New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-03-27
VJCTJMS or 4 BAD HIBIT
MEN WHOSE Observation-Disclosures LEAD 'A--''
INTO STORMY PATHS

Tho ahsen, minded men arc hopeless o2NcS' , "ro
y, ,hom nlaved one of his old tricks the oiher u''S
lie was walking down Frh-ave., Wheh III -" -,
one coming toward him whose face seei'" "
familiar His own story best explains the si'"a'o"
Il was conscious he said, that knew inc man
very we'll but | was thinking of something III" III
approach did not make clearly dehned lniP'o"'o"
on my brain. | was also conscious 'hat ""',' "
saw he gave start and TOOK s''p 'o"''" ,
with his hand outstretchcd. And yet all tha' "iu
not recall me sufficiently from my thongh' 10 c"'"'
me TO realize clearly just what was happe;H"s.
enid in an absent way How do yOu DO ana walked
on rs II were in the habit OF seeing nm every Gay
or as IL were only slightly acquainted WIN MN"
Even in that minute l was awake 10 the ia'' UNIV
there was a queer light in his face and mat ne re-
turned my bow very stiniy
III was not until ! had gone a couple OF squares
down the avenue that IT flashed into my mind tha'
,bo man was one of nv oldest and most intimate
friends whom had not seen in several years ana
that when he had started 10 greet ne oOrdi'iS "'u
worse than cut him by giving him cola DOW
then. rs man Will do. turned TO hurry oa'" "''''
him, but, Of course, he was gone
Here is another extreme case which seems III
projabe but for the truth of which tie writer can
vonch A New-Yorher who made trip to CaliNiil
was met at the pier in oakland by man VINO rnshed
up TO him and wrung his hand heartily.
How d. you do WIZ csied the stranger win
delight Il heard you were coming ana '"o"P"'
Won would like to have me meet You
The ew.Yorker looked at the other man In blank
establishment.
"I'm afraid" he said THAT thcfe i Sonic "'''N'
| do not seem TO know you
well, said the other with laugh. you are y
cool fellow 10 joke in that way But how long arc
Won going TO stay out here | want you 10 come to
our house.
But nv dear SIR declared the Ncw.York man
earnestly Il don't know you. never "a" Fo" ue
hot. yg an
ooh il that's the case was the reply III
tones OF Indignation. al will not trouble YOU Int
lust 10 refresh your remarkable memory pro
pose 10 tel you that know you am yo" cousin
George D. - We were bows together, we went
ia school together and YOU haven't changed III appear
ance, and do not think that have. "ooddav SIR
and he started TO walk away in disgust, but the
New Worker ran after him. Offering thousand
apologies He is a man who simply cannot remcm'
Der faces.
The abscntmnded writer who after filing n shce;
OF paper with what 10 lin at least j. valuable literature
tears it up without knowing what he !, dong, ara
throws the bits Of paper In Il waste BASKET recently
brought confusion and horror into hi existence by one
Of his "thnklcss' actions lie had completed an
article of several thousand words ana had
finished looking il OVER and making changes
and corrections In il. Then he sat back and let m'
mind dwell the subject upon which lac had been
working and working very hard, and for some time
too As he mentally reviewed the whole article. h-
fingers began to do deadly work with the manuscript.
They tore IT all into the finest bits and threw them
away Then the man got mp with slsh OF content
that the work completed 10 h, satisiacii0n Not
out the manuscript did he dhNovcr how much D..
terrible vice Of absenmirdcdnes5 had cost Lin. All
his labor and pains were gone IN fragment, Of worth
less paper and the thought made him faint and Sick
And yet he himself declares that there is no help for
him lie considers himself hopeless case and IF es
to make the best OF "A bad trai'-a srayins and ca
PRECIOUS mind.