The New York herald., 1871-09-05

we'< awfal--l mean sne BOY VINO i- SMOKING mat
- ,igart-he may ten You something; we can't tell
STass now ssc there may az Be something in il for all
we know. You can ASK the ooy.n
DEAL Te lids shadtag his precoclous eyes twinkied
violenuy as ne essayeu to draw on the cigar winch
Tae reserved iady was now talking more than the
mother Of the fair-haired boy. 81
70 sue said fused 70 go across o sae cSay may
uuul he'u 81"
SEE WOMAN COMING .-,. :.
up the stoep next door, and then ne wOuld run
across and dart in,o che dO0r-someumes he wonld
60 INTO the basement door where Mrs. Arcner lives,
ne TSy ee aSe S Ss @ g.
way In the cigar store AM sure, II you VIII only go
Ssss there her and a 70 oees more pea the
air.haired boy on the head and smiled bianey on
the lady, and we left 70 cross 70 rhe cigar store aer
the ladies' all of which certainly supertnduced
by the fascination OF the extra reporter. s,,
Who bear the very euphoniOus names OF vryday
h Torrebore 1t u small paace and the people VINO
for The tralc in cigars mere is princpall confined to
small boys like Freddy Afcner ana spring caitnnen
who cannot afford 70 spend very large sums in the
The man who stood behind the counter and
handed the HERALD reporter cigars was
BILIOUS LOOKING PRRsoNAGE,
whose face not bad one withal. He had large
pmp on G noe w@ca an ae his nan so wsa
"Dd Or. Ascher ever come heref" was asked OF
rne man responded with cultural accent
"0h, yaas. he came here. He buy cigars here all
care you country,nan of hiss Do you come
from the fair land Of Poland ?"
mo; am q Belgian, am. come rom Anvers
bore, ne know Or. Ascher."
''Where IL Torrebore now ~ was asked.
"Torreb0re he 90 To Belgium last Saturday,
Last Saturday Why that was The day that
AssneI. M .aosenzwslg packed the body In the trunk.
.Yes. he knew him; nc cone here all the time and
iive cents paper and two days In the week We
buy papers OF cigarette paper with the Greek letters
the HERALD reporter, and he invested ten cents,
buying paper or each for better Information.
"How d'd Ascher- -Rosenzweig act when he came
lie stand wiz his back to the counter and ne roll
up the cnewiug 'taoaque' into the cigarette paper.
When the cigarette was made he lean his left elbow
on the glass case and look across the way al nis
once. ana never take his eye of de mousse until
run up de slOop as fast as he could Sometimes he
SIT de chair and watch de house all de day, and
'.And whai did your partner do all this time :"
the reporter asked Mr.. Vryday.
60 and get drink around the corner; you keep q
watch on de hOuse;' and Torrebore he sit down IN
and II glrl come he 70 TO the iiqucre store and tell
Ascher that he must come around, for dere Is Gus
TONERS IN de house, and den Ascner he throw away
his cigarette and hurry around all at once"
"And yOu say that TOrrebOre
LKPr FOR EUROPE ON THE SAME DAY
that the trunk was taken TO the railroad dep0tf
THAI WAS strange, watching as hc did 80 often Tor
ii don't know nothing only thst he LEFT on Satur-
yryday fearing that he had said too much sud.
ms man m,st have snresd around the citv in nj MS
villanous work. The more thai is developed Of bis
work the more Is beheld Of bis management IN
~ an n
and In hts vicinity.
Findlng that nothing more could be ascertalued
TO pay-the venerable Mrs Archer visit AS ne
came back ne saw the Two ladies' looking out OF tho
curiosity, asked the question:
"Did you near anything new In the cigar store ,r
"Oh, lots OF things" answered the reporter, and
he PASSED ON 70 the basement story OF Mrs. Archers
house. t.fI.
Here the boy ..Freddy'' turned up again, with
that same dreadful cigar puf1ng from between his
us your mother In ?" said the reporter.
Yes" said the Trecocious Freddy; "stop right in
In through dark hall ana 70 the left into the
sons-one a lady Ct lhlrty looking ike widow and
dressed IN black, who sat by the window reading
s na S ssi
lady was beyond the sixnes OF nesny build and re-
clined On black horsenaI sofa pesllog potatoes
"ls this Mrs Archery'' was asked by the reporter.
eyes, that's my name" said the I'D lady in a
frghtened tone. ...r
"Whai became OF
THE TIN SIGN
that was nai'ed 10 tne iront o' the mousse WIN the
ooh, / don't know; 1t was taken down by col.
ored man because we believed that 1t would RAISE
crowd around the door,"
"Well, where Is 1t nOws"
"why, It's somewhere around the house. sup
'Oh, know where 1t is," said the precocions
Freddy, and ne took another pull at his frightful
cigar. The boy ran to a cupboard and pulled from
beneath some clothes q tin sign with gilt letters
navIng the name OF ''Dr Ascner'' painted on it
"Can have thisf The police should nave taken
ION, yes,n SAID Mrs. Archer. won't you have
some paper around IL, if you please'" che added.
.oh no; + there &c 2 Is no necessity Tor paper. can
II suppose you know that Conkna. who Is sup.
suicide" the reporter remarked 10 the younger
ana caimer lady who sat at the window.
"He o1ght TO have shot himself long ago." she
"Have you any objection 70 my having look at
THE DOcTOR's OFFICE,
so ri fSsS 'hf 5 5sHSs lid INC veuerao. Mrs.
ARCHER, "Come up stairs with me-" and Tie Old
vs.sySS;s y Youth. .FreIdy," Who had an e. eye % 10
The old lazy showed the reporter INTO room
Of the old KnickerDocker family. There was black
horsehair sofa III the ROOM
wis this used as bed !" pointing 70 the sofa.
ION, no, 1t was only used as sofa; II was never
used as bed"
"How much rent did you charge for this room from
Dr. Ascherr'
'.Ten dollars week, and be took mis- meals out
Bide.n
'some OF the reporters sail was an idiot boy,
said the astute Freddy just at This moment ANY
body.u lie added, "wno
DIY Me FOR AN IDIOT
s going to get sold that's ALL"
And so the reporter thought too.
''Wll you allow me look at the furniture OF the
room ~ asked the reporter OF Mrs. Archer.
Certainly, sr,' she said.
There was an etagere In n corner OF the room,
crow ded " th druggists' bottles These were exam.
me l. and had the Following inscriptions In drug
Y lists Latn:-Cuoeb. DiAu. suph. zinc, acd suppl,
Iartar ACID, suiph ether, dIoes faldDa, tnct. pi,
ror. el11, tct. IODINE cOpd0d, fod p0tdSs., tnct.
ferrf, fOd. JerJ1, nUr rom, ttnc. cafhdIf.
on one OF the shelves was small Jar OF medical
specimens In spirits OF wine, and on the bottom
shelf was an open box containing syringe and
broken spectrum. also package OF sulphur. ,,s
There were some books scattered around which
The reporter looked into. O1e had ON the irst page
the tile OF the book IN German, "Kurzer Abriss;
der Materia Medica," Leipzig. Another book was
entitled, 'Rcvolutions IN Europe, Won Gustave