Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-05-16
MISSED IT AGAIN.
His Story Wouldn't Touch the Heart an
 Hence He Failed.

His Story wouldn't Touch the Heart and
 Hence He Failed.
 In the waiting rooms of the depot q man sat looking over railway folder which he had taken from the rack. He had just discovered that the Kansas City limited left Chicago at six o'clock p. m. daily, when young man, who had been looking him over for several minutes, sat down beside him and said:
 "What I have to say can be con densed into a quarter of a column of matter set in brevier leaded. At an early age l was left an orphan. l have the exact date with me somewhere, but you won't be as particular as that Be- ing subjected to indignities which no proud and ambitious orphan could put up with, I set out alone in this cold world-with great deal of emphasis on the cold"
 The man with the folder looked up in dreamy way and then ran his fingers down till he found the limited reached Bloomington at 9:45 the same evening.
 By strict integrity, undaunted ambi- tion and perseverance which nothing could discourage, l made a place for myself. There was time when was on top of the heap. l bossed the job I ran the machine-I cut the cloth. Doesn't seem to you that 1 was high roller seven years ago, does it?'
 The man with the folder didn't say. He was busy finding out the hour of ar. rival at Blue Springs.
 But human life is a kaleidoscope, :" continued the reduced. Human wisdom cannot always provide for the changes which occur. 1 was the proud and happy owner of large and ele' gant reservoir holding six million gal Ions of water. She busted. A mighty torrent rushed through the village and tore away fifty houses. Loss counted up tens of thousands-no insurance. Was to blame? Have l enlisted your sympathies?'
 It didn't look as if he had, for the man with the folder began to look for the St Louis limited and marked it with pencil as leaving at II a. m. daily.
 'I was, further, the proud possessor of one hundred thousand dollar plantation on the Mississippi river. 1 Took two steamboats to carry my corn and cotton Did I dream that my proud head would be humbled? Did I have the slightest warning that the big river would cut a new channel in one night and scoop in my seventeen thousand acres? Are you feeling for a l quarter?"
 Mo, I.a To, 1TNAly ir4fr frA see if he couldn't make Kansas City from St Louis as well as Chicago. And added to these calamities may mention confiagration-def ffue no insurance-failure of crops-bank l failures-perfidy of friends and other things-which have made me tempora- rily hard up. It hurts me, of course to | lay bare my heart to stranger, but 1 feel that must do it. A small loan at this time will enable me to meet some paper, save my almost ruined credit and incite me to new hopes and ambi- tions I am quite willing to leave the amount to your own generosity In- deed, it would be unbecoming in me to state the exact sum necessary to relieve my temporary financial embarrass- ment.''
 The man with the folder folded it up and placed it in his pocket for future reference, picked up his grip, and after looking all around to see if he hadn't left something he started for his train The reduced" stood up and watched him out of sight, hoping against hope When he saw that ali was lost he turned to the door in weary way and said;
 Missed it again and lost just so much more breath! 1t won't do-it doesn't touch their hearts. 1 must throw honor and truth aside and fabri- some story which will arouse sympathy and produce the sugar. Detroit Free Press