The Athena press., January 10, 1908, Image 3

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TOTTY'S 1 JGiVING
in
By H
' otty eat by tl
. t the first snow
. -reeta were tbroi
g to and fro c
em out against ,.
je temperature t
ieety enow was d
f Davis
.idow looking out
. the season. The
with people hurry
- siness which took
t t will, for suddenly
fallen to zero and a
txg furiously, making
4t weather anytT Lg but pleasant to be
. out in.
) As Totty contemplated the storm her
.heart became heavy and tears filled her
; . big blue eyes. "Oh, how cold it is In
-here," sne murmured to herself, shlver
. jing as she spoke, and drawing an old cape
more closely about her shoulders. "And
, mamma has to walk so far this evening
in this storm, too, for she's saving her
' carfare so that she may get a quail for
1. tnV 'l'h nlrcMrf ir1n tw dinnoa Ptrtr mamma
J ... un . iug u i u u i . . A uu. uiit ui
-V- A 1 J J -I J
i pub uieaus 10 em ureau ana cueese auu
i' tea, as any other day. But I haven't
', told her that I do not mean to taste a
v; bite of the quail unless she shares it
with me, for I'm sure it would choke me
i if I should do so. But I must get back
( to the bed and keep quiet and' warm or
I'll have a backset. Mercy me, bow long
I've been sick ever since the first day
Uf SW.),.. TJ.,4 I'll ..ln
housework, for dear mamma is so
.-.Jftlred of an evening that she really needs
my assistance."
., . j As Totty said this she left the window
& and got Into bed, pulling the covers over
: her. But she continued to chat to herself,
. hours together, she grew so sad and lone
ly with no one to talk to that she had
Iconceived of the plan of talking to her
V j self. Her mother was a widow had been
, 'since Totty was five and worked in a
.-'big department store to support herself
. and daughter. So they lived alone in
1 two plain, cheap tenement rooms in a
great, heartless city, that knew not of
.1 A.X.-1 I 1 J-J . 1.
uieui or iut.'ir poverty, ana am not wbui
to know of them and their kind,
Before Totty's mamma's marriage she
had lived with her father a very rich
old gentleman with a determined will of
his own. He had planned for his only
child to become the wife of an old friend
of his, a man more than twice the young
lady s age and of a sour disposition. But
the aged suitor was wealthy, and it was
his fortune that had won Totty's grand
. ther's consent to a marriage so unnat
nral
( .
But there was a young and noble-
"DOES YOUR GRANDFATHER
nvindd lover who had already won the
HeaVt of Totty's mamma, and with whom
she quietly went one evening to her pas
tor's. And when she came away, leaning
on the handsome young man's arm, she
Was his bride, When her father was in
formed of the step he fumed and swore,
bidding his daughter to leave his house
.nd to never set foot in it again.
k The young couple, with happy hearts
full of love nad hope, left their home
ifv,-n nnrt went to the city, there the
i.r husband to make his way in his profes
; Son of medicine. For six years all went
"with them, and a little girl lotty
xf 'come to mnke their quiet home still
f? . ..i . . i .1 i.
r.ivtore happy, men loiiys tamer i-nugm
SA a'malienant disease, and after a few
T V , n-ooW illness In the hosDital he died,
I I leaving his young and delicate wife with
; i ,,few hundred collars ana a o-year-om
("child to support.
' i For several years after her marriage
T'lty's mamma had written regularly to
' unrelenting father, only to have her
ririiers returned unopened. At the time
J of Totty's birth she had written of her
-vliYNing baby, promising to send us pic-
tuts" if he would open his heart to his
, 1 graiylchild and welcome her. To this
- thy-e never came an answer, but as the
iV 5 1-tter was not returned Totty's mamma
hdf papa" knew that the stern old man
vid"read it.
t'i After her husband's death, however, the
' J n,or' woman's pride would not allow her
- ,V,to write to her father, feariDg he would
a.- tainK sue wauicu
V'p. x "I can work and rear my baby,"
. lie had said proudly. And she had done
. t bravely and faithfully, though at times
' A slmost fell beneath the weight of
Vk, and suffered cruel hardships which
;re lmposea upon uer anu uer i-uuu
-'.-ough ' the miserable pay she received
'-i-her very heart's blood that was given
i 1 3 1 .L 1J
'."As 'Zl Jty lay in bed on this day, which
ededV Thanksgiving day, she recalled
,that t er mamma had ever told her of
. .' grano father. Also she was familiar
i him through his photograph, which
-g on tbe wau 0ver the bed. As Totty
t mere, contemplating me oara ie
'' -es of thfe picture which almost scowl
- : at ner .ne thought there came a
ck tapat the door.
., ' , Ah, it, Mrs. Smith come to sit with
j awhile In response to mamma's re
vest. Vthought Totty. And sitting up
."'e ciiied out: "Come In, please.'
;, ; The door opened and in walked an old
.'' las so much like the photograph over
- fee bed that Totty gave a little scream
Jf surprise. She was about to leap from
"' ,Jie bed and say: "Grandpapa," but the
man's behavior toward her made her
nderstand that he did not know whose
! om he had entered. Knowing her moth
? pride, Totty decided to keep her own
' unsel, and to await the old man's ex-
sanation for being there.
"Ak," said the visitor, looking through
, sea at the child on the bed. "Are
.-, child?"
-!r; not now; but I have been
vt, H the- fall.- I m much better
now, .. s you," and Totty's face flushed
as she severed the man whom she knew
to be her Jvvri grandfather.
IITT.1t . ' . 1 l14t,
en, are you aione, uxue gin : again
asked the man, walking to the door that
led into the adjoining room and peering
within.
"Yen. air: mv mamma works through
.V- j oi.. l t t I
me unj. Due nuuin uvtug u vv.iw.rn,,
tv,-K " I
Well. I'd better exnlain why I came
- I
Into your apartment so unceremoniously," khey are, and you will be mire to en
went on the old gentleman, coming near 0y making them and using them,
the bed. "I've just come into possession whittle a pine stick about two feet
of this tenement house, and have decided trfliirht and about as large In
to look it over and see what repairs are
necessary if any." Then he went to the
windows and shook the loose sashes. "Ah,
a. open as a U." he commented. Then,
as feeling sympathy for the child, he
returned to the bed and aat on a chair
nearby. 'This is a cold room for a sick
child,' he observed, more to himself than
to Totty. Then he fell to musing again.
I haven t been in this city since since
she came here to live." He put his hat
on the floor beside him, and taking his
handkerchief from his pocket, wiped his
eyes and brow. "Ah, ah," and he sighed
softly. "It has been a long, long time,
and I'm getting to be an old man. It
was not right it was not right."
"What was not right, sir?" asked Tot
ty, her heart thumping against her side
and the red cplor coming in her pale
cheeks.
"Ah, nothing, nothing, child,' replied
the old man, confused. "But I must
hurry over the house. I've got no time
to lose, for 1 must catch a train by 5
o'clock."
"Where do you live?" asked Totty, her
eyes studying the aged face.
"Oh, a long, long way from here," came
the answer, "a very long way."
And you must get back to-night, for
to-morrow Is Thanksgiving day, and your!,
your children, and grandchildren will
be expecting you to have Thanksgiving
dinner with them to-morrow, perhaps,
M Toftv. her voice eaeer and tremu-,lf
lous. ' '
A spasm of pain passed over the old
man's face. He quickly rose as if to go,
but, turning, spoke in a voice husky with
emotion : "I'm alone alone, child. My
Thanksgivings are the hardest days in
the year to get through.
I'm old and j
alone."
"Have you no children, no grandchil-
dren?" asked Totty, half rising from the j
bed in her excitement.
"One daughter somewhere In this city,
and she has one child that I know of,
replied the old man.
NEVER COME TO SEE YOU?"
"Why do you not spend Thanksgiving
with them, sir?" and the voice that asked
the question almost broke into a sob. "I
have a grandpa, and and I'd be so glad
if he would come to us and love us and
stay with us. Mamma and I are so lone
ly so lonely in this great, cruel .city."
"Does your grandfather ,'nev'fj come to
see you?" asked the old tnan, Jis voice
eager.
"No, sir; my grandfather has never 1
seen me," replied Totty, falling back, all
a-tremble, on the pillows. Surely, now
he must understand. , '
"Then he is an old rascal an old ras
cal !" exclaimed the old man, "just as
mean as I am, and if I could see him I'd
tell him so, too! After all, love is the
dearest possession, and for my daughter's
love and the love of her little one I'd "
"Oh, sir, will you ask my grandpapa to
come to us? See there's his picture!"
And Totty, her voice full of tears and
her little form shaken with emotion,
pointed to the photograph over the bed.
"There's the picture of my grandpapa
which my mamma carried with her when
she left her old home."
Just as the clock struck 6 Totty's mam
ma entered the room to find Totty all
dressed to go out. Beside her sat an old
man, his aged face beaming with a new
born love the love of a grandparent
welded to the love felt for an own child.
After the excitement which attended the
happy surprise, Totty's mamma asked
why her little daughter was clad in cloak
and overshoes. .
"To be all ready when you came, so
that we might start to the railway sta
tion'," replied the father and grandfather.
"We can get a 7 o'clock train, and by 10
we'll be in our own home, which, dear
daughter, is waiting for you and Totty.
I've been out and 'phoned for a closed
carriage with fur robes,- and our little
one will run no risk of catching cold,' at
she does every minute that she stays in
this place."
"And to-morrow is Thanksgiving day,"
said Totty's mamma, her eyes full of hap
py tears. "Ah, how much we'll have tc
be thankful for."
"Amen," echoed grandpa. Elmira Tel
egram. Safe.
"It is a good plan," said the experi
enced publisher, "to write something
about Shakspeare or the Bible.",
"For what reason?"
"Because even If your own remarki
aren't very important you can alwayi
Include enough quotations to make thi
work well worth reading." Washing
ton Star.
Accidental.
Alice How did you come to meet
your second husband, Grace?
Grace It was purely accidental. H
ran over my first one with a motor cai
and afterward attended the funeral.
IBSl
BUUI umrtm,
, -
Via jou ever see a Jim
Kt the pictures wm enow jou u
... . . ... . ...
jjameter 4 jarg9 leafl pencil. With
. . f rnA Ahmlt
irt a
L 'T , ,!
piece oi caru ooaru, -
the shapeof Fig. 1. Fasten It in place
with two or three tacks. When this is
jonej balance the stick on your knife
Male to fln(j center of gravity, ana
MAKING THE DABT8.
f f. .,,. nf halnnce cut a notch
rf . ,n dIrectlon of the point
The
, " . , .,.
the top depends upon its balancing
wrrectly. '
A piece of some springy wood is used
for the lash. Cut this about three
iong an(i the diameter of a whip
hanaiei tapering toward the end. To
.. tfirerlnr .nd of tbi8 Btlck fasten a
stout string about two feet long and at
' the other end of the string tie a knot
To shoot the dart hold It with the left
hand near to the tail, or paper, end,
holding the whip In the right, just
THROWING THE DAET9.
like you see the boy In the picture do
ing. Throw the string over the dart
and draw it through the notch until
it catches on the knot. Then with a
rapid upward motion, switch the whip
In the air, letting loose of the dart at
the same time. The dart will leave
the string and soar high In the air.
How Buffalo BUI Got Ills Name.
Not many people know how Buffalo
BUI- came by the name familiar to the
whole of the civilized wor'.d. When
the first railway was being iald across
America the track was continually
broken by herds of buffaloes, and even
tually Colonel Cody was offered $500 a
month to keep all the men supplied
with buffalo meat. Accompanied only
by a Scotsman on a wiry pony he would
get out, round up the buffaloes and turn
them in the direction of the railway.
Then when they were near enough he
would pick them off, while traveling
at full speed, with bullets, so that not
only did he provide the meat, but he
actually delivered it at the door, so to
speak. He kept an army of men in
food for eighteen months like this, and
killed upwards of five thousand buffa
loes. Never a day out of the seven
would pass but what he would deposit
nine or ten carcases at that particu
lar point where they were required.
The feat was truly a remarkable one
when one remembers that there were
only two men to do It
"Little Mother."
Genie and Genette were two dear
little girls who lived in Florida. When
their mother died, their doctor-father
thought he would be obliged to give up
their home and go north and board,
writes Ella B. Simmons in an ex
change, f
The children begged him to remaih
ln their old home, and let nurse Mam
my and Judy, the black cook, care for
them. "We'd rather stay here than go
among strangers," they declared.
"I am three years older than Ge
nette," pleaded Eugenie; "I can be a
mother to her."
Tears came into the doctor's eyes st
this loving remark, and he remembered
bow loving and helpful she bad always
been during the life of tho invalid
mother.
"They won't let us take Rags on the
train, and we never can part with
him," still pleaded the child. "Mamma
gave him to us when he was a tiny
pup. We must keep him for her sake."
And to they remained In their
n ro rue ,
outtierohome, with Mammy and JuJy",
and KagR -
They lleeame very lonely pome daf
without tWlr dear mamma, but at sucu
times Gey1 would put her arais )
around herstef and tell h'r how hup-1
j.y mammTfaf up iu the Lord's house.!
Blalc Sammy beard her one day,)
and said 4o Judy, "I d'clare for It;
you-all Jesfoughter heard li'le Misslel
talk 'bout Heben to Genette; she amf
shorely beia' 'a little mother to the
rhile. Jest like her mamma axed her.
to be." , ,
Land! yes," answered the cook; -,
she never Mows 'Xette to see her sad."
One day the doctor started to the
office, and Eugenie noticed that his
necktie was hanging. She laughingly
ran to him, saying, "Oh, papa! I'll
have to be a mother to you, too, and tie
your cravat for you."
The Ways of Swifts.
Nobody has yet been able to solve
satisfactorily the mystery of the swifts ' ri
.l.Un irhtrh la nnA fit thft most in- i
luiiaiiuu, . -
explicable of ornitnoiogicai proDiem.i
The birds do not arrive until May,
by which time the swallows and mar
tins, whose habits their own so closely
resemble, have been with us for some
little time, and yet they are for the
most part ready to go by the middle
of AutrusL The first northwest wma
after that date generally decides the
tnr tho mnWltv. but there ,
are always a few laggards, who remain
until the end of the month. A swift
is a rare sight In September, but swal
lows and house martins will be with us
In the South until the latter end of Oc
tober. A few stragglers may be some
times seen along the coast line even so
late as the end of the first week Id
November.
The United Family.
Four pretty little sisters and a sturdy
little brother,
Work and play the livelong day close to
one anoiner.
One sister has a silver cap and one
hoop of gold,
And they cuddle, all together in a heap
. when they are cold.
They never, never quarrel (perhaps be-
cause they re dumb),
Those pretty sister fingers and their little
brother thumb.
Hoot He Managed It.
"Here, Jim, take these two cakes, and
give the smaller one to your brother."
James examined the cakes carefully,
appeared undecided, and finally took a
heroic bite out of one of them, and
passed it over to his brother with the
remark :
"There, Tommy, I've made you a
smaller one; they were both the same
size."
Tragedy on Baby "Hippo."
Marius, the hippopotamus who was
born ln the Paris "Zoo" recently, has
died. His mother steadfastly refused
to feed him, and in spite of the conttaJ
uous services of a dozen milk goats,
the little "hippo" was insufficiently
nourished.
PERIL OP DIOGENES.
Philosopher Came Near Being;
Ron
In by the Police.
Three days after the statue of Diana
had been stolen from the temple, Hau
kel, the Athenian chief 'of police, sent
for Sleuthlon, the detective assigned to
the case, says tfie Bohemian.
"Any clew?" he asked.
"Well," Bald Sleuthion, "I have my
eagle eye on a chap called Diogenes. I
think I'll run blm In."
"Who Is he?" asked the chief.
"He Is a philosopher by occupation."
"A philosopher? Ah! There isn't
much money in that line of business. I
can understand how a costly statue of
Diana might come ln handy to a good
many philosophers."
"Where does he live?" asked the
chief, after some further thought
"In a tub." I
"In a tub? Why does he live in a
tub?"
"Wey, my theory is that hs Is plan
ning an acquittal on the ground of in
sanity, or maybe he wants people to
believe that he despises the comforts
and conveniences of life and wouldn't
Know wnat to ao witn money u ne naa
It. If we accuse
mui oi Bieniuig me
statue he may plead kleptomania."
' "I see. Any other suspicious circum
stances?" "Yes. It is only a day or two since
he was going around Athens in day
light with a lantern looking for an hon
est man."
'That settles it. If he hasn't any
more confidence ln human nature than
that, he must be crooked. Or maybe
he Is some crank of a reformer. If
he is, I'd Just as soon run him ln any
how. But you don't seem to have any
evidence to connect blm with the theft
of the statue."
"Well, no, not yet I thought I'd get
my man first and my evidence after
ward." "Good. There is a lot of detective
work done on that principle. Jug him
without delay."
And if the real culprit had not been
accidentally discovered shortly after
ward there Is no telling what might
have happened to Diogenes.
Hopes Realised.
Editor So this Joke is absolutely
original with you
Humorist It is.
Editor Well, now, Isn't that inter
esting? For years and years I have
wished that some day I could see the
originator of that Joke. Somerrille
Journal.
When a man calls his wife "honey"
the explanation is that It keeps him as
busy as a bee supplying her wants.
Every time some men do a good atf
they manage to get caught at it
Ha
I tl
to 1
"1
"No,
plied tL
mey art
tost.
"My brldt
wedding tour,
home. Well, w.
on a tour around i
dorfer Blaetter.
Clara As Ethel mar.
supposed she repented
Maude No; she repented a
boarding house, I understan.
cago Dally News.
"I have come all the way out here,'
said the teuderfoot, "to see your beau-
tIful BUnset. "Somebody's been string-
ln. .tronper." renlld Arizona AL
i..rn n.Uan.
aid.
Weary Walker De world's all
wrong. Tired Tatters Wot's eatln'
youse now? Weary Walker Ef I'd a
had de makin' uv It I'd made all de
roads rumiln' down hill. Chicago
News. j
Mrs. Tourist I'm afraid that the ,
monkey wouldn't please my husband.
Vendor But madame will find it easi
er to find nnotuer husband than to get
a monkey like that for three piastres 1
Le Rlre.
"What sir ' I read you first?" "The
marriages." ' "Here is an article about
some boys who were" found playing with
dynamite." "Well, read it It pos
sesses the same elements of interest"
Houston Post
"What," queried the young man, "Is
the difference between white lies and
black lies?"
White lies," answered the
home-grown philosopher, "are the kind
we tell ; black lies are the kind we
hear." Chicago News.
"Yes," said the Summer Girl, "lt'a
all off. I Bent everything back to him
yesterday." ''Not the ring?" asked her
friend. "No, he said I could keep that
If Vd send him the hammock I caught
him in." Yonlters Statesman.
Mistress Did you remember to feed
. the cat every day during my absence?
Servant Every day but one, ma am.
Mistress And didn't the poor thing
have anything to eat all day? Serv
ant Oh, yes, ma'am. She ate the ca
nary. Chicago Dally News.
First Stranger Excuse me, but you
are a physician, I believe? Second
Ktrancrer You nre mistaken, sir. First
; stranger But I overheard you say you
followed the medical profession. Sec-
, oni stranger And so 1 do. I'm an un-
dertaker. Chicago Daily News.
Mrs. Subbubs How long were you ln
your last place? Bridget O'Shaunnessy
T'rfce months, ma'am. Mrs. Subbubs
Is IT possible? Bridget O'Shuunnessy
YIs, ma'am, but it wasn't me fault
01 had de smallpox an' de house was
quarantined, Philadelphia Record.
"An artist," said the man with point
ed whiskers, "must not think about
money." "I suppose not," answered
... mn ..nP Hm I hnv a nlc
. ,
ture the artist wants enough to keep
him from thinking about money for the
rest of bis life." Washington Star.
Yeast It is difficult to tell the wait
ers from gentlemen diners at fashion
able restaurants now. Crimsonlieak
Well, if you happened to search 'em
when they went out you could tell the
difference. The waiters have all the
money In their clothes. Yonkers
Statesman.
Mr. Jagway (at a late hour, groping
his way toward the foot of the stairs)
There's Just twice as many chairs
ln this hallway as there ought t be.
My eyes might fool me on that prop sl
tlon, o' course, but when 1 stumble
gainst 'em, by George, I know they're
there! Chicago Tribune.
The millionaire from Pittsburg was
observed to be loitering outside of the
pearly gates. "Why don't you hurry
up and knock?" queried a shade. "I'm
waiting for that other chap to get
ahead of me," whispered the Pittsburg
millionaire. "And who is he?" "Why,
a grafter from San Francisco. By the
side of him I will seem as innocent as
a lamb." Chicago News.
Farmer Pasterlot (discussing liter
ature with the new boarder) Ther
wuz one book thet my son Bill thought
a heap of, when he wuz t hum all
about swattln' and biffin' an' blood.
"One of those swashbuckler romances,
1 1 presume. Do you recall where the
gcene was laid?" "Well, I took it t be
I a Jersey story, from th name of It
I irrHm Aolla4 Tlia T'lirAA f naVftatftra'
"u '
ruct
frt
half V
open anu .
on the other
the same wayJv
LEGAL INTOBMATION. J
"If a minor gives a note that docs
not mature till after he becomes of
age can the note be collected then?"
Ans. If note was given for necessa
ries, yes ; if not, no.
"Docs an officer of n corporation who
has tendered his resignation, but his
resignation has uot been accepted, still
remain an officer of the corporation?"
Ans. No. The resignation of an officer
of a corporation terminates his office
without further act on the part of his
associates or other officers.
. The mere acceptance of a purchased
article after the agreed time of deliv
ery is held, in Johnson vs.. North Balti
more Bottle Glass Company (Knn,), 7
L. It. A. (N. S-), 1114, not to constitute
a waiver of damages for failure to de
liver ln time, unless such acceptance
is accompanied by other circumstances,
which manifest an intention on the
part of the buyer to waive such dam
ages.
I An antenuptial marriage settlement
by which the groom's father under
takes to make no discrimination among
his children In his will Is held, in Pha-
len vs. United States Trust Co, (N. Y.),
7 L. R. A. (N. S.), 734, to be enforce
able ln equity, so ns to prevent the en
forcement of a provision in the will
giving the groom only a life estate,
while the portions of the testator's
. other children nre made absolute.
"1. What remedy has a wife against
her husband whom she has left for suf
ficient cause? She docs not wish a di
vorce. 2. How can a man be made to
support his wife or children?" Ans.
1 1. She may maintain an equitable ac
tion ngalnst him for hor separate suit
port. 2. Every man who, without law
ful excuse, wilfully falls to furnish
proper food, shelter or clothing to his
wife, or to his child under 15 years ot
age, shall lie guilty of a misdemeanor
punishable by a fine not to exceed $100,
or Imprisonment In Jnll not to exceed
three months.
The law makes no distinction ln de
scent of property between married peo
ple who are living together, and those
who do not live together. The property,
rights are fixed by the marriage state,
and if a man deserts his wife, or for
other cause she is entitled to a divorce,
he, upon her death, Is entitled to tin
same share of ber property that hfl
: would be ln case he were living wltb
ber. The same is true of the rights
I of the wife In the property of her de-
ceased husband. This state, the hus
band or wife gets one-third of tin
property of the other, except the home
stead, and the use of that for life.
Hlith Living-.
An eminent man, who is a strict ab
stainer from both wine and anlmn)
food, Is obliged In consequence of this
peculiarity, to refrain from dining out
He entertains, however,; an occasional
kindred spirit. One such was recently
at his table.
"You ought to have seen them," said
the eminent man's son, "rioting ovei
boiled carrots!"
Study Caoaea Suicide.
Suicides among children and young
persons are very common ln Germany.
Failure in school examinations or over
application to study are the causes
assigned for the acts of self-destruction.
.. .,
It isn't a difficult task for a hoop
nak to make both ends meet