Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-10-06
THE DOCTORS STORY.
A CHAPTER of Incidents and Accidents
by Which He Found an Ola
Army Comrade.

1.-TWO or three years ago." said the
doctor, II was living in New YORK. anu
was engaged in profitable business
One evening was seated at taple III
a restaurant when a well-dresseu' el-
derly man came in from the streeI'
walked straight toward me, ana sara,
in a low voice. L am in great dlstress'
| am at the end of my string. l nave
no money, no place to sleep, and am
hungry. What would you advise me 10
do?'
"Of course. | was annoyed, and
showed my annoyance. There was no
REASON 1yhv the man should have singled |
me out for such a speech, except, pos
sihly, that l wore the Grand Army put
Inn However. that did not occur to me 1
at the time, and | said, jocularly'
know what would do under the circum-
stances. l would go outside, look for
good-siZed stone, clutch 1t firmly ID
nv right hand. find a large plate glass
window, and hurl the stone through 1t.
After that would be sure of board anu
lodging for some weeks at the expense
of the city,
"The stranger said, with jaunty po-
liteness: You are very kind. Thank
you, sir. will act on your suggestion.
Thereupon he walked straight to the
door. and went out, and / ordered my
supper. In less than five minutes there
was a crash in front, a tinkle OF broken
glass. and clamor of voices. | went
with others to the street, and saw that
my acquaintance of five minutes before
JHrin a
He had thrown a stone through the win
dow of jewelry store and was await
ing arrest. There were all SORTS OF the-
ories on the lips of men who were await
ing the second move in what they re-
garded as a daring scheme of robbery
Meantime several policemen were
closing in cautiously on the man who
had thrown the stone. They evidentl!
regarded him as dangerous character
or as insane. Dlvining this, the stone
thrower said: oh, will go with you
No trouble on that score. In TACT,
broke the glass that might be arrested
AS a policeman grabbed him, l sale
Wait a minute. / am afraid | am t
blame for this | said to this man whe
he asked for assistance that | woul
throw stone through plate glass wiz
dow. and in that way secure board an
lodging from the city. That was jok
but he seems to have acted on my az
vice, and feel in a measure respons
BILE
THE upshot of the affair was that
agreed to pay for the broken glass ar
to take charge of the man who had bro
en- it. l paid for the supper of the stol
thrower, secured lodgings for him, al
told him | would listen to his story q
next day. | never expected to see HI
again, but he kept his appointment Z
next morning, and told his story. /
had been in the employ of one house
20 years. and when ii failed thought
would have no difficulty in securi
other employment. But he found
other place and finally found hims
with no resources and no chance of e
ployment.
THE sensation of being turned
of doors. of being without friends, a
of being hungry, affected him strange
and noticing my Grand Army butt
as went into the restaurant, he declo
to lay his case before me. In his d
perate mood my suggestion struck
as being much better than suicide.
cured him employment the next day
trial. and he did so we'll that he was +
ulariy engaged the next week. In
months he came to my office looking
much better that l did not recogr
him. He said the jeweler of the brol
window had told him that / paid
of $40 for replacing the glass, and
had come to repay the money
He said he had good position
was abundantly able to pay the
that he was indebted to me for the
sition, and for the general bracing u
received in following my advice,
that he wanted to be comrade in
standing. Then it came out that he
seen service in the same brigade as
self, and he recalled an exploit in W.
he and some of my own regiment
been engaged-to their credit un
stood then the reckless, devil7may-
spirit OF the fellow who threw S
through a window on my advice"
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