Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-09-18

let boat From week 70 week. for pos
sibly two months. we received letters
from him. Then came the silence
The silence continued for six
months, until one morning ! received |
note written on American Line pa
per and postmarked Southampton. II
was signed by Ford.
Shall arrive on Philadelphia with.
In AZ hours after you receive this,
short OF cash. DO you remember that
ten dollars you owe met"
That was impudence for youl I !
should have known who wrote that
note, without a signature. However.
clapped a ten-dollar bill in an envel.
ope and mailed It promptly. A week
later Ford dropped In to see me.
Much obliged for the cash. old
man." he said. 1T came In handy
You see, they trimmed me beautiful.
ly In Paris, and started out for Rio
with my steamship ticket and barely
enough coin to last me three weeks.
In fact, when got to the Chilean
frontier town across the Andes,
was strapped That made me sick
Of the whole job, and decided It was
time to head for home. There was .
prince Of a British consul there,
who loaned me ten.spot and got me
a pass for donkey transportation
across the mountains to the Argen.
tine railroad.
Just by blind luck, I'd Clipped 40
quaintance with the chief engineer Of
the construction gang on the Argen-
tine side, and so when hit him for q
pass to Buenos Ayres, he ponied up
like a good one.
Il was feeling pretty disconsolats
and | went into a cafe near the wa
ter front to forget myself for an hour
or two. That was the time when Bra.
I'll and the Argentine were seeing
which could build warships the quick
est, you know, and there was a big
Braziliano sitting In the place, with
his feet up, passing remarks to the
occupants In general. AS soon as he
saw me, he concentrated his attention,
apparently on the supposltlon that be-
cause | was small must be easy.
stood about two sentences and then
went for him. We were rolling pro
miscuously around the restaurant, and
was getting a bit the worst OF 1t,
when little man with an arm like a
, steam-fail came through the door. Aft
er he got through with my Brazilian
, | tTtand Ihnpn M No IN ha
/ picked up.
We'll, we shook hands and told
each other we'd always been longing
. to meet, and afterwards we had a
drink. The little man was British
er, captain of a tramp steamer due
to sail the next afternoon, and when
| told him Of my troubles he clapped
me on the back and offered me free
passage to Rotterdam. IN have to
put you down on the books as cabin
boy or steward he said But you'll
do no work. Come as my guest; III
be glad to have you He was a prince
that skipper. Fed me at his own Ia.
BILE, gave me his own cigars and wine
and when we reached Rotterdam he
staked me to Paris.
Aunt Jane was in Paris, fortunate
ly for me, and l think she was SO
glad at the prospect of getting me
back to America that she divied W
without any side remarks"
l never really knew Citation, the
fifth of my vagabonds. l had beer
dining at club in Picadilly with ar
engineering friend, and as we were
passing out through the club parlor'
room for a big, broad shouldereC
man wearing blue spectacles. That
Citation" he whispered HE was on,
of the principal assistants in the con
struction of the new trans-AndeaI
line. He's always had bad eyes, ant
the doctor told me he ought not Il
work above the snow line, but tina
wouldn't do for Citation. He want
to be where the fun is. You see, en-
gineering as a science means little Il
him. It's the game he likes-the figh
to overmaster some problem. Poo
ChdlLOu' w u6uSNSl buSIS wac q uSe
perate job to be done, he was boun,
, to be on it-and all for beggarly 81;
I or seven pounds week, suppose"
Why do you say Poor Citation?
> asked.
, Because he'll never get over thi
latest eye trouble. He got it from tn
snow glare, just as the doctors sal
he would.
n But what will the man DOR e1
! claimed. How is he going to liver"
He'll live-survive, rather" rejoil
i. ed my friend, bitterly His peopl
~ have money But he'll never wor
= again. Every one who knows him
- always cut up. And he feels it, to-
~ although he's deuced plucky abou
80 it,"
~ II you have been in the habit {
"a frequenting police courts or chea
lodging houses it is possible that 20
~ have met John Kelly.
- AS near as l could make out frol
~ ~ stray admissions Kelly made to m
he gave up a reputable position
-, life to undertake study Of the ps
an chology of tramps and thieves. H
~ used to speak with genuine pride I
- his researches, and he was particula
=. " proud of what he termed his III
work"-the compilation Of dictio
~ airy of thieves slang, together with
bo compendium of the rules OF hous
=