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Show I at Place iver In fact and one worth Sec that udven-0 udven-0 tho adventurous, to the lot of those ,vself. 'ho having ' id a., entire constantly 'And h0 force of clrcum-cs clrcum-cs and conditions Uch against-their J admit that one's Snn.chtodo with uro or the reverse. , Ilrst eight or nine t was reared al-An al-An elderly inald-l inald-l wore petticoats a male child led and consequently quiet vaic Into $ j was entirely hough I have had ffes I can hon-t hon-t none of my see the t-he that wild Joy In often read of oth-l oth-l a Trnp. the tightest place , niv own opinion ; Wth thoro of my clvlnc a few of an tano their own tvn special fancy cenHidor. ilrst In til danger an . ad-ilie ad-ilie a boy. When I obtained a sltu-to sltu-to an oilman In Kensington (wo own lhen, and In Its had often to oads for what to .nccs; say even as ever received any 'twas not 1' the ilium railway had I speedily dlscov-rce dlscov-rce from, and to, nto the city. This Iway Involved tho nous number of Western railway nting lines there, inp warily across darkness when I which closed and trugglcd In vain enly became still wards me with a engine Its head-eyes head-eyes of an angry sounding a dcaf-know dcaf-know how I kept terror lasted, bnt was upon mo It nd its long trains me. As the last my foot released, arrylng a fairly cross the lines to hlch I used to got there I sank t shivering as If i long time I was n an hour at any i the shop at last Tor being so long real deal of good, ng Wiiale. bo esteemed by x place than tho -P. ujrlng my wnaling kt Wchalou" We had tone r'U QOUe the usual manner fRtirg fast, and were busily kiaj him when ho retall-Biu retall-Biu full on the boat with falL Every ono of tho ktnyidf tfas shot out of hvtivi Into comparative safc-Htifi; safc-Htifi; got my foot jammed Kif ti boat at an unlucky B'rM , for the foot held, kd: nearly pulled my thigh-(4Kka. thigh-(4Kka. ly foot Jiad Just MhuL tte immense head of tcii orer me as ho t;amo Rb what had been a boat, irao&r of the most hideous ritrtid, yet in the midst of wlcjf with the speculation etesld swallow me!" n itful agony of those few jd Ky head emerged from K&a around, My hand JM02 of the trailing whalo to it as any drowning i Mamon, would, and found myself butt up ku's body. For a moment JM!?! tut this feeling was lm-J'S'te1 lm-J'S'te1 by ttrror as I real-altt real-altt not bo dead yeL I Et In doubt. I felt him Instinctively hauling JFp to ine harpoon, I took a w.ro'jad myself with the Vf11 ltv moments, hours W1 nould eay my sen-E;ste?acU' sen-E;ste?acU' ko those Er b In tho whirlpool T. the whale was in " flu"r. and his move-Kf11,1 move-Kf11,1 wer lnde-.T.1 lnde-.T.1 never lost con-wtt con-wtt .rifio tumult until it lS?aed by perfect H?i?hi ECnSes eent- h?iiib,lv,,0.5- From thIs o bruised and Kbt v eftectB "Pon me BSSfer' 0t course' Buir 1al1 others that I Cst in t "pPrehsnslon of mtitnl railwa' adventure iil"a Drowning Man. &;limvWalVnff a i&lfr,.fw Zealand, I iSm&r rlih 8lnco 1 had to SlW lannJand Whlla tii courVi or,dor 10 keep n n,n my hlnff Bd from &w,n6 un tho l1 to ttnrh u nome I noado L(oMi,,ad oa- man In .r the lost his head mbtesy, sheer-flR1-1 uw 6tead ' a Ht-WfflhVal?10 Ht-WfflhVal?10 inside. WllU to leap out Kt)t "ho went M?lnh"ru' taking 'Mr v - f do not (2aItYh, y Hno soared jB&.WnV,ie going to feV14 alht i Ky t? her ao clfr ioAl without ac-nifc ac-nifc 1 wb too .HR5 WumiS anything, Wwif ofrVrlce com-KuJ'ueniK com-KuJ'ueniK . 1 could not KtHrid v,r.d GtinWalo iTl, VIV- 1 "uddonlv B' 'Vfi frS,?rJa, on to tho end of Hie cock e-bank which runs down tho center of the bay-.mntc,l. she rornaincd high and dry j t fo ttorm nurlrg around, no shelter aaiiaDio, andlRht falling- .Fortunately I wa-s espied es-pied by an old shipmate of mlno. a Rus-slan Rus-slan Finn, who was In charge of a lighter, and ho anchored his craft, got into in-to hla dinghy and rescued mo from m miserable plight- And Judging from the longlli of tlmo I was g5ttlng any life Into In-to mo ln his cosy little don before i . icood fire. I believe that a night on tho cockle hank would novo effectually severed m connection with things mundonc. A Financial Tight Place. Tight places, of course, aro not confined to advonturoa Involving physical risk; only there Is a feeling that otorlcs of troublo In tho llfrt of a man like myself should be confined to dar.gor to life ana limb. Yet I havo a theory that ln tho aKcrcgato thoro Is more nlental agony Involved In-volved ln financial difficulties than In any other troubles that wo havo. and this Is certainly tho case when men aro trying to live honestly and pay their way Therefore, I would like to finish up this brief and veracious recapitulation of so-rlous so-rlous fixes ln which 1 havo found myscli. by a story that 1 believe will appeal to a great many After 1 had loft tho sea. I got a Job aahoro at a low wage, but constant, and not being a thrifty man. although anything but extravagant, I found, as children wero added unto mo, Increasing dllllculty ln making both ends meet. At last In order to supplement my scanty lncomo from tho office whore I was employed during the day. from 9 till 5, I took a small shop and made picture frames In my sparo tlmo. Boforo long I found that 1 only added a now nnd more complicated set of troubles to my previous previ-ous ones, for now I got Into dooL Things went from bad to worse until tho postman's post-man's knock gavo mo palpitation of tho heart, and I dared not open a letter. Arid I also got into tho grip 'of a money lender. lend-er. Not lhat I blomo him. for I .was glad inough for help. Ono day I received an urgent message to hurry homo and on arriving at tho shop I found two rough-looking mon, each of whom presented mo with a ploce of paper informing mo tl'at they wero ln possession, ono for the money-lender, ton poundB and costs, and ono for- tho Queen's taxes. twenty-live shillings. Whllo I -wne talking matters over with them, my landlord pjt another man ln for his quarter's rent, month Overdue. A Houseful of Bailiffs. At this I could not help smiling for It began to be ludicrous. I mvltod them all Into my workshop and gavo them seats, refreshment I regretted lhat I could not offer as I had barely enough for my family s needs nnd my solo capital wa3 urder flvo shillings. Whllo wo wore talk-Irg, talk-Irg, my wlfo called up that I was wanted, want-ed, and scenting a customer I mndo hasto down. It was another broker's man with a claim for soven pounds ten for a doctor's doc-tor's bill, six months overdue I smiled upon him and inviting him upstairs Introduced In-troduced him to my othor visitors. Well, tho humor" of It overpowered tho tragical tragi-cal side altogether, and wo burst Into a hearty laugh. But they laughed longer than I did. The- situation was a nlmple ono Their aggregato claims amounted to considerably over thirty pounds, to mcot which I had nothing but my scanty furniture. fur-niture. AJ30 1 had no friends ablo to help. Plainly I did not knQw what to db, so I did nothing. Then ono of them said; "Well I don't -want to stop hero, I don't aeo tho uso of us all stopping anyhow, so If you'll gtvo mo your word that you'll lot mo ln when I come tomorrow I'll go?" Of course I gave him my word, and on tho eamo terms thoy nil slipped away ono after tho other, much to my relief. Next day 1 managed by the aid of another an-other hard-up friend to raiso' a loan of twenty pounds -and by various small shifts, well known to tho poverty Btrick-ftn, Btrick-ftn, managed to' mako up trio balance and so I was saved ior tho tlnlo. But of course It only put off the evil day, although I am happy to cay that nover again was I In so tight a" place financially. And I am sure that nothing but a cortain buoyancy of tompor nnd sonso of humor I am blessed with, saved tho situation from having a tragic ending (All Itlchla Reserved). |