The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-09-01

well, my good man." said the ofiigy
with q strange leer ia his droopy eyes
'yOu have made a mistake. aW no
tramp but a skilled laDorer out or ein-
plovmeut. and the unions won't let me
work: as for the capitalists, they nave
got me on the blacklist. Tut YOU are
welcome 90 my story, such as Il Is,
though it Is so little of a personal chal-
acter that ] rear your emotions VIII not
be much aroused.
III n's the truth you are after, I VIII
tell YOU / am not only not tramp, Dut
student Of mankind, philosopher,
lover OF nature; man SO broad pa ms
views and 50 far-reaching In intellect
that | cannot bc bound down by the mar
row limits OF c0nycntiOnailty or the pro-
sale materialism Of the common herd. !
1--we life OF freedom .Or which my soul
Graves: am simply disguised I'M these poor
habiltments in which you nave round
me. Alen Ike yourself VINO lead blame
less. practical lives. know nothing OF the
wild freedom Of body and mind that
possess. Go whore YOU VIII, you carry
with You business or home cares whlle
as for me. / have none. A man VINO
loves is constantly trembling for the SAL
ETY. Of the object OF his aiiection' / love
and care FOR no one. and am spared an
my nature
aBut." said the doctor, "this strikes me
as the incarnation OF selishness.'
You are wrong again. III we argue
LOGICALLY. it Is you who are the selnsn
one; YOU care for your loved ones ue-
cause they are yours, You and your VIE
are ln what / call state of selfish
ness for TWO. though the law ana gospel
saw YOU are one; when you are for her
therefore. YOU care Tor yourself ana nat
urany a man who cares for himself o.
selfish You may say that l owe duly u
society But TO owe is TO be N DEBT lH
some way for something 10 sohleDody'
Now. n j exact nothing from society," ana
/ certainly DO not, or my life would not
be free and untrammeief as il is, 1 cam
not Dee logically said to be s0cicty's dept-
or. As for my name, it is Locke, de-
srerdaut of the famous Locke who wrote
the essay on the Human IND arstandlns.
At the present time 1 am member oi
the Hypo Club, an organization tnar IS
mixing "a critical study of ID Quincy $
Confessions Of am English opium Ea' pr.
ODE Quincy tells MS that be dreamed
be was buried for thousand years, ih
stone c0Gus with nummies aud sphinNes,
fin na,-0w chambers al the heart OF the
eternal pyramids. that be was Kissed
With caucor0us kisses by crOcoiiios, ana
laid. crnfounicd with al unutteranle
Shiny things. among reeds and Niiouc
mud. Now. I'm the Hypo Club We nave
members who dream of eoins of 90 HeaF-
en- or some other places in chariot OF
sulphur fire, alons with seven blue devils
and cart loads of snakes and toads 'i4d
ID ings. You see we are accumulatinS val
ua bie iethai experiences
eyes. and / think your story IS worth
az least "a half" said the doctor, land +
will cheerfully make il that amount, u
YOU will promise % conduct my ireN
and re through the various compart-
mcnts of Your palace"
ut is a bargain" returned the man.
"Alcet me at the corner Of the alley ~
3 A. NJ" Tho next moment the tramp.
with the bright coin cluJched in his bony
fingers. had vanished.
Al the appointed hour the man was
rot at mis- post. but after brief search
the club was found. and he was wrapped
10 coeaine slumbcr sud no doubt dream
ing strange dresms with AN the other
friends there stretched out The doctor
and his friend looked thrJugh the cave
Ike place gnfu they began DO grow faint
from the oppressive od0rs which pene-
irdtei every ~ ok and corner. Then they
went home and 30 bed. They thought II
n CHASTITY Oh ase of ife to lie found in
the rcari % great city. I'm his troubled
sleep DR. Wells dreamed that this strange
clubs insignia was a deaths head kiss
ing a poppy.-Chicago Times-Herald.