The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-04-06

). where would be nearest The reference
IIIbFaries should need to consult one
dsy while was on tiie street the. city
was suddenly enyeloped IN a fos. II
was 50 dense that could not see ms
hand held eighteen inches from ny
fsee could hear the shouts of tile
drivers IN the street. who at once be-
gan q creep along ana even at this
Ipaee came Into frequent collision. i
heard FOOTBALLS about me. and now an.l
Iagain some one, doubtless more used
To fogs and not to be stopped by them
Ibr1shed against me. Suddenly felt
Ia llght touch on the arm. and hand
EslId down it and grasped mine.
Show you the way, sir?"
4 caught at tile offer eagerly. for
there WAS confidence in the mans tone
.e.Get ME out Of this said. and i
will pay you weil.r Then l gave hlui
my street and number.
Removed oS ut a pace that astonish.
Eedame. How lie dared proceed at what
on a clear day would have considered
an ordinary gait could nst Imagine.
New and again above the confusion Of
noises heard tapping as Of some
one hitting the pavement with a stick.
Strange to say. we jostled no one. and
no one jostled US, but could feel my
guide pull or push me to one side or
the other in order to avoid collision.
Are YOU a stranger in London, STRIP
he asked.
.Ycs. an American
IAN American? Then am conduct
ing II fellow comtryman:''
Indeed! How came you TO be Il fog
conductor in Tondon:"
Il cane here to find n better literary
field itian ours in America
And got strandrd:'
yes"
Il am literary man myself and @;a
here now doing literary work hut i
have an order"
You're fortunate. | bad no orders
] had some success Mt first, hut my
wife siciened aud died. and my dauel
ter became confirmed invalid. This
reduced me TO working on potboilers
and ut last
Even they would not boll the pot?''
"They did till my daughter failed ru,.
as an amanuensis'
At this moment. whether the mans
mind was taken from his present wort,
by his misfortunes or through careless
ness, we We're nearly knocked down b,
some one proceeding more rapidly tlmn
was safe. After this We ceased on.
conversation. AS to our location, ithaa
no knowledge of 1T whatever. but M,
guide told me lie knew exactly whep.
we We're. In about an hour from our
starting lie led me mp to door. which
lie opened, aud we stood in the hall Of
tenement house.
'|Phis is not my lodging house" /
said sharply. fearful that l had been
tricked.
Forgive me-" said the man. who /
could now see was intellectual looking
but very shabby; Il live here l have
brought you to my home to show you
what can happen to an American who
trusts himself on the literary sea: Of
London" He opened door and took
me into a room. or. rather, two rooms
communicating. In one of them .on a
couch lay II girl with the tlaring eyes
and hectic cheek of consumptive
Il would offer you some refresh
ments.' said the man, but there is not
crust of bread here. we have nei.
ther fuel nor lights. and my poor
daughter far from having the delica
cIes she needs, has not even ordinary
food
am taking no eredit:to myself in
saying that relieved their distress. 1t
would be II hipty heart that could re-
fuse fellow eountryman in 4 strange
land. While was listening to n. more
detailed story of their lives ray of
sunlight came streaming in at the win.
dow, and. taking memorandum Of
their location, ] left them,
One day the father appeared at my
apartments to tell me that bis daugh.
ter had but n short time TO live and de.
sired to thank me In person for what
had done for them promised to be
there the Same afternoon. / expected
melancholy scene and preferred to
get through my days work before en-
tering upon what would interfere with
that condition Of mind necessary to
| mental effort.
During the afternoon went 10 their
rooms. They were alone together. the
father being. the sole minister to his
daughte" comfort. The remains Of
some d,,,ic4,cies I bad sent few days
before were on a table. The invalid
was resting in a steamer chair, and
approached her with sad heart.
can never forget the, look Of graft
tude that accompanied the, girls words
Only an exile who had been succored
by one from her native land could have
felt as she felt. When l took my de
parture | asked her father, who spoke
only by q pressure Of the hand, to lei