Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-12-20
SCOTTY'S FAITH.
-sr CHRISTMAS STORY OF TWO
uOvELess NEW YORK NswseoYs.
49, relieved IN Santa Clause Because His
vo,her Told Him There Was One, aud
He Hung ous his stocking.
-. Nlnlhrop nAn II Now York Ledecr. !

.. ,l.s gates at Thuty-third street. I'm
=. gcrc amt a passenger gets on. No
,,..tfe man. woman, OF child would be
90. this time OF night In a storm, and
--,rnas-cve, too.n
A.. "a. about 20 close tho gates again
K theprOtection OF the interior OF
- when a small form emerged
...-a he binding snow and passed in
i. was the form of very small and
ra.cod boy, with o small bundle Of
... papers under his arm. He had
IA them, apparently, for a time by
...- chem with piece OF brown wrap
.......er. but they were wet through
..ugh now and valueless. even
. p. % were earlier than midnight. He
.. y.-. tired and sleepy little fellow,
.......- sound asleep almost as soon as
..'.tl the C8pe-seat Of the car.
D. hasn't been long at the business"
ed. -rani 60 himself, with a plying
Most Of 'em gets along without
...4at al. so far as | con see"
-. tpv0nd his eXtrcme youth and
..uco IL the characteristic tough
,.ra.sioa OF tho New York eamin,
DIVA conventional specimen Of the
..1ls VINO make living Heaven
-.sEa. kind Of q living by selling
... papers OF all the inhabitants Of
t metropolis their life Is probably
.....t mysterious and by no means the
pa. t.-e-tiuC. Most Of them are homo
.! practically all OF them are de
1qun the sale OF newspapers for
-.., food. One wonders how they
money enough TO buy clothes. If,
..s- ever buy any, what they do
.......s. attendance IN time Of sickness,
....r why they ever drlfted into such a
D.. Co.,. what becomes Of them when they
- The yuuugSter who sat asleep IN
sf the SiXth-Aveuue l. train on
..-,-waS-eve WAS undoubtedly a be
.-.ttic business. An old overcoat
U.-s and on which there still re-
. "a single button showed by It's
...- .lst be- had once been cared for
......u. His rough shoes. carelesslv
.. v-. sill gultleSs Of holes, and
-..u one could see that he wore
t-.v warm stockings. Indeed,
have ha2srled the guess that tie
-.. az some poor wor6iUgwOman.
.. .r.hablv, and thar she had died
t.- before and lett her poor little
... ..v 10 win his own right 10 eX-
..... train pulled up al Park Place the
-ylri gave hum hearty shake
.... .-.i ju his ear:
.-. I'D. YOU want to get off here.
.. -,awue1. opened his eyes, grabbed
. r.pers. and with a comicai sigh
r....-.. o.. get out.
I'd i've ut tue Newsboys' Lodging
D .. asked the guard.
., .. Dee werei.
.r -.e asked the guard.
partners with Bhnks,' replied the
- F.uhs?" asked the guard
...- sleepy bOv was on the platform by
.... ard he did not hear the answer.
-...#r- the steps of the station he
q ll the hcavilv-falllng snow for
..s.....- Row. He was Just opposite
-..T.ce when he beard some yards
peculiar falsetto Nou-hOu b. " by
s~ sigma. TO each other. He an
...... 70 tv % similar call and made IN the
...r q the sound he had heard. At
-..r ~ Park Row be met the other
... was standing under a street
r.. v,a ms back 20 the storm.
r... ~.otty,' said the latter.
..... HIuks' " said the little hoy (for
.. ...- was perhaps four or five years
the luck?"
.N- much, Blinks-do storm was too
Hos much chmk yer got. Scotty? p
....v l1 cents, Blinks.'
..-- DO coffee and doughnuts to-
.-.- chem. Scottv, and no break
.- borrow TIL we earn it. for Pm
... nks :" sad scotty. And dis
IS ..--' ua-eve."
....- al de luckier. Tomorrow we
-.... .- Inner fur nothlu', don't we
a.- only good Christmas Is to US,
.- 900 q ,y,.,,,lo of b;r, 4aors In
eyes. He made no reply, but
... .- land afectiouately in the great,
t-I regret 20 say, dirty hand of
., and walked on with HIM, The fact
.'..' this was the first Christmas since
.... ..'- ~ his mother, and. poor though
s..- .-. -t- had always been able 10 make
.r...a- 3 happy day for her little boy,
..,tt De. thought Of weeks before II
a-. remembered weeks after II had
-- be fact was, too, that Scotty
r., . tLe LewshOy yernacplar, " a Sissy
.-. 20 other words, a little Dlt etieul-
-.-.. a.I Lad been known to cry on seye-
-. ..s before. IL was q knowledge
-s ,3euiuacy that had caused the
g-H'-ctorate, as It were. A prOtec-
.... |as that was recognized oil over
i- Master Bunks had administered
t...- furnishings on ScOtty's account,
s. .. himself ready for an indefinite
.-... d. the number, should II become
.rF % administer them.
rx. bows walked a short way down
..-..t aud turned into Theatre alley.
20 -s evidently a familiar locality 70
.- '.r they made almost uncOnsclously
rel glare that came from the en-
.-- OF one Of the great Office build
r.. Oar from the intersection Of Thea
..ar and Ann street. Here they sud
.r.f.EarIl from CIOEe
rs.r might have discovered, had he
Watching them, that they had
--...t into one Of the air-shafts of
---laIlllng, and would not have
. wrong # he had supposed that
--. made 70 their habltual sleeping
.... ID was not En uncomfortable place
lp.e Of gamins either. But next to
.-Ie-rO0m II was always quite warm
. There was plenty OF ventilation,
.. what most commended II to the boys,
.. SOS no one 10 say when they should /
O.. and when they should leave. 4
"L.rr or stray policeman should |
1914. 'l notice them, in all probability
'... a.1i boz left undisturbed, for these |
E.. Peg II the night are By no means |
.-. And then the throbbIng of the |
. aud the rumble OF the presses III
o. 'l..uert OF the building were a not
ut lullaby after one got used 20 It.
.-.- L8d no sooner gained MS accus-
place alongside the warm wall than
. tl go % sleep. but II was not 30
tty. The smaller boy could not
... even N misery the fact that II was
l--eye. lie sighed "a little and per
Ned. Gray-h8ired boys have done
-.H'l they thought OF their mothers
I'd not have been az oil ehominate.
..s t.,e, rust as Bliuks was about 20
q happy land, where every one
.. wsu az " craps" Scotty put his
..tiugly ia Blink'g aud asked:
..-ey do you believe there Is a
'-..- i.4.-En
>.e. responded Blinks, sleepily, 90
|., amt. don't believe IN none
.Hues. You won't eider when YOU
t. much az j do"
der said dere wuz," continued
's d. wImmen likes to make de kids
4,r 49, growied Blinks. But
.-t DC samey."
H .I poe awfuily nice II II wuz 50,
' mailer BOY with great sigh,
.".llIu't do Us no good" sara the
''.- ,-r. cynicallY. Ye don't suppose
.. -u0plng around in peatre alley
.. for KIDS, do yerY Sides, he only
-... BIDS playt'ng and candy, and dey
90 us no good. Wot we wants
.' chink. aud we wants II badly"
bauks. having settled the question
doubt, turned over aud went
'v % sleep. But ScOtty- Wei,
5 .s .1uldn't sleep for long time.