| Show THE THIRST THAT PAYS it the thirst hurst for knowledge Ac according accordia cordin f to ahn story BUT ITS THIRST OF THE REAL OLD SOST SORT howard fielding Flold ln tries trie to buy a dook in new keirk and passes some T thousand hau sands or saloons saloon on the way to the nearest store John johneil wil 1 diw N I 1 iv jan jain 3 1 this story atory bits a moral amoral but not lah my adelco or con constent stint I 1 am ain aware that which show the authors author eters anil and the broaders to be entirely without moral moraig agodo are jo as cosay on tho the in these d lya Y 8 an and I 1 would vo u 1 1 I 1 rather loio lobe my toll still re respect all t thili lh t fool 1 way away rey my time lime on that aro are suro sure to como back and yot yet I 1 was wa not ainars thus I 1 was raised in 0 a now england village where only ono woman worn wore a low cut cui dross and sho she did it not from any improper motive but because ilia sharp adges of 0 lier her collar bones donld bo be always alwais wearing out tho the goods however tills this Is a digression iliad I 1 had very important business with ts man silo had no lots he honest tin lin livid had it a room up tip three flights llis ht lit in tile tho rear swept every esth of 0 nry with willi hot and cold water in ili iho 0 kitchen with nobody to bring ll it up tip to a follow it if by chance lie he should liui ild want to use ue ll it on oil a meet qulos except lor for tho ilia evidences of 0 negligent igene 0 on tile the part or of tho the at act cle cleaning aninK d dc c apartment parl part niesi ment and 4 nd these been mo very loud in hot it cather I 1 was vas to inert him J I 1 f A I 1 1 A 1 11 ii ji ja I 1 jail I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 2 I 1 W I 1 sl VI I 1 1 I I 1 1 I 1 I 1 a I 1 I 1 X k 4 i p is Z N I 1 M qt Q t curried ot oil 0 so NO there at 8 or it if be should ila bo out iwas to w wail lit till ho came it in and he might bo be qi quite lite late 10 lo nas oil out L n hen I 1 arrived probably some hours of before me I 1 sal bal down to paper on oil the way uptown it I 1 hail had roil read overy everything ng ex copl tile society notes and other morn more or loss less palatable I 1 disposed of these in a low lew minutes and time lime began to long hang heavy on oil iby hands ahr by at such times limes does docs Pro providenc videnA I 1 always deny us its ako tko tl 0 o onsol atlon of 0 good reading manor these are the ilia occasions when history could bo be got luto into us or 41 or the principles of english grammar tariff oi ortho the lightal As asia a arnold but bul wo we almost no novar cr ret get a chance to 0 learn anything in when even a soap ind ad in io four unknown languages including cludius in K as sho she Is wrote tor for such put pur poses would be DO a blessed relief I 1 looked around my friends room tor for it a book ile he had none I 1 then read a railroad ral road time tabla which was lying 0 on 11 the iho tallo taio I 1 il L contained a description of a express train with a dining car attached this wai wag very fair air fiction the stylo style was good food and plot was cleverly worked out and nj the iho humor to anybody who had eer ridden on oil tile the train aasi aa delicious but bill it wi was no I 1 long enough I 1 was soon at tho the mercy of toy roy own thou thoughts gats andio you knowd know when hen a ainan alan has spent ilia iho best part of ills his life iu in such apartment and has afterward escaped by tho the desperate hazard ol of matrimony mony the iho thoughts which they bring back to hint aro are cold and desolate enough to chill the morrow marrow ol of a deep sea I 1 I 1 I 1 rl I 1 4 ill 1 I 1 I 1 1 I iii 1 I 1 V ay iy 11 biell I 1 1111 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 i j 11 1 1 11 A howat 1 refrains frain devil fish I 1 ren fell into a desperate black trance lit in which I 1 was conscious cona cloua of no thing except the iho foar oar that I 1 might I 1 wake arid anil find that time had turned backward and tha room was mine deaths atha lead head and cros ro liones I 1 ct cle claimed lot lol mo me tio be sano lieno whon when john returns I 1 will g go 0 out slid and buy a book tho alio nearest avoil lio WAS all every place ot of business appeared to bo be upon it kod ad clerics vor klog hours it ilay day because it was wag the holidays cason tor for other people thorn was wail a drug store on oil the ilia corner limit ind au u other place for the abo sale of liquor next v door beyond that was udal G i hoa saloon si loon here toni tom noland was hot in october ct ober the place had been cry am popular since thou abon avid and on till aliis it was doliva us rushing bau Iness the number Is 97 but II if you fiust icil at visit tile place dont drink with a man if 3 ou do 3 ou oil wil will I 1 go to bleed lit 1 abona riva fiva lili and afterwards wake up tip on an the ha street in a suit of summer under clothes kindly to you yoa by the iho stranger in exchange for foil what cor or you yon may base bah biad ad with you whon when ou oil tic lepird ills his invitation j in t the h a w window of va no 1 I saw some newspapers and it seemed probable that ihal books might bo be sold also though the iho principal business ln in the ehe outer cater shop was apparently the iho silo of clars havo yoa books inside 1 I asked ot of the ma liaa a behind the counter saw naw said he ha idey sant gains on tommas tommys haakin his hi book at aj do track dess def days I 1 perceived that this was one of 0 too the cigar stores which serve corvo as tho the portals portal for gambling dons the mm man who anyo it a 25 cont cigar on the tha way in usually unusually cannot afford aiford to borrow a light when he ha comos out I 1 went out into tha street and pasion which Is 19 a alvo and which Is 13 another dive xo no ibex Is ex alderman dorman Al place but the tha namo name over 11 the door this Is not n P bookstore no a Is 13 is candy store no ma ll Is a 3 ait loon NO 0 o ll Is a rol rant cigar store to tho the best ol of my knowledge and belief though I 1 should I 1 not be ba to learn that all hian routed tho ilia second floor and paid is week to tile tho captain or of tito precinct the next lew few doors that were orion open for busin admitted tho the unwary to tile hotel was ancon nw newsstand q and bookstall lit in a corner of at tile alio barroom vanroom var room but I 1 found that tho the proprietor had removed iland it and butina putina put in a aco counter all ills his customers can eat cat while comparatively few can road beyond tho ilia hotel is a 1 drug store I 1 wont lit in ind and got a patent medicine alma I 1 i I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 f 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 f 11 I 1 f it I 1 I 1 j 1 1 W j I 1 AR lie ile intrudes intruder cawn alie the PoUce emani mano rise nac in order to guard against a total dearth of 0 literature then came a dry roods goods store followed by a wot wet roods goods loro xo no 1003 Is Galls ghera ila ho hs 1 a I saloon and gunj pool room on the s 0 C find floor nod aad above Is A hot and glit t oring leu den where ono one lias has Is larro largo arid liberal choice ot of gambli rg games its flintily I 1 we loo that whichever ono you choose ll 11 1 vs A hundred to ono that it 16 gets the better belter of 0 you nox t door uptown is leal pawnshop hl his real naino la Is jotham P perkins ot of east port but he has iab changed it by application to tile tho legislature because I 1 in ter fores with his busi business nesA nobody in distress would euthim put ahlm sol solf f imo lite bi business I 1 sineas relations with s yat yankee I 1 arco home tr offer when by walking eight blocks ho he could got a loan from solomon isaacs above Is 1 Willi willias gs bakery 1 regret to say ahat that tho tracks lit in the tha mud of 0 the pavement bayci nent before Israel door led either cither into inlo the pawnshop or out ool of it il toward gallas nobody wanted bread or books I 1 approached a policeman einan who was wai standi standing ngat at a corner and respectfully demov removing ing my hat I 1 asked it if his 19 old could direct me to a book tore coar doy uster usler bo be one on fourt aver noo near said amid he but my dear clear sir I 1 replied re pied that la Is more ill than an two miles from borc what I 1 blazes la be rejoined m nil I 1 responsible for that thai As A I 1 was wa ayin mr Gall Galla arber irber der bes 0 chii this town I 1 hear the alie remainder la I 1 Vs 9 too much interested in Oal lather lie ilo was vias a 24 carat lull full jeweled tough anil and ills raiment nt moro more gorgeous than tile leaves ot of autumn A plain ordinary ordin mm man could put on adult a suit ol of clothesline clothe that and borrow money almost anywhere and though his bl waistcoat alloo was worth more money thin auy any suit ot of clothes I 1 over ever I 1 knew that its hi value was greatly enhanced by a rectangular package ln in ono or its pockets cons consisting IsLIng ot of united states notes beginning with ith a thousand cusand ib dollar bill and sloping gently down to it a ona on the outside I 1 turned front from this glittering anil and successful ce shil gentleman and strolled slowly down to fourt I oarl an and d street bure enough I 1 found the iho book store tile tha proprietor an old man in the iho lat slates of sat ant in the a gas jet with ills his head to lo ills his hands bands glad to find you in I 1 said ald ivo ive had a loon long search for a book store 1 I 1 generally close the shop before this time said ho he but ivo ive been waiting in hopes somebody somo body might drop in I 1 could not help contrasting bis appearance pe arance aranco with Gallag liers and I 1 came near asking him why ho he get out of ills his and sell people want but I 1 looked into his bis mild and honest eyes and bear to give him pain probably I 1 thought he bo cacno net got A 1 license on account of hla his character IoWA ltD |
