The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1916-11-16


his pride and he went to police station
and asked for lodging, but had to par
with his faithful dog or stay out in thu
rain, which meant death. In the nigh
he missed his locket and curl of Eliza
beth's hair. and complaining of the rob
berry caused him to be put out. His faith
full dog on the stoop took his part
whereupon the dog was killed. This Sc
enraged him that fight ensued. He
says this nights experience is the main
spring of his fight with the slums.
He decided now to go to friends and
ask for aid. But on the way he was
obliged to associate with tramps. He
tried to avoid them, but was not always
successful. When sleeping in a hay
NOV, alone, as he supposed, flash of
lightning revealed man not three feet
away. Whether swinging the axe in the
forest or harvesting ice, the thought of
Elizabeth was the handspring to action.
He next made some money trapping and
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challenged his statements in regard to
latitude and longitude. He did chores
for DR.. Spencer, piled boards in lum-
Der yard until he got into suarrel, and
worked for a cabinet maker. His COM
panion threw loaf of bread at rooster
because he stepped on the butter. He
tJpJS hnd IL
ing Sl5 per week where his predecessor
had made but $40, his boss cut the price.
BY extra effort he made SIG per week at
the reduced price, and the bose cut the
price again, whereupon he quit the job.
A job on the railroad proved too much
for him and he again became tramp
and later ship carpenter.
When he asked an editor for work the
door was shut in his face, because of his
rough hands and clothing. He opened
the door and shaking his fist at the edi-
tor, said, "You laugh now, but wait. "
This decided him to be a reporter. But
before putting this resolve into practice
GLIDING the sale of extension tables and
patent fatirons. He even bought a
horse at auction for $40. During the
next fifteen minutes be came to the con-
clusion that he had made mistake, as
he had no use for the horse and only six
dollars with which to feed himself and
horse, so he promptly accepted an offer
of SIS for the horse. The fifteen min
utes during which he owned that horse
was one of the longest fifteen minutes
of his life.
After more unsuccessful business ven
lures he was taken sick with a fever.
While thus lying helpless a crushing
blow came in the form of q letter from
home telling of Elizabeth marriage
the one event that he had thought i'm
possible. He made his way to New
York during the summer by peddling
f1atirons, learned telegraphy and tried
journalism, for which he got no pay ex-
cept in experience. He saw all classes,
to beat their pay out of his edilor-in-
chief. AS landlords invariably objected
to having his pet dog around, he answer.
ed an advertisement for a dog. AS the
Wall street broker was about to droI
the price of the dog into his hand, {
wistful look from the dog caused him to
refuse the money and they started ou
to make their living selling an illustrated
edition of Dickens. When short o.
money, the dog often Jared better at the
basement gate than his master did at the
front door. After spending three days
with scarcely crust to eat he was rest
ing on the steps near the Cooper lnsti
tute when he was surprised to hear thu
voice of the principal of the TELEGRAPH
school he had attended while his money
lasted. This old friend suggested giving
him letter of recommendation to {
man needing a reporter.
The letter was no sooner received thar
his thoughts turned to her, the thought
OF whom had been his sustaining fore
in more prosperous days. Work wal
secured and food in abundance, but h,
fell exhausted in a sWoon on the stairs
Thus he began his life as a newspape
man. After putting in a winter her
he was offered better salary with an
other firm and in two weeks was editor
But before Christmas this firm close
out business, and the subject of ou
sketch was standing on the ferryboa
one evening lost in meditation when HI
noticed meteor shooting through tn
heavens. He thought of an old supersti
ton prevailing among the children tina
if he could frame a wish before tn
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