Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-06-08

"ii' DTa'uOrd caused change of pro-
gramme. This glance had the conf.
dence OF Figures won't lie" in il. and
intlmated that the visitor was fraud.
Mr.. Olson, without accepting the esti-
mate resolved TO be on his guard. The
man stated that his name was Olson.
ana IN answer to n direct question, said
his wife and two small children were in
the city and in n condition bordering on
restitution. He disliked TO admit il.
but such was the case; he had come
from Pittsburgh just after his marriage.
and had been quite well to do until the
panic spoiled all his plans.
Mr.. Olson informed the man. who
was much inclined to enlarge upon his
I woes, that ne was not the person want
Ell and was ut once appealed To to give
the applicant enough money to pur-
chase breakfast. The money was civ
en-, and with profound bow Of thanks
the man departed, apparently i'm very
happy frame of mind Mr.. Bradford
explained that the mans name was not
Olson, and that he had made business
oil answering advertisements where as
surance and pathetic story could east
" be made to do duty.
Mr.. Olson was, therefore. indignant
when the second man entered and stated
that Mrs. O'Bricns boy had told him
while he was putting i'm Mrs O'Brien's
coal. that John Olson was wanted at
30 Blank street, and here he was. He
was n labOring man, had always lived
IN the city, and knew nothing of Pitts
6urgh. He departed with: ''No harm
done, Stranger
The third man was stout ard hearty,
except. ~ he remarked. i'm the matter
Of clsthes. Mrs. Smith had told his
wife about the advertisement, and aS he
came from Pittsburgh about 80, and rs
hiswifc had insisted that il might mean
him, he thought he would call. He
didn't expect gold mine. or ANYTHING
OF that kind, but Thought somebody had
job of work that would bring in few
cents Tor the babies. After answering
several questions he received the an
nounccmcnt that he was not the man i'm
the best humor. 81 thought so. |
never am-but wife, YOU know, she
Thought ought To come" This time
MIR. Olson said: mo harm done. sir.
Leave your name and may h. able to
throw some work i'm your way" And
the man departed i'm great glec.
MIR. John Olson was disappointed. and
rs he laughingly related the circum-
stances to his wife. he asked: well.
what will we do next?"
They did nothing, although they felt
kccnly that something ought to be done.
Two days aftcrward, in the midst of n
heavy snow-storm, u lady in waterproof
suit entered Mr.. OlSOn's office TO report
that, rs one of the ladies' benevolent
society, she had found i'm her district n
man who answered to the name of John
Olson, and who. she had ascertained
had lived at Pittsburgh. This man had
been very sick for three weeks. and was
still very low. lie had been cared for
during this time by family in not the
best circumstances, and although they
had borne the extra burden without
cOmpiHnt, II the man had relatives or
friends they should look after him
Her attention had been called to the adj
Nertlsemcnt by man who the day be-
lore had ShOveled the snow from the
sidewalk in front of her house, and she
had called with the hope of finding helD
Tor the invalid and relief for the family.
MIR Olson stated briefly the relations
ne held to the case. and then went with
the lady to the housc-a house with
three rooms, shcltering man and wife.
several children and the invalid. The
man had been for few DAYS a fellow
laborer with the master of the house.
and when taken sick they took him in.
They knew little about him, and had not
known, until the fever left him. that he
was married and that his wife was liy-
ing.
The sick-bed scene was not nm
unusual one, and yet il startled Mr.
Olson when he entered the room. The
attituue' expression, and general APP
Pearance OF the man suggested an al
most forgotten something that ne could
not recall. There was some element in
this picture that had been present in
some other picturc-and vet. he could
not recall any features If the other pict-
ure. He simply entered the sick room
with moro superstitious uneasincss than
he had ever felt before ON such an occa-
sion.
The invalid was very weak, and he
spoke with touching humility and ten
dcrness Of his wife. He seemed a very
child IN his Over-anxiety To have the
listeners think well Of her His one
great desire now was that some one
should write TO his wife and say that he
had been sick-not that he was sick
and this fact explained why he had not
written To her. She was very excitable.
ana he hoped some one would write
very carefully so as to not needlessly
alarm her. He had thought the matter
all over, and he desired his wife TO dis,
pose OF their little property in the East
ern city and go TO his fathers, who was
farmer. and remain there until he was
able to start new in life.
The letter was written and mailed
and MIR. Olson became much interested
In the sick man. The bearing of the
Invalid was peculiar. IL was evident
that he had been greatly disappointed
and made desperate by misfortunes
and that he was now suffering from re-.
morse and busying himself with new re-
solves. He did not grow stronger and
Il was generally believed he would NOT
When Mr.. Olson had read the com
planning letter from the wife of the man
now an invalid he thought the case was
bad. When he could not find the man
addressed. 10 had seemed TO him much
worse. When he did find the man, sick
and helpless, and remembered that a
wife destitute and desperate in one
large city was appealing to a husband
not only destitute but dangerously sick
in another large city, he knew il could
not be much worse. And in all his con-
sideration of the case he thought most
of the woman.
One evening as Mr.. Olson was about
to leave his Office a woman entered
hurriedly, and, announcing that she
was Mrs. Olson. wife of the sick man.
desired to be informed where she could
find her husband. Her agitation, the
misery expressed on her face, the eager.
pitiful questioning of her eyes, almost
called tears from the man, who an
swered her inquiries and then asked:
''You received my letter containing
the directions dictated by your hus-
band?"
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