Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1920-05-07
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KIND FRIENDS
Please help Il POOR man
WILLING but UNABLE
work With LARGE FAMILY.

TO work with LARGE FAMILY.
,'.''....... Observation-Disclosures. ..........s
According to his own statements he
mad lost his arms in variety of ways;
the juvenile population had been in
formed that sharkS--or bears--hnd
eaten his lost arms; to very old and
supplemented ladies 1t was fire
Damp, or ION the railway" or Just
"cannibals." He had also fallen from
the masthead" dropped out of
balloon" and got caught in an ele-
vator." Sometimes his loss had oc-
Cured while fighting in Cuba" OF
engaged in blasting rocks in Cali
tornia." In fact, of knowing acct
dents" Armless John was a long way
ahead of Othello.
His memory being somewhat treach-
erous, he sometimes had to listen to this
kind of remark:
why you told me last month that
you lost your arms in Peru-now you
say 1t was in Australia you must either
be lying, or had a lot of arms to start
with"
To all such personal and unkind OBJ
servations, the stammering beggar
would reply somewhat like this
"Wa-wawasn't in-sen-s i-ble at the
ti-ti-ti-at the time? How'd dye
s-s-spose-" (He had habit of break
Ing off like that.) But l lost 'em,
you b-b-bet"
man Of perhaps fifty years of age,
shabbily dressed, stopped one morning
In front of Armless John.
Mice morning." said the stranger
"Fi-fi-fine, sir" agreed John.
yours is bad case, my friend" re-
| Joined the other.
"T-t-terrible, sir"
"How did you lose your arms?
Gun p-p-powder explosion at Mel
melbourne"
Australia?
The beggar shook his head.
That's my native place." added the
stranger.
II don't mean there. Mel-mel-bourne
| al AAShtuNhy 10 tiS p7pp io1N, Ill IlSit.
you're a liar, Phillips. Do you
know Sing Sing?" asked the man.
"Never there" answered John, now
looking for the first time in the other
mans face.
Eyes, you were, my friend. You and
l spent about FIVE years there. What
an old fraud you are How do you
manage to dispose of your arms like
that?"
John was speechless, as well as
stammerless, though still apparently
armless.
81 hope We won't squeal on me
Tom?" he remarked.
"That all depends. Have you got a
large family, as the sign says?" in
CURED Tom.
There's six of us altogether, in.
Guiding the dogs"
"Well, you'll have to pay me SO
much a week, and won't say word, "
replied the other.
There amt enough comm in to do
that" said John dolefully.
something must be DONE" remarked
Tom. 81 haven't got work, and can't
get any"
Suppose you come up to the house
tonight, and We'll talk things over
Go away now, Tom. do; see you to.
night"
The stranger moved away slowly
remarking to an old lady about to drop
a coin in the little tin mug THAT'S
bad case, mum; the poor fellow lost
his arms falling off the roof of a
church"
Ibid he. indeed?" sympathetically
said the lady. II always give him a
trfe when I pass. but I thought he
lost his arms in battle"
The ex-convicts were holding a mid
night session.
1--WE thought out a'scheme. Tom
which will pay us both, and We'll be
Independent of each other. Suppose
you go and stand at the library, and
be blind man. There isn't such q
fellow In the place. Every day one
of the children can bring your dinner
down to you, and also lead you home
at night. I'm sure you'll make more
than l do"
Don't suit me-" answered Tom. 90
amt a-gong to keep my eyes shut al
day. think I'd better be a one-armed
sailor. suffering from a shark-bite."
"That1l never do" said John. TN
in the shark business at times. yor
know. The blind dodge Is the only
one any god, so far as / can see.
believe there's fortune in being 9
Poor Blind Man,"
II can't see It," answered the doubt
ing Thomas.
you're not supposed to see any
thing" replied John, with laugh
which the other did not relish.
In a few days there appeared to