, 1881-09-18

lie tie platform, beside him. L lind lin on
nearer view to b. a Slender young !elioN "
y perhaps; his eyes are b!oodshot anu
CLASSY aud there is Z plue-wlllte ,i "t'El, tfn-
| gether the face is one expression OF SUI sulct-
Ing. notices such sc;,iity nit ire US ile nus olt.
Tic 1tr.ersnirt is Il COARSE ccap ai;ilT tue
trousers are ragged ut the Doll4, H ,s ,Ecr,
nails are Ii, u. dreadful condition; but E'it
tile mans language is IeltnGa, y t;.t ,,aas nis
voice Is that of Il gentienl,li, and II tie pl1cf
were only Il little darker shouhn tnl1h a1 -
swell. lis there Is III his speech the laneuld
| drawl SO much Affected by the jeunesse
dorGe. I
II am very curious about this opiulr.s!!;n'9;k- X;
inT so%Ia oIfiS liz to tea ef$i wii yoa S5 eoat Ut it,
III! be glad to tell you anything knoW.,'
s'Iti1ink. couldn't apply to better source.
How long have You been smoker :; :,..
the opium I,aJit i'll Frisco; almost every one
does out there" -...-....o,,
q Aud you do not believe tits danscrous:"
ask. that it hurts you?"
lie becomes quite animated as ne cilah-
pi0nS his master.
" llurtl You never saw any one hurt by
'opium-sn!oking. Persons who swallow IT: Or
use 1norphia hypouenlical]y, commit sulclue
smoking Is never injurious.'*
'tAud you come hero frequently" -.
II spcnd eight or ten hours out Of every
tyenty-four here. Wednesday that hot
Wednesday of this week-l passed the whole
day here. 1t was the coolest spot i'll the city"
lon went out for your meals, didn't
No; I didn't want anything to eat; I just
lay here and smoked"
sBut opium is not considered q very nutri-
tive bill Of fare; you would get thinner than
yoH yo,,. are as il you dined every day III Sing
n."I5s %T5st;S !; very true. used to weigh 1co
And now ?''
Now weigh less than 1907
The, man lying alongside had llad his eyes Is
closed up to this time. Here le raised on Ills
elbow, trimmed his pipe afresli, and ordered
Il dollars worth of opium from the Clilnese
attendant, which lie divided between "Matt "
and himself. 1t was pitiful to see the eager
look in the younger mans eyes as he watched
the division.
Then | went out to the entrance chamber
and interviewed Sing Sab, who has been
thirty years III this country aud speaks En-
lie was 1atlling ont the opium from n largish
china jar, and I asked "wllat such qnantt-
ty was WORTH"
1.-TWO bundled lolla.'
hx hnd t a,S:sS What ri! you get out Of it selling it
"Flive bundled tlolla."
-" Pretty good protit:!''
'"'Meiican man 1nakee allie same; me give
pipe; good, place slnokc, al, take heap clare;
'Do You sn1oke?''
The sleek Fat cheeks wrinkIcd with 4
smile, and he shook lis head. Me no
su1loke; me mailed, got thlee baby: 1nallied
ll5sh 1,ds ny,t TGtsa ,i az SAME clne"oman-ne like
Observing terrific looking Chunk of a
China boy sitting by, asked if that was one
sar5; N0' 11e eq; kili e 9ni"00 App0 s0n-y0"
| remember the wretch Quimbo Apo, who
was one of our pet lnurderers some years
ago; but whether his son kill two, or .wonld
kill too it lie had the chance, I shall never
treason, strategy, and spoils,'' should say.
Sing Sall says lie is very lucky to have
'.Mellican peoples" patronize his s.Ijoint'.
since a China1nan smokes 25 cents worth
SECOND opium, stays half day. and Sing
spends dollars-the individual had left
dividing a dollars worth with 'tAfatt" had
spent $40 that afternoon and evening.
Him CHANDLER from 'Frisco.' explained
And so go back to study the smokers:
The Forty-seconu street woman is stretched
out with her pipe clutcned in her hand, and
her face as rigid and set as if in 4 cataleptic
fit, Ny actor-escort has smoked himself
into a bcatitic state that frightcns me.
What it he should be unable to see me out Of
this place?
| Immediately devote myself to developing
4 botly guard in poor Matt,'' but the gam.
proves an interesting person. lie urges me
to try Whit of pipe. He says the active
Influence of the drug Is not felt in much less
than two hours. refuse good naturally, as
smokers, and begin to- think l'n in a pretty
tight place.
II can understand tell him, show in
ones own home, with pleasant surroundings
Fo%s
may be very jolly ...-
panionship."
'sDouotfnl companionsllip." reply rs l
centipede vibrating on the nasty wall behind,
and i loatllsome Chinainan who has his
awful lead almost in the face of the pretty
pink ana white woman. rev..
you have glass Of wine ~
"Surely you would not drink such wine as
can be got hcre?" l ask.
"Why, we send Appo UP to Crook Il
S says y tsM ambier Pssi frsna @ q ees seen
spent in wine here in half all hour.''
And then he points out all old grayheadetl
MAI. who has sat stupidity upright staring at
his lamp for twenty minutes. Of him lie
says: q lies a heavy cotton operator and
cues OIL fearful tears once in 4 while, and
comes down here with thousands Of dollars
in his clothes and flies it right and left on
wine.''
"And you are never robbed?''
Never: Sing Sab looks out well for u.s."
sand these Women-isn't there great
danger for a woman in a place like this ?"
swell, no: / think not. No one is allowed i
round here but smokers, and when mans
smoking opium that's eating and drinking
to him."
1t was pregnant answer; looked about |
at those groyeling creatures, dead to the nat
ural conditions OF humanity, and wondered |
what oil earth they were doing those mis- |
sionury men up at the Bible House carting !
tracts out to the Cuticura s;lyages, when this |
Mott street, with its s'Opiuln joints,'' was |
within cannon-siot of them.
Just here the Forty second street woman had !
spasm of consciousness. She pulled Her. |
self together, called out for Apo to run and |
get a cab; clanlbered up, and in the darkness
at the end of the room began dressing. Soon |
there emerged into the yellow light of the |
actors lamp an intensely respectable, richly
dressed, mitldle-aged lady.
Thinking this Il good opportunity, l bade |
App0 fetch two cabs, and set myself to the |
task Of breaking up my escorts smoke.
lie had just got his twentieth pipe nicely
fixed T. cooked" lie caIledlt) when lordereu
d dress parade. Ills poor eyes were watery |
and hazy; he certainly looked twenty years
older than when lie came in; but he was
having Ill aWfuily good time. I heard the