Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-01-26

for anything better When his eye
rracl,ci the last line. however. he was as
toni.hcd "a catch the subhcad. AFTER
tho op-rai What the rrima DOnna Thinks
OF her New Role. followed by stout col
umn % solid typo describing the scene In
ih. drrssing room. the Trojan soldier
ll,nsh himselfl Who stool guard at her
dcor. the appearance of the prima donna
among her friends. with her thrcc lines
of conversation elaborated into hun.
drcd. and What Mr. Dick Griswold had
said worked NJ into n mot drariatic
and pathstic incident Altogether u
was ne lively pieoc u rcportorial In.
grnuity as Rush had ever met with lie
cut II carefully cut. and iil~i u away
with the criticism ~ the oTcra. and he
lought every other New York paI-r
that day and rad what u hal to any.
preserving the cfiiiqu,s Tor -crap book
that b. intended de,Uting exclusively To
notices ~ his new idol
Thing- were not a. promising at the
oiiic. ~ The Dawn as Rush hal antici.
I0isSl from hl. lrt interview with the
city editor. Ills funds gOt lower and
lDwsr AMI still no work came. Hut he
fully dcicrmincd 10 brave II cut. for be
kn,w his mo,lsr cpuli no, afford Ia sud
him any money frm her limited in
come lle had plenty Of clothes and he
hal paid his lO-lgins a month In AL.
vance. but the ready money Tor his
mcal. was slowly disappearing lie had
given up the -cvcnty.hyc cent dinners at
the Italian restaurant and va. trying
what fifteen cents woull do In Wooster
sircet Five cent. -.ry-l him for many
u breakfast At lat hc found himself
rducd Ia ten cents. anil .iill no assign.
n,cnt- There vas but onc thing a. do.
he coild rawn his watch lie didn't
lave 10 walk far along Chatham street
l-lorc hc came a. tile establishment ~
an accommodating Scmiie. who lent him
$40 on lis timeIassc-unfortuna an
old fashioned one In the mean time
lic had called uIsnn bsoni and hail lsen
urgc,i by her aEd 18th - her parents to
saarc their a,ory Italian dinner. IL
could smell the olor ~ the spaghetti ~
hc declined. bot lc did ~ because he
couI not b-ar 10 ncccp, when be nc'Sic'l
the food - sorvly Tho watch money
vas rcon eaten. and b. was about 10 L..
gin on hi. gold sleeve buttons. when be-
thought b. would call on Mr Spar at
his house and talk over the situation
With him out ~ buslncss bourA
lie selected SUNDAY afternoon. AMI
.,arirSl cut oG a walk 10 the sPars' ri.
dcncc. In Ninety street. with just
i've cent. In his I,rket. Hunger got the
b,tter 81 hi- pride. aud be - timed his
visit n to arris. just at the dinner hour,
oclock. a. the g,-rl man hal once told
him a. ,lo when be offered III, hospitali.
" In a general way. The lons walk hal
acted a. tonic. and Rush was ncarly
famishei when be rachc,l the bcusc.
lie found Mr. Spar at home and de-
lighted to scc him. They had very
pleasant chat. but lllsh could no, quite
make up his mind to tell him just how
hari up he was Perhaps be would feel
more coniiding after dinner over bottle
of vine. IL heard the clock strike d.
half Iast and finally :. when his Kind
host femarke,li
"rm sorry you didn't come cat Ia din.
ner. We always dine ni o'clok on
Sundays. to let the servant have gUol
evening out. She nccds tie ret. poor
thing. AMI Ne dino ~ heartily that we
don't grt hungry again until the next
morning Rush really fearc'i that Mr.
Spar would go him change colorD But
nav wife will Ia delighted to gct YOU up
a little supper; for u must bo after your
dinner hour"
Rush woulln't listen to such a propo-
sition. Thanking his host. bo -oon bade
him farewell. AMI went cut into the
street. liz staieof mind Was not envi-
able. Ilc was the Ios-cs-or of i've cents,
and he was Just four miles from his
lodgings Should be- In his weak state
walk home AMI spend the i've cents for
something % cat. or should be ride home
AMI 20 without food! The cravings u
his stomach answered. the question. and.
finding a German take shop open. he
bought "a five cent loaf of bread. Then
he walked over 10 Central park. Select
ing a secluded sat. he ate half of the
loaf. put th, other half In his pocket Tor
the next day. and walked wcarily hack
10 West Eleventh street.
lIc made up his mind that night. as he
tossed excitedly from one side of his bed
to the other. that he hal fooled away time
enough In trying to gct "a position on The
Dawn, AMI that be would try his hand
at something else II he did not get an as-
signment the next morning. He started
listle.sly down town. and his landlady,
as sl,e passed him on the steps. shook her
head. and saiL To herselfi
THAT young man Is not getting enough
10 eat. I've SUSPECTED something ever
since l,e stopped his coffee and rolls II
Il was want of money he need only have
told me he was little short. I'd trust
that face for any amount. Poor young
gentlemani hc doesn't lo,k Ike the same
person be did six weeks ago"
Rush was just about In front Of the
Asior house when some one slapped him
ON tho hack and called him by name.
and. looking around. hc saw his old col.
legc friend Archie Tillinghast- Archie
Tillinghast was Ia class ahead of Rush
Hurlstone. and had graduated since Rush
left Harvard They had not been par.
ticularly intimate at college. but Rush
hal always liked Archie. bccause he was
gentle In his manners and because the
other students were rather inclined to
rvoko fun nj him. They called him a