| Show A noble hack driver I 1 I 1 I 1 A few evenings ago an incident occurred in this city which has about it too much of good to allow it to escape without publicity containing ta as it does evidence that a man in the humbler walks 9 of life can do deeds as liono honorable rable rabie and band lie lle heroic as the soldier who lias has faced guns while they grew rew noisy the facts as narrated by those who are familiar with them and vouch for their accuracy are substantially as follows upon the arrival of tho th evening train I 1 from froin sioux city a young woman all ail alighted gated and applied to a haek hack drever driver named william harper for conveyance he enquired about her destination and was under the impression that her reply included thenamae the name of a wel well known house of ill iii budging n 0 from the modest appeal appearance adice of his IS passenger he concluded that one of his ills senses had practically deserted him and that F he e m must list lla ila have vo been beer x mistaken after assisting the girl to her seat other passengers mounted I 1 his is hack and william aar harper per pen started off de in the meantime to convey the other passengers to bleir destinations before he lie ventured a second time to unravel the in mystery astery of his first applicant the determination mi nation was followed strictly and rind when alone harper again enquired where she wished to go the reply this time aime was conclusive and harper felt restored condid confidence enee ence in his sense of hearing the girl seemed irino innocent cent cont and harper ventured an indu inquiry i iry aa as to the reasons which prompted her to voluntarily choose the life which was suggested in her order she wept bitterly and told her history thus fr far she was guiltless of any wrong but she had been denied peace in her own home andrad and had been ordered away from the shelter of its roof her fathers name and residence were frankly given repeated applications for work had been made afla and she slie confessed that khat it seemed at last as if there were no other resource than the one indicated except fo to die from starvation ill in a land teaming with plenty in her desperate resolve slie she had decided upon the tiie first alternative wm Harpe harper rhad had lived half halt a lifetime and his past experience now enabled something which slie site evidently had not thought of the d dishonor pf af her youth me the hopelessness of middle age and the death of an outcast he believed her hep story and a grand sympathy warmed the the soul af pf 0 the honest mail man driving to the tile door dobroc of the tile establishment indicated harper stopped and informed inform edi liis ills passenger that sl slie sile 10 might enter if she insisted upon that course but she slie should not do so jf if she preferred another and better life to which lie could direct her steps said lie 1 I will drive you to a hotel and pay your way until you can obtain work andall andali and an honest and honorable living you shall not tuot starve and I 1 can help you the girl joyfully accepted the r reposition 0 3 i tion of her good angel who fi a ad ox unfolded 1 1 folded his christian chr Chi istian nature by the tile side of a hack to shorten the story harper took her to the tile hotel and drove home the girl had informed him that she was brought up in the tile catholic faith and harper at once laid the story before rev bev john ireland steps for the girla benefit were immediately taken and through the tile good flees offices of noble harper and mr ireland irela Trela ild the tiie girl dirl has haq okita obtained ined a asit sit nation and now attributes her salvation to tile tiie unexpected inspiration i of her benefactor and friend who deserves to be recorded re corda among amora those who are an honor to their II 11 kind ind harpers employer closed there tile reference to the tiie net act a et with these words that man shall shail not want employment ora orn or a place while I 1 am wn alive and there was a tone of sincere ere feeling ilg in ills his voice which showed that lie lle appreciated the nobility of harper pers grand st pauo paul press april 13 4 |
