Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-02-05

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From Today, New Fork.
! never ride IA 9 public coach 81
write or speak or even think Of one
that lam not reminded Of a curious
occurrence il my life. Being in Lon
don III 1866 I met at the house Of q
mutual friend young officer in the
crack regiment in the English service
the Queens as it was called, or,
as it existed on the army list, the
Fifteenth Lancers. He was a SPLEEN
did fellow, O true hero Cor Ouida. He
over-topped six feet, had a magnifi.
cent physique, and a face singularly
like that ofWashington in outline and
expression. He was q dreamer, full
Of vague ideas and wild romance, and
the flower OF courtesy, and was, as
may readily be believed, a general IA
vorite. He came of a family OF large
means, several members OF which
held high Office under the state, and
one of whom, at least, had distin-
guished himself in battle on the sea,
and wore the Order of the Bath. -Four
years later came out of the Astor
House one night, and took the
first hack at the door to drive up
town. When Preached the theatre was
bound to the driver opened the door,
and recognized, enveloped in frieze
ulstel-the first, by the way, had
seen here--my old lieutenant of Lam
GERS and pet of the London drawing
rooms. would have questioned the
evidence OF my eyes had he not con-
frmed it. He grasped the bank note
held out to him in a perfectly COM
mercial spirit, and said IN the most
matter of-fact of voices:
"How do you do? You didn't ex-
pect to see ME again in America, did
your"
/ told him no, without adding any
reflection on the circumstances under
which saw him. He furnished the
explanation himself.
II have been here some time, and I
have been horribly hard up," he said,
$50 took 10 this rather than starve.
have had to take care of my own
horses, and so know how to take care
OF other people's."
He offered no further explanation,
and | asked none. gave him my ad-
dress and did not see him again for a
couple of years.
One evening Twas strol)ingup Broad
way from a newspaper Office, It was
IN mldwlnter, and sharp cold night.
Some laborers employed in the street
cleaning department were squatting in
the door-ways near Houston street,
waiting for midnight, before which
they could not go to work under the
existing ordinances One OF them
moved forward at my coming, and,
with a pipe in his hand, asked me
politely for light from my cigar. 1t
was my lieutenant Of iancers, ~ labor
er on the streets at 81 so day, or
rather night. He recognized me as be-
fore, but this time did not refuse to
accept g. more extended recognition.
Hey went with me to a famous theat1i-
cal resort near by and drank mug or
two OF ale. He told Tie he had been
on the verge of starvation: and had
been at his present employment for
ten days. What he had been doing since
I had seen him last he did not say,
except that he had been at
work tor a few days cutting ice on the
Hudson at Poughkeepsie, but had
caught cold and could not keep it up.
l begged him TO accept some help from
me, and he finally took a few dollars.
Mine host, to whom l presented him,
insisted on his taking a, bed there and
using it irrespective of his financial
condition. While we were ia king, mid
niuht sounded and he oOt ~,
''1might as well 60 to work tonight"
he said, "because if I don't the fore
man won't give me my pay ticket
for the week. will be back to-mor-
row."
left him, the grandson OF an adj
n1iral Of the greatest navy in the world,
the son OF a millionaire ten INES over,
the cidevant pet of London society,
sweeping the streets of New York in q
gang of laborers.