Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-03-23

outdoor poor. works from ) a. m. until
p. m. every week day, and while ne talks
he is listening to complaints, appeals,
arguments and inquiries, and his hands
are busy signing papers, making men,
oranda, handing out bottles OF cough mix
ture, putting his name to vouchers, open
ing letters and various other occupations.
BY dint of doing three or four things at
once when he is most rushed, he manages
to get the average down to about nine
things per minute that he gets through
with all day long.
While the reporter sat watching him
and waiting to hear about his observa-
tions upon human nature, the duh brown
latter festooned chain of misery that
moved its human links along the front of
his desk was suddenly broken by a very
charming variation upon its monotony.
An exceedingly pretty young woman,
with pouting red lips, sparkling eyes and
rose leaf cOmpleXion; young woman
prettily gloved, wearing rich furs and
costly jewelry, and marvelously hand
some hat-altogether quite q patrician-
esque young woman-stopped before Mr..
Blake and said:
I'VE have tenant; a widow with
child, who cannot pay her rent. We have
dispossessed her, or at least served her
with q notice of dispossession, but we
can't put her out because her child is
very sick. So want you to send ar am
bulance and take the child away to some
hospital"
'You want US to take the sick and per-
haps dying child away from its mother,
so that you can throw the mother into
the street and let your room to better
paying tenantp'
'.Yes, sir" replied the young woman,
stiffly, but with little flush on her
cheeks, as il she was just beginning to real
ize that her attitude might'not be admired
by people weak enough TO be humane.
Mr.. Blake's eyes projected themselves,
and he seemed making an effort to swal-
low some words that would not have
sounded prettily.l After brief but i'm
pressive silence he answered sternly:
''No, / shall do nothing of the sort. If
| the poor mother brings her sick child and
asks rs to care for 1t, we will do the best
we can, but we have no right to do what
you ask. We never interfere between
landlord and tenant.
The handsome young woman Redeemed
angrily, and exclaimed argumentatively:
! ''But she can't pay her rentp'
! 81 have told you that can do nothing
FOR YOU" replied Mr.. Blake, in q tone of
/
landlord and tenant
The pretty female Shylock gave her
| head an indignant toss, flashed a look of
scorn upon the poor wretches surround
| iug her-who were listening and viewing
| her with expressions of loathing and sur
| prise-and quickly went out.
A pale, thin, weary looking young wo-
man, still bearing traces of beauty, came
up to the desk, and said, with evident
| effort:
sly little boy is deaf and dumb, and
paralyzed. can nc longer keep him.
have come to see if you viii put him in
some institution where he will be warm
| and taken care of. "
''Are you widow?'
ssNo, sir. have u husband, but he can
get little work to do. We are very poor,
aud have another child, which is all we
can take care of. :"
Il will send your child to Randall's IS
land, where he VIII be very well cared for,
il you desire it. When will you be ready
to have the ambulance take him awayf''
She seemed to hesitate, but nerving her.
self, replied:
ANY time, sir.'
very well, the ambulance viii call fol
him tomorrow morning."
She turned very pale, her lips quivered,
and her eyes filed with tears as she ex
claimed impulsively:
s.Ohl sir, make it Friday. Let me have
him one more day"
Mr.. Blake kindly told her how well her
little afflicted boy would be cared for
which was the best consolation she could
have had and when she went away re
4 marked TO the reporter: "There's NOR.
human nature for you. wonder Ii thai
young Shylock who was in here while
ago win ever have in her breaet mother
heart as tender as that Of the woman wht
just went out
The clanling of the human chain tha
drags itself before Superintendent Blake
desk Is almost wholly in q minor key
Now and then, however. there is q littl
relief to It's monotony.
A young German stood confidently up
and In response to the question, asked II
German, s'How long have ycu been IN thi
Countryf" replied placidly: II arrives
yesterday"
s.AIy Godi' calculated Blake. Gam
you've found this place alreadyl Well, pv
known Of their being pretty soon before
but he II the freshest thing I've seen yet.
The recent arrival was sent back 4
Castle Garden. The stEte board Of chari
ties and OuT municipal commissioners o
charities and correction hare plenty Q
Business su shlpplng Of paupers, th
burden Of whose support properly belong
upon other communities and even In Okhe
countries.
s.The Swiss cautons, !" said DR.. HOyt
ssOpenly and boldly ship as their pauperE
| even claiming ei0ht 10 do 30, and com
/ plarentIg invite ~ % reClpr0cnte BY send
Ing our puuperD 90 them, IL we can. Blu