Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1880-03-11


ssFhile J sr. poor and misesa0l. 1 tan
never de, bul lf1 should fall heif 60 -
forfnuk. wohld die ID twnmay>6uuf
hoMEa+ ea
How dsd ypu GENE lo be sailed Tex,
as Jack ~ inquired the CspitaE man.
sJchn CoekpriIl wrote me hp III the
Cimeiuaati Gassifs in Is. It6asheasied
Tbs fTexaa Edil0r. It was abeAasilnl
articlsa a column anil half eolid mlR-
ion. There was knock u The door.
continued Jack. trying to recsI lhe way
tlie aFliele begaa, = and be eanae in and
ss1ul hg shs daSk and he passed and
Ihokel II lsl<sHse S. siisAsss Ess4sies
and remarked, There Is man alter
nv own heart, and we went down in
our pockets and gave him our last ave-
dollar bill, cad 50 on. OBJ. Il was 4
beautiful sthsng. II told every thsng
about me: where had been, the wars
had 'fit' and died IN. and every thing.
Talk ol . clever gentleman, There's
John CockeriIl. He's Ene.Y
Does he give uPT inquired the
Capital, a1l
"Give upl He's an angel. ] wish
was in Baltimore tonight. john Is
there, you know. ! wouldn't be walk
ing about this way"
"Were you ever on the ether side of
the globe" III N1a s
IL was in Australia in 1852. in the
mining districts. Then went 10 Cali
iCornia, and then 20 Aspinwall. put
$500 m . newspaper there, and lost
il all in one night by ERE. That was
hard country then. They were build
ing a railroad across the Isthmus. II
the bones of the men who died while
building that railroad were collected
they would reach from San Francisco
to Omaha. II was q sort of lever.
They called it 'shaggcrs.' They tried
men Of all nations on that road, and
finally got Coolies from the Indies. A
man dropped dead for every foot Of work
done on the road. They buried them
four Deep"
Have you been at work recently 7"
asked The Capital, coming down 10 The
dull and prOsy present. ~. -"
"Oh, yes. worked three months
steadily over here on the Rockville Sen.
tinek-gettIng small pay and living ex-
travagantly-sticking type, aud writing
locals and horse advertisements
"Did you ever try any other busiI
ness ?" ab ~ f3r3 SD
y"Yes. I tried canvassing once, but
couldn't make money enough 10 buy
whiskey. There were lunkheads who
made iwehty-6fe dollars aday At II. and
couldn't make money enough to buy
wbiskey. bad good book, tOO--'onr
Country / went as an acrobat in
circus once when was bard up. ] could
turn tlip-fiaps al around 250-foct tent.
I could drop from sIour-stoFy house and
bound like an India-rubber ball. Thea
could whip my weight in wild cats. ]
am good fighter yet, but am getting
little weak.
"What are your prospects. JackF''
,egI ava just waiting for The So, 600
Mexican pension which the Govern
ment owes me. would have died four
years ago ii il wasn't for that. God
knows what I'll do; We are 81 The crea-
lures or circumstances. 4 have good
friends Id Baltimore. 1 have ascpErin
there who is an Episcopal minister.
He never sent me any money, though.
He won't give me money, be says, un-
less + come 10 him sober. never got
sober enough 10 go 70 him. III havr
to pad the hOOf this time though will
be sober enough, because ] win have TO
drink from the babbIIng brooks, IneV-
er do much walking, however; AZ
ways manage 10 get on the railroads
and steamers" moss H a asacgssr
"Why did you leave Rockville 7"
'Sick. Didn't think the doctor there
had science enough to tackle my case;
30 came TO Washington and went 20
the hospital" staa Esd Ell .lG9b
"Wha! was the trouble Z" "a al
There Is no feeling like it-shuiting
down on drinking suddenly. IL I could
keep il up-had capital enough, yoL
know-I would be alright. My friend,
do you know there are nsen here who
are worth heaps OF money who were
paupers in my days There is Sena-
tor here who used to borrow quarters
from me in California twenty-touF years
aeo-I mean Sargent. used 10 work
with him. We stuck type together"
The CspitaT man Was about 20 deI art,
when Jack hailed bin, Gap, aren't
You going to give HPs Have wasted
al this talk /, Now, don't 20 away like
that; when get thai SO 1000 will open
bottle Of The best brand. am g0ing
away tomorrow. you know, and ldon't
want to 20 away utterly destitute.
When ! get that $4,000 viii build q
log hut beside some babbiing brock and
lead the life Of hermit. Now. come,
Cap. give up" And The Copifal gave
up.