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(7) / w L.vt’rhU'/i/ 44 95 For hi •. .1 ; s •■• T ir lott each bearin ' t i >a 1 ir, in lar^o black letters of u Chi M'ro daily paper. Mo chuckled to himself as he received them, hi; only apprehension being 1 that he had been precipitant in offering his services in such u broadcast manner, which might load to the embarrass ment of more than one accepting his proposition. Pulling the precious mis sives in his po ket to be enjoyed at leis ure in ids lodgings he strolled away with much self-satisfaction, pausing for a moment to gaze with wonder into the shop-windows of Clark street, whore the second-class tradesmen were driv ing a roaring business notwithstanding the city ordinances which prescribe flues innumerable for all violators of the Sabbath day. lie had crossed t wo blocks nn Ids way to his lodging when his attention was attracted to a se’ond-han i basement clothes store, in which, to his surprise, his hands >mo neighbor at the postodi -e was standing in the mid d of some dirty Jewish salcsm *n. on a - <1 in a violent altercation, everyone of the shopmen speaking at once, and the young gen tleman indignantly protesting in loud and angry tones. Without a moment's reflection (»roy sprang down the steps to the young man’s side. “Can I serve you in any way?” was the impetuous offer. “What L the mat ter?’’ “Nothing. You thought it was a row, did you? (»ood fellow! it's only a way th -e out uprising gentlemen have of doing bud ness.” blushing *1 am renne “Oh. indeed,” t’-iv at his impatient interference, very sorry I intruded.” "Never mention it. And now,” said the stranger, turning to t lie si ore peo ple, “if yon will not give me ten dollars for tin overcoat for which I paid fifty not a month ugo. give me the garment back.” A babel of polyglotic depreciation followed. “Surely.” said Grey, “you arc not thinking of selling that handsome over coat?'’ "Not for four dollars, which is all the beggars offer.” “Get your coat and come along with me; I have something to propose; you must; you shall.” And, notwithstand ing the opposition of the dews, who, in their agony at losing a customer, of fered nine, ten, eleven—and then, with a scream like the cry of a lost spirit, twelve dollars--they escaped to the sidewalk. “Let me be your friend,” Grey said, grasping the arm of his new acquaint ance. “I um sure the dilemma that compels o gentleman to sell his coat in a strange city can be easily explained, and you will confer a favor on me by—” "Letting you act the role of u trans- Atlantic Brother Ciieerible to a dis tressed yet deserving young man. The twin is at home, I suppose, waiting to take me to his heart and fortunes.” “Nay. I am as great a stranger in the city as yourself—I am implying that you are a stranger—and—” “A thousand pardons,” the young man interrupted, grasping Grey's hand: “You are a royal good fellow and de serve a frank explanation. I um a peripatetic tinglishinan out of lu :k. My necessities are a mere passing shadow, but it is the eon founded need of ready cash that is driving me to ruy wits’ end. There never was such a land ’as this for spending money and during a scamper through the west 1 have got Into difficulties. Leaving my baggage tmt to Omaha as security fora hotel 'bill, I started for this big, dirty, scrambling, hustliug human beehive of Tt Chicago.” Grey laughed. "You will like the place if you stop here long enough. They say that every- xme who comes here hates it the first month of his residence, endures it the second, an I adores it the third,” he said. "Well, I'm in the first stage of expe rience, and I candidly confess I detest It—but to return to my story: My re mittance is not come, and. as 1 do not know anyone in the country, I am in Vhat you would call a‘tarnation fix.’" "1 do not know that I should use such an expression,” Grey smiled "Only lAmerlcan gentlemen in English novels would talk In that way; but never mind that. You want some ready money. 1 am not a Jay Gould, but 1 can spare iyon a little, if you put your pride in your pocket ami accept my offer us cor- lllally as it Is offered.” "Agreed with all my heart. By (hid, if all your countrymen were as fine, big-hearted fellows iws you are, I should like to pitch my tent among you.” Thun began between two young men, who half an hour before did not know of each other’s existence, a friendship that won to lust a lifetime. In the silence of his chamber that night, after a day pleasantly spent with his new acquaintance, Grey drew forth the letters that contained his fate, sure pf a choice of positions and only hop ing that he would have the good judg ment to choose tile best. As the letters were read one after another, his cheek flushed, and when the lost was perused be sat down on the bed gazing with the blankest stare td disappointment. The fact Is, they were all worded alike, as though one hand had written them, and each contained the assurance that the ttuMnWr* of the staff of that particular iournal never resigned, rare ly died and that there wns not even the thinnest hope of present or future liter ary employment. On one letter, how ever, some good fellow hud scribbled a postscript in pencil: •‘If you run vet the bumhlcxt living to nny fenneai wiy. young mun. give tir> die t'euof JOumitllNUt In CliliM'.’o Jons IIaii.kv " Thus one bubble bun>t and now an- VtkwT solwimj for solving Uto great promem or existence must oe aevisoa. tv by not can upon tats aioan naiieyv He was evidently a man with sympa thetic tendencies, or he would never have troubled Ir a .*if to add that sj. 'I iii'. < if . i >i ;e A.vo.* i . i. r’.v ne t morning Fra ah Grey tramp ‘d .r the n‘ty *'a.r- case I};::' !■ ’. to t’: • edit.r of the great da’.y ‘ ha I . » I' i sully in Jading Ike :. ’u u 'vhoui lie was sea: ’iiing vv, -tly a per on iu an- thoriiv--:incl In a few minutes foirui hi ascii’ in the presence of an oldish min, rather inclined to corpulency, whose well-to-do air and comfortable surroundings hardly served to point u moral to his wail over the blighted prospects of journalism. He received the young man, who stammered his apologies for his importunity, with good-humored cordiality. “So you are another moth fluttering in the candle of literary hope?" he asked, with an amused smile. “Well, yes, if you put it so. I do most earnestly wish to join your ranks.” “What do you think you are fit for?" “Oh, I am modest; I am willing to start with a pittance, nay, to work for a time with no remuneration, if the chance be given me.” "Exactly. But what are your quali fications?” “I can write rapidly and with tol erable accuracy. I have already done some magazine work, and—" "Bali!” interrupted the eccentric ed itor. “Can you wallow in the mire of w .rd polities? Are you hand-in-glove with the loafers who hang around Huns Pumperniekle's beer saloon? Can you forget that you are a man and be tray private confidences; lie about peo ple who have been gracious to you; put up with in zilts; write against your most solemn convictions, and be ready to be kicked out of your berth by your en.plover, who has found a man with a skin a little tougher or a conscience a little denser than your own? Can you, I ask ?” “Well, if you are the result of this peculiar training, I—” “Might venture too. Ah, young man, we are not similarly situated—I never ‘‘Col. Gilchrist-, I presume?” Grey in quired. “At vonr serv'*h • g'ntleman bowl _ *1 V. .... • • ro In.’- tio*i I age m Ir , . >L -.s “I 11 ■ ’ ' - lit nr >*. You- journal is likely to jr.lht my sys..pa tsies, aud 1 have called to see if there is, as Mr. Bailey suggested, a vacancy on your staff.” “You have means?" “Well, yes, enougli to keep me for a month or two.” “That is good—no experience, eh?" "Exactly.” "Well, as it happens, I do need help. Of course you are aware that the privi lege of working upon a journal of such inlluonce as the Labor Times carries with it a weight in considering the amount of salary.” “Well, yes; I do not expect much to atari on.” “I am offering, under such circum stances, but twenty-live dollars.” “A week, sir?" “A week! No, a monthl” roared the old man. aghast at the extravagant ideas of Ids /i.-.-tor. “But that will not pay my board bill. Chicago is a dear place to live in, and 1 am no v giving eight dollars a week for the ii .o of a room which has the only adv. Page that you can lie in bed and re:' h everything in it, together v.i;h 1: idly cooked meals and wretched serv ice." “So you decline?" “No. I accept, as the experience may be valuable to me.” doing the laborlngmad s protection ana c: - Voting enterprise.” “Are you a mechanic?” Grey asked, i rly. w . t’i • w r How About t i at ab • v)t an- , g M .i ;; j.‘;c .a 1 \i., i So Grey was i: abi' d in the other d . 1 b >i'. Jp lapidated chair as a fuil-hlo.vn enjoying the dis‘inguishe 1 privd gc of •‘molding the opinions of niillio i-i of readers,” as his employer graphically put it. Now it chanced that at noon the pro prietor of the Labor Times announced his intentions of strolling over to a res taurant for a lunch—a free lunch, one of the blessings to the bibulous, for which C! doago is remarkable—uud Grey found himself in full charge of the establishment. "None will call at this hour,” the great man observed; “so you might b * looking over our tile and get on to t he hang of our line of action.” But hardly was his back turned when a visitor appeared—a frank, well- dressed, good-looking young man ot pleasing exterior. “The editor of the Labor Times?” he asked. "Well, one of them,” Grey smiled. “Then, sir. I’ve brought an article I’ve written. Of course. I’ve only had a common-school education, and it isn’t /'ill “CA5 I BERVU YOU IN A.XY WAY?” had to begin at the bottom. In my young days things were different, and there was no mob of hungry scribblers hanging on to a newspaper. However, thank your blessed stars, then, is no chance of your getting on the daily however suicidically you may be in clined.” “What chance, sir, do you think I would have with the weeklies?” "Their name is legion, but with the exception of three or four you would be either requested to write for starva tion wages or be engaged at a high sal ary and never paid. You might, if you were lucky, get nine dollars a week, and a bricklayer’s wages are four dol lars a day.” "The picture you draw is not encour aging." “Nor do I mean it to be. Fly from this over-populated city, to which every young adventurous breadwinner from every country on the earth makes his way, till the streets are teeming with the unemployed—bat, say, have you an imagination? Can you paint word- pi ctures? The story papers do pay well, but you must have served your appren ticeship before you will bo admitted into their columns. So that chaneo is barred.” "And yon know of nothing?" “Why, yes.”said Mr. Bailey, reflective ly, "there’s an old friend of mine, who used to be a colleague in this office, who told m * the other day that he wanted help, lie’s been badly bitten by social ism, and he runs a sheet which he seriously thinks is to redeem the world, though I never saw It, nor do I know anything about his pecuniary responsi bility. Men with whims rarely amount to much, and 1 guess he’s sunk all ha had accumulated in this veniure.” “Would you mind giving me his ad dress?” “With pleasure. Here, let me write you a line of introduction. It is a pity you eanuot make up your mind to fol low a respectable line of occupation, bat if you are determined to go wrong, you may as well meet your fate at once.” Bidding adieu to his new friend, who he afterwards learned was fastidiously touchy on anyone else presuming to slight the profession of journalism, Grey hurried to the address he had re ceived. The building which housed, with twenty other crafts, the Labor Times, was not prepossessing in its exterior. However, after mounting three flights of stairs—for then there was not as now an elevator in every office building in Chicago—he came to ■ door bril liantly illuminated with colored pla cards. There was a grand pictorial representation of Labor as a knight In armor, mounted on a superb charger, pinning to the earth with a huge spear the fiery dragon Capital, and half a dozen other florid denunciations of equal significance. Grey modestly tapped at the door, then enter*' 1. The walls of the office were pro fusely adorned with daring posters, while its furniture consisted of three common Windsor chairs and large pine lahlc abundantly littered with papers, behind which sat a tall, gaunt old man with gray hair fulling over hla shoulders. & i ...Us >J I**b i.o .i - q i.' 1 1 .a..u o. ^wca.iy liaoi^s. Grey started. "A furnUlicil room, you say? What rent do you ask for L?” “Five dollars a mouth with stove and gas.” “Would it suit me?" “Why, no, I don't think it would. You see, sir, it’s not in one of the ave nues, but right out in A Hundred and Fiftieth street—not that the neighbor hood ’Kn't respectable or the cottages kind of pretty—but i guess it's not quite up to your requirements." Nevertheless Grey took down the ad dress and the very next day was in possession of the vu ;unt chamber. But meanwhile a startling event was to happen, which was to turn the current of his plans by one instant sweep of the hand of misfortune. It was towards four o'clock in the afternoon that the two editors were conversing pleasantly, for the senior was a man of ripe experience and great natural power of observation, and was becoming more genial towards his well- | mannered subordinate—or perhaps the j Heal Old Kcntuck he had imbibed at i his free lunch had wanned his heart— when, without a knock, the door opened and a squarely-built, broad- shouldered man. showily dressed, whose heavy gold watehchain and rings were in painful contrast to his low-bred face and black finger nails, entered. The proprietor welcomed him en thusiastically—nay, if 1 were not writ ing of so great a man. I would say, with cringing servility. "My new associate editor, Mr. Grey," said the colonel, calling his visitor’s at tention to his amused assistant. "The gentleman's name?” Grey asked, as lie snook iiands. “Ah. this is Herr Schlossinger—the great Schlossinger. you know." “But, forgive my ignorance, I—” "What, von don't know Schlossinger! 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