The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-04-23

and he went down 80 the shipping to max
friends with the Captain of a decayed caYg
steamer, who landed him in London wit
fewer pounds in his pocket than he cared (
think about
A thin gray fog hung over the city, an
the streets were very cold; for the summe
was in England.
It's cheerful wilderness, and it hasn'
the knack ef altering MUCH" Dick thought
as he tramped from the decks westward
'tNow, what must dos"
The packed houses gave no answer. Die
looked down the long lightless streets an,
az the appalling rush of traffic '!Oh, yoI
rabbit hutches !" said he addressing a rov
of highly-respects,ble semi-detached resi-
denGas. do you know what you've got t,
do later on! You have to supply MI
with men servants and maid servants
here he srnacked his lips and the peculiar
treasure of kings. Meantime I'll get clothes
and boots, and presently I wills return anC
fRample on you" He stepped forward ener
| getieally; he saw that one of his shoes was
burst at the side. AS he stopped to make in.
| vestigati0ns a man jostled him into the
gutter F'All right" he said. ''That's an
| other nick in the score. I'll jostle you later
on"
Good clothes and boots are not cheap.
and Dick left his last shop with the GER
! tainty that he would be respectfully ar
100 but with only fifty shill-
FaEed for .-"nd to streets
ings III his pocket. He res4..r-
by the Docks, and lodged himself in one
room, where the sheets on the bed were al
most audibly marked in case of theft, and
O11o cd To 70 of oil
When,his clothes arrived he sought the
Central Southern Syndicate for Torpenhow's
address, and got it, with the iatimation that
there was still some money owing to him.
Chow much?" said Dick, as one who
habitually dealt in millions.
Between thirty and forty pounds. If it
would be any convenience to you, of course
we could let you have it at once; but we
usually settle accounts monthly"
eli snow that want anything now" Pm
lost he said to himself 'EAll need I'll take
later on" Then, aloud, SITS hardly worth
whsle; and I'm going into the country for a
month, too. Wait till come back, and I'll
see about it." 1890. sesss@sssess-,~-<=
but we trust Mr.. Heldar, that you do
not intend to sever your connection with
Dicks business in life was the study of
races, ana ..- he ratcned the speaker keenly,
aFlat f1la1 means something" he sale; I'll
do no business. till I've seen T0rp6nhoW
There's a big deal coming,In So he departed
making no promises, to his one little room
bv the docks. - And that day was the
seventh Of the month, and that month, ne
reckoned with awful distinctness, hads
thirtv-one days in It'll 49,
It is not easy for o man Of catholic tastes
and healthy eppetites to exist for twenty
/ four DAYS on fifty shillings. Nor is 1T cheer
inp to begin the experiment alone in all the
loneliness of London. Dick paid seven
shillings a week for his lodging, which left
him rather less than a shilling day for
food and drink Naturally, his first pur-
chase was of the materials of his craft: he
had been without them too long. Hail
days investigation and comparison brought
him to the conclusion that sausages ana
mashed potatoes, tWopence plate, were
the best food. Now, sausages once or twice
a week for breakfast are not unpleasant.
AS lunch even with mashed potatoes, they
become monotOnous AS dinner they are
impertinent At the end OF three days
Dick loathed sausages, and going tortn,
pawned his watch to revel on Sleeps head,
which is not so cheap as it looks, owing 10
the bones and gravy Then he returned 70
sausages and mashed potatoes. Then he
cc242Sa himself entirely CO mashed p0ta-
toes for day, and was unhappy because OF
pain In his inside. Then he pawned his
waistcoat and his tie, and thought regret
fully of money thrown away in times past.
There are few things more edifying unto
Art than the actual belly-pinch Of hunger,
/ and Dick in his walks abroad-he did not
care for exercise; it raised desires that
could not be satisfed-found himself divid-
ING mankind into two classes-those VINO
looked as if they might give him something
to eat, and those who looked otherwise. Il
never knew what I had to learn about the
human face before" he thought, and, as a
reward for his humility, Providence caused
a cab driver at a sausage shop where Dick
fed that night to leave half eaten great
chunk of bread Dick took it-would have
Fought all the world for its possession-ano
it cheerel him.
A month dragged through at last, and
fairly prancing with impotence he went tt
draw his money. Then he fastened to Tor
peQhow's address, and smelt the smell o.
cooking meats along the corridors OF the
chamber Torpenhow was on the top moor
; and Dick burst into his room, to be received
with hug which nearly cracked his ribs AZ
Torpenhow dragged him to the light ant
spoke of twenty different things in the same
breath.
But you're looking tucked up" he con
cluded.
'Got anything to eat" said Dick, his eye
roaming around the room
II shall be having breakfast in minute
What do you say to sausages!"
mo, anything but sausage6. Torp. Iv
been starving on that accused horse fesl
for thirty days and thirty nights"
'sNow what lunacy has been your latest!
Dick spoke of the last few weeks with IN
bridled speech. Then he opened his coat
there was no waistcoat below. Il ran
fine. awfully fine, but I've just scrape,
through"
''You haven't much sense, but you've 90
a backbone, anyhow. Eat, and talk after
ward" Dick fell upon eggs and bacon ant
gorged till he could gorge no more. Torpen