New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-28
Strangers in a strange LAID.

cord wood, thick upon the rough wooden
breaks, lengthwise and across Men Law
On the floor, which was spattered on all
sides with eXpectorauon. On either side
OF the passage between the rough sleeping
places the arms and legs of men projected
| Coats of all colors hung from shoulders
| crouchiDg in the chill Of an empty pocket,
and possibly an empty stomach Who were
| they Lodgers at the first precinct. Waits
cast adrift from comfortable homes and
tiresides away of-strangers, and in a
strange land.
" What made you come here?" asked the
reporter OF a cripple, whose shortened leg
hung limp and detected beneath iron gray
| trowsers.
Come here" said be- why what's a
man to do az gets in strange place, and
has no money nor fciendsr'
$50 you are all strangers, then ?" inquired
tie reporter of the group standing with
budding shoulders at the Ere place.
Come here from New York Yesterday,
said one.
Got down from St. Louis to-day. SIR
replied another.
Its very cold here, sir" another said
IF you were outside new you'd think it
was warm" one spoke up Who had just got
In.
Il told Jim not to bit that Teller, but he
would. The Teller jumped him in a jffy;
pounded him, too. tried to stop it and
got my head-that's the reason it's tied up
in red handkerchief, If sou want to
know
This story Of woes came from couple in
top bunk, whose legs, dangling down,
showed they would have to sleep sitting if
they slept at all The sally produced a
general laugh
One hundred and twenty men, black and
white, were there; nine tenths were white
and nearly all strangers.
The place had smell fearfulIy human
an odor OF sweat and toll, very little smell
of spirits, good deal Of tobacco. All had
the nonchalance which belongs to those
who have reached the bottom dollar, know
ing well thatnothing worse than this could
possibly happen to them this eide OF life,
biiS GnLtiCpFS LCCliLiEp VI aHGli " Up SNOW bDeV
can set no further down f0rS the Sowest
round Of the ladder. and the sentiment all
those feel when they have touched bottom
in the sea of luck. and the top wave which
will bear them into some piece Os good foro
tune is bA"o-1 theig Seacb-"gerhaps for.
evero
Night haG come OF, the stars Sesan 20
shineo and the gaslights t" twinkle in ghe
streets, SO silent and lonely 70 them. and
tie Geld, bitter and singing. crept closer
and closer, descended the throat in waves
of hoarseness, numbed the feet and hands.
rough blasts dimmed the eyes and cold
shoulders were met everywhere. Then they
for this was the story OF all, turned their
steps hither for shelter. and. uncomfortable
az the surroundings were. they could be
jolly when contrasting Il WILL 5 aas wss
left
The wind, keen and wintry. howied down !
the chimney. Ii made them hug one al.
other closely, for under such circumstances |
the most reserved Of men have no objection !!
TO a close companionshipo
One ledger was sailor. who's. 3,oarGiyg !
house had $urned him ont Of doors.
con cold nighs like this e. incurred !ns I
|
oTbey dome take no 'eoup: . Ii, syea.her. !
SIR he replied, iueekly.
s lodger. who affected green cal. with !
& sassel, had missed his way--ais friends !
were all going TO Texas, and hs wQulG &c
Join theme
BY tbis time the geporteS was Sic o'cyno.
sure Of all eyes, They stared az sim from.
heads whose ehins rested on the hunks.
soowled down from shaggy heights Of brow
underneath slouch hats. am! geegeG curl
1usly at him from black taeeso :
They were all wanderers. 3 Soung FEY
ovs aho spoke like sixty bug looked like
Wentyo had rot seen his mothers face
since lie was nine sears oId-he had run off
D seao and talked yolubly Of tho places
where he had been. Asked what he would
10 Il he had bis own way, he 1epIied he
would set up a BLOWN machine OF g ten pin :
.Iley, he wasn't certain which,
1t may be just as we'll for those who
have a home to go to, using the language
4 one Of the dodgers, 10 reflect that he lie
,etter Of with the home, lis wife and fam
II, though they live in one room, than those
trangers cast ashore here stripped of everyo
hing which men eDjoy-money, friends
nd body furniture. Every day new Illus
ration is given that man is social animal,
Or il was generally noticed whenever the
o0r opened and q new conner was admitted
e generally scraped an acquaintance and
omparAd notes with somebody before he
ad been there time enough to look around
i'm.
There is more destitution in this city .han
ne would suppose, The people Who go OUT
uniting fuel have increased, and even men
re not ashamed to go out on these expedi-
ions. Life always become harder IS the
Weather grows colder. 1t is q daily Incl
ent to have dodgers apply for nights
est, but it seldom happens that nearly one
undred and twenty asked for shelter here
4 a single night. But then they are
in a strange land
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