| Show oua oua OUR OLD MAMMY car OAR DRIVERS CARE OABE FOB eor AN OLD WOMAN SHE lined LIKED emr FM fai ALL alili that tor for biked asked a free press man as he saw a car driver on woodward avenue take a nicki e from his hia pocket and pass it into th the a fare box for her what her the car stopped and the driver got down with a good morning mammy and assisted au an old woman of 70 to enter tho the fsr oar Dl did yea dLou you pay for her why 9 well the story etory nuns runs back baek for almost two years he baid sald as he picked up his lines iines 1 I reckon you know bill yeb yes as well weil two years ago he be was one of the toughest men in detroit he drank dranky swore gambled and had all the other vices lying around loose I 1 tell you he was a terror when onn off duty and on a spree he was getting so go baa bad on nig hit pr par that another week would have bounced him but bat sometime something happened ewh whai what a t ho was coming up one evening half drank and full of evil and somewhere about davenport street he lurched over the dashboard dash board he caught caugh tand and was dragged dragge dj and the hono horie began to klok kiok and run that old bonan woman there was the only pas benger on the car and when she saw the accident she came out 9 grabbed crabbed the flying lines with one hand and the brake with the other and looked down upon bill she called out ohi ohl lord lordi help me to save bave himi him hes a wicked young man and not fit to diel die well weli bhe she stopped that car and held to the horse until some one came along and helped bill out of his fix and she was all the time calling nim him poor boy boys and amy my son and thanking god he was not killed he had a close call though and it was a solemn warning from erom i that night ho he taken a drink and no driver on this thia line iino has hah h a 13 a cleaner mouth or ia 13 taking better betten care of himself gand and the old woman bhe she lives away outs out along with a daughter laughter banys the dollar bill has bent sent after her since bince that night in the way of clothes and provisions and hell never forget her the story came to the rest of us af after ter ten awhile and weve sort of adopted her as aa our old mammy we help her on and off pay her nickel out cut of our own pockets and when the car lant lint too full we w e have a minutes chat with her she likes us all and we trade her ofa oaf for the whole line its a bit of romance among ourselves you eee yes did she the ever talk to you did she she sat bat right thore thare on that that stool ono one day two months ago and bald baid s my son lut drink alone it robs robb the pocket cheats the brain b rainy and leaves you friendless friend lesel donl dowl oaths go with avi a vicious clous cious soul soui keep your temper the man who cant control his temper Is ia no better than a caged wolf 11 she dhe said bald that with her blue eye eyes 8 reading my soul and her old voice trembling with earnestness and every word went right to my heart and lodged there tihes had some thing to say to most of the boys and I 1 reckon each one Is the better for it curious aint it hoewe how we found our old mammy and maybe believe with some acme of us that providence had a hand in it detroit free press |
