The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-22
UBIQUITOUS WILLIAM LOWE
A Man Who Could Turn Up nywher az
n All HE LIie1 Were but Yesterdax.

Lowe-that was his name.
l met him everywhere and in several place.
besides. and Invariably when | should leasl
have expected such an encounter. or all the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. fellows I have ever
known he was tho most nomadic. Very likely,
though. he said the same of me. He generally
travelled alone. He is dead now. poor fellow,
gone TO "Davy Jones's Locker He went down
in the North Sea.
l first saw Lowe in Japan. He was at that
time about 40 years old-had made a fortune
was q bachelor-neither dissipated nor an as
cetic-always quiet. never surprised, and vet
with a perennial smile which seemed to say, II
can't do much fun-making myself. but l can en-
JOY IL, just the same, and you may count on me
every time as an appreciative audience and as a
chap who will pay his part of the shot" Every
one liked him. and yet he never asserted or de-
Tended an opinion. Perhaps that was the rea-
son why he was so we'll liked. Civilization has
now reached so nice a stage that for a man to
have an opinion and express it, especially about
other men, is punishable by law. No one ever
threatened William Lowe.
About two years after our meeting In Japan,
as l walked ono day into the smoking room Of
the Langham Hotel. London. William rose out
of a chair and greeted me SO calmly that a
met by appointment. All that he said on this
occasion was, How are you. Mr.. Consul?
At another time, having come homo in season
20 vote at presidential election, and proceed
ing directly from my steamer to the Gilsey
House, ! had no sooner passed through the en-
trance than | came face to face with quiet Vii
liam. He remarked upon tho weather. and
both knew. That was all. No waste Of words,
no lively expressions OF interest. / told him |
and he Promised to see ' me or II f He did Ss Sc. ana,
as he had come early. we had n good. long chat.
in The midst OF a recital ! was giving him Sou OF the
nfflictions of a common friend who had lost his
ing ,for the life of n second child. so he hurriedly
wi fh me a happy voyage and was of;
land, to Christiansand. and there took another
steamer for North Cape. We had been under
WAY WA ii b." anG q t few h hours when ,hs We Gcn,meneea Gid
ful ford. seated on a camp stool forward. ! had
become absorbed in delight with the scene.
Ing me about Wards trouble. Did his second
/ look ed around, and there stood the inper-
BiddinF Iim, Wait a minute until l get a
r]eioinlng him, ! said, No, She rot Well He
Lowe added much TO the pleasure Of my trim
for h was really good company, although he
a word. / would feel that he was there"'t%st hss
was Eind ana unselfsh and appreciated all that
! might LAY ana do, ana SHOWING tho man, was
The end of another twelve months found mo
lnaking use OF my leave OF absence by a trip TO
the Mediterranean and North Africa. Tan
gler one aay was eating at a small table in a
quaint little open court cafe. and scowiinR over
tho somewhat too savory soup, when one Of tho
Moorish waters handed me a card, on which
was plenty of room at my table" This was
over the name Of William Lowe, L. s. A" NV
friends only remark as We shook hands wal" II
4 year or two afterward ! was trying to make
a Vienna eaoman understand German-my Ger
mani, the enaeavor to reconcile his ideas OF n
proper fare with mine. and was on the point of
giving up IN disgust, when somebody at my
will understand that better than your version of
was William
Months passed; and ] had run across the Ger
man ocean To Hamburg for n little change.
Vas enjoying an after,dinner cigar, a cup OF
Justly, world famed restaurant. Wiikins's E"i..
Ter, when suddenly two hands were pressed over
my eyes, from behind. and q voice said in sol.
emn, sti!ted tones: III take the wings OF the
sea, even there shall find my friend, the
'"'Wiliam, !" / asked. have you been reason.
ably Wen1" NUs0RoVH DAvsS