Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-06-05

which shows that the primitive or early races, |
in order TO be either more impressive, or be- /
cause they had a paucity of ideas, lifting small |
and chubby, but very dirty finger TO his nose, /
now said, "Jub-buhbles." This he repeated /
three times in most decided way, and having |
liked on this reduplicative patronvmiC, stood |
infeXibly by it and would not bulge from it |
| under the most vigorous amount OF cross ques- |
tionngS.
"Not much more than three years old at the |
| turthest' said the sergeant Hes been mere |
more than an hour, and can't get more of his |
name than that"
Looked in the directory" venturcd TO re- |
| mark
Yes; there are some Bulbs to be found there |
but none have lost a child Maybe he is a |
country child. Moo-moo," said the kind ser
| geant, initiating COW. Jub-huhbleS remained |
as soiid as a judge, and was perfectly indlffer-
| ent to a very clever imitation of mine of the |
| crow of a cock
Evidently not country child, or he would |
| have shown it straight after that. Its wonder
| lul, though, how tar the children stray from; |
| we have had three and four year oldS come to |
| New York and wander through the streets, that |
had strayed away thirty miles from New York
| Brooklyn children are common as are Jersey |
| City and Hoboken babies. How they Smuggle |
! themselves on the ferry boats is strange. On
| procession days we have whole RATS of chill |
| dren. OF course the number of lost children n
| ereases in summer. Just about now it's heavy.
| | couldn't tell you what all the offices picked
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| after by their parents a few hours after they
| are lost. After shutdown, if no one claims
| them, they are sent to the Mulberry street head
quarters, to be left until called for. This month
| as many as 400 were carried there. | should
think it wasn't much out of the way to say
1000 children are picked up by the policemen
every month, and You, Jub-bubbes if You 90
on calling yourself that way, will be likely TO
20 there But where is Henderson," added the
sergeant, as if happy thought had just en-
tered his brain. Gle is most the only man on
the force who can master this kind of thing
All! 1 see by referring to my book he
is on the Bowerv, and will report in ten min
| utes, when Els time OF duty is up. Henderson |
| is gifted this way. You know they have a clerk |
| in the post office who has the special faculty of |
making out all the impossible inscriptions on |
| letters. Henderson S just that kind of party,
| only he reads babies just like print They do |
say Ii. had wife and baby once himself, and
| lost them both, which makes him mighty ten
| der that way. He's got a lot of toys stored
| away somewhere, which he keeps on purpose |
| for working up these kind of Jobs. He makes
| out names when it sounds most like Chinee TO
US. This child here don't cry so, my little man,
| nobody is going TO hurt you) wasn't picked up
| while he was on his rounds, or he would have
| known about him straight. Henderson is about
as good specimen of a policeman as you can
| find; as brave as a lion and as gentle as a lamb !
but baby hunting is his specially. OF course, |
he wouldn't like to know that we rate him here
as the first baby detective in the city, but if one
|
Henderson on the track at once. He has won
derful eye for little calico gown, or a pair of
socks, or pianolore, or dimple face under a
mask of dirt. But here is Henderson Know
| this little oneP
| The policeman thus addressed was as fine a
| specimen of the physical man as one could see.
| He was six feet high and burly in proportion,
with particularly handsome face and clear
gray eye.
"Says his name is what was it, my little fel.
low% asked the sergeant.
"Jub-bubbles," said the child
Henderson eyed the child for moment then |
took out his large silver watch aud gave it to the
child, who cuiched it in a minute.
"One of you fellows he said, speaking to two |
or three of his comrades, go round the corner
and buy stick of candy and a cake-not a
doughnut, that's ndigestible-but something
with sugar on it. You see sir, said he, address
ing me, there is nothing like candy TO open
childs mouth; it kind of makes friends right |
off. Cake is good, but not so telling. Jub-bub |
bles! can't think Of any people on my round
with name exactly like that. just about this
| time what with moving, people amt regularly
settled down, and haven't thoroughly spotted
| the children yet. May be he is new conner.
| Sergeant, let me have the child Come off that
| chair, youngster, and LET'S have walk and see
| if we can't find tin horse"
Somehow or other, the child, who had been
very shy with us, took TO Henderson quite
naturally, and hosted on the policeman's
shoulders, with one hand elutching his newly
made friends hair, aud with the other one
tightly grasping his nose, they marched once |
round the room and out into an adjoining office.
Presently they came in again, Jub- bubbes this
time with tin horse. just then the cake and
candy made their appearance. For moment
such an assemhage OF delights seemed an en-
bdrrdsS de richeSSe TO Jubbubbles Presently, I
though never relinquishing his hold on the
horse, he was seduced by the candy Hender- {
, son offered him the cake, which he refused, and
whimpered for the candy.
"Ain't hungry" said Henderson, as he handed
the candy to Bubbles, who took il with singular |
avidity. "Not being hungry" continued Hen
derson, oracularly, means 10 say he must have
had his supper-just as if it was stated that he
hadn't been lost over an hour Children of his |
age" he added quite Dramatically, 'is mostly |
hungry all the time, providing they are healthy.
That pint being fixed next comes where he |
Yes-or, what is Just as good, what his daddy |
does for a living If his daddy is a tailor, or a |
shoemaker, that amt hard to discover; but if |
his daddy is q laborer, or he amt got none at |
ALL and lives off his nanny, the game is a
much harder one TO find out. He was found
you say, near the Bowery and Hester street, and
some OF the neighbors said they thought he had
strayed along somewhere from the East river.
Was there any show in that neighborhood as
was working itself up TO the Bowery to-day2'
There was two organs-one with monkey
and parcel of horn-blowers, a playing some
where in that neighborhood," replied one of the
force. Chat won't do; that was in the morn
ing; but stop-wasn't there a funeral on the
other side of the Bowery? said Henderson, re-
lectivelv; Carriages and hearses is mighty
taking with a child. So places that child Just
the opposite from where the Ecighbors think he |
comes from and III stick TO that until can
find something better. You see he is decent
clothed, and that little pettcoat of hs'n was
clean this morning; and for sure his people will
be after him soon. Jub.bubbles-that amt |
Dutch nor Irish; its two words, certain-maybe |
first and second name. If folks would only put |
children's names in full on their clothes, they
would save lots OF trouble | have half notion
have seen somewhere this very baby" Here
the policeman and Jub-bubbles went into |
the next room again and | followed. We all
played horse for five minutes, Bubbles proving
merry child, and a generous one withai, |
breaking of little bits Of candy, which he offered
| to his horse and to his new friends. ''He has
| had good broughting up, poor little shaver, SO
| he has IT, sir mine had a lived, he'd been
just seven years old this coming August It's
hard lines, sir, to lose all ones family within
ten days of one another. Now, Jub-bubbes
see here" and with this Henderson dropped his
uniform coat put it across his knees, assumed
a cross-legged position and commenced an im-
tation of sewing Jub-bubbles watched him
with exceeding delight, sucking his candy all
the time, and craning out his little neck TO fol-
low each imaginary stitch. Now am of an cX-
eeedingly skeptica disposition, and have put
down as rubbish long ago, all those curious
stories of expert cadics who, by the wink Of a
mans eye, could determine who was the real
ripping open mans stomach to find out
whether he had swallowed milk or not Chill
dren are mostly, when of a tender age, exceed
ingly difficult to get absolute facts from. The
old adage that children and fools speak the
truth, think, as to the former OF the two, is
only applicable TO those who are at least six or
seven years Of age. Jub-bubbles might have
been barely two and a half years old. | ac-
cOrdingly followed Henders0n's movements
with n certain amount Of creduity.
"lDld amt tailor said Henderson, Tor lie
wouldn have been so much taken up by it,"
Lets Try this" and picking up an old shoe
from comrades bunk, he commenced tapping
the soles with his club Jubbes looked inter
ested for a half second, and recommended trot-
ting ont his tin horse. "Must he be then
shoemakers child3' asked and added, rather
deprecatingly, "rather Ingenious"
Chats just where you might be mistaken;
pounding don't mean nothing. His father might
be a blacksmith or a tinsmith just as well. But
have settled my point, and am pretty sure 1
know where he comes from. Now, Jub-bubbles-
let's drop that, and say 10. Here Jo." The
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