New-York tribune., 1900-03-16
THE PASSING THRONG.

You had a story in The Tribune yesterday about
the way people likely TO meet unexpectedly in
various OF the way places in
A WELL odd parts of the world. which re-
KEPT EN- called incident that once came
GAGEMENT. under my notice. said Walter T.
Burr, OF Washington, at the Marl-
borough yesterday "One day last summer" he
said, II at the Fifth Avenue Hotel in con-
versation with man 1 knew casually. when he
turned to the clerk and said Has Mr.; = called
for me- The clerk replied in the negative. and my
ten minutes to - and ID my m appSntment is for Il
IL he comes In send him up to my room J.,
clerk directed him upstairs Seeing my friend later
pected. Yes he replied. he in all right and
r ws bm gd in 70 bre @ as e or
and was about to remark that he must have made
TO understand that an explanation was necessary
for he continued:
= No. IT was three years ago to-day that part
ed from him in Cairo. He expected to go back in
occupy about two years. l was going into Russia,
and comparing notes. we anticipated that we
agreed that If were both alive and well and in
this country we would meet here to-day was
notes, found that each had stuck pretty well to
the schedule mapped out three years ago. odd
about the narrowest escape from financial en-
barrassment was experienced by friend of mine"
said William Reese. of Allentown.
COWS Penn. at the Broadway Central
SAVED HIS Hotel yesterday. 1T was like this
CREDIT. My friend and neighbor is in
ventor of a window sash appliance
that is likely to make him rich man, but, like
most inventors, ne awfully hard up for cash
while he was working out his idea. He borrowed
from all his friends until they got they disked
TO see him coming, and he had really reached a
crisis in his He realized it, but he told his
Wife that something would happen to enable him to
raise $50 due the next day a contract that in
his patent: He didn't have the fifty on the night
before, and when he went to bed that night he was
thoroughly discouraged. He lived place that
had a large barn on it, and in the yard were grow
ing fruit and good garden. That night about a
dozen cows. which in parts OF Pennsylvania
run at liberty, broke into his garden and ate up
most or his crop, besides destroying number OF
choice young fruit trees. He woke up IN the middle
or the night and caught the in the act He
was on the point of soaring them out and blaming
one more unlucky incident his long list when a
bright idea struck him
Calling neighbor, he quickly drove the cows
into corner of the yard and repaired the fence.
Then ne sat the fence the remainder of the night
and allowed the cows to complete the destruction
Of his garden In the morning. with the help of
his neighbor he tied the up and then word
TO the owners TO come and settle By counting the
cows he calculated how much he would have get
from each owner in order to make up $50. Under
the Pennsylvania law the owner must pay the
hold the animal. The owners came and pleaded
but it did avail. My neighbor was obdura te
Some of the owners were poor women, but il made
difference. He pointed his ruined crops and
wrecked garden. and, like the absent minded
beggar, said: Pay pay, pay To make long
patent. That was the turning point in his fortunes
He's got plenty or money now.