, 1874-07-15

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bosom Of loose blouse, tho last artfclo Of por-
sonol property t1lat he poasoaaed. II was an old
hatol,ot. Tho man was tired and slok. Ho had
loat faith In Providence, aud believed thoro was
no extremity uorao than that 10 which he
Ind boon ro1uced. So ho hustled bis
way through tile curious throng wllol, had GATH
erod at tho atroct-cornors. In D savage, rock'eBs
manner, Ms mitch NJ to say to thB or that mnr,
"You arc cruel; you have hoart Of atono
How can you wttneBa such suffering and not
weop :" Ono man stood fnnoocntly In the way Of
tho rod-eycd martyr, md. when he WINS pushed
r1ltlely nBido, turnod with nngry words on hla
lips to anawor. Instantly tho ragged hatchot
was drawn from tho blouao. Thou WAS murdor
in tho oye Of ita owner, but tue lookars-on In.
torYorod, and In stlort time tho crazy follow
uxa paclfled aud wont on Ills way.
There woro
MANY SCENES or THIH HIND
iu which tho sufferers wero the actors. Ono
poor woman, w1ioao house lay In tho track Of tho
fire, had gathered all hor housohold goods on
tho sidewalk, but MAS unable to get them taken
to place Of safety. At last eho burst into tours,
and abandoned herself to the ragingH Of despair.
One by ono sho apread along iii row tho
Het our Of fine crookerY (which nny PLEASANTLY
bo suffered to havo como down In hor family as
m hoirloom), and then. With fearful deltbora-
ton, she plantod tho heel Of hor substantial
boot on tho vital part Of Zach pteco. Then
she criod again, and shook her fist At
the leaping flames, ~ II to say that
abe had spoiled at least ono delicate morsol that
would otherwise have fallen to thcm.
1t wna wonderful to SEQ tile atol'l good-humor
with which
THE ooLonED PEOPLE
bore their mfafortuncs. The parta Of Third and
Fourth avouuos included In tile burnt district
were glvon over almost entiroly to tho nogroos
and aisroputablo white people, OF tho 1ateor,
something will bo said further on; our present
oa1e is the negroes. They socmod to have po-
ouliar adaptability OF meeting such
calamity % tho fire must havo
boon to them. Not ona OF all that
camo under the wsitor's observation WAS in tears.
Bomo Of thom were oven smiling, but In hard,
unsatisfactory way, that forbade tlcfr pretended
mirth from boing contagious. The great mn
jority at them stood manfu'ly bY, looking at
shoir BmouldoriuR homos without QUO word Of
win regret or wild expression Of grief. One
negro woman, who stood a'ona, WAS ap-
preached by tho writor md asked about
her family and homo. She had loBt
everything. Tho body she carried In her
arms was tho youngest Of five childron. Tho
other four we're with her husband, doing she
knew not What. Under these circumstances.
most women would have snt down in tho dust
and cried. 8ho felt Inclined to do 20 evidently,
but did not, for some powor which she had, aud
others had not, upheld her. It WIS 10 through
out tho oolorod ouartera. These pooplo have euf-
A.,
batter thlpeg hang out before thom. Now thoy
know that tho worst has come aud gono; and
boforo them atretohes future wI1ch may have
IN Btore happier days than they hnya dared to
dream Of,
Ono OBJECT OF the fire "as to draw from tho
downtown reBtaurantB
ALL THE ooLontD WATERS.
About O'Clock. when tho hungry men and
women come for bite to cat, they could got
nothing. Tom and Dlok and tho other Eentlo-
mon Whose faoea tAoy had boon accustomed to
look for II part Of tho furniture In this or TINT
place OF report. wero oiaaipg. They had gone
to Third and Fourth aTenuas TOR their house
hold offoota ; and their poraonallty and general
importance for the frat time boeaus known 10
the ordinary public.
TIE LATE CROWD
vas BY far tho uloHt boistefons, anu u
numbers beTond all comparison creator thin
the one which ca1no together before supper. by
O'Clock 1t becamo known In all parts Of the
city TINT there was sight on tho South aiis
worth looking At for tue moro advantage OF hay
ing It's Incidents to relate in the future. Tbore
can bo no doubt that thousands OF mcn came te
see just that they might say they hsd soon'
These arc tho bores before tho fact
whoss great pnrposo In life Tor the
noxt twelyemonth will be to instruct the
ignorant public about the Second Great Chicago
Flro. It IL strictly within tho bounds to sa5
! that
10000 PEOPLE
we're In the street by O'Clock. Begin ming at
! tho Custom Houas squire, whore there waa Al
sxuellout opportunity for aoeing, md atretch.
! Inc away down ~ far ~ Van Bu1en
street, there uas sarging masa Of
men, Il was q we'll conducted gathering,
! There waa little Bpeoch. The evoB wore toe
busy drawing in facts for future use. onco IL
| q while q man whose feelings had boom too long
x.,ropuo1 .ror1d hroot firth With. HWa1l Mi