The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-12-14

man said: Richards long time in say
ing it" He says. father" resumed Meg
that another year is nearly gone ant
! what's the use OF waiting on from yea
to year when It is so unlikely that ",
shall ever be better on than we are now
He says that If people In our condition
wait until we see our way clear It IL lIkt
to be very narrow way-the grave. 81
Richard says, father. that as his wori
| was yesterday made quite sure to him FOL
some time to come we had better get mar.
ried on New Years Day" She said al
this with sometimes a laugh and some,
times a sob and sometimes a laugh and
sob together.
Toby said never a word and left hii
| tripe cooling on the steps Just then the
door Of the great house opened and 9
footman very nearly put his foot In the
tripe Out OF the ways there. win you
out of the ways. Will you clear the road
Or won't your" snArled the footman
What's the matter-what's the natter
said a gentleman who came out Of the
door with two con. lanions. They were
all three very prosperous looking and well
groomed men.
The first one. and evidently the pro-
prietor OF the house, was one Of those
who always give the impression Of having
a wealthy engagement somewhere. One
was a small, low-spirited looking man
with . taste for statistics-and showed
Il The other was q large, red-faced,
portly gentleman with q knowing smile,
who seemed to say IT know the people
they can't fool me. get right down to
their souls" He vas Alderman Cute.
and the thin one was Mr.. Filler, who
compiled statistics showing the prodi-
galfty and riotous waste Of the Door OF
the realm Filler took up Toby's basin
and began Jaboing at Its contents with q
fork
This Is a species of food. Alderman"
said he. commonly known to the labor
ing population Of the country as TRIBE.
Now Tripe Is. without exception, the least
economical and the most wasteful article
Of consumption that the market affords.
The loss upon q pound Of Triple has been
found by actual experiment to be, in boil
ing, seven-eights of q fifth more than
any other animal substance whatever I
md the amount OF waste on the Tripe
produced in the United Kingdom would,
II boiled, victual a garrison Of five hun
dred men for i've months Of thirty-one
days each and q February over The
WasteI The WastsP'
Trotty stood aghast; his legs shook un-
der him: he felt as II he had starved q
garrison of 800 men with his own hand
Divide the amount of Triple at present ex-
isting in this country by the number Of
widows and orphans" went On Filler, and
the result will be one pennyweight for
each-not a grain left for that man. Con-
seouently he's a robber." Trotty was So
terrified at this that It did not concern him
at ell to see the Alderman calmly finish
the tripe himself. It was a relief to get
nd Of r. Now" said the Alderman, Il
know the people: am a plain. practical
man. And you. porter. don't tell me, or
any one else, that you have not always
enough to eat and good things. too. I
have tasted your tripe, you know, SO You
can't fool me. Now. my friend, there is
q lot Of talk nowadays about 'hard-up'-
ha, ha, that's the phrase, isn't TT And I
intend to Put II Down. There Is a certain
amount Of cant In vogue about starvation
and mean to Put It Down. You can Put
Down anything among this sort OF people
II you only know how to go about IL"
Just then who should come along but
Richard, the strong young smith, who was
TO marry Meg. He stepped beside her and