New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-05-30
A RISE IN z & OUSERS,,

out TO breakfast when the Office boy,
brought me a leaf torn from the block
which is always to be found in the ante
room Of newspapers offices and upon
which was written, Louis Demare. =
I knew the man well. We were fellow
townsmen and had come mp Paris to-
gether. Fortune had howned upon him
I would like to shy that Lwgas out, but
the fellow knew what he was dDing,
coming atsuch an hour. He would only
have to wait on the sidewalk until hun-
ger should drive me out Iresigned my
self to admitting him.
: Show him in, Mar tin, = said to the,
boy. As the gentleman has probably
come to borrow, here is some money. r.
! ring azlff Nc you to lend me some,
give this to me and say that il is all you
have. y
You're dead right to be fy with
him, " answered the boy. He looks as
il he was on his uppers, and his pantsis
terrors -
Demare came briskly into the office.
''Well, old boy, !" he said before I
had time to open my lips, IT have come
to borrow. But this is an exceptional
case. am not going to say that I have
not had a good meal for week, nor
that I need 80 louis to pay debt Of
honor, nor 80 francs to pay for car
riage ride for two. want just louis,
for need precisely that amount. just
one and twenty francs. I have enough to
match that and pay for my breakfast in
the bargain, and he really showed me
three 20 franc pieces. "This louis will
return to you this evening before dinner
time. As my demand may seem q little
extravagant, will help you out BY
promising that if & do not bring the
money back before Z tonight youmay in.
struct your boys to kick me off the prem
ises if I ever show myself here again.
Shall sign that agreement? You know
that I would not for thesworld cut of
the source Of SO many benefits by not
keeping my word I regret that can
not tell you exactly what disposition
am to make Of your louis. I can only
tell you that I am to use it in q CONNER
cial enterprise that is a daisy-you hear,
Jim dandy!''
The fellow made me laugh in spite Of
myself was completely disarmed I
gave him his louis, and I truly believe
I should have invited him to breakfast
with me if he had not been so meanly
dressed. But with such trousers it was
an impossibility.
Promptly at o'clock the boy an
nounced, with show Of respect:
''Mr Demare. -
Faithful to my agreement, - said he
gayly. Here is your yellow boy. As I
know you are busy, I will go, but not
without thanking most heartily. .
''Was your Jim dandy success?' I
inquired.
Decidedly, said he, showing me a
handful Of money.
"Allow me to compliment you, . I
said. 'sYou must have been playing the
races. -
II am not foolish enough for that, y
he replied.
noticed he wore new trousers, which
must have cost him 81 or SIS. That ex-
planned the increased respect of the Of
ASO wy. surely LILO sIGllOW nduf NOG
wasted his day
The next day he brought me an ar
ticle on some of our city institutions Il
was interesting, and I accepted it.
When he went out, noticed that he
wore new trousers and different ones
from those he had worn the day before.
Two days later he called for the pay for
his article. He came up to shake hands
with me on going away. Mechanic ally
l glanced at his trousers he had on a
third pair, and they were perfectly new
met him often in the succeeding days
in the Office and outside, and on every
occasion he wore a fresh pair Of trousers.
Curlously enough, he always wore the
same coat which was shabby in the
extreme
gradually contracted the habit Of
looking at men IS trousers. After a. vague
examination, lasting for several success
slVe days, of the neither garments Of all
the employees about the office from the
proofreaders down to the ianiitors, I
discovered to my stupefaction that none
Of these persons Of slender incomes wore
the same pair Of trousers two days in
succession. Some Of them even changed
twice 8 day. -.