The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-06-20
AN ARABS ANXIETIES.
The Story of a Trsmp-How He
Came to be a Wandering
Rake of Poverty.
A Fast Youth, Driven From Home,
Takes to Dead. Beating for
Living,
But Finds That the Experience is
Hardly Worth the Trouble, and
Nothing Funny About it.
AN ARABS ANXIETlES.

A TIMES representative dropped into IN
| police station aooat midnight, upon no ei
rand in particular, but with the vague ide
| that somnin ming might possible turn up To al
| ford a Sci .tion or furnish an item.
mo, there's nothing new tonight" sal,
| deputy D.voIen, "the towns AWFUL dull sine
| last Sundays shooting scrape. Not muci
| going on now. But il you want to interview
somebody, there's young man lying on tn
| bench in there, tramp, who's seen bette
| days no doubt. He's dressed ragged anC
| ai'nt hardly lit TO appear att fancy dress par
| ty, but he talks as though
HE'D BEEN A GENTLEMAN
at one time, and as if he'd been used to SO
| ciety. You'd better go in and see him."
| The young man TO whom attention haC
| been directed wasn't certainly one of the
most prepoSsessing that could have been
| met, his clothes being TAFT cred and torn, hi,
wuiIe a piece OF courtpIaster over his Ieil
| optic didnJ serve 10 improve the architectur.
al appearance OF his countenance a bit. He
roused himself as the TIMES man approach.
ed, IoaIh TO talk, and when inter
rogated launched out into the recital of his
story, which, judging by The manner of tell
irg II, bore the Impress OF truth. said he:
A TRAMPis STORY.
"WeIl, I've been tramping it now for over q
year, and have seen the inside OF good
many station houses in that time. l wash I
bora a tramp, and ii il hadn't been for my
own Ioolishness I'd bave been enjoying a
Iair salary, and not be depending upon what
| could get to eat by begging or doing an odd
job of work now and then My folks live in
New York City, on Fourth Avenue. although
you needn't put tnat in your paper, cause
don't want them 10 know that am taking
lodging in station houses and living on the
streets II don't make much matter, though,
/ guess, as they've given me up long
ago, and have given me permission to
GO TO THE DEVIL
as soon and a fast as 1 like As 4 was say
ing. my folks live on For avenue, in swell
style, and when / T?S a youDgster they
me everything that was possible to give a
boy. But / wa. natura ~ inclined TO be
wild, and after was sixteen l went i. at
Lively late. My iatner waS str.ci, tC) str-ct i
always thought, and used TO make me go 10
bed at nine O'Clock eve Y night. Going TO
bed at nine Oiclock and staying in bed afser
you soJ the are twoen.lreiy different things
you know, nd nearly always I'd get up az
ter 1 though the old man and the family had
gone TO sleep and slip out TO join lot of the
boys, and then we'd 90 out and heye night
OF II.
used to catch me, and many a gay time I've
had there, can tell you; HAIRY Hills, in
Houston street, was also a famous place for
Us boys, and ii only had all the money I've
spent there treating the ris and paying ior
Things I brOs" when WAS little of" I'D
have enough To live independently. l mad II
row with Harry Hin himself one night ana
captsin WAS kind To me ana let Inc off with
nOthing bu. a lecture. That scared me good
deal and kept away from harry's for time,
but at last Il got mOuOtonous beingso good,
aud driited back again. The glr.s and wine
were too much for me, and / was soon the
most reckless Of all the boys WHO went there
Then We used 10
co To THE ATLANTIC GARDEN
and drink beer until we couldn't tell the
Bowery from the lay, and many a time I've
ueen put into a street car by some friendly
policeman and taken home. Kit Burns rat
pit, in Water street, was where | used TO lose
A good Il. al OF money, Hnd luck al ways SEEM
ell 10 be against ms, lor the dog bel on USu-
ally lost nine times out of 'en- On sunday
We took II Cone Island ana jersey City, or
else 20 ont sailicg Oh the Bay; but one sun
day afternoon my partner got drowned by
the boat being upset, while | narrowly es-
capped by clingiDg TO the bottom of The craft.
4 s.eaIncr came by just then, OF Ia have
been Zoo! for the fishes All my gOings on
didn't escape the notice of my father. but the
more he taiked the less effect il hao. and az
last he told me il l didn't do better I'd nave
to 20. / was then working In "A store in Pearl
street, and when my dissipation begun 10 tell
upon me found that couldn't
Run ABOUND ALL NIGHT
and work all day, so got to coming 10 the
store late, and the consequ. nee was that one |
day goi my walking papers. This made my |
leave. My mother and sisters begged father to |
allow me to stay, and they would have sue
ceeded, but my blood was up and L started |
out. bad some money, but lost II one night |
IN Philadelphia in a gambling house. didu't |
care much for that, though, AS money had al \
ways come SO easy before that i thought I'd
found out my mistake. 1 pawned one thing
after another, watch, chain, shirt studs. ring,
my surplus clothes, and was soon reduced to
nothing. l stole ride to Washington, but /
hundreds in the same fix as myself, and
more competent, so slowed myself away in