The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-18

| professor, but it was too cold for county
| fairs, and he was out of work | was
| his manager, and when he stopped work
| ing [ played an encore. We had heard
| that circus agent was in st. Paul look
| ing for talent to go South, and we hur-
| ried in for an engagement.
| 'After breakfast we started out to find
| our circus agent We could not locate
him, and the acknowledgements feeling
began working again. We had enjoyed
| our breakfast, but the supper event look
! ed scratched off the programme.
my partner was tired of it all. He
did not have a cent; but he knew many
bartenders, and all day long he worked
as hard as his friends permitted wrapping
himself around whisky high balls and
mixed drinks. The more he poured down
the more the gloomy feeling grew. and
along about o'clock in the evening Jim
was at the suicide station waiting for
the train
eve had planned out the details of our
meeting with the circus agent. To show
him that Jim vas real and to secure
much free advertising we had arranged
for high jump from one of your bridges
here Jim was to jump off the bridge,
we were to have the newspaper men
present, Jim was to have write-up, and
then we were to feel real money in our
| pockets.
Having nothing else to do and anxious
| to forget the hungry feeling Jim and 1
| decided along about 8 o'clock that we
| would go down and look at the bridge
| he was to utilize for advertising purposes.
| lim was talking about ending it all when
| we started. but I was feeling too blue to
enthuse with him, and he furnished all
| the conversation until the bridge was
reached.
Here she is said as We stepped out
| onto the planking.
yes growled jim, and I have a
good mind to jump over the blamed
works
"Is that so?' 1 replied in a careless
| tone.
Eyes, it's so. 1 think I'll just climb
| over the ironwork here, give jump and
| let the coroner do the rest
''I was feeling too sore to feel bad for
anybody else, and I thought Jim was
| looking for few cheering words from
| the meaner, and L decided he would get
little sympathy from my remarks.
"sGo ahead, JIM L said, go on and
climb over if you want to. L am one or
the few VINO believe that when man
reaches the stage where he believes that
it is up to him to commit suicide, 1t is
nothing less than crime to stop him.
Just tell me what you Wdfit " teil tie
folks at home and then climb over. Far
be it from ms to interfere, and assure
you that I will hold the first busy citi-
zen putting in an appearance until yod
make the jump
eThis manner of talk rather staggered
jim. but he was game, and he was just
drunk enough to be stubborn.
.t'AlI right, oil man., he whispered
shaking my hand. just say good-by to
the folks and tell them that 1 was not
worth worrying about and then that
fool man pulled off his coat and vest and
started to climb the railing.
1.-THE thing had gone far enough and
dashed up to him and grabbed his legs
He struggled and kicked and l thought
that he would get over and drop in spite
of my efforts when suddenly he quieted
down and 1 heard him trying to talk.
=" What is it? I asked pulling him back
onto the bridge.
.sHe leaned over the railing and pointed
down. Down underneath the bridge were
the railroad yards. and in the yards
twinkled the many little lights mounted
On the switches. Little green lights were
down there in bundles, and pointing at
the green lights Jim hiccoughed:
"sBill, look at the creme de menthes.'
siThe next day we met the circus man,
jim hired without contributing the bridge
jumping turn, I went with Jim, and l
have been working steadily ever since
that day."