The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-01-18
AND THE GREATEST
OF THESE is CHARITY.

In early days there lived in Loomis
a woman, poor in this worlds goods,
but immeasurably rich in the milk Of
human kindness. She was widow
with meagre possessions, a widow
who had to work hard for the daily
bread that sustained herself and fam
lily. This woman had three children of
her own, and the average man or wo-
man, aye. all men and women for the
matter of that, would consider that
this humble parsonage was doing her
whole duty in providing for those
three little ones. But this womans
motherly instincts, sympathy and
Christian charity weer far greater
than the sympathy and charity of
those in high place and of much sub
stance, for she did not confine her
self to feeding the three mouths that
learned of other helpless and home
less orphans, and she gathered into
her fold five of these orphans and
became to them a mother and a pro-
WIDER The home was humble, the liv-
ing plain, but it was shelter and food
for those without place to lay their
heads. The woman lived long enough
to see those children grow up to man
and womanhood, and she passed
away mourned and revered by those
for whom she devoted so many years
OF her life. If she did not earn and
win a crown in the Celestial City,
then the crown Is due to none who
reach that haven.
That woman was Mrs. VIM. Briley,
afterwards the wife of David Smith.
Among the five orphans that she rails
ed was d. M. Gasse, whom she took
charge of when he was only two years
of age. Case has grown to manhood
in this vicinity. That is If he has not
attained manhood as manhood is
counted in years, he has won the
right to stand elbow to elbow with
the noblest manhood of the land.
Case is but 10 years of age Two
years ago he was living with VIM.
Bury, whose wife is a foster sister of
Gasse. and over whom Mr.. Bury held
some guardianship authority. At that
time, when only II years of age young
Gasse was insistent upon entering the
army. Mr.. Bury protested, on account
of his youth, and advised him to wait
another year. One day Case went up
to Nelson, ostensibly to hunt work,
and the next heard of him he was
member of Canadian regement and
a letter has just been received from
him by Mrs. Bury written at Saford
Sussex, England. He sends a photo
graph of himself. showing him to be a
fine looking, we'll set up soldier He
il member of Co. D, Canadian
Mounted Rifles, 10Th Canadian Re-
serves. The following are a few ex-
tracts from ihs letter:
81 left Halifax habor on the 18th
Of October and got here on the 31st
of the same month. am stationed on
the south coast of England. Saw a
number Of aeroplanes and war planes
when We went through London. Also
a war tank. We are going over to
France about the middle Of January. l
just came from Glasgow, Scotland,
last night, getting up to my camp at
1880 I certainly had a fine time
while on pass. but certainly
would have had a nicer time had ]
been at home with you at Christmas.
Send me some Velvet smoking to-
bacco and cigarette papers. A person
can't get good smoking tobacco over
here"
And, Of course, Mr.. Bury sent the
tobacco, and let the friends of the
boys at home keep them supplied
with the weed that cheers, for. as the
young lad says, tobacco that the
American boy is used to cannot be
procured "over there"