The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-19
rs LIvEs ON HIS WHISPERS.
How 3 Young NaDolean Of Begging
Swlndlss the Public.

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Froa fas Nsur YORK Tines
Begging IS being reduced 70 fine arr
Thoss who are in the habit CT travelling
tlr0u n the busy thoroughfares Of this city
after dark SIRE often surprised into inTolun-
taTy aims giving BY some startling tale CT
distress
Il Is during ths small hours Of the morn
i1g, when ma kind generally IS wraps n
tae rs -fal enb.aee Of na ure's soft muse,
that the real artist beggar Is encount cred
By those anfortaaate or foolish enough ID
Be out Of their bsdS May OF taess display
an ingenuity and a knowledge of human
nature hica If applied in a mlrs worthy
cla lEel would bring fame and 70 rtune.
S1cn o-e secossed Times reporter last
evening
Il as o. Tweaty-sevanth street, close to
Broad Wy, that this beEg3r was met He
Fas 4 4e-appearing fellow, young, attn
lstlc ana excse1in giy well Vet mOdestly
DIRE sci The most striSlng thing about
him, howeve-, was very heavy, scrubby
gr1wth Of beard of a hue atroci0uslY red.
inare was not enough OF tbs growth to be
dlsnIns1 With the name q whlskerS. but
just enough TO give the fellow dirty aud
Izsoer ferocious. aspect. He appro lcaed in
q modest yet manly way, toucalng his hat
as he said:
Pardon me, but can detaln you for
mlnutes I'm stranger in this city; came
mere from Exeter, y. Il. three days ago TO
looS Tor employment | was unfortunate
enough TO lose my pockstb Jok, containing
every &C II had. That Is why l am walk
IA the streets at this NJ II Of t1e morning.
l hate 20 Deg, bat lrubbing MS hand across
lis uEsaaven chinl I'm IN very bad hole.
At O'Clock have an appointment with
msrcla Il who has promised TO employ me
as bOozkeeDer. 1t viii ruin my c4ances
for the place If 90 looking like this VIII
you lend me fifteen cents so that can get a
| shaver
| Nine men out Of ten would have given the
| fellow what lie asked, OF more; but the re-
/ porter, with an Intuitige belief tnat "tnings
are seldom what the seem" had just lit
| Tie suspicion, u s1bstantlate which ne asked
the Deggar II ne was hungry. An affirma-
tive answer was followed by an invita- ton
70 step Into & nearby chop house, where the
two were soon seated over a modest spread
OF meat and drink. The beggar proved to
| De really delightful companion. ready in
conversation and engaging il manner.
| over the luncheon he soon warmed up.
When he had become sufficiently cornwall
tee reporter candidly, but in a half
asna led sort of a way, told MIN Of the sus-
plclon that his tale of woe was a mere ruse
| OF en- ordinary, or rather an extra ordinary,
oeggar. With a hearty laugh, and without
| any indication OF remOrse, the fellow ad-
United it, and few questions drew from
| him the following Information:
81 did come from Exeter to get work, but
/ could not fnd it, and Low don't want to-
In my extremity l could not afford to
shave. They say necessity is the mother of
invention. needed shave, and in my
necessity one night about month ago APP
pealed to q man on the street to give me toe
told you, and Immediately he gave me a
quarter and wished me luck. The ease with
which got that quarter induced me to try
again. tackled about twenty men, over
half Of whom swallowed my yarn and gave
me money, aggregating over 81.
- Ny success as a beggar knocked all de-
sire for work out of me. | saw that | had
a soft thing and stuck to it. Its only draw
back IS that | have to 90 unshavel four
days a week. During those four days,
though, make enough TO live all the week,
SO get shaved ana loaf about town the
other three. Oh. that ugly red beard is
my salvation, though ii USED to be the bane
of my life. 1t earns $50 or more a week
for me without any invested capital, except
for such as I put in good clothes. / must
dress well TO bear OUT my story YOU know
''Goingl No, don't. You have paid for
the Supper, so NOW sit down and have bot
tia Of ale end a cigar with ma. / have a
small surplus of shaving money this week y
Inc invitation was accepted, and the re-
porter must coufesss that he never spent q
more congenial hOanotnan that hour with
the man who lived on his whiskers.