Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1897-03-11

Worst of all, this balance grew, rot ~
idly. for thought twice before spcno
ing penny, but with the stead urssIc.
sulting iron an unsccnlly disprupor
ton between earnings and tNpcusrs.
None of the old patients returned Ia
me-though thatwaS hardly mattcT Of
regret and new ones we're few and iaI
between. Now and then an accident
"aSc-What = k.cu eye | kept upou
buildings in course al construction in
the ncighhorhood! th,n icrhars a call
To attend some stranger fallen Il a til
ON the paw, mcnt: then ,ufir'. "a frr,
some chronic maladN. even d-'l,c: ia
deb; than l. aud changing physicians
simply because the charity a. he tirs I
was worn out: such Was the shados
of practice " hich appeared nc;cr like
" tn round out into a reality. M
garments of decent black became SHIN,
with USE, while my hcll-pull lost its
polish through rust. II looked rs,
hungry ns often felt, il Was no w nd,r
that the nilinG passed me 10y. Little
10y little the few articles in my I,us.rs-
sion of which there was not absolute
need disappeared. Some were sold odt-
right; others were lodged wih pawn.
brokers.
This state of things continued foI
more than a year. my lot growing NOR"
miserable day Ivy day. Al long inter
walls letters came from IrrnH My re-.
plies were mailed w,Ih the promTtn
of man whose tine hangs heavy on
his hands. There was ne attempt in
Iny letters to cuncral my troubles,
there was a ccrtaln relief in setting
forth an indictment of the world i'll
general and m, ucighhors IL particular.
More than once | was sorely tempted
10 seek loan from him, hut pride
stood in the way. ! had not quite
reached the point of utter defeat, Ia;
! was very close Ia it. Not a word had
been heard of Mrs. Loring and her
niece. who. for all | knew. might he in
Europe. Asia. Africa, or America. Let
tiers had come from Mrs. Peek. telling
me that she was ut her home in Maine,
awaiting the return of her husband
from another voyage round the Horn.
Her health. she Was happy to add, ap-
pcared to he reestablished.
As has been set forth. the test o.
endurance went on for more than =.
twelvcmonth. IL was ended in strange
manner. without warning. and ut u
time when ] was near 30 despair. Thr
landlord had attempted again Ia col
icct a pa. of the money due him-h2
could scarcely lie said 10 have bounded
me for il. inasmuch as he had suffered
so undesirable 4 tenant 20 fall several
months in arrears-and once more he
had been put off with excuses and apol-
ogies. He had not been harsh in his
replies, but it wns easy to understand
that his PATIENCE Was Iairly exhausted.
He had left me still in possession, bur
I feared that n few days more would
see me turned into the street and al.
most as hopeless as a sh:pwrecked sail
or on barren island In either ease
starvation would he quite among the
possibilities.
After frugal supper tried TO read,
but with very slight success, my
thoughts wandering repeatedly from
The book to the approaching crisis in
my affairs. 1t must have been for
hours that | sat hrooding over my per-
pleNities. At last. more discouraged
than ever by the unvarying trend Of
the reflections. | started To my feet,
and, crossing to the window, raised
the curtain and peered out. IL was
later than ! supposed, for the hghts