New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-17
TIN-TYPEs.
TAKEN IN NEW-YoRK STREETS.
MIR. GALLIvANr.

MIR. GAlLlVANT.
Copyright: 1880: By The HeiO- York Triou'H.
Bright and gay the smile of Mr.. Juniper Gam
want. Merry and artless was the fash of his bright
blue eyes. Brisk and clipper the step AZ which
his dainty feet bore him along Broudway. warm anu
impulsive was the grasp of HIS hand.
Mr. Galvant was young man, surely nos over
forty. He little fellow with Just the shsh'est
perceptlhle tendency toward stoutness. no oou.i
say moro words in minute than any other man IN
NswYork and he at least always believed what he
said. -. -,
Most men, 1 suppose, believe in themselves, ana
largely for the reason that most men are Du' SUPER
hcialiy acquainted with themselves But MI NaiI'-
want had been on terms Of long and ardent intimacy
with himself and the implicit trust he placou ~ me-
own words was therefore as surprising as was
beautiful.
Mr.. GalIIvant was born a gentleman and educated
LAWYER He had on Office in the Equitable buiiuihs
and during HIS periods Of illluck, large anu Pyhs
clientage For It was only when luck was as0,nS'
him that he consented TO practise at his poieoo'on
When It was known that no was in distressed onSunl
stances, clients focked TO him In largo huinveiH
other less eloquent attorneys retained him 10 S 'no
cases for them. He had business In plenty.
But when fortune favored him, Dir. Gallivant ddn
bother with musty old law books. Not much ne
spent all HIS time spending his money lie n~o No
most novel and ingenious ideas on tho SU'!o.' VI
loafng. lie loafed scientifically, and with greS' On
tlusiasm. lie put his soul into It, ana wheh mr.
Gallvants soul got into anything It straghtwaS Do
gan to hum. Mr. Gallivant's soul was In many 10
| Spccts similar to a Corliss engine.
Just now Mr.. Gallivant was in very poor CIR
cumstapces a condition of things all the moc hardly
| felt because It succeeded and succeeded suuuony
upon a period Of bewildering prosperity Bafy IN
the year Of 1883 It observed that Mr.. Gs'S
| dark red musiaches were curling away al INC enus
with a lghtness and vlvaclty that they only dis
c.ntp
the curl In the ends Of HIS mustaches invan@oS ih
dicated to- his friends tho state Of the market Incy
| could tell exactly whether stocks were up or uoWh
| and how much The sensitive rhododenurVh u
| not more surely responsive to the temperature Oh us
| environment than the curl in Mr. GsuNanpS
| mustsches TO the tale Of the ticker.
In no other way, mark you, did he reveal MS IN
terest in the Street and IT'S dongs. BY not single
quaver the cheeriness OF bis snatchy, raey' merry
voice affected by not tho fraction Of an inch nor
second his gay little trot altered But when the
ends Of his mustaches stood straight, his friends
| no matter how slight their acquaintance WIN
financial matters, knew they were safe in concluding
that the country going 10 the dogs, WHILE on the
| other hand, when those same mustaches finished on
In spnghy little twist the fact that we were living
| under n wiso and bencHcent dlspeusatlon was TOO
clear for argument
Early In 1883, as said before, Mr. Gsllsvants
mustaches began 10 curl. They became elastic They
| twisted themselves this way ana mat III Bracclui
good humor. They twined themselves lovingly about
his nose and danced I'm constant ocstacy. Mr. CALI
wants Office in the Equitable Building saw less and
less Of him. lie left his lodgings in Harlem ana TOOK
suite OF largo and beautiful apartments In fashion
| ablo hotel. Every afternoon he drove 4 pair OF
| superb black horses tho boulevard and through
| tho Park All his friends were happy. They asked
and It was given them. lie avished diamond buttons
and scan-pns among them II he were prince
| and thoy were pugllsts. lie got up party and
| made a palace car excursion to the Yellowstone Park
| He purchased a stock,fnrm In California he hired
| steam yacht and cruisod I'm the Baltic. Prom the
middle OF March until the end Of September no used
| the world as II II were his.
But, then change came DER tho spirit Of his rcd
| mustachos They ceased 10 sport about hs nose.
They were distinctly less playful than they had been,
and by degrees thcy became positively stin In the
meantime Mr.. Gallivant had returned 10 bis Law Of
| fee. He had also gone back TO live In Harlem, and
one night last December he shut himself In his
hall bed-ehamber the third floor, rear, sat him
self upon the only chair at hand, stretched his legs
In front of him, thrust his hands In hs pockets and
murmured feel curIously like writing essay
| the Vanity of Human wishesF7
| aLet me see, let me SEQ" he continued n .
| Illuminating tone, what's TO be doner,