, 1875-03-06
AN INJURED ROMAN.

HOW lie FELL AMoS1 TMfEfFH.
To those Of our readers who remember tl,t
peculiarly painful nsafvont,tro with hcslat
bcl,air which bofoil Ar. Winklo OF tho rickwich
Club one unhappy night, tho mlsfortunc. Of ali
ane'lat Roman. Aurelio Arcigoni by nau,e, who
recently arrived In this city, an who is employed
In Gcntllo'a Photographic establishment, will
prove interesting. TLiB child OF sunny 1tnly mr.
rived in Chicago but few weeks ago,
amt, consequently, had not l'at timo to 1onrn
Of tho dargBo1no waYu that too many OF It's
inhabitants practice upon tho unin'siatud for
eigncr, 30 when . now acquaintance directed
him to No. 81 Bonth Clinton stsoot "A 1eslTa-
blo house At vcl, to soiourn INIT! better tnow-
edge Of tho city might tuce him to snoyo alHc-
whore. llo made tho placo llsa home, paid hls
first weeks board in attvanco, and awaited do
and In itt!orcnt Eniso than l,o i,~l expected.
Without allu!ing to lltsimportant details,
sntlico 1t 10 ray thns Tuesday Anroln went
to bod aud droamed all night long Of
and the no lcas beautiful erecnbacks Of st,o
country Of hs adoption. nEean, joyA nse Of all
joys tho most esatescent, anA at about oc'uck
III tLo tnorninE Aureiio woke, yawncd. rubbed
Ills eyes, and concluded to ret np, take break
fast and 10 of to work. I,enping gaiiy from hin
he'd, he wont to tito chair wilcrnon hefure retil-
Ing he had placed neatly folded, tho blfurcatca
Gatmont which hie ancestors dignified by tho
1lano OF bracclp. They were not there. 1fo
looked to tho head OF tho bod w1lero ie had lung
Ills vest, anil to tho foot of tho bed wllcro flo
lad hung Ills coat but l,otl. bod-tosts wore
empty. Hin hat aud boots wcro missing Too,
and, In fact. Ito only gnrH,cnt remaining was
tho shirt which llo lad retained OIL going to he'd.
At first blrsl 1t seemed to lin that somebody
had PLAYED practical Joke uro'l lin. hui wflel,
llc hnsan To consider that lis loft rantd
pocket cpntafned all llla wealth. consisting Of
Sg3. tile suspicion arose that lo had been
Iol,s,cd.
lie Immediately summoned his lan.adv, and
held al animated parley with her through the
very small oncn Brnco which his sense Of
ptoprlely permitted him to 1cavo botween tllo
lnor anil tho wall. or course, te lnndlady wAs
ahtonsHhet1 and much grnvatl at tho occurrence,
but to hofp hor boardcr In hls misfortune was
onttrely ont Of Iez power. Left alone, the Ito.
man was forced to full appreciation OF hia mis-
erablo condition. Robbed OF all llo Ind In The
worlt but shirt. nnl burning Tor vengeance,
yot his state was such that to nlovo from his
room was impossible. Tor tbreo mortal hours
he endured tin agony Of his position, but
at last a Good Samaritan otferod to
tako letter from him to his employer, WHO, Oh
hearing Of his assistants plight, Immediately
proceeded to hts relief with a change of raimcnt,
which. thoneti couple Of inches short each way,
still enabled Aurelio to so to lln work and oaFn
enough money to bny another suit. lilo il work.
Ing ha,l to fniac tho necessary funds, but 1t is
more than probable that tho isrsk $50 which Au-
purchase OF Il passage honlo to land where,
though life may be constantly usousced by dark
browed brignntls and s.caltny nssasatns there In
no thsof mean enough to deprive sleeping nlnn
OF tbo only pair Of pautaloous le possesses i'll lbs
world.