The evening world., 1888-08-25
FROM THE CITY'S WHIRL.
DRIFT CAUGHT here AND THERE By
EVENING WORLD" REPORTERS.
Demons tratips the Coed Luck Of william
in Not Bsins Bern Tee Noon.

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they were father and son, and that they
had just come in to see the sights.
Hayseed fairly stuck out Of their lank,
yellow hair, and they wondered at everything
in the old Bowery with mouths agape.
They had just been told that the charred
timber on the sidewalk was from the scene of
the holocaust of two weeks ago. and were
peering in at the entrance to the long alley
way leading to the rear tenement with awe !
stricken expressions.
Presently the elder broke the silence in a
solemn tone: |
II was a thinkin', William. how clost you
came to bein' burned up alive when you
wasn't nothin' but a leetle mite of u baby"
The bows attention was riveted on the
father instantly, and the latter continued,
after an impressive pause:
You see ma and me was away yisitin'
'tyour Uncle Bills, and when we was drivin'
into the village goin' home, sone of the
neighbors met us and told us It the house
AT that, ma give a screech and tumbled
over in a faint. When she com" to-. the first
thing she said was Where's the children 2
together and Bridget the girl, slept over the
kitchen by herself. Mike McCarty had all
he could do to save them, for they were asleep
when the fire broke out and Samsnthy
Williams. she thought o. nothin' to save but
the %canaries, and she saved email smothered
in their cages.
- tell We boy it was a close call for you.
The house burned down to the g~round-every
timber"
The old maj mopped beads of Precipitation
from his brow as that awful day came lack
to him. The boys mouth was wide parted.
He stood aghast, but evidently, puzzled.
Why, pa" he calculated finally, II
never heard of that before. When was
that 7"
I'm 1870, my boy. In 1s7O."
The puzzled look was not lifted and the
l hoe, n ,k,rr - DIT IN AhN,1h
l wasn't born till 1871 ?"
So you wasn't. my boy! So you wasn't.
That's Jest 1T, don't you see2 If,you'd a
been a little inherent baby when that fire
was. don't you see most likely you a-been
forgot and then where'd We be 2"
Lawyer Ambrose II. Purdy Describes the
ALTERATION of tho " Dusky Bredren."
When Ambrose H. Purdy was q member of
ex-D District Attorney Marines staff he en-
joyed the reputation of being the wittiest
prosecutor in the Office, and since he has
been practising on the other side of the bar
he has won new laurels In that dir ection.
MIR. Purdy always gets a jury in q good
humor, and in nine cases out of ten succeeds
in getting q favorable verdict.
Before the Court OF General Sessions adj
journed for the hot weather Mr.. Purdy was
defending q lady of color" against whom
| - NbuAb 81 "a AaaN'AJ Aae -DNSh SAtSASa
There were seven colored servants in an
uptown house, and Mr.. Purdy's client, one
of the number, was alleged to have appro-
priated o considerable quantity of wearing
ran the establishment 10 her own use.
All the other servants gave testimony which
had II tendency to show the guilt of the pris-
oner, for whom things looked pretty blue
until MIR. Purdy began summing up. He re-
viewed the testimony of the negroes. and in
conclusion said:
81 think it ls very strange that all Of the
other servants wish to convict the defendant,
and l wish to have you impress upon your
minds, gentlemen of the jury, that our colored
brethren all have in the direction
Of poultry. policy and petit larceny, so give
The defendant was promptly acquitted and
it was afterwards discovered that the female
cook, a distressingly obese person, who testi-
fed on the trial, was the guilty one. She
was, however, allowed to enjoy her liberty
on promising to be honest in the future
A Small Newsboy with Signs Of Coming
Financial Greatness.
The bright little boy who sells EVENING
WORLDS on the Coney Island train between
the West End and Bay Ridge will some day
become a great money handler.
At present he is a fnancier in q small way.
AS soon as the last edition of TIE EVENING
WORLD is published he gets a bundle Of the
papers and rum straight for the Bay Ridge
boat.
In a way not very quiet he informs people
, that he has the last edition EVENING
WORLD"
2 When o customer takes one and offers him
! o cent he rises up with as much dignity o.
his three feet will allow and coolly demands
five cents for the paper.
, He usually gets it. A few nights ago the
youth sold five papers to q party of gentle
|. men. He was MAXI q of with the quartz,
which had been rendered him when he wal
called back.
The customer demanded change, and tn,
youngster coolly said Five cents eacl
7 and no reduction. If you can't pay it gimme
me papers back"
He was allowed to retain the quarter.
: No Toothbrush 10 Warranted TO Become n
0 Heirloom for Generations.
A young man with nice white teeth entered
E a downtown drug store and said he wanted t
=: get q tooth brush.
Tha olarl p,oua1 koxuanla sha allow, oo,o &