Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-07-11

ways wanted, forced upon me, when
got IL, gregariousness that was al
most as bad as being poor. The waite
that had formerly taken my tip il
ungTateful silence now pocketed tn,
same bonus with the most ungratify
ing gush of thanks. A taciturn bar
Der who had shaved me for years de
veloped into loquacious, whispering
unexpurgated anecdotalist. | learned
the ear-marks of toadies, and could
spot them as readily as pennies in q
handful OF change. Even those who
had stood by with friendship in the
| dog-days underwent, for the most part
alterations of attitude. And il was all
very hard to bear The multiplicity OF
affairs and possessions became very
tedious; the being O marked man; the
being set aside from those who have
to help themselves. And | grew to
want freedom not less passionately
than formerly | had wanted the money
that had got me into bondage.
wanted to get beyond the reach of tele-
graph and telephone; beyond the in.
sinuating voice and the adulating face.
| wanted, in short, TO stand upon my
own feet, once more, and to turn my
u.
Trumpet Island is off the coast OF
Maine. You may Crusoe upon It at,
and for, any time. There are forty
acres of it, sparse grass. a forest OF
spruce and hemlock, cove and o
fresh-water pond. There Is log-cabin,
too, which | can recommend. 1t has a
room, a roof and a chimney, and
built IL myself. There ought to be half
barrel of flour left, and a tin of
moldy biscuits. Help yourself. | have
not even bought Trumpet Island for
sentiment. And that Is because have
never been able TO find out who owns
it. But / bless it from the heart
for the solitude which 1t gave me, and
for the company.
| had made arrangements with the
owner of a sea-going tugboat TO bring
me supplies on the first and fifteenth
OF each month, weather permitting;
but in building the cabin had no help
from man, and only from Him who
sent me weeks of sparkling sea-blue
weather. The island had dry cave,
in which might have lived well
enough. But | was set on being a
builder, and worker; genuine and
creditable output of civilization. /
made a little garden in front of the
cabin, in which grew the more simple
minded vegetables and such bright an
nuals as require the fewest prayers.
Rain held of until the last bark slab
was in place upon the roof. But |
slept in the cabin for the first time
through roaring and q downpouring
that proved me to have builded ever
so much better than | really Knew
how. My tiny house was as tight as
a yacht-a genuine. outstanding. hon.
cradle out-of-door house. Tired as
vas, pride In achievement carried me
beyond midnight without the wish to
sleep. i sa: before my fire. and
smoked, and thought, and remembered,
and ime g.nec. End was proud and con-
tent.
l have a friend, very fond of out of
doors. He used TO say that II was his
ambition 20 build a little house out Of
doors. and i've In II. | thought of him
that night, toiler among crowds, and
wondered how he Jared. Then my
mind got running on affairs, and
tried to calculate with pencil and paper
just how rich | was! because | wanted
to be able to say: This house which
have built, and this island which
God put in the sea, are worth more to
me than so many millions" But I
was tired, and could not remember
how much Western Union | owned,
nor how much General Electric: nor
whether Alkaline Verde had last sold
for three hundred dollars a share or
five hundred. OF course | knew to a
Y
owned in my own company-"The
United Vibrator Company of New Jer-
sey"-and Just what dividends 1t had
paid. would, could and should pay; but
other holdings could not get them
selves remembered.
Anyhow" | thought, there's a lot
OF 1t, but fits not as good as this. o
Lord!" My Imagination began to make
pictures In the Goals; forest scenes
with animal life, and faces of people
that / knew, and that did not know.
One face. that of Malinski. my bene-
factor, was wonderfully vivid, and not
pleasant. / remembered how even in
death he had still looked drunk, and
how his affection for me had been
born, not of kindness and true friend
ship on my part. but of a drink of
brandy that the ulcers in his stomach
were burning for
| had seen him accost a dozen men
In the shadow Of the Third Avenue
Elevated. but without success. Then
be stepped up to me. ard said The was
very proud and looked you in the eye):
I'm not hungry, sir, but I'm in tor
ture for drink. VIII you END me a
quarter? But | may never pay you
back" I gave him quarter. one Of
two that | had in the world at that
time. He insisted though upon having
my name and address, so that IL. which
be doubted, fortune ever smiled, he
could pay his debt
A week later a woman with an evil
lace came to my room, and told me
hat one whom | had befriended lay ,
lying. and wished with his own hands
10 pay me debt-with interest HE
said" said she. mot to leave that out,
Else you mightn't come"
/ went with her, and found the beg
gar. drunk and dying. The woman
closed the door upon us, and could
never find a trace of her afterward,
hough / tried.
Here" said Malinski. He gave me
! new-minted quarter. and a Toll OF
thumbed. wavering
,ut clear-the working plan. In short,
" the Vibrator. Principal and inter-
st. Hold my hand tighter
as tight IS you can !"
Ie rocked OF drunkenness Evan the