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You ought to see
How she comes out to meet me
And goes wandering off with me
With her checks so like a blossom
And her neck so like the snows
Oh dont I love my little girl
Nobody knows
Oh dont I love my lady
You ought to hear
The little name she calls me
When she whispers in my car
With her eyes so bright and dancing
Till my heart u natter goes
Oh dont I love my little girl
Nobody knows
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night beneath the yel
low glare of a city lamp
a tall man stood with a
little weary child
A cruel wind blew the
rain around them It
dashed it into the mans
face so that it trickled
clown his chin and fell
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A feeble cry broke
now and then from
the little fellow a cry of protestation
and alarm Daddy Daddy cruel
iDnddy Take me home take me
home
A shudder shook the man from head
to foot- A sob rose in his throat he
could not speak His arms went more
closely round the little body leaning
against him and he began to move on
slowly and to mix with the crowd
Daddy daddy take me home
Ah Christ
It was not an oath but the pitiful
appealing cry of a broken spirit The
man in him was crushed and tortured
his heart was bleeding itself to death
Love for his wife and child had given
this man a soul Evil passions had
burnt themselves out before the fire of
that pure devotion a mighty tender
ness had sprung up with the light ia
his babys eyes
Wonderful future schemes for the
happiness of mother and child had
filled his leisure moments and made
the music of his life He had worked
bravely and cheerfully he had been
tender and true and patient and his
love had taught him to pray
He had been at peace and happy
And now his heart was broken
The cruel wind blew the rain round
them and dashed it coldly into their
faces but other drops that were not
rain fell on the curly head of the child
When a brave man weeps there are
tears of blood that well up from his
heart and blind his eyes and no power
on earth can heal the wound below
The fretful wail of a little voice the
frightened clutch of chubby fingers
made the agony more intense
There is no peace to be found in any
thing when despair first rushes with all
its force into a human soul
I want my mother
Baby havent I told you youve no
mother
The noise and the glare are left be
hind at last There is a long silent
street and a narrow bridge and dark
water creeping beneath Here there is
quiet to think in at last
By the edge of the Avail is a seat cut
in the stone The man sits down in
one corner of it and after looking care
fully to make sure that the boy sleeps
turns round so that he can watch the
deep water below
It will be mortal cold he tells him
self and awful just at first But then
it will soon be over and better and
easier than years of pain God would
punish him of course but only him no
would understand how sorely he had
been tempted and he would not make
the punishment too hard no would
let him be with his boy at last Hadnt
they only got each other
The child moved uneasily and the
man bent over him caressingly anx
ious even at such a moment that noth
ing might be the matter He peered
at the closed lids and pushed some hair
back very tenderly from the high moist
forehead
God bless him he thinks Then
lie sent him this sleep he didnt mean
liim to know It will be just like going
to bed for him but with a beautiful
morning at the end
In a minute it should be done
It was terribly cold Like stabbing
ice and being drawn down into a great
crack But after the rush and horror
of it the stillness came and then dark
ness and space and solitude
It was lonely in this Valley of Shad
ow But when it was past there was
a new light everywhere
The spirit of this man watched and
waited He had lost his child in the
valley but did not doubt he made one
of the many radiant beings gliding
quickly past him with their heavenly
guides
At the end of a long time he reached
the shining gates and through the bars
he heard sweet music and caught
glimpses of an eternal paradise
Such rejoicing he had dreamed of
sometimes when on earth but it
brought him no pice or comfort now
He stood motionless waiting and fear
ing he knew not what when his eyes
ligiited on a child angel standing near
the gate and in that pure and lovely
countenance he recognized his son
But the jo3 that leaped into his face
faded as suddenly as it came There
was a great and terrible reproach in
the eyes that met his own the sadness
there could have made him weep
Where is my mother
I know not ho V could I know I
left her long ago upon the earth
She has passed the Valley of the
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Alas I cannot tell We parted long
ago
But to thee wast given her soul to
bring to the throne of God What hast
thou to say
I have nothing to say
The love of all the world dwelleth
beyond these gates Hast thou love to
plead thy cause
I left the earth because the earth
was full of sorrow My trouble was
greater than I could bear
You fled from pain but God did not
call thee here God had appointed thee
a precious task To those alone who
pass through the furnace of living pain
can the crown of peace be given Would
I might help thee but none can save
thee now As thou forsook thy trust so
has thy God forsaken thee
Then he knew his worst forebodings
were fulfilled He stretched out his
arms and would have cried for mercy
but heaven grew dim and far away
and with it the sad face of the speaker
vanished forever from his sight Then
a cold bitter blast rushed down upon
him and he was cast shuddering upon
his face
Daddy daddy wake
With a start the sleeper opened his
eyes and looked up On the seat where
he had been lying his little boy had
climbed and was now tugging with all
his small might at his fathers coat and
peering down horror stricken into his
face
O daddy daddy Ive finished all
my prayers but you wouldnt wake I
couldnt make you wake
Never mind my little darling never
mind it now Were going home were
going home were to go back home
after all 0 Sammy Sammy
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Still later but on the same night a
man footsore and weary sat by a win
dow watching
In the same room on a chair and
rolled round with a blanket was a lit
tle boy sleeping heavily Close to the
fire was an empty porridge bowl and
over the back of a chair some clothes
had been spread out to dry
The night crept on and the gray dawn
came but the watcher had not moved
and the blind was not drawn down
But what he was wTaiting for came at
last
A shadow crossed the window a low
but certain cry of pain disturbed the
silence of the street outside
Then the man rose and moving
slowly to the door opened it very wide
At his feet on the step a woman crouch
ed and moaned When he spoke she
lifted up a hard despairing face
Nell
Im going Im going at once I
never meant to come but something
the child
Has he left you
Yes Im glad of it though
What are you going to do
To live you mean O there are
ways it dont matter Im past fret
ting for you know Then Rob
youve been good to me always youll
be good to the child now that
now
Its cold out hero youre shivering
too lass theres a fire inside
But the woman staid on her knees
clinging weakly to the hands put out to
help her up
Rob Rob You dont mean it
youre dreaming Rob Why Ive broke
yer heart I know Ive broken it I
cant never come back here I wish I
was dead
But the man was strong and he had
raised her in his arms
Nell itll be hard mighty hard
for both of us but well try God help
ing us An Nell theres a little chap
inside waiting to be put to bed Hes
rolled in a blanket we couldnt find
his shirt
On the floor of the cottage a man
and woman knelt together gazing
yearningly into each others sorrowful
eyes and round each neck was a lov
ing little arm and a sleepy baby voice
was the only sound they heard Chi
cago Tribune
Hntutchtn of Yenyincliichenhna
The Fekin Gazette of June 7 last con
tains a memorial from the Chinese gen
eral in command at Kuldja asking the
emperor to sanction an avatar A cer
tain ruler named
the emperor in the GOs when the Mo
hammedan rebels had overrun all the
country round He has died and the
held Tarbagatai for
Mongol tribes among whom he dwelt
are anxious to have him once more
among them At their request accord
ingly the memorialist begs that a
special edict may be issued granting
permission to the heroic soul hutukhtu
to become an avatar in other words
that his spirit be permitted by special
grace of the throne to become re-embodied
to serve again the sacred dy
nasty for the preservation of which he
fought so valiantly The emperor as
sents and appoints him beforehand
Hutukhtu of the Monastery of Yenyin
chichenhua London Saturday Review
The Richest Town
The richest town in the United States
is Brookline near Boston Its popula
tion is 17000 and valuation 60000000
yet it is governed through the typical
New England town meeting It has a
public library containing 45000 vol
umes a 300000 high school a 40000
free bathing establishment and spends
100000 a year on its parks and well
shaded streets Boston would gladly
annex it but Brookline prefers to go
on as it is
Antithetical Advice
Somebody gives the following anti
thetical advice Drink less breathe
more eat less chew more ride less
walk more clothe less bathe more
worry less work more wasteless give
more write less read more preach less
practice more
No woman past 10 years of age can
look cunning by glancing out of the
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company these women will erect a
home partly from club dues and partly
from subscriptions within the club
The clubhouse is to be commodious
throughout from the colonial verauda
in front to the great auditorium on the
second floor There will also be reception-rooms
library committee rooms
lountiing room dining room and kitch
en That there should be a sewing room
for the Ladies Literary Club is unique
but some of its members take their fan
cy work to meetings and industriously
stitch away in the calm intervals be
tween parliamentary debates and ani
mated discussion of papers It is in
tended to add another story to the
building by and by
The YouiiR Wifes Social Duties
To simply live alone with no pro
vision for the gratification of the social
instincts is apt to prove too severe a
strain upon the reserve forces of even
the happiest marriage There is some
excuse to be made for the man who
seeks society outside of the horns
wherein no thought is given to social
pleasure Avhile the wife is apt to grow
petty and personal and so less at
tractive as she shuts herself away
from intercourse with others This
dropping out is very easy but even
when prosperity comes and large so
cial functions are possible it is too late
to gain that most valuable possession
friendship which is entirely indepen
dent of financial success To have and
to hold a place in the social life of the
world is not only the - it but the
duty of the young wife who desires to
have a home in its truest and best
sense Ladies Home Journal
f liowcr Bath for Baby
The grown ups and club men are not
the only ones in this world who enjoy
a shower bath but baby wlio is bathed
in his own little tub cannot use an or
dinary rose and in such cases the por
table shower of English design here
shown comes in handy
In England where the stationary
wash tub is not so ubiquitous as in
America this device is of great con
venience alike for young and old When
filled with water of the proper temper-
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in the handle and when released the
water falls in a fine spray and with
considerable force
Bustles in Favor Again
Bustles are being universally worn
again All the newest gowns have a
small bustle made in them and where
a womans figure warrants it also hip
pads Some of the new bustles are
long some short some fuller than
others and many round up the hips
with small pads Ail are made of fine
quality haircloth light in weight and
are small neat and graceful There
was a time when there was absolutely
no individuality in bustles Fat and
lean women women with conspicuous
hips those with a conspicuous ab
sence of hips bought and wore the
bustle which looked as if it would last
the longest and give tliem the most
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Ladies Literary Club of Salt
THE City is the first feminine or
ganization in the West to project
a clubhouse of their own These enter
prising women recently purchased a de
sirable downtown lot and have just ac
cepted plans for a modern structure of
gray stone and cream colored brick
Contrary to the devices of fair finan
ciers in the East who have built nu
merous clubhouses by forming a stock
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studies her curves and lines and buys
a bustle to set them off to the best ad
vantage
IIowto Rip a Garment
Most people think it is very easj to
rip garments but a fashionable dress
maker thinks otherwise This modiste
says few women know how to rip up a
dress for remaking Many a good
gown is spoiled by being placed in the
hands of an unskilled person to rip up
she says Scissors should not be used
I a sharp pointed knife doing the work
better bias seams should be carefully
held in order not to stretch them and
all threads neatly pulled out after they
are well cut so that there is no knot
ting resistance Hooks eyes buttons
clasps etc should be taken off with
especial care as they are usually so
firmly sewed that they resist often to
the end of ones patience The material
should then be carefully brushed be
fore being sponged or pressed proc
esses which in themselves need spe
cial skill
Keeps a Tollsate
i Mrs Minerva T Hering has kept a
lollgato for a longer continuous period
than any other person in Kentucky For
i almost thirty eight years she has lived
at the same tollhouse on the Keene
and Troy turnpike near Nicholasville
and collected toll Mrs Hering and her
husband were installed there as gate
keepers when the road was first com
pleted in the year ISOO Her husband
died twenty years ago but she has re
mained in charge of the gate although
the ownership of the road has changed
hands on numerous occasions
Since free pikes were voted in this
county just recently the owners of the
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Keene and Troy pike have made Mrs
Hering a present of the tollhouse in
which she has lived so long as an evi
dence of their appreciation of her honr
esty and long labors
Women Wanted Beards
Nowadays when in every ladies pa
per one sees perpetual instructions how
to get rid of superfluous hairs it seems
almost incredible that women ever
should have desired to have beards
Yet tliis really was the case among cer
tain of the ladies of ancient Rome
whose morbid ambition made them so
crave for these inappropriate appen
dages that they used to shave their
faces and smear them with unguents in
order to cause the hair to grow Cic
ero relates that to such an extent did
the beard mania amonir women grow
that it was found advisable to pass a
law against the adornment
Russian Wedclinjr
A Russian bride is not submitted to
the trying ordeal of appearing in white
-satin and lace in cold broad daylight
The wedding takes place by candle
light in the drawing room of the brides
mother There is a banquet after fol
lowed by a ball and after that supper
and this in many houses is an occasion
for quaint old customs to be observed
Here as in America a satin slipper
supposed to be the brides figures
but in a different way A new white
satin slipper is filled with wine and
passed around to the bridgegrooms
friends who use it as a goblet and
drink the health of the bride
Prefer Women Clerks
Ill Germany and also in Holland
girls are chosen in preference to young
men in all employments in which they
can be advantageously employed At
Munich many of the clerks at the
banks and hotels are girls and as cash
iers and bookkeepers at restaurants
and other houses of business they are
well in evidence Many women are
also employed at railway stations as
booking office clerks
New Guinea Girls Cant Elope
Girls in New Guinea have small
chance of eloping Every night they
are put in a little house at the top of
a tall tree The ladder used to reach
it is then removed and the parents
slumber is all the sounder for the fact
that their daughters are unable to
take their walks abroad until they see
fit to allow tlrom to do so
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nUMOROUS PARAGRAPHS FROM
THE COMIC PAPERS
Pleasant Incidents Occnrrinjr the
World Over Sayings that Are Cheer
ful to Old or Young Funny Selec
tions tbat Everybody Will Enjoy
By His Cigars
Yeast A mans judged by the com
pany he keeps I believe
Crimsonbeak Certainly
And also by the cigars he keeps I
presume
Oh no by the cigars he gives
away Yonkers Statesman
Pliilosophy
Well its better than swelled head
anjhow London Sketch
Refined Repartee
My face said the seasoned sou
brette is my fortune
You dont say so retorted the fun 1
ny comedian I thought it stooS fof
what you owed
And why do you think it stood for
what I owed asked the seasoned sou
brette
Because explained the funny come
dian I see you have it chalked up
Indianapolis Journal
Superstitious
What in creation did you call an
ambulance for Chumley
Didnt you see that fellow walk un
der the ladder there no wont go three
blocks before something happens to
him Detroit Free Tress
Those Dear Girls
Bob says I grow more beautiful ev
time he sees me said Mary
Why dont you ask him to call often
er said Anne Harpers Bazar
Inventions
This is a wonderful age of inven
tion remarked the young man of seri
ous inclinations
Yes replied the skeptic and the
new machines we are getting do not
show that fact nearly as much as the
stories invented by inventors about the
things they are going to invent
Washington Star
Looking to the Bank Account
Critic You are not maintaining the
high standard which you set at your
theater when the season opened
Manager No Ive stopped encourag
ing art to give the people what they
want Philadelphia North American
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angel watch oer you I go to join the
passing regiment Farewell farewell
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ment was worked by the scene shifter
Cincinnati Enquirer
Novel Way of Novel Reading
Mrs Jabberwock tells me she can
read ten novels in a week
Yes she always begins at the last
chapter and reads back until they be
come uninteresting Cleveland Plain
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Did your friend who went to Klon tp
dike make his expected strike
No he writes me that he was frozen
out Philadelphia North American
An Elocutionist
Wallace Hear about that yumj
woman elocutionist who ran away from
home because her home was so unhap
py
Ferry A young woman elocutionist
You can just bet her home was unhap
py Cincinnati Enquirer
In His Wifes Eyes
Tommy Paw what Is an enemy to
society -
Mr Figg Any sensible married man
is an enemy to society as his wife
understands the word Indianapolis
Journal
Her Dearest Friend
Mrs Dashleigh How well Mrs Rich
ley preserves her youth
Mrs Dailington Oh I dont regard it
as at all remarkable Paint you know
will keep almost anything from going
to decay Cleveland Leader
A Melancholy Fact
Are you aware colonel asked the
j oung person that the human body is
more than four fifth water
Humanity said tho colonel more
to himself than to the insignificant
youth humanity is fall from perfect
Indianapolis Journal
The Only Fit
Customer You guaranteed a fit did
nt you
Tailor I did
Customer Well the only fit about
these clothes was the one my wife lvl
when she saw em Melbourne Wefc
ly Times
So Sweet of Her
Clara Did jou have any trouble in
getting him to propose
Maude No I suggested that you
were after him Detroit Free Press
A Dangerous Blunder
No man can know everything said
the high minded youth
Between you and me replied Sen
ator Sorghum thats a fact But
theres no excuse for a mans making
the mistake of owning up to it
Washington Star
His Point Viewed
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Bobby Pop what is a bachelor
Henpeck A very lucky and much to
be envied man Bobby Detroit Free d
Press
Sensible Young Man
Ilamlette Did you ever appear be
fore the footlights
Levering Never When I call on my
best girl I always listen for her fathers
approach and manage to disappear be
fore his foot lights
Maybe She Didnt Mean the Dinner
Mr Growells Madam this is the sec
ond time tliis week that I have come
home and found my dinner cold If it
occurs again Im going to raise a row
Mrs Growells Well if you do Ill
make it hot for you
Didnt Like to Take Chances
Have you any children asked tne
janitor of a man who was looking at a
flat in a north side apartment house
Only one little boy repUed the
prospective tenant but he Is very
sickly and would not cause any annoy
ance
I lout know about that said the
janitor Some of those sickly children
linger a long time and I dont like to
take any chances
Iiittlc Georgies Artless Prattle
Does it overhang the river Mr
Windsor like they do in Collyrado
What do you mean Georgie
Why sister said you was working
the biggest bluff in the country
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Genninc Grief
Funeral Director to gentleman Are
you one of the mourners
GentlemanYes he owed me S5GQ
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Bacon Its all very well for you to -
talk but why should he say I was a j
confounded hog
Ham m Come to think of it it was
an entirely unnecessary remark Bos
ton Transcript
Beats a Burglar Alarm
Smith My wife has quit going
through my pockets when Im asleep
Jones Is that so How did it hap
pen
Smith I bought one of those me
chanical mice the other day and put it
in my pocket and ever since then she
has lost all interest in the financial
question
Not in the Retail Business
Tom Clare darling wont you give
me just one little kiss before I go
Clarre No indeed I wouldnt puck
er my lips for just one nothing less
than a dozen goes
No Wonder
The Boy Ive got you on a string ttt
last
The KiteYes thats what makea
me soar
P Not Far
She felt his breath upon her cheek
Sir she protested you are going
too far That was what his breath
indicated but according to the cyclom
eter their tandem had covered but a
paltry 481 miles since they started
Detroit Journal
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