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

was Q dinner for the great people In one
hall and a dinner for the Happy Tenantry
In another hall. and which the Happy Ten
antry had done eating-or before-they
were marshalled into the other hail. and
Sir Joseph. in his celebrated character Of
Friend and Father Of the Poor. made q
speech. Sir Joseph then gave q toast:
Friends and Children and the Dignity
Of Labor"
There was q disturbance at the lower
end Of the hall and VIII Fern appeared.
Trotty's ghost watched him with surprise.
He was ragged. r1iserably dressed. Gen
tlefoks,' said he, you have drunk The
Laborer-Iook at me-" Just come from
jail" said MI Fish. the secretary. Just
come from JAIL" replied VIII. and neither
for the first time, nor yet the fourth. I
was suspected-was to be Put Down. Your
laws were made to trap such as me and
they did trap me. tried TO 1--we decently'
but It was To jail with hlmr was
vagabond and II was to Jail with him.
comes back and goes q nutting In your
woods and by accident broke branch
or two. To jail with him. One Of your
keepers sees me In broad day near my
own patch OF garden with q gun. To jail
with him Had Q material angry word with
that man when was free again. To jail
with him. / cuts q stick To Jail with
him And 30 II went on until when any
body finds me anywhere ADDING anything
to Jail with him.
'Saentlefolks, give Us In mercy better
homes when we are In our cradles. Give
US better food when We are working for
our lives Give Us kinder laws to bring
us back when we go wrong. Put his right
full spirit into a msn. For now his spirit
Is divided from yours. Bring Il back.
bring It back afore the day comes when
even his Bible b changed In his altered
mind and the words seem to him to read;
whittier thou goest I can not so; where
thou lodgest I can not lodge; thy people
are not my people nor thy God my God.
There was an agitation in the hall ana
then Toby saw II no more. But af'er
a while he caught one more glimpse OF
VIII Fem. He was an utter outcast'
professed criminal and the incendiary;
fires which he lighted cast lurtd CLEAN
upon the hiIis Of the countryside
They showed him at last Meg. with her
child. upon the banks Of the river. and
Ghe ABOUT 70 InIOW ncIsoh oho "SA 80
spring into the dark waters Il was her
father" cried the old man to the dark
shadows flying above. have mercy on
her and on me. Where does she go!
Turn her back" But they only pointed
to her and said: ITO DESPERATION And
stIli she leaned over the river and muir
INJURED, Lillian. Lillian, 70 be changed
like Lillian" Toby sprang forth to his
daughter and srssped her In his arms; he
felt his sense Of touch returning. He
struggled with her.
And just then the chimes. the OLD Ia
mlllsr friends. began TO ring the joy peal
for q new year so Justify, 80 merrily' 50
gayly, so happily. that he sprang to his
feet and broke the spell which bound
him. He saw Meg standing before him.
shaking him and saying: Wake up
father, wake up. And whatever you DO,
don't eat tripe again without seeing q
doctor and finding out whether IT'S likely
to agree with you. For you have been 60
ing on, good graciousi low you have been
going onr' It was only . nightmare that
Trotty had had. you see. nightmare en-
gendered by too much Friends and Fathers
Of the Poor; too much Good Old Times;
too much Alderman Cute; too much File
Statistics and too much Observation in
the ns1spapsrs and the Parliament upon