The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-11-17
HOW HE GOT A MEAL,

beggar and gave him 81 with the re
mark: II believe you are hungry.
I've been there myself. Take this
and fill up"
Why, Grifter.-" said his friend,
when they were in a snug corner of
the smoking room, that fellow
would have been just as we'll off
with dino rs with 81. He's blow
ing your money in now in some bar
rel house for bad whisky.
II don't care what he docs with
the dollar" said Drifter. aHe said
hcwas hungry, and could seestar-
vation in his eyes. / know what it
is to be hungry. I don't mean the
hunger that comes after good day Is
work, OF the appetite such as you
get by tumble in the surf or by a
drive in the park or brisk walk
through the fields. / mean the
gnawing, sickening hunger that
comes when food is in sight and you
have neither money nor credit to
exchange for a meal. I experienced
that kind OF hunger many years ago.
This is what happened to me in
a mushroom town out west" he
eaid. 1.-THE bottom had dropped out
of every deal in which was inter.
ested. The town was absolutely fiat
broke. An accepted draft for 500
on the best man in town would not
buy bite of dried buffalo meat. I
had mining stock land certificates,
promissory notes and poker o
U's enough to paper this room, but
I couldn't raise enough on the whole
outfit to pay my hotel bill.
You have met my friend Harry
WinsloW. He's made fortune, as
you know, as contractor. At the
time I speak of he was my closest
chum. Harry came ont to that
mushroom town as a civil engineer.
Hewas to superintend the sewerage
system. We roomed together and
had many gooi times until the bub-
BILE burst and left Harry and me
stranded. Harry was flabbergasted
WIEN ne learned tnat the tlme ne
nau put IN on ,nat sewer contract
getting paid were about as desperate
as swim across the Atlantic. had
done some roughing IN my time and
"na.s o!o ziot zlE SNOW go much about
ciViz engineering .7'7SlE's ss lazy 1i;d. |
managed TO survey the situation, IN
our holei ana 10 keep the iandiady
IN cnecK untli sne, ,quarantlned' u.s..
Sne ,asea 10 nail larry ana me at
the u1nlng room door with such
pisaEant e snols az tneae
=. wen, 1 suppose you're coming
IN 70 ear some OF the food that iowe
1or. Af5youl upn.t pay someth,ng on
account OF your Dill today, you can't
nave We another meal IN TINS house.
lhat would take the edge or q
mans appetite, Wouldn't it Harry
stald IA our room most or tne time.
IL Wonldn,S 40 1ors both OF ps to be
absent, ZOE the iandiady mad threat
ened 70 graD our paggage, and Har-
syswore y she ever seized mis- outfit
he'd commit suicide. never aaw
sucn lay out in q front1er town as
tnat' BOSTON cavli engineer brought
win VIII nik1s. MI IS. When ne unpacked his
trnnKs ana spread out silver backed
;si1sS.; q Ivs,E 9 Dackeu COMBS, silver
naii sets ana shoe horIs and silver
.0ap,,,Aes ana rs. osner accessoriee
tnat ms sister @ and his swee eetheart in
BOSTON haa nroVseea h.:sas Is:
way, ne naa no enu--thas 1s, when
ne ..,l, nrriyeu. 81.
J, mere s, were s,,, TWO pretty girls IN
,nas :, hoIel. - Iney were nieces or the
1anaiauy ! y y lhey SIMPLY wore them %
selyes out Iaging care co Of larry 9
elaDorase as !. oulns. sss eioTe ne landed
- t9Wn sne uust ISL used 20 be an inch p Ga
.nlck an over InaIroom ana might
nave lang ied 1he peli Until It brcke
WfIuCuG &0CC1QH any ATTENTION; from