. The War Cry. llendown and hurt herself, and had to go to thehospital, and that he was now alone andhelpless. Furthermore the landlord hadthreatened to turn him out on the street iihe did not pay the rcnl. This seemed todistress him more than anything else, forhe kept saying. Mary will have no homelo go to when she gets out of hospital. Theold couple did not own a slick of furniture,and their prospects thus seemed exceeding-ly dark and comfortless. When asked whyhe did not go lo the poor-house, the old manbegan lo cry and said: Theyd separate usthere. Weve been together for over sixtyyears no
. The War Cry. llendown and hurt herself, and had to go to thehospital, and that he was now alone andhelpless. Furthermore the landlord hadthreatened to turn him out on the street iihe did not pay the rcnl. This seemed todistress him more than anything else, forhe kept saying. Mary will have no homelo go to when she gets out of hospital. Theold couple did not own a slick of furniture,and their prospects thus seemed exceeding-ly dark and comfortless. When asked whyhe did not go lo the poor-house, the old manbegan lo cry and said: Theyd separate usthere. Weve been together for over sixtyyears now. and we want to be with eachother to the end. Under these circusmtanecs the Officer(houghl it best to help I hem get a nice littlehome where they could pass their decliningday? in peace. Ho rented a nice, brightroom, and furnished it from the SalvageDepartment. When the old lady came outof the hospital ?he wa= overjoyed to findF-iir!i a comfortable home awaiting her. Theold rouplc were helped for a few , can you glva Johnny a pair of boot* {stockings For five cinls? our Salvage u, vutnieiuproves of untold \.,.llv; is inproviding temporal \ unpioy-ment for those who «.v downand out. One day . menwere sent to sUn-uiptainSims from the Toroniu PoliceCourt. They had beou broughtbefore the Magistral lor vag-rancy, and he was about tosend the whole of Uiein toprison, when our Police CourtOfficer pleaded that theybhould be handed over to The Army. Themagistrate consented, and the meii wereduly set to work in the Salvage Depart-ment at such jobs as sorting paper andrags, cleaning windows, and helping thedrivers unload. They were all in a verydilapidated condition as regards theirclothing, and three of them were withoutboots—wearing only mocassins. in thesummer they had worked on a lakei-teamer and earned good money, but hav-ing spent all, they were now in the condi-tion of the Prodigal Son—penniless and farfrom home. They all seemed very gladthat a chance had been g
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