, 1877-01-02

kCuttlB LIAt GN9 Till lin EGuFtFt 4SH poAHV
such feeling under your bright bcltl Don't vo,,
eonstl!cr that some better expression Of Efat'.
tude fos youE noble service p duo yoa' Don't
as you have stated. 70 him WHO on the police
force is doomed 10 meet tho Ills Ut life, they
como In bittcrer Rings md With sharper nrrows
than to yonsler bcatl with ping hat. And on
an even aatller sorrowtng, A. In contctnrlation
fearful wc look upon tho shining sttla Of life,
to whose counter-s!dc We in our trade belong,
nc DO" ..
should bo aomcthlng in your soul to LIT you
high beyond tho weary beat, and, w5plng tho
vicissltldcs that made Jdu what 'yut arc ftpt1
out yogf gsy1 pnN Wv teS n1D sek
"Tfne, loo trio. But in Tho corrupted cur
rents Of tho world, o!Iense's gtldctl hand mus.
wear tho co,ne-alongs, md VT, bluc-eoatct1 anil
button-hrnsacd,, must stand between tho uns9-
and murder tto most foul. But tlicn wes too,
hare happiness. 1t comes in round anl rosy
shapes, sweet hteath'd from out tho basement
door, and oft NC call It Bridget"
"Iut what Of such day 6s this, when a]1 tho
world but you arc calling or being called
uponf''
AND so AN l..
Thrice erc tho cock had erowed 1callcd upon t!lo
drugstore man who on that corner docs abide,
and sniftcrs t1,reo Of rack each labor did rewart
Etnc cups Of suck, rctl.fluc1 and bealcdt Then
frequent am called upon by knavcs and clpwns,
who mo beseccll u acccnts thick to ratse them
asked mo where calls could be nado With sate
nssuranco Of something else than lctnonadc,
and clglttltlfat mo a. danl med fool for point
ing out good places where n tays gone BY swee. &c,
coffee eau bo had. Onc-ant3.fwcntY times Al-
rendy, though barely u o'clock, have I becn
called into tho 1ordly palaces Of wealth that
might OIL young drunken sclons Of great fa1ni-
Noc hrstf ftA Yf,1rftft 4,oF1HrnH -
You speak with pride OF these achieve
mcnts, as though tho strct performance Of an
humble duty were sufficient rccompcnso f"r
tl.ls exclusion from the satin world that sparkles
usoa of this Ncw-Year'e DayW
ut might be better were It 20 to bo that !
might shed this brass md blue, and swift this
a.alwart form inducing n swallo,y:sat], split
town. Anu these Galoches might. give way per-
tapa to sllk-ticd pumps. within ThoRc prcciucts
the quick fantastic toe should tear around, and,
walking up the long, .prcAcnsilc train Of damn
and leave her wretchcd. baro. It might bo bet
ter wCrc these cumbrous legs incascd fn ducskin
aud crtaugicd in tue waltz. But tits not 80.
IT - NOT So"
."of course mol: hut then, striking TINT APART
fs there no souso Of grief that yuu stand horo
tcbnrrcd from making thnse puro friendships
w1licl, 10 New-Year's Day belong; no feeling of
regret TINT YOU can't esfn around In hired cut
ter, and, looking down upon soft melting eyes,
6wcetly murmur Luck as quick tho rosy vino
;%st sd rn i"m~ n0o yhnn vom tnrnc nn II
uiIripIIt. ,nantii,n: no tcndcr ,nemorlesf ri
frns.ati csk AMI ri" I"I+moresnTitoi: nfrrrsn
froti,v an,1 stoxs Of oystcrs hot as fjants,s
hn1f,13s. ~ njatcs ~ rrram heaIrowrI m
hrcccS;c. ncyPs,nnota M for even: noI,a Of t11csn.
pnifcemon' nona ~ thesn1ts '''NO'
III wns ,,ot ni,yavs tj,n.. a hired po,iroman
on salary. smnll. But touch not on those
tnn 1ir,,nEs md iii I'm n1nasurrs nva and hen,]