The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-11-07

departed with his last worldly goods
and gone out into the world to work
but age and sickness creeping on
him like a stalking tiger, he had been
placed in the county house, a depend.
ent upon the public purse
Duke was proud man-too proud
10 let the boy know that he had fallen
so far, and besides he was comforta
bic, even If the bread of charity was
bitter After he had gained more
strength, he would go out to work, and
when the boy was wen started in his
practice and could afford to care for
him, the father was sure of a good
home as long as he lived.
With these thoughts In his heart
he had waited day by day for courage
and strength to take up the battle
anew. Two letters from his son anX
iously making inquiry regarding him.
had been forwarded to the farm and
Duke realized that he must act quick.
ly. shake OF the stigma of the county
house and reply from an independent
station in life. AS he sat in the sun
and anguished he decided to leave
the place on the morrow and strive
to maintain himself.
They found HIS body hanging from
q rafter In the COW stable. Life was
extinct.
What do you know about him?"
asked the coroner of Farmer Burns.
''He came for work. sir. Said he
could milk and wanted to stay this
winter for his board I agreed, and
this morning he went out to help, but
he was so weak he could not milk
told him to go back to the house. He
seemed broken-hearted-and hopeless.
An hour later we found him here.
Neighbor Watts thinks he must have
been in some asylum or charity refuge,
his skin Is so white, but he told me
nothing of himself"
WELL he's free now. anyhow" re.
marked the coroner, throwing back the
cloth from the face OF "Old Man
Duke. He won't have to go back!"
GOO
Once Upon a Time.
MY little child comes to- my knee,
And tugging, pleads that he may climb
Into my lap and hear me, tell
The Christmas tale he loves so we'll
A tale my mother told to me,
Beginning, Once upon a time"
1t Is a tale of skies that rang
With angel rhapsodies sublime;
or that great host serene and white
The shepherds saw one winter night
Ind nf HA frlA
An anthem, once upon a time
This story OF the hallowed years
Tells. of tie sacrifice sublime;
or one wEo prayed alone and wept
Whilc his awearied followers slept
And how his blood and Mary's tears
Commingled' once upon time.
And now my darling at my side.
And echoes OF the distant chime,
Bring that sweet story back to mo
of Bethlehem and Calvary.
And of the gentle Christ that died
For sinners, once upon time
The mighty deeds that men have told
In ponderous tones or fluent rhyme
Like misty shadows fade away
But this sweet story bldes for aye,
And like the stars that sang of old,
We sing Of Once upon time"
Eugene Field
600
SliVers OF Thought
Few men are naughty and proud tn,
day before pay day.
4 4 4
The divorce lawyer is always In IA
vor of early and hasty marriages.
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The amiabie man is the fellow tina
10 mad all through when he get
mad
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Nobody expects an imaginative maj
to tell the truth when he tells wha
he imagines.
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A touch In time has saved many
man from sleeping all night in tn
waiting room Of the depot
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The moving van always would b.
big enough II Little Willie could shoy
the packer how he slows away thing
In his pockets
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