The Glenwood post., 1914-02-21

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ars started out looking for 4 job"
''v'hat ks j Of ioh:"
ANY kind Of Job. Messenger boy
elevator BOY didn't care. promised
myself Id earn my living without beg
ging. borrowing or stealing"
He told Wallace Of his stealthy
search for the elusive job which vas
to have paid up his debts and started
hin again. this tims a. . millionaire
in process Of coastFuctioa Of new nil.
k0aA-
4 started looking fer . -boy-vaatsA'
sign 1t sounds funny. bat 1t 10 . tact.
Ny intentions we're The best in all the
vsrA Bst I got 70 thinkiAg ee seae
thing else. after I had walked . haseh
o. two. and where Do yos suppses !
vas whea I woke up? In Delnoaico's,
eating breakfast! Turned In there 81
Of force Of habit.
Il made . dosen attempts to % the
right thing. I cut out automobiles and
rode in street cars for three days; ]
went to an opening night At . theater
and sat in the gallery; bought . pair
Of ready-made shoes: I ate meals At .
forty-cent table d-hote and smoked
five-cent cisars-practicing. just prac-
ticing. trying to get used to it,
But l couldn't. That was ALL sim.
ply couldn't! All my good resolutions
went to smash every time I took .
look at Broadway I knew my credit
was good: the things I wanted were
there; l could have them; so-well.
l took them, that was all!'
And now" said Wallace, who had
sat, at first incredulous. and. later.
spellbound. during the recital, you
are fifty thousand dollars in debit"
Il don't know the exact amount. but
that's fairly good guess"
You've been pretty quiet about IT,
1t hasn't seemed to worry you much!"
"Hasnt worried me!" Broadways
voice was bitter. well. I don't mind
telling you that have just come out
Of the first sound sleep I've had in
weeks. I'll BET I walked to Chicaso
and back every night The Arst meath
I was broke"
Il don't undsrstand?"
Il mean II you had measured up my
carpet by the mile. thought % much
and worried 20 much that I didn't dare
trust myself alone. I had the weird
est ideas; did the crssiest things Do
you know that bsloag to ths Saliva
ton Army!
What"
''On the level. I went to Newark
and joined one night"
What was the idea?"
Il thought It might help ne FOREST
my troubles. I played Tie bass drum
for two nights and couldn't stand 1t
any loagef. Ef@have you ever bsea
in Newark
I've beea tArosgA there - TIE
train"
That's bad enough. Guess what
suffered! I got on the train! Oh. you
can't realise what rye besa throagh.
Bob! I've made biuR and pretended
to - happy Ill The time: bst. believe
me- on pal. thers have bssa times
when I've started for tie Hrookiyn
Ttsidgs-anA I won't tell yoa ahost .
bottle u poissa and . gun fall ol Iesd
which considered using. didn't care
about the moasy I'd sDeat: what wof-
ned me was that running in debt, day
after day. with 10 chance Of repay
ing"
But you kept on accepting credit"
"And it was wrong-dead wrong!
But-well, I guess it must be in my
blood. I couldn't help it."
How about your uncle?"
Broadway laughed, cackling, scorn.
ful laugh.
Hes q rich man. Have you tried
him."
Yes: tried him and found him
guilty. wrote and told him was
short of ready cash. after had spent
the pittance that he paid me for my
interest in the Jones' gum. asked
him II he wouldn't lend me. say, ten
thousand dollars"
Did he answerr'
Sure. he answered. Sent me q pack
age Of the gum and the advice: Chew
this and forget your troubles He's In
Europe now. He's worth q million. II
he's worth . nickel. and he bought me
out for practically nothing!"
'6tingy?"
0S1n8!. mes 10 mean tnAt every
time he's asked to have . drink he
takes . cigar and then saves up the
cigars. puts them in old boxes, and
gives them away for Christmas pres
eats"
where have you been getting
eaoagh for tips and pocket money!"
Il sold that big French car I said
was In dead storage. And do you ~.
member that I said I'd lost Q lot of
5sWslry? hadn't. had pawned It.
How's my work. eh!'
You're . wonder! I've got to hand
II to you. But why didn't you conhds
II As long ago!"
II didn't have enough courage to
coaAde In anyone. I could oaly keep
o. hoping that some miracle would
happen. rvo thoQght Qf nothinG N.