The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-01-11
Story With a Moral.

to warm the earth and was met with
the reply that though one return from
the dead the people would not accept
the word.
The world proves daily the truth Of
the assertion aud it is not in any
particular hope of influencing for good
any straying individual that THE RE-
PUBLICAN recitcs the following story
and points to the moral. At this
writing the printers are eating copy
faster than things happen in Logan,
hence the recital.
On the day before Christmas the
Methodist minister asked the Gentle
end Of this concern if we needed a
man, could use man etc, saying that
one claiming to be newspaper man
in distress had applied to him for
help. No man of the kind was needed
but send him up" The man in dis.
treSs put in his appearance with the
result that it was agreed that The
REPUBLICAN would "hold him up
until Tuesday after Christmas and
then an effort would be made to help
him along. The fellow was past forty
five, gave evidence of having been
above average intelligence one time
but a complete wreck from dissipation.
lie went from the Office in high spirits
and this being Christmas eve 1t
wasn't long until he was in high
spirits and plenty of them, Before
seven O'Clock he had managed to
rustic a splendid overcoat from the
Presbyterian minister and by ten he
had met kindred spirits who helped
him celebrate his bright prospects.
BY twelve the old fellow was about
nineteen sheets in the wind and owed
the bartender.
1t was a real first class jag that our
friend got on, but Monday morning he
showed up in fair shape and wanted
to work. Hoping to be of service, he
was given some of that free advice
which is always handy and started on
an advertising scheme and Jim"
was in high spirits again. Advcrtis-
ing had been his forte in other days
and he went at it like he knew how.
But also he had learned other things
better. Jim found it more convenient
to be cOnvivial than business like.
The first day i'm did little bust
ness, and then borrowed dollar or
two, the next day he needed a couple
OF more and finally decided his board
wasn't costing enough. Jim needed
overshoes and had and got them and
finally a So meal ticket. The story of
this meal ticket is a holy thing, that
is, wholly holes after the first night
he had it. linn had met friends again
who liked to eat as well as he and
generous soul that he was, he helped
them eat. That ticket looked like a
sieve when he showed il at the office
next morning.
All during this time Jim kept Dor.
rowing dollar or two to square up a
little debt he had contracted here or
there, and not infrequently he would
bring in bottle Of Paul Jones' or a
box of candy for Office consumption.
All this time Jim was still doing a
little business but we were getting a
little more dubious as to the real good
derived from his services. Still twas
all in good cause and Jim continued
until he begun to sleigh ride like a
millionaire. A kindly talk didn't
convince the old fellow that he had
better save his money and he sleigh
rlded some more, used $500 worth OF
Murdock.s good candy and got kicked
out Of the Palace rooming house.
Jim kept up the lick until New
Years night and day and then was the
only real thing that ever blew in. Or
Tuesday morning he showed up, but
looked like the last rose Of summer
In the meantime it had been dscov
cred that Jim was using the connec
tion with THE REPUBLICAN to secure
| the luxurieS he seemed to think his
taste required, and ofcourse we had tC
cut him Off, not with the proyerbia
penny but with two dollars which We
urged him to spend for Il ticket tC
some city nearer his size.
The parting was not in reproacheS
but rather in regret that we were un
able to help the old fellow. In the
ten days of our connection Jim haC
spent no less than $40 ana was broke
Marsha Crockett urged him to get
out of town and for four days he wasn't
seen.
On Monday this Gentle happened
around the court house and there was
our original friend jim doing the pre-
liminaries to request from the BoarC
of Commissioners for transportation
to Cache Junction, where he hoped t
get work on one Of that city'S dailieS
Jim was in deplorable condition
said he had walked To Preston anC