New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-16
MEN WHO HAVE MADE HARD FIGHI%
SOME TREE INSTANCES OF MISFORTUNE "Hi0ib
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SOME TREE INSTANCES OF MISFORTUNE "HiS"
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,r,u mn, ,sv solfmade men, as they calico.
no cannot fell OF some times when II WAS imposs'oe
for them TO get dollar. and when they f"i' .he "o'
was against them. and they were Ius'ined III "s'"s
10 get something for nothing. .
vewyork man who has placed himself far be-
xopd tho roach OF want. and who hopes ana believes
that he will never the time when he cannot place
his hand on money whenever he need, II. recently 'ou
a story about the turning OF young mans fortune
lie wen, to Texas when be had saved few hundred
dollars and tried to get rich. II did not take MN
long tn los, every dollar that lie had in the world.
Things went from bad to worse with him un'ii 10
was practically tramp. for he trudGed many weary
milo and worked for hi, meals h" got them lie
f, that life wa, pretty hard. but he did no, doubt
bis ability 10 succeed IN II. II was only question
Of time with incidental hard knocks In that time.
In his struggle TO get his feet he worked his
way northward rs far Il, Arkansas. Nothing which
hc tried seemed he Of service Ia him. He was
mere than at the end of his He was
desperately hungry more than half the time. In all
that time he TOO proud 10 ask Tor financial ala
fr III his relations and friend, In III" East. As he
himself confS, h. might have asked assistance from
some one In Ne southwest. whore h had no reputation
but he 80 poor that would have trust ID
him for penny.
In his wandcring> he reached the Red River. Here
he received "A writ n offer Of position In NewIork
from n man who did not know of hi, adversely, bnt
who had known him long enough t. admire his
character and supposed ability. Tn" Young mamie
college graduate and had means all his life
until he tried Tcxas-accepted the offer. Arkansas
Is long way from Ncw-lork when has no money.
IL" worked his pas>ag. steamboat down the Red
River and on another boat up the Mississippi and 10
Cincinnati. Here b" earned a dollar aid a half and
took passage on another boat up the ohio. investing
a dollar In a ticket for as long a distance as IL would
take him, for h. in no condition now TO do more
work steamboat lie stayed on the boat when
got past the place called for on hi, ticket
You may put Ofr.' he said when they found
him. Il am trying 10 get East and | haven't q
dollar They let Rim stay the boat for some
reason. From Pii,sburg he bought Il ticket rs far
Il, his last lifts would take him. lie did NOT
get oil AT that station. When they put him of the
train lie walked ahead and climbed on the platform
between two baggagecars. H. rode I'm that way
very distressing story.
The young man who beat his way" l. the man
who told the story. He told 1t not In a bitter. but
In painful and h. found Justification for every
ride that he stole and every meal that he begged.
There Is something heroic about such pride which
makes applaud Its acts despite himself.
In Newiork there l. professional man who
makes a handSom' income Only free people In the
world know that for months after h. came to New.
York he literally starved himself. eating
sometimes for days In succession only bread. or
bread and oatmeal, that he might contribute to the
support OF some OF his people I'm little New.
England village. lie has lied repeatedly about
his early experiences In fear OF the pain II would
cause those people 10 know Of his sacrifices for
them.
young WHO made an unhappy marriage
and divorced for years mystery TO his
creditors, because he did not pay his debts though
he worked hard day and night His reputation In
that time suffered terribly and he lost caste With
many people who had formerly admired him. When
the woman from whom he had been divorced died
some time later from an excruciaingly painful dis
ease. he began 10 pay his debts. There
ceedingly few people who know that all the money
which he could earn he gave TO make her life less
miserable.
II Is wonder that each OF these three men turns
n deaf t. the appeals of those who urge that
charity should BE- bestowed Only through regularly
organized channels for the purpose II Is no wonder
that they find II difficult to resist appeals for aims
made In the street. for they do not know what
stories hidden behind rags or behind the IN:
scruable face Of man who las touched the Lowest
depths OF want