The evening world., 1889-03-12
BuRRuL, STrTT & BLIzARp.
Brokers.

Ascending the winding stairs yostafdav.
the inquirinR mind softly opened the door of
q rear Office bearing tho same Ahinele. He
came upon q smooth-taced, crinkly.haired
young man, and startled him with the an.
nouncement:
I" want to see Mr.. Blizzard"
The young man oolored deeply. and 60 b
hurried glance about the Office but his ave
lighted on no one, for there was no one eisa
present.
So, az no couldn't pass himself OF e M.
Burrill nor Mr.. Stitt, he said boldly, ct
have the honor to be that ge~ntleman-only II
you would be my friend, call me noa
Blizzard. but Blizzard, with the accent hard
on the zard.
~ just dropped in to see how you wore
getting on-if your health was In its usual
strength, and what kind Of Q racket you were
going to have tomorrow. Going 10 give m
another razZle-dazEle p"
The young man looked uneasily beyond
his caller towards the only egress from his
lair. and then inquired In an agonizsd tone.
Now what do you meanf I don't know
you"
"See, here; you came 10 this town aboue
a year ago, didn't you ~ queried tho ropoEtsr,
imperatively.
why. yes. My lease here dates from
about q year ago." replied the Blizzard, un-
easily.
And you are from Jersey. aren't YOUR
live at Passaio, En- JAY" confessed the
And do you suppose that the thin ais
guise OF your true name, made by shaving
on one ' e. enough to throw anybody o.
their guard? Now. I want to know again
Are you going 70 order q tie-up on the i and
surface railroads force me TO walk down
from Harlem to my once; run milk up 70 o.
o sip /; oblge poor folks to burn their furni-
railroad t%rafic,. make Manhattan . desert
island for o week. and make an all-around
champion nuisance of yourself generally .
Because. II that 10 your game; il you
enjoy burying this town in NOW as deep as
Pompeii and H~erculaneum, and slapping
Winter down 30 hard in the lap of Spring
gentle Spring that she suffers with rheu-
matism, pneumonia and other things-so hard ;
that her usefulness is destroyed. I say, II
vast majority Of the people Of this town, and
The EVENING WORLD IL going to expose you"
Gradually a smile Of light overspread the
P fiass1G f ssS Ss 81 sSS depr:s s%tssv - frS Sa
18th of March is the anniversary of the blis-
gard, isn't it?"
Then o look Of agony chased the miIo
away and the blizzard or Blizzard pleaded,
- oh. sir ! l have no loved and loving wife.
and tender babes in whose behalf I can plead
with you but. kind sir. II you have q heart,
do not misrepresent this blizzard in your
paper. am q peaceable, la~w.Abiding cidasn.
Inever blew OF a tin sign nor tn ,wed.undere
pretty shopgirl in my life. I'm only Q
broker. which may not be much better than
a blizzard. but il It ia only n little, very little
better, that is something Of an e~xtenusting
circumstance !"
The reporter was convinced that r tha
blizzard had not already repented and detar-
m ned TO lead o steadier life In future, this
visit had had q good effect, at least. and aross
with an assurance to the Jersey BLIZZARD. thai
mentally, il he did not get on q faufrum.
And this. gentle. reader. 10 why when yoa
anxiously peeped from under the corner Of
your Holland window shade. this morning.
you did not find the snow banked up on tie
second story window. and last nights trains.
stalled on the L road.
TIE EVENING, WORLD, is always enlisted
on the side Of the people. and checked the
blizzard in his mad career on the eve Of lis
anniversary cele LIBERATION.