, 1866-02-25

r-n,nbled, a. he opened his door. II DOM
'rlicyc there are four beds empty. They must
sleep double, or eomcthinc.''
1his was terrible news for NE. Bad enough,
10 al conscience, was Il to lie as was lying
out t9e prospect Of sharing my straw with
altogether uncomfortable. Perhaps, however,
1hey were not dirty scoundrels, but peaccable
corner.
Alag for my hopcsl In the space OF five
minutes IN they came ut the rent In the can.
Sas vassIgreat, huikinE rutlians, some with rags
aha nothing else, and some will shirts and
oothing else, and oil madly swearing because,
coming In after eleven o'clock, there was no
toke" for them. As soon as thcse wrathfll
men had advanced to the middle Of the shed,
They made the discovery that there was IN
lnsu1hcacnt % number Of beds-only three, In
decd. for ten compctttors.A
-" Where's the bcdsY Dye hear, Daddy
1ou blessed, truth telling old person, where's
"You'll find 'cn. Some Of 'cm is lying On
TWO, or got 'cm as pillows. You'll lind EN-
With sudden rush our new friends plunged
among the sicepcrs,. trnmpling over them,
cursing their eyes and limbs, dragging away
their rugs; and il by chance they found some
poor wretch who had been tempted to take
=, Two beds tor bags} instead Of one, they coo1ly
hauled him out and took possession. There
6t1ating. They evidently knew that they
Tcrc al liberty to do Just as they liked, and
they took tull advantage Of the priyilese.
onc o1 them CAME up 10 me, and shouting.
~! want that yon-," s1satcted a. my
<'birdseyc" nishtcap and carried II oG. There
was bed close 10 mine which contained only
one occupant, and Into this one OF the new
comcrs Flipped without word of warning,
driving lis lawful owner a.ainst tue wnl to
make room. Then he set up III bed for mo-
ment, savagcly venting his disappointment rs
TO .toke, y and declaring that never before IN
his life had he felt the need oft SO mnch. This
was MY opportunity. Slipping my hnnd un-
der my bed, ] withdrew tint judiclously
1oardcd piece Of bread and respectfully offer
ed II to him. He snapped ut It with thanks.
BY the time the churches we're chim'ns
two, matters had once more adjusted them.
selves. and silence teisued, 10 be disturbed
only by drinkers at the pail. or such rs, other
wise prompted. stalkrd into the open yard.
kag, for one, visited 1t. ] mention this IN
happy young wretch parl'cula1ly, besanse h9
looked out nj the rent IN the CANVAS, and saw
ihc frosty moon shining on him. When he
returned, md crept down between Punch and
smother, he muttered TO himself, +'Warm
again . my Cd! warm aEain ~
hope, Mr. Editor, that you will not think
me too Troligal of these "reminiscences, and
that your readers will understand TINT, If
write rather boldly, 1t Is not done as q matter
Of taste. To nc it seems quite worth while
10 relate witA toleyable accuracy every partic-
ular Of M adventure which you persuaded
me {uub! woful when ~ to undertake for
1hc public rood.
Whether there Is rule which closes the
casual wards a(lc. certain hour do not
know but bef0T. one o'clock our number
was made UP, tie last conner signalizing Lis
NJ over his SHOULDERS be waltzed into tbe
he'd, waving bs lands, aud singing In an af
rtcd voice. n he sided along
/; 1,na ~ Il. .swc,, o.,oeu,,nc d,en t.,,,-n,,,
nv mswbeF. NJ m don't s much cases aH So can b
| sWsi,''@ ~'~'- @'~' ~'''1 -
! ~; RI, rentlrnon Ind ;ust' ;o,na fnas, =
ln whe,a 10 ~ ~ 1.xot So r.. 4m e.
3rnhohv.S hS Ton moor ia may nav Gor ~ ~ ioa%;ng s9ng'
;, IT, no,.d on1r n,'s.or mrana for . east e *.
a.,ai5cd ,,d,i,f f,o,, ~ Hat,.s;a va ~u. ea
IN Whic,, h,. snolc , ~ ~ tts cioEn at1es Tha
s-o1u,n1,sne vnl ioee ~ E,.t t,,,s4n ~.
nnininn ..she,e scrry 'uHs ti3s;.srIl, = -;
frnf srhot co,i soor,., o|,an; bor i
Gnwercr the Wrc,t,,ed wouno ,uur ,~n1,on ". r.
-1s.,,,oi ~. r-,r,, ~. .Jr,..s ~. III
cis1n for the Grille nnd h;s rnrs :. =.
ns,es,,. anf1 ycf n,,ht ,rnnthc- ens n,a - -,
fbc crmnanv s1cnt rorr so,,nIit ~ uuG NJ. y.
mcnf saInc onc srif,ad nneas;ix. ,na ~ u ~
nirLt Wore On ,hc s;lcncc wos r,nrc and 5nnre @
irritatcd by lhe SOUND Of coughing, TIis was
one Of The most distressing things in Tie
rible. tbc tnlcs that were toid notc hnrr;h1c
etilI and ,rorsa 4hn, oi,h"r 1,hn,,Tt ~ I.1.
any mcans the mogf fnfainons thfn,-s n H.
ncard-I dare mt eyeY, Hint at 1hcnI Tas fbnt
song, with It's bestial chorus shouted i1om q
doxon throats !; bnt nl nny ratc they kept the
~ ,yhun ~ "a.u ~ ~. asaunt uo1 nnsnes o. ~
1agatones In what was nothing. better than IN
open shed, nnd listen to that, hour after hour,
Chilled ones very heart with pi1v. Every
ynricty Of coughs that ever heard was to Ic
cough; the hystczical cough; the bark
that comes at rcgular Intervals, like the
quartcr-chime Of clock, as II to marx
OF tic progress Of decay; coughing from
vast hollow chests, coughing from little mar
row. ones,-now one, now another, now two
val OF silence ID which to think Of II NIL and
wonder who would begin next. One Of iha
young rcproLates above INC courLed so
grotesquely like the chopplug OF wood that I
named him In my mind the Woodcuttcr. Now
and lhcn i found myself coughing too, which
distress these awiuily constant aud varlons
sounds occasioncd me, They were good in
one way they made one forrct what wrctchps
they were who, to MI appearances, were 60
rapidly 3.cllopt.inc'' their way 10 paupcr,s
graveyard, i did not core about tiIe more
Matufcd rufIlans 80 much Iut thourh The
Youngest, the bows ike Eay. were 11nuues-
1iounGly among the most infa,npus of NV
comrades. 10 Acar What cold aud hunccr md
vice had doue Tor them at Aflrcn was almost
cnouel i 10 1rake man cry and there were
boys there even younger than these
1t halt.past two. every one being asleep, OF
at least lying still, Daddy came in and count
cd us-onc, Two, three, four, and so on. In q
whisper. Then, finding the pail empty Ut
wns nearly full at alf.past mug, when en-
tered). he considerably went and redlled it,
and even took much trouble in searching for
the tin ,ot Which served as q drinking.cup,