, 1875-09-18
PROFESSIONAL EEQGARs.

PROFESSIONAL BEGGxA1es.
Experiments with Ono Of Thonl.
". Qh1d in tbs Yers Fork Gfahhir.
know ha VIVA professional bo3gar ~ I HAN
him working on tho outRktEts OF the crowd Pro-
teAH,onal heEgnrs are gr0at l,nrs thoy hava no
ae1so OF nlRme; they aro not Rratsfull thoy
tlonght would experiment OIL this beggar
II wonld 10 him no harm, and it would holp mo
to paas nwAy an hour. Ono cau't study human
nature by fixing seal In bay'window and
wntching tho fnces OF tho people who pass Oh
the sidewalk.
The beggnr Ind boan rebnfYod by several, and
could HOO a look Of dieappontmnnt IN hH ovos
III tllrow nyse1f In l,iB wsv and smiled blanly.
Coming nearer ho held ont his hand anu snld, in
"aIislor, for tho lovo OF Heaven, give ms
some SOM, s1snse! aIy wife is sick I have ssven
stopped him with gesture. and kindly an-
my isar man, here In quarter for you. 1
know oil abunt your wife. Poor t!ingl am
afraid hho will never recovnr. Aud sour sevon
It has boou = hard trial for you aa we'll, and
don't SEQ how you knep up such good spirits. 1
wish could givo YOU a25 iusteatl Of 25 cents"
was watching his eyes. aud road lin like
book. was Stranger, mud he reasoned that
had miataRon him for Sumo ouo olse and he bur-
ricd away With tho money without speaking an-
other word.
Kecping nv eye OH tho .1nau SAW him re-
butfed again aud again, ants presently 1 Ind my
hnnd Oh his shoulder aud asked:
'.1Iy good friend, didn't hear you ask that
man tar 8 cents with which to buy a loaf Of
brcad?" .
tlat did not racognizc linn. ho answered:
:" Yon did-you dlI. havo 4 fovor-s0re and
can't work. and haven't tasted food for two
days" ......
looking him square il the eyeu, aud I'm viii.
ing to help you all can. It must be hard for
= man OF your ago. aftor being familiar with
luxury for years and years, to ho sliddonly de-
rriyed OF wealth and eocinl position crippled by
disease, and compelled to live az you arc living
now. should think you would sometimes al
most bo driven TO tho point Of suicide"
we'll l-ah-ahem-uol," he atammosed, as
be took the second shinpluator,
somewhat ashamed, although after moment he
rallicd. recovered his ASSURANCE, and said 90 he
Talkod away:
"Ia'poao might AZ rsll DO dead as alive"
I walkod clear round tho crowd before fonnd
him again. Eie Ind made pretty good days
work Of It, and foe!iug moro independent he was
selecting hts victim, choos1ng mon whose ibar
atty or innocsnco OF mind could be read in thor
faces. stood bob1nd him aud hoard him say
to kind faced old man i:
"sfy wife Is dead tn sho house, and have no
m eans to bury her. "
Tho ktnd-facod mau hes,tatoi1. evon after put
ting his .ingors Into his vest-pocket. and SAID:
''Woll, t's curious. ullould think that tho
overecer OF tho poor or some other official would
havs authority to bury your vifo at the expense
OF the town."
"They wont-I've boen to 'em two Or three
t|ue9," repiici the beggar. wipiuR his eyes.
" You dou't know how hard il Ii to have q dead
wife in"
)" oh. well, here's 10 cents" said tho kind
faced 1nau. handing oyor the scfln. hut xneakiur
aa il ho doubted tha beggar's word.
AZ the impostor turne1 away tappcd him On
tho shoulder and said:
My poor, dear man, how my heart bleeis tor
That flint-hearted niAer and Baw iii, hand
you psI,ry 10 coata. Can that mlu haye q
hcatt7 can he fool for thu eorrowa OF others
The boxgnr'k eyes Latrnyod lila surnriso at see-
Inv me asaiu, aud plainiy saw tllat be was en-
barraxscd,
II an poor, II continued, ksspjqg nv cyes
On h,m, u but you arc worse on. Your poor
dead vito mnst hare Christian burial Il havo
n,n aAhatncd To offer vot, nlch 4 hoeasrIy ann.
but i can't ypsso puy more" 0>1''''
"I-ah-ah," he siamu,erod. as hn took thu
money.
detect the fact iu yo,r fscs."I snfd' rreattv an
Toying hls embarrassment, ..You ara not. Ono
LAy opty 10 alauco Il YOU to 400 that YOU have
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