The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-02
AN ARFFUL SWELL
,-,..a,ce without Labor ana Will
f1is'enSo out Work


v~,s.ance without Lsoor
-. Chicago AdH.
Say, that boys dream % ~ ~
him" we,l-known and dis
lho S loo-;ny man about town, ana the
nOgu Young fellow, carefully even
ooy z-ossad with neat, olacK mus
modlsoly: ~ boutonniere, and very
tacne, sannter and ensemble; .,o
swaes ll Nv smooth, replied tne genSie
oG Sd,aSse1' land carries nlnseii iiAs
snI1ovg who was in IT, puC .'. hard a
4 .nreams' are scarce, ana l 5raam1 Wby
3 new story today ~ wy
4 can't ne z, % ~ q wonder, that's why. Looks
i Ike ready money, don'. &c. ba dor,
.. YES u Notbipc. That's Just it. NOBODY
70! If his doing anything lot Two
mas ~ [e. his clothes are the IaCest; ue st1ps
o,ood hotel, aid be always nous ,o uP us nS
at gI - rtv5- been arrested, or sued. or
END. ne IA evidently pays his bills. Yet,
poIn 'si-,, be !, poor. Sometimes ne mas
as Ano" ,oftantimes he does nc know wnere
thou D;1I Nrraakfast, but he always BREAKFASTS
lust1 t .i,t met Charlie-that isn't his name,
III :. New York, three years ago.
Il e. ~ Iyas walking on Broadway WIN tne
inner crowd then, and, IKE mos. oI Ineli'
had a theatrical connectloh u so,r Sh soia,
II was vague, but acceP'eu, Of CO. ,be nnost
- ono of the gang ana one Oh Tue losI
4 popular. t-or, his friends often.
/ Aid he ALWAYS paid. He was well
dressed. had pretty room, kne" loe u
uLe ao. sonhrettes. and could pay Tor
s,,,1,1er or a small bottle when IL came ms
e erPP Nobody knew how he dld IL, put ne
aid and that was enough Ior Une DEoau-
way squad. rrh;-.,--, ninth s.raa.
| ,aI onartment-house. l know
,1,,a Of ladies who had fiat there-opera
cIup both of them. The fat beneath
80, aas occupied by a popular actress,
Tho earns no end of money and VINO gets
| - wore and there is. or was, dumb
latter running from the top floor TO the
basement.
~ was making an afternoon call on my
friends one day, and we were III Tue nt.ie
dinjnc-room of the fat having a biscuit
ond q glass of wine together. Suddenly the
| beII rang in the fiat beneath. The entrance
| door onened in q second and hurried foot
stens came up the stairs. The fiat door
opened and closed: o
".Don't ask RE. dear. Pve come to say
cood-bv before blow out my brains
Il heard pistol click and a feminine
! shrek.
What's the matter! Tell me, won't you!
Putup that pistol, for my sake! Don't kill
yourself hereF
"There was a lot more entreaty, some
swful threats and despairing vows to blow
! out his brains then and there, and the tone
i became conversational again.
Then thought | recognized the voice
through the dumb waiter. | knew Charlie,
and had heard his impassioned accent in
/ society drama before.
i my honor is gone, he said, and Pm
bound to die. just came to say good-by
TO YOU. No, you can't do anything; the
amounts too much-S250-I lost it. add
haven't but $50. Two hundred and thirty
dollars is beyond me as much as $4,000
would be. There's nothing but suicide for
me. Good-by, dear; God bless your
"'But, Charlie, stop! Don't take that
pistol out Here, dear; here are my dia-
monds. Get $3.50 on them and bring me the
ticket It's the best l can do, and you
musa't kill yourself. You'll come out all
right when you get to work
mo, can't take EN-; that's too much
to ask you. But then'-the tone lost its
melodramatic tinge-I will get the money
and get them back again, dear. You're a
sweet, dear girl, and you've saved my life.
Good-by.'
There was a sound..of kiss, a sob, and
looked out OF the window in time to see
Charlie cross the street, glance back, jump
IN a cab he had waiting all the time, and
roll away downtown with cigarette smoke
pouring through the SIDE windows.
That night | was one of supper party
of four, and Charlie insisted on paying the
whole tab. He had a roll of bills and a
cheerful jag The popular actress was not
Of the party, it is needless to say The
incident threw little CLEAN of light on
the possibilities Of existence in great city
without labor or without work"