The sun., 1872-11-18
THE WATF or THE DOORSTEP.

The Story Of Poor Little Jimmy MoGInni,-.
Bis Piaintive Appeal from n Chambers
street Doorway-"say, Cop. Haint You
NY Uncle t-Tho Little Pallet mt Bellevue.
Officer Bavendan IL attached to tho
Franklin street police. His poet is In CITY Han
place, from Pearl to Chambers street. One night,
about six weeks ago, while pacing his beat he
| saw on the steps leading 10 No. 20 an odd little
bundle Of humanity, evidently asleep. This vas
nothing strange for that region, and the onlesr
passed on. The nest minute he heard thin,
piping voice behind him:
"Say, cop, aint you my uncleT"
The officer turned and saw standing near him
squeer child, boy about four years old and two
feet and n half high. IL was the bundle he had
seen on the steps come 10 life The remnants
of his clothing were tattored and torn, and his
dirty little arms and legs Visible in several
places. The officer, surprised, looked down
upon the waif, aud tho wall, confident, looked
m,Say, cop, amt You my ,unclot"
TH' Tss sy sSS Sst y.
boarSt rG x5 Ss ssd I'm tho ysSSr ysoT uncle
Ofncer ilayendsn resumed his patrol Hts
nephew followed him. Alter about npur
the officer became more interested In the cnild,
and so quietly. Finally, while passing under
gas s lamp, he noticed that the boz vas ye,y
Aint eat noth'n for two days." was tho
iDe OutotF tOOk MIN mo hArl klolNH IN
Duane street, and tie folks there gaye hun
good meal. The boy disappeared, but the nens
NIGHT he met the officer when he went on post
saluted him a. uncle,' and kept him sight uu-
III he went or This was continued for setesI
nights, durng which the oflicer lsarnei tre
boys history. Ills name IL Jimmy Net inIils.
lie lives at ~ City Hall place. His father a.i
mother are drunkards, spend most Of thcIr uue
on Blackwell.s Island, utterly failing to supper:
Jimmy, who has been kindly provided pl.se I
shelter by . very poor woman who hvos in l.<
same building
The ofhcer took fancy to Jimmy, ana Jimmy
became much attached To his uncle. UDcie ih-
were NJ klein's and 80 with what the ufiiuef
Gsyg i, hum Jimmy was fatnainS uP ant so,tiqs
rough-epoken, az might be expected Of a boy
reared in the streets aud beaten about by drank
| en- parents. but he was warin-h oarted and hon
| est, and he never lost any OF his queer attaDl-
ment for Uncle Bavendan. About three weeks
| a0o the officer gave him n suit Of new clothes,
and the traditional delight of the boy over his
now boots couldn't hold a candle 70 the Joy
| FIRST new eult Of clothes he over had. Hut the
next night Jimmy WIS very much downcast, aad
wearing his RAGS Instead ul tho new suit.
| where's your clothes, Jimny2" i'm Ijrcd the
officer
Hls mother had returned from Ba'ltweus
| Island, at once pounccd upon the new clothes,
| and pswned thcm for money for rum. This
time, however, the rum was GOOD thing Tor tho
boy, for his mother got drunk, and was sent back
| To the island. The next day the officer redeemed
| the clothes, and the delighted child soon had
| them on again. lie always declined TO accent
| money from the officer, and said that he would
| soon he able 20 work for a living.
About two weeks ago the officer mia sed him
a. night. Inquiry revealed that Jimmy WAS
| sick. Mrs. Curran, the kind woman who had
| given him place TO sleep, was unable 10 care
| Tor him, and so O1icer Bayondan went To Jus
| tioe Hogan. and wit h his assistance Jimmy Wa
| taken 10 Bellevue Hospital. He has been very
| sick, but is recovering. Everybody there ltket
him. The big-hearted Warden Brennan goes In
now and then to see Ilavend ms nephew" and
| the physcians have given him tho best possible
care. Bavendan frequently goes up to ace HIM
and the boy awaits the coming Of his "uncia,"
as he invariably calls him. with the greatest SO.
| hcitude, and Is delighted by his arrival. He will
| sOon bc well enough Ia be discharged, and then
Ofieer Bavsndan proposes To take his youthful
| pIoisyf under his care. His her and motleI
| are ON Blackwells Island, aud not likely to h-
tcrfere with the officers kind intention.