Connecticut western news., 1875-03-19

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 1'As this'ever sweet delay? .1A ., ... .. ha suflisw5 g ylEm .as .a.5.4s. ss... -s.... stN yG F3TT1 50S ---7T : I-- T-- :. ., F. 7. tA ,ds A CASE OF LARCENY. |. If there was one man in the world 1 whom Jack Morrow did not like, it was Policeman a326, of the ----dprecinct. Fog more than ayear he and this par terms. The policeman omitted no op- poftdnityi to annoy Jack and Jack, on | the sotlier hand,s omitted no chance to Jaeksssobieet in life-as far as business I'welt-seemed to be to sell as many newspapers ae be could, But whenever 1926 came in sight, immediately the dues tions how he could 'tnosteffectuaAy bother the officer drove aflelse out of his mind. to At such dimes the officer, spying the boy zafar, would snautter to i himself tf HIollo ] there's, that young , villain iagain. I'd like to get Q chance to send him out of the city. Whats he up to now, I wonder g"s sT''1 s1";s B.. ii y,.i4t 3 And the ntmobwould eye each, other fnskapeeJ until lperhapsszit would, come finto Jacks head to rush round the corner of some building, and 'shriek at the I,policerhah some Asaucy remark about his red nose, nor "'Where did ye sleep last night l'ssa He made faces, too, that would frightenaa blind man. b And he could make such absurd motions with B, his gfimy little hands,, that often and often the policeman, thinking himself insulted kbyS some gesture, ran after the young mountebank, declaring revenge9 He never caught him Of course we cannot commend sthiseonduet in J Jack-he hardly < kpsE ibeftttaerTWes are only telling the l1ifthis fashion petty h3ostilitieasj werekept up between the man and the boy, till, at length, No. 326 cameto dread Jack almost as muchas he dreaded & Water street TOW. He, hated the very sight of him, and de- termined to get him convicted of some misdemeanor, and. thus sent away to prison. 's" u'''E '''s""s .A' '' One summers morning, about two o'clock, when darkness had hardly begun r to- give way to ,daybreak, Jack might have been seen, in the dim gaslight, in the deep inclosure of one of the windows of a Broadway building, fast asleep. ;'' His head was' hanging down on his bFeasty his right hand lwhs in his pocket, cAtehing shis moneyya and his, left hung bghis sida' Qnes9f his knees was drawn up before rhip, the other resting Ca -hmboo" of the stone sill, just as a Turk would sfave tdone9it Taken all together with his raHged hat and nonde- scahpt clothes, the boy made, quite a study for aspieture. .9.g. !.t 4f-..4 ',f,,.,, In, ltAe. .egne egnext, " window, and the next, crouched several more little fellows in various stages of .sleepiness, 'nodding,, and dreaming g {pefhapsy of golden days to2eome. TheyIwere nwaitng. for the morning papers thasYere just now being printed, pip while, thee, whole ground shook with the machinery of the giant presses that thil1idefed under the sidewalk. 'a h'
 No one disturbed the ndrowsy news boys till Policeman No. 326 came along. New INosa326a had made up, his mind that the lnevsboys should, not sleep. in l these windows, and seeing Jack Morrow in the group, he proceeded with relish 1 to exectte his resolution. t'F'" ."a Y" l
 mHe walked up to- Jnck and took him
 by theoohaf, and pulled him out of the wind dow!upon the sidewalk. Jack kicked
 and wriggled like | Q fish. It did no
 good; the. Policeman, held him firmly
 @"Iemlhe go :! femme go.", screamed
 the boy. s2i1qE "77!d 1G'fAi 'H1 "lra
 sd'E Git along with yer!" cried the off
 cer.ssdr OearsoutI is Ef I catch yers here
 again I'll lock, yer, Hp.'' -.l .,.l. -s n
 Ye won't lock me me up, 1 now noSwSh I tell yer
 Ye wontdnnat aDtt t take me no ift1rdersn the end | outhe block. snu j7s Ts'aR 1Ji ti HiI s;ay
 -atsWaaldntt 6; I 9is 9 said the, officer.
 "sWe,ll see just come alengnow, then!'
 and, he began to carry Jack off. .,. ..
 ,ns s Look here,, officer" said Jack, set,
 ting his feet in the pavement, and hold
 Ing back, "s where was lyod at. arf+past
 'leven last might ei' Was you on. youl
 beat, OF 1vsas yoi1o down in Steiner's eel
 lar swith your badge in your pocket, an
 your belt an club under your coat
 Say, wasn't you down there a-drinlin
 liquor, h?'------~---
 a.Thed man chesitated & moment, an6
 then tod him to t'tshHt up his mouth
 or he d fix ,him.",,,- ~, .I-..,.,.
 xtsaIJes let go O my collar ,'' -. .
 The officer, in moment after, giving
 the boy d Shake Of two,9 did let go, and
 then Jack cried out: sSs ,!2jHF .'.,...,
 tNow, youseee here lgo Eff yer touch
 me aein I'll break Ye,, n I'll go with 8 lot
 of ether fellers, that seed ye drinking
 an Il swear to 1t fore the p'lice com
 mish 'ppers, an1s an they Il fix ytou. Now Tn
 gofn' back to sleep; and don't you never
 say 4s word .9ds Pm g. goin' to my welve
 couchy atIdsI don't want to- be dis
 turbed." t..s,-....,...
 I The officer -made~no further interfer
 aence gl ands Jack .scampered back, ant
 climbed inteythe Iwindows and soon fel
 into asr deep slumber as he had been il
 before, ,a, and in about the same atti o' At huff past two he woke up. Tn,
 stone bed was hard, and uit hurt him sHeuapenedshis eyes and -yawned. IT. his astonishment he saw a man befor him, near Q gas-light, busy drawing upol
 Ia book. Jack looked at him with GU oriaAE rioasAiEty.t t'H 1"d '9es@ ss. .s fi "...s .'a F7i aKeep still, He said the man; { don'
 move for minute or two. I'm makin.
 picture of you. -
 EodsiWhatnn nyou gimme 2''.s demande' I3hclR. issi1s biorsiiD gu I.}zyr..s ss5 .s bd sbA aaarter,3 said the man Y .. ,sl ba of All Iight r. and Jack lay still .1n' had another nap. Then the man wok lin, ,,up and showed him a square piec of White paper, upon which was draw an @saet picture .of, ,himselk 10 rali za "How did ye do it 2" asked Jack, in
 tone of great wonder.
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