Show the twelve man the twelve man inan has been a notoriety in brooklyn forthe for the past ten years and was thus desh designated mated from his iia lia bitof of appearing nip atthe at the city hall and watching the iho face of the clock while it struck the hour of noon As soon scoon as the sound ceased the man mail who was wag a common mon laborer scantily dressed and stricken en with melancholy would cast I 1 his eyes about him foursome for bome some moments moment then folding his arms would despondently walk away without speaking a word to any per person sorl As he came daily and with regularity despite summers rs heat beat and winters storms many citizens tempted by curl curi curiosity or syrup sympathy ym athy pAthy sought to learn his sto story r y or tendered him money ta to alleviate his evident suffering but the singular being remained rema remu ined as its mute muto as the tile grave and although perceptibly in want steadfastly refused refu refus ed ninan cial clai assistance even even cven the gift of a small email coin eing to ta earn it at laboring upon upun small smail jibb jobs without which he would bavo nave undoubtedly starved it was however ascertained that his name nama was thomas connell and thal thai he lie dwelt with a widowed sister slater in an abode of th the poverty stricken known aa as patch he labored under the delusion that an ima lma imaginary dmary debtor had bad agreed to him at ut the city oily had haji at twelve precisely and then pay him in person a butu of money and eo bo strongly was this his notion impressed upon him will that repeated ants had reduced e im to a condition of imbecility Y on 06 thursday occurred hig his his big last as t isit to the hailar hallai td rd on sundae he fie request ed his hii not toad as lie he would die before her return his uis words proved prophetic on her return bhe bho foun found him a corpe corpse having I 1 tiled died from fron y W Y cor S F Y chronic re |