 He frequented the city's Old Town, and studied the borough's people, lifestyle, customs and local legends.On the basis of these experiences in 1893 he published a collection of poems "Ze Starego Miasta" ("From the Old Town"), and in 1894 a related volume "Pieśni" ("Songs").In 1920 he enlisted in the army of the newly reconstituted Republic of Poland, as a private in the infantry.