The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-05-09


Arnold from the italian OF Lorellxo,
the Magnificent, shot through my
mind. Let me quote them. They are:
But never once. saving at Barberin,
Saw I a girl so dear, Discreet, and
- taking, a.; !. :, S !.
With cheek and neck and nape and
z dimpled chin, " ~ G&
So smooth and white, or of such
perfect making. =. ~
Her eyes like torchlights when the
feasts begin, = II
To feel their lids lift and theiI
glance awaking -
Joyance: and twixta them covers the
winsome nose, T..
With proud pink nostrils, like the
petals in a rose.'.
I don't mean to flatter you, my dea,
GIRL but the lines At you exactly :
But I must not talk; must go on
with my story. It will interest you, I
am sure. Well, then, long, long. years
ago, when I was but a little girl
thought then was about a big woman
grown-my father and mother both
died in New York city of a fever
Myself and my only younger sister
were quite destitute orphans. We
could not imagine what was before
us. We were the only children, and
we were separated, and I never heard
of my sister from that day to this
Well, I grew up, almost forgetting T
had sister, and in time married a
man who made big money in the
grain and seed business. At length
he died in this city, leaving me with
much money and no children. I had
long sought for my lost sister. But
could not find her. She had been
swallowed up III the great Big hurry
ing world, or else claimed by the
grave. Our names were .Danton.
Mine was Bonie Danton, and my sis
ter's was Maggie Danton. I married
Mr.. Real Carmen-let me see: that
was 40 years ago. I was then 20 years
old. And now I ammo matter-sti!l
twenty! My sister Margaret is nov
Sc years DID,"
THAT is mel" cried Mrs. Jones,
tears glistening in her eyes, throwing
herself on the neck of her long-los!
sister. Her grammar was "nowhere"
then.
The two restored sisters wept in
each others, arms, and Bonnie
snatched glad tears from her incor-
rigible eyes. Bob's eyes-to be sure
they were larger. No one can describe
the expression on his face. It was not
a smile, it was not a doubt, it was not
pain, and it was not altogether glad
There ensued a seemingly long silence.
in which the glad feelings took un
bridled Thirty, like Catiline's tongue.
Swayed by impulse Bonnie caught
both her mother and her new-found
aunt and sobbed as If she had sor-
row. Then Bob, strong souled Bob
actually wiped away a telltale tear
that played hide-and seek on the rims
Of his, eyes.
o, it was happy evening for them!
Mrs. Margaret Jones related her life
story, which had little Of the~romantic
in it, though underneath there was
much of the hard and the shadow
Sc married Bob Jones. a man Of the
rails, and their first child was named
for him. Their second was named for
her lost, far-away sister. In the
course of the. revolving years her. hus~
band,"a good man, died, leaving hel
with the two children and nothing
else in the world. She struggled on
alone, educated them, and now they
are her comfort and pride.
The childless, but rich Mrs. Carmen.
it might be said in brief, adopted her
sister and two children, and their sun
never again was hidden by cloud.
When Bonnie returned from the trip
south and married Bash Fauner, Mrs.
Carmen made the young couple a
wedding present of a well-furnished
house. "
Bob was the life and the sunshine
Of the two women now in the decline
of their days. These three dwelt to-
gether, and the harsh Of things TO
more. entered their home.
F. A. MYERS.
Evansville, Ind.