The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-12-08

man with corrugated brow. He was no
much of talker and wore his hat into tn,
dining room when he wanted to come il
there at all. He wondered what tn,
trouble was. The travelling man said h
couldn't eat his steak. The landlord heard
the case quietly, then he ate magenta
coated cookey from the table and said as HI
took large, old-fashioned Colts revolver
from his panier: ...
"Young man, listen to me- l am NJ
talker. cannot tarry with you. Yor
will eat that steak or by Pm wear il
out on you'''-
Firmness is not confined to landlords
eyether. They had clergyman at St. An
dreWs, New Brunswick, years ago who
was supposed to get good salary, but he
didn' tget it. He got kind words and &
swarm of bees, gentle enconiums and q
prime supper, but he gotvery little money
The church was pretty well fixed, for the
building was given by wealthy man and
the pulpit was brought from England at q
cost of s., 800.
The pastor stood up in this s., 800 pulpit
meny Sabbath and preached good ser
mon when he was actually hungry. Mem
bers of the congregation said they would
give so much II Mr.. so and so would give
so much. They carried their subscriptions
over with so many conditions that it was
like Worlds fair subscription list The
result was, that he and his wife ate fried
mush three times day and tried to be rec
onciled.
One day, however, l presume the mush
had gone to his head, or something like
that, for sin lieu of sermon" the .histo-
rian says, ''he took brace of pistols from
the pulpit and saluted the wealthy but
thoughtless congregation with a double
volley, which cleared the church. He
| then locked the door and went home, hay
ing announced that when the subscription
was paiG up he would resume work and
not before.
a carved dove and olive branch over the
pulpit convey the impression that he was
successful. The bullet holes in the pews
were puttied up and all went well there
after, although for years whenever
deacon fell asleep during the sermon and
hymn book slid off the seat with loud
report, he would jump up and offer to settle
at any price, or slip down quietly under
the pew until he was treasured.
l met man on this side last week who
did no seem to be enjoying himself. If l
gave his name you would remember him.
He came around very quietly and said he
did not want to take up my time but pos
sibly might like to hear some of his story.
81 am an exile' he said. Il am the man
without country. People think am over
here having good time with the large sum
OF money am supposed to have.
II am not having good time.
For years l was busy man. You
don't know what comfort 1t is to be busy
until you get out of job. Did you ever
put in two or three rainy days at strange
hotel, waiting for draft or delayed in
some other way! Did you enjoy it,
"You could play billiards for an hour or
so and then read the papers, but the DAYS
got mighty long didn't thew?
Il am here because i speeulated with
other peoples mcLey. Other people did it
and got out ali right but didn't. Still I
deserve IL. But don't think l am having
fun. Please print it in the paper that am
not enjoying myself,
whenever 1 see two or three people
talking together, have got so that am
sure they are talking about me. When
people talk with me wonder if it is not
through curiosity and when they do not
talk with me l am sure it is because
they despise me. I hate to look at my face
in the glass now, because itlooks so anxious
even to me. l am miserable besides be-
cause [ have nothing else to do. God help
the man who is denied the genuine comfort
of employment. Even in prison l could
dull my sorrow with industry. Here am
in bigger cell but it is all the lonesomer,
that's all the difference. So l wish that
y y
that l am not uproariously happy.
"People think that have all the money
that was missing when the books were ex-
amined. In the first place l never had that
amount. All the shortages of other people
were put on my account when l ran away
and even what | had taken was spent when
l came.
Besides it is a sad thing to have no
home and no flag that you are permitted to
be proud of. The triumphs of our own
dear land have noright to enjoy. 1 shall
die by myself in hotel, one of the saddest
of deaths at all times, but with me it will
be even sadder, for | will cast
an eternal gloom over the room
and no one will ever want to occupy
the apartments where died. To those Who
may think that my life in Canada is one
long, luxurious dream, you might say that
they are mistaken.
II am the day time ghost of a crime,
uneasily walking the streets, looking only
forward to the next meal which after all
do not want. l see other men with their
happy families, getting some good out of
life while 1 am slowly whitening and my
heart is frozen. If one American boy can
be scared out of specializing with other
peoples money by knowing jus how miser
able 1 am, shall feel little better about |
it. l have bought ticket four times to |
come with and weakened at last !
because it gets harder and harder
every time. Twice 1 have blown |
out the gas and fastened the
doors and windows of my room but some |
old memory of childhood, has made me |
take up the old load again and go on.
'If l could pay each dollar took, with a |
drop of blood and then die as well beloved |
and honestly mourned as l could have been |
five years ago, 1 would run twenty miles to
get the chance
mo, sir; those people who claim that it
is all ] can do to keep my exuberance Of
spirits under control, are mistaken"
He went away then and l saw him go
down the street trying to look like man
VINO is going to his business. Did you ever |
try to do that when you had no business?
It is like trying to sit down in an imagin-
ary chair and feel perfectly comfortable.
Business seems to be good in Canada for
his season of the year. Most of those
With whom have talked speak very I'M
'avorably of annexation. The longer l
stay here the more they seem to be op-
posed to it. Can my visit have anything
% do with it, I wo nder? BILL NYE.
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