The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-06-27

% the tenement house az 1923 Elm
street. which Il used as laundry
Through the kindness Of the janltress.
Mrs. Charlotte Taylor. an aged coll
oIed woman. stelnbrldge was allowed
20 sleep In this room all winter. oc-
caaionally a stale loaf OF bread was
given him by some Of the families up-
stairs. and occaslc~ally be earned 8
cents by carrying up coal or running
crranis ior the women who live IN the
front building IN this manner be was
enabled 10 pull through the long win
ter. but his soul az last rovolied. and
for days and nights be lay upon his
miserable pallet and thought about
taking bic own life
Il could no; bring myself % DO this"
hc said. because every time thought
n 10 the face % my six-year-old boy.
who O. with his grandparents In Chi
cago. would loom up before me. and
! imagined that the little fellow was
pleading with me not % DO g. Ny
story Is rot a long one and I will tell
10 90 you. ! was born Ia shcfiold
England. thlrty-slx years ago. Ny
father vas a minister OF the gospel I
served my apprenticeship 20 the law
stationery business. and during the
Eve years OF service obtained fair ed.
ucatiou. came 90 America IN 1850.
and Tor number Of years got on very
well. went into the huckster busl-
ness and got married. Ny wife was
sick a great deal. and al last was
forced 90 take In a partner. While I
was attending upon my sick wife he
swlndled me out Of my ll;ile business
] then moved 90 81 Louis. where my
wife died. sent my boy 10 his grand.
parents. who are very poor. but no,
cutie 20 destitute as myself. and came
90 Cincinnati washed dishes here a,
lrst but my place was soon glven 90
an able-bodicd maa who applied for
a. ] found q impossible 20 keep q
Job. NO natter how menlal 70 was. as
there were 90 many men out OF work
who could SET around better than my
self.
"a then procured a charity license 90
pcddle. Walking was 80 difficult Tor
me and u was go hard TO meke a sale
that ! az last despalred % that. but not
before my license had expired. Ny
clothes got worse and worse. aud the
shoe on my deformod foot wore out. /
tried every way 20 get one. 90 that /
could make an appearance. but found
Il impossible applied At the Office
Of the Associated Charities. They
asked me Tor references I gave them
the name Of a man IN 81. Louis who
formerly employed me, ana al once
wrote him that IN the event be received
a communication regarding me - an
swer 70 40 once. as d meant a now shoe
90 me. In about q week ! appeared az
the charities. but they said they had
received no reply I again wrote the
So. Louis man. ard he answered some
days after that be had held himself
ready Goo reply at once. but had received
1o Communication from Cincinnati
when ! found that they had not aud
lld not intend inquIrinc about me. bu,
wcro simply putting me on. ! gave up
lu despair have lived ou from Jay
Co day, hoping IN vain Tor succor. and.
oa O LAST resort. have made this offer 90
sen my body or Go submit Co an opera
ton in the Interest % medical science
iu che very beet faith I have na
lgnsor tho clothes Ia which 90 make 4
doesn't appearance as pclllcr AZ
every door ! am turned away whom
ask for work A good shoe would ho
DTS capital Tor me. but am unable "a
gci one. As long as I coulG ! sent
what had 90 my little boy. and ihJ
.aci that ] can no LONGER help him has
driven me nearly insane have pray.
cd God In vain that he would take my
life. have exposed myself In. All
kinds Of weather In the hope that
mlsht sc. sick and dic. Had q noi
heoa for the good old oolorod lady here
who took pity on me and 10, me sleer
IN the laundry. ! am unable TO say
what fate had ovcrtaken me by this
time. am practically crowded out OF
the world. and wlah l was literally
ous oi H."