The evening world., 1894-03-09

The chirosrtphy WIS that Of u. good
J. Ealln, ana 10 an DNl,rt would ,l'nnt"
u wDIl-rluc.tud anu ra'lg,d writer. MIR.
laiirs shovel tn" note ~ Il Leader
r"r1rteI, AMI suggested that the story
Hhi.l evidently ,Uy behind that in8oriy-
non would mnke interesting reading.
Ih' reporter at once determined To- fol
Io~ tie mystery, and the result, winch
was far more successful than he dntic-
irated, is the story following
several weeks ago 1t young man, who's"
lace bore traces ~ refinement, and Nhusr
'uI' trsitlpn Indicated culture, applied
TO the. cilil0 MS committee Tor employ
mgnt In Highland Park. Ills story, as
told to the committee. was this Ne
WAS twenty.soven years ulI. ana had
once been wealthy. but had met with
lev'rSSs. y yUing wife and one child
were dependent Hp.I HIM for support,
hut n" hnd been unable To- suCure work.
\ Years ii!rncas had eaten up ali tun
money he had saved. and for three
weeks they had been h!rnly sIlsist.ng.
Iprn 10 luxury and IN ness. H." had
never Engaged IN manual labor. lie had
trG mprd from s.or" to store ana office TO
ono. seeking employ aacat. but nom" Was
t" be found, Nov, he wa willing To gu
into the park and toll for 81 a daN. The
story was given plruSiDll.;y by the
young mans fr3nk ana open Countc-
n.Ihcc anu evident SINCERITY, and M waa
given WORK. To II fellow workman one
noon. q" they were "Itirr ;de.r mol-I ,
lunch together. the young man tod the
story OF the loss OF his wealth.
A. his G'ther,s death ne received a
1880. He was then living In Kcokuk.
la. kcukull was too slow for the gildcd
youth, and h" sought the qualification
Of his desire for pleasure in the gay
sense ot the word. was expert at almost
al games of chance. ana found con-
gent | company in the high toned diyos.
Ne confessed that to say he lived high
rIIIl l.. $40 tt-,. t.. .-. iii NJ. ca
dgnlY, in february, ,Sol, eight months
after receiving his fortune, the YOUNG
man aWpie one morning 10 find that of
his $1,000 only S.@l remained. How 1t
only knew that he had enjoyed the 81
"icty of very fast women and his palate
was accustomed to the best brands of
wine.
That morning the youug man began to
think. y day or two .atcr several small
gambling debts he had forgotten about
were presented to him for payment. lie
i more '" esrno any 'TT6h"lSSh' na a Gfd r e deal al
ice from temptation. which was svnouy-
nous with New York to him. lie re-
tHriGi 20 k.nkuk. to the HON" AMI Owe
of his youth. or course he married "A
~trn"-heprtcd girl, who a ln~norcmtly
loved hun. while he was fOO'iShly Suunn-
d"rinE Il fortune. The began liz. with
IN" miserable" remnant of his wealth. for
me young wuman's father had refused
to sanction the welding, and the Young
coMnie could expect no aid from him.
Through the mid of n friend tn" voung
man secured Il position as assistant
b~ookkecper IN Erie. Pa. He moved
there and fortune seemed 10 smile faint
" upon him. Trie. his salary was bare
~ enough to support them, but there
WAS u prospect of an advancement.
III advancement never came. One
night The store In which he WAS clerk
Ing YVES rohbed There was no clue TO
IA" criminal, but the fac, that the
Young man had rclnnincl in the build.
ing !at" IN" evening before, WORKING on
his accounts, threw suspicion on him
and his employer told him h" was for
tIunt" IN getting on with the loss Of his
position. Ills prOtc7tatirna were in vain.
IN May, 1871, i" came to pittshurE. His
VIII" took SiC'; and al tn" end Of that
month he found himself nennilcss.
When III" began working In Erie he laid
away. SIM mat remained Of his fortune.
ara lived ON his salary, When sickness
rtntilN. As he gpent the last hin in pay.
meut for medicine for her he wrote on
II the dat" and circumstance.
Az 'h" young man told this to his fol-
low workman he described the 81 bill to
him. II Tailed exactly with that SHOWN
the reporter by Mr.. Isdacs.
The subsequent history Of the young
man IL a sad story of II struggle against
starvation. The hard times made the
t""'t of supporting a family more din
o'ht, nut thu Guns man il fred with
IN ambition to redeem his life from
tn stigma of that eight months of dis
sipation. me his e~ndeavor to succeed is
honest and sincere.