Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-04-02
docks westward. Now, what must i

docks westward. Now, what must /
do?"
The packed houses gave no answer.
Dick looked down the long, ligbtiess
streets and at the appalling rush of
traffic. "Oh, you rabbit hutches!" said
he, addressing row of highly respect
able, semidetached residences. "Do you
know what you've got to do later
on? You have to supply me with men,
servants and maidseryants" = here he
smacked his lips "and the peculiar
treasure of kings. Meantime I'll get
clothes and boots, and presently | will
return and trample on you." He step
ped forward energetically; he saw that
one of his shoes was burst at the side.
AS he stopped to make investigation
a man jostled him into the gutter. "All
right" he said That's another nick
in the score. I'll jostle you later on
Good clothes and boots are not cheap,
and Dick left his last shop with the
certainty that he would be respectfully
arrayed for time, but with only 80
shiIlings in his pocket. He returned to
streets by the docks and lodged him
self in one room, where the sheets on
the bed were almost audibly marked in
case of theft and where nobody seemed
to go to bed at all. When his clothes
arrived, he sought the Central South
ern syndicate for Torpenhow's address
and got it. with the intimation that
there was still some money owing to
him.
How much?" said Dick as one who
habitually dealt in millions.
Between ESQ and f40. If it would
be any convenience to you, of course
we could let you have it at once, but
we usually settle accounts monthly"
"If.I show that want anything now,
I'm lost" he said to himself. "All ]
need I'll take later on" Then aloud:
'It's hardly worth while, and I'm go
ing into the country for month too
Wait till come back, and I'll see about
it."
"But we trust Mr. Heldar, that you
do not intend to sever your connection
with us?'
Dicks business in life was the study
of faces, and he watched the speaker
keenly. "That man means something .
he said. ~I1l do no business till Eve
seen Torpenhow. There's a big deal
coming" So he departed, making nc
promises, to his one little room by the
docks. And that day was the 7th OF
the month, and that month, he reck
oned with awful distinctness, had thir
ty-one days in it,
1t is not easy for a man of catholic
tastes and healthy appetite to exist fol
twenty four days on 80 shillings, nor i
it cheering to begin the experiment
alone in all the loneliness of London
Dick paid shillings a week for his
lodging, which left him rather less
than a shilling day for food ant
drink. Naturally his first purchase
was of the materials of his craft. He
had been without them too long,,
Half days investigation and com
parison brought him to the conclusion
that sausages and mashed potatoes
twopence a plate, We're the best food
Now, sausages once or twice a week
for breakfast are not unpleasant; as
lunch, even, with mashed potatoes
they become monotonous; as dinner
they are impertinent. At the end Of
three days Dick loathed sausages, and
going forth, pawned his watch to reve
on sleeps head, which is not so cheaI
as it looks owing to the bones and the
gravy; then he returned to sausages
and mashed potatoes; then he confined
| himself entirely to mashed potatoe:
for day and was unhappy because o.
pain in his inside; then he pawned hi:
waistcoat and his tie and thought re
gretfully of money thrown away il
| times past.
| There are few things more edifyinl
unto art than the actual belly pinch O.
| hunger, and Dick in his few walks
! abroad-he did not care for exercise; i
| raised desires that could not be salts
| fied-found himself dividing mankind
into two classes-those who looked al
if they might give him something t,
eat, and those who looked otherwise