Sunday morning globe., 1901-09-01

i'm one fellows rOOm-he absent on a
spree-and eating on the meal ticket of
another. ! did not know my benefac.
tors address. He had purposely, pos.
sibly, neglected to state his name.
4 Next night ! hung a card on the knob,
reading, The door is pone; please come
| In, | awOke from q fevered dream /:
| the wrong man might read IL and act
! thereon; there We're scores OF roomers
! in the building. ] got MP and latched
| the door, leaving the card on the out
| side. For hours 7 remained awake. I
| listened to him push the paper under
the door. He tore off the card and ]
could hear hi mlaughing to himself
as he descended the stairs
"In about week he met me i'm the
dining.roOm. q have rented two fur
nished rooms I'm a fiat Just mp street
| Come and see how they strike your
| fancy. Keats will soon be i'm the sober
column We found a sittingroom and
bedroom, the latter about the size OF
a pianO-bOX. but cOZy and comfortable
| Il thought with few curtains and pic
! lures YOU would be as snug as a bug in
rug And I can never repay YOU
I am not looking for payment. have
| a scheme. When IL Is sufficiently de-.
veloped for you to earn a livelihood
thereat Pm going to leave you Please
don't, said l. These quarters are big
enough for two. Can't YOU see I am
so madly, desperately in love with you
that I can't be rational long enough to
look for employment? When you leave
me I'll be on the street in an hour:
in a day. I'll find the place for which
I was looking when YOU met me before
the sun sets You'll outgrow it, was
! his reply. Besides. I look forward to
many pleasant evenings at home before
| there comes this parting Of the ways.
| I work at night as comUositor on one
| Of the daily napers 7 live out bevOnd
| Woodwork Place. When 7 come down
| town i'm the afternoon 7 don't care to 20
| back home; consequently. get my din
ner at a restaurant, and. with vour
permission win make this my head
quarters for reading and writing
Should Won find employment, we'll and
good; If not, you can keep me com,
panv.'
do You know he taught me to
read9"
"To read'" 7 echoed.
"I mean TO read correctly. He would
/ have me read aloud from current mag.
/ azines. He bought me a little book OF
| synonyms. I tell you we had a reg
| ular schOol-one pupil one teacher.
/ Those long afternoons, only too short
| for us, We're the brightest hours OF my
/ life. Daily he added to my vocabulary.
| He made sacrifices for me, and I knew
| 1t. Don't those tickets last a long time
/ with two people using them? I asked
the cashier oh, your friend only uses
| them to the extent OF cents now and
/ then was her response. The idea OF
! his going to work on sandwich and
a cup of coffee that I might have an
easy time, Then 7 begged him to get
an overoOat. He resnonded that he
| could not afford IT, Yet he could a.
| ford 10 supplv me with every comfort
/ One dav 7 told him I would no longer
| accent Of his bounty Very Well he
/ replied. 1ll make you self-supnOrting
/ TIE inserted "a personal I'm the Journal
. 10 the effect that q lady. fond Of amuse-
/ wonfs desired the ac0uaintance of a
/ gentleman. a stranger On the citv. We
received dozens Of reDlies. Wen work
thn drummors. said he. as he sorted
them over. He wrote the answers and
copied them His idea was that a
stranger in town would give reason.
able snm 10 secure the society of an
agreeable lady companion for an even.
/ ing. and be was right You can de-
pend uD0n &c. under his coaching Z be-
came agreeable He even had me mem.
. Al. o
| could tell my escort when his train
left for Nuncie. Then he would have
me read the morning papersc arefully
making a mental note Of the telegraph.
ic features. Our principal periodicals
we're the Clipper and the Mercury. by
the study of which I was enabled 10
undergtandingly discuss events the
atrical-past, present and prospective
OF am merely stating history when
Z say went 10 the Grand or English's
Opera House six NIGHTS I'm each week
each time with q different gentleman
and each one gave me 80 before he left
my apartments for the pleasure Of my
cOmnanv 70 the theater. With money
coming easy. ! wanted to paw the rent
u aid buy a few meal tickets; but
Gene would not listen to Il. Invest
your capital IN your business hC
would say Get you some extra nice
toggery' often nv admirers would
telegraph from Wabash or Vincennes
Secure seats for Tuesday evening.
They would ALWAYS be on hand, payini
me for my trouble and the amount eX
. pended for the reserved seats. As th'
girls saw, 7 was having a good time
tinged, however, with sadness. wa
I'm love. not with the party ! might 10
the evening be making every endeavo
20 entertain. but with nv hacker-m'
angel. as thew saw In theatrical par
lance. ] finally told him ] could stant
70 no longer: we must occupy the sam
, anartments or 7 would leave the city
] More than orce he had made use o
e the expression IN conversation. tn
r same story that goes IN Kokomo zoe
D I'm Kankakeo' so thought n 7 coul
r corn o livelihood pc an entertainer 4
indianapolis J could do the same 4
& Cleveland or Pittsburg. Men though
y alike. reasoned, the world over
J. divulEed my intentions to Gene r
= my surprise he did not oppose IN
, move. Go into nalmIstrv' he said
] 60 we purchased q few hooks on IN
3 occult sciences and he proceeded m PC
b me up q half dozen lectures Whoi
the theatrical season drew 10 a close f.
the gDrine ] was ready for venture No
o. he put an advertisement in the AZ
ternOon Dapers Tor Zalda Dalmist
wbrded identically with the adv 7 on
rpnning in the Times TODAY Nv righ
7ame Is Edith Brane; he made my non