Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-16
A TRUTHFUL MAN.
He Would Not Romance Even in Tell
ing His Life's SORROWS.

He Would Not Romance Even in Tell.
ing His LIES sorrows.
From the Detroit Free Press.
He wasn't a tramp exactly but he was
nearly one. He had struck the merchant for
81 and the merchant was rather interested
in him.
Il don't see." he said, why you 20 about
asking for money or help. You are an in
telligent man. and should think you could
get something to do"
Il don't know about that" was the de-
spondent rejoinder. THE Lord knows I
tried hard enough to get along before I
lest my heart entirely"
What do you dor
We'll, little of everything. I had some
money and thought I'd go to raising rice
In South Carolina and show those people
down there how to do 1t right. I knew 1t
all, or course, and one day a man came
along selling new brand Of rice. He was
nice looking man from New York, and I
liked his style. He liked my STYLE too, he
said, and would sell me the exclusive right
to handle his stun in South Carolina. 1t
was something new-a seed that could not
be exposed to the light. but that would
yield three times as much as the Old VA.
rieties.
That was what was looking for. and
very quietly l took 1t in paying 500 for the
right and four sealed cans Of seed. I did
all the work at night, and when 1t was
finished l sat down to wait and chuckle
over my enterprise. But 1 waited and wait
ed and nothing came. and one day / looked
into the old cans and found 1 had been
STUCK with some mean little wheat grains
and you might just as we'll try to raise
lcicles in the bad place as to raise wheat in
a South Carolina rice swamp"
mat was bad luck" said the sympathiz-
Ing merchant.
so 1 thought and / left the state and
went TO raising cattle in western Kansas.
Hadn't more than got my herd set out be-
iore cyclone came along and blew every
norm OF IL over into the next county
and when l went after my stock a pious
cowboy who had gathered them with his
own informed me that they had been sent
to MIN by Providence and he'd like to see
any son OF gun try to take them away
AS ne mad Winchester and a lot of friends
with him. didn't see my way clear to in
terfering with the ways of Providence and
l left the country"
ITS pretty hard when Providence goes
against man." ventured the merchant.
kindly.
Yes. but that isn't ALL" said the discon-
sclate one. with what little had left
Went 10 pennsylvania and bought a water
power grist mill in the mining regions. 1
hxed 1t up with new machinery and for a
while 1t looked as If my luck had changed
ana was going to come out on top at last.
But one night a big mine lying under
the stream that gave me my mill power
caved In or sunk down Just enough to
change the lay of the land, and, by gum!
the water began to run the other VIZ and
when got to the mill in the morning the
water gates were open and my mill had
been running backward until every blame
wheel was busted and the whole shebane
was a wreck"
The man wiped q tear from his eve.
fnen IT was" he went on, that my
neart broke. and lay right down and quit.
Now. do you blame me for what I am
doing?' ~
The merchant gave him 81 and the man
was In a police court next morning.