Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-06-14
NIDNIGHT WANDERERS
What Was Seen After IL O'clock
on the Streets.
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After midnight How many people
are there who have any knowledge Of
what takes place after the clock on the
mantle has struck the hour at isy
There are great many, no doubt. who
have not the slightest suspicion Of the
scene that is presented upon the streets
OF Grand Rapids after an early hour
IN the evening. Business men after
closing up their stores retire 10 the
bosom Of their families, and the aver
age laborIng man is as ignorant IN re-
gard thereto as though he lived m Po-
dunk OF Kokomo
The writer stood in q prominent
down town doorway the other night and
studied the different characters ana IN
cldents which were brought 10 his no.
hce- An air of soothing silence en-
wrapped everything. and was Only
broken by the hurried tramp of an oc-
casonal belafed pedestrian or the
stoild and regular footsteps of a patrol
man as he paced hls wearlsome heat
Probably THIS man who is walking 50
fast and has lunch basket In he hand
and oyerails and blouse under his arm
is railroad man, and l. anxious Ia
reach his home where a loving wife Is
waiting 10 welcome him, and the an
sellc face of q little boy or girl
wall peep at bun from under
the snow-whlte surface of the covering
on little crib. Across the street is a
-.
bodlment OF goodness by MS father and
mother, aud Is somewhat of n hon Ia
society circles. CiingIng 20 has arm IN
loving embrace rs a well-known woman
OF the town-a creature of circum-
stances. Both have been freely indulg-
ing IN the flowing bowl for their CONVEX
sation Is vulgar and hoisterons. and IL
sandwiched now and then with loud
peal of laughter.
What of This Young Msn.
He, perhaps. shares the confidence
and love of some pure young maiden
who is one Of virtues choicest flowers
She thinks he is everything that q
heroic and good. and that soQle day be
Will be great man. suppose she
should learn of has licentious conducts
Would she believe IL Not IN a thous-
and years. How could hey What. Her
Wellie? Impossible. And 80 II goes
But the young girl who Is with him. Ia
her lonely hours, when her reason ~
not benumbed by intoxicsnts, does she
not glance back upon her childhood
days and remember the innocent pratt
tie and play with her brothers and
sisters? Does she not think about her
dear mother and the beautiful little
prayers she wss taught TO repex, be-
fore going TO bed: the songs that were
sung 10 her, the stories that were toad
10 herr Obi bot for
That oae False Step.
What would she not undergo in ex-
patton of her SIM But al IL too late
now" she thinks. And 40 she CON
tInues her dIsrcputable career. aided
and ahetted 10y those Of whom one would
think better, until NJ last. cut of IN the
prime of life, she occupies s suicides
grave IN pordlton's awful realm. Your
thoughts lead YOU on, until through
compassion for the poor girl you allow
a mighty sob 10 conyulse your frame.
This brings you TO reslity of your
surroundings, and You notice the
couple pass into a common resort.
Two men are coming up the street
ing fragments of their talk. Il went
broke on the high card | made a
fool OF myself shall never play
another card the Longest day | live
Why certainly Was doubling my 'stufi'
right along when was contented TO
copper. second party: "Whai
kind of a stack did YOU rake IN
when yon 'coppered the tray7' Not
much, but made the most when -
- -" They are out of hearing and
the scene shifts.
The roiiee Patrol
Comes tearing around the corner ike
mad and dashes ty with lightning
rapldity, ami your eyes follow Il up the
street until il turns dosn cross road
and ~ iost 10 view. Now a hack loaded
with sports "out for time is driven
by. One IN ''has-o profundo" voioe
Is chanting "Iitlc Annie Rooney"
while another, who imaeines be Is
crack" soprano, - singing Hooked IN
the Cradle Of the Deep and you iu-
voluntarily wish that be was IN the
cradle. An individual who hiss poll
tioal aspirations - delivering an Grafton
upon "usury aud the daGnnabie results
winch follow" but has friend ia the op-
poslte scat u indisposed and does not
have the slightest desire 90 parilci-
pate in the sangerbund or politico-
economic discussion, and hangs bis
turgld head out 81 the window and al
lows the gentle midnight zephyrs 20
csressineiy klss he heated brow. The
distance swallows up the Founders.
A lore member Of the feminine ser
passes and by her lcisureiy gait you
know the life she follows. man np-
prosches and impofiunes you for
enough money % buy q bed. Unless
Won help him he must walk the streets
until the break of dawn. You hand
him a quarter and he gratefully thanks
you, walks away and JOINS gang on
another street. where the "groxier" %
immed lately rushed. Now you pass up
the avenue and ia various places,
the character Of which yop are fsmil-
isr, you hear the
Clicking ~ Glasses
and the sound Of voices ont 81 curl.
osty ron enter one and heterogene-
o8s collection Of men ana women rneet
yeur VISION. They are IN difierent states
ofdrunkenness. and sftef ssifort survey
81 the Inehristes you become disgusfed
and leave the pisre A. you efpr
upon the e'aewslk, an aggregation ~
Itnerant printers have c0nQrsrsled on
the curb stone snd are tryine o. s'syudi-
cstt fnes wealth a. that t0ftse 81
red iiker" car 10 secured 70 enliven
Their depressed spirits
The world moves or snd night after