The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-09

tI'iSt N1-"~.'s, Siltp an TIPnlCflis lrtO vac
wagon 1!udius split inil; Goa. very baGly
oIr0sS the shoulders. The boarding
HDu'Se WAS in the suburbs; the terms
were fouc dollars a day in advance. Lu-
Gus was assigned 10 u ccit in the room
over Nhe Kitchen; the room was neither
asr2e c,or royalty furnished, but i. was
warm; there were seven c.her cots in
the room, crII 1t was :he desire of the
proprietor to put two men in each cot.
Are my feNlow-ldiyers vcterans?"
asked Lucius.
'No. they are brewery employees"
w'll' '.lle answer.
"They had given up their regular
rooms temporarily in order 10 accom-
mE.date the visitors"
For supper that night he had cold
bologna sausage in the SHE'LL
and dark bread with aromatic
pills in 1t. Then Lucius went
for walk. A brass band was
paG'adtng the street, discoursing lively
mus.c mus. II wonder what patriotic air
'EraIt is" Thought L,rcius. "Tve lived
so.ong upon my Iowa farm that I've
ful'ae Forgotten the good Old songs We
soldiers used to cjng." He asked q
Stranger. aai was 'so!d THAT the bard
WIS ri.Gy''nsa sCieu..Cn from 'I.rmin:c"
Iuc,us cid f-. kEcw what .ilat meant,
and he Was too mcl.'.yt to ask.
FtrC dIi1,ius! He 3sousfHt everywhere
fca' a til.r1,iiar face. bU. could find none.
rp fan.Iltslr vc,lGe fen upon lis ears; the
ss2il;s arl1 ilhe scul,ll:s of the big. hct
c!ty were s',c'5ase to him. lie had hoped
TO EuN'e rc'T!lriHceI:lcos c,f the glorious
old WEE Gays revived. hut none around
G1'm scc'Md1 10 krDw 'G.ait here had even
been q wt;-. The iblrlds played lively
mU.iJc, Tire cll'tnen whliled 'ht,her and
;ltijuler, t.CIun,anbhe Naa.rs piled their
tI;Nlos upon every rgNnd. and every
where Ih1re WIS q confusion chat
seemed ltumu.i,uous. In 1T all there was
no 9'tccn cs rsI.iiIcI,Sn CIR of cordianty;
AL was business, cold, selfish, sordld
busijDsGs."
An Cgiator m7aE addressing a crovtl at
street CORNER; he Wore 'the hoIcred
un5ii2rn, lblrt Ills speech was not rhe
raIril.t'.'ceTc NiallS w:h.ch Luc.us yearned
TO iTe'lr. The orator was a candidate
for some local politicl office; his cio-
Guence burned incense to his ambition.
A str0Eiga.' accos1ed Lucius civilly.
''Y2u are ONE of u.s." he asked.
~ ann an OLD soldier" said Luc.us.
Il l.houg'ht So" said the stranger, "I
ann al cid s3l!Iler, too. I am an ulppli-
oa..lt for She pcet Office cit -Four Corr
nors. Mo-, aril solicit you as an cid
ccmuade in agnls TO sign my apllioation."
OF course Lucius complied with the re-
quest. He signed forty-three similar
applications thai evening.
After patitnh inquiry Luclus ascer-
;.,.nel that one member of his old regi-
ment had come to the orcampmert-
had traveled fifteen hundred miles ITO
m!nglc wEh the boys and renew Esar
Old '3lmes. This was Bin Merrill; he
used to sutler In Lucius' regiment.
Having acquired wealth. he was now a
candidate for nomination to CONGRESS
in his home district. He wanted TO be
elected grand commander OF the Grand
Army of the Republic This time, be-
cause tnat would help him ITO get the
congressional nomination.
Lucius Jared i'll that night. Oh, but
i was hc., art! brewers Will snore!
''Didnh / hear dogs aiowlng Gll
n.ght?" asked Luc.us next morning.
Like as not You did," slid the land
lord. ''The dog pound Is just back of
the house, ard I've noticed chat at
this season of The year the poor creeters
Is awfuily bothered with insomnia"
Gong out upon the street Luclrs saw
haradsomely-tlrese man, who ap-
peared to be weeping. The man al
lowed that he was an OLD soldier from
Chicago. He showed Lucius a telegram
saying: Come ct orce; Man.'.e IS
worse" The stranger ,sta.d that Mamie
was his oEly daughter.
IF she Is SEX, why don't You go
homer" asked Lucius. He rl],lied .'iie
decreased father
II have barely time to catch the tra!n
as 1t Is, ar.d l have hardly money
enough money in currency to take me
through" sobbed the poor fellows Then
he wondered (au6lbly) whether Lucius
would be willing to cash his check for
fifty dollars?
II reckon III have TO do b." :aaai Lu-
Gus, although 1t won't lsave me much |
c1urye to run cn IA the bank opens."
Unhappy, Thrice unhappy Lucius!
BeGuiled by sentimental vanity to leave
a pleasant. prosperous home to brave |
...le maIgnfties Of The hot and dusty