Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-11-08

come tho temporary effects Of his excite
ment, he relapsed again into comatose state
These entire transactions had all occurred in
something like one minute, and by the time
Ximines and the stranger had taken the pa-
triarcbs arms and were leading him toward
the Bowery. the two crooks had regBined
their feet and their senses and were follow.
Ing them with divers imprecations and
threats casting various stgmas upon their
parentage aud reflections upon their respccta-
bliity, and not hesitating to huri the bar sin
ister In their faces, with blasphemous and OBJ
scene variations Finally they held whis-
pored consultation, and then made a
rush, but the sight Of Xipines' revolver
cooled their ardor, aud with a final batch Of
curses the ours skunk of toward their slums
Ximines and the stranger had the pleasure
OF taking the old man home and receiving q
tongue lashing from his daughter, who la
bored under the impression that they had
been upon a debauch with her aged parent,
and could scarcely be restrained from be-
slowing pail Of water upon them from an
upper window This their two considered a
good Joke and they laughed heartily over
the matter
The old man must have been quite sport
in his day said the stranger. Did you
hear him talk Of Dan and Joe when we were
fghtingr He was thinking Of the Mace and
Coburn prize fight that occurred twenty
years ago, should think
with his new friend ximines ex-
changed cards, and the two told each other
something Of their past lives and
present circumstances ximines' new
friend, rs he learned had been a shipping
clerk with large dry goods establishment,
at a comfortable salary until within the last
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and his place had been filled by some one
else. But I've got plenty Of friends, said
he land I'll get something TO do very soon
again. The sooner II is the better, for I've
got a wife and tho finest little boy in the
country 10 care for and never thought Of
/ putting much money in the bank, because |
never thought ! should be sick. I've always
| lived just about up to my means, The rea.
son happen TO bo here tonight is because
went up TO see friend about getting en-
ployment'
Two hours after they first met ON the street
| car &imines and his new acquaintance
parted
Now all this story is strictly true down to
the minutest detail, and It is only related to
show that the hero Of the tale is q deserving
man. The rest of the story indicates how a
deserving man may meet with misfortune
and ill-success despite his utmost efforts
against an implacable fate.
| The facts already related occurred year ago
| About week since Ximines had occasion on
a tour OF observation TO visit late at night a
Bowery dive. The occupants were for the
most part Of the commonplace of dlsreputa-
bllity, and low street songs and drunken
mirth resounded on every hand Ximines,
in looking over the room, thought he recog-
nized a familiar figure in an unkempt indi-
vidual who leaned against the wall In an at
titude Of the most abject despair.
"Who is thatf he asked of waiter
Don't know his name" replied the mental
"He comes In most every night about this
time Never spends a cent Never drinks
anything Never speaks to nobody Seems
/ TO be kinder down on his luck, don't hel"
/ Ximines glanced at the man gain and sud
/ denly recognized him as the stout stranger
/ who had rescued the inebriate patriarch from
/ the two thieves year before. He spoke to
/ him, and upon recalling the circumstances
the stranger remembered him Ximines no
ticed great change in his appearance His
hair was unkempt he was unshaven, his
I clothes were badly worn, and his shoes were
almost gone to pieces. The two entered into
conversation and Ximines asked what he
was doing for living
The stout stranger hesitated moment aud
| gulped down something very much like a
sob $50 help me God, he said reverently,
not profanely, Il have been trying ever since
\ first saw you to get work, and not single
I days labor have | had an opportunity to
! perform | began looking for a clerkship,
and when had tried that without success
| for six weeks came down grade, and tried
to get job as porter | had the best re-
concentrations from the firm whose employ
had been in before, but | couldn't get an
| opportunity anywhere. Every place / went
TO they were full Some of them got to
only day or an hour too late, but / al.
ways was too late | stretched the little
money had put by, and my wife helped
me, but 1t didn't last long, and, try my best,
couldn't get place to earn a
cent. AT last | had to send my wife to
live with her mother and my boy TO live
| with her sister, and / took u little room by
myself and sold my furniture at sacrifice
| to get money enough TO buy myself bread. All
this time | spent every spare hour in the day
| looking for work and never finding II. My
clothes got so old and worn that | didn't pre-
sent decent appearance when | applied for
job, and that was against me Ieven came
down I try and get a position to drive q
stIeet-car, but | couldn't get a vacancy on
any of the lines 1 know prominent poll
ncian who could get me something to do,
and he promised to. I've been to his house
twice day for the past six weeks, and every
time they've told me he was out Now at
night look for him in the hotels, beginning
at the sinclair and going up, but never lind
him,
"How live don't know, and how am
going TO live can't imagine If 1t wasn't
for that boy Of mine believe I'd have COM
mitted suicide long ago, and haven't even
seen the little fellow for six months Con-
found this light shining in my eyesl makes
EN- water, Say, could you lend me Just a
tritle OF money until l get to work. Upon
my honor III pay it back then; but l haven't
broken my fast to-day, and haven't had
square meal since took dinner with an old
friend almost five weeks ago, who didn't
know how low down I'd gone. II seems hard
that man willing TO work shouldn't be able
to find something to do in big city like this
Perhaps you think don't try, but give You
my word that have tried every way knew
every day for the last year. Don't think
hard of me because come to this place. It's
the only one know OF where they don't kick
u man out If he don't spend money and II
stayed up in my little room all alone I'd be
driven to suicide, I've got to be where can
see people more wretched than am to keep
me from It. Don't think hard Of me be-
cause | ask You for money. You'll never
know how hard 1t is TO have to ask it, and I'd
die before I'd beg II in the streets or OF any
one didn't know"
This is a truthful representation Of one
mans predicament--a man who was willing
to risk his life to helpa perfect stranger--un,
able to earn bread enough TO keep him alive
though he is both willing and able, and ha.
a guarantee OF good character and faithful
ness from one of the most influential trims In
the city,
--Ns1O Hoyk 7i,ntt