Daily Kennebec journal., 1912-02-26

has shipped his trunk or his suitcase by
| another line and changed his money to
a draft he is likely TO land in a foreign
port minus much that he expected he
would have
One student who had slaid great plans
for seeing the Continent with $50 in gold,
which he had in a money belt about his
| waist. found himself minus belt and
money on his arrival lie had been vio-
| lently sick on the way over, and when he
got ashore he was so weak that he could
| barely walk The captain of the ship Of
! fered him q small sum. with which he
| hired room, ate a square meal took a
bath and then after sleeping "A hours. he
went out and secured work waiting in a
| sailors restaurant untile the ship re-
turned TO Boston, when he came back on
il. glad for the opbortuai.y 10 get his
food and passage free.
Another. with about ahe same sum,
managed to keep it. Heghired a bicycle.
saw England, lived fairly well, and re-
| turned to Boston with few emergency
dollars in his pocket. Another. who kept
his funds, got as far as the Scotch border
There he fell in with some convivial
spirits spent the. night in a wild de
| hauch, and the next morning. upon eX-
/ amining his pocketbook found he had lust
enough 10 pay his reckoning at the inn
where he was staying. lie walked nearly
| 100 miles before reaching Liverpool beg
sng food wherever he could and getting
an experience that proved valuable and
lasting lesson in temperance.
One college man. whose reputation for
/ skin with the cards was better than his
| reputation as conscientious student
found himself with his funds depleted in
a prosperous city of lower Italy He
dropped into the corridor of one of lne
best hotels and sat down, trying to fig
ure out his chances of getting enough
money to return home. when we'll
dressed stranger, apparently taking him
for a wealthy American, stepped up 10
him and asked him 10 Join two other
friends in a game of cards.
The young man knew something hf the
methods of Italian card sharps. 50 put
ting on bold front, he Joined the trio
in the card room. Twenty dollars repre-
scented his sole stock of cash. but he
lpiayed as though he had that many lhou-
sand. The game progressed with vary
! ing fortunes To all concerned until final
| y the American began to win. lie had
cashed in for little over hundred dol
lars and the game was 70 be reopened fer
higher stakes. when he drew out his
watch. With an exclamation he said: Il
know yonll excuse me a minute Whine /
telephone to my friends. If We are going
to play a stin game I don't want to be
hampered with the thought Of another
engagement.
i Then, leaving his hat and cane on the
table he strolled leisurek toward the tele-
phone booths in the foyer of the hotel.
turned ASST 10 enter ono and then slipped
quietly into the street There, haiiing
passing cab. he went mp 10 his lodgings.
where, getting his belongings together.
ne paid his bill, fe-entered the cab and
was, soon on board Of a train which was
bound Paris=ward. The next morning,
he crossed the Channel and the first ship
that crossed the Atlantic took him with
lit
i Usually however. the card game story
ends with quite another conclusion, and
the poor dupe who fails into the trap that
his smooth chance companions lay for
him IS ieeced of all that he has and is
left with his purse empty and his cup of
experience full.
Several of, the New York steamship
eoiiipaiies nave ihaoe IL n rule not TO take
| college men as cattle tenders. They ar
que that the men are not strong enough
To undertake the heavy work required
and that frequently they get sick and
have TO be cared for instead of caring for
the interests of the company They had
rather pay men 10 do the work who are
more able TO stand the sea voyage. with
the result that fewer men are leaving
that port for Europe by cattle ships than
has heretofore been the case. In Boston.
Philadelphia and Baltimore cattlemen still
hire college labor because they find 1t
cheap, but it IS likely that those who con-
template a cattle ship trip TO Europe next
year win hesitate bit after hearing of
some of the experiences through which
their friends have passed. Springfield
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