The Warwickshire Herald. — 1899-05-04 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

TAKE MS COAT'OFF AND WORK.  lind that work is the greatest antidote to a life of dialpation." Everything was arranged for the Earcst to he received as one of the many thousands that pass ti rough the hands of the Salvation Army. 'The Countess and her daughter were anxious to take him back once more to the City before finally hand. leg him over to the care of the "Army " It transpired that the Countess left her son in the City alter an aft., tionate farewell, and she proceeded . . _ . . .  home in th full belief that I;e had gone to Whitechapel to IV! in his new life. The following mothbu . a harm r taming fil,llll, fresh eggs and butter arrived at ti • pt for the Ilamn. They had been sent with many expressions of tender sympathy by his sister. Ent the Banat, however, had not arrived. It seined ti at on parting fr in his mother he was given sortie mot ey, and the inevitable happened. Tire or four days lab r lw turned up looking very downcast and very miserable. He had spent the money and lad atilt in the Embankment for two nights. 11, was litemtty starving, and generally In a most 'tillable condition. "I have come back," said the Root., after he had been given something to eat, "and le %V lam ready for anything." The f rat task that was given I • was addressing  envelop. a and 10. r some time he at along-side two 11It'll with pasts, and all three afterwards became great friends 0111. -of thew was a man wo at. bradqoar:ers Pa OW "morphia" doctor. ye had taken his degrees with honours but had bee. me  A SLAVE TO MORPHIA  with all its evil result. From a flourishing West End practiee'he was nit long ago picked up in the streets ir one of our great provincial towns after having ethic, thml to cemmit suicide. This man has iftwe overt, me the habit of injecting morphia. and at this very mom mint is again an honoured member of society v ith a large practice in a fashionable part of Londen. The other companion of the Baron was also reclaimed and married a very wealthy young lady. They are now living at a well-known ateringli'mo eon the South Coast. During his stay with Ow Silvation Army the young nobleman had many tm mutations to renew his former life. The Baron slept it oi.e of the "elevators '• at Baker-street, Whitechapel, but Ids identity was always kept a secret frim the nem who frequented the institution for food awl atelier. Ile wei a general favourite, however, ov kg to his gentlemanly manners, and the quiet way in which he comtucted himself. He had one nsieemieg Vi(P. if it MR Is- termed Mal. The little money he received from the "Army" for the work he performed he always spent in new cuffs and collars and the balance in cigars. "When the three men- the Baron. time • morphia ' doctor. and the •le nth man '—strolled mmut of an evening," said Commbsi erC 111311, with evident pride. "you woul , have thought that tiwy were three nwmbers of Parliament discussing some weighty social problem." And recently the Countess visited time "Army" headquarters and left with the Baron, who had ',creme a man again, and as such is now commanding respect and admiration wherever he goes.  CURIOUS OFFER OF MARRIMIIt Rate Peak in, a homeless woman of twenty-four, who attempted to commit suicide by throwing herself into the River Weaver on Monday. and has since been an inmate of N. rthwich Workhouse, has received an ofhr of marriage from a Hyde man. She had never seen her lover, whose affection had been awakened by a report in the evening papers. The wooer makes his ffer in a letter breathing tender passi, n, and replete with terms of endearment. It appears he has been led to propose by the coincidence that two years ago he also attempted to take his life.