, 1874-09-20

and then he falls baca Oh hlB philosophy. and
goos hume hoping tha: the pc1t day will bring
be laid OF tile wncreWltha1 OF q sweet revenge At
the end OF the week. This fatal foudueas
though widespread. is not general With tho fra
terulty. many OF whom spend their spare lime
in far higher pursuits and more ennobl1us
amusomeus.
It is to be expected that the indulgence OF
these fondncsses occasionally brings The printer
ssnsa ~!a tS9 by sua an Of viii the Ia" bas rses s5s
q star, Llud3con, and q lurking
seyen-sLootcr- 1t must 10 confessed that in tho
daily llet OF police prisoners that Of printer oc-
clrs much oftener tha,l ,nigllt be desired By the
vel-w1ehers OF the craft. But it il only fair to
piece OF provAricatioa on the part OF prisoner
to cali himself printer when ho IL not sucil,
the percentage az hrt forth BY tlle police lists OF
arrested typo, Ii not correct. S:ll the typo does
ocuaalouall: f.ld his way to the lookup, thence,
after troubled a;ooze on deal bosrds, to the
Police Court, and tlleEce to the BrideWe!l. Here
Ills condition Ii melancholy in the extreme.
The probability Is that in the few days
lad disposed Of four or five tnes az
nlueh money wnuld have paid his fine and
rhsed him the sudden secusiou from public life,
and the Thought OF his utter impecunioslty as
compared With the layishness of his recent Ok
1,esdtures alus greatly to Ills discontinue. At
inst ue can stand it no longer. AMI he drops u
line to his nosr utiulAte flends ln the city, &C
q,1autlny tl,eln OF ms misfortune, and begging
tbein to r.ise tue nlnoune Of his une or sectlle
his par.luu FROM The Mayor. The frlen1is meet
Ill solemn conclaTo. aad talk over the hardness
Of tue case. ant resolve upon prompt action.
Economy POINTS to PARTON az more mastery
achievement than tae paving ut the fine, and
consequently one OF the nulnber is neputed to
call upon the Mayor and maze his eloquent it,
tcrcesa1oE. The 1n1erc.der, arrayed III his Lest,
calls upon His Honor, but first Of uIl lass
the pou1s Ut the before tie Mayors
Secretary. who, as an old newspaper
1uan uf Chicago, can hardly fail to listen to the
woes OF o;o oi the boys wlo ycars ago set up bis
local items. Then Tie venerable express,nan is
interviewed. and If tho interccdcr proves tlat he
and the prisoner voted the Peoples ticket
straight last fa!l, aud tnat they intend to do 80
next time, pa.don comes easily enough. Bu. if
ho fails to create the desired impression. the line
las to be paid, and 70 do this levy has to be
made OIL the more intimate friends aud aclnlint-
ances OF the incarrerlt:d. THIS is not thiicllt
matter, and rs soon as accomplished the ca@cd
bird is set at liberty ausi his friends take h!m
round to Justice Sculiy, villa administers to him
thas most futile OF coyeuauts, the lncbrlateS =
oath.
on THE TRAMP.
There is one point III which the printer is ex-
ccl1ed only by the sealaring ulan-Ais fondness
and tile facility he possesses for travel Almost
every printer IN tlo country whose knowledge of
his trnte enables him to do so has visited Its
principal c:t1es. and can talk With enjoyable flu
encY Of the sa.ety Vi New iurk, the classieilavor
Of Boston, The sta:ctness Of Philadelphia, the
abaHdon of New Orleans, tao lassitude of st.
c.ile5 ol Chicago. But there aie some printers
vino nluye Lither aud tlither over the country
Increasingly, stAylu. for 4 few weeks only in
aug place. and it must be contested
frequently leaving only one person to mourn
their departure -tl,eir la.sdta:iy. They are
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