The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-10-23
The Case of
Jacob, Rhine.
BY NANCY BRENT.
BY NAN9, BRENT.

closely. SHE decided II hung ma inch /
longer on the end neNt the Kitchen .
door She Strengthened Ii eohseien
tlouslX. then gave her attention 10 the /.
spoons.
Since Il WAS an impossibillty to set Il
table Tor twelve people and put sill
yer spoon nj each place. the number
of real silver spoons possessed being
severn IL hehoo1cd her to decide upon
which guests the honor was to he be
slowed
Mrs. Judge Brown must have one
of the real silver ones because no one
In brownsville would have thought of
Offering her anything except their best
Miss Josephine Dwight must he one OF
the honered ones. Ii might keep her
from telling next day that there were
five pewter ones.
She finally arranged II 10 her salts.
faction. the pewter ones falling to her
self, 10 the sehooteaeher. 10 Uncle
Lem Whitley aud little William Bos-
we'll
When John Tweedy and his wife ar
rived Miss Mary eyed them nterroga
lively
Pa Twecdy had rheumatism come
on him" explained Mrs. Juha. "nnd
couldn't come. | left the baby home
With him. That's one comfort f."
I'm sorry your pa couldn't come
Miss Mary looked ut the vacant seat
ut the table for the turkeys done to
Il turn. and II seems kinder lonesome
for him To have dinner alone on New
Years day"
y knock nj the door caused her to
excuse herself The maid of all work
was mt the critical point OF coffee max
Ing and Miss Mary herself went To
the door
The old man standing there, n stran
ger. looked ut her in dazcd manner
I'm mighty cold and mighty hun
CRY" he said timidy 81 wonder If
YOU would give me n little dinner"
Miss MarS'S tender hearted hospital
lily was Instantly his To command
You lust come right ON In" her
CHEEKY tone making him sure of wei.
come. 4 was right proper worried
table"
When. after dinner the unexpected
guest fell i'll the company bedroom was
at his disposal In the weeks Illness
that followed Miss Mary lowered over
him With good nutured anxiety. and
when he unexpectedly died from II
heart attack she declared that the poor
man should not he buried by the coun-
ty- she didn't think she would miss II
forever If she paid for n decent fu
neral out of her savings
Judge Brown came over the day the
old mnn died and hnd II long talk with
her
I'VE know You don't charge for tax.
Ing care of him, Miss Mary" he ar
gned. but the pension certificate
found In his pocket shows he was an
old soldier, and the government Is able
to bury It's soldiers"
She listened reluctantly. But hate
10 be SO unchnrltable. she snid slowly
II wonder If the poor fellow had any
folks"
THAT'S Just ltr' the judge exclaimed
"If you send In II claim for burial ok
pcnscs the commissioner of pensions
VIII be able 10 notify his people II
they're hunting for him
The judge argued successfully. A
few days later he cnme with II dusty
volume of pension laws, accompanied
by the ministers, Peters the notary
and by Mrs Judge Brown herself
I'VE want 10 fix this up In regulation
style he said loosely, and when me
and Peters get through drawing up
this claim and the minister and Mrs
Brown witness It. II ought To be rs
legal n document MS they ever handled
In Washington.
After the document VAS posted Miss
Mary and Brownsville man. woman
and child found II n topic for conversn
ton while they awaited the outcome.
IT came sooner than Miss Mary eX.
pcctcd II knocked mt Miss Mary =
door ond night, and when she answer.
cd lamp In hand, she found man In
an ovcrcoat of unmistakabIc city cut,
who took off his hat Ia II way that
filled her with admiration.
"My name Is Rhine he said In ex.
plantation II believe It was In your
house my father died
She led the way 10 the sitting room,
| volunteering bits of Information and
sympathy
Il hope you won't think | wanted 10
be paid for nursing him. her conely
face flushing With sensltlyeness. but
the Judge said ought to-"
I'm glad you did" he responded
| heartily. 1T WAS the way we located
him I'm travelling man, and my fa
Their lived at the soldiers home. WheI
came bacn from my trip and found
that he had wandered from the home
in ii state Of mcaucholia, you can i'm
agne how | felt"
"You Sit right down and take off
your overcont. While you are warming
| I'll heat the coffee and fix you II little
snack | know you are hungry afteI
your drive through Tho cold. | always
dld say Brownsville was the meanesi
place on earth 10 get TO. It's ten mile
drive from any direction you try td
reach IT,"
Miss Mary. freed from anxiety that
they would not go round, was lavish
With silver spoons. There was one for
coffee, one for Il saucer Of honey and
one In the jelly glass. The other -four
were carelessly arranged on the white
cloth IN "A way that i:.dicated spoons IN
abundance.
She went to the small mirror hanging
by the kitchen window and arranged
the front Of her brown hair becoming
| ly. At forty the women Of her ac-
quaintance were supposed to give nc
thought to such yanltles, but she was
evidently of worldly turn OF mind
and she remembered the set of the
overcoat worn by her guest.
Supper over, they sat by the open
fire. she with her Battenberg piece, he
with u cigar encircled by Il gilt band
which she wished fervently Mrs. Judge
Brown could see.
"And so l brought this printed form