St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-09-28
toning m, friends overcoat around me

l went to sleep. had slept for owe
an hour when a policeman tapped M
on the shoulder. MY silk hat. goo
clothes. and cane evidently impresse
him. for he was as polite and deferen
tial as could be. He thought l ha,
drank little too much and that he wa
doing me favor by waking me up s,
that | might 60 home and not catcl
cold. l couldn't even let a policeman
suppose that couldn't pay for bed
so ! thanked him tipsily and walket
out OF the park. had no mind. how
ever. to lose my nice bench. so climbed
back Ove.' the fence half block away
and soon found it again. moved it q
little farther back into a thicket anG
slept comfortably until morning.
Il walked in to shake the stiffness
oat of me, and paid another visit to the
Palace .washroom. didn't want to
tackle the lunch there again for fear
that they would recognize me as a
chronic tiend, so went over to the Grand
hotel. l had more clans in batter and
baked beans and also some deviled ham
| sandwiches, which were very nice in.
deed.
Time hung heavily on my hands
until noon. l was getting tired OF
clans in batter and lunch-counter
roast and wanted a change. l walked
to Polk street and passed grocery
store. There were some smoked her.
rings in front that looked delicious.
and my mouth watered for some. Then
l walked up California street and
picked out a pretty little house there,
fifteen hundred and something. I'll
buy one like it when get rich. Re-
turning TO the grocery store ordered
twenty-five cents worth Of herring and
some sardines and crackers. Then I
thought that had better disarm pos
sible suspicion by getting something
that would kind of indicate n perma-
nent residence. SO added to my order
fifteen cents worth of asparagus. d.
rected the groceryman to send the
things at once TO the cottage on Cali
fornia street. and he said he would
send his boy with the things immedi.
ately.
Il walked out rapidly and back to
the cottage. Pretty soon the boy came
along with my groceries. Icame down
the stairs to meet him and took the
packages from his hands. He had
seen me order them and gave them up
without a murluur As soon as he
the corner l struck out for the
and feasted that Sunday aft.
ernoon.
IL couldn't. of course, eat any sup
per that night, but about eleven o'clock |
began to get hungry. | looked ito
the coffee saloons on kearney street |
ongingly and in one of them l saw a
nan at the table whom had seen on the |
rain. went in and sat down opposite
him! Then began to talk about San
francisco. He remembered me and a. |
lie ate We talked about the advantages
# the city. A waiter came up for my
'rder. but ! said that had already
aten. For company's sake. however.
took slice of his bread. buttered it
nd swallowed it. managed to get
way with several slices of bread and
'hen we went out my acquaintance
ffered me cigar.
Il hadn't had a smoke for two days
nd you better believe l enjoyed that
igar.
The night was fOggy and cold and
idn't want to sleep out in the park, SO
walked the streets until nearly two in
be morning.
"Then l went to a hack-stand and
ngaged hack. l ordered the driver
, take me to Golden Gate Park.
Il slept all the way out. and when
ne driver woke me up went into a
aloon out there for q few minutes.
hen l got back into the hack and or.
cred him to drive to the Palace Hotel.
told him not to hurry his horses, and
had another good hours sleep.
Il went into the Palace and came ,
ut looking greatly worried. |,
''He isn't there" / said to the driver.
nd started him off again. IL
swell, to cut my story short, kept I
i'm driving about until it was time for 8
,e overland train to arrive. Then / I
ad him drive to the ferry. Ii
my friends came in and I bundled q
lem into the hack. told them my ad- {
and got my greenbacks III
aid NV driver, and later as NV CON. | 1;
ience worried me. sent the grocery 4
an payment for the goods I had or 9
red. San Francisco Examiner.