Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-07-28

then YOU come across group of men talk
ing in an undertone, and from their looks
you feel sure that they arc talking OF
nothing good. There is u hurry and scurry
all of sudden, and the cry goes up that
THE cops comm after Dan" And the
cop does come, With frightened lou,.
you have caught the arm OF young man
standing near You, who, as the cop passes
us, turns his head and speaks to you,
speaks pleasantly, says something about
its being much cooler on the roof than on
the street. You answer him and few
minutes later you see large, disguised
policeman going down the soutle-hole.
announcing that the next time he hears of
Dan being in the neighborhood he will get
him ii he lies for him. An eSctablc little
Irish woman PUSHES IN to you and says.
"Fhank you, miss, for keepin me Danny
out ov trouble" And You Just realize that
the bright-faccd boy you have been talk
ing To, whom the policeman believed TO be
in your party, is the veritable Danny for
whom the cop was coming. Clever2 OF
course he's clever; and he sized up exactly
what he could do when he knew lie was in
danger, and he telt perfectly certain that
you would forgive him. His trouble -
that he got into q Kilkenny row ut the ball
about some girl; he hit the policeman, who
has sworn vengeance against him, but he
probably will never be able 20 find him
ms long as Danny retains his popularity
among the women and children, who will
hide him whenever the policeman appears
LOYALTY OF THE LOWER CLASSES.
They do stand by each other wonder
fully, the people On this roof garden
They share a bit of ice, they give some Of
the good milk to baby who has nUne
though if somebody from the country saw
this BLUSH fluid they would be tempted to
wonder whether 1t came direct from Il
pump or COW. Still, it is good for them,
for 1t is the best they can get. Ii there is
death or sorrow, they will lend the help
ing hand, and none OF them are too poor
to be able to give penny or two to help
bury the dead.
How long do they stay there? Why, all
night, to he sure. 1t is only the sunshine
that makes them leave. When it comes
up, the women rush downstairs, and, with
that awfnl Ignorance existing among the
poor, they fry some greasy meat for the
men TO eat; they have the windows wide
open to let in the heat and flies, and they
scold and worry and fix up the untidy
room in some sort Of way, and whip or
chress the children, as the fancy takes
them, without rhyme or reason. These
are the kind of roof gardens to be found
in New York, and while they are AS differ
ent as possible each absolutely exists.
Sometimes the crowds of
THE DOWNTOWN ROOF GARDENS
make money enough and gain notoricty
enough to appear at the ones uptown.
These are usually the women, for among
them will be found beautiful girls who
forget the people from whom they sprang,
and in graspinS for something better make
horrible mistakes and Join the host Of the
Giltedges. The slums have pearls III them,
it is true, but il is seldom that any are dis
covered. The perverted taste of the nine.
tecnth century, which admres off-oolored
diamonds. finds only these, and it is only
the very shrewd diver who discovers the
pure white gem, which retains its bright
iess, although il is imbedded in mud and
slime.
THEY LIVE AND DIE THE SAME.
1t Is looking on this other side that
makes people think and think until there
seems nothing equal to the giving of hap
piness to these people. They scuif at all
charity they refuse to be educated. The
sons toll in low, hot shops, when they toll
at all, and the daughters, scorning house
hold service, work in close factories, and
are old women before they have time to
be young ones. And the children, the
little ones who are sleeping on the root
garden? Occasionally IN the great races
an oif.eolored horse will win, wien bred
Of unknown parents, but this is II rare
occurrence. The horse that wins is usually
thoroughbred. So in the race of life, the
child bred in dirty squalor reared to hear
vulgar words to see dreadful sights, occa.
sionally turns from it all and seeks to
achieve something better, but not very
often. BAB.