The evening times., 1897-10-30
row SOME PEOPLE LIVE.
Queer Ways of Eking Out in~"ffh
ctent Regular Incomes.

,From Cassels's Saturday Journal
In the struggle for life which is 50 keen
at this end of the century, some people re-
sort ., range ex pesients to get bread and
cheese or to increase pittaEce - q ,o'iE-
fortable income Inspector Livingstone.
who was formerly in charge Of th" poiics
at the law counts, tells a tragic Story OF
a poor ard briefiess barrister WAC f"u%hs
a long ana srIu battle win fate, 1nfi 20
beatcr N the enc. In the early hours Oh
the morning he worked as market porter
at Coveut Garden, and then at lo ocIpck
adhururd to his cham hers in the Temple,
donned Wig and gown, and attended ms
courts waiting Gay after day to SrdSs
the skirts OF happy chance Others a. un-
known e. the v JIId and fricndiess o. az
had tneir opportunity. but none Presr;i' Ell
itself 10 him. ami ia hope ever deferred nis
race was run.
4 Somerset House clerk, who rushed IitO
u,atrfrnnpy before lie had properly counted
the cost. and found it difficUlt 10 rUn even
a modest household on $3.50 a year, c>pe-
c,,uv after the arrival of a little stranger,
got o.pr the euiharI assnIeHt by starting a
coffee stall near Sndthfield Market an the
early FORMING. Be kept his truck IN the
Of cofuestIi.lc~ from his home in Camden
Town. Fortunately ms wife. who did her
hest to help on the enterprise was cap
ital plain coos, and his mutton pies aud
buns had = grl at reputation IN the r.ar-
ket He was generally cleared oUt 1y 5
O'Clock ami no one would have thought Or
Identifying hi,s with the smart young ridn,
siIk-ha tied and top-cOated, who two hOnrs
1t no tn Snff5prSnf ItDrTSss-
4 rising a1thOr who is now sought 10y the
publishers. hut who had a particularly haid
struggle t. find a ceptance, tKIed over the
worst period ny acting as a brokers' man.
Taken as whole, he found it most III
pleasant experience. but ne declares jHat
he wouldn't have missed It for the worId.
for il has supplied MIN with material for
numbers Of sketches and short stories. A
Christmas story which brought MIN IOs
of praise. .or instance. was a chapter from
that experience, and well deserved the en-
comium of very realistic" from the
critics.
friend of the writer, who REFUGEES in
what the iS,Iice reports call "a very lristo-
cratic appearance" and has in addition
excellent manners, adds enough 70 a slender
incom., 10 pay fer the summer holiday f0I
makers bills and even his rent, - acting
as a private detective at balls and secep-
tiOns in Relgra via and Ma yfair.
Ch5nce threw him in contact with ths
manager OI q detective agency which doet
a great deal of business of this kind. an(
his first job was, ia fact, simply as
a nights diversion at the invitation n
the mana ger Aforesaid But so pleased wal
hsa IaH. pff r.. tt..rSs vi
and obliging courtesy that she mad" spe
cial mention Of il TO the manager, who ae
cor,lingIy proposed To my friend that he
should accept regular paid empioy rrent
He was nothing Ioath, and now has engage
fGents almost every night during re sea.
son.
Another curious case is that Of Non
cOnfOrmist minister in tine south OF London,
who doubles his slender salary By theprofits
of floU-ishing photography business N
tncOther side of SIe Thames. Originally hs
took up photography a. pastiIne, but &c
uulring considerable skin i'm the work. w.s
pestered by people who wanted To- get
their poItI ats taken ON the cheap So "a
determined To- gain instead Of lose by his
work and taking convene mt rUotnS at some
dt-tducc from the scene of his ministerial
labOrS. set up as "a "phOtogra phic artiss'
under another name. his daughter acting IS
his assistant. Fortune favored him. ana be-
fore tine secret of hIs constant sbSeHce from
hcme was fsthonhed by the Curious of his
flock lac had made ~ promising a Lusihess
that he stood ia no awe OF deur,ns uf
church. though. indeed, the fornes have
taken very sensible view of the matter.
and admire rather than cOndemn his enter
prise