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Show Ons nf stanf, There drifteil Into Chicago tho other day a man of unusual ability, although no stranger would have auipcctcd It, Hla gannenta wire ragged and mllodj Ids hair wafull ot haiand agricultural agricult-ural produrta, for ho had lately liecn sleeping In bartis, and liU stomach was a dreary void, but ho waa cheerful and not at nil dlaeourageil. IlodL-icoiinua freely In tlvo languages', Is on artist, musician and writer of po er. Ho haa bald many good sltuatlona, but never for long. Hn soon oa ho haa drawn 11 wvck'a wagea he la lucllni-d to exclaim with Monti) Crbto, 'Tho world lamlne," nod work beoomca cuerolia to hhn. Ho (,-oea to halls ot dazzling light) at tho lilgli priced restaurants ho orders princely prince-ly viands, mid slumbers ut night hi (ho Hunt couch In town. ThU goes on until tho money U exhausted, ex-hausted, nnd then ho goes to tho rail-mad rail-mad and bomida merrily along from tlo to Ho In tho direction of tnniu other ell. Mo la waxing older ovcry day thcro are gray halra on his head, and hla Joints crack when ho rlua In tho morning. Boon, full anon, hla blood will 1) thin nnd lilt hick bent, nnd aomo flno day hit remnlna will lio gnlli cred up from sumo feuco corner nnd dcpnuitisl In n mlillt gmve, and tho iceorda will till In ono lino tho story ut ugond ilfothrunn nway. Ilo Is only ono In a long prooeulun of able youths who nro Jogging merrily along the tamo thoroughfare, Chicago (Hobo. |