The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1889-03-15
ONLY A NEW YORK NEwsBoY.
But He Was a Knight1y Little Gentle
lnan All tho Same.

ONLY A NEW YORK NEWsBoY.
But He Was Kniglt1y Little Gentle-
laan All tho Same.
1t was about o'clock in the after
noon, at the corner of Thirty-fourth
street and Third avenue, delivery
wagon, loaded down with evening
papers and drawn by galloping horse,
dashed up to the sidewalk and stopped
In moment it was surrounded with
v shouting, struggling crowd of
ncwsboys, as thick as swarm of flies
around a sugar barrel.
Every one of the youngsters tried to
get his papers on thc instant, for the
sooner he got them tho moro he could
sell, and every moments delay meant
.he loss OF SO many pennies.
Passcrs by stopped and looked Oh,
amused at the struggles of the boys,
who were reaching over each others
heads and shoulders to get at the men
who sat on the tailboard of the wagon
'eooping in nickels and handing out
piles of papers as fast as they could.
The street was full of boys who had
got their papers and were scampering
OFT, SHOUTING as they ran, "Extry Tele-
gram p ''Evenin' SUM-" "Newis!"
(Which is newsboy for Evening
News.
A blind man, with cautious steps,
and cane outstretched before him,
came through Thtrty-fourth street and
paused on the Third avenue curb
stone. Fle evidently wanted to cross
the street, but feared to undertake it
alone, for horse cars, trucks, beer
wagons and other DANCE IFS of the high
way. were passing in constant pro
cess!on. The blind man stood there,
his pale, thin face partially turned,
with that patient, strained, listening
expression that is SO pathetic in the
blind.
AT that moment a newsboy dashed
diagonally across the avenue in the
direction of the news wagon. lie was
a bright eyed, wide awake little fel-
low, and one of his ROSY cheeks IS was
almost hidden by a slnudge of black.
lie hadn't bought his papers yet and
was behind time. He had nearly
reached the wagon when he happened
to look back and saw the waiting blind
man.
Without a moments hesitation, and
sacrificing his chance to get his
papers, he instantly started back. He
reached the blind mans side, took him
by the arm, said cheerily, Come
along, pop" and had steered him
safely across the avenue in a jiffy.
Then he ran over to the wagon and
bought his ''Tellees," after nearly all
the other boys had received theirs.
The promptness with which he took
III the situation, went to the instant
relief OF the blind man, letting his own
interests go when time was money to
him, and the matter of course air with
Which the thing was done, were sim
ply astonishing. One would have
thought he had been waiting for the
blind man, and that the whole affair
had been preamanged. Perhaps other
boys might have shown the same in
stinctive chivalry, but only New
York street arab would have 'stunl-
bled to" the situation as quick as a
flash.
Utterly unconscious of having done
anything in the least degree remark
able, this little gentleman in RAGS was
hurrying away with his bundle of
papers to make up for lost time when
L hailed him. l bought two copies of
every newspaper he had, gave him a
quarter and told him to keep the
change.
.'What fur2" he demanded, in sur
prise, and looking at me suspiciously.
s.4H7,ls "E,9r hslPing s, pin that blind man"
air The VOunostap bn6 oct,,o1iv OIL
most forgotten it. ooh, that duffer!
Oh, that's nawthin. s'pose I'd talso
money for dat!'
And his lip curled contemptuously,
and | felt Ihad done mean thing and
had insulted a gentleman as 1 meekly
permitted him to count seventeen pen
MES change into my hand.
But he was only newsboy, and
ragged and dirty one at that.-New
York Herald