The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-04

| ed as quickly as possible Meantime
! did not know what I was to do with
myself / simply acted in accordance
with my impulses. AS l was strolline
along one of the streets and wondering
how was to get my next meal and a
| nights lodging | overlook a man VINO
was walking in the same direction and
| going but little slower. Something in
| his look and manner attracted me, and
| l accosted him. After a few words I
explained my situation to him, and
! found that l had made no mistake. He
| proved to be good Samaritan. Not
only did he invite me to his house and
make me thoroughly comfortable until
the beginning of lasting friendship.
now consider this man, whom l met
in the most casual way, one of the best
friends have in the world.
Another time when | ran short as
you Yankees say, was when l was in
Holland. That time, when l realized
my situation, found tlat l had just
enough money to get to London with,
provided 1 travelled third class. l knew,
Ol COuGSt. IIldu C1dSS ran " dy Cdr
riages were different on the continent
to what they are in England, but l 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 I would almost as soon have been
in the bottomless pit myself. / resolved
very soon to take myself to the deck.
Fortunately l had a 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 I woke up, though, 1
found that there had been a change.
When ! lay down on the deck it was
clear. but while l was asleep a cold,
drilling rain came on. l don't know
what you call it here. but l suppose
you have name for it Well, when |
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 CO. thought I; I am in
for good, sharp attack of rheumatism,
If not of something worse
at was several minutes before | was
able to get off that settee and begin to
move around. 1t was no fun, l can as
sure you Every single joint in my
body ached and seemed to creak when
l undertook to move it. At length,
however, | managed to get thawed out
and in due time l got home ali right
And, as a matter of fact, | never suf-
fered to any extent from that expert
ence. On the whole, l consider myself
mighty lucky to have come out of it so
Hvered 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 countrymen of whom | have heard.
Hshad the misfortune to find himself in
Portland. Me. at the end of vacation,
with just five dollars in his pocket. 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 in that city, when he
CHANGED to discover that there was a
boat running from Portland to New
York and that the fare was s.. He in
stantly gave up the idea of telegraph
ing and gayly went aboard the boat It
was not until they had put out and re-
turn was impossible that the impe-
cunious man learned that IS 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
thirty-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 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?'
Il can hardly tell" replied the En-
glishman. But / know that should
nightly hate to go without food for
day and half. l fancy that sheer dis
tress from hunger would compel me to
adopt one of the plans you suggest. l
think, TOO, that very likely should
have some such experience as I had in
Paris, as was saying. IN. y. Tribune.
NECESSITY FOR PASTiMES.