New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-09-27
that sad, half.starvod face before me, couldn't

that sad, half-starved face before me, l couidnt
help giving him.
aI met the same fellow few weeks later =. "a
Fourteentb-st. near Union Square. Ito was neatly
dressed but his clothes were little suappler tnaH
when | saw him before. | didn't recognize nm NJ
first as he approached me and tmdy ng1,rSad
Oh, thought perhaps you did, ard youd lake ll,o
to your kitchen. Tm starving Then knew hl'n'
hut had hard work not to give INN some i"oieS'
Perhaps ho was hungry, poor fellow
zone of the most interesting cases ever came
across was that of an old woman who used 10
frequent Broadway between Union ana manson
Spares. She was dressed in cheap print with q
handkerchief around her neck and pinned across
her bosom. She approached me one day. holding
two cents IN ner outstretched hand anu saln IN
trembling voice: Please sir, live Ill brooklyn;
will you give me five cents to pay my stag" fare
have the money for the ferry / gave her the hye
cents aud something would have been
later | heard her tell the same story to young
lady, from whom she also received money. She be.
came a familiar sight to me during the remainder OF
the summer. She never got courage TO take stage"
perhaps she was waiting to buy u horse ana
carriage
morning. lie had n 'ong white beard, aud was
dressed like clergyman q little run to seed. lie
appeared so eminently respectable not to say ven
cradle, that the housemald showed him INFO the
parlor and called me. The old man locked ear
Destly at me as entered; then said as he took two
books from inner poe et: have called to see !!
you would buy these books. have icft my sick
wife at home. TO see ii can get laoEey 10 buy her
some food. We have had nothng to eat for three
days what is the price | asked. will cell
you this book. laying one Oh this table. for 81;
but can sell you this precious book of SDurgeons
for 81 so | tired to repress my sympathy and re-
Piled that needed books. My visitors voice
trembed as he hcsitatAgly SAID The publishers
of these books kindly allow mo commission tor
selling them. Perhaps You Will give me that, as
asked. 'On this book | get 81; but on this
precious precious volume OF SpurgeOh's | get only
half dollar j gave him the smaller suui. with
which and his books he passed out. learned aft r
ward that he WAS an inCOrrgible old siulrr having
formerly been employed by n city missionary
swIndling His wife was dead he used to beat her
when she was alive
AS was coming down my door steps one morn
ing. was accOsted by young man in coarse WORK
ing clothes and with clay covering his heavy boots.
Ilo seemed tired. lie told me that lac was a brick
ment, had walked all the way from IavcrstTaw.
There was a place in East broadway where he used
To board, aud Il he got there lie would nc taken
care of until he got WORK lie was cheerful about
il, and only wanted cup of coiieo to give hlLl
strength ~ walk down town. pulled the bell and
told my servant to give the poor fellow hearty
breakfast After ! had walked block or two,
Thought that had been rather mean in my charity,
and walked back to give lr five cents for car fare.
Ii was inexpensive bit Of bcncvOlerce bnt
fear il was thrown away. for | met HIM uptown
some weeks aftcrward still on his way from lIaver
straw to East broadway. aud tie clay on his boots
was carefully preserved"
And these experiences haven't cured You OF
permiscuous charity - asked his friend.
@Cured me- hOre not. Why, there isn't
OF these cases in which should not ave felt like
a mean cur il / had refused 10 ai1 the suffering
which believed existed. The giving all I've good.
anyhow. aud guess 1t didn't do any one else much
HARM"