The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-18

shelter from the awful cold. l had no
money and was compelled TO stand there
by the stove in a stencil that was CRATE
full for the warmth that went with it,
and watch rough stokers aud fellows like
that eating a hot stew made of God only
knows what, but which / would have
given the very clothes on my back 70 have
devoured.
That night walked about till long
past midnight The moon came out bright
and clear, but the cold was intense.
shivered and stumbled from place TO
place, slipping into a saloon or police sta
Jion now and then till they seemed ready
TO run me ous-and at 8 o'clock I stag
Pered back to that place where they gave
food and lodging for work.
The rules prohibited giving any food
until | had worked an hour, and did not
complain at that. But suppose my APP
| pearance must have been very haggard,
/ for the manager took me down stairs and
told the cook to fill me up
BOWL OF SOUP FOR THE NoBLEMAN.
'That sounded cruelty brutal; but 1
| forgot it watching the cook ladle up that
plate Of meat stew. II was hot and
nourishing. The place was bare and al
most filthy, but hungry man has no
! eyes for trites. / ate and was thankful.
They gave me a bed and l slept till Q
o'clock. Then they walked me up and set
/
worked three hours and they gave me
another plate of soup. In the afternoon
they took me out with about twenty
more and made me sweep the street and
shovel the snow and refuse into piles.
That was an intensely cold night.
Next day they took US out on Jackson
| boulevard, and along about o'clock
carriage came near running over me. L
scrambled out of the way and, naturally,
/ looked into the window. There sat my
late friend, the barytone. He bounded
i against his cushions as if / had struck
| him. And it was the severest of my trials
that, in spite of the disguise he had helped
put upon me, he did not fail to recognize
me.
81 must have worked a week altogether,
| One naturally gets more and more hope
less. and yet think 1 never was quite
! discouraged. At first the shame of the
| thing almost overcame me. Then, as my
strength came back, l grew more and
more resolute. | would gain every inch
of advance possible and lose nothing,
would appeal to no one, accept assistance
from no one. When the manager, seem
| ing to recognize in me something different
| from the rest of the men, offered TO make
/ me custodian Of the store-room, l gladly
accepted. was TO take the place in a
| few days.
THAT afternoon, sweeping away on
| West Madison street, a gentleman stand
ing on the rear platform of very
crowded street car gazed at me very
straight. 1t was Henry Plank. l was
sure of him, but doubted if he had recog-
nized me. The chance was all against
my identity being revealed for had made
no effort to prevent the disguise which
Indebtedness puts on a man. l was
| cleaner than most men about me, but my
clothing was worn and wrinkled and l
had not shaved for weeks,
HIS MANHOOD WAS AROUSED.
"My firstimpulse was to appeal to him.
But that impulse was gone in fash. l
would scorn any assistance that had to
be purchased by further appeal, no mat
ter how Just it might be. went
on with my sweeping. had resolved to
build up again, and to do it with my own
hands, knew was good enough to do
| it, There was something to do in this
busy city-some place that would fit.
would be under obligations to one.
Next day went into the storeroom
and was instructed TO take stock. l was
busy counting trousers and coats and
blankets when q messenger boy came and
handed me letter. 1t was addressed
simply to George Balesford. Irhad never
changed letter of the name. l conceive
had shamed it more in the giddy days
| than in these hours of retribution.
Il was wanted at the law office of a
firm in the opera house building, The
manager gave me an hours leave Of alb
sence anu l went. had made myself as
presentable as possible, but I was still
independent enough TO refuse the loan of
an overcoat.
''At the law office was told Henry
| Plank my late partner in q real estate
venture near Jackson Park, had made an
accounting, and was ready to turn over
to me the original g1,000 had advanced
him, with 2 per cent. interest on the
amount, They had all the papers and
rendered me the money. All the papers
were placed before me.
II was strong enough to ask il they
knew whether FLANK had really made
money on the investment resolved if
they said he had lost--that he was simply
finding a delicate way to assist mel
should refuse to receive penny.
But the LAWYERS smiled in quizzical
way, and said they thought from all ac-
counts he could afford it; that it wouldn't
impoverish him to pay me 10 per cent. in
stead of 2.
Then took up the papers. In every
line they acknowledged my interest in
the business Of Plank. / told them |
should demand an accounting in court, II
he had made for me more than he offered
me wanted it, If it was charity would
not accept it. They tried to remedy their
|
so reduced as l would have accepted any
thing They tried to get the papers, but
would not give them up. l told them l
would have legal counsel, and they might
expect simple justice-neither more nor
less,
Then l went back to the bureau. Some
days | kept stock, some days l swept the
street, some days l directed circulars.
But l waited. And yesterday the end
came. l was summoned again to the
opera house building. Plank was there
with full report. He had made good
deal of money. My share, accounting US
equal partners, was nearly $1,000 more
than they had at first offered me-
MASTER OF HIS OWN AGAIN.
HE paid 1t TO the last penny. j took it,
gave the men at the bureau roast beef
and plum pudding dinner, ordered some
Clothes fitted myself up, got my things
to-day and came here I am very nearly
settled again and-and that is all there is
of the story"
For moment the Chicago man sat
silent in establishment. After time he
lifted his extinguished and forgotten
cigar, and mechanically placed it to his
lips. Then he tossed it away.
And your family3' he asked.
"Oh, everything comes to those who
have waited until the need is past" re-
Piled Lord George. smiling at his ATTEMPT