The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1876-03-23
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hardware house, who had tho unfortu.
nate habit Of visiting gaming places, and
the consequenee VAS that he was fro
quently compelled to raise tho wind ID Z
somewhat crookedway. s Ono day,5whtle.
riding on the Cleveland and Columbus
Railroad an,aocident occurred to the train
and, upon Purley's arrival in Columbus,
ewas. furnished BY the anxious, com.
pany, together with Ill the other passcn..
gers, with 3 free ticket: to- Cincinnati, al.
though he had not been injured ut: sll.
This stroke ofgood luck was not lost up
on Purley, who resolved TO turn it to &C..
count Whenever an opportunity present.
ed itself. Such was the case i few
months afterWard, when Mr. Purley was
again in Cincinnati. There he woke up
one morning at tho Gibson House With.
out . penny in his pocket he having lost
everything tho night before 1t draw-pok.
er. And when 'he stepped up to the
clerks desk to SEQ whether any letters
had arrived for him, there WAS handed to
him telegram from his employers in
New York, ordering him to proceed with.
out delay to Chicago. The poor fellow
Was at loss to know how to pay his rail
road fare thither, and he mechanically
picked up morning paper" Almost the
first. article upon which his eyes fell wasan
account of railroad. accident which had
occurred. 1T midnight, on the Indiana Cen.
trail Railroad, to train bound for Chi.
.cago, at short distance from Cincinnati.
Several passengers had been injured,
most Of whom had been sent back to
Cincinnati. Upon reading this, Purley
jumped up with = radiant face. "Eure.
KAT" he said to himself, "this is almost
.providentisl. He then went back to his
room, and there bandaged his right arm
With two handkerchieis and towels, and
put it into black sil< sling. Then be
wrapped himselfin his overcoat, and went
out. At q neghboring drugstore he
looked in the directory for tho private
residence of the president of the Indians
Central Railroad, and found that dig
nitary at home, it only being
eight o'clock in the morning. Assuming
a most doleful air, he said, "Mr. Prcsi.
dent, am one of the victims Of the &C.
cident which occurred to the outward
bound train last night. You see I broke
my right arm, and am afraid I have
sustained internal injuries l had to
walk al the way back to the city, suffer-
ing intense pain. What was most dis.
tressing to me was that had lost in the
confusion my satchel, with al my money
and papers. have to be in Chicago to.
morrow morning sure. What am I 10 do
to pay my hotcl.bill and fare!'' So say.
ing he groand again as if he were in great
pain. The railroad president had had be.
fore some unpleasant experience with
passengers injured on his line, and so
he thought he would get off very cheap
if he gave Purley free ride to Chicago
and some money to boot. "Of course
we will furnish you free pass to Chica-
Co." he said, ''and pay you = reasonable
sum for your expenses. Will fifty dol
lars do Mr.. Purley!" Purley chuckled
inside, but outwardly consented but
reluctantly being turned off with so beg.
carly an amount. Still he finally accept.
ed the offer, and departed from the house
Ct the railroad president with An order
on the ticket agent Of the line for free
pass to Chicago, and on the treasurer for
fifty dollars in cash. He received both,
and signed a receipt in full with his left
hsnd. Then he went to a neighboring
saloon, took big drink. divested him.
self of the bandages and sling, paid his
hotel bill, and took the next train for
Chicago. About two hours later Mr..
Suggs, = hardware dealer, and = director
of the Indiana Central Railroad, went to
the Office of the company to enquire about
the accident. The ticket agent showed
him the list of casualties, on which was
also the name Of James Purley. CONNER
cial traveller, from New York. Mr..
Suggs was we'll acquainted with Purley,
and SO asked what sort of looking man
he was. The answer to his query fully
satisfied him that the pretended victim Of
the accident was no other than our New
York drummer, which astonished him not
little, IS he had seen Purlcy an hour
after midnight perfectly we'll At fashion.
able saloon. In order to make things
doubly sure, he went to the Gibson
House, where he ascertained that Purley
had no broken arm there either the night
before nor this morning when he started
for Chicago. Then the fraud which the
drummer had practiced dawned upon him,
and he briefly telegraphed the facts to
Purfey's employers in New York. The
next morning Purley was in Chicago, and
called upon the customer that he had
been ordered to see. The junior partner
of the house took walk with him, and,
after repeated drinks, Purley laughingly
told him how he had got free ride to
and other blisters where unoccupied
places could be found upon the child.
Well, toward morning the wood gave
out, and my wife wanted me to 60 down
cellar and get some more: ''My dear, it
is laborious job, and the child must be
nearly warm enough with her extra
clothing. Now mightn't we put on an.
other layer Of poulticcs and"
I did not finish, because I was inter.
rupted. lugged wood up from below
for some little time, and then turned in
and fell to snoring As only a man can
whose strength is all gone and whose soul
is worn out.
Last, at broad daylight, felt grip on
my shoulders that brought me to my
senses suddenly. Ny wife was glazing
down on me and gasping. As soon as she
could command her tongue she said, ut
is all over. All over The child's per.
spring! What shall We do -
"Mercy, how you terrify me. l don't
know what we ought to do. Maybe if We
scraped her and put her in the draft
again."
20, idiot There is not = moment to
lose. Go for the doctor. Go yourself.
Tell'him that he must come, dead or
alive.'
I dragged that poor sick man from his