The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-03
THEY WE'RE "HAaD UP"
Men Who Fouod The inselves Long Wal
From dome With Little Money.

Aien Who Fouod Tn Inselves = Long Wa,
From home With Little Money.
ayes, have had some interesting ex
| periences," said an Engiishman who is
travelling in this country, ''for l have
Knocked around the world a good deal
| Some of the most interesting have been
when / found myself long way from
home and ran short OF money. I re.
member once when was in Paris and
suddenly found myself without even a
! franc to my name. l had no friends or
acquaintance there, and there was
nothing for me TO do but to send to
( London for some money TO be forward
! ed as quickly as possible. Meantime !
did not know what I was 70 do with
myself. l simply acted in accordance
with my impulses. As l was strolling
| along one of the streets and wondering
| how | was to get my next meal and a
! nights lodging ] overlook man who
was walking in the same direction and
! going but little slower Something in
/ his look and manner attracted me, and
/ l accosted him. After d few words I
! explained nv situation to him. and
! found that had made no mistake. He
! proved to be a good Samaritan. Not
/ only did he invite roe to his house and
make me thoroughly comfortable until
my funds arrived, but that was only
| the beginning of lasting friendship.
l now consider this man. whom / met
/ in the most casual way, one of the best
! friends have in the world.
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| you Yankees say. was when I was in
Holland. That time, when l realized
my situation, | found lat I had Just
enough money to get to London with,
tsprovided travelled third class. / knew,
of course, that third class railway car
riages were different on the continent
to what they are in England. but had
no trouble on that score. When it came
to the boat across the North sea, how
ever it proved to be- very different
matter. / had no idea until that time
what sort of accommodations were pro-
vided for third class passengers. They
were simply horrible, and it was no use
| for me to try TO stay below, | can tell
you. After the people began to get
sick | would almost as soon have been
in the bottomless pit myself. l resolved
very soon to take myself to the deck.
Fortunately l had heavy ulster with
me, and soon stretched myself out on
a settee and went to sleep. 1t was
Heaven there after contemplating the
possibility of night down IN that
black hole, where the darkness was
barely made visible by the lights pro-
vided. When l woke up, though, I
found that there had been a change
When l lay down on the deck it was
clear, but while I was asleep a cold,
drilling rain came on. 1 don't know
what you call it here, but I suppose
you have a name for it. Well, when I
woke up l actually seemed to be frozen
stiff. | could scarcely move my arms
even. The rain seemed to have pene-
trated my whole being, and | felt con-
gealed all the way through.
Here's a 60 thought l; i am in
for good, sharp attack of rheumatism,
if not of something worse
''It was several minutes before was
able to get off that settee and begin to
move around 1t was no fun, can as
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body ached and seemed to creak when
/ undertook to move it. At length,
however, L managed to get thawed out,
and in due time I got home all right
And, as a matter of fact, | never, suf-
fered to any extent from that expert
ence. On the whole, | consider myself
mighty lucky to have come out of it so
well; but SO long as I live may I be de-
livered from ever crossing the North
sea, or even the channel, as a third
class passenger
"Your experience, said the American
to whom these incidents had been mar
rated as the two were jOurneying TO-
gether, ''makes me think OF one of my
own oountrymen of whom / have heard
He had the misfortune to find himself in
Portland. Me, at the end of a vacation,
with just five dollars in hispoclzst. He
knew that he could not get back to his
home in New York for that sum, and so
he was on the point of telegraphing for
money TO friend N that city, when he
CHANGED to discover that there was a
boat running from Portland to New
York and that the fare was SIS. He in
stantly gave up the idea of telegraph
ing and gayly went aboard the boat 1t
was not until they had put out and re-
turn was impossible that the impe-
cunious man learned that s. paid for
transportation and stateroOm only, and
that meals could only be had by paying
for them. He was in plight, sure
enough But he had pluck. and he
simply refrained from eating during the
thirtv-six hours that the voyage occu-
pied in those days. When he got to
New York he was nearly starved, but
as am told he is able now to look back
on that experience with q certain salts
faction have often wondered what |
should do under similar circumstances
1t seems to me that would throw my
self on the mercy of the captain, or else
tell my story to some benevolent look
ing passenger, at the risk of being
taken for what we call a beat" What
do you think You would do?"
II can hardly tell" replied the En-
glshman. But | know that / should
NIGHTLY hate to go without food for
day and half / fancy that sheer dis
tress from hunger would compel me to
adopt one OF the plans you suggest
think, too, that very likely | should
have some such experience as l had in
Paris, as / was saying. N I. Tribune
NECESSITY FOR PASTIMES.
Is Essential to Mains Happiness as OIL to
Machinery.
All men feel the necessity Of beguil-