Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-02-01
AUNT MANS MISSION
BY n. QUAD.
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dvE most ot The pvcp., al ....
OF MIN i.lC spoke vi Nis> $.,
Aunt Nan. ANA she y'I-eu n .".
ton. SHE haU ana .l... u ,Yr
lived alone. Il MAS >,'t .u ;-s.
she WAS Il disappointed Whitman S.,
was, hut not I'm the sense Iay' SOC uus
loved aud lost. So TAR els aul uur
knew she had never myou\'i 1922
though several widowrl,, a,l ,.,au,u
their muddy feet ou arr ,uuru iWI
titled To interest her H aV.u- trtr
'monial JIst Nhp, WGS ilr. .uaiter
with Miss Spnor.'r was chat >,r WAS
4 woman with a mission. ANA did not
know exactly what that mission WAS
70 to the axe OF thirty she hnd
Thought il was To convert the HcstEcu
Or CLinR and Africa. but the rurus
wore 40 uncertain that she bal unauy
hei'ided tlGt she was ou hr wrong
t"cS. Then h dawuvd on her Co take
up the temperance question hUt bete
she vas handicapped. Jl0 80. piitch
GJ1 wcf the only one 10 che village
that got drunk. nnG his VIE suia
,tnst she would rather Awe hilt como
Ihoine drunk than sober, ~ he pray
fGYer dishes ..
g. There is nothing more dis'ounRuG
NhAn fcc-ug that YOU have u1Ss. p
gni hCTiug Chat mission audEiug -
ana keeping Nuu loo suspense. I
ouly thing that can ac dour nuV,,..
ia 10 wait Miss Spooucr waited.
st ieDgth her mission hove int. $50
IL was m the tJrm OF ten l., ....
called al her house for suur,H,
'cau She sat It down At the table ADD
badc, It 1ll up. While it was doing $50
she ian into n neighbours to see II that
lneiehbor couldn't spare an old coat
and when she returned the tramp hal
departed: also her watch aud shuin
and other things.
4" Miss Spooner was justly indignant.
she gave the alarm. the fellow was
'oSerhauled, and before night he was
m Jail at the couDty seat. HtA miles
away, on q three months sentences
The justice Of the peace. the consta bio
and others npplRuded her action. and
for. two or three days she tell that
she had done her duty. Then the still
small voice began 10 whisper TO her
She had -tompted tho wuyfaror. Ho.
had probably been driven 20 trHmpism
by misfortune. lie might have been
an honest man up TO this time In
fact, she mndc n dozen other excuses
for him, aud all at once &c dnwncd on
her that hero was her long sought
mission. There would bo more 10y
over saving one tramp than In sending
a million tracts 20 the heather. She ro-
called that the man looked lonely and
downcast, as If he realized that the
world was against him. and she wasn't
quite sure that he didn't have tears
I'm his eyes as he sat down 10 the
spread.
YpI probably know how conscience
works when It gets out OF leading
strings. and il IS useless TO relate that
within q. week Aunt Nan was asking
admission 10 the county jail. She had
friend in town and had driven oyor
60 tell her all about it ana 10 stop tor
q few days. She began with the tramD.
10y bcGrnc bis pardon He wound.
have been 40 tramp at all 81 he hndrt.
taken his cue from this He pleaded
sudden impulse aud stoutly asserted
that he bad turned about 10 restore the
property when arrested. 1t was tho
only theft no had ever committed HeI
had been poor. but honest
There was second visit mud third
The tramp grew more mellow M everT
Sisit. He was rendy to and did prom d,
ise everything nsked Of him, including
truth, sObriety. industry. economy. nm
biton aud excelsior Then Aunt NanI
went home and enlisted the aid Of her
minister in the mission They worked
for pardoU. but failed 10 get IL. No
one elsS seSmed 10 have q spark Of
tvmp1thy for4n downtrodden man who
Eaaiqd 90 climb up Then came al
tnontal Btucglo IN which the minister
GA nAt participate 70 was nll Miss
fuY"h"r's secret She wanted that,
lE."p oUt ."f, i0il tha' he might lo,q
p time hgeiuu.Ds low IN.
= When Abiss, Spooncr visited tIn ju5.
~ rearirG corHir 90 0loF
-. yr4eFpd tlor u..o U1 tInrn.I
-. b.. continued ..rHf uat Upt
NH '. f.. #w
I. t. .Il. f.
t... .u. fuU
.. . iY N.i
bon" N'h 1... " a.. catered
~ Ting I..'5 ."n. .r ..u.nfiu
, im sG 80 .W 'n
o. aw1y IRA maeg Dr.
- wagto ghcp hor ,n l.s floIeh8 + q
g. ciimbcd NJ dnd write her orrc
fortnight The money was ready u-
bin ne #cli os a pnckoec II p.9
visions Sic was giving him sistfry
fdrice as' ~ ms future conduct whcuf
CIV II R%uddeh she WINS thrown To- thsi
floor B6forc sho could scrclm -ec.
3nd uhc thcrc was gn. p hor
mouth 0nd then her hands and fact
wore tied and rhD was helpless
4 Then the tramp hummcd o. cheerful F.
tune Or he beEsn n senrch OF the house.
lie got her jeweIry again; he got 800
from r bufem drawer. Doc got her
sunday dress aud her silver spoons