The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-29

bridge. whate he had been employed
went TO Worcester and became coach
man for Frank Knowles. Frank
knowles and his brother. L. j
knowles, The latter the founder of the
great Knowles loom works at Worces-
ter, occupied fine residences side by
side on Main street. Each had a large
stable. Wilson and L. J. Knowles
coachnan We're on the best of terms
and each would visit the others sta
bic as his leisure permitted And they
were on these friendly terms when
Wilson suddenly left the employ OF
Frank knowles for. some fancied in
justice. In those days he had not learn
ed to control his temper
LAST DAY AS A HOSTLER
He picked up his belongings, took
them over to the room of his acquaint-
ance in thu barn near by, asked per
mission to Leave them there till he
could secure another situation and de-
parted. F{s has never needed them
since. Twas his last Gay as driver OF
coacEman.
1t was mara than week before MS
/ friend saw him. Then he came into his
room in the barn in haste one rainy
night and asked him if he could drive
4lI-1l IL q C-A L3tIi Btdte. SDliic ulSI dUtE
away. within a specified time. His
friend, VINO had supreme control of the
stable and exercised the horses and
drove them al his will said he thought
he could. and hitched one of the horses
into q light vehicle without delay.
They drove of into the gloom beyond
the lights of the city. The friend re-
turned that night. Levi Wilson did not
The friend knows where they drove to
that night but he has never told. The
next he SIS " OF Wilson the latter stroll
ed into his room some days later. and
tossed him = 500 bill as though it were
a nickel asked him if that would pay
him for his trouble. The friend protest
ed, but Wilson pressed him to accept
and would not hear to the contrary
Later his good friend became the
owner of fine livery stable and en-
ioyed a prosperous career.
seer EFT OF A DEATHBED.
Just about the time that Wilson
drove OF into the night the woman
who cared for him in the days of his
boyhood and whom he had called moth
err died a her poor little home N
Thompson. Conn, about twenty miles
from Worcester
1t has been assumed that he was no
tilted of he1 fatal illness and urged to
fiy to her bedside before death sealed
her lips forever. The nature of the Sc
cret which she impaired can be guessed
from the reply which Levi Wilson
Moen made TO a World man when ask
ed what was TO be inferred from the
fact that ne mad assumed the name
MGen.
Il took The name because [ was en-
titled to it,
But there came a day in the career
of the young Monte Cristo of UXbridge
when the money did not come as cas-
! lily as it had. The reason for it APP
peared in time
| Philip L. Moen, though rich and al
| the head CT a great corporation which
| gave him a large annual income could
| not long stand the pace that young
| Levi Wilson mad cut for him Five hun
| bred thousand dollars in few years
meant financial ruin in few more I'M
| less the great payments could be cut
| down or cut of altogether
Mr.. Nosn at last, jaded by the tire
| less rider. who spared neither whip moi
SPUR, decided TO take into his conf
dence to share the costly secret his
brother-in-isw. William w. Rice. who
at that time represented the Worcester
district in congress.
SECRET DIVIDED INTO THIRDS.
Mr.. Rice was one of the ablest Oh
Worcester's great lawyers. He took the
matter entirely from the hands of Mr..
Moen and conducted negotiations with
Levi Wilson personally But not with
marked success at the outset, for as