The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1912-12-05
AN INCIDENT AND
INTERESTING SEQUEL

We were all sitting on the clui
house porch enjoying the cool Sc
breeze and slipping ole of III
men had tea with lots of lemon In it
but the others, their favorite thirs
eradicator- OF course, all we wome
had tea-or lemonade
We had been telling stories abou
various curious experiences that ha
befallen US, when Mrs Preston CAV
the following:
One hot afternoon early in Septem
Der | was walking up Park avenue
after interviewing one of the mos
prominent women in Society," VIII,
was in town getting together he
daughters trousseau--who was to bI
one of October's early brides.
Il was feeling mighty blue; the pref
ty frocks masses of lacy lingerie, lus
trous satin and priceless lace thai
would be combined in the wedding
Gown brought back visions of my own
wedding and my heart grew bitter
18th the thoughts of years of suffering
~hieh followed my own great day
Mentally | cursed the man I had
married cursed him for a weak fool,
who had allowed brilliant mind to
become so paralyzed with drink that
7, his wife, had to take the babies
way from their drink-erazed father
nd leave them in the care of stran-
gers while l worked all day and often
until late at night recording the do
'ngs of the rich and great
What right had some people to so
much money when | had to toll UNI
ceasingly for just enough to feed and
0'ofho us deceptlv?
"Tt was a lone walk back to the
Vice and I had Just one nickel in my
nurse Should ] spend it for carfare
nd borrow from some one at the
zoo erorgh 70 take me home? Or
va''-9 Rut it was so hot and 7 was
trad besides ] hated to borrow
"There were few people on the
7trNct Fl that hour but there ap-
-rf aofod LEGO gocd-loolying man.
10' " dreeeed who STONED in front
mo saving LADY could you lend
NJ n'c'zc'%
was so surprised I halted and
Jared at him
hate to ask YOU tor it lady he
continued, but ! want to get home to
my wife and little girl. and it will
axe me hours to walk it.
u inquired if his wife was i'll. I
don't know. She wasn't well when
'eft home week ago and then, be-
cause I still stared at him (my mind
could not conceive a big. strong, we'll
dressed man stopping a woman in the
street and asking for cents), he told
me that he had been on spree for a
week and had spent his last dollar
or bath so he would be at least
lecent 70 20 home. But I must get
lome he said I must get home to
ne wife and baby. and l thought you
would give me carfare.
opening nv purse. | took out my
me nlckel4 See sold I. this is all
lave When 7 give it to you I must
1alk sixteen blccfs back tc the office !
There | work. have to work to take
are OF myself and two little children
ecause nv husband is a drunkard
because. when he had a young wife
nd baby girl he went on sprees and |
tayed away from home and his bust
ess for days at a time. Take this |
ickel and go home to your wife: but |
I'll her it was woman who gave you
arfare. a woman who will help her
hen she has to give up her home and /.
out into the world to work through :
our intemperance' :
THAT was fifteen years ago. Yes
'rday, sitting opposite me on the
ain coming up here, I noticed
cry handsome gray-haired man, evil