| Show I r. r Act t or f Kindness Brightens I I Life of Blind Old Man I I I r Tits This Is the stor story of or tho blind man I It Is IR also corroborative evidence o of tho the r rI fact that charity charily Is not a a. lost lot vh virtue tue in to I L Salt Lal Lake Laker e i j t You have havo seen scon the blind man with p the fiddle as ho sits on his hIli camp stool and pla plays play's j Money Musk l Arkansaw s Traveler an arid and o others others that make your you feet uneasy as you ou slat stai staCI l and listen His HI HIt sou son accompanies him on a Chan Chan- organ and from and from the passing throngs on the J prominent streets they gather enough small change chango each dayto day dayto I to provide for t their heh needs neeLS Each night at the end of their hiA labors la- la A hors bors the blind father Is first to notice that the crowd Is growing thin that I th iJ tinkle of e coin ln atS as it falls foils Into tho rho 1 tin cup on the little or organ an ha has hag ell died C away n Front From constant playing of or the lie fiddle his arms have ha grown tired thed and anel h ho he is ready to lo rest till the dawn of another day While the son son son-proba- probably proba- proba r bly 1 12 i or 13 years old old folds folds up the Iho organ ogan and his stool and prepares to leave c the blind 1 father tenderly tucks tUCki his Ills fiddle und under r his arm fastens hl his t r camp cabin stool on his back picks uti up his capo cape and clutches at nt the lie proffered hand of or tho the ho boy gul guide The other night the tho boy was not nol nott 1 t with him The blind fiddler had been led Jed to a u profitable place pIneo this the 5 crow crowd Is Js largest large t. t and und there thero ho hu played d alone and the mone money that came camo came fromi iron from i the fullness of or charity he had earned arn d wholly himself When it came time lime to go home homo ho lie started out alone o Only iJ a t Cane to Guide I d. d Tapping g thes the's the an with his cane anti ami luJ follo t tIe e Instinct that leads lead'S the blind safely feh along the tho unlighted unseen cen path pain he ho cruised along through h th tint t crowd At Second South and anci Main streets th there rc teas was an unusual throng People who were welt bk blessed fed with th the vision that reveals to 10 thorn th lh a p pleasure sure br of the world worl were home from tho to theatre thc The rhe crowd crow f was as happier Christmas r spirit w was vas 1 Yom l f Y never happier and amid the Jau laughter and Jovial co conversation the crowd clowd Jostled Jostled Jos Jos- tied along couples dropping out here and Chore thore for fot an on after theatre dinner a warm drink at rat the soda fountain or oror for tor or any o of the luxuries that come como to lo those who arc fortunate i Tho tap tap-tap of oC the tho cane was not noticed and the tho blind rn man imin U struggled I along following a course e us neat near t f to I I the he center of or the sidewalk as he could keep At Al the thc coi corner ner he ho war wat conru con con- I ru fused cd That instinct which hits hns Ie led him ilm along man many a street forsook hInt him and ho lie was bewildered The pa passing throng the iho of rushing feet tine wo clanging of ca car bells and the cries of the cabbies added to lo his confusion lie Hc stopped and near tho the curb he de described Ile- Ile I scribed a circle with the end u of his cane lIe He struck the feet o of a n by by- stander It Is 15 not an or ordinary thing for tor a blind man main to ask a stranger to lo load lead I him to lo a place o of safety safely and It is notto not notto notto to the tho discredit tilt of f the bystander that he waited walled to b be told rot rot- his Jils attention had hael not been drawn to the sightless fiddler until he was accosted Will VIII you 0 kindly help me mo acro a the Iho street 1 asked the tho blind mUll man Young Man Gives Give ll Aid h. h He Ho was waa a young oun man well wen dressed and appeared to have o plenty of or time lie He caught the blind d man tenderly by bythe tune the arm armand and led Jed him across the str t t toward the tho Kenyon hotel On the way the tho blind man became talkative Ho was pleased at this act of ot kindness s. as fiR grateful for the anco ance as he ho have o been at the thc sound of oC a a- silver dollar dropping In inthe the Iho cup Cur He Ho told lold his stor story It need not nut be bo this repeated this pitiful tale of th the blind man who Is compelled to live e I on on the charity charily of or the Iho world and who Venders lenders ent such service ur lc for the tho crumbs I that fall CaU from charity's table an as It Il Is l lIn I. I In his power to do Far Fur from being strong far from being LeinS' physically able I he if J gives Jes es all that thai ho he can an for the recognition recognition hits his hi pitiable condition receives So h by told lold the iho s story stOtT as he ho struggled acro across J the street and anti his guide was touched b. b by the Iho portrayal of a life that had been crowded with unfortunate incidents And he tol told of or tho the sons son's Inability to take him home because sickness had befallen him I Where do you The Tho blind man told lulu him It wasn't wasn In Iii a n good neighborhood and tho the habitation habl- habl tation was wa not nol a palace It was a n room room room-a a cold cheerless cheeriest room room where where sunlight seldom anti and where happiness happiness hap hap- Is dispelled by tho the misery into which the tho father fathel the lie son an and on one dau daughter have been plunged It recant meant snore moro than half a miles mile's walk and the blind mans man's guide Juide know Imo It Traveled Tra In iii St Style lc Youre going home In a carriage tonight announced tho the guide anno anino and ani no one onu will be able to Ia say you ou dont don't travel In style stylo Ic r Things seemed brighter blighter at home that night as the blind man alighted from the carriage and nd ho no longer felt the weight of or his years ear no longer regarded the tho world as uncharitable He lie ha haI had prepared to lo struggle along home elot clore I I along the line that marks the brink I of uC despondency He had seen nothing ahead little behind and the whole world had seemed scorned unfair unkind un un- charitable And Ami just jutt when things looked darkest dark dark- est then hope hope s ab absolutely lo lot t there came the act nn and the blind man manof manof manof of the streets b by the miracle of a u little little lit lit- tle tic kindness regained his hi sIght a as of ot Jericho in the old days daysI I I was waa healed I |
