The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-03-06

him our last five-dollar bill, and
Oh, it was beautiful thipc nee
every thing about me: vSsr.
been, the wars | had sfit' ana Al
and every thing. Talk of a cIev -
tleman. There's John Cocker;li
fine." q
"Does he give upa'" inouir,a !
Capital.
"Give up! He's an angel. Ia
was in Baltimore tonight. ~
there, you know. 1 wouldnt h. =,
ing about this way"
"Were you ever on the other "A.
the globep" 4
81 was in Australia in 1850 /. !
mining districts. Then went 4 ~
fornia, and then to Aspinwall
81 800 in a newspaper there, and =
all in one night by fire. Thst g.
hard country then. They were ~
ing railroad across the Isthmus
the bones of the men who tlie6 -
building that railroad were CON-
they would reach from San Fr,nss
to Omaha 1t was a sort Of ~
They called it shaggers.' They q
men of all nations on that rosd q
finally got Coolies from the India
man dropped dead for every III }
work done on the road. They -
them four Deep"
Shave you been at work recent],,|
asked the Capital, coming down
the dull and prosy present.
sob, yes. 1 worked three moauI
steadily over here on the Rockville n
tinel-getting small pay and livinr =
travagantly-sticking type, and W.
locals and stud-horse advertiser
"Did you ever try any other q
ness?"
Eyes. / tried canvassing once, III
couldn't make money enough 70 i
whisky. There were lunkkeads =
made twenty-five dollars q day st IT,
l couldn't make money enough Il 70
whisky. / had a good book, too-Q'
Country 1 went as an acroba / }
circus once when l was hard up. IorI|
turn flip flaps all around a 250foottr|
/ could drop from a four-story hounr|
bound like an India-rubber ball. n
/ could whip my weight in wildcah
am a good fighter yet, but | am gvi
little weak"
"What are your prospects, Jackr :
81 am just waiting for that "A
Mexican pension which the Govern
owes me. l would have died four n
ago if it wasn't for that. God h
what I'll do; we are all the creaturu
circumstances | have good friend
Baltimore. l have a cousin thers =
is an Episcopal minister. He never q
me any money, though. He w0n1 p
me money, he says, unless l corr
him sober. / never got sober en0qi
go to- him. If I have to pad thsh n
this time though [ will be sober eaol3
because l will have to drink from Z
babbling brooks. Inever do much ~
ing, however; / always manage III
on the railroads and steamers. "
"Why did you leave Rockville!n
"Sick. Didn't think the doctor -
had science enough to tackle my e.
so l came to Washington and wu1fl
the hospital.
"What was the troublep"
h "There is no feeling like it--shnll
down on drinking suddenly. II L.
keep it up-had capital enough =
know would be all right. Ny In
do you know there are men here who
worth heaps of money who were =
pers in my day? There is Sen
here who used to borrow quarter n
me in California twenty-four yeaE1s
Il mean Sargent. fused to work n
him. We stuck type together"
The Capital man was about to De-
when Jack hailed him, "Cap., ~
you going to give up? Have Iw1.1
all this talk? Now, don't go ar1{
that; when 7 get that $1,000 l MI q
bottle of the best brand. l am 81
away tomorrow, you know, and ! q
want to go away utterly destitute. !.
/ get that $4,000 / win build a loG I
beside some babbling brook and Z
the life of hermit. Now, come, O.
give up" And the Capital gave up.