Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-02-25


Drane walked down according to d.
rections. He approached the clerk.
"Some miserable thief" he began.
Tho clerk struck big bell with alarm
ing force.
walsh" said he to a porter, ''put this
COMPOUNDED tramp out. thought you
fred him an hour ago."
$50 did, SIR" said Walsh, rolling up
his sleeves, "but he don't come back
this time unless his remainders is
brought up from the sidewalk in bas-
ket."
Mr.. Drane turned about with the in
tention of standing the porter on his
head for his impertipence, a thing he
could easily have done, for he was
young man of remarkable strength and
excellent training in the use of it; but
as he turned he saw his own image in
long mirror let into the wall. He was
the ideal dead-beat. He stared at this
libelous caricature of himself with utter
amazement. The character reached out
from the mirror and seized upon him
with a grip he could not shake off. He
seemed to shrink morally, intellectually
and physically to fit his garments and
shere was no more backbone in his
| body.
He was the tramp all over. In spite
of himself, he played the part to the
life and submitted to election with only
the ordinary protestations of injured in
nocence which are always ridiculous.
He stood on the edge of the sidewalk
and endeavored to collect his senses.
It was time to stop making mistakes
and he knew it. Evidently he must
have money, and the only way to get it
that was speedy enough to satisfy the
demands of his impatience was by wire.
He found telegraph Office and wrote
out modest request that his father in
Kansas City should send five hundred
dollars at the rate of one hundred and
ninety Thousand miles second or faster
If the electricity could be hurried.
1t was branch telegraph Office and q
young man with shrewd face was in
charge.
''Send this collect" said Lawrence
laying down his message.
What do you take me for?" inquired
the young man, blandly.
Lawrence recognized that some ex
PLANTATION was necessary, so he briefly
outlined the case. The young mar
looked interested, and Lawrence was en-
couraged. He entered more into detail
and the young man put on a sweet anG
trustfu1 smile. Lawrence reached the
point in his narrative where the porter
doomed into prominence, and he hest
tated, feeling the humiliation of his de
, feat.
!, "And then-and then, said he, blush
ing.
Sand them" said the young man, sol
EMMY, "you put the cork back into thu
.. bottle and the green snakes disappeared
! Icommend your prudence. You've hat
enough"
! do you mean to intimate that I an
= intoxicated?'
= ''Not at ALL" replied the young man
s'but you'll have to try this story at tn
= main Office on Broadway. 1t is too ex
!. citing for my nerves."
q From this position the manager re
a fused to recede, and Lawrence wa
obliged to content himself with direc
a tions how to find the main Office. I
n was not very long walk, but shame a
: his garments made it a path of torture
q 1t was not plain sailing after he go
there, either, for it took half an hour O
o painful argument to coax the messag
/ on to the wire.
Il The answer was slow in coming. I'll
@ long evening twilight was well ad
It vanced before he was notified that Kar
@ sas City had been heard from. This wa
It the reply:
q "Have wired No oney to New Haven.
>1I stanford DRANE."