St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-06
NO GOOD SAMARITAN.
William Alters Midnight Caller ra
IOnged to Another R.ca

Wliham Alter, a young farm hand
stood with naked feet on the cold
stones or the levee yesterday mornine
his blue toes toyed with the fleecv
snow. William was not inventing q
new game for the carnival, nor was
ne elnphasizlng his sympathy with the
apStfuse scientific notion that shoes
and stockings prevent the ASSIMILATION
OF earth electricity, and should be
abolished. William felt as blue as
MS own toes, and wished that he was
on Robinson Crusoe's island. There
MS bare feet would not monopolize
MS attention, and he would not be ex-
posed to the philanthropy of his fell
low man. For William, according 10
his own story, was suffering from re,
lief. He arrived in ST. Paul Saturday
night on his way to the pineries. Tenn
porar1ly impoverished, he sought the
welcome arms OF the Bethel boat at
the foot of Sibley street. In order to
snow his appreciation of the kindness
ABOUT to be extended to him, William
consented to saw wood. He sawed a
dozen big sticks once through, and
then resawed them. For fear that they
were not sufficiently sawed, and that
ne might appear destitute of industry.
william sawed the same sticks a third
time. Then he rested from his labors
drank a simple bowl of soup, and took
refreshing bath in the lee of the en-
CINE room. When he disrobed he pIac-
ed a pair Of almost new shoes. his
stockings and pair Of overshoes upon
the floor of the engine room beneath
his suspended clothing. Over all. was
certain number upon the wall to in
dictate the location of his wardrobe
The bath Finished William was about
to gather up his garments and carry
them to the dormitory. up stairs. But
ne was given a pretty striped night
robe, with no ruffies, and a single pearl
button, and he was Instructed to as
sumo the robe and a thankful express
sion and run along up stairs. His
clothes would be perfectly safe in the
engine room. When William awoke
yesterday morning. from a nightmare
of contrition and tie reflection that he
had accepted too much soup, he tod
died down stairs, sadly resigned his
pretty night robe and jumped into
his own clothing. He would have
jumped into his shoes, also but thew
had fled. In the place of shoes, over
shoes and stockings were a pair of
strange and much-worn overshoes.
William complained, but was silenced,
and had to don the overshoes so prov
identially left him. Then he vert to
the police station. There he was adj
vised to return and insist on having
was seemingly responsible. William
went back and secured another bowl
of soup by saving enough more wood
to contribute in all about 100 sticks.
each sawed three times. When he at
tempted to linger until his shoes were
returned he was, he says, seized in
the strong arm of John Morgan, BROTH
er of Rev. David Morgan, superin-
tendent Of the Bethel, and dragged, in
his bare feet, out upon the levee.
After him were thrown the old over
shoes that were not his. Rejecting
thus that his feet were colder than
charity, William wished himself upon
a distant coral strand.
John Morgan was questioned last
night at the Bethel, and substantiated
William Alters tale of the lost shoes.
Said Mr.. Morgan: ii loi
THAT fellow CAME here last Thurs
day, and I put him to work saving
wood. Not long after fhe began I saw
him slyly throwing rbaeh into the main
pile several Of the sticks given to him
to saw. 1 spoke to him about it, but
gave him his ticket and let him stay
here at the FriendlyeInne-it is connect
ed with the BetheE-afl night The
next morning I told I1ii1S I didn't want
man like him aroundsr But he came
back Saturday and 1 made him pile
the wood UP. He couldn't sneak out