Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-12-27
A PSEUDO e~x-coNvlcT.
Curious Experience of a Clergyman with
AN Alleged Jailbird.

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| am going { o revea! to my indulgent
reader a little experience | had. l
don't know IL it will interest him, but
Il has been the subject Of considerable
questioning with me ever since il &C.
cured. was sitting In this study
Thursday morning; Augusta anne to
the door, saying, There lisa man down
stairs who wants TO see you" ASK
him up here" said. In walked a
man. medium height, shabby clothes,
face rather keen. alert, hair black,
mixed with gray; eye sharp, with rest
less look, having in his whole makeup
a combination of sheeplike rimidity,
hangdogness and rather pious pity.
Good morning; what a ! do for
you"
Il come to YOU" he answered, in
rather a strange time and on a strange
errand. | have been out of Joliet prison
three months; | have been in this city
the larger part Of this time; ! have been
sick; | have been sleeping in the sta
tions, railroad and police; ! have been
trying to make an honest living. saw
your face. and l said you are a man
who will help me-"
Moved of course by this touch of fat
terry, l entered into the case with some
degree Of warmth. what al you
dor | asked. II learned in Joliet to
paint. but l will do anything" 'Are
you a good painter ''Yes, sir" IAN
right. l think | can get you some work"
you may like 10 write TO Joliet about
me; ! became a Christian there; the
chaplain was -. Ny number was
64.S5G." Yes, ! shall be very glad to
know all about you. will write at
once. Ill get you some work Mt once.
You come 10 me day after tomorrow,
and | think can help YOU said, and
babe him good morning.
The second day after he appeared.
! took him into the livery stable where
! hire my parochial assistants in pas
toral visitation and said to the proprie-
tor, "Mr @, don't you want to
hire this mar 10 help you in various
ways, and you give him his board and
lodgingf' Certainly do" The man,
whose name. 10y the way, was Freder.
lex J. Dubuque. seemed very grateful.
NOW" ! said TO Mr.. Dubuque. lets
no 10 thn .arriuya man .nJ ..a ,ra
cannot get you some regular work ut
painting" The carriage maj finally
consented 10 give him work. and he
was to come round next Monday for il.
That afternoon I was going 10 make
some parish calls. and | said to the
man. Come cut with Inc and hold my
horse" We had a good chance to talk
during this ride, He told me the story
of his life. lie ran away from home at
IA. fell into bad company. began to
steal in IA small way ana then became
a shop breaker Never, he said. had
he broken into a house. This he said
with a good deal of pride. lie had
friends living in Williamsburg, n. Y,
and also in Walpole, Mass. had a son
about is years old. His wife died sev.
eral years before. lie told me about
his life in Joliet, the cell fever, etc,
and his temptations to steal since com
ing to the city
After a while we came to the end OF
ia. lut "a Visit. npl hale hs,, ...l
night, handing him a quarter in pay.
ment Of his services. against receiving
which he manifested n proper degree Of
difidence. asked him 10 take the
horse back TO the stable. Il shall
come round Monday to see how you
are getting on" The last word he
said TO me was, You have not heard
from Joliet yet about me-" said,
NO"
The second day following ! stepped
In to see how the work was coming on
They said the maj had brought the
horse lack, but they lad not seen him
since Thus vanished my friend into
the unknown. Two days after | heard
from Joliet that never had there been
a mar Of the name Of Frederick j. Du-
buque co1iined in that prison.
want to ask a question. What was
the purpose Of the mar in coming to
me!-CleryyIuan in Chicago Advance.
NeIocity of the Wind,