The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-03-04

rSzE surprised me more, the
IME telegram calling my at
ks4k rentiOn TO the advertise
FE[[@R8E ment or the advertise
~ - mpnt itself. The tele-
49, gram Is before me as I
write. Il would appear 10 have been
handed IN AZ We're street at s O'Clock
70 The morning Of May IL, 1897. and
received before half past at Holloway
p d. And in the drab region it duly
found me. unwashed. but at work be
fore tho day grew hot and my attic
lnSuuua-able:
See IT. Nltu~in's advertisement Daily
Nal -.zh- SUIT you earnestly beg try will
r-rsr, e necessary.
7 trauScTibe the thing as I see IL be-
fore me. all in one breath that took
SWAY mine. hut I leave out the initials
2. rhe end. which completed the sur
7-fse They stood very obviously for
me ku.ghted specialist whose consult
Ing room is within n cab whistle Of
Ve-e stree. and who once called me
k=r>man for his sins. More recently
10 had called me other names. I was
q disgrace. qualified by an adjective
which seemed 20 me another. 1 had
made my bed and I could 60 and lie
and die I'm it. If l ever again had
The iuz0lence 10 show my nose in that
house I should 81 out quicker than
came En-. All this and more my least
distant relative could tell a poor devil
10 his face. could ring for his man and
gre him his brutal instructions on the
Siat. and then relcnt 10 the tune Of
This telegram, 7 have no phrase for
PIT amazcment I literally could not
h7Erva my ewes. Yet their evidence
was more and more conclusive; a very
ent~tIe could not have been more char
arta~.stic Of its sender. Meanly clip
uraL ludicrouS'y precise. saving half
pence A. the expense Of sense. vet pay
nc Ike n man for Mr." Maturin.
that was my distinguished relative
from his bald patch 80 his COrns. nor
WIS all Tho rest unlike him. upon sec
ond thought Tie had reputation for
after aU Either that o~ IL was the
sudden impulse of which tho most cal
C-'afing are capable at timcS-the
-7~UiUC papers with tho carly cun Of
t'7, this advertisement seen hy chance
md the roSt upon tho spur Of a guilty
Conscience.
Nell, I must 500 IL fer myself, and
tBe sooner the better. though work
'-n>>od. ] WAS writing a series OF
ARTICLES upon prison life and had my
n-a into the whole system. \ literary
and phlIaHthropical daily was parad-
liz my charges" the gravcr ones
With the more gusto, and the terms,
q unMndSome FOR creative work. were
tmpurary wealth 10 NE. 1t so hap
1aurd that my first check had lust
arrived 10y the s O'clo,E post. and my
position should be APP. eciated when !
Ey Thar I had 10 cash IL to obtain a
Daily Mail.
" The advertisement itself what is
% ae said: II should speak for itself
j could find If. but I cannot. and
OaF remember that il was a male
Nurse and constant attendant" that
Ea> wanted FOR an elderly gentleman
10 Feeble health" A male nurse, An
l.>lrd TAG was appended offering
.'eral salary 10 university or public
H.a'"l man. and of n sudden l saw
Nal I should get this thing if I applied
-f " What other university or pub
d. school man" would dream Of doing
- Was any other in such straits as
! And then my relentless relative.
.-e Dot only promised 10 speak for me,
'a' was the very man 10 do so. Could
--' fN'ommenddtion compete with his
al 'ue matter Of q male nurse? And
'" me duties Of such be necessarily
-a.l>'mo and ropellentg Certainly
-' surroundings would he better than
.'>e ot my common lodging house and
WE particular garnet. and the food
'.. every other condition Of life that I
-.-A Think Of on my way back TO that
->~Fo-y asylum. SO I dived into a
-"7n6er'S shop. where l was a
s'r only upon my present eTrand,
within the hour was airing a de-
II. autiquated suit. but little cor
"i by the pawnbroker's moth. and
straw hat, on the top Of a tram.
address given IN the advertise
- was that Of n fiat at EarTs Court
60. ..a cost me a cross country journey,
sung with the district railway and
seven minutes walk. II was now
.'' midday. and the tarry wood pave ,
n o- MAS good TO smell as I strobe up
Har-S Court road. It was great TO 4
.N The civilized world again. Here
60. Men with coats on their backs I
~ 'aaie> In gloves. Ny only fear was 1
- might run up against one or
whom had known Of old. But 4
Uy lucky day. I felt il IN my F.
a. j WAS going TO get this berth, /
mrtimeS ! should DE able 10 |
A." Tee wood pavement on the old /
A ; lirands. Perhaps be would in !