The Red Cloud chief., 1884-10-10
>IPTRiNIENDENTS DOWN
WARD CAREER.

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and the rain and the darkness were be-
ccuu.n- To Ial. Together. a. ] reached
the 4 - sirrc; ng. intending 10
huaTI tAr even q aCromtna dalton.
which. a. ! knew Was USUALLY s!"scd
- Tia, point - let 81 IN Official Antug
IN u. ucghb0rhopd. " the train Ma
not doe Tor nearly half al hour. Look
rriu.- ia The -Ecltcr-hEt al The obi lag
man with whom / bal Ion: b~en gu rN-
cclI-ut terms. lie Vas y Jolly. go,-iPy
little man. WHO had become suprran-
uaicJ ia the scTyiC. ii the company.
and va en- oyiug n b., old age what
was @ him i post IN Of ease and hnn
tor. lie had IU~J finished h. supper.
brought Ia h III. ~ u-ua.. ~ his grand
ia gh,cr. \, lie lifted the iiu pal to
MAKE roam for me ou ID" sCan:t H. nch.
l." carefully uu; rack into II some c.o!cr
pieces ID! mcsI. bread aad cake. sUlli-
cieUt by Themselves tor = ga e. sut>ian
tial neal That, fox the Genera. SAD
he. ia answer Ia nav lo'N a., curiosity
Nv Old woman would nn more iurscl
his supper than she would forget
mine"
Who j. the Gcncral?' Inquired
Wei. ~ir. he's What O call a Ia
with y history"
Tel it 10 me. | nm .oni Of his
tory
II ~ no ob cCt.on but wait u biz. |
q e~, he's coming MOVIES. sir. that's
HIM. Just keep quiet. and don'; mo-
tic. hi, craAkincss, and you'll see a
character
\ shuHiing step. and n hoarSe. tear
ing cough announced the approach Of
the General, who 200 presented HIM
self AZ the door of the hut. where he
pau'ed and struck an attitude in the
hali-l;zht of the faSman's lantern.
General. indeed \ once tall and mus,
cular man. now a miserable sluIch.
with topping shoulders. hollow chest.
bending. tr,mulOJs knees. the dress of
a vagabOnd au! he face of a sot! Yet
there was something in bis bearing. In
the lines % the mouth. in the glance of
the blood shot eve. that seemed the
shadow of departed power; and his sal
utat.oU to the naCmau was given and
received A. tiat OF u superior IL a -
pcndeat. Upon me he giowered Ter,
Is. cNclaiming mo loaicrs allowed
around these PREMISE
The fagmau explained that ! was
waiting for the rain.
why don't he 20 to the dcpot2 This
j. not a station
wa about 10 reply when the nac-
nan drew forth the lin pail. saying.
'Gcleral, ihcy have scni u. up orr
lunch from the hotel; will you have 1t
now?' S~tcaayng himself; against the
door. W Ia a hand that shook n with
the palsy. the wrctCUei tramp iook the
old mans bounty n i! il were his bv
right. g%rgmbicd n is -aat5nc.s aud
quality. said re mu.t le oil tothc Office.
AMI " thout thanks or farewell shufrci
away. We heard his coug mingled
with IN &C as.ona! wbccly oath. ~ ho
disappeared IN the darsuess-
There. said tie old aag-man. turn
inc to me, what do yogca.l that2-'
The wreck Of n great man. but ey-
cced.ngly d-a~rccablc in Is present
state. lou have. ! see. some less uu-
pleasant n soc.atoas with il
II should think % Why. sir. fifteen
YEAR = that n Wa Suucrinieudent
of this road, Aud TIE hes; one. by al
odds. that they ever had. lie was en-
CINE. - and eng necr. al in one
Things went just like ClDck-work. He
knew ever man. aud .hccl aud spike
on the Whole ROAD. You couldn't blow
4 whistle or sTing = l%aptcrn anywher,
on the liue without his leave. ".
called him the General and we might
a. weii have sad King. for be was
every ineh Of It. lie had a good al.
aTy. oS ned some stock in the road. had
a, 80. brnra .A4 - = "
society. HIS son had a nrst-ra;c pos
ton n the general Office. His daugh-
ter was engaged ,o 4 Young mill ona re-
"A nephew AID ward of oEe oil the d.
rectors.
But tie General Rad one lad encmy
liquor. I've heard THAI be learned
20 drink ~ the wins supper. thai the
railroad magGaies used 20 give when
they met To lay their plans. and al
that 80 any rate he learned pretty
fast. AMI pra-ticei what be LEANED. .
Nos AMI then lie gave ! w,nc sunper
himself. aud many = young Ran Lndc-
hIm-hss own spn sfnua- iac re<;-tDoS
bs ir.t glass =. the Gen erais table
by AMI D. tie habit tegsn IN show
Itself "a h. Ece neat - la. step. then
in BIS ten cr. ana n !Ast in the rad
Screws came loose. tsgrEs ran do~n
stock declined THen zoe mayaat-s
complained. aad when they IA tia.
complaints did no good. ihev turned
him oui- The yo5ng mi.Lonzr.tu--ed
up his nose. acd as@ei Ia be ~ easel
FROM hs marriage engagement TIE
gTl approved bis decision: dismissed
him kindly, aul 5eto-s nornlng Was .
raiia- msuiac.
al. these tTonb'cs. instead o. soSe--
Ing The General. made hira wor4e. For
four months &c scarcely kne,s = sober
moment. He spca: tie ssTsags o! lis
LIE; hs house ana goods wegs sold nn-
der the hammer. and he aud his heart
broken vie moved into a Little ;ene-
n,eni in the alley yopde..
AT last the Good Iempia-s got hold
o. him. and he signed the pledge. lou
never saw such \ change in 4 Insn- lie
Was Ike one alive from the dead. The
railroad folks had so much faith in him
that they made HIM train-di-pa,cher. IL
was . sep down: bu. Re took is wiling
w. and did his work well. When the
new depo. was opened. the beer vas
furuis cd without 50 ns- To ever
body's horror. the General took . Riaxs.
VIVA; happened after that no ons knss;