St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-02-11

in hard luck? Because if you do, I've
got job that ! can throw IN some
body's way. Any intelligent man can
| fill it. Fifteen dollars week only az
the start. but good chance for adj
| ,ancement. If YOU know-why, Gift,
! what's the matter?N
He had kecled over on my couch ard
his face was pale as paper.
"Fainted." cried. as bent over him.
| This is how men sell their vital organs
for gold. suppose his liver or some
thing of that kind may have been
frozen up there and never properly
ihawed out.
While these words were on my lips.
was endeavoring TO lend a helping land
Ia my friend.
unbuttoned his coat and waistcoat.
and as | Gid so. from a pocket of The
letter garment there fell it'll. slip of
green paper. l picked il up; it was
4 pawn-iicket for an Cvercoat. When
I,eplaced ii in The pocket. discovered
thar several Others were there.
Well, he hadn't lied TO me about that:
lie had contracted habit of goirg cold,
in the klondike.
l sent Eddie for some simple restora-
'ives. which he found in bottle in the
top drawer of my desk. on the right
Land side. | use the stuff sometime
10 polish my furniture and interior
decorations.
Clifford MAS able TO swallow enough
tn completely revive him. ;hough had
hold Of The bottle with one hand while
h. drank.
Now. old man." said l. tell me the
truth am aware that that is not one
cf the klorGike habits. which seem to
control YOUR conduct almost entirely,
but do il once. for my sake. Did you
Lring any gold away from -Alaska?
AS heaven is my witness" sad he.
~ didn't even bring away the gold
filings i'm my teeth. They were the
cniy gold | had a, any time after pass
ing the Chiikoo,. and | shivered them
cut of my head in the middle Of febru-
ary. They fell in snow bank. too
and though l panied it out very thcr-
umohly. never found them.
How about those stories? l de-
randed.
He eroaneG heavily.
Honestly he said. Il didn't mean 10
DO it. And there are THOUSANDS OF
Young men scattered over this broad
land who are exactly in the same pre-
!icament-ruined and driven from their
ha tnr ,v,f1
ton. hui let me set the case before you
fairly
He took a little more of the furniture
polish and then resumed:
'.When l finally got cut of tina. LAND
Of desola,ion. | was with consider
able party. Two Wcn in that party
really had some gold With them. One
had about $ll.GOO ard the other little
more Besides them. there was a man
who has share in claim that may
really be worth something.
Now. then. we all got back together
10 the borders Of civilization. and Of
course we were tackled by the news.
paper men. Do YOU think could tel.
the facts? Could [ admit to that fel.
low with the notebook ard pencil that
was dead fat failure. ard had come
out Of Alaska with nothing that fidnt
take il. except small piece OF lead
that fellow shot into me by mistake
in Dawson City one night? No. sir.
81 heard the fellow who had s11.GW
say i; WAS IA million. and the reporter
put it right down in Lis book. Their
every mothers son Of rs got up ard liet!
in his inrn. and-wel!. HowGv. yor
know me. I made them all seem oh
jec;s of charity when l got fairly
started.
''Of course never thought the stnf1
would get telegraphed east: and | die
not care what they printed way out
there. But east it came. and Wien
go; he ne the town was full of il. They
met Ire with brass band; and with
less than twenty dollars in the world
the remains Of money that made oni
Of little bit Of m advertising scheme
that worked in ST. Paul on IN. way
back. What could do? Was going
to spoil their whole celebration? No
Si 0o ICt CI tb.bN
was all true-eyen Stella, poor girl:
aud may the Lord forgive me for that
She's waiting for me TO send fer her
and every day sneak into the Fifth
Avenue hotel and steal shee; OF
paper that I may write lies to her and
make them seem true.
''Bu; that's all over. From this on. ]
tell the truth. Give me that SIS Job
really came TO ask for one-and watch
me advance. for Ste!!a's sake. And
now. old man. that I Lave shed the
wretchsd cloak of falsehood. ] can ask
you squarely 10 loan me the price of q
meal. As heaven is above us. Layen':
had anything to eat since year age
last July" HOWARD FIELDING.
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