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Show A Pathetic incirlcB.'. It was In a Denver restaurant jcs-terJay. All tlie iliners noticed htrjshe uns crying as if her Iwart w nu!d break as she- rocked he rself to and fro iu Iter sent U-bmd tlie cn.-h counttr. Ali wens anxious to kiMiw tbecauseof her grief, but although thcnataurant w.t not one f tiie best iu the city, the half a dcien men who wtro eating tlieir break-fats break-fats wffc td Well brr.1 tn intrude ujion tier sorrow. Finally, as though unable to longer lon-ger conical the tauxs of her woe, she said tctween her sots: "Only to think of it, hu hail supper here last night and tw o hours later he died. I took such a fancy to him, t, he looked so much like my Bob." S-he had addressed 110 one 111 jiartirular. but the dim rs drank in ertery word she said and when she lutit cimchul-t-d lookcsl around at each other iu their cndcaAor to gm-ss wi the missing 'iic was. Altera short sileri"e one of the men mildly iiHielired, ' 1 otmlon't j mean Uie turli -haired young lei-1 low who used to sit in the corner there'.'" "Ve-s, he-"s the GII," she replied, "and be was only t.iere two weeks too, aud seemed lo lie l:iii.-MUg s.) fast." I Icre tlie good bearu-tl wj-man wj-man ngaiu burt intotears aud when shu hud recoercil herself sufficiently sufficient-ly to seak said: The iojr Uy was j from inj own city in thu latst and lie told me l list his mother was born right near where I liee! In Bclon. Vi.u all remeintwr me sitting at ins table ril ry iiMirning Jlsjenn g u iiiiu tell jts.ut Uie city that 1 have not s 11 in thirl., years. He was so hois'iul too. lie U,i-J me wheu. he got weli he Intended, t.. s,u, j tor his motlier who hu suiu wasi supporting him by teaWiliig st hai.l. i You 1 now hu lutd couHtmp I ti-iu anu co.ii.1 do nething fcr him-1 self. It must havu Ijs-ii a severe. tax on tile slur wuinsn, and lie was 1 so auriMis to tret Mrjiia; etnugh lo I IhIji her. l.Very time- I loosest at j him my dear Bo1 cane back 10 my iiiiihI, and 1 wondered whether he uetsltel any one to treat bun kintlly. I You klioiv lie eiilistetl last summer' 1 after a foolish quarrtl with bis' father. I u-l to ei-i every tlmig I I cuti !d fin the strange r.-aud I know' 3 mi all trotted him fcita Jly . toe. You 1 nnd he were liecoiiiitiggreatir.riMK : Mr. Bbuk." shu added, looking tu- ant a touug man who was eaten , at one of the rear tablcr. j - Die allll. led al'iajs sj niat!iize with e-acliksither," replied the oue-addresse-u. Thin he'ti'iitinurd: "I was with him when lie died. He knew he was going, and Isfure liedc'iarted heakts me if I would ti-li-grai.il the news f his dt-alh to his uncle iu IVustuii. He-said the latter v.oeil.i break the news more gently to his mother than a tu tc-grani sent to her woild." Ail eyes were i"it-tenl 011 the I Sfsaker. All pnse-nt lia.1 li-onHi deeply intereo'eii m the 11 11 fM lunate young man. whom tlx-y hail seen day after day occupy a neat In the restaurant and endeavor tu e-at. lie is exln mt Iv modest and ike iu n low, soft voice-. "I sent fie telegram," continued Mr. Blank, who hid Inwu funibliiu; j in his locket for something wlib'li I he soon drew forth aid which I turned out to bcaslipofpapT, lud , here's his uncle's nl'lres." The 11 1 lie sloe. Iv r.-wl from the piper: "John II. Martingale, l'i Blank ! Street, Bo-bill." A suppressid shriek from tlie woman Ixdnud thetsmiiterdr-w the attention of all to her and Us was noticed Itlng Imck in hen hair jsile as dtnth. "Wiiatdid you say Ills mother's name wa-'."' sjie faimlv Inquired. "Mr. lHii--," Uit Mr. llbnk got no further. Die: rexUUraut wchuhii qulcklt n.terniptrd: "die was my sister, and t never knew heiwaw her son,"' and fainted." Ienrtr Xcic,Jttljic. |
