Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-07-25
4 FRIENDLESS MAN.

gtaph vi my colleague "picaroon, seek.
ing employment, u tall, straight man.
with hair slightly Rraflcd and stiffness
In one leg His clothes were shabby, and
had apparently hCrn made for u smaller
man, for his wniNtCUat and his trousers ~
fused to meet, and round his waist WAS
wound n rcd MNdauNA handkerchief Ito
apologisrd for this irrcgularity, ON tho
ground that the poSScSsiou OF only ono
shirt rcndcrd II difficult for hts laundry
woman to get ~ work rs frequently rs
was desirable, Nw his COLLAR was irr
prnachahlC, his muStaChc was walked, and,
amid the wuNck vi hts fortunes, he had
chung To his cyrglaSS which he screwed
into his right eye ut Intervals, From tho
waist upward he lnokrd like retired colo
mel From thu waist downward he pre-
Srntcd the appvlrancc VI u sandwich man.
But a~ tho head Is uf more import than tho
feet | concluded that he was u gcutlcnaa
and otrcrN'd him y cigarette and drinK
He accepted tho cigarette and smoked II
With somewhat tcvrrish haste, A. for
drink, he would take u lennon squash.
"lt is hotter to drink nothing stronger
whom ono Is looking Tor work, he OK
planned; 1T may prejudice possible em-
ployrrs
"llrw long have you hccn looking for
work. asked
"rhrcc wears" he replied. II have am
swcred hundreds of advertisements, pawned
my clothes to pay tho postage and worn
out my shoes tramptng thu city hut I
keep pcggtng away, and It will Soon cnd.
II Is u sort ot-pCnancc, he added reflect
lively, contemplating tho ash ot hts ctga
rottr,
What arc youy" asked
"A faimrc--at pnNSrnt," he replied,
with Quiot laugh "But have hecn
most things
"Tell me. y
First | WAS u medical stldcnt at Shelf
Held; thcn | ran away and enlisted aud
served in tho Indian muttny. After that
| got place rs medical officer on an
American ship, On tho west coast of Afri
N caught yellow frvor, WAS deserted by
my comrades and had to walk 400 miles
before | picked up another ship, After
that went e. Paris completed my mod
teal studies and took my dcRrce of bachelor
Of science Since that have done every
thtng you can think Of have invented u
face powder that was advertised In all tho
papers and brought mo In E2O week I'm.
I'll my business partner holtrd with tho
secret and tho cash | have been nm artist,
Snowman y agent, assistant editor of
scientihc paper which died, as II wcre In
my arms; have boon In nearly every
country Of tho world and know fronch,
Italian and Spanish Ms woll nv English,
not tn speak of Grcck aud Latin,
'Why not put your experience into
book"
All Do you remember IN article In
The Pail Mall Gazette some years ago ON
Tho ltcal "ShcY"'"
~ remember II very we'll "
IL wrote that. For | had come across
Ohcnh women In Africa who were every
bit ma wonderful ns Rider llngEnrd's She
Only Rider ilnERnrd, In Difference ia Flu
ropran taste had made hls heroine beau
tiful white woman instead VI n h'doous
black helda>nc, wrote that nj tho request
of MIR. Stead, and immediately u prumi
nont firm of puhllshcrau offered mo coo down
and n royalty for u book Of adventure ON
tho lines Of She Hero IL tho letter.
He handed mo tho letter.
"And you wrote tho booky"
emo. My health broke down and had
to 90 into u hospital | had had nothing
tn ent for t>0 days. and II nearly finished
mo, When | came out and went 10 tho
publishers, | WAS too late"
"And whore ARE you living nowp'
AT u sort Of ----- mission, In White.
chapel hnvo u cubirlo all 90 myself and
pay sixpcncc u night -
A dosshouso, In faCty'
"Some cnll It that, But there arc better
men than myself thorc. They hnyo sorv
Ices, and SO forth, but take no notice of
them, Tho ourato IL u good follow, but mn
ignorant man Would you believe itY''--
he dropped his oyoglass and turned with
flashing eyes on mp--"hn cannot perceive
tho difference bctweon Greek aorst and tho
Greek perfect"
"ls IL iinportant--in viow off,
"Importnnt, sirY See hcroi' and ho
drew from his pocket worn copy of tho
revised version Of tho New Testament md
laid IL before mo. Passage after passage
was scored and corrected, On tho margin
and ut the foot Of tho columns were noted
tho MSS from which tho corrections had
boon made. at IL my version OF tho ~.
vsed version. | tol! you tho revisors know
no English and ycry ht,'c Greek. IL has
taken mo years TO complete, but Il will be
ready In u few weeks now >
"But how do YOU got hold Of tho MSS
Of tho gospels"
~ have copies OF many Of them In my
locker at tho-nt home. Tho rest find Mt
the British museum In my spare time
past three years.
My friend puffod nj fresh cigarette
while ] reflected on tho incongruity Of u
Greek scholar In u dOsshouso.
why Is ity' asked, that n man Of
education, experience aud capacity cant
get work when no wants itH'
Il know no ono, " no replied. II sup
pose am the most frlondloss man In Lon
don. .
But n man of your knowledge, who
doesn't drink, who
He turned suddenly on me and looked
mo In the eyes
"Ah, that's itl' he said II ought to
tell you that. Some years ago ! married
unfortunately, IL was not her fault
and she's dcad now. But / had trouble.
And drank. don't do things by halves,
and | was drunk all tho time for two
years. Now II Is three years since touched
anything stronger thnn clarot--and tho
man who lives where live can't often af-
ford even claret. We'll, wcll--three years
of penance should atone for 10, shouldn't