Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-12-16
HOW HE GOT 4 NEAL


steps the either night, listened pm
ti"utiy To Il hard luck story from
brA"ur md gave him Il with the re
mark Il believe you are hungry
Nv" been there myself. Take thi
and til up"
"Why, Driftcr, said his friend
when they Were in q snug corner o
the smoking room, that fellow
would have hcrn just as we'll of
with Il dino as with 81. He's blow
ing your money III now in some har
rel house for bad whisky"
II don't care what he does with
tho DOLLAR" said Driftcr He said
il" WAS hungry, and ! could see star.
walton in his eyes. l know what il
is To he hungry. | don't mean the
hunger that comes after Il good day $
work, or the appetite such as you
get 10y Il tumble in thcsur or by a
drive in the park or brisk walk
through the folds | mean the
Gnawimg, sickrning hunger that
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l'' '''''S t''l oio>''' ~
that kind of hunger many years ago.
"Thls is what happened to me in
q mushroom town out west" he
said. "Thr bottom had dropped out
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in check until slc onorontinad nc
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the diuiD,, rony dnnr win s,nh
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.Nru 7 sunnnsn vou,ro comma
intorat some nf the food that owe
fu,. If Won don't r,v something ou
orrouut Of vorr. hin fndov yo,ron,,
hryn ,r,tLar ur,l in It's L,uso,
"'Tlat w.1Id t,lc IN, adoao off q
MANS ,,prti,n >youldn't Iyorrr
stoiI i'm oIl,. roo,n most of tina t;n,s
II voulGn't do for 10th of us IN Ina
absent for I'm, I,uLlodv Ind tbre,t-
,nrd To arab our hacpnpe and Har.
ry s\yorr Il ,.l,r cy,r sawed his onfft
.hr'G commit suicido never sow
such u Law ont in = frontier town as
that Bo-,,n civil rnoircor hrouobt
with him. When ne unpocked his
trunks ami Srrcnd ont silver buoked
brushes, SILVER backed combs silver
nail sets and shoehorns and silver
soaphoN"., and other accessories
that his SISTER and his sweetheart in
Boston had provided him with RI
called him the raiah. OF clothes Il
why, be had no cnd-that is. when
he arrived.
"Thrrc were two pretty girls in
that hotel. They were nieces of the
They simply wore them
selves ont taking care of Harry's
elaborate outfit. Before he landed
in town the dust used to be an inch
thick all over thut room and | might
have tangled the bell until it broke
without getting any attention from
either of them. But with the raiah,
well. it was different. They quarrel
ed as to which one should take care
of the rajuh's clothes and brushes
and fancy things. You couldn't frd
II spcck of dust III the room with
microscope, and they put lace cur
taiuS up at the window and gave us
clean towels every day. ! had put
NJ with one II week They SNUG
El"d cold lunches up to the room
for Harry Of rolIrSp The ruioh