turning hastily about, he
dimly discerns across the street
a black haired girl who vaguely
suggests Lucia, and he plunges
hurriedly across. There arises
loud cries of warning which he
understands not at ALL nor yet
the curses of the driver of the
beer wagon whose horses pom
derous hoofs strike him down.
Then he was taken to the hos
pital where we found him.
It was the darkest hour be-
fore the dawn. Too sick at heart
to make an effort to get well;
hating the cold charity of strange
people, the SenIle hludAesS VI
the young girl and the flower
spoke of the universally Of love
and common fatherhood. Il long !
for Italy," he said. Il weep for
for Lucia think-she forgets.
The Blessed Mother forgets-no
one cares. Lady comes-fower,
oh so sweet-frst I see here.
She say sJesu' and I know the
holy Jesu loves me and wants
me to love Lucia. I get work, |
find Lucia" And June has never
since passed without the happy
couple taking flowers to some
unfortunate of their country
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