The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-11-26
The Mournful Man.
Peck Sun.

] 4 few weeks ago man registered al an Oshkosh hotel. and was assigned a
 room, and every body noticed that he..was
 a mos, mournful looking man. He
 never said a word. but there was that
 about his face. and his actions that showed
 he was laboring under some great sorrow
 He had his supper taken io his room,
 and the waiter sad the uan never spoke,
 and seemed te be the saddest looking
 man he ever saw The guests all talked
 the matter oveF. and they decided that
 ih, man vas smnE 70 commit suicide.
 < trayelir man aho had a room next
 door to inc solemn man. and sho had
 previously occupied adjoining rooms in
 different hotels to three men Whe had
 committed suicide, leli that ne ~as abau.
 To experience fourth shock oi the sauic
 Nind. and he Lad n hIs bed all niSh, ana
 never slept 4 ~iak, bellesinS that the EeNt
 moment he should hear a reNolTef shot
 CT the death struggle Of his peshba4.
 from poison He neYer heard a sound all night. and when he 90, up Tn the nom
 ing he told the clerk that he 'as ,afe inc man was dead. ihey passed the room and listened bat could hear uo noise. anu t ~.t, decided L. look over ;he tansom fa see fl ,hc man = dead. i; 1s not I pleasant thsna lo book over 2 'fsH,am into q man room. not knowing Nhelhe. your eye will iall eH a corpse er ! l.ae man aith revolver pointed t' you. nabadA
 7ccmeu to Neafh io he tAe nTs; ,o elimb the >ter,-iadaef iiHallN ., Mas ds las4 to throw T - aser the fyanSoss. onto he bed. a,.d | ,heA aid aot Aear any noise t woald he eeuaIn 'ha; the man was deld and 'het eoald go un ~1sh the funeral \ u Was ia.' GfcC .tIf. The porter. who knew 4ust where the bed NJ heated. W.s tlettiied ,o ,oSs fiIc n; iz-rT. He went Up the ladder teu steps. not enough to look over. because he MAS uo, prepared to lool suddenly gpcn q corpse. and taking the cat in both hands. Ds the legs he gently tossed her. or him. as tine case might be. over the ransom on the bt q oe, upied by he ,nourniul looking man. The cal was heard to fall with a dull thud. there was a sound aS of scratch ing and ripping d heavy, form was heard to strike ,he floor. the cat purmeoued. s1d 13i, and vhe ian dolen people out in the hall looked al each other wonder ugly. when suddenly the door opened and the maddest nan that ever "as seen in oshkosh came out in the hall in his night shrt. his arm and face bleeding on ,o the white nigh, shirt He had the cat by the hind legs with one hand. and revolver m the other. and as he struck al the assembled multitude right and lett aiih the cat there WAS the worst getting down stairs that ever was. and the cat
 sas thrown II the ias, person who went down stairs and the man returned ;a hls room He dressed himself. wcu' down to the oitlcc and pad hi> bil. and took 'hc tirst tram south. never having spoken a wot,l while m oshkosh and the people Ire la this day wondering whether ke WAS t prohibition speaker. a travelling man Tor :. co:sel factory. or m agen; tor :, tfrai and dumb asylum. The travelling nan who MAS so nervous for ieaI his neiShtor ...,s ;,oins to commit suicide. wishes he had. the landlord fears .ha, he has dis pleased d gucsiwho might have renamed teh4ei, ..fiei- the pesteF@seho ,hrcM .he eai, sas that | IS the las, Hiuc he will ever tfv te tiud A corpse hy the aid of :. cat.