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Show RECLUSE IS A PHILOSOPHER Negro Found Living In Cave Near Santa Barbara, Cal., Tells Somo Plain Truths. "There's rich living in garbago," says Orrln Swift, negro recluse, who has Just como Into publicity through tho lodgment of a complaint questioning question-ing his sanity, reports u dispatch from Santa Barbara, Cal. Ho has for 20 years lived In a llttlo cavo on tho mountainside between Riucou and Ventura. When tho officers wont out to Investigate In-vestigate thoy found him curled up In a corner of tho cava sleoplug tho morning away. Tho placo was littered lit-tered with tin enns. When nroused Swift greeted his vlaltora cordially and explained to thorn hla modo of llfo und top reason therefor. "Civilization," ho said, "la only another an-other evidence of how slavery can bo lifted up and mado possibly moro refined re-fined outwardly. Tho man who works for hla living Is nothing moro or less than a slave. Ho Is a slave to tho whim of his employor, who may dlB-churgo dlB-churgo him Just ltko that." and tho nogro snapped his finger. "It a man has an income today ho mny not havo ono tomorrow. Tho conacquonco Ib that both tho man who tolls for an employer and tho man who draws hla Incomo nro slaves to worry, neither of thorn knowing tho peace nnd hnpplnoss that comes with tho quiet llfo. Men would live forever If It were not for worry. That's tho most Hubtlo destroyer tho human family fam-ily Is prey to, for It leads to all other ailments whoso wludup Ib death. "Hero 1 am living contented. No ono can demand rent or taxes, and I find yiy living' lu tho garbage on tho town dump, many flno morsels being left In cans and otherwlso thrown awuy. There's rich living In garbago." Tho man's talk was rational, though straugo, and hla conduct was qulot. Therofore. tho ofllcerB loft hlni to his lonely llfo. "Thero Is a whole lot of gcnulno truth lu his philosophy," eald tho sheriff. "Men dlo rrom worry und what comes in its train, and tho ruco will dlo moro rapidly aa It advances lu civilization, tor tho burden of taxation tax-ation grows apuco." |