The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-01-12
AN EPISODE OF CITY LIFE.

Bill Nye Encounters a Whit of Clover
azd Wild Thyme from the Country.
A Josh Whitcorub looking old gentleman
sat most of the day yesterday a seat IN
the open lot commonly called Union square
He had his hat of so that the zephyrs Of
spring could zeph through his late hair, and
his feet we're drawn up into the legs Of his
boots where they could swell on almost IN
definitely if they felt better that way.
He was dressed plainly and he carried with
him an emaciated oiIcIoth grip that had no
doubt put IN a long, hard winter. lie
watched this bag so closely that he did not
have much time TO commune with nature or
eniov the broad and beautiful sweep Of coun-
try which extends longitudinaIly from Fourth
avenue to Broadway, merry and musical
with its uyriads of song birds. The twTtter
OF the siIvery voiced sparrow and the tropi-
cal, dark red notice TO keep off the grass,
did not seem to calm him or soothe his anx-
iety.
drew nearer and engaged him in CONVEX
sation. Nothing gives me greater pleasure
than to make strangers in New York COM
Portable as possible while here, so that they
viii feel like coming again frequently and
doing their trading here. I believe that this
is the only true way to build up town
He said that where he stopped they wanted
TO take his vaIise and give him check for it,
check he lad seen here yet. He had taken
one check already In making change with
party day before yesterday and there wasn't
q bank IN Gown that would cash IL for him
1.-THE trouble is here" said he, that every
inducements l. held out TO prevent q man
from getting acquainted, and then when he
wants TO ger a check, or postOf1ce money
order, or anything else cashed, they tell him
be has got TO Identify himself Now the only
Ian that I've had any dealing with Is the
man that give me this check and [ can't find
him. I've seen pretty near everybody else,
but haven't saw him yesterday or to-day
hadn't anything else much to do yesterday,
and so [ thought I'd kind of make il my bust
ness TO hunt him up. l went over to the post
Office about 10 o'clock yesterday morning anC.
watched all day for him, because was pretty
tOIerabIe sure he'd be down after the EIaiI
before night, but if he got his mail at all that
day he must have sent for it. No, guess I
wouldn't care to give up my sacheI to Tom,
Dick and Harry and take check for it,
Checks are all right in their place, but this Is
no place for checks"
The style Of the old man so amusing
that I sat and talked with him a long time,
for [ thoroughly enjoyed him and ii seemed
relief for him TO have somebody TO talk with.
He told me where he lived and how different
his home life was from "this hurry and rush
and crush and cussedness on every hand :"
how he went to bed as soon as the chores were
done and slept like a top, but here he couldn't
sleep nights with so much hurrah and Fourth
of July going on In the streets.
He aimed to go home tomorrow, he said,
but had overplayed himself by cashing thar
blamed check. He had another check OF his
own, but he "baIled up" as quick as he tried
TO get that cashed, for the same old reason
that he could not be identified
He said he was man in his 0wn town that
everybody knew. Even the papers had said
that che thoroughly identified with the
growth Of the place" and now he couldn't be
identified to save his life.
The check which be had originally was one
that he had folded up very small and IN varI-
GUS ways till it was pretty grim and srneIIed
ike fried pork, but it had an honest air about
ii that even 80 check may wear. I knew
that I could, with slight trouble, get Identified
myself, and so [ took the paper off his hands,
after he had Endorsed it. He was very CRATE
full and wrung my hand IN a warm, enthusi-
astic way that repaid NE well for the sliy.it
favor I had done him
One advantage Of being man Of plenty Of
means is the great chance thus offered for do
ing favors for those who need them and who
are grateful and appreciative.
Ny friend did not seem 10 want to leave
me, but at last told him that would have
to &C down street TO see how MY affairs were
shutting along
lie SlOCA LILY I14luL again Wa5rI4Iy, WlIcn |
did not feel very distinctly, for it was still
paraIyzed from the first manifestation: then
he told me- 1 must come up and see him this
summer and stay week or two gave him
my card and he went down the street. hum
ming TO himself and swinging his Russia
iron grip against the legs Of the buTrying
throng.
As he sailed along and finally out of sight
he seemed like breath of sweet clover and
wild thyme, although he didn't seem to be
having q very wild thyme; but I could picture
his sunny home up IN the hills, as be described
1t, where the drOwsy sounds that come with q
country twilight, "hke doves In quiet neigh
borhOods,' luIl the warm spirit to gentle re-
pose, and almost made up my mind to go
| there when the summer gets up on it's hind
feet and begins to hump itself
believe 1 will do this, for thus, IN few
weeks, I could board out the SO check he
| gave me, and which have since learned as
not. available for our columns. Bill Nve in
New York World